Fox News Live - 2006-11-25 - 12 noon (E)

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[0:07] No, no, no. We would not want to

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[0:26] I'm Brian Wilson live from Washington

[0:29] for the next hour. Ahead on Weekend

[0:30] Live, highlevel meetings in the Middle

[0:32] East. An attempt by the Bush

[0:34] administration to get a handle on the

[0:36] escalating chaos in Iraq. Vice President

[0:38] Cheney in Saudi Arabia today. An

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[1:26] Our top story, Vice President Dick

[1:28] Cheney landed in Saudi Arabia earlier

[1:30] today for talks with King Abdullah. The

[1:33] Bush administration is hoping to get

[1:35] assistance from more moderate Arab

[1:37] nations in an effort to quell the

[1:39] violence in Iraq. Specifically, the US

[1:41] wants Saudi Arabia to use its influence

[1:44] with Iraq's Sunni minority. Vice

[1:47] President Cheney precedes the president

[1:49] to the region. Mr. Bush is planning a

[1:51] trip next week to Jordan where he will

[1:53] meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-

[1:55] Maliki. It's a meeting the whole world

[1:57] will be watching. Rudy Bactiar is live

[2:00] here in Washington with a preview of

[2:01] that. Hello, Rudy.

[2:03] >> Hello to you, Brian. Next week,

[2:04] President Bush will ask Iraqi Prime

[2:06] Minister Nuri al- Maliki to risk his

[2:09] political life by exerting pressure on

[2:11] allies like radical Shiite cleric Mtada

[2:14] al-Sader to rein in the sectarian

[2:16] violence, threatening to plunge Iraq

[2:18] into civil war. President Bush, under

[2:20] pressure himself to make changes in

[2:22] Iraq, will also push for Iraqi security

[2:25] forces to assume more control of Iraq's

[2:27] security, something Democrats will be

[2:29] pushing for when they take control of

[2:31] the House and Senate this January.

[2:34] sectarian violence continues to rage.

[2:37] Our brave servicemen and women continue

[2:39] to be maimed and killed, and the war is

[2:42] not making our nation safer or more

[2:45] secure. In the days ahead, Iraqis must

[2:49] make the tough decisions and accept

[2:52] responsibility for their future. Adding

[2:54] to the pressure on the embattled Iraqi

[2:56] premere is the latest stand by Iraqi

[2:58] politicians allied with al-Sader who are

[3:01] threatening to resign from the

[3:03] government if al- Maliki follows through

[3:05] with the meeting. The Sadrris hold six

[3:08] cabinet seats and have 30 members in

[3:10] parliament and al- Maliki, a Shiite

[3:12] himself, relies heavily on their

[3:14] support. Secretary of State Condelisa

[3:18] Rice will also join President Bush in

[3:20] Aman next week. There she'll be

[3:22] strategizing on the sidelines with top

[3:24] leaders attending the annual Middle East

[3:26] conference and campaigning for support

[3:28] for Prime Minister Al- Maliki's

[3:30] fledgling government. But top White

[3:32] House officials are downplaying

[3:34] expectations for this highly anticipated

[3:36] meeting between President Bush and Al

[3:38] Maliki, saying significant changes in

[3:40] strategy won't come until those three

[3:42] key reports from the Iraqi study group

[3:45] on the future of Iraq hit the

[3:47] president's desk in December. Back to

[3:49] you, Brian. Rudy Bactiar, thank you

[3:51] much. In Iraq, coalition forces

[3:54] launching some big strikes against the

[3:56] insurgency. 22 terrorists killed and a

[3:59] bomb-making factory near Baghdad

[4:01] destroyed. Steve Harriat is live in

[4:03] Baghdad with details on that. Hello,

[4:05] Steve.

[4:08] Brian, 8:00 p.m. here in Baghdad and the

[4:10] fireworks are going off behind me in a

[4:12] steady stream. In the last few minutes,

[4:13] we've heard several explosions as well

[4:15] as some Kalashnikov fire and some big 50

[4:17] caliber gunfire as well. In the

[4:19] meantime, burial is going on for some of

[4:21] the more than 200 people killed Thursday

[4:23] in attacks in the Shiite region of

[4:25] Baghdad known as Solder City. Many of

[4:27] those bodies being transported by car or

[4:30] by minivans south 100 miles to the holy

[4:32] Shiite city of Naja in the worst attacks

[4:35] since the start of the war. Now, there

[4:37] is a tight curfew in effect in Baghdad

[4:39] since those attacks, which were largely

[4:41] car bombs and mortar blasts on Thursday.

[4:43] There's almost no vehicles on the road

[4:45] now. No time to clean up either. The

[4:47] curfew has stopped most commerce, but it

[4:49] has not stopped the violence. There were

[4:50] at least 30 Sunni Muslims killed in

[4:52] retaliatory attacks, many of them used

[4:54] with hand grenades. And in those raids

[4:56] you alluded to, US and coalition forces

[4:58] launched attacks against suspected

[5:00] terrorists, killing more than 20. One

[5:02] bomb-making factory was killed with was

[5:04] uh destroyed by an air strike. And three

[5:06] carloads of Iraqis suspected to be

[5:08] carrying out car bomb attacks were also

[5:11] killed. This after they failed to stop

[5:13] when warning shots were fired. Brian,

[5:15] back to you.

[5:16] >> Steve Herriagan in Baghdad. Thank you,

[5:17] Steve. British police are studying

[5:20] security camera footage today after

[5:22] finding radioactive traces of pelonium

[5:24] 210 at three London locations visited by

[5:28] an exKGB spy. Alexander Lit Beno died on

[5:32] Thursday night after a traumatic 3-week

[5:34] illness, and he accused Russian

[5:36] President Vladimir Putin for his murder

[5:38] in the waning moments of his life. We'll

[5:41] have more news and analysis on this

[5:43] developing story, including a live

[5:44] report from Scotland Yard a bit later in

[5:47] this broadcast. Now, are you a frequent

[5:50] traveler sick and tired of waiting in

[5:52] long security lines at the airport? The

[5:55] TSA is about to start testing a program

[5:57] that could make your life much easier.

[6:00] Julie Kurts is here in our Washington

[6:01] bureau with that story. Hello, Julie.

[6:03] >> Hi, Brian. Well, the program for

[6:04] frequent flyers called the registered

[6:06] traveler was created after the 911

[6:09] attacks and all the ramped up security

[6:11] and long lines at our nation's airports.

[6:12] The idea is for frequent flyers to pay a

[6:15] fee to get pre-screened by submitting to

[6:17] background checks and even

[6:19] fingerprinting ahead of time. So, these

[6:21] pre-registered flyers can get through

[6:23] airport security faster. Well, it sounds

[6:25] like a good idea, but so far it's only

[6:27] been run as a pilot program in the

[6:29] Orlando, Florida airport. Now, uh, just

[6:32] yesterday, TSA announced it will charge

[6:34] 28 bucks per passenger per year to

[6:37] airports and private security companies

[6:39] to process the security check

[6:41] information. This TSA fee setting means

[6:44] the program is now likely likely to

[6:46] expand to major US airports. TSA

[6:49] officials say the registered traveler

[6:51] program though doesn't mean TSA or

[6:53] anyone can let down their guard.

[6:56] I think the key thing is that there are

[6:58] people out there plotting to attack and

[6:59] what specific measure they use uh might

[7:03] vary as they see security measures vary.

