Fox News Live - 2006-11-25 - 2 p.m. (E)

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[0:03] Hi everyone, it's great to have you with

[0:04] us. I'm Jamie Colby and this is Fox News

[0:07] Live. Scotland Yard is tracking the last

[0:09] days of a former spy now [music]

[0:11] murdered by radiation poisoning. Could

[0:13] the toxin that killed him be putting

[0:15] others in danger? We are live in [music]

[0:17] London. And hope is fading fast for two

[0:20] little boys in Minnesota missing since

[0:22] Wednesday. Searchers climbing the North

[0:25] Woods in very cold weather with an FBI

[0:27] reward offered for any information. And

[0:30] could Kramer's rant cost him his [music]

[0:32] Seinfeld fortune? The hecklers that were

[0:35] harassed by Michael Richards now looking

[0:37] for more than an apology. That's coming

[0:39] up and a lot more in your Fox 5.

[0:43] But first, the curfew's been extended in

[0:45] Baghdad. The government keeping it in

[0:47] place for a third day as US and Iraqi

[0:50] forces kill terrorists in Iraq. Dozens

[0:52] dead in fighting north of Baghdad. Our

[0:54] Steve Harrigan is live for us in Baghdad

[0:57] with the very latest. Steve.

[1:00] Jamie, that curfew in effect because of

[1:02] some of the worst attacks since the

[1:03] start of the war. Burials still going on

[1:05] for some of the more than 200 Iraqis

[1:07] killed in Thursday's attacks in a part

[1:09] of Baghdad known as Sadr City. Some of

[1:12] those bodies being taken on the rooftops

[1:14] of small cars or inside mini vans.

[1:16] They're being transported about 100

[1:18] miles south to the city of Najaf, a holy

[1:21] city for Shiite Muslims. So the curfew

[1:23] is in effect, the airport shut down,

[1:25] road traffic shut down, but it hasn't

[1:27] stopped the violence. Some retaliation

[1:29] violence against Sunni Muslims over the

[1:30] past two days. At least 30 Sunnis killed

[1:33] in parts of Baghdad. Some of the victim

[1:35] of hand grenade attacks. At least one

[1:37] Sunni mosque partially burned by

[1:39] attackers as well. This as US and

[1:41] coalition forces continue to mount

[1:43] attacks this time against bomb makers.

[1:45] More than 20 suspected terrorists

[1:47] killed. US forces launching an air

[1:49] strike against a suspected bomb making

[1:51] factory just north of Baghdad and

[1:53] destroying that factory. Jamie, back to

[1:55] you. Steve, let me ask you before you

[1:57] go, what does it really mean there for

[1:59] curfew? I mean, insurgents aren't going

[2:01] to obey it, so who is staying off the

[2:04] street?

[2:06] It does really cut almost all the

[2:08] traffic down on the streets. You don't

[2:09] see cars going around, so it really puts

[2:11] a limit on potential car bombings. It is

[2:13] a real hardship for the people. A lot of

[2:15] people who are caught at work when that

[2:17] curfew went into effect really have to

[2:19] sleep in their workplaces. It's an eerie

[2:21] sense on the road, too. We were stopped

[2:22] at an Iraqi police checkpoint the other

[2:24] day, and sometimes it's tough to tell

[2:26] whether they really are Iraqi police or

[2:28] whether they are terrorists masquerading

[2:30] in fake uniforms.

[2:31] >> That is for sure. And Steve, are there

[2:33] enough Iraqi police, genuine Iraqi

[2:35] police, to enforce a curfew?

[2:39] The real concern is about the ability of

[2:41] the Iraqi police to enforce a curfew, as

[2:44] well as their loyalties. Many of them

[2:45] loyal to Shiite militias, so not a lot

[2:48] of people have confidence in the Iraqi

[2:50] police. And so far, the curfew has

[2:52] slowed the violence, but it certainly

[2:54] hasn't stopped it. We've heard a lot of

[2:55] gunshots and explosions behind us,

[2:57] mortars earlier tonight. No reports on

[2:59] casualties. All right, and Steve, we

[3:01] want you to stay safe. Be careful.

[3:03] Thanks so much.

[3:04] Thank you.

[3:06] The new government of Lebanon is at a

[3:07] crisis point, today approving a UN court

[3:10] to try suspects in a dozen political

[3:12] assassinations. But Hezbollah leaders

[3:15] would like to topple the democracy,

[3:17] calling the whole process illegal. Dana

[3:20] Lewis joins us live from Beirut with the

[3:22] latest on that. Hi, Dana.

[3:25] Hi, Jamie. Yeah, I can tell you, you

[3:27] know, we've been walking the streets

[3:28] here tonight. There's a lot of extra

[3:29] security. The Lebanese army out in full

[3:31] force tonight as that special cabinet

[3:33] meeting was taking place that you have

[3:34] referred to. And essentially, they have

[3:36] agreed to endorse the special UN

[3:39] independent tribunal that will

[3:41] investigate and then presumably try

[3:43] those responsible for a string [snorts]

[3:45] of political murders in this country. We

[3:47] first of all, show you some shots of

[3:48] that security earlier tonight that we

[3:49] took just in case of trouble. About

[3:51] 5,000 to 8,000 extra Lebanese soldiers

[3:54] took up positions in Beirut. Uh today,

[3:56] hours before the special and

[3:57] controversial cabinet session was to

[3:59] begin, a meeting boycotted by the Shiite

[4:01] Hezbollah party, which is calling the

[4:03] process illegal and has resigned from

[4:05] cabinet. Tension's running high here

[4:07] this week with the assassination by

[4:09] unknown killers of Christian cabinet

[4:10] minister Pierre Gemayel, gunned down in

[4:13] his car in Beirut. People continue to

[4:15] pay their respects at the Gemayel home

[4:17] today. The motive for the murder, say

[4:18] many here, to try to intimidate the

[4:20] government from endorsing the tribunal

[4:22] to identify and try the killers, uh of

[4:24] among others, former Prime Minister

[4:26] Rafik Hariri. But tonight, Prime

[4:28] Minister Siniora convened the cabinet as

[4:29] he has promised to do. He endorsed the

[4:32] special tribunal, but the so the

[4:34] pro-Syrian president is likely to refuse

[4:37] to sign that cabinet decision in the

[4:39] coming days, say sources. Hezbollah,

[4:41] against the tribunal, is now threatening

[4:43] massive demonstrations next week, maybe

[4:45] as early as tomorrow, to stop the

[4:47] process and dismiss the government.

[4:49] Christian leaders say Hezbollah is being

[4:51] used by Syria, which is suspected of

[4:53] carrying out some of these killings, to

[4:55] destabilize the Lebanese government.

[4:59] They are pushing us to accept new

[5:01] conditions on how to rule the country,

[5:04] against what what is stipulated in the

[5:06] constitution.

[5:07] There's There is a kind, let's say,

[5:09] let's call it a coup. A coup, uh

[5:12] a

[5:12] let's say, a practical coup without

[5:14] making a military coup. This is a

[5:16] constitutional coup.

[5:21] Jamie, I want to tell you one quick

[5:22] thing before we let you go. Imagine that

[5:24] the anti-Syrian

[5:26] uh dominated cabinet, they need 16 seats

[5:29] to be able to hold on to government

[5:30] here. They've got only 17 seats. They

[5:32] are so worried about the violence here

[5:34] that we are told that cabinet ministers

[5:36] are not sleeping at home. They are

[5:38] sleeping in one of the best guarded

[5:39] buildings in the center of Beirut

[5:40] tonight. The Prime Minister's residence

[5:42] and offices just about a half a block

[5:44] away from where we are. They're sleeping

[5:45] in that building.

[5:46] It's incredible. Dana Lewis live in

[5:48] Beirut for us. Thanks so much.

[5:51] And a former Russian spy basically

[5:53] turned into a walking bio bomb according

[5:56] to British authorities. Alexander

[5:58] Litvinenko left traces of the

[6:00] radioactive material that killed him

[6:02] around London. It was polonium

[6:05] 210 and it was discovered at a sushi bar

[6:08] and at the Millennium Hotel he visited

[6:10] before his death. Health agents want

[6:13] anyone who was at either location to

[6:15] contact them immediately. There's much

[6:17] more ahead for you on the mystery of his

[6:18] murder and who might be involved. Plus

[6:21] your emails, you're already weighing in.

[6:23] Do you think we will ever know the truth

[6:25] about who killed Litvinenko? Email me at

[6:27] [email protected]

[6:29] and I will read those later this hour.

