jon? jon: let's go a bit more in depth. should the u.s. take action against syria or not? some foreign policy experts argue we should just stay out of that fight because the civil war amounts to a battle between president assad and al-qaeda. enemy against enemy. peter brooks, senior fellow for national security affairs at the heritage foundation and a former cia officer, joins us now. do you see it that way? is it assad versus al-qaeda, peter? >> well, that is going on. it's assad versus al-qaeda, the islamists, but i wouldn't say i would necessarily describe it the way you described it. people saying it's just that we're talking about here, jon. there's a lot of things at play here. fist, you have your moral and ethical srgses, your national security considerations. what's our policy in syria, what's our strategy and what happens after you do a strike? so there's a lot of things that need to be thought through here, and they need to be thought in great depth. and considering what happens

i'm jon scott. fox news watch is on right now. "fox news watch" is on right now. >>> with this endless parade of distractions and political posturing and phony scandals the point with the endless distraction of political posturing. >> endless parade of distractions and political posturing and phony scandals. >> so far. endless parade of distractions and political posturing and phony scandals. we keep on shifting away, shifting our attention what we should be focused on. >> jon: the president as you can see there trying to hammer on his theme he has a plan that republicans and distractions are getting in his way. so what are the phony scandals? >> in the speech you did yesterday, president obama mentioned the phony scandal that has is part of the endless parade, can you tell us what phony scandals he is talking about? >> i think there was period, a lot more energy and focus was paid by some in congress as well as in the media on issues that while important are not of the highest priority of the american people. >> jon: all right. w

jon? jon: a controversial name being floated as a possibility to be the next leader of afghanistan. we'll tell you who president hamid karzai is reportedly throwing his support behind and the ties this guy has to one of the world's most notorious terrorists. >>> plus the problems seem to keep piling up when it comes to implementing obamacare. our legal panel weighs in on the latest roadblock and the roleout's ongoing issues. what makes your family smile? backflips and cartwheels. love, warmth. here, try this. backflips and camm, ok!s. ching! i like the fact that there's lots of different tastes going on. mmmm! breakfast i'm very impressed. this is a great cereal! honey bunches of oats. i hear you crunching. jenna: well this just in. the president of afghanistan, the current president, is reportedly backing a man with past ties to one of the world's most notorious terrorists as the country's next leader. president hamid karzai meeting with other afghan politicians this week to discuss his p

jon? >> jon: jonathan, i mentioned u.s. warships are ready to strike at syria at any moment. at least one republican is calling for more than just a missile launch. we will will go live to the white house for the latest on the military options coming up on "the fox report." the news out of syria hurt your 401(k)s and ira's today stocks slid in the red after soaring earlier this the day. john kerry spoke about syria. the dow finished the day down 65 points. nasdaq and s&p also fell. you a three major indices had been holding on to slight gains in the final hour of trading. that's when kerry's speech occurred. police officers report they have solved the killing of a world war ii veteran in spokane, washington. they say they arrested a second teenage suspect early this morning. >> today, i would like to assure our community that the two individuals we believe were responsible for the robbery and murder of mr. belton had been taken into custody. since receiving the initial call on wednesday ni

jon: sure. but you know, staying on this planet is a little different from going to another one where the, environment is a little bit hostile. >> well it isn't really, because when your ancestors, i don't know how long ago your ancestors left their home world but when they left, and maybe the u.s. also wasn't such a nice place to go to. still they had the explorational spirit. they wanted to take up the challenge and to go there and to start a new life in a new world. jon: yeah. >> it was really a new world back then. of course mars is more difficult to survive than the u.s. but we have a lot more technology now than in the 1600s, 1700s when people migrating to the u.s. technology will keep them alive. jon: at least you could cross the atlantic and know you can breathe when you got to the other side. you can't necessarily do that on mars. >> we knee technology to survive on mars, that is absolutely correct. this technology is available. don't forget that you also need technology to places like,

jon? >> reporter: certainly. jon: well, we're going to take a look at the president. he is in buffalo, new york, proposing a new system for rating colleges. he is speaking at university of buffalo, part after two-day bus tour through new york and pennsylvania. the new system is aimedded at helping identify affordable institutuions. the plan would require congressional approval. if you want to catch the president's speech. we have it streaming live at our website, foxnews.com. >>> secrets of super agers, men and women in their 90s, believe it or not, with the brain power of people who are decades younger. what a new study is revealing that, might be able to hip us all. jon: flight attendants are supposed to insure your safety and your comfort when traveling, not threaten to blow you out of the sky. a former flight attendant is pleading guilty of phoning in bomb threats to his former employer. the los angeles man is accused of phoning in six bomb threats to united airlines in united states a

