i'm bret baier in washington. the big story here is the big move by the federal reserve to try to stimulate the sluggish economy. on the on "special report," less than two months before the election the fed announced it will buy $40 billion of mortgage back securities every month until the job market shows substantial improvement. the fed bought $2 billion in treasury bond and mortgage back security since the 2008 financial crisis. will it help? will it affect the enext? you're getting by with less now than at any time since 1995. that is the conclusion of a survey on household incomes. more trouble in the middle east. this is the scene outside the u.s. embassy in cairo egypt. unconfirmed report of arrest in the fatal attack in the consulate in lib yeah. new info tonight. what is an ally? mitt romney is standing by the criticism of the president and talking about it. "special report" from washington starts at 6:00 eastern. now back to new york and "the five." >>> we need to have a debate in our country about wheth

i'm bret baier on this 11 anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. there were fears tonight of a different disaster looming in the middle east. more on the 9/11 remembrances in a bit. first, fox news learned that president obama rejected a request q for washington for israel prime minister sounding new alarms over the prospect of the nuclear weapon. the senior israeli officials are not pleased. >> days after taking jerusalem out of the platform sparked chaos at the convention. >> in the opinion of -- let me do that again. >> the white house is now dealing with the fall-out from a report in the israeli press claiming president obama denied a request to meet with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. in new york later this month around the opening session of the u.n. general assembly. >> i think president obama knows that benjamin netanyahu, what are you going to do regarding iran? how long do you want us to wait? maybe it's busy campaigning but crucial issues are more important. >> white house officials confirm to fox the two leaders will not be meeting

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. >>> i'm bret baier in washington. the big story here today, reaction to attacks on american diplomatic facilities in the middle east and north africa. tonight on "special report," rampage on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya, leaves four people dead, including the american ambassador. intelligence officials say that attack was well-coordinated and orchestrated and could be tied to an al-qaeda-linked group. president obama is condemning the violence and vowing justice in benghazi. his administration tried to distance itself from the initial response by the cairo, egypt, embassy, that critics called an apology for free speech. mitt romney quickly condemned the cairo statement but he is criticized for politicizing the tragedy. president obama telling cbs tonight governor romney shoots first and aims later. we'll examine the event on the ground in the middle east. with experts who know the region well. our all-star panel. "special report" from washington starts at 6:00 eastern. now back to new york and my colleagues w

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then my colleague bret baier was the first to report that a guantanamo detainees was suspected of having a role into that attack. you make a good point. we've had three terrorist attacks on the obama administration's watch yet they have failed to call them as such or delayed in their branding as such. fort hood where i've done an extensive investigation, how can they brand that as workplace violence. it's just dishonest to if i could take my reporter's hat on for a moment. >> that what some of us was saying. this is so obvious to someone. very quickly because i don't want run out of time but i have to ask about new information on some of the security flaws that parental were at the consulate in benghazi. you uncovered some of those security flaws. tell us what they were. >> i spoke yesterday who used to be regional security officer for the state department. this is a person who was s in charge of the security in that country for the state department personnel. this is someone who worked extensively in the middle east. he says you need to go back and look at those pictures as a consulate

i'm bret baier in washington. the big story here battle for ohio. with less than six weeks to go until election day. tonight on "special report" we show you both candidates in the buckeye state. president obama trying to shore up a constituencies, young voters with trips to bolling green state and kent state university. mitt romney had ohio star power with him. golfing legend jack nicklaus was on hand. at this hour he's attending a rally in toledo. amessed to the united nations general assembly his country is threatened by uncivilized zionist, reference to israel concern over their nuclear program. and p obama acknowledged the deadly assault in libya was terrorism but he did it to the press secretary jay carney. republican lawmakers want answers. "special report" from washington starts at 6:00. now have back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> eric: senator harry reid lost his marbles? listen to the senate majority leader call romney's mormonism in question. >> there are a lot of members of the lds church, latter day-saints church. they u

