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from megan kelly and bret baier live from denver. >> before you leave the house this morning let's get the first degree weather update janice dean tracking the storms across the northeast. >> if you live in the northeast hit or miss showers. if you are heading to the airport if you are traveling take it real easy because we are going to see potential for showers and thunderstorms. not looking for severe weather today. could see wet weather in our forecast. speaking of the rest of the country we have a little bit of wet weather moving into the northwest. we have severe weather push through reports of tornadoes. we are looking for wet weather through texas and the ohio river valley. we will see flash flooding through the area. keep an eye to the sky. across the ohio river valley across northeast back through the central plains and back into the southern plains as well. wet weather for you from dc up toward new york city and boston. but the weekend looks pretty good. that's the good news. a quick look at the highs today 67 in chicago. that's the boundary you can see south of that. there i

baier for suggesting this language made a difference at all. >> let me suggest something, i shared the plat follow committee for two democratic conventions and we produceed the most unread document, to suggest that this document -- (inaudible) this suggests to me you are not focusing on the real issues in american politics. >> before the platform was changed back republican nominee mitt romney put pressure on the president to represent all americans with his party platform. i see it as being out of touch and detached and so far removed from the interests and concerns of the american people that people look at this party and lock at rebound and his leadership and see someone who is taking us in a direction they do not recognize. >> there was controversy on the floor of the republican convention last week, as well. remember, there were ron paul supporters would made a scene after changes were made by voice vote to delegate regulations. >>heather: thank you, peter. who says these things are scripted? now a look at news around the world. folks are talking about the democratic attempt to ch

megyn kelly and bret baier and so on and so forth. >> if you did not watch the rnc gavel to gavel because you couldn't because so much of it wasn't in prime time, we have compiled for you some of the lighter moments or the funniest moments or the best moments in this little montage. let's watch. >> good evening, everyone. and welcome to barack obama's retirement party. [cheers] >> my dad and my you uncle ownea bar in cincinnati. i worked there growing up. i mopped floor, tended bar. believe my i learned how to deal with every character who walked in the door. let's say some guy walked into our bar full of guys looking for work having a tough go of it. guy says the private sector is doing fine. you know what he we would do? that's right. we would throw him out. for four long years, barack obama has been running from the nation's problems. he hasn't been working to earn re-election. he has been working to earn a spot on the pga tour. >> we are a full generation apart, governor romney and i. and in some ways we are different. there are the songs in his ipod which i have heard on the campaign

. >> that was, of course, part of an exclusive sit down with bret baier for "special report." the hangover comment we referred to earlier is something he did say in fact on the campaign trail. he said the party is over. now those jobs numbers are the hangover. >> the obama administration had a different interpretation of the numbers of the chairman on the council of economic numbers alan krueger came out and gay interviews yesterday morning later roundly tone deaf. here is his response. >> it's not just one because now it's 43 condition seq.ive months of unemployment numbers above 8%. not just one report. and if you will, these jobs numbers, about 96,000 jobs being added, that seems like such a paltry number. even president obama then back in 2004, a senator from illinois, criticizing president bush for these sort of stagnant numbers and see if the numbers conflate. listen. >> >> past few weeks president bush and members of his administration have traveled the nation to celebrate recent improved economic sta tis it particulars, well, i have been traveling too. all over this la

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reporting from wall street in new york city here is bret baier. >> this hour we will take you inside an alarming trend. cities that have slid deep into debt. even bankruptcy. new york is not on the list today but for a number of other reasons we begin our report from this spot, america's financial nerve center. the first reason is simple. some of the nation's most desperate cities are in trouble because of the millions they have borrowed from wall street. we saw that 171 miles from here in a city buried under decades of debt. >> harrisburg, pennsylvania, is the capital of the keystone state. you would think it had been run by the keystone cops. >> what exactly is the fiscal situation in harrisburg now? >> well, number one we are insolvent. >> dan miller is harrisburg's controller. >> my office is projecting that we would have a $15 million deficit this year and i think we are just going to struggle from pay check to pay check. we have $1.6 million. we have a health insurance bill that needs to be paid and our payroll every two weeks is a million dollars. i mean there you go. if we ma