[7:05] So we have to be alert not just to be

[7:07] locked in on whatever the latest one is

[7:10] or the one that we think they might use.

[7:12] We have to uh cover the whole spectrum

[7:15] of what could possibly be used and make

[7:17] it hard for them to predict. So, while

[7:19] TSA says it will charge $28 a year to

[7:22] process the security information for

[7:24] each uh frequent flyer, the private

[7:26] companies and airports that will run

[7:28] this program will add a fee onto that.

[7:31] It will probably be about $100 a year

[7:33] for frequent flyers to get pre-screened.

[7:35] So far, the nation's three busiest

[7:37] airports, Brian, Atlanta, Chicago,

[7:39] O'Hare, and Los Angeles, have asked the

[7:41] TSA to let them run these programs. I

[7:44] checked with TSA officials this morning.

[7:46] No real word though on when this program

[7:48] will actually move beyond the pilot

[7:50] program at Orlando airports and expand

[7:52] across the country, but hopefully soon.

[7:54] Back to you, Bryant.

[7:55] >> Julie Kurts, thank you. Wicked winter

[7:58] weather on a Washington state highway.

[7:59] Two men killed when a 100 ft tall tree

[8:02] crashed onto I 90. Troopers say they

[8:05] haven't determined what brought the tree

[8:07] down, but they suspect that heavy wet

[8:09] snow had loosened the ground and the

[8:11] extra weight of the snow on the branches

[8:13] may have caused the tree to topple.

[8:16] Meteorologist Rick Reichmute is at the

[8:18] Fox Weather Center with today's

[8:19] forecast. Rick, how's it looking out

[8:21] there today? I tell you what, Brian,

[8:22] it's looking very nice for a lot of

[8:24] people anywhere across the East. Look at

[8:26] these temperatures right now at 62 in

[8:27] Dallas, 65 in St. Louis, and 53 in

[8:31] Chicago. Very nice conditions all up and

[8:33] down the east. Very cold across the far

[8:35] northern plains. It's only 14 right now

[8:37] in Bismar, 13 in Helenus. So that gives

[8:40] you an idea. Very cold air across the

[8:42] northern Rockies. That is going to stick

[8:43] around for much of this week. Now,

[8:45] here's the next system approaching the

[8:46] Pacific Northwest. Uh really a bit of a

[8:49] break today. Still some drizzle and some

[8:50] snow, but not anything like we've seen

[8:53] or what we will see for tomorrow when

[8:54] this next storm moves on in. Very windy

[8:57] conditions again all up and down the

[8:58] coast of Oregon. And this time, much of

[9:00] the energy is going to move down across

[9:02] parts of California. So, we are going to

[9:03] start to see some snow across the Sierra

[9:05] Neadas, Lake Tahoe, maybe a foot to 18

[9:08] inches. Good news for the ski areas

[9:10] there. Meanwhile, Brian, out up and down

[9:12] the east coast. Look at this. Just clear

[9:13] skies abound. That's going to be the

[9:15] case for the next couple of days. Brian,

[9:17] Rick, thank you very much. South Korea

[9:19] will slaughter some 236,000

[9:22] chickens after an outbreak of the

[9:24] virulent H5N1 form of bird flu at a

[9:28] chicken farm. The outbreak occurred at a

[9:30] farm in Ixan about 150 mi south of

[9:33] Seoul. Earlier this week, South Korea's

[9:35] agriculture minister says no one has

[9:37] been infected by the virus thus far.

[9:40] Ohio-based Honeybaked Foods is recalling

[9:43] over 46,000 pounds of turkey and ham

[9:46] products that officials fear could cause

[9:48] listeriosis. Most healthy adults and

[9:51] children who are exposed to the bacteria

[9:53] that causes listeriosis do not get

[9:55] seriously ill, but pregnant women are 20

[9:58] times more susceptible to becoming ill

[10:00] and it can lead to the death of their

[10:02] unborn babies. The company is

[10:04] voluntarily recalling the meat which

[10:06] includes cooked, glazed uh turkey and

[10:09] ham and sliced products produced between

[10:11] September 5th and November 13th.

[10:15] Day three of a search for two missing

[10:18] brothers in Minnesota has turned up

[10:19] nothing. Dozens of trained searchers

[10:22] took to the land, air, and water

[10:24] yesterday, looking for four-year-old

[10:26] Tristan Anthony White and 2-year-old

[10:28] Avery Lee Stately. The two were last

[10:31] seen Wednesday playing in a yard on the

[10:33] Red Lake Indian Reservation in

[10:35] northwestern Minnesota.

[10:38] Early this morning, New York City police

[10:40] officers fatally shot a man as he left

[10:42] his bachelor party at a strip club in

[10:45] Queens. He was to be married later

[10:47] today. Two of his friends were also

[10:49] shot. They're now hospitalized. It's not

[10:52] clear what sparked the shooting, but the

[10:53] mother of one of the wounded men says

[10:55] their car hit an unmarked police

[10:57] vehicle. Authorities are investigating.

[11:01] New Jersey authorities have now

[11:03] identified two of the four women whose

[11:05] bodies were found in a drainage ditch

[11:07] near Atlantic City. Mic Molly Lion is

[11:10] standing by live with details. Hello

[11:11] Molly. Hello Brian. Progress is being

[11:14] made, but police are still struggling to

[11:16] identify two of the murdered women and

[11:17] searching for links between the victims.

[11:19] All four women were found on Monday in

[11:22] the same ditch behind a motel just west

[11:24] of Atlantic City. And the two women IDed

[11:26] thus far have a history of prostitution.

[11:29] Police believe that 23-year-old Tracy

[11:31] Anne Roberts had been in the water for

[11:33] several days, possibly up to a week when

[11:35] she was found along with the other

[11:37] victims. Investigators believe she died

[11:39] of expiation by unspecified means. The

[11:42] first body discovered was that of

[11:44] 35-year-old Kim Rafo, who recently lived

[11:46] in a boarding house on Ocean Avenue in

[11:48] Atlantic City. Investigators believe she

[11:50] was strangled killed just days before

[11:53] her body was found. The murders have

[11:55] sparked speculation that a serial killer

[11:57] is targeting prostitutes. There are a

[11:59] number of similarities between the women

[12:01] and how they were placed at the dump

[12:02] scene. For instance, none of them were

[12:05] wearing shoes or socks. All four were

[12:07] blonde in their 20s or 30s. The bodies

[12:10] were spaced apart. The women's heads

[12:12] pointed towards the casinos of Atlantic

[12:14] City.

[12:17] They were positioned um while they were

[12:19] some distance apart um they were

[12:22] positioned with their head facing um

[12:25] east.

[12:27] >> Lead investigators have stopped short of

[12:29] saying the murders are definitely the

[12:31] work of a serial killer. A task force

[12:33] made up of FBI agents, state police, and

[12:35] local investigators are working through

[12:37] the clues. Brian

[12:38] >> Molly Lines, thank you. Democrats trying

[12:41] to set themselves up for a White House

[12:43] win in '08. So, why are they popping up

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[15:32] >> Yeah, I know. The midterm elections just

[15:34] ended, but guess what? The 2008 race has

[15:37] already begun. Republicans are out in

[15:38] front with names like Giuliani, McCain,

[15:40] and Romney. Democrats are popping up on

[15:43] shows like Oprah, and Martha Stewart.