i'm bret baier. we'll have more from that somber ceremony in a minute. a morning that began with friday prayers turned in to a day with americans under assault on several continents. fires burning. tear gas flowing. bullets flying around u.s. embassies. the questions tonight focus on security. what warnings the president and his administration may have had of the deadly attack on the libyan consulate on september 11. a day that should have sent off alarm bells to begin with. rosenfeld is at the state department and he looks at coverage of breaking news in the past hour of joint american british military base in afghanistan. good evening. >> good evening. spokesman for joint command in afghanistan tells fox news this hour about an attack that just occurred at camp bastion, camp letterneck that is said to have involved rockets attack and mortar fire that may have caused fatalities. we're running down the details. whatever the details, the case is tonight, president obama and secretary of state clinton confront a situation where americans are under attack a

baier. this is the final night of the democratic gathering and time warner cable arena in charlotte. tonight, the president will make his case for re-election to millions of americans. a case, senior aides say will include a specific road ahead. ed henry reports in the smaller venue, the president will be competing not just with mitt romney, but with his democratic predecessor and himself. >> reporter: after wrapping nims the arms of president bill clinton and the policies that created millions more jobs than he has, behind closed doors, president obama quickly went back to work on his speech late in the night. with one close advisor telling fox he is always tinkering with big addresses like his first acceptance speech in 2008. the editing process on this one continued right down to the wire today. as the president also convened a conference call with supporters disappointed by the venue change from bank of america stadium. >> it won't be a big a crowd. it will be less fanfare. >> reporter:

presidential hopeful mitt romney sat down for an interview today with fox news anchor bret baier. >> another disappointing monthly figure and i know the white house keeps saying that you can't just look at monthly numbers but if you look at over the last several quarters, the last several years you see the continued pattern which we are not creating the jobs we need to create to put americans back to work. for every net new job created, about four people dropped out of the workforce, so, we're going in the wrong direction. this is a very difficult time for the american people. >> joining us now to react from new york is david callahan, a senior fellow at a progressive organization and here in washington former economic advisor to president george w. bush douglas holts eakin. okay, gentlemen, look, we had 368,000 people leave the job force. that was the number. but the bureau of labor statistics has its way of calculating the jobless rate that minimizes it, i think, doug, because it goes down to 8.1%. people think wow that's progress. tell us what it really represents. >> ignore the d

presidential hopeful mitt romney sat down for an interview today with fox news anchor bret baier. >> another disappointing monthly figure and i know the white house keeps saying that you can't just look at monthly numbers but if you look at over the last several quarters, the last several years you see the continued pattern which we are not creating the jobs we need to create to put americans back to work. for every net new job created, workforce, so, we'repped out going in the wrong direction. this is a very difficult time for the american people. >> joining us now to react from new york is david callahan, a senior fellow at a progressive organization and here in washington former economic advisor to president george w. bush douglas holts eakin. okay, gentlemen, look, we had 368,000 people leave the job force. that was the number. but the bureau of labor statistics has its way of calculating the jobless rate that minimizes it, i think, doug, because it goes down to 8.1%. people think wow that's progress. tell us what it really represents. >> ignore the drop from 8.3 to 8.1. this is

." ♪ ♪ >> bret: good evening. i'm bret baier with exactly seven weeks to go until election day. mitt romney may b with an assist from the left wing media. video has surfaced of the republican nominee making inelegant remarks that the obama campaign quickly poupesed on. meantime, some conservatives are calling for more of the tone from governor romney. all of this comes as two new tracking polls had race at virtual dead heat. gallup has president obama leading by one point. rasmussen has governor romney up two. carl cameron begins our coverage tonight. >> reporter: mitt romney for the first time ever opened rundraiser for cameras today. it was in the works for weeks but comes amid new controversy for remarks caught on tape in may at rundraiser. romney spoke with neil neil cavuto. >> this is a message i am carrying day in and day out. this is the decision about the course of america and where we are going to head. we have seen the president's policies play out over the last four years. >> reporter: romney summoned the press for rare evening news conference to explain. >> it's not

baier coming up this wednesday, october 3rd only on the fks news channel. fox news channel. ♪ >> the gloves are coming off in a red-hot congressional race in florida. tea party favorite republican congressman allen west is causing a stir this weekend after unveiling a new attack ad featuring his opponent's mug shot. and this is new and different, peter, tell us. >> reporter: it is, jamie, in eastern florida, the race for congress in the sunshine state's 18th congressional district between the incumbent. republican allen west and the challenger patrick murphy produced what larry sabato, calling one of the most devastating contrast ads he's ever seen. take a look. >> february 16th, 2003, fort hood texas, lt. colonel allen west received his order and prepared troops to go to war. patrick murphy from a club fighting, covered in alcohol and unable to stands. >> and the vp of of environmental services company hitting hard at lt. colonel west who endorsed that ad, saying allen west is shamelessly attacking pat trek murphy for a mistake he made as a teenager, a m

