he did letterman and his own top ten list. i think they have gone too far on the white house side of things. if you see obama one more time, the comedy shows he has nothing left to say. if you were to tomorrow, do this monologue again and contract pictures of the smile hey, that what's up? all the fun stuff. do an interview with pimp with the limp and then i'm going to do david letterman. meanwhile, the ambassador died and conflicting information about the intel. what eric said about the economic news, it should be on the front page but instead we talk about letterman. maybe is it brilliant. >> romney is always too serious and stepping in it a little bit. i think we are in a new time it's not just news programmin programming. there are a lot of people focused -- >> eric: you are doing a good job. doing what the left likes to do. we talk about obama hang out with letterman and you turn it in to what romney should be doing. it works. >> it's a strategy that works. >> andrea: that was the mistake that romney made at the conventio

the d man will analyze letterman's appearance on the letterman's appearance on the ely.ram last night. but because of business people like you, things are beginning to get rolling. and regions is here to help. making it easier with the expertise and service to keep those wheels turning. from business loans to cash management, we want to be your partner moving forward. so switch to regions. and let's get going. together. >> thanks for staying with us, i'm bill o'reilly. in the miller segment tonight, we continue our analysis of the presidential candidates going on soft venues. last night david letterman asked barack obama about the exploding national debt. >> do you remember what that number was? was it 10 trillion? >> i don't remember what the number was precisely. >> bill: see, now, if this is me and i got the credit card guy calling me every day. >> right. >> i start to get scared. as americans, should would he be scared that we owe that kind of money. >> we don't have to worry about it short-term. right now interest rates are low because people still consider the united states the

but he will not get equal treatment on letterman. it will be an hour of making fun of him in his underway or religion, whatever he thinks is funny. you would not be balanced by going on "saturday night like," they make fun of him as a white guy. you are thought going to get balance on these programs. >>neil: it is amazing. tim, thank you very much. everyone is focused on mitt romney and the 47 percent and the whole mother jones thing. is anyone asking, how do we get do that 47 percent if -- figure? we have that tonight on fox business network. >> we see how the media treated my interview with governor romney and our debate coverage will drive them nuts because we are at all the debates, the first kicking off two weeks from today. just like you saw at the convention, you can see all the power players here at fox business network, at 4:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m., and all the way to midnight and everyone else is looking for themselves we are looking out for you. if they do not speak to us you will see this. >> governor? governor, do you have a

letterman and he are great together. he ought to bring him on there and make him his side car like berry bud mehlman or something. all i know is this: as far as the presidency goes, it ain't good right now. and if you are asking me if things like this have an impact on me, i'm going way past my fail safe point on this election. not only am i not undecided, i'm overdecided. i think the country looks like crap right now and i can't wait until november 6th here to get it on. figure out which way we are going. because anybody who looks at what is going on right now and a president saying he believes in redistribution and just doesn't get it, i don't know what to tell them. >> well, i don't either. because if you look at just the facts as i said in the talking points memo tonight, the people who are supporting president obama are doing so again on hope. well, we hope all of this government spend something going to turn around and we hope social justice will be imposed. there really isn't anything after three and a half, well

we'll have more on romney versus letterman later. here is president obama's reaction to romney's seething resentment of the 47%. >> i don't know if you have seen the videotape, but i'm sure you know what we're referencing here. mitt romney at a fundraiser i believe in florida, there's a cell phone videotaping his remarks and he talks about dismissive terms why 47% of the people voting don't matter to him. is that what rich guys at country clubs are talking about? >> well, i don't know what he was referring to. but i can tell you this. when i won in 2008, 47% of the american people didn't vote for me. and what i said on election night was even though you didn't vote for me, i hear your voices and i'm going to work as hard as i can to be your president. and one of the things i've learned as president is you represent the entire country. and when i meet republicans, as i'm traveling around the country, they are hard-working family people who care deeply about this country, and my expectation is is that if you want to be president, you'v