i'm bret baier. >> good evening, i'm megyn kelley. the former president expected to talk about the economy and why president obama deserves another four years. >> we have bill hemmer and martha mccowan, we start with bill. >> reporter: good evening. we expect a special guest in the audience tonight. look to see president obama enter the arena very soon. also with the delegation tonight inside, it's been a fired-up crowd, but not nearly the pitch level we heard last night. it's bill clinton's job to change that. an hour ago, the police chief and the fire chief of charlotte closed the doors to the arena outside. it reached maximum capacity. there were several thousand people on the outside of the doors. we understand as of 30 minutes ago, all of those delegates and guests were allowed inside and they are inside at the moment. some of these delegates have been waiting in their seats since 5:00 today, that was 5 hours ago, waiting for the big headline when bill clinton comes out on the stage behind me in the coming hours. president obama,

i'm bret baier. >> good evening, i'm megyn kelley. the former president expected to talk about the economy and why president obama deserves another four years. >> we have bill hemmer and martha mccowan, we start with bill. >> reporter: good evening. we expect a special guest in the audience tonight. look to see president obama enter the arena very soon. delet inside, it's been a fired-up crowd, but not nearly the pitch level we heard last night. it's bill clinton's job to change that. an hour ago, the police chief and the fire chief of charlotte closed the doors to the arena outside. it reached maximum capacity. there were several thousand people on the outside of the doors. we understand as of 30 minutes ago, all of those delegates and guests were allowed inside and they are inside at the moment. some of these delegates have been waiting in their seats since 5:00 today, that was 5 hours ago, waiting for the big headline when bill clinton comes out on the stage behind me in the coming hours. president obama, the rumors have been confi

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

jon: bret baier, quite a service, quite a man. i still remember as a little boy going out into the backyard after watching the moon landing and the televised portion of it, walking out into the backyard with my dad and looking up at the moon and him saying americans are up there now. it was an incredible moment, something i will always remember, something that stood for the greatness of this country and again, as charles was describing, the humility of neil armstrong in the subsequent years has been tremendous. we'll be back in just a moment. we asked over 3,000 doctors to review 5-hour energy and what they said is amazing. over 73 percent who reviewed 5-hour energy said they would recommend a low calorie energy supplement to their healthy patients who use energy supplements. seventy-three percent. 5-hour energy has four calories and it's used over nine million times a week. is 5-hour energy right for you? ask your doctor. we already asked 3,000. jenna: we certainly have a lot of big news to report to you today but we can't ignore

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

house over chairman issa will be an exclusive guest of bret baier. this report is embarrassing to multiple officials and it's worpbz expected for the phoenix atf, why is the report important in it will go down as the official record of a u.s. operation that led to the death of one man and could be tied to as many as 3000 more in mexico. it will exonerate some and incriminate others. in government there is a chain of command. agents tell superiors who tell executives who tell appointees. this report should pinpoint the break down of that name names and end the blame game. finally the politics, fast and furious has become a partisan issue, many conservatives believe that the obama administration cooked this up as a way to justify an impose stricter gun control laws. democrats say that is crazy, no u.s. officials would knowingly arm the mexican cartels just to push a political agenda. the familiar leave agent terry hopes this report will sort out the truth. >> we also want to make sure that the flawed decision making that can be directed and can be attr

jon: bret baier is anchor of special report. some would say given the readings in the polls these days the governor is expressing a little too much optimism. what are the trends, b r-rb bret? >> you look at polls and look as what's happened on the campaign trail and what analysts have said on both sides and you would wonder why governor romney is even still in this race, because you listen to what people are saying about this race, and you would think it would be over, but you look at where it actually is, and he trails in battleground states by a few points, on average, and in national polls he's tied, essentially. a lot of those polls, republicans have a problem with because they believe they are weighted towards a democratic turn out model for 08 which was a heavy democratic turn out and they believe the governor is still there. democrats even, some of them privately will tell you they are surprised that governor romney for all the mistakes as a candidate he's made, including the infamous 47% tape that got so much coverage, a

our very own bret baier reporting on day one, day one, our intel officials knew it was a terrorist attack and characterized it that day. firms reportedly focused on what they believed to be an al qaeda he willment. they even focused on one specific person yet to be named. so internally this deadly attack has been labeled a terrorist attack. as you know how it is characterized publicly depends who you talk to. more on this developing story in just a moment. but first right now some brand new stories and breaking news. jon: zeroing in the on the swing states. dueling campaign events in the same political battleground of virginia. governor romney and president obama both expected to speak there shortly. plus the obama administration insists sanctions are working to keep iran's nuclear ambitions in check. others have serious doubts. what happens if the doubters are right? in the race for the white house do the polls paint a fair picture? is there media bias? our "news watch" panel weighs in. all new, all live is "happening now." jon: welcoming jenna lee back from italy. i have hope you had a