[6:32] Moving on now, Vice President Dick

[6:34] Cheney in Saudi Arabia for a sit-down

[6:36] with King Abdullah. And expected on the

[6:38] agenda, of course, Iraq and what the

[6:40] Saudi royal family, who are Sunni

[6:42] Muslims, can do to help. In recent days,

[6:44] Sunni insurgents killing hundreds in

[6:47] Iraq.

[6:48] President Bush visiting the region next

[6:50] week. He will talk about the increasing

[6:52] violence in Iraq and he's scheduled to

[6:54] meet with Iraq's Prime Minister in

[6:56] Jordan. The Prime Minister of Turkey

[6:58] calling this a very important meeting.

[7:00] Says dividing Iraq could start a civil

[7:03] war. Joe Reader joins us live. He's a

[7:05] former Under Secretary of the Army. Joe,

[7:08] thank you for being with us. Good to be

[7:10] here. And certainly dividing up Iraq may

[7:13] be one of the things that comes out as a

[7:15] suggestion in the Iraq Study Group. Are

[7:17] you in favor of that?

[7:20] Jamie, you've got no

[7:21] good solutions. Uh I would say that

[7:25] would be the the the best of three bad

[7:27] solutions. One is to give up and go

[7:29] home, declare

[7:30] that we failed. Two would be to

[7:32] partition. Three

[7:33] would be to say that democracy is uh

[7:36] basically uh failed in this particular

[7:38] environment and bring back a strong man

[7:40] like Allawi. Uh of the three, uh I would

[7:43] say petition is probably

[7:45] uh the least worst alternative. So, Vice

[7:48] President Cheney meets with King

[7:49] Abdullah to try to drum up some support

[7:52] from neighboring countries. Are there

[7:55] other countries that you think would be

[7:56] worth trying to generate support because

[7:58] so many of them seem to be behind the

[8:02] insurgency?

[8:04] Uh

[8:05] I think it's worth trying. Uh counting

[8:07] on it

[8:08] given what they've done in their support

[8:10] for terrorism is a long shot, but

[8:12] obviously we ought to be dialoguing, we

[8:13] ought to be seriously dialoguing with

[8:15] them. I wouldn't put a lot of

[8:16] expectation in that. But you've already

[8:19] got essentially a regionalized division.

[8:22] And the reason that ought to be

[8:24] broken up is we don't have any strong

[8:26] central government. There should be a

[8:27] central government, uh but the fact is

[8:30] you could coalesce around regional

[8:33] leaders like Barzani in the north,

[8:36] certainly the

[8:37] the Shiites have a leadership in the

[8:39] south, and and the Sunnis, but but then

[8:42] you put the heavy fist of government in

[8:44] a sort of a velvet glove of someone

[8:46] local that you can identify with.

[8:48] And then you give them something to

[8:50] protect, and then you let them choose

[8:53] uh what they want to reconstruct, what

[8:55] they want the billions of dollars to be

[8:56] spent for, and then they have something

[8:58] vested in protecting it, Jim. You know,

[9:00] Joe, we're looking at video of the

[9:02] increased violence. It's certainly been

[9:05] a terrible week there. You say that

[9:08] setting deadlines, even if they're not

[9:10] met, motivate. What do you mean?

[9:14] Uh

[9:16] I I I I didn't know that I said that,

[9:17] but that's something that I would

[9:18] certainly say. Uh

[9:21] when you set a deadline,

[9:23] um

[9:23] Jimmy, everybody can plan around it.

[9:27] Uh if you say we're going to do

[9:28] something by a certain date, and then

[9:30] you set up milestones,

[9:33] uh what needs to happen is they need to

[9:35] understand that we could very well leave

[9:37] on the deadline we set and they need to

[9:39] meet those milestones. At the same time,

[9:41] if and when we get to that that

[9:43] deadline, it doesn't make sense. The

[9:45] insurgents need to understand that we

[9:46] reserve the right to change our mind

[9:49] depending upon what the terrain looks

[9:50] like at a given point in time. How

[9:52] critical what when the president meets

[9:55] with al-Maliki, how critical is Muqtada

[9:58] al-Sadr's support for al-Maliki? Can he

[10:01] be effective in the long term?

[10:04] Uh he's no friend of the United States.

[10:06] I mean, never will be.

[10:08] Uh he is, however, the backbone support

[10:10] of Maliki, which which renders Maliki

[10:13] pretty weak. Uh right now, what you'd

[10:15] like to do is to shut down the militia.

[10:17] And if you have to,

[10:19] uh kill him. Uh the guy either has to

[10:21] come within the the central government

[10:23] or he ought to be eliminated. The fact

[10:25] of the matter is

[10:26] with the Sunni uh insurgents and the

[10:28] death that they've wreaked in the the

[10:29] bombing of the Samarra

[10:32] uh mosque, uh it's very difficult

[10:34] credibly I wouldn't do it uh to tell him

[10:36] to shut down cuz basically the Shiites

[10:39] see him as their only protector.

[10:41] Joe Reader, thank you so much for being

[10:43] here. You bet you.

[10:45] Protestant extremist Michael Stone

[10:47] facing five counts of attempted murder

[10:49] and he's still denouncing efforts to

[10:51] build a unified administration in

[10:53] Northern Ireland. Stone triggered the

[10:55] evacuation of the Northern Ireland

[10:56] Assembly yesterday when he tried to blow

[10:59] up the building. He was carrying nail

[11:01] bombs, a fake handgun, and an axe when

[11:03] security guards tackled him.

[11:07] It is a busy travel weekend and how much

[11:08] is a speedy check-in at the airport

[11:10] worth to you? The Transportation

[11:12] Security Administration now offering a

[11:14] fast lane through airport security, but

[11:17] it's going to cost you. Julie Curtz is

[11:19] in Washington with the details. I'm all

[11:20] for it, Julie. Sign me up.

[11:22] Hi, Jamie. Well, right now 30,000

[11:24] frequent flyers have shelled out $99.95

[11:28] to zip through through airport security

[11:30] in a pilot program in Orlando's airport,

[11:32] but the smart card security program

[11:35] could be coming to an airport near you

[11:37] soon after years of funding setbacks and

[11:39] delays. TSA has announced it will charge

[11:42] airports and private security companies

[11:44] 28 bucks a passenger to process all the

[11:47] security information. This means private

[11:49] companies can now move ahead and expand

[11:51] the travel register program to more

[11:53] airports. Security companies say they

[11:56] hope to keep the fee charged to

[11:57] passengers at under a $100 a year. The

[12:00] company operating the system in Orlando

[12:02] says it has plans to expand to

[12:04] Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Indianapolis,

[12:06] San Jose, and the British Airways

[12:08] terminal at the New York's JFK as early

[12:11] as January. TSA found pre-screening did

[12:14] not compromise security in Florida, but

[12:17] that is always a concern according to

[12:19] TSA's chief.

[12:22] I think the key thing is that there are

[12:23] people out there plotting to attack and

[12:25] what specific measure they use uh might

[12:29] vary as they see security measures vary.

[12:31] So, we have to be alert not just to be

[12:33] locked in on whatever the latest one is

[12:36] or the one that we think they might use.

[12:38] While they hope it will expand in

[12:40] January, TSA officials have not said

[12:42] when the registered travel uh program

[12:44] will be available uh to frequent fliers

[12:46] at major US airports across the country.

[12:49] Supporters of the pre-screening system

[12:51] say it will lead to faster and easier

[12:53] trips through security, but only for

[12:55] those who sign up, pay the annual fee,

[12:57] and submit to background checks and

[12:59] fingerprinting ahead of time, Jamie.

[13:01] Well, we're all thinking about it,

[13:02] Julie. Thank you.

[13:05] They are calling him the black horse

[13:07] strangler. Police looking for clues to

[13:09] four murders now with fear rising that

[13:11] it's a serial killer that could be

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[13:18] Also, the wiretapping program. Remember

[13:20] it? President Bush says it can help save

[13:22] American [music] lives by listening to

[13:24] terrorist phone calls, but the new

[13:26] Democratic Congress is promised some big

[13:28] changes when they take over. So, what

[13:30] will happen to this program?

[13:33] Plus, in a note from his deathbed, a

[13:34] Russian spy poisoned by [music]

[13:36] radioactive polonium condemns Vladimir

[13:39] Putin. And that's our email question.