letterman brought up. rnc, what's the clock running, debt clock. >> and obama said i don't really know what was on there. >> what was the number on there, 10. >> obama wouldn't reference the number and meanwhile by the way said, also, quote, i'm completely ignorant about politics. stuart: the president said that. >> in the interview with letterman. i missed that. say it again. >> i put the quote in front of me he claimed to be completely ignorant of politics. and how big was the debt when you walked in the white house door. he said i don't remember the number precisely. >> that's right. stuart: and letterman would say 10 billion. i don't remember the number precisely. >> and they know what that number is every hour of the day. stuart: and we've got-- and entered the fray here, hold on a second. let's stay on housing, don peebles is with us. florida and michigan, two key swing states, got it. two of the highest percentages of junt water mortgages, 33, 29% respectively, amount of home owners who owe more tha

go ahead with "letterman show." the clooney dinners. i understand you're eye candy. i understand you have your priorities. unfortunately, your priorities don't line up with ours. >> bob: that was very depressing. >> eric: it is depressing. >> bob: okay. >> eric: it is depressing. the man has time for the view and letterman but can't meet with netanyahu or tackle the major issues going on in america: jobs. >> bob: i would venture to say most presidents up for re-election, general assembly of the u.n. in september of election year don't have a lot of bilateral meetings -- >> dana: if you're going to say that, why don't you check it out first. we have polls who do things like that all day. >> bob: i checked in with -- >> dana: so you can say -- >> eric: we checked with the people in the brain room and they tell us for the first time in two decades, a sitting president hasn't met bye laterally with anybody. >> bob: anybody? >> eric: yep. >> andrea: you could answer this. bush at this time in his presidency met with number of countries. >> dana: i didn't deal a lot with t

and aperience on letterman and the fall-out. we have look at that and the latest fox news polls. [ male announcer ] when this hotel added aflac to provida better benefits package... oahhh! [ male announcer ] it made a big splash with the employees. [ duck yelling ] [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. ♪ ha ha! ♪ ♪ before i walked in office, we had $1 trillion deficit. debt had mounted. >> do you remember what the number was? was it $10 trillion? >> i don't remember what the number was precisely. >> right. as miles per hours should we be scared we owe that money? who do we owe the money to? >> we don't have to worry about it short-term. right now interest rates are low because people still consider the united states the safest and the greatest country on earth. rightfully so. but it is a problem long-term. even medium term. >> the key thing, right now our debt levels are rising faster than the growth in our economy. our economy will eventually break if that continues.

and aperience on letterman and the fall-out. we have look at that and the latest fox news polls. [ male announcer ] when this hotel added aflac to provida better benefits package... oahhh! r ] it made a big splash with the employees. [ male announcer ] when this hotel added aflac [ duck yelling ] [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. ♪ ha ha! ♪ ♪ before i walked in office, we had $1 trillion deficit. debt had mounted. >> do you remember what the number was? was it $10 trillion? >> i don't remember what the number was precisely. >> right. as miles per hours should we be scared we owe that money? who do we owe the money to? >> we don't have to worry about it short-term. right now interest rates are low because people still consider the united states the safest and the greatest country on earth. rightfully so. but it is a problem long-term. even medium term. >> the key thing, right now our debt levels are rising faster than the growth in our economy. our economy will eve

the president reacted to the hidden camera video last night on "the late show with david letterman." >> one of the things i've learned as president is you represent the entire country. when i meet republicans as i'm traveling around the country, they are hard working family people who care deeply about this country. >> letterman reminded the president that in 2008 he was caught on camera saying pennsylvanians love their guns and religion. the president said he realized his mistake and quickly apologized for it. >>> a washington post survey said that more than half the voters approve of the job the president is doing. >>> paul ryan will try to gain back some ground today. he'll visit danville for a rally at piedmont precision machine factory. the small town in virginia which used to be a thriving tobacco hub has fallen on hard times in recent years. >>> plus who is expected to be behind a mass prison break just south of the u.s. border. >>> today the space shuttle "endeavour" will begin its final journey. it will complete the first leg of a three-day trip from florida to the californi