>>> i'm bret baier in washington. the big story here, breaking news out of afghanistan at this hour. tonight on "special report" we'll have the latest on an attack against the joint u.s. british military in helmand province. camp leatherneck. early report says two fatalities and number of wounded there. that may be ongoing. more violence in american outpost in the middle east. two protesters were killed in tunisia. one in cairo. we have a live report from egypt. bodies of four americans killed in the consulate in libya killed this atch. president obama an secretary of state clinton participated in the ceremony at joint base andrews. new details tonight on what kind of cuts may happen because of the deficit chopping process known as sequestration. we'll have that. "special report" from washington starts at 6:00 eastern. it's been busy. now back to new york and my colleagues with "the five." >> dana: all right. we have been kicking around what we think about what is going on in the middle east but why don't we go to som

i know you talked with bret baier and the guys about it at 6:00. going forward here, you have four americans dead. libya. i don't know we can't hold anybody accountable because the libyan government is not even functioning very much. but in israel you can hold them accountable. so what do we do going forward in both of those places? >> you mean in egypt we can hold them accountable. >> bill: in egypt, i'm sorry. >> number one, you have got to start clarity. i think that was -- i that was a complete embarrassment that statement issued by the embassy. there is no excuse for the united states. this sour representative in egypt of the administration, of this country essentially apologizing for some crackpot you and i and nobody ever heard of. we do not in this country go around and police free speech, have a department of propaganda where we go out and police bad speech and detect anything that might offend anybody. >> bill: that's theoretical. charles, charles, if you they're and trying to tamp down potential violence. i don't know if being conciliato

." ♪ ♪ >> bret: good evening, i'm bret baier. election season that was supposed to be jobs and the economy is suddenly being hijacked by what they have been coordinated attacks on two american diplomatic posts overseas resulting in the murder of u.s. ambassador to libya and three others. we have every angle covered. politics, policy, reality on the ground in libya and egypt tonight. but first, to start, a detailed timeline. this actually all began late monday. mon, september 10, 11:46 p.m. video by ayman al-zawahiri, the egyptian doctor now believed to be spiritual leader, emir of al-qaeda surfaces. he mourns the death of al-dibi, a top al-qaeda member killed in a drone strike in june. al-zawahiri uses the eulogy to call fighters to avenge alibii death. renewed jihad against the u.s. the video cuts to a clip of his younger brother, muhammad al-zawahiri. something noted by people who study the tapes. early on tuesday, septembe september 11, the u.s. embassy if cairo egypt prepares for expected protests oaf an anti-islam video made

captioned by closed captioning services, inc >> bret: good evening, i'm bret baier. fox news alert. in the last two minutes, the state department announced it's temporarily withdrawing more staff from the embassy in tripoli, lib yeah. citing curt reasons saying they hope to return them early next week but they will reassess. this comes two weeks and two days after the deadly attack on the u.s. mission in benghazi, libya. even though the administration initially and repeatedly denied that assault was terrorism, it was at the same time working with the assumption that it was just that. in the investigation that we hear is ongoing, not a single f.b.i. agent has been to the consulate on benghazi, because of security concerns. those are just some of the new and shocking information we have for you tonight on the rapidly evolving story. here is chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge. >> reporter: two sources tell fox news that within 24 hours of the assault on the u.s. compound in benghazi, the evidence pointed to a terrorist attack carried out by al-qaeda. the u.s. intellige

the day after the administration witness said on capitol hill that benghazi was a terrorist attack bret baier held up a copy of the new york times to note that the "new york times" had not mentioned it anywhere in the paper. remarkable. this is how it will be for a republican at this stage of the general election campaign. the media is not going to help the republican broadly speaking the media. a smart republican campaign recognizes that plans for that and thinks of ways to counter act it. they have done it in the past. it is not at all clear to me romney campaign is doing that. >> chris: is this going to make any difference in terms of the election? >> it could if the issue were developed and responded to effectively by, as bill suggests, the other candidate. i don't think that happened. >> do you think that is wishful thinking? do you think you are reachle? >> i'm saying i don't think it has happened. >> chris: thank you, panel. see you next week. follow us on twitter @ fox news sunday. up next, we go on the trail. >>. >> chris: this week we have videos from four months ago and 14 ye