[13:41] >> [music]

[13:41] >> Do you think that we will ever learn the

[13:43] truth about who killed Alexander [music]

[13:46] Litvinenko? Email me at

[13:48] [email protected].

[13:50] A lot of you are already writing me.

[13:52] Blair says, "If Putin wanted him dead,

[13:54] he would have done it, but we would have

[13:56] never seen him again."

[13:57] >> [music]

[13:57] >> And also, Walter in Sacramento says,

[13:59] "Putin is certainly behind the murder.

[14:01] Russia is enemy of the free." You're all

[14:04] weighing in. [email protected].

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[16:38] Hamas ready now to allow peace talks.

[16:40] The head of the militant group saying it

[16:42] agrees to 6 months of negotiations, but

[16:45] also warning what will happen if nothing

[16:47] comes out of those talks. Jennifer

[16:49] Griffin is live in our Mideast bureau

[16:51] following developments there. Hi

[16:52] Jennifer.

[16:55] Hi Jamie. Well, it's somewhat unusual

[16:57] for Hamas's external chief Khaled

[17:00] Meshaal to leave his base in Damascus

[17:02] and travel all the way to Cairo. That's

[17:05] where he met with Egyptian

[17:06] intermediaries today to talk about a

[17:10] possible unity government with

[17:11] Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and

[17:13] his Fatah party. And also to talk about

[17:15] arranging a prisoner exchange for

[17:18] Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit who Hamas

[17:20] captured back in June. Now Mashaal knows

[17:23] that President Abbas needs progress on

[17:25] both fronts in order to get

[17:27] international aid flowing again to the

[17:29] Palestinians. That aid was cut off after

[17:32] Hamas came to power earlier this year

[17:34] and refused to recognize Israel and

[17:36] renounce violence. Instead of announcing

[17:38] a unity government today, however, the

[17:40] Hamas leader chose to issue a warning.

[17:42] If the US and Europe miss what he called

[17:45] a quote historic chance to negotiate a

[17:47] Palestinian state in the June 1967

[17:51] borders, then Hamas and the

[17:52] Palestinians, he said, will launch a

[17:54] third intifada or uprising against

[17:57] Israel. Israel, which continues to carry

[17:59] out military operations today in the

[18:02] northern Gaza Strip to stop Palestinian

[18:04] rocket fire, Jamie, rejects a return to

[18:06] the 1967 borders, which would give the

[18:09] Palestinians all of Gaza, the West Bank,

[18:11] and East Jerusalem, including the Old

[18:13] City. Now, Israel's public security

[18:15] minister, Avi Dichter, the former secret

[18:18] service chief here, said he isn't sure

[18:20] the Palestinians are even capable of

[18:22] carrying out a third uprising. If they

[18:25] could, he said, they would do so

[18:27] tomorrow. Now, what is significant is

[18:29] that Mashaal suggested that he is

[18:32] willing to allow President Abbas, on

[18:33] behalf of the Palestinians, to negotiate

[18:36] with Israel and to negotiate um

[18:39] basically to negotiate with Israel a

[18:42] Palestinian state in the 67 borders.

[18:44] That suggests that Hamas has changed its

[18:46] tune a bit and might accept Israel in

[18:49] the 67 borders. This suggests a

[18:51] softening, but we'll have to see uh

[18:53] whether Hamas really means it. Jamie,

[18:55] back to you. Jennifer Griffin in our

[18:57] Mideast bureau, and we want to bring you

[18:59] now new video into Fox News of those

[19:01] explosions that Jennifer was describing.

[19:04] A chaotic scene there. The hospital uh

[19:06] nearby reporting at least one person has

[19:08] died. Several others injured, as you see

[19:11] here, the crowds coming uh to the aid.

[19:14] Here is some of the destruction that was

[19:16] done. Jennifer reporting on these

[19:18] explosions in Gaza just happening in the

[19:21] last hour uh and this new video into

[19:24] Fox. Much more on this as we follow this

[19:25] developing story in Gaza. At least one

[19:28] person dead.

[19:32] A former spy dies in days of radiation

[19:35] poisoning. The toxin that killed him,

[19:37] it's one of the rarest in the world. So,

[19:39] where did it come from? The latest

[19:41] details on a Cold War murder. And then

[19:45] it's been ruled illegal, so why is the

[19:47] NSA wiretap [music] program still going

[19:49] on? We're going to take a look at why

[19:51] Congress and the courts may be dragging

[19:53] [music] their feet. And also we asked

[19:56] you whether or not you think we'll ever

[19:58] find out what killed this Russian spy.

[20:00] Where did this polonium come from? Who

[20:03] had it? Is Vladimir Putin involved as he

[20:06] wrote in a note? Lots of your emails

[20:08] coming in. These two from Kevin in

[20:10] McKinney, Texas, and also Joanne in

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[22:47] >> The new Democratic Congress promising

[22:49] big changes in Washington, but the Bush

[22:51] administration's warrantless wiretap

[22:53] program continues with no new action

[22:56] from either Congress or the court so

[22:57] far. My guests will tell us what they do

[23:00] you happen. Dennis DeConcini, former

[23:02] Arizona Senator and chairman of the

[23:03] Intelligence Committee, and Sandy Rios,

[23:05] Fox News contributor and president of

[23:07] the Culture Campaign. Great to have both

[23:09] of you.

[23:10] Hi, Jamie.

[23:11] >> Thank you, Jamie. Senator, let me start

[23:12] with you and ask you, what do the

[23:14] Democrats plan to do with this program?

[23:18] Well, Jamie, I'm not privy to to what

[23:20] they're going to do. I'm not sure

[23:21] they've decided, but I suspect, and I

[23:24] have some indications from talking to

[23:26] some of the members that have been there

[23:29] for a while, and even Arlen Specter, the

[23:31] chairman of the Judiciary Committee in

[23:34] the Senate, who will be the ranking

[23:35] member when Senator Leahy takes over,

[23:38] there will be an effort to correct the

[23:41] Patriot Act that was

[23:43] passed and really forced through

[23:44] Congress the after the Supreme Court

[23:47] ruled that what they were doing with

[23:49] wireless warrants

[23:52] and I mean wireless taps was

[23:53] unconstitutional. We passed in 1978

[23:57] the Foreign

[23:59] Intelligence Surveillance Act. It was

[24:01] carefully done. I was there then.

[24:03] It has worked. You ask the judges. You

[24:05] can go back after 30 days and get the

[24:08] warrant after you have to do it if it's

[24:10] an emergency, and this was a foolish

[24:12] step, and I think it will be corrected

[24:14] here, and notwithstanding what the

[24:16] administration will say, if you pose

[24:18] this, you're unpatriotic. That isn't the

[24:20] case at all, and the Supreme Court has

[24:22] told them that.

[24:23] >> me let Sandy weigh in, because Sandy, we

[24:25] have heard examples brought to our

[24:27] attention of this program working to

[24:30] obtain intel. So, Nancy Pelosi wants to

[24:33] investigate the program, at least. Are

[24:35] you worried at all about more

[24:37] information about its mechanics getting

[24:39] out and in the hands of terrorists?

[24:41] Absolutely, Jamie, and I think that the

[24:43] Democrats have a very explicit history

[24:46] in how they would handle intelligence.

[24:47] We know that in 1978 the legislation

[24:50] that Senator DeConcini just referenced

[24:52] did a lot to destroy our intelligence

[24:54] services, made it impossible for them to

[24:56] communicate with each other. In '80

[24:58] through '86, there was an attempt to

[24:59] kind of put the intelligence services

[25:01] back together. And in 1986, from 1986 to

[25:05] 19

[25:07] for the next 10 years, Senator Patrick

[25:08] Leahy, with his chief of staff John

[25:10] Podesto, single-handedly undermined,

[25:14] leaked information, caused the death of

[25:16] US agents overseas because of the

[25:18] information they were leaking later.

[25:20] >> Jamie.

[25:21] >> Patrick Leahy was censored by the Senate

[25:24] because he leaked information to the

[25:25] press.

[25:25] >> by the Senate. I can actually give you

[25:27] every detail, Senator DeConcini, and

[25:30] that's the hands of the delivery.

[25:32] >> Yes, and that means you have a shameful

[25:34] part in this. You know, the Democrats

[25:37] have a

[25:37] >> That's awful for you to say that. Yeah,

[25:39] and so you know what? When it came to

[25:40] 9/11, we had so dismantled our

[25:42] intelligence agencies that we were not

[25:44] equipped to fight, Senator DeConcini,

[25:46] and I wonder what part you played in

[25:48] that. Well, you know, you know, Jamie,

[25:50] who

[25:51] who who was in charge of the of the

[25:53] intelligence was Ronald Reagan and

[25:56] George H. Bush. Well, let me ask you

[25:59] >> well, and it wasn't working well, and it

[26:01] wasn't working Wait a minute. It wasn't

[26:02] working well.