bret baier is the anchor of "special report." simple question, bret, how do they intend to do that? >> i think it's a simple question, but one that we've seen over the past couple of days has tripped up a couple of democrats. i think now their focus is laying out the future of what the next four years would look like and point out that when the president took over, he took over a very bad economy from george w. bush. that's the answer they've been giving over the past day. i think the real question is how specific will president obama get on thursday? all of these speeches leading up to that speech, obviously, will set the table, and the biggest-watched speech this week will probably be former president clinton, how he talks about president obama? regards to his legacy as well. jon: we talked about it in an earlier segment, you know, both campaigns have been sort of long on rhetoric and short on specifics. we haven't heard a lot from president obama and the democrats about what specifically he intends to do if he's reelected for another term. >> well, that's exactly right. i mean, t

baier that it was a trifle that didn't really matter. obviously, it did, jenna. jenna: interesting. so those are the officials that are talking about it. what about the delegates, john, the folks there that are, you know, on the convention floor and are representing their states? >> reporter: you know, there was a lot of opposition to the adoption of the motion from delegates, particularly arab-american and muslim delegates from the states of michigan, minnesota and washington. we talked with one of those delegates from the washington, here's what he told us. >> it's not the language, it's the way how they put it in, surprise the delegates. the delegate were unseated in the seats, and the way how they brought this. we are democrats. they should listen to us. doesn't matter if they put it in the platform or not, we know what's going to happen. but people vote for it, and they say, nay, three times. >> reporter: so he clearly believes that people said no three times. now, it's one thing to adopt either a majority motion or a two-thirds mot

let's go to bret baier. he is with governor romney in sioux city, iowa, where the governor is campaigning today. bret? >> reporter: jon, good morning. we're joined by governor romney here in sioux city ahead of an event here in iowa. governor, thanks for being here. >> thanks, bret. >> i want to talk about the democratic convention and messaging coming out of there in just a second but today the news about job numbers. 8.1% unemployment going down basically because people got out of the job market and 96,000 jobs created. your thoughts? >> obviously another disappointing monthly figure. the white house says you can't just look at monthly numbers if you if you look over the last several quarters, last several years you look at continued pattern we're not creating 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 and by the way, wages are

now if what we just uncovered here at fox news with bret baier, if the administration knew on day one it was not only a terrorist attack but it was an al qaeda attack, if they knew before day one because there was a defense department public report saying al qaeda in libya, a profile, what did they know and when did they know it? i worked in the white house during water gaet -- watergate, the steady constant drip, drip, drip, the story changed every day. in the end it was a cover-up. i would like to know if the administration is covering something up? did they know in advance? why didn't they protect the ambassador? why have they been so reluctant talk about what it really is, what everybody understands it is which is a terrorist attack? jenna: let's go to the word choice. hillary clinton say violent ex-ist. attack by violent extremist versus attack by terrorist what is is the significance of word choice? >> i don't think they want to use the word al qaeda if they use the word al qaeda how do you make the claim al qaeda is finished, once we got bin laden, once we left iraq, once we wo

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

bret baier reporting that intelligence sources are convinced that last week's attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi was directly tied to al qaeda. specifically a libyan who was released from guantÁnamo bay in 2007 who may have led the attack. the terrorist in question was released on the condition that he would remain in jail in libya. he did not. now christopher stevens and three other americans are dead. so far, no response from the white house this evening. if this is all true, it would directly, emphatically contradicted statements from obama officials over a week that this was a spontaneous act based on a movie as anti-american protests are raging in the middle east, more than a week after the libyan attack in lebanon, thousands demonstrating today chanting, america, you are god's enemy. shouting anti-american slurs and more our continued to expect tomorrow. meanwhile come a moment today at a hearing of the senate homeland security committee. regarding those attacks on consulate in benghazi. >> ambassador stevens and the three other americans died as a result of a terror

melissa: bret baier, thank you so much. i know you're getting ready for your own show and we appreciate you stopping by. >> all right. melissa: here's our question of the day. can mitt romney get his economic message back on track with voters after his hidden video debacle? we want to hear what you think. like us on facebook at facebook.com/melissafrancisfox. or follow me on twitter at melissaafrancis. mitt romney's comments may be causing uproar but is there more truth to the numbers that many critics are letting on? here to crunch the numbers, curtis dubai, senior tax policy analyst at the heritage foundation. we're not looking at the political impact. i want to look just at the numbers. starting with 47% that don't pay taxes, we're talking about federal tax, right, federal income tax? >> right, 47% of all federal tax-filers have no federal income tax liability. that number is much too large. it is much too large because the economy is so weak for a number of years now. if you want to get the number down we need a stronge

