. >> bret: bret, thanks. transition, in world headlines. venezuelan president hugo chavez says his government is carrying out initial studies into starting a nuclear energy program. chavez says it's for peaceful purposes. it's unclear how quickly he intends to pursue it. iran state tv reports that powerful revolutionary guard received its first three squadrons what they're calling flying boats. supposedly able to dodge radar and iran offered the first official indication that oman is playing a key role in trying to secure the release of the remaining two american hikers in president for more than a year. the suicide bomber killed a deputy provincial governor and five other people today in eastern afghanistan. president hamid karzai tearfully decried the violence saying that young people will choose to leave the country. also today, the afghan government announced the aappointment of nearly 70 people to a new high peace council, designed to reconcile with top taliban leaders and lure foot soldiers off the batt

bret. >> bret: mike emanuel live on the north lawn. thank you. stocks ended the week on a positive note. the dow added about 13. s&p 500 gained about a point and the nasdaq was up 12 1/3. a piece of legislation called the dream act may be turning into a nightmare for democrat sponsors and republican critics. chief correspondent jim angle tells us what it is and why it's so divisive. >> reporter: an emotional and pointed doo ebate where harry reid inserted into a key defense fell, making it difficult for illegal aliens to get citizenship and senator john mccain is angry about it. >> this is a transparent attempt to win an election. that's what this is all about. >> with our forces fighting two wars, he says this is no time to throw partisan unrelated matters on to a must-pass defense bill. he says it's nothing more than currying favor with the hispanic voters. >> in desperation, they see november election is coming up is palpable. >> reid owes opponent agrees. >> he's politicized this and looking for votes in the places where he thinks he can find

. >> bret: i'm bret baier. fox news alert. we have a first look tonight at the house republican plan of attack for the november elections. this comes ahead of thursday's official roll out. the plan called a pledge to america is divided in five policy areas. economy, government spending, healthcare, government reform and national security. some of the highlights for the economy stop what republicans call job-killing tax hike, rein in government red tape. vow to end government control of fannie and freddie. cancellation of all unspent stimulus money. rollback of spending to prestimulus and bail-out levels. hard cap on discretionary spending and weekly votes on spending cuts. for healthcare, repeal and replace the healthcare law. substituting medical liability reform legislation. make permanent a law banning federal money for abortion services. in the government reform section, rule mandating a three-day waiting period, 72 hours before vote on legislation. clause in each bill demonstrating the constitutionality. timely, a nationa

bret? >> bret: shannon, thank you. still ahead, what a congressional race in washington state tells us about washington, d.c. what some hard hats are not doing that could threaten the ro posed mosque -- proposed mosque near ground zero. [ tires screech ] [ engine revving ] [ drums playing ] [ male announcer ] 306 horsepower. race-inspired paddle shifters. and f-sport-tuned suspension. all available on the new 2011 lexus is. it isn't real performance unless it's wielded with precision. it isn't real performance everyone has someone to go heart healthy for. who's your someone? campbell's healthy request can help. low cholesterol, zero grams trans fat, and a healthy level of sodium. it's amazing what soup can do. and my dog bailey and i love to hang out in the kitchen. you love the aroma of beef tenderloin, don't you? you inspired a very special dog food. [ female announcer ] chef michael's canine creations. chef inspired. dog desired. >> bret: checking international headlines. investigators are questioning a suspect that

bret? >> bret: mike emanuel live in new york. let's delve deeper in the internal struggles that the democrats are having over the tax cut issue. here is chief washington correspondent jim angle. >> democratk leaders were forced to delay which tax cut to extent because they argue that any increase in taxes will hurt the economy. >> if we let it go to the next step with the reverse of the tax levels to 2000 year level, it would create economic katrina in the country. >> 31 democrats sent a letter to pelosi asking to extend all the tax cuts, including those for higher incomes. >> we're talking to folks who are coming to us now saying we agree with the position on this. >> they say ending tax cut on high income would hurt job creating businesses. >> these are the job creators and the healthy, thriving businesses we are asking to revive the economy from the doldrums. the last thing we want to do is raise their taxes. >> raising taxes on higher income households directly targets those households as supply a large fraction of the saving