[15:45] What gives? Democratic strategist. Fox

[15:48] News contributor Bob Beckel is here

[15:49] along with Republican strategist Rich

[15:51] Galen of mullings.com. Gentlemen, let's

[15:54] talk about it. It seems like we just got

[15:56] through the election. Can't we have just

[15:58] a little rest before this starts, Bob?

[16:00] >> No, [laughter] you can't. You know, you

[16:02] know, Bills Sack, the governor of Iowa,

[16:04] former governor of Iowa, is declaring

[16:05] next week, not just filing, he's

[16:07] declaring next week. Uh, which brings a

[16:09] question about what that does to Iowa

[16:10] generally, but you're going to see,

[16:11] look, these cases have been moved up.

[16:13] You're only 13 14 months away. It takes

[16:15] a lot of money and a lot of time. And so

[16:16] you're going to see it all happen now

[16:18] before Christmas.

[16:18] >> Rich, why is the what's the urgency?

[16:21] People, as they always say, don't focus

[16:22] on the elections until the last minute

[16:24] anyway.

[16:25] >> Uh, two things. One is fundraising and

[16:27] two is the amount of the the number and

[16:29] quality of staff that's available. Both

[16:31] have some limits, although the

[16:33] fundraising is a big deal. You've got to

[16:34] start raising money. You've got to line

[16:36] up the fundraisers. You got to get them

[16:38] committed to you before they go to

[16:39] somebody else. Same thing with the

[16:41] staff. You know, in a football term,

[16:42] Bob, the skilled positions, there's not

[16:45] that many a people available that know

[16:46] how to run a campaign at this level, and

[16:48] you try to lock those up as soon as

[16:50] possible. To do that, you've got to kind

[16:52] of get in the game very early.

[16:53] >> So, do do you run the risk though of

[16:55] wearing people out though, Bob?

[16:57] >> Well, you can wear people out. I mean,

[16:58] it happened in campaigns I've seen

[17:00] before. We call them the screaming

[17:01] banshees. You know, about halfway

[17:02] through a campaign, they go up put their

[17:03] heads against the wall. But Rich makes

[17:05] one point here. the uh what the you know

[17:07] most of the people who are going to be

[17:08] successful will not take matching fund

[17:10] money from the federal government which

[17:11] means you're going to probably raise two

[17:12] million $200 million to compete that's a

[17:15] lot of money in a in a race in it's 13

[17:17] months to put together

[17:18] >> I John Edwards has been out there on on

[17:20] on Martha Stewart and he I saw him on

[17:23] the letterman show

[17:24] >> you can't miss you can't miss him can

[17:25] you

[17:26] >> one of the problems you get into is that

[17:27] is that when you start this early uh is

[17:29] that you by the time it really does

[17:31] begin to count people have heard you for

[17:33] two years and they go that's that's not

[17:35] do and then if you try to come up with

[17:37] new something new they go well wait a

[17:38] what happened to all the other stuff. So

[17:40] you run the risk of getting in a box.

[17:41] >> It's still an inside game though now.

[17:43] Not that many people paying attention

[17:44] except for the fundraisers and the

[17:45] political players. People still won't

[17:47] engage it probably for another year. So

[17:49] you're all right to be out there doing

[17:50] it. I don't know why you want to do it

[17:51] but you can. Last word. Okay

[17:53] >> last word. I want to congratulate my

[17:55] friend Bob for spending Thanksgiving at

[17:57] a homeless shelter

[17:59] serving meals. Many of us think we

[18:01] should do it. We all think we're going

[18:02] to do it. Only he does it. tonight

[18:04] congressional.

[18:04] >> Oh, thank you very much. I appreciate

[18:06] that.

[18:06] >> Thank you very much, gentlemen. Good to

[18:08] have you here.

[18:08] >> You bet.

[18:09] >> From Beirut to Baghdad's Iran is

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[20:44] Right now in real time, US Vice

[20:46] President Dick Cheney arrived in Saudi

[20:48] Arabia today for talks with King

[20:50] Abdullah, seeking the royal family's

[20:52] influence to calm Iraq after an

[20:54] especially violent week. British police

[20:56] are scouring hours of security camera

[20:59] footage at three separate locations in

[21:00] London as they look for clues into the

[21:03] poisoning of a former Russian spy. New

[21:06] Jersey authorities are making headway as

[21:08] they have now identified two of the four

[21:10] women whose bodies were found in a

[21:12] drainage ditch near Atlantic City. Just

[21:14] some of the stories we're watching for

[21:15] you right now. The threats growing

[21:18] louder in Lebanon. Hezbollah vowing to

[21:21] go all out to bring down the US backed

[21:23] government there if its demands for more

[21:25] power are not met. All this in the

[21:28] aftermath of the brutal assassination of

[21:29] an anti-Syrian leader.

[21:33] Dana, we'll have more on that a little

[21:34] bit later. Uh, we want to bring in a

[21:36] couple of people who are real experts on

[21:37] all this right now to talk about it

[21:39] more. Uh, joining us, uh, foreign

[21:41] affairs analyst, Ambassador Mark

[21:43] Ginsburg, uh, and a member of the

[21:45] National Security Council staff for

[21:47] presidents Bush 41 and Clinton. Dan

[21:49] Ponaman is here to talk about it as

[21:51] well. Gentlemen, we've been w looking at

[21:54] this situation. We know that the whole

[21:56] region is is a little bit in turmoil

[21:58] right now. Ambassador, your assessment?

[22:00] There's a Shiite Iron Curtain that is

[22:02] about to descend on the Middle East and

[22:04] it's going to divide Sunni from Shiite

[22:06] countries. Vice President Cheney and

[22:09] Secretary Rice and the president are

[22:10] essentially engaged in a very uh

[22:13] deliberate game of dipl diplomatic

[22:15] catchup. The problem is Brian is that

[22:17] the Iranians have been playing chess and

[22:19] we have been really slow in getting our

[22:21] checkers game off the match at this

[22:23] point in time. In other words, our

[22:25] diplomacy is not in the crisis mode that

[22:28] it needs to be in given the stakes that

[22:30] now are at play from Lebanon across to

[22:32] Iraq and into Iran at this point. Dan,

[22:36] your thoughts?

[22:37] >> It's a critical moment. We now see uh a

[22:39] multi-layered chessboard. We have Iran

[22:43] seeking to assert its dominance, a

[22:45] traditional Persian dominance in the

[22:46] region. That's got to arouse a lot of

[22:49] resentment uh and objection from Egypt

[22:52] and and Saudi Arabia. Hence the vice

[22:54] president's visit. The question now

[22:56] really is whether the United States is

[22:57] going to be able to exercise the kind of

[22:59] leadership to counter Iran's growing

[23:01] influence.

[23:02] >> If you are the vice president and you're

[23:04] meeting today with King Abdullah in

[23:06] Saudi Arabia, what is the message that

[23:08] you want to deliver? What do you hope to

[23:10] hear from him?