jon? jon: with the president, with the president in martha's vineyard, wendell goler. wend did he, thank you. >> fox news alert for you now because there are more deadly clashes in the streets in egypt. there are reports at least 17 people have died today alone. weaponses came they hereditary gas and gunfire in cairo. several protesters tried to set fire to a police station. this comes as tens of thousands of muslim brotherhood supporters hit the streets in defiance of the military orders. they are calling for a "day of rage." egypt's military meanwhile, vowing to deal, quote, firmly with any violation of the law. even to use deadly force if necessary. leland vittert is live in our middle east bureau. what is the latest today, leland? >> reporter: ali, both sides appear to live up to their promises today. live pictures from cairo over the past couple hours since noon prayers ended in the middle east. tin of thousands of brotherhood supporters converge on a place called ramses square. the v

jon: hi, jon. the muslim brotherhood may not be backing down but there is not a lot of support on street backing them up. the video today decidedly less impressive in terms of numbers from what we've seen in the past but still the fiery and angry rhetoric. five or 10,000 brotherhood supporters gathering in south cairo. they are chanting in the streets, the coup is terrorism. referring to the military coupe that took over seven or eight weeks ago over throwing mohammed morsi, the democratically elected president there. the army instituted what they call emergency law, authorizing the roundup if not a couple thousand of brotherhood leaders and top tier and second-tier. a number about people who were rounded up, their pictures were carried through this leadership during this protest. so far the arrests have worked to really turn down on the flame of the pot that is boiling over. in this video we haven't seen any gunman and haven't heard attacks on police stations or attacks on military bar racks. the

jon: hi, jon. the muslim brotherhood may not be backing down but there is not a lot of support on street backing them up. the video today decidedly less impressive in terms of numbers from what we've seen in the past but still the fiery and angry rhetoric. five or 10,000 brotherhood supporters gathering in south cairo. they are chanting in the streets, the coup is terrorism. referring to the military coupe that took over seven or eight weeks ago over throwing mohammed morsi, the democratically elected president there. the army instituted what they call emergency law, authorizing the roundup if not a couple thousand of brotherhood top tie. a number about people who were rounded up, their pictures were carried through this leadership during this protest. so far the arrests have worked to really turn down on the flame of the pot that is boiling over. in this video we haven't seen any gunman and haven't heard attacks on police stations or attacks on military bar racks. the army still has shoot to kill

jon. >> jon: adam housley, thanks. the unexpected death of an intern has prompted officials at bank of america to review the working conditions of all junior employees, that according to a company statement today. as we reported, that 21-year-old german was about a week shy of completing his summer internship in london. he reportedly worked three back-to-back all night shifts. nearly 72 hours straight with little break. shortly before he collapsed and died. bank officials released a statement today saying his death deeply shocks and saddens them. and that in response they brought together a group to investigate what happened and to, quote: listen to employees at all levels and learn from them. a fox urgent now, former new york knicks basketball great dean meminger died according to police. had his gold ring on his finger. they found the 6 a-year-old unconscious and unresponsive inside a room there today. and that emergency crews pronounced him dead at the hotel. meminger was known as dream. win a championship in 1973.

jon? jon: mike emanuel, thank you. alisyn: meanwhile, as we just told you, there was a terror threat forcing many u.s. embassies to close this weekend, and as we also mentioned, it has been expanded to a worldwide travel warning for americans. the state department instructing several embassies typically open on sundays, including those in cairo and baghdad, to shut down this weekend. and officials saying the threat is serious and credible and that an al-qaeda affiliate might be plotting an attack in the coming days. ambassador john bolton is the former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. and a fox news contributor. hello, mr. ambassador. >> good morning. alisyn: okay. so let's talk about this threat to our embassies and be embassies throughout the middle east. what do you know about this threat? >> well, i think the fact that the embassies and several consulates in the regions are being closed on monday which is normally a working day in the muslim world shows that this information is pretty serious, that the threat is serious

jon: i'm jon scott. they were singled out and former secretary of state hillary clinton told them to clean out their desks. they kept getting a paycheck and they're allowed back on duty. it is nearly a year since four americans were killed in the deadly terrorist attack but secretary of state john kerry has decided there was no breach of duty and nobody should be fired. chief washington correspondent james rosen is live in d.c. for us with that, james? >> reporter: jon and jenna good morning, aids to secretary of state john kerry say he is with these actions trying to quote, shift the paradigm inside the state department. in the wake of terrorist the axe on u.s. con sue lated and benghazi left four americans dead on zest 11th including u.s. ambassador to libya, four state department officials were on administrative leave. that left hem unable to work but still receiving salaries. one of four, secretary of state, eric boswell in charge of diplomatic security, seen on your screen resigned his posts. the ot