i'm bret baier. this is "special report." a deeply divided democratic convention just passed a stunning reversal. rewriting hotly disputed platform language that omitted references to god and to jerusalem. as the capital of israel. but it was far from unanimous. the democrats needed two-third voice vote to pass the amendment putting 2008 language about god and jerusalem back in the democratic platform. here is what happened just moments ago. >> a those delegates in favor say aye. >> aye. >> all those delegates opposed say no. >> no. in the opinion -- let me do that again. all of those delegates in favor say aye. >> aye. >> all of those delegates opposed say no. >> no. >> i guess -- >> then you got to let them do what they are going to do. >> do that one more time. >> all those delegates in favor say aye. >> aye. >> all those delegates opposed say no. >> no. >> in the opinion of the chair, two-thirds voted in the affirmative. the motion is adopted. and the platform has been amended as shown on the screen. >> bret: could have a

bret baier tried to get dick durbin to comment and he went off on bret. i don't think they have a good answer to it. finally, one more thing that's interesting. this hall a quite a bit smaller than the hall that the republicans used in tampa. the result is that the noise that you hear from the delegates is much magnified naturally, in addition to that, the democratic planners here have cranked the volume on the sound system up to the absolute max so that when your in the hall and a number of the network anchor booths are open to the hall, the sound from the floor and the platform is absolutely deafening. and the result was that there are -- network news programming on our network and on other networks that's being drowned out, an outcome i'm sure that was not intended by the way this was organized. now, there is a lot being said about it. there are complaints being lodged. they may turn it down. but once again a small thing, but suggestion they don't have their act together. >> bill: when people see new charlotte walking around, are they friendly to you?

and bret baier and megyn kelly are scheduled to anchor our coverage during prime time. that's this coming wednesday night just before 9:00 eastern time. just before 7:00 in the mountain time zone right here on fox news channel. well, an iranian news agency ran a story reporting rural white americans would rather vote for iran's president ahmadinejad than president obama. it plagiarized the story from an american source. of course, that source was the satirical newspaper the onion. the onion article reads and i quote: i like him better, said west virginia resident dale along with 77% of rural caucasian voters confirmed he would much rather go to a baseball game or beer with ahmadinejad, a man repeatedly denied the holocaust and has had numerous political prisoners executed than spend time with obama. needless to say, that's hogwash. we learned today of possible security flaws at the u.s. consulate in benghazi libya where people killed our ambassador and three other americans. problems with the windows. the doors, the walls. coming up, you will see exactly why one securit

jon: bret baier, thanks for joining us. we know you have a lot of work to get ready for "special report," 6 p.m. this evening. bret, thank you. jenna: members returning to capitol hill today after a five-week summer recess with a lot to do in very little time, but that's what we pay them for, right? jon: that's right. jenna: to get the job done. lawmakers are facing a jam-packed agenda, trying to prevent a government shutdown to a bill aimed at aiding drought-stricken farmers all by october 1st, and that's not including that whole year-end fiscal cliff thing, you know, when the bush era tax cuts are set to expire. fox business network's rich edson is live in washington with more. rich? >> reporter: hey, jenna. you know, congress likely passes a bill next week to avoid a government shutdown. a senior aide says lawmakers may figure out measures on disaster aid and benefits for needy families, that's about it. the farm bill, a massive broad-based tax increase and deep spending cuts will all likely remain unresolved and will wa

this is "special report." ♪ ♪ >> bret: good evening. i'm bret baier. president obama is in new york at this hour where he will address the united nations tomorrow. but instead of doing business with prime minister of israel or face to face meeting with other movers and shakers today, the leader of the free world met with other movers and shakers. chief white house correspondent ed henry is travelling with the president. >> despite foreign policy crisis flaring up from libya to iran, president obama appears to be minimizing any risk of another pre-election mistake on the world stage. that have month's terror attack in benghazi. arriving here in new york for a light schedule for w less than 24 hours of diplomacy and immediately heading not to the united nations, but tv studio of abc "the view" to tabe a joint appearance with first lady michelle obama. that leads to heavy lifting to secretary of state hillary clinton. who has dozen of meetings planned here. >> we have no scheduled. >> mr. obama has zero. sharp departure from last year when he used the bac