meanwhile, the president late tonight taped an episode with dade letterman and said he -- david letterman and said he has a new message for the muslim world. you need to work with us to protect american lives. >> bret: more with the panel as well. ed henry on the north lawn. thank you. u.s. economy, confidence among u.s. home builders at six-year high. the latest index shows the best numbers since june of 2006 before the housing collapse. the dow was back up today. gaining 12. the s&p 500 dropped two. the nasdaq lost one. fedex says the global economy is stalling. it will get worse next year. the shipping company has sharply cut its earnings forecast. largely because of the steep decline in asian exports due to weakness in europe. car sales are also tanking in europe. ford's business plunged 2% in august from a year ago. ford is considering factory cuts. what do you think about the economy? how is it affecting you? let me know on twitter. democrats can't figure out what the american military looks like. we'll explain why later in the grapevine. up next, obama administration and liberal we

should president obama be in the white house are on letterman? blog contact gerriwillis.com and on the right-hand side of the screen. all share the results of the end of tonight's show here. now, we wanted to bring you the latest development as far we have been following closely. the chicago teachers union president said the deal to end the first teacher strike in 25 years is close. students will likely be back in the classroom on monday instead of tomorrow is as predicted earlier. making substantial progress. signing a final proposal requires a meeting by union delegates to likely happen tomorrow. we could have an end to the strike. so that 25,000 teachers rank in history. welcome it may be one of the most controversial. many strikes with a greater impact. that's tonight's top five. number five, the steel strike of 1919. 350,000 afl members fought against poor working conditions and low wages in pittsburgh. nearly half of the steel industry was shut down for five months. number four, the textile workers strike of 1934, we're going way back. star

. >>> the president on letterman. the first words since romney rocked the famous 47%. >>> regis philbin, announcing his new daytime tv gig, one he doesn't plan to get up too early for. >>> and jennifer aniston's new role, pregnant with triplets. her hilarious new video, not afraid to make fun of herself. >>> good morning, everybody. i'm john muller. >> and i'm sunny hostin. paula and rob are on assignments. we begin this wednesday, with millions of people on the east coast, dealing with the aftermath of a wicked storm. >> the powerful weather system, leaving a huge mess in its wake. from the maryland shores, to manhattan sidewalks, the fierce storm caused chaos, as high winds and heavy rains, delivering a dangerous double-punch. as the cold front swept in from the west, the system barreled up the east coast. a corporate jet trying to land in blinding rain in macon, georgia, hydroplaning and crashing. more than eight inches in rain in towns outside of philadelphia. and millions of people in the new york area, spending

the president on letterman. his first words since the race was rocked by romney's comments about the now-famous 47%. >>> and you knew he couldn't stay away for long. tv legend regis philbin, announcing his new daytime tv gig. one that he doesn't plan to get up too early for. >>> and jennifer aniston's new role, pregnant with triplets. her hilarious new video, not afraid to make fun of herself. >>> good morning, everybody. i'm john muller. >> and i'm sunny hostin. paula and rob are on assignments. we begin this wednesday, with millions of people along the east coast dealing with the aftermath of a wicked storm. >> the clash of powerful weather systems, leaving a huge mess in its wake. from the maryland shores, to manhattan sidewalks, the fierce storm caused chaos, as high winds and heavy rains, delivering a dangerous double-punch. as the cold front swept in from the west, the system barreled up the east coast. a corporate jet trying to land in blinding rain in macon, georgia, hydroplaning and crashing. in north c

he reacted on "the late show with david letterman." one of the things i've learned as president is you represent the entire country. when i meet republicans, as i'm traveling around the country, they are hard working, family people, who care deeply about this country, and my expectation is that, if you want to be president, you've got to work for everybody, not just for some. >> letterman also brought up a similar miscue by the president in 2008. he was caught on tape saying voters in pennsylvania clung to their guns and their religion. the president told letterman he recognized that as a mistake and quickly apologized for it. >> today the d.c. council will take up an emergency funding bill to upgrade and maintain the city's parking meters. the city needs nearly $3 million more than expected to make the improvements, and they include connecting 6,000 spaces to a central network so transportation officials can know when they're empty and money paid for credit card processing. the extra funds will come from $6 million in extra revenue fr

a tense meeting with benjamin netanyahu or go on letterman to get votes from that show? i think that the answer is cl r clear. >> the little box on the right-hand side of the screen is making news as well. i want to draw your attention, wolf, and the viewers to the box of the touchdown of the space shuttle "endeavour" flying this morning from kennedy space center making a stop for refueling and little as it goese final resting day in los angeles. this is the final trip, and the vistas are spectacular. we will take a break and talk more on the other side. one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes with some risk, we're committed to safely and responsibly producing natural gas. it's not a dream. america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. and the candidate's speech is in pieces all over the district. the writer's desktop and the coord