and him saying cut real influence, jon. jon: mr. obama is back to work after his vacation on martha's vineyard a lot of other voices are saying maybe the president should keep sending aid to egypt. >> reporter: that's right, jon. he got back here late last night in the white house after being in martha's vineyard for eight days. he interrupted the vacation to make a brief public about the grave situation in egypt. at that time the president was canceling a planned join military exercise with the egyptian military but stopped short of saying u.s. should cut off aid. some republicans like peter king say we shouldn't cut off the aid. take a listen. >> we shouldn't cut off aid. there are no good choices in egypt. the fact is there are no good guys there. there are opportunity to protect america's interest if we continue with the military and continue our relationship with the military. >> reporter: another facet for the president back at home and back at work, later this thursday and friday he plan ad bus tour through new york and penns

jon: thank you. heather: still to come, death of that 70s show star now reportedly being treated as suspicious. what police are saying today. plus a new report that shows lyme disease may be a much bigger problem than researchers thought. details raising new concerns. what makes your family smile? backflips and cartwheels. love, warmth. here, try this. backflips and camm, ok!s. ching! i like the fact that there's lots of different tastes going on. mmmm! breakfast i'm very impressed. this is a great cereal! honey bunches of oats. i hear you crunching. we replaced people with a machine.r, what? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it? hello? hello?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello? ally bank. your money needs an ally. jon: right now some entertainment headlines we're watching. police reportedly are investigating the death of that 70s show actress, lisa robin kelly. she died in her sleep at a california rehab facility last week. an update on singe

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jon? jon: we're awasting that statement from secretary of state john kerry regarding syria. this as the president weighs a response to the assad regime's apparent use of chemical weapons against its own people. we'll have that for you live when it comes. >>> also this man caught on tape attacking a colleague. you will never believe who they are and what they were doing at the time. ♪ ho ho ho [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. some are giant. some not so giant. when managing your weight, bigger is always better. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant ♪ ho ho ho you need a girls' weekend and you need it now. ladies, let's goo vegas. cute! waiter! girls' weekend here! priceline savings without the bidding. jon: right now, some headlines we are watching around the globe. check this out. a violent outburst in the middle of a mexican courtroom. this time from a judge. a camera catches him jumping out of his seat punching two other judges. now he is facing impeachment.

jon: and i'm jon scott. it was once one of the closest allies in the region and now egypt is gripped in all kinds of turmoil. there's a state of emergency, including a nighttime curfew. this as the death toll rises to for man 500 after police swept through two sit-in sites and went after pro morsi supporters. muslim brotherhood says it was a massacre and today as the group called for more protests, backers of egypt's ousted president set fire to government buildings near cairo. this as nations around the world, including the u.s., condemn the bloody crackdown and president obama just made a statement on the on going crisis. wendell is live on martha's vineyard where the first family is on vacation. what did the president have to say? >> well, jon, the president announced the u.s. is cancelling next month's joint military exercise with egypt for the sebld time -- second time in a row. they've been held since two years after the egyptian-israeli peace agreement but they haven't been held since 2009 because of

katie: you talked about acting earlier, jon. are you still drawn to taking part in roles and be in the movies or being on televisionon shows? >> no. it was a really i important par of my growing up. it was 20 years ago that i first took an acting lesson after writing a soundtrack to a movie called "young guns." but what it did was open me up to another fast set of the arts that i wasn't, i wasn't knowledgable of. katie: i guess your most recent role was in "new year's eve." in 2011. [cheers and applause] there's one very memorable scene. let's take a look. >> i've been plotting that slap all year. how i would walk up to you out of the blue when you would least expect it and slap you across the face for leaving me like that. and yoanu know what? it wasn't n'arly as satisfying s i thought it would be. that was close enough. >> we're just fooling around. >> i like fooling around too. [laughter] cheers and applause] >> i had no desire to be in a movie or that movie. i get a phone call and they said, you've been offered, my old agent