[26:03] >> if I could, Sandy, let me ask the

[26:05] Senator this. I was chairman of that

[26:07] committee. The John Warner and we worked

[26:10] together to correct some of the measures

[26:13] You didn't do anything to correct

[26:14] anything except to undermine the entire

[26:17] agency, Senator DeConcini. Let me ask

[26:18] Sandy, let me ask the Senator this,

[26:20] please. If if you could, Senator, what's

[26:21] your feeling about the Intel Committee

[26:23] in the hands of

[26:26] Well, I think that's a mistake. I was in

[26:28] the Senate when Mr. when Mr. Hastings

[26:31] was impeached. I was part of that

[26:32] impeachment, and I think that would be a

[26:35] grave error on Pelosi and the Democrats'

[26:37] side, and I hope they don't do that. It

[26:40] It's in the The year is indication

[26:41] they're not going to do that. Sandy,

[26:43] isn't that what they've said they want?

[26:46] That they want Alcee Hastings? Yes.

[26:49] Yeah, well, I think that Nancy Pelosi

[26:50] wants him, and I think that's I'm glad

[26:52] Senator Deconcini feels the way he does

[26:54] about that. I That's shameful. I mean,

[26:55] this is a man that was impeached for

[26:57] bribery, and we think that he's not

[26:59] vulnerable uh to being bribed again for

[27:01] any intelligence that he might have. I

[27:03] can't imagine that she would consider

[27:05] him as chief of this particular

[27:07] committee or head of this particular

[27:08] committee. It It has not happened.

[27:13] Well, before we know Before we go, guys,

[27:15] and I I only have about 30 seconds. Can

[27:17] I ask you, Senator, in the meantime,

[27:19] while they decide what they're going to

[27:20] do with the program, is our national

[27:22] security at risk?

[27:24] Well, the national security is at risk

[27:26] constantly, and there's never going to

[27:28] be a time when it isn't. It depends on

[27:30] how well, really, the intelligence

[27:33] agency can work together. We have an

[27:35] opportunity with Mr. Negroponte, who I

[27:38] know quite well and worked with him. He

[27:40] might pull it together, and if he does,

[27:42] it'll be the first time. It won't be

[27:44] because of Democrats or Republicans,

[27:46] it'll be because somebody who

[27:48] understands Washington can pull it

[27:50] together and make it work and take on

[27:52] some of the very important intelligence

[27:55] agencies that always want to be separate

[27:58] and don't want to share. I don't care if

[27:59] it's Democrat, Republican. I have to let

[28:00] that be the last word, Sandy. Did that

[28:02] happen because of the legislation in

[28:04] 1978 Sandy, you hear the music?

[28:07] They're telling me I have to go. Sandy

[28:09] Rios and Senator Deconcini, I knew it

[28:11] would be a great and fair and balanced

[28:13] debate. Thank you.

[28:14] A firefighter in a bone-chilling

[28:16] situation that could have killed him

[28:18] coming up. The ordeal [music] and the

[28:20] desperate rescue attempt. Plus, cops

[28:22] calling him the black horse strangler.

[28:24] Four women murdered so far. The race to

[28:26] stop a killer before he strikes again.

[28:29] >> [music]

[28:29] >> Plus, a rare deadly radioactive toxin

[28:32] kills a former KGB spy in just a few

[28:34] days. Could others who were with him in

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[31:54] You're home watching Fox. You didn't

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[31:59] go out, meteorologist Rick Reichmuth not

[32:01] shopping either. He's here with your

[32:03] forecast and also your oh, I'm so full.

[32:06] How am I going to get home? Rick?

[32:09] >> the truth. Did you see the ice

[32:10] decorations outside the Fox

[32:11] headquarters? It's Christmas here

[32:12] already. It's beautiful.

[32:13] >> them up inside today, too, and it looks

[32:14] very nice. Uh temperatures really across

[32:16] much of the eastern part of the country

[32:18] absolutely beautiful. Anywhere you see

[32:20] this yellow, temps are into the 60s.

[32:22] Ohio Valley, Mississippi Valley as well.

[32:24] And a lot of sunshine all here. Not

[32:26] everybody's dealing with warm air,

[32:27] though. Look at this. Temperatures only

[32:29] into the 20s towards Fargo. That is

[32:31] going to be the case all week long. Cold

[32:34] arctic air about to filter in across

[32:36] much of the northern part of the

[32:37] country, but it's going to be slow

[32:38] moving. Little bit of precipitation

[32:40] across the central plains right now. No

[32:42] major problems at least for this system

[32:44] for right now. This is our bigger

[32:47] concern right now. Another system moving

[32:48] into the Pacific Northwest will bring

[32:50] more rain, wind, and snow for tonight,

[32:53] tomorrow, and into the day on Monday and

[32:56] parts of northern California are going

[32:57] to get in on some of this action. Well,

[32:59] if you are making your travel plans back

[33:01] home tomorrow, here's a look at the

[33:02] forecast. Much of the central part of

[33:04] the country looking pretty nice. A

[33:06] little bit of rain, maybe even a

[33:07] thunderstorm or two across parts of Iowa

[33:10] and into Illinois. Meanwhile, more

[33:11] weather out across parts of the west.

[33:13] It's really the only trouble spot. And

[33:15] the East Coast remains absolutely

[33:17] beautiful. New York City into the 60s.

[33:18] We'll be upper 50s towards Boston. All

[33:21] of the mid-Atlantic states looking

[33:22] absolutely beautiful for your Sunday.

[33:24] All right, Jamie.

[33:25] I'm invited back. Weather 101. I'm

[33:28] trying to learn about weather. Hey,

[33:29] Rick, this is the first year that I

[33:30] didn't cover a hurricane and I'm just

[33:32] curious. November 30th, end of the

[33:34] hurricane season, why didn't we have

[33:36] more? I know, we have 5 more days. I

[33:38] want to point out one thing. This right

[33:40] here, Jamie, a little bit of a

[33:41] disturbance. It actually, after all this

[33:43] time, we haven't talked hurricanes at

[33:44] all. We're actually watching this for

[33:45] some development. Not a major concern,

[33:47] but really this year, we ended up with a

[33:50] developing El Niño and you hear weather

[33:52] people talk about El Niño a lot. Waters

[33:54] right off of the coast of Chile get a

[33:56] little bit warmer than average and it

[33:58] kind of changes wind patterns across

[34:00] most of really a a lot of the world.

[34:03] This case, much of the wind across the

[34:05] Caribbean and western Atlantic, the

[34:06] upper level winds that we talk about

[34:08] were really blowing hard and anything

[34:10] that started to get developed, it ripped

[34:12] it all apart. That's great news. And

[34:14] what about people are starting to say

[34:15] that this will be an unseasonably warm

[34:17] winter? Are they right? Uh well, this

[34:20] also goes back to El Niño. When you have

[34:22] a really significant El Niño, usually

[34:24] you have kind of winter disappears

[34:26] across most of North America. Right now,

[34:28] we're looking at a developing El Niño

[34:30] and so forecasts, you know, so many

[34:32] times we're pretty good at two and

[34:33] three-day forecast, not as good at

[34:35] seven-day forecast, really not that

[34:37] great at long-term forecast. But at this

[34:39] point, we can look at studies and if you

[34:41] have a developing El Nino, that often

[34:43] times keeps it warmer across much of

[34:45] North America and that's kind of what

[34:47] we're basing that forecast on at this

[34:49] point.

[34:49] >> Sounds good. We were looking at some

[34:50] people out in the park. Hopefully, we'll

[34:52] be doing a lot of that at least for

[34:53] another month or so. Thanks so much,

[34:55] Rick.

[34:55] >> You're that welcome.

[34:57] >> [music]

[35:02] >> Bottom of the hour, time for your latest

[35:03] headlines. Hello, I'm Greg Jarrett. The

[35:05] Iraqi government extending a ban on

[35:07] driving in Baghdad for a third day now.

[35:10] A spokesman says that ban may be lifted

[35:12] this coming Monday. It was imposed after

[35:15] the bombings that killed more than 200

[35:17] people on Thursday. Despite that, at

[35:19] least 87 people were killed in sectarian

[35:21] attacks on Friday, more than 20 today.

