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plus the impact of david petraeus' testimony from former attorney general alberto gonzalez will be coming your way. they fought in iraq and afghanistan. now they're fighting to help people rebuild their lives after super storm sandy. how these veterans and their new mission of mercy is making an impact, when america's news headquarters starts at the top of the hour. don't go away. see you then. >> nearly three weeks after super storm sandy and thousands of people still without power. now calls to start burying power lines under ground everywhere to keep people out of the dark after future storms. but that could cost as much as $2 million per mile in many cities. tracy, do you think it's worth the cost to avoid the large scale power outages in the future, like we've just had here? >> you know what, cheryl? the system was fixed with bubble gum and duct tape this most recent time to get the power back on. it's so fragile, the next cool breeze tha comes down my block, i will be without power again for a week. you know what? when they created this grid, they did not anticipate the amount of po

plus the impact of david petraeus' testimony from former attorney general alberto gonzalez will be coming your way. they fought in iraq and afghanistan. now they're fighting to help people rebuild their lives after super storm sandy. how these veterans and their new mission of mercy is making an impact, when america's news headquarters starts at the top of the hour. don't go away. see you then. >> nearly three weeks after super storm sandy and thousands of people still without power. now calls to start burying power lines under ground everywhere to keep people out of the dark after future storms. but that could cost as much as $2 million per mile in many cities. tracy, do you think it's worth the cost to avoid the large scale power outages in the future, like we've just had here? >> you know what, cheryl? the system was fixed with bubble gum and duct tape this most recent time to get the power back on. it's so fragile, the next cool breeze that comes down my block, i will be without power again for a week. you know what? when they created this grid, they did not anticipate the amount of p

former attorney general alberto gonzalez on how it could be that the president would not know about the petraeus investigation, members of his administration knew in july. what we need to know about eric holder's role. we will see you in "america's newsroom" at the top of the hour >> gretchen: fox business alert. 439,000 first time unemployment claims were filed last week. that's a lot more than expected. 375 was expected. and had been ticking down as of late. here to react, governor of wisconsin, republican scott walker who joins us live. are you in vegas? >> i am. i'm at the republican governors association. it's pretty early in the morning for a midwesterner. >> gretchen: i know. no doubt. i thought you were out there betting on the packers or something. let's get to these jobless numbers. >> that would be a safe bet, you know. >> gretchen: it would be, you know. let's get to these jobless claims numbers. a lot of people will be raising eyebrows high today that after the election, we go up to this whopping number 439,000. what do you make of it? >> well, real concerns about the numbe

former attorney general alberto gonzalez on how it could be that the president would not know about the petraeus investigation, members of his administration knew in july. what we need to know about eric holder's role. we will see you in "america's newsroom" at the top of the hour >> gretchen: fox business alert. 439,000 first time unemployment claims were filed last week. that's a lot more than expected. 375 was expected. and had been ticking down as of late. here to react, governor of wisconsin, republican scott walker who joins us live. are you in vegas? >> i am. i'm at the republican governors association. it's pretty early in the morning for a midwesterner. >> gretchen: i know. no doubt. i thought you were out there betting on the packers or something. let's get to these jobless numbers. >> that would be a safe bet, you know. >> gretchen: it would be, you know. let's get to these jobless claims numbers. a lot of people will be raising eyebrows high today that after the election, we go up to this whopping number of 439,000. what do you make of it? >> well, real concerns about the nu

a former attorney general, alberto gonzalez, says he believes that would have never happened that way and there thank there may be a double standard. >> if bob muller, the f.b.i. director when i was the attorney general, had come to me and advised me that the c.i.a. director was suspected of having an affair, i would have notified the president of the united states. i would have done so because an affair by the c.i.a. director reflects extremely poor judgment and i believe that the president would have wanted to know, was entitled to know that kind of information and in my judgment, at that time would have been viewed as a possible national security threat. >> steve: absolutely. if eric holder did not tell the president of the united states in the summer when he found out about it, he would have been derelict in his duty. keep in mind, this all started in the spring. the f.b.i. got involved at that point. f.b.i. headed by muller, it is a division of the department of justice and it reports to the president of the united states. just connect the dots yourself. did the president find ou