bret? >> bret: shannon, thank you. still ahead, what a congressional race in washington state tells us about washington, d.c. what some hard hats are not doing that could threaten the ro posed mosque -- proposed ro posed mosque -- proposed mosque near gr@ a free hoveround collapsible grabber with the purchase of your power chair. it reaches, it grabs, it's collapsible and it's portable. it goes wherever you go. get it free while supplies last. call the number on your screen to get your free video, brochure and your free hoveround collapsible grabber. call the number on your screen. >> bret: checking international headlines. investigators are questioning a suspect that is said to be a british man of somali descent. dutch state radio says he has ties to the somali military group al shbab. britain military handed over control of volatile district in southern afghanistan helmand province. they have lost 100 troops in the district since 2006. suspected u.s. drone strike killed six alleged militants in northwestern pakistan

bret? >> bret: thank you. a panel working for the united nations human rights council says israeli forces violated international law during and after a raid on gaza bound aid flotilla in may. eight turkish activists and american were killed. israel insisted the soldiers acted in self-defense. israeli police forces stormed a jerusalem holy site today to stop palestinian rioters throwing stones at jewish worshippers. the u.s. and the allies again calling on iran to come to the table to discuss the nuclear efforts. representatives met as the united nations concludes the development conference with a new pledge from president obama about an old problem. senior correspondent eric shawn has details. they want to cut it by half in five years. they complete the millennium set-up, president obama unveiled new effort to help poor countries economically. >> today i'm announcing the new u.s. global development policy. the first of its kind by an american administration. it's rooted in america's enduring commitment to the

bret? >> bret: in washington, senate republicans and two democrats for now ended the legislative challenge to the military's policy on openly gay members. correspondent shannon bream shows us what happened. >> i find myself on the horn of a dilemma. >> reporter: with that, the hopes faded away. they hoped that susan collins would join coalition of democrat and independents to reach 60 votes. number he needed to get a version of the defense authorization bill that included repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" to vote. but he mustered only 56 votes and he set specific rules that wouldn't allow republican amendments to the bill to be debated at all, the reason collins wouldn't go along. >> i cannot vote to proceed to the bill under a situation it will shut down the debate and preclude republican amendments. >> reporter: collins supports doing away with "don't ask, don't tell" unlike most other republicans including senator mccain who accuse democrats of playing game with the measure which would p

i'm bret baier. president obama pleaded for more time to let his policies work, but white house correspondent mike emanuel says even the president admits they've come up short so far. >> reporter: the president visited a family in fairfax, virginia to talk about what more he'd like to do to help the economy and he later joined a larger group which included small business owners and john nicholas and nicole armstrong's back yard to explain what his economic policies have and have not accomplished so far. >> we've stopped the bleeding and stable is liilized the econ but the pace of improvement has not been where it needs to be. >> reporter: the president is trying to push the senate to pass a small business jobs bill which includes about 12 billion dollars in tax breaks and 30 billion dollars to encourage lending. which the treasury secretary says is what the struggling dmi needs. >> this bill will accomplish two big things, it will cut taxes for small businesses, it will make loans credit more availab

bret? >> bret: greg palkot, thank you. back at home, the man accused of a horrific terror attack against an american target 12 years ago is finally going to trial in civilian court. senior correspondent eric shawn lays out the case. >> reporter: galani is an accused al-qaeda terrorist, charged with participating in the bombings of two u.s. embassies in africa in 1998. attacks that killed 224 people, including 12 americans. in court he seemed relaxed and smiled on the first day of jury selection. as the first gitmo detainee to be tried in a u.s. civilian court. the case is supposed to test the obama policy of transferring some detainees from military tribunals. his lawyers say while in custody he was under torture. >> you would think there would be complicity of more than his statement. >> reporter: they tried to accuse mastermind khalid sheikh mohammed here. they do not seem as on gaard with golani. >> any time there is a trial of this nature, it does cause anxiety and concern in the community. we're the only neighborhood

bret? >> bret: shannon, thank you. much more on this with the panel. new claims for unemployment insurance jumped by 12,000 last week. this that is the first increase in the last five weeks. sales of previously occupied homes were up 7.6% in august, after a terrible july. mortgage rates are unchanged this week. and the index of leading economic indicators was up .# of a percentage point last month. stocks were down today. the dow lost 77. the s&p 500 gave back 9-1/2. the nasdaq fell 7-1/2. the middle east was the focal point of president obama's second address to the united nations. white house correspondent mike emanuel reports the president is keeping up pressure on iran to come to the negotiating table. but the iranian president said something in his speech that forced u.s. diplomats to get out of the chairs and walk out of the chamber. >> reporter: on the international stage with the world leaders looking on to the united nations, president obama made his latest pitch for iran to stop producing nuclear weapons. >> the door remains open to diplomacy