[23:10] >> There's two things here, Brian, that I

[23:12] think are essential there. The vice

[23:14] president is clearly trying to convince

[23:15] the Saudis to lead in affect a moderate

[23:18] Sunni coalition to basically serve as a

[23:21] counterweight to Iran's growing

[23:23] influence to try to send a signal first

[23:26] of all to the Lebanese government to

[23:28] hold firm. Do not topple under the

[23:30] weight of Nasra's efforts to topple

[23:32] them. Number two, for the Saudis and the

[23:35] Egyptians and the Jordanians to stand up

[23:38] in support of the Maliki government and

[23:40] to send a strong signal to Iran that we

[23:44] moderate Arab Sunni regimes resent your

[23:46] interference in Iraqi affairs.

[23:48] >> Now the other big meeting of course is

[23:49] the president's going to Jordan. Nuriel

[23:51] al- Maliki is coming out of Iraq for a

[23:53] meeting there. That's going to be a very

[23:55] important meeting. What needs to happen

[23:56] there in your estimation?

[23:57] >> I think there are two things that the

[23:58] president needs to do. Number one, he's

[24:00] got to reassure El Maliki that that the

[24:03] United States is there, that we've had

[24:04] these elections, but we are going to be

[24:06] supportive of uh that government as long

[24:10] as it maintains a path of solidarity

[24:12] with the other factions. The other

[24:14] critical issue is he needs to encourage

[24:16] Al Maliki to be as strong as possible in

[24:19] keeping the Shia from uh a complete

[24:22] bloodbath with the Sunnis because once

[24:24] the Shia have gone the same way as the

[24:26] Sunnis have gone, the whole situation

[24:28] will fall apart. It would seem to me a

[24:29] critical moment in what's going on in

[24:31] that region.

[24:32] >> It is, Brian. I don't think in the 50

[24:34] years that I've been involved in

[24:35] watching Middle East diplomacy that we

[24:38] have ever reached a point where we've

[24:39] seen American influence under such

[24:41] attack, our allies under such attack,

[24:44] and the dangers to Israel, Lebanon, even

[24:47] Saudi Arabia, and our major investment

[24:49] in Iraq on the precipice of such major

[24:52] problems as we have right now.

[24:54] >> Is this a moment for resolve on the part

[24:56] of the United States? resolved, but

[24:58] we've got to reassert the initiative.

[25:00] Brian, I think the critical thing now is

[25:01] if we could try to get something going

[25:03] on the Middle East peace process, it

[25:05] could begin to change the equation and

[25:07] could begin to regain the initiative and

[25:09] sap some of the animist that has now

[25:11] lodged against the United States.

[25:13] >> Gentlemen, thank you very much. Good to

[25:14] have you here.

[25:15] >> Protestant militant Michael Stone has

[25:17] been charged overnight with attempting

[25:19] to murder five people in Northern

[25:21] Ireland. Have you heard about this

[25:22] story? Stone was tackled by security

[25:24] officers yesterday after a brazen

[25:27] attempt to detonate explosives at the

[25:29] parliamentary building in Belfast. He

[25:32] was found to be carrying a handgun, a

[25:34] knife, and a bag containing 6 to8

[25:37] homemade pipe bombs. The Associated

[25:40] Press reporting a civil defense official

[25:42] says that 40 14 people have drowned and

[25:45] 58 people were rescued after a small

[25:48] ferry capsized in rough waters off the

[25:50] southern coast of the Philippines. It's

[25:53] still not clear exactly how many

[25:54] passengers were on the ship. We'll bring

[25:56] you more details on that story as they

[25:58] become available. Coming up, a

[26:01] grandmother of 11 steps up to fight the

[26:03] war on terror. We'll tell you why. She's

[26:05] getting ready to go off to Afghanistan.

[26:08] Six people with a Las Vegas story they

[26:10] will never forget. A crash landing they

[26:12] all walked away from. And then a segment

[26:14] we have entitled Ba Humba. We'll debut a

[26:18] new holiday feature on Weekend Live

[26:20] where you work with us to write a

[26:22] Christmas wrong. We're very excited

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[29:11] It's time for a quick check of today's

[29:12] headlines, Greg Jared is at the Fox News

[29:14] desk in New York. Hello, Greg.

[29:16] >> All right. No BA humbug from us here in

[29:18] New York. Thanks very much. Hello,

[29:20] everyone. British commandos of the Royal

[29:22] Marines engaging in open combat with

[29:24] suspected Taliban forces in southern

[29:27] Afghanistan. The firefight lasted a

[29:29] couple of hours with the terrorists

[29:31] firing rocket propelled grenades,

[29:32] mortars, and machine guns. The British

[29:35] responded with helicopter gunships and

[29:37] mortar rounds. They think they may have

[29:39] discovered a Taliban stronghold in the

[29:41] area. No word on how many casualties

[29:43] there were. The multinational force in

[29:46] Iraq says coalition troops killed 12

[29:48] terrorists and destroyed a bomb-making

[29:50] factory in a raid near Alaji today. Now,

[29:53] meanwhile, Baghdad's curfew is delaying

[29:55] efforts to clean up after a revenge

[29:57] attack on Sunnis in the neighborhood of

[30:00] Haneia. Gunmen lobbing hand grenades

[30:02] rampaged through the neighborhood

[30:04] Friday, retaliating for the massacre

[30:06] that killed more than 200 people in

[30:08] Solder City 2 days earlier. Scotland

[30:11] Yard detectives retracing the steps of a

[30:13] former Russian spy who died mysteriously

[30:16] at a London hospital Thursday. They say

[30:18] traces of the radioactive substance that

[30:21] killed Alexander Litenko were found in a

[30:24] hotel bar and restaurant he went to

[30:26] November 1st. Litenko dictated a

[30:29] deathbed accusation against Russian

[30:31] President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin

[30:34] has denied any involvement in the murder

[30:36] and promised to cooperate with British

[30:38] investigators. The Health Protection

[30:40] Agency is ordering urine tests to people

[30:43] who fear they may have come in contact

[30:45] with the dying man. Pretty tough year

[30:48] for Christmas tree farmers being blamed

[30:50] on drought conditions in Minnesota. The

[30:53] farmers say mature trees are doing okay,

[30:55] but the young saplings, they're having

[30:56] trouble making it. Newly planted trees

[30:58] need three years of growth to survive

[31:01] drought conditions. One farmer says he's

[31:04] lost $20,000 trees to the drought and

[31:06] now he's fighting back with a $60,000

[31:10] irrigation system. We're going to have

[31:12] more headlines top of the hour. I'm Greg

[31:13] Jerrett. Back to Brian Wilson in

[31:15] Washington. More Weekend Live. Brian.

[31:16] >> Greg, thank you very much.

[31:22] Volvo announcing a recall of about

[31:24] 360,000 cars because of a problem with

[31:27] the speed control. The company says a

[31:29] malfunction in the electronic throttle

[31:30] system can cause engines to lose power

[31:33] without warning, then shift in what do

[31:34] they call limp home mode, allowing the

[31:37] car to drive only a maximum of 15 mph.

[31:41] The recall affects a variety of models

[31:43] built between 1999 and 2002.

[31:47] Forget the ball. The Black Friday

[31:49] holiday rush also hit two major online

[31:51] retailers yesterday. Websites operated

[31:54] by Walmart and Walt Disney were

[31:55] disrupted for much of the day yesterday

[31:58] due to higher than anticipated traffic.

[32:01] Amazon.com also had problems earlier in

[32:04] the day. They have just a little more

[32:06] time to work out the bugs because Cyber

[32:08] Monday is coming. Traditionally, the

[32:10] biggest online shopping day of the year.