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connell: he sat down for this exclusive interview with bret baier. live on the fox news channel in iowa and he did talk about the report that was out this morning and here is what he said. >> another disappointing monthly figure and i know the white house keeps saying you can't just look at monthly numbers but if you look at the last several quarters and the last several years you see a continued pattern that we are not creating jobs we need to create americans back to work. >> the criticism from the obama white house is romney doesn't have a specific plan. >> holy cow. he has 58 proposals he put out. it is almost too much to talk about in an interview. he has five areas to focus on as president. this candidate, mitt romney has been more specific than we have seen in previous presidential elections. he put out a solid economic plan. the reality is we need to look at this as a choice between two dramatically different paths. one thing both parties agree on is two dramatically different approaches. if you look at the long-range approach we created more

both of them go into these key battleground states and a fox news colleague, bret baier, sat down with governor romney after the jobs report was issued and had this reaction. take a listen. >> for every net new jobs created, about four people dropped out of the workforce. so we are going in the wrong direction. this is a very difficult time for the american people. wages are also not rising. no increase in wages, declining wages and people being able to find work. people dropping out of the work force. it is another continuation of bleak news on the employment front. reporter: of course, the president fired back. >> if the republicans are serious about being concerned about joblessness, we could create a million new jobs right now. if congress would pass the jobs plan. that i sent him a year ago. jobs for teachers and construction workers and folks who have been looking out -- looking for work for a long time. we can do that. reporter: the romney campaign releasing 15 new tv commercials in iowa and new hampshire and six other swing states. the advertisements are called a better future.

msnbc has bret baier and fair news people. they put out chris matthews as their news person? >> first of all, this wasn't anchoring -- this of not anchoring right now -- >> he is anchoring later on -- >> this is not brzezinski -- did he do it during the anchoring? >> no, the same thing. he has diminished his own credibility as any kind of -- >> no -- >> one at a time. >> what if the rnc chairman was race baited? we're supposed to say the media should sit back and say i disagree, you race baiting sir. >> john, i think it's a question of tone. nobody's saying he shouldn't push back. later, preibis said, mathews was the biggest jerk in the room. jennifer rubin, do you expect a different tone to the media coverage than that which surrounded the republican convention in tampa? >> i think so. but i also think -- and i was pleasantly surprised. my conservative friends, i think, should watch and read more of the mainstream media. the coverage there i thought was actually fairly accurate except for one incident which was the clint eastwood episode. i think what they did was that they

." ♪ ♪ >> bret: good evening i'm bret baier. eight weeks away from the election. if you believe the polls, president obama is pulling ahead from mitt romney. polls are polls and translating positive polls to voters come election day is something different. it appears that a post convention bump is fueling a mini surge for the president. chief political correspondent carl cameron breaks down the numbers. >> reporter: with polls showing president obama inching slightly ahead, romney rallied republicans in mansfield, ohio. historically a must-win state for g.o.p. hopeful. >> forward is his campaign slogan. forewarned is a better term. we know that would happen if we were re-elected. we have seen more years of high unemployment. more years of massive deficit. more years of cusp of crisis you are seeing in europe. we're forewarned and that is why we're not going to are elect this man. >> reporter: the president is ahead 50-45 in the buckeye state. the average poll puts obama edge at 2.2. in north carolina, where the national convention ended before last week's discoura

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

." ♪ ♪ >> 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

." ♪ ♪ >> bret: good evening, i'm bret baier. with i'll update the volatile situation in mideast about northern africa where embassies are still confronted with longs of angry protesters at this hour. but first, the federal reserve is taking an expensive shot to try to jump-start the ailing economy. the fed says it will try, keep trying until the job is done. what does the action say about the state of the recovery and what does it mean for the election less than two months before election day? fox business network washington correspondent peter barnes has details. >> reporter: with election day eight weeks away the federal reseven moved aggressively to make it cheaper for consumers and businesses to borrow more. it wants people to buy more cars, house, appliances and gadgets. companies to invest more in science and equipment. boost economic growth an job creation. >> this is a main stream policy. trying to get more employment. >> reporter: the fed is frustrated with the slow economic growth, 2%. not enough to get the unemploymen

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