jon: a team of u.n. weapons inspectors reportedly shot at by snipers in syria just hours after the government agreed to let them investigate the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack. u.s. and european leaders now meet to determine a response. sentencing phase for army major hasan underway as a military jury set to determine whether or not the former army psychiatrist will receive the death penalty. and could the friends you pick on facebook impact your ability to get a loan? more on the companies working to make that technology a reality. arthel: the prices in syria heating up with new calls for u.s. military action. jon: good to have you hear. you have another hour in you? >> i'm going to have to defriend you on my facebook page. jon: especially if they're going to work on getting a loan. not going to happen. just days after the syrian regime allegedly launched a chemical weapons attack, killing hundreds of its own people, maybe thousands, some tense moments for the u.n. team investigating that ch

jon loved the book. and he write screenplay. >> rose: argo movies like argo. >> right, right, right. exactly. and but yes soes's written the screenplay and directing it right now and will come back in a couple of weeks. and it will be done. it's a bold adventure he has been on. >> rose: is he excited about it. >> yeah. definitely. yeah, i mean look, he's put in, he's definitely earned the right to do this. >> rose: if are you were not a comedian, what would you be? >> oh boy. a frustrated comedian. a footballer. >> rose: but you thought about that. >> i thought, that was plan a. that was plan a. this is plan b. >> rose: plan a you decided that the athleticism is not here in the sufficient amounts to make me -- >> that is the absolutely the nicest way to put it. the athleticism is not here in sufficient amounts. that is a really nice way of having a coach say you're-- i would have preferred-- i would purchase preferred if they said john, the athleticism is not here in sufficient amounts it is not to be fo

if this business is gonna succeed, jon's behavior has to stop. hey, jon? >> yes? >> why am i hearing from some of the painters that you were yelling at your brother earlier? >> i got upset because he okayed to purchase furniture-- >> but i'm paying for the [bleep] furniture. i'm paying for it. >> well--but, your money-- >> how much do you think i've spent? >> $1/4 million? >> more. how much was he asking you to spend? >> i don't know, a couple thousand dollars. >> okay, so your brother goes out on a limb to improve what you think is gonna be a couple thousand dollars... >> right. >> and you lose your mind? it's not about the furniture, but it's about showing some respect to him. you're more concerned about this than you are him. >> that's not true. >> well then why do you treat him that way? >> but, it's one situation-- >> i know, jon. >> but it--but, marcus, it was-- >> jon, he's a human being. forget about the fact that he's your brother. we shouldn't be talking to people that way. in a situation like this, these brothers need to be working together, not working

if this business is gonna succeed, jon's behavior has to stop. hey, jon? >> yes? >> why am i hearing from some of the painters that you were yelling at your brother earlier? >> i got upset because he okayed to purchase furniture-- >> but i'm paying for the [bleep] furniture. i'm paying for it. >> well--but, your money-- >> how much do you think i've spent? >> $1/4 million? >> more. how much was he asking you to spend? >> i don't know, a couple thousand dollars. >> okay, so your brother goes out on a limb to improve what you think is gonna be a couple thousand dollars... >> right. >> and you lose your mind? it's not about the furniture, but it's about showing some respect to him. you're more concerned about this than you are him. >> that's not true. >> well then why do you treat him that way? >> but, it's one situation-- >> i know, jon. >> but it--but, marcus, it was-- >> jon, he's a human being. forget about the fact that he's your brother. we shouldn't be talking to people that way. in a situation like this, these brothers need to be working together, not working

fake sexy baby, no one wants that. >> no one needs it. >> jon: you trained in london. >> i did. >> jon: the arts. >> i really got into it, yes. >> jon: when people hear "london," they think of a glamorous movie. they don't think of where you actually were. ( laughter ) which-- >> and being english. >> john: that's right, that's right. i've lost it. i've been away too long. oh, ( bleep ). what's happened to me! ( cheers and applause ) yeah, you were in bedford. >> i was in bedford gliewn that's pretty good! you don't even know how good that is. >> i like the validations. yeah, i lived above a chip shop. i think i need a modicum of credit for that. >> john: that's almost offensive, though. you living above a chip shop is like me moving inside a hot dog stand. yeah, this is where you people live, isn't it? this is what you do. what did you think of southeast london? >> i actually loved it. that was my favorite accent because i felt it was the most real. i remember-- >> john: like talking from the 17th century. >> but it has a great attitude, and i'm from new york so i'm kind of-- i felt m