[32:14] Well, judging by the long lines and

[32:16] massive crowds at the mall yesterday,

[32:17] it's going to be a very merry Christmas

[32:19] for many retailers. Joining me with an

[32:21] early look at the numbers is Fox News

[32:24] business contributor Scott Blar. So much

[32:27] of what retailers do is dependent on

[32:29] having a good Christmas season, a good

[32:31] holiday season. How's it looking?

[32:33] >> Well, so far it looks to compete with

[32:35] the year 1999, which was pretty much the

[32:39] best uh bricks and mortar year, and that

[32:41] was, you know, before the internet

[32:42] bubble burst. And uh, you know, the

[32:44] economy has been doing very well for the

[32:47] past 3 years, and it's done very well

[32:49] over the past couple of months.

[32:50] especially when you include the price of

[32:52] gasoline dropping from, you know, the

[32:54] low 3s to the low twos per gallon. This

[32:57] is absolutely starting to be a very uh

[33:00] uh joyful Christmas season for

[33:02] retailers. And as you mentioned, online

[33:05] is the story again this year, growing

[33:08] 30% over last year. It's going to break

[33:12] $30 billion in sales and it's expected

[33:14] to grow by leaps and bounds every year.

[33:17] You know online is becoming not just

[33:20] online stores but bricks and mortar

[33:23] stores with an online presence like

[33:26] Walmart, Disney, Costco, they are

[33:29] selling like gang busters on the

[33:31] internet and that's going to continue.

[33:32] >> Uh so so it seems to me that when we

[33:35] hear this kind of news it again speaks

[33:36] to the fact that the underlying

[33:38] foundation of the economy must be pretty

[33:40] strong because people wouldn't be

[33:42] spending this kind of money if they

[33:43] didn't feel pretty secure about things.

[33:45] Brian, there's no doubt about it. The

[33:47] facts speak for themselves. You know, I

[33:49] don't know if you've noticed, but the

[33:50] Dow is hitting all-time highs.

[33:52] >> I have noticed

[33:53] >> the S&P 500 is a stones throw away. And

[33:57] while NASDAQ is still very far away,

[33:59] NASDAQ has had a spectacular year. You

[34:02] know, the market anticipates that later

[34:05] this year, going into next year, the

[34:07] economy is going to remain robust even

[34:10] with the deflation of some of the

[34:12] housing issues that the country's faced

[34:14] over the past 6 to 12 months. So, I got

[34:17] to tell you, the economy is good. It's

[34:18] going to be a good Christmas season

[34:20] going forward to

[34:22] remain strong as well.

[34:23] >> Scott, thank you very much.

[34:25] >> Thanks, Brian.

[34:25] >> We want you to check this out. Don

[34:27] Bogenitz of Shboen, Wisconsin, woke up

[34:29] yesterday morning to find his lawn

[34:31] completely decorated for the holidays.

[34:33] The only problem, it was totally bare

[34:35] when he went to sleep the night before.

[34:37] So, where did it all come from? Well,

[34:40] after he called police, he found out

[34:42] that every single candy cane, reindeer,

[34:45] and decoration on his lawn was actually

[34:47] stolen from somewhere else. So, Bogenitz

[34:50] now has to decide whether or not he's

[34:52] going to return all this stuff to his

[34:54] rightful owners. uh Baham bug story

[34:56] there. And we're starting a new feature

[34:58] this week called Baham Bug. Every year,

[35:01] you know, it seems we in the news

[35:02] business hear stories about the Scrooges

[35:04] out there who ruin other people's

[35:07] holidays. But because we here at Weekend

[35:09] Live are deeply in the holiday spirit,

[35:11] we hope to work with you to write some

[35:14] of these Christmas wrongs. Today, the

[35:16] story of Cindy McDrew, who founded the

[35:19] charity Operation Second Chance. She's

[35:21] here in studio with me in Washington.

[35:24] Cindy, first of all, what is Operation

[35:26] Second Chance?

[35:27] >> Uh, we're a nonprofit organization that

[35:29] assists the wounded soldiers that are

[35:31] coming back from Walter uh from Iraq and

[35:33] Afghanistan. They're at Walter Reed or

[35:35] Bethesda Naval Hospital.

[35:36] >> All right. Now, one of the things that I

[35:38] this is was a very big local story. You

[35:40] went to one of the local malls up in

[35:41] Montgomery County here in the Washington

[35:43] DC area and you had purchased a couple

[35:46] of these hard to get video games, right?

[35:48] >> I purchased an Xbox 360 and a PSP game.

[35:51] And this these were not for your own

[35:53] kids or for your own family. No,

[35:55] >> these were for the the kids of injured

[35:58] soldiers.

[35:58] >> Yes.

[35:59] >> And so you're heading to the parking lot

[36:02] probably feeling pretty good about all

[36:03] this and something really horrible

[36:05] happened.

[36:07] >> Yes. As I was exiting the store, I

[36:09] didn't know I was being followed and I

[36:11] went to my truck, opened the door and I

[36:13] put my package on the the back seat. Um,

[36:16] as soon as I did that, I was pushed from

[36:18] behind and and nudged in the back with

[36:20] something elbow maybe and this person

[36:23] reached in and grabbed the bag and took

[36:24] off running.

[36:25] >> Thank goodness you weren't hurt.

[36:27] >> I wasn't hurt at the time. No, I

[36:29] >> Okay, but the police have investigated.

[36:31] Have they come up with any leads on all

[36:33] this?

[36:33] >> Uh, they checked the surveillance camera

[36:35] and they could see that the two guys

[36:37] following me and u I don't think they

[36:40] got a very good look at their face, but

[36:41] they know what they were wearing.

[36:43] >> Yeah. Well,

[36:46] here it is a situation where you trying

[36:48] to do some good in the world found

[36:51] yourself actually becoming the victim of

[36:52] a crime and and the and the real victim

[36:55] of this crime is not only you but the

[36:57] kids who now probably will not get there

[36:58] but people have responded somewhat.

[37:00] >> The people have been wonderful. Um I've

[37:02] received a lot of online donations.

[37:05] Donations um replacing specifically

[37:08] those two items that were stolen from

[37:09] me. Yeah, I the amount of good that's

[37:12] coming out of this is just phenomenal.

[37:14] >> Well, we think maybe some more good can

[37:16] be done for this worthy charity. So,

[37:19] this is where our fantastic Fox viewers

[37:21] come in. If you feel so led, let let's

[37:24] show Cindy exactly how she might get

[37:26] this problem solved even better, how she

[37:28] might help others, you can go to her uh

[37:32] website address, which is operation.org.

[37:37] There it is on your screen. It's www.

[37:40] operation secondchance.org. There you

[37:42] can learn about how you might want to

[37:44] help people out. And if you hear about

[37:46] someone who has been seriously scrooed

[37:49] this holiday season, we want you to let

[37:52] us know. Our address, of course, is

[37:54] weekendlive at foxnews.com. We have

[37:57] great viewers. They are compassionate

[37:59] people, and I feel certain, Cindy, that

[38:01] you're going to be hearing from more

[38:03] than a few of them.

[38:04] >> Thank you very much.

[38:04] >> Merry Christmas and and uh and good

[38:06] luck.

[38:07] >> Thank you.

[38:07] >> All right. Coming [clears throat] up, a

[38:09] a 59year-old grandmother from Northern

[38:11] California has been called up for duty

[38:13] in Afghanistan. We'll tell you that

[38:15] story and much more when we come back.