. >> hi, bret. the running argument over extending the bush tax cuts may come to nothing if congress decides to just go home in three weeks, but it's been a revealing exchange nonetheless. the president's co-offer extending the cuts from middle class taxpayers, president bush didn't just cut for the rich, it was for all taxpayers. it would cost 700 million dollars in lost revenue over ten years and keeping them from middle class which they now support would cost about three times that much. still, the president's position means he agrees with republicans, that raising people's taxes in the midst of a flagging economy is a bad idea. but the very language used in discussing these issues tells us something as well. in washington, letting people keep more of their own money is considered a cost. as if all the money really belongs to the government in the first place and which you get to keep is an expenditure. this sets the government is reflected in high amount of stimulus funds used to bail out broke

bret. >> bret: james rosen live on capitol hill. thank you. most presidents struggle with getting their nominees through the senate confirmation process, but some republicans are accusing president obama of bypassing the system to avoid a fight. white house correspondent wendell goler reports tonight while the president will bring his choice on board. she will be shaping a new government office instead of running it. >> in the end, there was less question about whether elizabeth warren would oversee the new consumer financial protection bureau than how the president would arrange it. he made clear she's been his choice from the start. >> the idea for the agency was elizabeth warner, she's been a dear friend of mine, somebody i've known since law school and i've been in conversations with her. >> reporter: sources say warren will be be assistant to the president and advisor to treasury secretary geithner and writes the rules governing credit cards, and the move frufs, this is a disingenuous effort to circumvent the senate confirmation process a

good evening, i'm bret baier. sarah palin heads a fundraiser in the state that launched and shot down many presidential hopes and dreams. chief political correspondent carl cameron is in des moines, iowa with palin's answer to the million dollar question, will she run? >> even before arriving sarah palin's first trip without a book tour to iowa made news in the home of 2012 caucuses. >> freedom is a god given right. >> after quitting as governor alaska she's the tea party's most recognizable face. since the presidential bid she's refused to rule out a

let's go to bret baier with the latest. >> bret: a big nate the primary in delaware is a big upset. christine o'donnell has defeated castle the establishment favorite. o'donnell received major backing from the tea party express. she will face the democrat in november the winner gets the seat long held by vice president biden. there you see the percentages, big win for christine o'donnell. in the balance of political novices in wisconsin ron johnson has defeated westlake. johnson has never run before takes on incumbent democrat russ feingold who many consider vulnerable in november. tea party favorite. ovide lamontagne has the lead over kelly a why the in the senate primary. -- kelly ayotte, in the senate primary still early there. ehrlich trounced newcomer brian murphy in tonight primary in maryland. we will get a rematch with martin o'malley who ushered ehrlich out of office in 2006. in new york's harlem congressional district tonight congressman rangel facing a likely ethics trial this fall is battling several challengers, including joyce johnson and adam clayton powell iv the per

. >> bret: i'm bret baier with america's election headquarters update. polls have closed in four states and the district of columbia. some hot races we are watching new hampshire republican senate primary -- backing of both the republican party establishment and former alaska governor sarah palin early there, of course. the delaware republican primary has congressman mike castle against christine o'donnell. castle is the establishment hope to take the seat once held by vice president joe biden. o'donnell is backed by the tea party express. the maryland g.o.p. gubernatorial primary has former governor bob ear lick against brian murphy. the winner faces incumbent democrat martin o'malley in november. you can always get the latest results at foxnews.com. i'm bret baier in washington. i'll have updates all night long. "the o'reilly factor" returns after these messages. [ male announcer ] you can dream of making travel easier to book and more affordable. or, like priceline.com, you can dream it and do it. priceline.com lists on nasdaq, the world's most innova