[35:25] The exiled leader of Hamas is now saying

[35:27] for the very first time negotiations

[35:30] with Israel are acceptable, but he warns

[35:33] six more months of failure to reach a

[35:34] deal on a Palestinian state could lead

[35:36] to a new uprising, a new intifada,

[35:39] perhaps. Israel has been conducting

[35:41] raids in Gaza for months to stop rocket

[35:44] attacks by militants. A home in southern

[35:46] Israel took a direct hit today, but

[35:49] nobody was injured.

[35:50] A Protestant extremist being held on

[35:52] attempted murder charges in Belfast,

[35:55] Northern Ireland, Michael Stone, accused

[35:57] of tossing a package of explosives into

[36:00] a political meeting on Friday. Stone was

[36:02] jailed, you may recall, for life after a

[36:04] deadly 1988 attack on a Catholic

[36:07] funeral, but he was released from prison

[36:09] six years ago under the terms of a

[36:11] truce.

[36:12] Coming up, top of the hour, just about

[36:14] everybody seems to want an iPod these

[36:16] days and our servicemen and women

[36:18] certainly no exception. So, now one

[36:20] California church has found a way to use

[36:23] the gadgets to bring some inspiration to

[36:25] our troops serving overseas. This is a

[36:28] terrific story. We're going to tell you

[36:29] all about it when I see you at 3:00 p.m.

[36:31] Eastern time, noon out west, right here

[36:34] on Studio B.

[36:38] And this is a Fox News alert. We've been

[36:40] telling you about the Russian spy who

[36:42] was in London who died from polonium

[36:44] poisoning. Well, now Scotland Yard is

[36:47] doing their investigation on places that

[36:49] he went to in his last hours before he

[36:52] was admitted to the hospital. You are

[36:53] looking at the sushi restaurant where he

[36:55] dined. He also went to a hotel. Scotland

[36:58] Yard now reporting, and this is the

[37:00] alert, folks, that they have finished

[37:03] their investigation and that they have

[37:05] found that this sushi restaurant must

[37:09] Polonium, we're going to learn a lot

[37:11] more about it coming up in the this

[37:12] hour. We're going to tell you more about

[37:14] what Scotland Yard is doing in this

[37:16] investigation and who might be

[37:17] responsible. This has been a Fox News

[37:19] alert. And there's also a serious

[37:21] situation near a resort community,

[37:24] Atlantic City, New Jersey. A serial

[37:26] killer may be on the loose outside of

[37:28] New Jersey's gambling mecca. Police now

[37:31] identifying the second of four victims

[37:33] of the so-called Black Horse Strangler.

[37:36] Just 23 years old, the second victim.

[37:38] The medical examiner saying Tracy Ann

[37:40] Roberts was smothered to death. And like

[37:43] the first victim, she made her living as

[37:45] a prostitute. Molly Line joins us live

[37:48] with the latest on the investigation.

[37:49] She's in our New York City newsroom. Hi,

[37:51] Molly.

[37:51] >> Hi, Jamie. Well, a growing task force is

[37:53] on the case right now. More than 20 FBI

[37:55] agents and police investigators

[37:58] struggling to find links between these

[37:59] victims. All four women were found on

[38:01] Monday in the same ditch behind a

[38:03] rundown motel on the Black Horse Pike

[38:06] west of Atlantic City. The two women

[38:08] identified thus far have a history of

[38:09] prostitution. Police believe 23-year-old

[38:11] Tracy Ann Roberts had been in the water

[38:13] for several days, possibly up to a week

[38:15] when she was found. She was identified

[38:17] yesterday. The first body discovered was

[38:20] that of 35-year-old Kim Raffo who

[38:22] recently lived in a boarding house on

[38:23] Ocean Avenue in Atlantic City.

[38:25] Investigators believe that she was

[38:27] strangled, killed just days before her

[38:29] body was found. Two more victims remain

[38:31] unidentified. The murders have sparked

[38:33] speculation that a serial killer is

[38:35] targeting prostitutes. There are a

[38:38] number of similarities between these

[38:39] women. For instance, none of them were

[38:42] wearing shoes or socks. All four were in

[38:44] their 20s or 30s. The bodies were spaced

[38:47] apart, the women's heads facing east

[38:49] toward Atlantic City.

[38:51] For the grandmother of one victim, the

[38:52] killer's motivation is a heartbreaking

[38:55] mystery.

[38:57] Who could be so cruel to kill four young

[38:59] girls? What could be the What

[39:02] did they do? What And then my daughter,

[39:05] my granddaughter, how am I ever going to

[39:07] get over this? I can't. She was like my

[39:09] baby.

[39:12] Lead investigators have stopped short of

[39:14] saying the murders are definitely the

[39:15] work of a serial serial killer, though

[39:18] they have acknowledged the many

[39:19] similarities between these victims.

[39:20] Forensic experts are working with DNA

[39:23] and dental records, hoping to ID the two

[39:25] remaining Jane Does. Jamie?

[39:27] All right, Molly Line in our newsroom.

[39:29] Thank you so much. The Iraqi government

[39:31] extending a curfew, trying to stop more

[39:34] attacks. We're following the

[39:35] developments and we're live in Baghdad.

[39:37] The holiday season, too many people

[39:39] giving donations to charities. But what

[39:41] about big corporations? How generous are

[39:44] they? Coming up, you [music] may be

[39:45] surprised about how they open their

[39:47] pockets this time of year. And the

[39:49] former Russian spy that was poisoned, a

[39:51] rare toxin found in his body. We've just

[39:54] learned that the sushi restaurant where

[39:56] he was in the hours before he went to

[39:57] the hospital now needs to be

[39:59] decontaminated.

[40:01] Tell us what you think. Do you think

[40:02] that this crime will ever be solved? Who

[40:05] do you think was involved? Do you think

[40:06] it's connected to another killing, an

[40:09] assassination of a Russian journalist?

[40:11] Well, we're going to speak to an expert

[40:13] on Russia when we come back. And thanks

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[42:31] very latest on the investigation into

[42:34] the Russian spy who died from polonium

[42:37] poisoning in London. Scotland Yard now

[42:40] releasing a statement saying that

[42:41] they've completed their examination of

[42:43] the Itsu Sushi restaurant that you're

[42:45] looking at video of, and they have found

[42:48] that the premises need to be

[42:49] decontaminated.

[42:51] Of course, the big concern is whether or

[42:53] not polonium is going to be found traces

[42:55] of it in any other locations, and

[42:57] whether or not anyone else is in danger.

[43:00] And Scotland Yard asking anyone who has

[43:02] visited those locations to come forward.

[43:04] The mysterious circumstances surrounding

[43:06] the case may in time be pieced together.

[43:08] Many of you sending me emails that you

[43:10] don't think we'll ever know. So many of

[43:13] you are concerned today about what

[43:14] polonium is and who might have it. We

[43:17] want to ask senior fellow at the Hoover

[43:19] Institution Michael McFaul more about

[43:21] that. Michael, how dangerous, we know in

[43:24] this particular case deadly, is

[43:26] polonium? How much is it available and

[43:29] who has it?

[43:32] Well, I'm not a physicist. I'm a

[43:33] political scientist. But what I've known

[43:36] what we know about this is it's an

[43:37] extremely rare

[43:40] uh mineral. Uh it is not easily uh

[43:43] acquired by you can't just go to the on

[43:45] the street or a store or you really

[43:47] probably comes from someplace that

[43:49] produces nuclear materials. And that

[43:52] leads to a very small number of

[43:54] countries, including Russia, where this

[43:56] could be acquired. And what we have

[43:58] learned uh from our research is that by

[44:00] the time doctors figured out that it was

[44:02] polonium, he only had 3 hours to live.

[44:04] So obviously, it's not that easy to

[44:06] detect. A lot of emailers today our

[44:09] viewers are asking whether terrorists

[44:11] could get their hands on this substance.

[44:13] Is there any history of this substance

[44:15] with the KGB?

[44:18] No, and that's partly why the doctors

[44:20] were so confused. They thought it was

[44:21] another mineral thallium and it was

[44:24] really late in the day for Mr.

[44:25] Litvinenko that they determined that it

[44:27] was polonium because it is so rare. So

[44:30] this was a very sophisticated murder.

[44:33] There's no doubt in my mind that this is

[44:35] a political murder.

[44:37] There's no other motive that I can see.