[38:17] Stay with us, everyone.

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[40:49] Lake Indian Reservation. And Protestant

[40:52] militant Michael Stone now charged with

[40:54] attempted murder after he stormed the

[40:56] Northern Ireland parliamentary building

[40:58] yesterday with a bag full of explosives,

[41:00] a handgun, and a knife. Just some of the

[41:02] stories we're watching for you right

[41:04] now. Talk about a photo op. A lucky

[41:07] passenger on a helicopter ride off the

[41:09] coast of New Zealand caught this shot

[41:11] yesterday. A huge chunk of an iceberg

[41:13] breaking off, exposing the normally

[41:16] hidden underside. Look at that as it

[41:18] rose to the surface. The icebergs have

[41:21] become quite a tourist destination when

[41:23] they first appeared off the coast of New

[41:25] Zealand nearly two weeks ago.

[41:29] Six people on board a small plane in

[41:31] Nevada thankful to be alive today after

[41:32] a disastrous takeoff. On Friday, the

[41:34] Cessna 210 lifted off from Las Vegas

[41:37] headed towards Salt Lake when it clipped

[41:39] telephone and cable lines on departure.

[41:42] The air aircraft slammed into the ground

[41:44] about a half mile away, snapping the

[41:47] plane's tail off when it hit the ground.

[41:50] Miraculously, none of the passengers

[41:52] were injured.

[41:54] Congress is not in session, but there's

[41:56] plenty of activity behind the scenes as

[41:59] Democrats put the finishing touches on

[42:01] their agenda and Republicans adjust to

[42:03] life in the minority. Joining me to

[42:05] preview the fights ahead, Chris Wallace.

[42:08] He is of course the host of Fox News

[42:10] Sunday. Chris, what you got going on

[42:12] this weekend? A pretty good uh political

[42:13] show.

[42:14] >> Yeah, I think I think it's a very good

[42:16] political show, he said modestly.

[42:17] >> We would be disappointed if it weren't.

[42:18] >> If it weren't. Now, we're going to be

[42:20] talking to three of the fellas who are

[42:22] about to become chairman of some of the

[42:24] most powerful committees on Capitol

[42:26] Hill. Uh, Ways and Means, which writes

[42:29] all the taxes, financial services,

[42:31] involving oversight of a number of

[42:33] financial issues, uh, and energy and

[42:35] commerce, which is involved with gas

[42:37] prices and health care and all kinds of

[42:39] things. We'll be talking to these three

[42:41] Democrats, including Charlie Wrangler. I

[42:43] think we'll probably ask him about the

[42:44] draft. Uh, and questions really about

[42:46] whether the Democrats are going to be

[42:48] able to restrain themselves and govern

[42:49] from the center or whether they're going

[42:51] to end up having to pay back the

[42:53] liberals who have supported them with

[42:55] with organization and money uh as they

[42:58] now take over. And then we'll also talk

[43:00] with the comeback head Trent Lot, who

[43:02] you may remember four years ago this

[43:03] month was unceremoniously ushered out of

[43:06] the Republican leadership because of

[43:08] approving comments he made about Stum

[43:09] Thurman. is now back as the number two

[43:12] Republican in the Republican majority in

[43:14] the Senate. We'll talk to him about how

[43:16] he come came back and how the

[43:17] Republicans can do it.

[43:18] >> Fox News Sunday is always of course

[43:20] compelling television, but that's not

[43:21] why entirely we have you here, Chris,

[43:23] because I need to talk to you about

[43:25] something. It was last week we were

[43:28] talking about the Michigan Ohio State

[43:30] University game and you made you made a

[43:32] comment and I remember it as if it were

[43:34] only one week ago today.

[43:37] They are in for a long and very

[43:39] disappointing afternoon. Michigan is

[43:41] going to take them and beat them badly.

[43:44] Uh they're going to win it for Bo and

[43:46] Michigan will go on to the national

[43:47] championship game and Ohio State will go

[43:50] to some minor bald which they so richly

[43:51] deserve.

[43:52] >> Chris W that's exactly the way I

[43:55] remember it happening, Chris. And and

[43:57] yet as I read the paper the next day, I

[43:59] seem to recall that it was Ohio State

[44:02] that defeated Michigan, not the other

[44:03] way around. I'm going to do what

[44:05] politicians do on Fox News Sunday when I

[44:07] ask them, Brian, you shouldn't fall prey

[44:09] to this blame game. I mean, you just

[44:11] [laughter] you really we need to move

[44:12] on. Let's not look at the past. No, when

[44:14] they when I make a mistake, I make a but

[44:17] Ohio State won. They were the better

[44:18] team on the field that day. But there is

[44:21] the possibility of a rematch. And so,

[44:23] the last part of my statement, Michigan

[44:25] to the national championship game, still

[44:27] a possibility.

[44:28] >> I'm just going to tell you that again,

[44:29] it makes me question your football

[44:31] acumen. First of all, there's that

[44:32] unblind that blind loyalty you have to

[44:34] the Redskins. And now these predictions

[44:36] that are are I mean bold predictions,

[44:38] not minor. They were bold predictions.

[44:41] And we we saw the results of what

[44:43] happened. Chris Wallace, as always, it's

[44:45] good for you here to come here and tell

[44:46] us about Fox News Sunday.

[44:47] >> Don't play the blame game. Don't play

[44:50] the blame game.

[44:50] >> Allow us to abuse you. That's part of

[44:52] the fun, too. Uh check your local

[44:54] listings, folks, for Chris's show. A

[44:56] critic of Russian President Vladimir

[44:58] Putin dies after being poisoned with

[45:00] radioactive palonium 210, a substance

[45:03] that requires special handling

[45:04] techniques and is so deadly that

[45:06] microscopic doses are 100% fatal. We all

[45:10] believe in good hygiene, but coming up,

[45:12] the story of a man attacked because he

[45:14] did not wash his hands. Stay with us,

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[47:35] >> A 59-year-old grandmother from Northern

[47:37] California has been called up for duty

[47:38] in Afghanistan. Major Joe Danner, who

[47:41] joined the Air Force reserves 13 years

[47:43] ago, will be shipping up after Christmas

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[47:56] who step on landmines, whatever needs to

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[47:59] >> Danner has already filled out all the

[48:01] birthday cards for friends and family,

[48:03] including her 11 grandkids, while she's

[48:06] gone. She hopes to be back before her

[48:09] 60th birthday. San Diego police have

[48:12] launched an investigation into a posting

[48:14] on the online classified website

[48:16] Craigslist that offered a free baby boy

[48:19] to a good home. The ad also offered free

[48:21] delivery, but said the baby just sits in

[48:23] the closet and cries. Police first

[48:26] received complaints Thursday morning.

[48:27] Many think the ad is a hoax, but no one

[48:29] knows for sure. And the ad has since

[48:32] been deleted.

[48:34] Brutal bathroom etiquette. An argument

[48:36] over handwashing or lack thereof leaves

[48:39] one man with multiple stab wounds. Fort

[48:41] Worth, Texas cops charged Eric's

[48:43] Jennings Casayiah with suspicion of

[48:45] aggravated assault with a deadly weapon

[48:47] when he allegedly attacked one of his

[48:49] three friends for not washing his hands

[48:52] after using the restroom. Casiah hid

[48:54] behind a shrub near the bar and attacked

[48:57] his friend as he was leaving.