for that we go to bret baier. >> bret: a big call, the associated press is now calling the delaware senate primary christine o'donnell has defeated veteran congressman mike castle, the gop establishment favorite. you were just talking about it. o'donnell backed by the tea party express they spent a quarter million dollars in that race. she lost some support from members over personal financial issues. o'donnell will face democrat in november for the seat held by vice president biden this is a huge development tonight. she was backed by sarah palin, by south carolina senator jim demint. this is a big win for christine o'donnell and sets up an interesting race in delaware in november. more updates throughout the night. >> sean: thanks bret. new polling data from fox news shows the gop on the rise. republican candidates are leading their democratic challengers in states from pennsylvania to california. these new numbers suggest that we may be looking at a gop landslide come november in the pennsylvania senate race. pat toomey has pulled ahead of joe sestak by six points. sestak may be regrett

hi, bret. >> bret: coming up, breaking details about house republicans, roll-out of what is called a pledge to america. we have specifics. plus, war and politics. new book depicts a sharply divided obama administration. join me in 24 minutes for "special report" now. back to glenn. ♪ ♪ >> glenn: believe it or not, america, you are being manipulated every single day. it's what progressives do. they believe that you are stupid, you're homer simpson. and that be creating a crisis, they can manipulate homer in to, you know, doing what we want them to do. now, there are two ways if you want to manipulate somebody, there are two ways you can get them to do something. if you have a pet, or homer, all you have to do is just put a shock collar around homer's throat and you shock him once in a while. you can do that, but you wouldn't start with a shock collar. no, you'd give homer a treat. that's what he wants. that's what motivates him. if you have a pet, you just do a dog biscuit. if you are training your dog, shot collar, or positive reinforcement, a treat. doughnuts. or a shock collar.

bret's special report. >> bret: coming up, christine o'donnell speaks out at the value voters summit and we're there. president obama side stepped the senate confirmation process today and 27 minutes for special report and now, back to glenn beck. [applause]. [applause]. >> all right. now i'm going to be honest with you, america, now that i've drawn you into my spider web, and i have you all wrapped up, i'm going to tell you why i'm doing this show tonight i mean, i don't-- it doesn't take a genius to figure out. we have a situation in america right now where left and right, it doesn't matter. tensions are growing and it's not just america, they're growing in greece and they're growing in europe, in spain, they're growing in england. i have good friends in china, it's growing in china as well. this is a global-- it's almost like the river of slime, if i may. i know we've got martin luther king, jesus, gandhi and moses here, but let me go to dan akroyd. the river of slime in "ghost busters ii" almost like that and the hate is growing and if you're looking for lasting revolution, viole

first, bret with the report. >> bret: a preview of the big primary night ahead and the battle ahead over extending the bush tax cuts and the health care law lawsuit heads to court. announces of how it plays in 49 days. join me at the top of the hour, now, back to glenn. >> yeah, homer simpson, all he wants is a donut. yeah. and got to be smarter than that. two years ago if i would have said cloward and piven would you have known who i was talking about? do you know? no one, no one two years ago wanted to believe there was a philosophy to intentionally collapse our system. well, the people who wanted to do it are right here. cloward piven, richard cloward francis fox piven they were columbia university protests. remember the tree of revolution before. you've got the progressives at the beginning and they wanted to change everything. nothing was happening so in the '60s, fdf started in, students for a democrat elk society, and this had the radicals down here, these guys, all of these guys down here. well, it wasn't working in the '60s, the radicals wanted to overthrow capitalism and have a

glenn beck returns in a moment but first, bret previews "special report." hi, bret. >> bret: hi. coming up, we have a political round-up from coast to coast. congress gets ready to leave town without voting to prevent a tax increase at the end of the year. terror plots unravelled. join me in 27 minutes for "special report." now, back to glenn beck. ♪ ♪ >> glenn: america, i want to introduce you to a book you must read. available, came out yesterday. dinesh d'souza is the author of "the roots of obama's rage." he is the president of the king's college in new york city. you may disagree with the conclusions in this book, i do not. the white house has been trying to smear it for a while saying anti-colonialism is nonsense, it's racism. you will understand in a year's worth of research and we're going to try to jam it in here in the next 28 minutes. dinesh is here. all we're talking first is the fact. give me the facts. we talked about his father. his father said almost the same kind of stuff when he was in africa. >> the interesting thing about his father. this is a picture of o