[44:40] The real question of course is will it

[44:42] ever be linked to

[44:43] the Russian government or some elements

[44:46] of the Russian government. I suspect

[44:48] we'll never know the real truth to that.

[44:50] But make no mistake this was a terrorist

[44:53] act against this individual. And Michael

[44:55] Litvinenko made a statement. He wrote a

[44:57] statement before right before he died

[44:59] and he said Vladimir Putin was to blame

[45:01] for this. What would be the motive?

[45:05] Well, Mr. Litvinenko wrote a very very

[45:08] controversial book a few years ago which

[45:10] basically claimed that the Russian

[45:13] government was responsible for terrorist

[45:15] attacks against hundreds of Russian

[45:17] citizens back in 1999. This for you'd

[45:21] understand was the equivalent of our

[45:22] September 11th and Litvinenko had

[45:25] evidence or so he claimed in his book

[45:27] that Putin himself

[45:30] undertook these terrorist attacks as a

[45:32] way to strengthen his power. So he was

[45:34] not a very welcome individual within the

[45:37] Kremlin. What was he doing in London?

[45:40] He was in exile. He was

[45:42] there.

[45:44] He claims again he claims that he was

[45:46] asked by the Kremlin to assassinate a

[45:49] Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky and when

[45:51] he refused to do that he then left and

[45:54] was granted political asylum by the

[45:55] British authorities. And he thanks them

[45:58] actually in his note for protecting his

[45:59] family at this point. Do you think this

[46:02] is part of a bigger plan?

[46:04] This murder?

[46:06] Well, it's just pure speculation on my

[46:09] part and I want to emphasize that. I

[46:11] don't I don't have any evidence to prove

[46:13] it, but there is a very dangerous and

[46:15] disturbing trend that people who are

[46:19] opposed to the Kremlin either find

[46:21] themselves in jail or murdered and now

[46:24] even murdered when abroad. So, I think

[46:26] it's very sobering especially when you

[46:28] think about the techniques that were

[46:29] used. This was not a two-bit mafioso

[46:32] operation. This was a very sophisticated

[46:35] political murder. Well, Michael McFaul,

[46:37] you may not have the evidence yet, but

[46:39] you do have the expertise. Thank you so

[46:41] much for bringing us more perspective on

[46:43] this case. It is fascinating and tragic.

[46:49] But, it is time to get into the spirit

[46:51] of the season. So, how about giving a

[46:53] gift that gives back? Find out how you

[46:55] can give two presents at once next.

[46:58] And the soon-to-be former Mrs. Paul

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[47:07] That's coming up with a lot more in your

[47:08] [music] Fox 5. And thanks so much for

[47:11] your emails weighing in on this spy

[47:13] case. We're tracking all the

[47:14] developments. Scotland Yard now saying

[47:17] the restaurant where the spy ate in

[47:19] London has to be decontaminated. Is

[47:21] anyone else at risk? We'll tell [music]

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[50:03] this weekend is poised to be the biggest

[50:05] opening of the holiday shopping season

[50:07] in years.

[50:09] And the holidays usher in the season of

[50:11] giving too. Charities across the country

[50:13] accepting donations of money, toys, even

[50:15] clothes. But how about when it comes to

[50:17] major corporations? The giving gets a

[50:19] little more complicated, but do they

[50:21] give at all? Fox Business contributor

[50:23] Scott Bleier is here to explain. And

[50:25] Scott, I was really curious if they have

[50:27] a good shopping season, do they give

[50:28] more? No, no they don't. They they bring

[50:30] it to the bottom line, but you know,

[50:32] socially conscious investing by

[50:34] corporations and individuals over the

[50:36] last 10 years has become really big as

[50:39] religious organizations began it because

[50:41] they needed a place to put their money

[50:43] without investing in the so-called sin

[50:46] stocks, gambling, tobacco, alcohol. But

[50:50] over the past decade it's cropped up

[50:51] into a major product for Wall Street

[50:54] with a one fund having almost 15 billion

[50:58] dollars invested. Scott, listen, I watch

[51:00] you on Bulls and Bears. I hear you guys

[51:02] talking about these gambling stocks and

[51:04] you're bringing up a good point though.

[51:06] While some of them might be a good

[51:07] investment, you can also invest in

[51:09] companies that do good things for the

[51:11] world or even funds that do good things

[51:13] for the world. What kind of return can

[51:15] you expect when you give to a company

[51:17] that gives back?

[51:18] >> That's a great question. You know, there

[51:19] is no hard statistical studies that show

[51:23] whether it's better or worse. But over

[51:25] the last year for example, while our

[51:28] stock market has hit record highs,

[51:30] social funds and ethical and responsible

[51:32] funds have lagged the market. I think

[51:35] over the last 10 years what you'll find

[51:37] is that they mirror the market, but you

[51:40] know, if you want to invest in companies

[51:43] that don't uh,

[51:45] invest in sin or

[51:48] are in environmental polluters or in

[51:50] countries with human rights violations,

[51:53] you can do that. But your goal in

[51:55] investing is to make money. So it's very

[51:57] difficult to beat the averages while

[52:00] limiting yourself in terms of your

[52:02] investments. So while that can be a good

[52:05] place for a portion of your investing

[52:07] capital, you know, to go with your moral

[52:09] and ethical beliefs, it shouldn't be the

[52:11] whole

[52:13] nest egg, so to speak. Scott, when these

[52:15] companies give, I mean, when when

[52:16] there's a Katrina, we see companies be

[52:19] very generous or a tsunami. But does it

[52:21] take something like that for

[52:22] corporations to really dig into their

[52:24] pockets or is it part of a strategy? It

[52:27] is absolutely part of a PR strategy. You

[52:30] know, a lot of times a company gives $10

[52:32] million

[52:33] and they spend $10 million advertising

[52:35] that they've given this $10 million.

[52:37] You know, corporations generally are

[52:40] there for the bottom line and at the

[52:42] behest of their shareholders. Of course,

[52:44] their shareholders and the companies

[52:46] themselves do want to do good and do

[52:50] well and giving and philanthropy

[52:52] definitely does that. But, you know, a

[52:54] portion of that does go towards the

[52:57] advertising and PR and marketing of

[52:59] these companies. You cannot get away

[53:01] from it in today's day and age.

[53:02] >> All right, Scott Blier on giving and

[53:05] giving back. Great to see you. Thanks.

[53:07] And for some companies giving comes

[53:09] easy. Corporate giving in 2005 totaled

[53:11] approximately $13 billion. We're not

[53:14] just talking about Fortune 500

[53:16] companies. Jewelry designer Joan Hornig

[53:19] donates 100% of her company's proceeds

[53:22] to charity. Doesn't get better than

[53:24] that. And those supporting her business

[53:25] say she's a jewel of a role model. I

[53:28] couldn't resist. And she's here with us.

[53:30] Joan, great to see you. You have on a

[53:32] magnificent necklace. You have brought

[53:34] some beautiful pieces of jewelry which,

[53:36] you know, if we can pick up a shot of

[53:37] them. I mean, they're absolutely

[53:38] magnificent and they're they're

[53:40] expensive and that means you're giving a

[53:41] lot of money to charity. Quarter of a

[53:43] million so far. Why? Why? Because if

[53:46] Paul Newman could do it with salad

[53:48] dressing, I thought I could do it with

[53:52] something that some people wanted to buy

[53:54] and that they would enjoy and

[53:55] philanthropy is beautiful. People want

[53:57] to do it.

[53:58] >> And the jewelry is beautiful and I read

[54:00] you're Harvard educated and you loved

[54:03] jewelry design and you you make these

[54:05] fabulous jewels which are available in a

[54:07] number of boutiques and department

[54:09] high-end stores. But it was in a grocery

[54:11] store that you actually had this idea.

[54:14] Absolutely. It was in a grocery store. I

[54:17] really thought that if Paul Newman could

[54:20] have could have salad dressing and

[54:23] popcorn and give to charity, his charity

[54:27] in particular, I could develop a jewelry

[54:29] line and I could go one step further. I

[54:32] could do it to the maximum and I could

[54:34] say to every purchaser, you buy your

[54:37] jewelry and you choose your charity and

[54:40] I will give it to the charity in your

[54:42] honor of your choice.

[54:45] >> 100%.

[54:46] >> that and still have the money to make

[54:48] this beautiful jewelry?

[54:50] There's a point at which enough is

[54:52] enough and I have had a very good career

[54:56] on Wall Street um raising money for

[54:59] hedge funds and

[55:01] it has just been a pleasure to do this.