now it's jon versus john. just a few weeks left in jon stewart's summer hiatus. i wonder if john oliver will find it difficult to hand back "the daily show." i'm brian stelter, and this is "reliable sources." >>> welcome to washington. what a head-spinning week it's been to the reporters in this town. for 80 years "the washington post" was synonymous with names like the graham family and woodward and bernstein. this week bezos became the name to take it to a new generation. what began with this twitter message, stand pie for news, very big news, ended with this monumental front page on tuesday. so will the "post" of the future look anything like this? for that matter will any newspaper? joining me to make sense of this week's news, jenna wortham, and here in washington, jane hall, a journalism professor at american university and paul farhi, the man who broke the news. paul, you knew about this sale a whole day before the rest of the world. what was it like walking around the newsroom holding that information in, keeping that secret? >> well, there was a kind of

this is what i do for a living. >> jon: ooh! (laughter) really? because all this time i thought you were paid to spit on a camera lens. (laughter) but, look, if making sound predictions is what chris matthews does for a living then he may have a bit of a problem because finding soundbites of people saying things that directly contradict the claim they've just made, that's what we do for a living. (cheers and applause) so off the top of my head, who did chris matthews see going all the way to the white house in 2008? >> let me ask you about rudy giuliani. i believe he's not only running, i think he's going to win this whole thing come around the next election. >> jon: that's right, yeah. you remember him? current president rudy giuliani? (laughter) you remember the formidable contender in the 2008 election who won in the primaries only one more delegate than i did. (laughter) but look, let's be fair. that was a whole presidential election ago. everyone is allowed a mulligan and matthews made up for that by completely nailing his prediction for who

happy birthday, jon kelley. you made the seven-day outlook. >> that is too sweet. >> let's keep that up and let everybody enjoy, including mike inouye. >> that's great. that's how you spell happy birthday. i learn something new every day. looking over here toward fremont, this is a nice good flow of traffic, but also building. 880 down into the stouth bay, getting more company but you're still at the limit south of the dumbarton bridge. we'll look to the maps and show you the nice flow. that is typically your commute direction. no problems, no incidents. we'll give a quick update for highway 17. right now things are slow typically heading toward the summit. we see that as the volume starts to build and the construction has cleared -- actually not construction, but maintenance one lane in each direction. but not a major problem here, not a major surprise either. looking toward the tri-valley we have the gentle build, speeds down in the upper 50s through livermore. highway 84 starting to see folks bog down near va

. >> i'm jon kelley. great to have you with us. a bay area teenager is dead, sadly this morning, killed in a car crash. this happening the day before starting the brand new school year. that crash happening just before 9:00 last night on el capitan road. that is right next to the crow canyon country club. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live by the crash scene in danville with the latest on the on going investigation. christie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you jon. i spoke with one neighbor briefly this morning. he says he heard the crash. it was very loud and he knew right away that something was wrong. this is where the driver lost control, slammed into the tree there and then went right through the fence. three teenagers inside of the car. a 16-year-old boy has died. as you said, today, the first day of school in the area. that 16-year-old boy we're told was the passenger in the right front of the car. here is what we know. it was around 8:50 last night. the car was headed north on el capitan when the car su

jon: fox news alert now. live pictures out of central florida as a massive sinkhole is causing part of a vacation report to suddenly collapse. another portion of the building is also sinking. this is happening just miles from walt disney world in orlando and people inside that resort building describes the moments, the ground beneath them started moving. >> we went to the security gate here and we told them that something is boeing on and said the building is collapsing. and yeah we were in shock. and maybe like, an hour the building collapsed. and everybody left all their stuff. we're all thankful we made it out alive. jon: can you imagine that? they're like can i they didn't get swallowed up. phil keating following the story for us live. hi, phil. >> reporter: hi, gregg. people on vacation had 10 or 15 minutes to escape. this latest florida sinkhole has been dropping deeper into the earth since about 10:00 last night the helicopter aerials of the scene are actually just amazing. so far, one three-story buil

give him credit too. >> jon: how does the stuff get out there in the first place? >> it gets out there, an administration that denied fox news is a news channel. does anybody remember that. not a legitimate news organization. i wonder why liberals get the idea that fox news doesn't break news. >> jon: next on news watch, are the media tarnishing justin beiber's image? let's play: [ all ] who's new in the fridge! i help support bones... [ ding! ] ...the immune system... [ ding! ] ...heart health... [ ding! ] ...and muscles. [ ding! ] that can only be ensure complete! [ female announcer ] the four-in-one nutrition of ensure complete. a simple choice to help u eat right. [ major nutrition ] nutrition in charge. >>> teen heartthrob justin beiber. he is an angel to his fans but maybe not the media. interesting how some people in the media want to take shots at me for no reason. it's all about music. there are lots of reason from threatening a photographer in london to getting caught on camera smoking manner. the list is long and growing. this week, tv guide published a