it also goes past leland high school by bret hart little school. approach from the camden side and use bret hart drive as well heading towards the middle school, but it affects local traffic. we don't know how long it will last. the police department is doing the investigation. it's over a one-mile area. that's the reason for the closure. we will follow this and the rest of the freeways are moving smoothly. back to you. >> we also have a developing story we are following. nbc news said nine u.s. soldiers are dead from a helicopter crash in afghanistan. the deaths make 2010 the deadliest year for foreign troops. a few details really available about the crash at this time. the taliban claims to have shot down the helicopter and nato said there no reports of enemy fire in the area. >>> new this morning, we have a safety alert for women. east bay police said to be alert as you get in and out of your car. they sexually assaulted two women and are looking for him. christie smith is at lake merit where the attacks happened. >> good morning. we have been o

locals know it approaches leland high school north of bret hart. use bern side or bret hart drive. a lost surface streets. the freeways through the area are moving smoothly. we will follow this. back to you. >> new this morning, the commander of the national guard unit that was on a training exercise in utah when a wild far spark side apologizing. he said he is deeply sorry for what he called a systematic failure. it destroyed three homes and damaged a fourth. it's 25% contained. the unit was conducting live training on sunday even though there were high wind warnings. >> three months and no state budget. no negotiations because the governor called in sick. a meeting could depend on if the governor is well again. 83 days makes it the longest delay in history. lawmakers these to close the gap. >> the safety alert for the women in your life. a man sexually assaulted women and today in the bay's christie smith is live at lake merit where the attacks took place. christie? >> reporter: these attacks took place in a secluded area in the evening. both were on their way home. they are warn

good evening, i'm chris wallace in for bret baier. it's not champagne, but tea that has the beverage of choice for many republicans today. grassroots organization under the tea party umbrella flexed their newfound political muscle again in tuesday's primaries. chief political correspondent carl cameron reports from delaware, scene of the biggest upset of the night. >> the people of delaware have spoken. [ applause ] >> reporter: tea party conservative christine o'donnell shocked republican mike castle and his establishment supporters for the delaware g.o.p. senate confirmation last night. this morning, senate republican officials who had the sister candidacy reversed course and pledged money for the general election fight. g.o.p. senate leader mcconnel gave her a curt and skeptical nod. >> i'll support the winner. >> we'll look at where we think the best opportunities for pick-ups are and that's where we'll spend the money. >> reporter: party bosses have no plan for the big-money outlet for o'donnell than other tea party candidates ha

we go to bret baier standing by with a big call in washington, d.c. tonight. >> the associated press is calling delaware senate primary christine o'donnell defeated mike castle. g.o.p. establishment favorite. you're just talking about it on the show. owe tonel back by the tea party express. it's been a quarter million dollars in the race and lost support from tea party members over personal financial issues but will face chris coo in november this, is a huge development tonight. she was backed by sara palin, by south carolina senator jim did he meant. this is a big win for christine o'donnell setting up an interesting race in delaware in november. more updates throughout the night. sean, back to you. >> bret thanks and brand new polling data from fox news and polls opinion research shows g.o.p. on the rise republican candidates are leading their democratic challengers in states from pennsylvania to california. and these new numbers suggest we may be looking in a g.o.p. landslide come november in pennsylvania senate race. pat toumey pull add head by jo

on bret baier's special report. please tune in. >> shepard: thank god they were giving out free t-shirts. what an amazing man he is. we would never have known him and the military would never have known him and we wouldn't have been the beneficiary of his greatness. astounding. watch tonight at fox report. 6:00 eastern, 5:00 central. >>> get afraid now. getting close to flu season. remember the last time, even a music bid for this. ♪ we're tracking h1n1 ♪ now, they are warning of a drug resistant superbug that could become a worldwide threat. a gene that can change different kinds of bacteria and make them immune to nearly all antibiotics. leaves doctors with very few treatment options. payents in california, massachusetts and illinois have gotten it. although we are told they all survived the infection. trace gallagher, the experts are calling the superbug a man made problem. >> it is because it is coming through medical tourism, that is where americans go to other countries like india and get the surgeries and