[49:01] Russian spies, a deadly dose of poison,

[49:04] and accusations that world leader is

[49:06] behind it all. Sounds like a great

[49:08] Hollywood thriller, but is it for real?

[49:10] How did a strapping former KGB agent end

[49:13] up on his deathbed? And why would

[49:15] anybody want to do him in? Reporter Mark

[49:18] White from our sister network Sky News

[49:20] is live outside Scotland Yard in London

[49:23] with the very latest on that. Hello,

[49:25] Mark.

[49:27] Brian, just last month, Alexander

[49:29] Litbenko was a fit, healthy young man

[49:32] with everything to live for. A former

[49:34] Russian spy who defected to the West and

[49:37] accused the Russian government of all

[49:38] kinds of unsavory things, including the

[49:41] murder of political opponents. Well,

[49:43] this week he died an agonizing death in

[49:45] a London hospital, poisoned the British

[49:48] government have confirmed by a highly

[49:51] radioactive substance known as palonium

[49:53] 210. Now, Mr. Philip Vignenko believes

[49:56] that he was poisoned on the 1st of

[49:58] November, the day he met a number of

[50:00] contacts at a Japanese restaurant in

[50:03] central London and at a hotel near the

[50:06] American embassy. Well, today the

[50:09] authorities here in London have

[50:10] confirmed that they have found traces of

[50:13] deadly pelonium 210 at that Japanese

[50:16] restaurant and at the hotel. This is now

[50:19] much wider than simply an investigation

[50:22] into the killing of a former spy. It has

[50:26] wider health implications and members of

[50:28] the public who may have been in contact

[50:30] with Mr. Litenko over the last month who

[50:33] may have visited the Japanese restaurant

[50:35] or indeed the hotel are being asked to

[50:38] contact the health authorities. In the

[50:40] meantime, the British government has

[50:41] called in the Russian ambassador and

[50:43] asked for Russia's help in the

[50:45] investigation. Well, Vladimir Putin, for

[50:48] his part, has also reiterated that the

[50:50] Russian government will do all it can to

[50:52] help in the investigation. And we have

[50:55] to say, despite the claims of Mr.

[50:57] Litmano's friends and families uh

[51:00] family, there is no proof at this stage

[51:02] that the Russian government had any

[51:04] involvement in this former spies death.

[51:07] Thank you very much, Mark White

[51:09] reporting from Scotland Yard. Now, here

[51:11] with his analysis on this case, Ariel

[51:13] Cohen, an expert on Russian affairs. He

[51:16] is, of course, working with the Heritage

[51:18] Foundation in the Washington area. Uh,

[51:20] good to have you here, Ariel. Uh, your

[51:22] assessment of this situation. It's a

[51:24] bizarre case.

[51:25] >> Well, nothing is clear here. It's a

[51:27] murky case. Litenko has a very long

[51:31] history with the Russian Secret Service

[51:33] and with Mr. Putin. Uh, he was an agent.

[51:36] He was a colonel in the service. He

[51:38] defected uh in 99. Uh he accused Mr.

[51:43] Putin of being involved in blowing up

[51:46] buildings uh that led to the second

[51:49] Chetchin war in 99. And uh we um cannot

[51:54] tell now because there are two sides.

[51:56] Litenko before he died accused the

[51:58] Russian services and Putin uh of

[52:01] complicity in his death. there's a

[52:03] series of poisonings or or

[52:06] assassinations. We saw um Anapolitsky, a

[52:10] prominent critic of Putin, assassinated

[52:12] about a month ago. The thing about this

[52:14] particular type of poison, this palonium

[52:17] 210, I understand that a microscopic

[52:19] amount is is 100% fatal if it somehow

[52:22] gets into your system. I mean, you

[52:24] wouldn't even know that you had consumed

[52:26] it. The second thing about it is is that

[52:28] apparently it's very difficult to

[52:29] handle. What do you draw from that? It's

[52:32] a very professional assassination.

[52:34] That's why uh there is so much

[52:36] fingerpointing against the Russian

[52:38] secret services. The Russian secret

[52:40] services did have a history uh of

[52:43] assassinations or Soviet secret services

[52:46] history of assassinations and poisoning

[52:48] going back as far back as the times of

[52:51] Joseph Stalin, the communist dictator in

[52:54] the 2030s and 40s. But uh we also know

[52:58] that the authorization for assassination

[53:00] by a foreign secret service of the

[53:03] Russian Federation should come from the

[53:05] very top. So either Mr. Putin is out of

[53:08] control ordering hits which you know it

[53:11] would be a stretch to think that or the

[53:15] services are out of control

[53:17] >> and not responding to him

[53:18] >> and and are not uh you know letting Mr.

[53:21] Putin to tell them what to There is this

[53:22] this theory that the the critics of uh

[53:25] of Putin are behind this to make him

[53:28] look as if he has done this.

[53:30] >> Well, but the question

[53:30] >> it's a frame up job. Some are saying

[53:32] >> it it looks increasingly like a frame up

[53:35] job because as Putin himself said in

[53:37] Germany uh the death of Miss Politkovska

[53:40] the journalist who was assassinated

[53:42] makes Russia and the rulers of Russia

[53:45] look so bad and now this death but on

[53:48] the other hand there is a power struggle

[53:50] in Moscow.

[53:51] >> Right. to succeed Mr. Putin and the

[53:53] services are a player. So in that

[53:56] context, we clear don't understand

[53:58] clearly what is going on here.

[54:00] >> The more you hear about it, the more

[54:01] interesting it gets. Thank you very

[54:02] much. Good to have you here.

[54:05] Celebrations commemorating the 50th

[54:06] anniversary of the start of the Cuban

[54:08] Revolution went on without one notable

[54:10] revolutionary, Fidel Castro. It was the

[54:13] first time Castro failed to preside over

[54:16] the ceremonies. More festivities

[54:18] honoring his rise to power are planned

[54:20] for December 2nd, but officials don't

[54:22] know if he'll be able to make those

[54:24] either.

[54:26] >> This weekend kicks off the holiday movie

[54:28] season. Bill McCuty will tell you which

[54:29] ones are mustseas and which ones you

[54:32] could afford to miss. Plus, somebody's

[54:34] getting married, a small Swedish town in

[54:36] search of an Ingred Bergman lookalike.

[54:39] We'll explain when we come back,

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[57:20] >> More Michael Richards fallout. The two

[57:22] targets of the actor comedian's racist

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[57:29] who played Kramer on the show Seinfeld,

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[57:40] Their lawyer says a judge should decide

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[57:45] publicist uh Richard's publicist says

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[57:52] A Swedish town is searching for a bride

[57:54] to be who looks like Ingred Bergman to

[57:56] reenact the actress's first wedding in

[57:59] 1937. The search was initiated by the

[58:02] Folklore Society in the town of Sto some

[58:05] 200 miles north of Stockholm to mark the

[58:08] 70th anniversary of Bergman's wedding to

[58:10] Peter Aaron Lindström in the town

[58:12] church. The Folklore Society says it'll

[58:15] pay for the wedding dress and dinner for

[58:17] the luck lucky couple and Denzel

[58:20] Washington has deja vu. Danny DeVito and

[58:22] Matri Broadick fight it out. Fox's Bill

[58:25] Mccuti tells you what you can expect in

[58:28] the Fox Light. Hey Brian, how's this for

[58:30] Star Power? Denzel, Jack Black, Danny

[58:33] Devito, and Hugh Jackman all trying to

[58:35] clobber the Penguins. Is that possible?