[55:03] Well, I know our viewers are going to

[55:05] reach out and want to know more and you

[55:06] know, we'll put something on the website

[55:08] because you are helping very important

[55:11] charities, children, reading, schools,

[55:13] the environment, everything and you and

[55:15] you get to walk away with a beautiful

[55:18] pair of earrings or that gorgeous

[55:19] necklace you have on. Thanks for coming

[55:21] in and telling us about it, especially

[55:23] on this weekend when we all give thanks.

[55:25] Thank you. We give thanks all the time.

[55:27] Appreciate it so much. Well, Michael

[55:30] Richards already said he's sorry for his

[55:32] racial outburst on a stage at a Los

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[58:22] >> And here's your Fox 5 5 more stories for

[58:24] your Saturday. The two men claiming they

[58:26] were offended by [music] comedian

[58:28] Michael Richards outburst say they want

[58:29] a personal apology and a little cash

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[59:04] name. Brangelina spending Thanksgiving

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[59:28] So glad you could join us for this hour

[59:30] of Fox News Live. I'm Jamie Colby and

[59:32] I'll see you at 2:00 p.m. Eastern

[59:33] tomorrow. Studio B with Greg Jarrett in

[59:36] for Trace starts now.

[59:39] And have we got some news for you on

[59:41] Studio B? First on B, a former spy's

[59:44] final hours. Investigators in London

[59:46] retracing [music] his very last steps,

[59:49] warning the public if you came in

[59:50] contact with Alexander Litvinenko, you

[59:53] should come in right away for a medical

[59:55] exam. Under fire in Afghanistan, the

[59:57] British Royal Marine rumble with the

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[60:03] Beirut, Lebanon. On the edge, the

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[60:48] everything right now on Studio B.

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[60:59] Jarrett.

[61:01] Hello everyone. 3:00 in the East, noon

[61:03] out West, 8:00 p.m. in London, England.

[61:05] British detectives there are tracing the

[61:08] very last steps of the poisoned former

[61:10] Russian spy. Detectives combing over a

[61:13] hotel bar, a sushi restaurant and other

[61:15] places that Alexander Litvinenko visited

[61:19] just before he was hospitalized. They

[61:21] want to know if he passed on the

[61:23] radioactive toxin to other unsuspecting

[61:26] people. From Studio B, the live Molly

[61:29] Bawa in Washington. Hi Molly. Hi Greg.

[61:32] Just moments ago Scotland Yard released

[61:34] a statement saying they are shutting

[61:36] down a sushi restaurant in London where

[61:39] former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko

[61:41] ate on the day that he was poisoned.

[61:43] They say that the restaurant needs to be

[61:46] decontaminated.

[61:47] Alexander Litvinenko is a vocal was a

[61:50] vocal critic of the Russian government.

[61:51] He died late Thursday in a London

[61:53] hospital days after being poisoned.

[61:56] Doctors found the radioactive element

[61:58] polonium 210 in his urine. British

[62:01] police found traces of polonium 210 at

[62:03] that sushi restaurant, also at

[62:05] Litvinenko's home and at a hotel that he

[62:07] visited the day he fell ill. And British

[62:10] health experts are offering to screen

[62:12] anyone who also visited those locations,

[62:14] but they say they doubt anyone else was

[62:16] exposed.

[62:18] We don't expect there to be any positive

[62:21] results or any risk in the people that

[62:24] we're testing. It is a precautionary

[62:25] measure. These short alpha particles

[62:28] cannot penetrate the skin. They cannot

[62:30] provide an internal dose from the

[62:32] outside. However, if that polonium 210

[62:36] is ingested into the body

[62:39] via

[62:40] by via ingestion, eating it, or via

[62:42] inhalation, or perhaps via a wound, then

[62:45] it will rapidly track through the body.

[62:49] From his deathbed, Litvinenko had

[62:51] written a statement accusing Russian

[62:52] President Vladimir Putin of

[62:54] assassinating him. But speaking from

[62:56] Helsinki, Putin denied any involvement

[62:59] saying there is no grounds for this kind

[63:01] of speculation. Experts say polonium 210

[63:04] is made in a nuclear reactor and would

[63:06] likely come from a country with a

[63:08] significant nuclear program. Putin

[63:10] aides, however, suggest the former spy's

[63:12] death is part of a conspiracy to

[63:14] discredit the Russian government. Now,

[63:16] British police are scrutinizing hours of

[63:18] surveillance video from the locations

[63:20] where they detected traces of that

[63:22] poison. They are looking for anything

[63:24] suspicious, Greg.

[63:25] >> Now, Malleny, it's a bit suspicious also

[63:27] that Litvinenko as well as a Russian

[63:30] journalist both reporting on a story

[63:32] that implicated Vladimir Putin, the

[63:34] president of Russia, before he was

[63:36] president of being behind that horrible

[63:39] mass killing, blowing up several

[63:41] apartment buildings. That was an event

[63:43] that propelled Vladimir Putin to the

[63:45] presidency. Is he trying to knock down

[63:48] that story as well?

[63:49] Yes, he also sort of brushed off any

[63:51] suggestion about that, and he said that

[63:54] he offered his support to British

[63:56] investigators and that he would leave

[63:57] all of this to them. All right. Malleny

[64:00] Bawa, thanks very much.

[64:03] The politics of assassination. It is

[64:05] often the way things are settled in the

[64:07] Middle East. Lebanon's cabinet trying to

[64:09] change that just after an anti-Syrian

[64:11] leader was murdered and nearly 2 years

[64:14] after the assassination of former prime

[64:16] minister. From studio B, live now to

[64:18] Mike Tobin in Beirut. Mike.

[64:22] And Greg, the remaining Lebanese cabinet

[64:25] members have just given a unanimous

[64:26] approval to this tribunal to investigate

[64:30] and try suspects in the 2005

[64:32] assassination of former Lebanese Prime

[64:34] Minister Rafik Hariri. He is one in a

[64:37] string of anti-Syrian vocal Lebanese

[64:41] politicians who have been assassinated

[64:43] here over the past couple of years. This

[64:45] cabinet meeting included a minute of

[64:47] silence for Pierre Gemayel, the latest

[64:49] Syria opponent to be assassinated here

[64:52] in Beirut. And the approval of this

[64:54] measure comes over the objections of the

[64:56] pro-Syrian Lebanese President Emile

[64:58] Lahoud, who says approval is now illegal

[65:01] following the walkout of Hezbollah and

[65:03] Shiite ministers saying that it is

[65:05] illegal because the Shiite ministers are

[65:07] not represented in the cabinet at this

[65:09] period of time. The panel will also uh

[65:13] at when the panel goes to investigate, I

[65:15] should say the investigative body will

[65:17] include one Lebanese judge and two

[65:19] foreign judges. When it actually goes to

[65:21] trial, it will include two Lebanese

[65:23] judges and three foreign judges. How

[65:26] meantime the Lebanese army is on edge on

[65:28] every street corner. Pro-Syrian

[65:30] Hezbollah supporters are expected to

[65:32] demonstrate en masse. Government

[65:34] supporters are expected to get out on

[65:36] the street and try to stop them.

[65:37] Violence very well likely could be the

[65:41] result. The cabinet also approved a

[65:43] measure to send the investigation of the

[65:46] assassination of Pierre Gemayel to the

[65:48] Lebanese Judicial Council. That is the

[65:51] Lebanese body with the greatest

[65:52] investigative power. Greg, back to you.

[65:55] Mike, is it also true that the people

[65:57] behind Gemayel's killing posted a

[65:59] communique and in it they used the name

[66:02] of of Syria in describing their group?

[66:08] I'm not familiar with any communique to

[66:10] that extent, but what you do know is

[66:12] that everyone who has been a vocal

[66:14] critic of Syria within the Lebanese

[66:16] government has

[66:18] Well, not everyone who has been a vocal

[66:20] critic, but so many of these vocal

[66:21] critics have been assassinated or

[66:23] attempted to be assassinated. We've seen

[66:25] cars blown up and people shot and killed

[66:27] at point-blank range. People suspect

[66:30] Syria quite

[66:31] openly,

[66:33] although there has never been anything

[66:35] official like a tribunal to prove guilt

[66:37] or innocence, put anything on the record

[66:39] as far as who is behind these

[66:41] assassinations.

[66:42] >> All right. Mike Tobin live in Beirut

[66:44] with the latest. Mike, thanks.