that's right, 40-year-old bret favre back on the field. i don't want to say bret's getting old, but before the coin toss, he pulled a quarter from behind the ref's ear. [ laughter ] "cute, grandpa. thank you." [ light laughter ] this isn't good. it was reported today that president obama wasn't wearing his wedding ring during his white house press conference today. [ audience oohs ] i guess that makes press conference the second most difficult speech he's going to have to give this weekend. [ laughter ] "no, look, look, look. [ laughter ] um, look." i just heard about this. first lady michelle obama will give a tour of the white house garden to pbs in november. in a statement, sasha and malia said -- [ snoring ] [ laughter ] "the tomato plant is over here." [ snores ] this is pretty wild, a "playboy" center fold was tackled yesterday when she tried to open the emergency exit during a jet blue flight. she must have put up quite a fight, because it took all 156 men on board to subdue her. [ laughter ] "i want to hold her down." "no, let me d

bret will come in from time to time. also keep tabs on the results at fox news radio and at foxnews.com or with our america's election headquarters app. on your iphone, ipad, android or blackberry. harley davidson agreeing to keep open its production facilities in the state its called home for more than a century. that's our top story on a fox trip across america. wisconsin: executives at the famed motorcycle company announcing they will keep two harley factories operating in the state. the announcement comes after union workers approved a contract filled with concessions, including a pay freeze. some workers say they didn't like the deal but today's economy requires sacrifices. >> i think that we need to, as employees, understand that we need to keep the american jobs here in wisconsin. >> shepard: company officials had threatened to close the facility. michigan. back-to-back fires burning down a paper recycling plant southwest of grand rapids. we're told firefighters had put out small electrical blaze in the company's

jenna: bret, what are you hearing about that report? "the new york times" comes out with a report says the white house is going to go directly after the tea party. the white house comes out and says the report by "the new york times" is 100% incorrect, they're doing nothing of the sort. "the new york times" comes out again and says, yes, this report is accurate. what are you hearing down there? is the white house pushing this or not? >> reporter: you're right, the times is sticking by it. there is a back and forth inside the white house political machine and also top democrats of about whether to go after and try to tie the gop directly with the tea party and try to paint it all as extremist. you've heard a little bit from democratic national committee chairman tim kaine along those license, but it is a bit dangerous in that if you remember back to the health care town halls when house speaker nancy pelosi said with a broad brush that they're all astroturf, they're all ginned up town halls, well, that really set some people off and made

glenn beck returns in a moment but first bret baier previews "special report". >> bret: coming up, democrats on capitol hill decided not to vote to extend the bush era tax cut before the election. politics and policy as the tax increases are looming january 1, 2011. join me at the top of the hour for "special report." ♪ ♪ >> glenn: it's friday and we try to do kind of education on fridays on this program. and a little bit of history. i wanted to warn you and bring b the first to bring it to you. do not listen to anyone like me that is telling you that religion is really important and we all have to have religion if they are also someone who is a big government progressive. extraordinarily dangerous. there are good and decent people who are atheists. all it requires is self-regulation. george washington talked about self-regulation. the best way to regulate the self, the best way to be able to have freedom is to be able to have a system that allows people to self-regulate. i happen to be a deep believer in god and a recovering alcoholic. there is no way if it wasn't for my wife and god --

bret baier has a preview of "special report". >> bret: coming up, they call the tea party movement misguided. brit hume has analysis about the strategy to counter the tea party enthusiasm. join me in 25 minutes for "special report." but now, back to glenn beck. ♪ ♪ >> glenn: the president said skepticism is healthy. let's take him at his word on that. the president yesterday went back to church. i think that is fantastic. maybe he is, maybe he's going back to church, because there he is. maybe he was motivated by the 8-28 rally. why this is news is something. this is the first time that our president who is a christian has been to church since easter. i am not his judge. i have no idea what is in his heart. i know he has stable of spiritual advisors like jim wallis and no doubt he's fed by them on many, many sundays. why physically and visibly go to church now? skepticism is healthy, he says. again, i don't know what is in his heart. maybe he's going because he wanted to go. someone more cynical might say because his poll numbers are falling apart with evangelicals. lest you think i'm be

glenn beck returns in a moment, but first, bret previews "special report". >> bret: coming up, the president pushes again for extending only the middle class tax cut from the bush era, but his democratic colleagues are not ready to vote. the rhetoric versus the reality about outsourcing jobs. join me at the top of the hour for "special report" now. back to glenn. ♪ ♪ >> i'm glad you're here. thank you very much for watching. if we were to listen to the new h.h.s. secretary kathleen sebelius, she said you are confused about healthcare reform. or about john kerry? i showed you earlier what he said. >> we have an electorate that doesn't always pay that much attention to what is going on. so, you know, people are influenced by a simple slogan, rather than by the facts and the truth of what is happening. >> glenn: i can't believe he said that. i mean, it is true, john. 69 million people were influenced by three simple words. "hope and change." it's not because they were stupid. i mean, was it? i don't think so. i think it's because americans are trusting. they trust from people are generally