>> i think letterman can handle it. the point that the president is making is that much of the debt is held in terminally -- internally, if one government branch of the debt and social security checks that we owe but some of the debt is owned by overseas credit by the chinese and he made an excellent point that interest rates are so low now, that borrowing money, now is the time to do our infrastructure recovery, and now is the time, while the rest of the world is still parking their money with us, because we're still a safe harbor, and he makes the point that the deficit is of concern. but it is not a concern for the next six months. it is something that you have to get on, on a pattern. but to dive into austerity is to invite the same kind of problems that europe is going through. and it only crimps any kind of recovery that we have. so i think -- >> don't you think -- didn't kn deficit, i'm sure republicans are going to go to town on that. >> that's not the issue. >> it is ignorant. >> that's not the issue. the issue

he will appear on the late show with david letterman as well. jury deliberations resume in the retrial of an iraq war veteran charged with killing his roommate. gary smith is accused of killing him at their gaithersburg apartment in 2006. smith was convicted in 2008, but the conviction was overturned. >> and afghan militant says he carried out a suicide attack near kabul air force base. a female suicide bomber rammed a small sedan into a mini bus killing nine people. the minibus was believed to carry foreign aviation workers to the airport. pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi from myanmar is in d.c.. she will meet with secretary of state clinton today and attend an event at the u.s. institute of peace. she will receive the congressional gold medal. she spent nearly two decades under house arrest. will also visit new york, the midwest, and california. >> the man accused of shooting a security guard in downtown washington is expected in court today. the man walked into the conservative lobbying group's building last month and shot the guard in t

and the president spending 60 minutes with david letterman? what gives? >> this were a republican president appearing on that kind of a show in the midst of battle and the economic problems we are having but the continuing problems we are having overseas, the continuing protests. it pretty clear double standard and this president benefits from it on a daily basis. gerri: i wanted you to respond to something he said about the debt. could not find it, here is the president. >> do you remember what that number was? 10 trillion? >> i don't remember precisely but we don't have to worry about short-term because people still consider the united states the safest and greatest country on earth, rightfully so. it is a problem long-term and even medium term. gerri: the number the president was trying to find, 16 trillion. he says it doesn't matter. does that matter to the american people? >> on the former, the question was ambiguous enough the president to not have known what he was talking about although we did not ask for a clarification. on this question if there

meantime david letterman last night had a little chat about the president's health. >> 180 looks good. >> thank you. >> that's just about where i am and i don't look so good at 180. >> you look sharp. >> you haven't seen me naked. >> we're going to keep it that way. >> and it's time for my morning must read. last week we told you about that missing dog who somehow never having been there before was found in his master's grave. well, today's must read is about a man who after a nearly 200-mile road trip in his corvette went to a garage because of a noise in his engine. you will not believe what the mechanic discovered. it's up on our facebook page at facebook/jansing co. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®. love the air. [ laughing ] [ laughing ] [ laughing ] [ laughing ] ♪ can help make you a better investor. our e-trade 360 investing dashboard shows you where your money is, live. e-trade pro is so usable you'll actually use it. and our apps are the ultimate in mobile investing. become a bett

the letterman show can wait. we are in a crisis. and look -- israel is surrounded by the middle-east. >> sean: the middle-east is beginning to burn, joe. look -- >> it's been burning for 2,000 years, my friend. >> sean: and the arab spring was supposed to fix that. we know that because the anointed one told us that -- >> first of all, democracy -- democracy. >> democracy is going to iraq, blowing the place up and happening we are going to-- >>> stop with bush! he says the arab spring was going to bring peace and stability and the muslim brotherhood -- >> george bush was with -- >> wherate outrage about the murders -- about the things -- where's the outrage! i want for rude scpriewd one thing i like, he was outraged -- >> he should be going out and he should say, bring it on. that's what he should do. bring it on. that's the kind of rhetoric -- >> you don't think -- [overlapping dialogue] >> sean: all of his outreach didn't do a damn thing! nothing! they hate us! they are always going to hate us! his kissing his backside i. you are r