[66:46] Well, what will come out of today's

[66:47] cabinet may meeting coming up today. Fox

[66:50] News foreign affairs analyst Ambassador

[66:52] Dennis Ross will be talking with us

[66:53] about the political crisis in Lebanon

[66:55] and whether following the rule of law is

[66:59] even possible in that part of the world.

[67:01] Coming up in just a few minutes.

[67:07] The curfew extended. Iraqi leaders

[67:09] trying to stop the ongoing violence and

[67:11] more attacks today. At least five Iraqi

[67:13] soldiers killed in a suicide car

[67:15] bombing. From Studio B live now to Steve

[67:17] Harrigan in Baghdad. Steve?

[67:21] Greg, it's common in Baghdad to hear

[67:23] small arms fire throughout the night,

[67:25] but every now and then you hear a major

[67:27] boom that just makes you stop and say,

[67:28] "What was that?" We just heard a boom

[67:30] like that behind us a few moments ago.

[67:32] It was probably a car bomb or a very

[67:34] large roadside explosive. In the

[67:36] meantime here in Iraq, burials continue

[67:38] for some of the more than 200 people

[67:39] killed on Thursday, killed by rocket and

[67:42] mortar attacks in one of the deadliest

[67:43] days since the war. Those people were

[67:46] killed in the Shiite section of Baghdad

[67:48] known as Sadr City. Many of those bodies

[67:50] being transported on the roofs of small

[67:52] cars or in mini vans about 100 miles

[67:54] south to the holy city of Najaf, a a

[67:57] city sacred to Shiite Muslims. In the

[67:59] meantime, that curfew since the violence

[68:01] has been extended, roads closed down

[68:03] here. The airport also closed. It has

[68:05] not stopped the explosions, though. It

[68:07] has not stopped the violence. Some of

[68:08] that violence in retaliation against uh

[68:11] Sunni Muslim neighborhoods, at least 30

[68:14] Sunnis killed, some by hand grenade

[68:15] attacks. Also, one Sunni mosque

[68:18] partially set on fire. In the meantime,

[68:20] US and coalition forces continue to take

[68:22] the offensive. They're going after

[68:24] roadside bomb makers as well as a bomb

[68:26] factory. One suspected bomb factory was

[68:29] attacked by air strike just north of

[68:30] Baghdad. At least 20 suspected

[68:33] terrorists killed in those two raids.

[68:35] >> It's Greg, back to you. All right, Steve

[68:36] Harrigan uh live in Baghdad. Steve,

[68:38] thanks very much. Fierce clashes in

[68:40] Afghanistan. British commandos taking on

[68:43] Taliban fighters.

[68:51] That's just some of the action there.

[68:52] The battle lasting at least two hours in

[68:54] the southern part of the country. Sky

[68:56] News reporting Taliban fighters tossed

[68:58] rocket-propelled grenades at the British

[68:59] Marines. The commandos may have found a

[69:02] Taliban compound where fighters have

[69:04] been holed up. A Sky News report from

[69:06] the region coming up.

[69:10] Trying to stop the growing bloodshed in

[69:12] Iraq, President Bush and Vice President

[69:13] Dick Cheney holding talks with Middle

[69:15] East leaders. The Vice President right

[69:18] now in Saudi Arabia. President Bush

[69:20] heading to Jordan for a key meeting with

[69:22] Iraq's Prime Minister there this week.

[69:24] From Studio B live now to Rudi Bakhtiar

[69:27] in Washington. Hi, Rudi.

[69:29] Greg, next week President Bush will ask

[69:30] Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to

[69:33] risk his political life by exerting

[69:35] pressure on allies like radical Shiite

[69:37] cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to rein in the

[69:40] sectarian violence threatening to plunge

[69:42] the country into civil war.

[69:44] President Bush, under pressure himself

[69:46] to make changes in Iraq, will also

[69:48] demand Iraqi security forces to assume

[69:51] more responsibility for Iraq's security,

[69:54] something Democrats poised to take

[69:55] control of the House and Senate this

[69:57] January are already pushing for.

[70:00] Sectarian violence continues to rage.

[70:03] Our brave servicemen and women continue

[70:06] to be maimed and killed. And the war is

[70:09] not making our nation safer or more

[70:11] secure.

[70:12] In the days ahead, Iraqis must make the

[70:16] tough decisions and accept

[70:18] responsibility for their future. Adding

[70:20] to the pressure on the embattled Iraqi

[70:22] premier is the latest stand by Iraqi

[70:24] politicians allied with al-Sadr who are

[70:27] threatening to resign from the

[70:28] government if al-Maliki follows through

[70:31] with the meeting. The Sadrist hold six

[70:33] cabinet seats and have 30 members in

[70:35] parliament and al-Maliki, a Shiite

[70:38] himself, relies heavily on their

[70:40] support. Today, President Bush

[70:42] jump-started Iraqi diplomacy by sending

[70:44] one of his top guns to Saudi Arabia for

[70:47] talks with King Abdullah. Vice President

[70:49] Dick Cheney hoping he can elicit the

[70:51] Sunni leader's influence to help quell

[70:54] the violence in Iraq. But top White

[70:56] House officials say don't expect any

[70:58] significant changes in strategy until

[71:00] those three key reports from the Iraqi

[71:03] Study Group on the future of Iraq hit

[71:05] the president's desk this December.

[71:08] Greg, back to you. Rudy Buckxton here in

[71:10] Washington. Rudy, thanks.

[71:12] Well, the White House says the president

[71:13] is still going to the Middle East to

[71:15] meet with Iraq's prime minister next

[71:16] week. Studio B is going as well. Shepard

[71:19] Smith, live on location from Jordan next

[71:22] Tuesday through Thursday. Studio B and a

[71:24] Fox Report.

[71:26] The Bush twins spending the weekend in

[71:28] Chile. Barbara and Jenna Bush left

[71:30] Argentina on Friday several days after

[71:33] Barbara apparently had her purse stolen.

[71:35] Thieves stole the purse from underneath

[71:37] a table even though Secret Service

[71:39] agents were standing nearby. That theft

[71:42] took place Wednesday in the popular

[71:44] tourist district of San Telmo.

[71:46] Still to come from Studio B, the holiday

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[71:50] Millions flying to visit family, going

[71:53] through long security lines. We're going

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[72:00] Iraq, troops fighting in the war on

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[72:11] boys this holiday weekend. Now the FBI

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[72:15] information for help. A beautiful

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[74:50] >> A little piece of home is always a

[74:51] welcome gift for our troops fighting

[74:53] overseas. Now, a California church has

[74:55] found a way to send it to them. One of

[74:57] the most popular gadgets on the market.

[75:00] Cassia Michaelian has the story from the

[75:01] Bay Area.

[75:04] Kevin is a wonderful kid. Connie Fenesca

[75:07] is a proud mom. Her 19-year-old son is

[75:09] in the Marines and just months away from

[75:12] being sent to one of the most dangerous

[75:14] places in the world. It's hard to know

[75:16] that he's going to go to Iraq. I just

[75:18] have to um have faith and know that he's

[75:20] going to come back safely. And while

[75:21] he's away, Connie and her fellow church

[75:23] members want to make sure Kevin and

[75:26] others in the military get the spiritual

[75:28] nourishment they've received here at

[75:30] home. So, they're collecting donations

[75:32] for iPods to be loaded with music and a

[75:35] message from the church's pastor so the

[75:37] recipients will have a reminder of their

[75:39] religious home halfway around the world.

[75:42] It has a great message. Lance Corporal

[75:44] Michael Eklund says most likely he too

[75:47] will be headed for Iraq soon. He's

[75:49] thankful for the effort that's collected

[75:51] $16,000

[75:53] so far. It makes me really happy to know

[75:55] that there's people out there that try

[75:57] and make part of their effort to help

[75:59] benefit someone else's lives as people

[76:01] are out there trying to fight for

[76:03] theirs. While the military provides the

[76:05] basics and friends and family often send

[76:07] care packages, Eklund says a spiritual

[76:10] taste of home is sometimes overlooked

[76:13] but very much appreciated. You kind of

[76:15] realize what matters and

[76:18] your religion, your spirituality is

[76:20] something that really connects with your

[76:21] soul as opposed to just something that's

[76:23] materialistic.

[76:27] In other news, police say they are

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[76:30] the fate of two young brothers missing

[76:32] in northern Minnesota after temperatures

[76:34] there dipped well below freezing

[76:36] overnight. The two and four-year-old

[76:38] boys, there's their picture, last seen

[76:40] playing on Red Lake Indian Reservation.

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