glenn beck returns in a moment, but first bret baier previews special report. >> bret: will the house speaker allow an up or down vote on the obama-bush tax cuts and warns about secular religion in society. join me in about 20 minutes for special report. now, back to glenn. >> what, i'm eating whipped cream out of the can. all right. here is the thing. we've been talking tonight about the slices of pie, the progressive pie, basically the idea to progressives and marxists, there's only one pie and it represents all the wealth and the government's intent is to own or control as much of that pie as they can, so they can slice it up, and they choose how to redistribute the pie. and that's it. that's it. that's where we're headed. now, remember, before 1929 entitlements or handouts from the federal government unheard of. it didn't happen. this is a new idea. your grandparents or great grandparents knew, if there was a need in the community, they did charity. the people did it shall the people's responsibility was to take care of each other. boy, have times have changed. it started at the e

glenn beck returns in a moment but first bret baier looks ahead to "special report." >> bret: helicopter crash makes this the deadliest year in war so far. brit hume has analysis of the politics of the economy and stimulus. plus, white house shake-ups including that summers announcement. join me at the top of the hour. now back to glenn. ♪ ♪ >> glenn: we found out yesterday not everyone is in love with this president's policies on the democratic side. in a one-hour town hall yesterday, the president faced tough questions from his supporters. >> quite frankly, i'm exhausted. exhausted of defending you, defending your administration, defending the mantle of change that i voted for and deeply disappointed with where we are right now. i have been told that i voted for a man who said he was going to change things in a meaningful way for the middle class. i'm one of those people and i'm waiting sir. i'm waiting. i don't feel it yet. >> glenn: okay. the initial reaction to this clip for me was it's about time. this is an interesting moment that goes deeper than the president. this woman is

megyn: you heard us hopefully tee it up with bret baier bear. the conventional kiss come is that christine o'donnell is looking pretty good, the race is pretty tight between o'donnell and mike castle, but mike castle is much better position according to the polling across the board right now to beat the democrat than christine o'donnell is. the which is come is christine might win tonight but it's going to cost the gop this seat come november, and you say what? >> i say people sure have forgotten what happened back in january in the bluest of blue states with scott brown in massachusetts when no one thought a republican could take a seat that had been held by the kennedies for over 40 years and scott brown a republican won that seat. that wasn't that long ago. it's the same people saying scott brown continue win then. saying joe miller couldn't win in alaska two weeks ago, and they've been wrong, megyn. people are waking up, educating themselves so they h-r empowered when they go to the polls and they are learning that party politics is not what

glenn beck returns in a moment but first bret baier previews "special report". >> bret: coming up, a top democrat calls the pledge to america a plague on america. the roll-out and the reaction. plus, how big will the upcoming white house personnel shake-up really be? join me at the top of the hour for "special report." now back to glenn. ♪ ♪ >> glenn: all right. we told you yesterday about cook stoves. what? yes. we did. i told you there is a choice in america. here is your choice. democrats, republicans, this is the 70% of americans. the things are unsustainable. it has nothing to do with the globe. it has everything to do with us and the way we live our lives. free market solution. get rid of the government. look to founder, original content. clean up corruption. free the free market. let inventors and the bill gates and everybody else do their thing. put people back to work because things are unsustainable. choice number two is washington. they say things are unsustainable. but because of our greed and our suvs. the climate is weeping. redistribute the wealth. that's the best

glenn beck returns in a moment, but first, bret baier previews special report. >> bret: hi, the u.s. launches a wave of attacks in the tribal region in pakistan and who are they after and why now? brit hume is here with the administration's effort to fire up democratic voters. in a half hour on special report. now, back to glenn. >> we were talking during the break and said would you please, glenn put this up on your website so we're going to put this up on foxnews.com, glen beck.com, the blaze.com. if you want to know why the republic is on a ventilator, you want to know how much trouble we're in. you go to one nation working together and look at the groups affiliated with this president and you will see what they're calling for. you do your homework on this, you won't a sleep for a week. also having the blaze.com look into more on these to expose what these people really believe. in their own words, not, no spin, no-- in their own words. now, for the second time in the last two weeks, the president has given a speech where he's used a quote from the declaration of independence. he