obama told letterman that he recognized that as a mistake. >> virginia's u.s. senate candidate tim kaine and george allen will face-off live. thai get runder way at noon. >> coming up, government helicopter used to pull off the ultimate homecoming proposal. some new information about the teenage girl at the krenter of the scandal. >> a researcher murdered outside of his maryland home. >> we'll >>> we've got an update to a story we shared last night at 11:00. school administrators say they gave the okay for a helicopter homecoming invitation. the father of a student at patriot high school arranged for a border patrol pilot to help his son ask a girl for a date. the pilot dropped the stuffed animal and note on the school's football field last wednesday. the student who got the invitation is a kicker on the football team. victoria tells the washington post this isn't her fers over-the-top invitation. >> a researcher at the national institutes of health has been killed. peter marvin was shot outside his house in baltimore. police initially thought he might have bee

during an appearance last night on "the letterman show. president obama said he was writing off a big chunk of the country. >>> the inspector general will release a report on the botched fast and furious gun trafficking operation some time today. the republican-led house voted in june to hold attorney general eric holder in contempt for with holding documents in the case. family members of the u.s. border control agent ryan terry killed in connection with the gun smuggling operation, they have said they won't have closure until someone is held accountable for terry's death. >>> after two decades space shuttle "endeavour" is ready to take its final voyage. the final destination is the california science center in downtown l.a. we'll have a live report coming up on that. >> we are looking forward to that. thank you, christine. >> you're welcome. >>> it is 18 minutes past the hour. i'm for the early reads, your local news making national headlines. first from "the seattle times" here. who killed me billboards and bus ads are going up all acro

. >> letterman starts talking about the debt. letterman says it's $10 trillion. the president says, i don't know what the number is. how can he not know it's $16 trillion? how can he be president of the united states and not know it's $16 trillion? >> if mitt romney believes the country should go to war, he should say so. >> bill: this isn't about mitt romney. >> sean, we had this conversation. look, the middle east has been burning for 2,000 years. >> bill: not like this. >> are you kidding me? beirut, beirut, beirut under reagan. >> bill: he's going to vegas. >> this is like -- look, we have u.s. assets all around the world. every president's had this kind of situation happen much worse than this one. and this president believes you go get the guy -- it's not bravado, you don't say bring it on, you don't send 200,000 troops in. >> bill: why not? there's four americans dead. >> you find them and kill them. that's what happened with osama bin laden on this watch. it's not words or rhetoric. all this is is garbage rhetoric. >> come on, joe! you're defending the in

david letterman says that there must have been " a mixup ". but he says he is very grateful. >> well deserved. a $35 traffic ticket getting a lot of media attention because it was issued to the san jose mayor chuck reed, an officer from this city's police department pulled him over yesterday morning after he failed to use a turn signal. the mayor is taking it in stride saying that all traffic violators should be cited. which is a good point. >> but it was a blinker violation, i don't know. >> maybe he had his hand out the window instead? we are going to go this way and take a look outside at the current conditions in and around the microclimates. right now we are looking at mt. diablo, one of my favorite places to take my bicycle. we have nothing but seamless blue skies and currently, right there in the dublin area, livermore, pleasanton, sporting 76 degrees. sunshine in san jose at 70, a variable wind in santa rosa but clear skies and mid-60's with oakland reporting sunny conditions in redwood city at 65 degrees. the coast is not clear. we ar

. >>> the president revealing to david letterman the real star of the dnc. >> it was terrific. it's funny how much people realize michelle is better than me. i have to go through the week, your wife was really great. you were okay. >> that is why they call it the better half. that is your 5@5:00. >> the president also taking time on letterman to respond to the leaked video where he talks about 47 percent of the country that doesn't pay income taxes. >>> is this as video he talks about he believes wealth should be redistributed. he is live in washington with more on the dueling controversial videos. good morning, peter. >> good morning, heather. a video that has been around since 1998 is making waves because it featured a young barack obama because he believes in some redistribution of wealth. >> i think the trick is figuring out how do we structure government systems that pull resources and facilitate some redistribution because i actually believe in redistribution. at least at a certain level to make sure that everybody has a shot. >> at the time 14 years ago mr. obama was try