the day after the administration witness said on capitol hill that benghazi was a terrorist attack bret baier held up a copy of the new york times to note that the "new york times" had not mentioned it anywhere in the paper. remarkable. this is how it will be for a republican at this stage of the general election campaign. the media is not going to help the republican broadly speaking the media. a smart republican campaign recognizes that plans for that and thinks of ways to counter act it. they have done it in the past. it is not at all clear to me romney campaign is doing that. >> chris: is this going to make any difference in terms of the election? >> it could if the issue were developed and responded to effectively by, as bill suggests, the other candidate. i don't think that happened. >> do you think that is wishful thinking? do you think you are reachle? >> i'm saying i don't think it has happened. >> chris: thank you, panel. see you next week. follow us on twitter @ fox news sunday. up next, we go on the trail. @ ♪ [ sighs ] [ bird chirps ] [ bird squawks ] ♪ [ bird screechi

. >>> i'm bret baier in washington. the big story here today, new developments in the deadly attack against the u.s. mission in libya two weeks ago. tonight on "special report," sources tell fox news intelligence knew within 24 hours of that assault, it was terrorism. they even had a good idea of who was behind it. what happened with the administration statements and what about the ongoing investigation? some shocking new details. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu told the u.n. general assembly today the world must draw a red line to prevent iran from completing the process of enriching enough uranium for a nuclear bomb. virginia was ground zero for both presidential candidates day. president obama was in virginia beach on the day the economic growth numbers were revised downward from 1.7% to 1.3%. mitt romney was in springfield talking about the downward revision. we have fox news polls. "special report" from washington starts at 6:00 eastern now. we send it back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ >> kimberly:

jon: special report on the road, bret baier the host. you can tune in to special report we can nights 6:00 right here on fox news channel. the important issues affecting that county and how they relate to the bigger picture of the presidential campaign this year. jaime: good to hear from real folks. after a weak focus on foreign policy the presidential campaigns are shifting gears and turning their attention back to the economy. it's a key i shall you've course for most americans. the latest fox news poll shows likely voters are split dead even when it comes to who they trust to do a better job handling our economy. chief political correspondent carl cameron live in los angeles. that is where governor romney is addressing the u.s. hispanic chamber of commerce. good to see you, carl. hispanics a very important and key voting blob. so far romney a bit behind in the polls with them. will this rare conference call that he had today outlining his campaign message make a difference and why did he choose to do it? >> reporter: first on the lati

bret baier is up next with us. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you know, i'm glad we're both running a nice, clean race. no need to get nasty. here's your "honk if you had an affair with taylor" yard sign. looks good. [ male announcer ] fedex office. now save 50% on banners. martha: we start with this fox news alert. american embassies on high alert across the middle east. rioting outside the embassies in egypt and yemen this morning as the u.s. deploys military assets to respond to this. two navy ships are poised off the coast as they analyze the evidence where four americans were murdered. a very busy week in "america's newsroom." i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. we are learning that increased aerial surveillance over libya has been ordered, a marin

the day after the administration witness said on capitol hill that benghazi was a terrorist attack bret baier held up a copy of the new york times to note that the "new york times" had not mentioned it anywhere in the paper. remarkable. this is how it will be for a republican at this stage of the general election campaign. the media is not going to help the republican broadly speaking the media. a smart republican campaign recognizes that plans for that and thinks of ways to counter act it. they have done it in the past. it is not at all clear to me romney campaign is doing that. >> chris: is this going to make any difference in terms of the election? >> it could if the issue were developed and responded to effectively by, as bill suggests, the other candidate. i don't think that happened. >> do you think that is wishful thinking? do you think you are reachle? >> i'm saying i don't think it has happened. >> chris: thank you, panel. see you next week. follow us on twitter @ fox news sunday. up next, we go on the trail. [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be cool if we took the nissan altima a