students at bret harte elementary school will receive free school supplies. it's paid for with funneling from the american recovery and reinvestment act. each kid has around $65 of grade-appropriate supplies. >>> san francisco tops the charts when it comes to college metro areas. that's according to the american institute for economic research. it has been named the best large metro area for college students. the annual report ranks areas on factors like earning potential, diversity, arts and easy access. rounding out the top 5, new york, washington, d.c., boston and seattle. san jose is the number one among the midsized metro areas. >>> cnn's new talk show host has big suspenders to film. the cable network announces yesterday that man, piers morgan, will be taking over for larry king. morgan is best known to a lot of you as a judge on america's got talent. in britainer, made waves as the brash editor of several tabloid newspapers. larry king is 76 years old. he announced his retirement back in june. the legendary broadcaster has spent a quarter century at cn

bret and laura will have more on this developing story today in the bay. also new this morning, if you have extra dress clothes, you can help someone get a job by donating them. the wardrobe for opportunity for low income job seekers is at 10:00. bart sponsoringinging the event on the second floor of the conference room in the kaiser center on lakeside drive. democratic candidate for governor jerry brown will be in the east bay today. he will hold a news conference at the country's largest privately owned roofing and solar company in newark. he will talk about the plan to create thousands of green jobs. he will be at peterson dean solar systems at 10:00 this morning. >>> good morning. going out to the roadways. the traffic is moving nicely over to the westbound side. no major delays from the east bay. a look at the maps, we are looking at a smooth drive and the camera is not shaking. i wanted to point out something going on southbound at 680. around diablo road, reports of a car's grill on the roadway. they might have to run a quick traffic break. westboun

joining us is bret baier. before we get started, anything you want to confess about your past just to get it out of the way? [laughter] >> reporter: you always know the good questions, jenna, right at the top. i'll keep the confessional closed at the top of the 12:00 hour. [laughter] jenna: we're going to show our viewers some of what we're talking about. this first commercial is for congress in ohio, betty sutton against tom beganly. take a look. >> tom ganley's trying to ride his reputation into congress. he should be trying to hide it. sued by customers for fraudulent and deceptive practices, two fs from the better business bureau, over 160 complaints in just three years. he's made millions taking advantage of average folks. tom ganley will try to sell you on his reputation, but it's buyer beware. jenna: that guy gets run over by the truck, i mean, how nas is this going to get? >> reporter: it's going to get really nasty, and we should point out the campaign has issued this response. it said: >> reporter: i

megyn: anchor of "special report" bret baier is live in washington and joins me now. bret, this pledge is getting firey reaction from both sides of the aisle, you have conserve i was -- conserve i was like eric ericsson calling it direct, others, warmed over stew and the national review calling it border than the 1994 contract are america. frame it for us. >> reporter: there was a debate inside the republican caucus of whether to do this or not. obviously they look at polls across the country and democrats are struggling in many races and they believe that even on this current track, it's possible that the house could change hands to gop control. so there's a debate whether to do this. this is a bit of a risk, that you put this stuff down on paper, but in the 21 pages, having talked to people up there on capitol hill in the republican caucus, they believe that there is a blueprint here about how the government p can get on a path toward a balanced budget. they believe that these are things that the american people are seeing and want government to do, and they believe

bret baier. all right, go to "america's newsroom" home page, we wants to know what you think about this. take our poll. is it wise for congress to delay its decision on tax cuts? or you could say that, or yes, it with it signal all the tax cuts will stay in place, and americans can't wait for relief, now, 82 -- can we show this and -- we can't, you can see on our web site. bill: yes you can! martha: in "america's newsroom," 82% in favor of the "no" side of the question and people will not be happy with that. it will not sit well, they are not willing to do their jobs, they worry about what will there be for them. bill: analysts say now, it looks like if you pass it -- pass it off until after november, and not make a decision it looks like this tax cuts will stay in place, it will be an easier decision to make. that is what wall street is saying. there is the beautiful web site. martha: liking that, too. bill: the aforementioned web site. martha: we knew it was out there, somewhere. dow is up 177,