[58:38] Let's go to the movies. This is Dja Vu.

[58:41] This is deja vu. This Okay, sorry.

[58:44] Denzel is a cop who's trying to stop

[58:46] something that's already happened. Not

[58:48] this movie, but that's not a bad idea.

[58:50] Mostly deja huh? The whole plot turns on

[58:53] a wayback machine that sends Washington

[58:55] back 4 days and 6 hours. Don't ask. It's

[58:58] Bill and Ted without either of them or

[59:00] an excellent adventure. Denzel pulls

[59:02] this off, but just barely. Next,

[59:05] Tenacious D in the pick of Destiny has

[59:07] the right letter grade in the title. I'm

[59:10] sorry, Jack Black. You and your HBO

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[59:14] This is tenacious DVD because that's

[59:17] where it's headed. Matthew Brick and

[59:19] Danny DeVito are the new odd couple

[59:21] trying to outlight each other in Deck

[59:23] the Halls. Devito wants to pump enough

[59:25] power through his holiday lights to give

[59:26] Al Gore a heart attack. It had dire

[59:29] endings for most of the critics, too.

[59:31] Finally, if one of the oddest films of

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[59:40] some no doess. These new additions to

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[59:45] little penguins. Happy feet will be a

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[59:51] million bucks. Back to you. All right.

[59:54] Borat has absolutely outraged officials

[59:56] in Kazakhstan, but a prominent Kha'Zix

[59:58] writer now says comedian Satcha Baron

[60:00] Cohen should receive one of the nation's

[60:02] most coveted literary awards. According

[60:04] to the VMA newspaper, Baron Cohen has

[60:07] been nominated for the Kazak Club of Art

[60:09] Patrons Award. The writer insists Borat

[60:12] has sparked an immense interest in

[60:14] Kazakhstan, something they said their

[60:16] authorities could not do. That's it for

[60:18] us. We've got to go. Don't forget about

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[60:27] >> Taking Christ out of Christmas. There

[60:29] are other people of other faiths who

[60:31] don't adhere to the Christian religion

[60:32] >> and even God off the dollar bill.

[60:35] >> God we trust on our coins. I think that

[60:37] should be epic.

[60:38] >> Is this really what the Constitution

[60:40] demands?

[60:40] >> That I believe is not the founders's

[60:42] intention.

[60:43] >> The latest battlegrounds in America's

[60:45] war over religion.

[60:47] >> Separation of church and state can't

[60:48] even be found in the Constitution.

[60:50] >> Coming up, religion in America, church

[60:53] and state with Britt Hume.

[60:59] >> [music]

[61:01] >> Hello everyone, I'm Greg Jared. A leader

[61:03] of Iraq's Sunni community condemning the

[61:05] violence tearing the country apart.

[61:07] Harif Alari also used a news conference

[61:09] in Egypt to denounce the Iraqi

[61:11] government and the Shiite prime minister

[61:13] after the massacre in Solder City on

[61:15] Thursday. Radical Shiite cleric Makta

[61:18] Alsad called on Alari to issue a fatwa

[61:21] forbidding Sunnis from joining al-Qaeda.

[61:23] Meanwhile, the violence continues with

[61:25] 87 deaths across the country Friday, at

[61:27] least 20 today. South Korea taking steps

[61:30] to stop an outbreak of bird flu from

[61:32] spreading. The government, slaughtering

[61:34] nearly a quarter of a million birds, all

[61:36] birds within 1,600 ft of the chicken

[61:38] farm where the outbreak flared up will

[61:40] be killed. South Korea slaughtered 5.3

[61:43] million birds after its first flu scare

[61:45] back in 2003. A Protestant extremist

[61:48] being held on attempted murder charges

[61:50] in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Michael

[61:52] Stone, accused of throwing a package of

[61:54] explosives into a political meeting on

[61:56] Friday. Stone was jailed for life after

[61:58] a deadly 1988 attack on a Catholic

[62:01] funeral. He was then released from

[62:02] prison six years ago under the terms of

[62:05] a truce. A revived law has put a whole

[62:08] class of performers out of work in

[62:10] India. That's right, snake charmers.

[62:11] Scores of them marching in Orisa State

[62:13] today demanding new jobs. The government

[62:16] started enforcing the 32-year-old law 2

[62:18] years ago. It bans the keeping of snakes

[62:21] as pets. My goodness. Coming up a bit

[62:25] later on today, a feel-good way to give

[62:27] gifts this holiday season. There's a

[62:29] website we want you to check out. It's

[62:31] kind of an online gift shop, but here's

[62:33] the best part. For every gift you buy, a

[62:36] portion of the proceeds goes to the

[62:38] charity of your choice, or you can let

[62:40] the organization pick the charity. I'm

[62:42] going to tell you all about it when I

[62:43] see you at 3 p.m. right here on Studio

[62:46] B. And those are the latest headlines

[62:48] this hour. Our Fox News special,

[62:49] Religion in America, begins now. And for

[62:52] all the latest headlines, log on to our

[62:54] website, foxnews.com.

[63:11] Good evening. Welcome to this Fox News

[63:13] special, Religion in America: Church and

[63:16] State. For the past half century, the

[63:18] United States has been locked in a legal

[63:20] war that has driven the symbols of

[63:22] religion out of schools, city halls, and

[63:25] state houses and threatens to go

[63:26] farther. The war is fought in hundreds

[63:29] of small legal skirmishes across the

[63:31] country. But it often ends up in the

[63:33] Supreme Court of the United States,

[63:35] which still begins each session with the

[63:37] words, "God save this honorable court."

[63:40] But will the honorable court save God?

[63:44] In towns across the country, Americans

[63:46] are getting ready for Christmas and

[63:48] Hanukkah.

[63:52] 50 years ago, scenes like this would

[63:54] have been as uncontroversial as the

[63:56] notion of loving your country.

[64:00] But not anymore.

[64:01] >> It gets absurd this time of year. You

[64:03] can't call it a Christmas tree. You

[64:04] can't say Merry Christmas in the

[64:06] hallways. Whatever happened to freedom

[64:07] of speech? Why can't we call these

[64:09] things what we know them to be? From the

[64:12] first arrival of the pilgrims in 1620,

[64:14] the idea of free public religious

[64:16] expression has been a fundamental part

[64:19] of the idea of America.

[64:22] The Continental Congress in 1774 opened

[64:26] its first session with a prayer, a

[64:28] practice that has continued unbroken for

[64:30] 231 years.

[64:33] Gracious God,

[64:35] >> today we still pay homage to God on our

[64:38] money, in the words carved on our public

[64:41] buildings and [music] in the oaths of

[64:43] office that our public officials swear.

[64:46] But all of those concepts and more have

[64:48] come under fire.

[64:48] >> So help me God.

[64:50] >> And the legal battles that have resulted

[64:52] have usually gone one way. To drive

[64:55] religion and its symbols out of the

[64:57] American public square where they had

[64:59] thrived since the revolution.

[65:02] And more and more Americans are unhappy

[65:04] with the result.

[65:06] 81% disagree that all religion should be

[65:09] excluded from public life.

[65:12] 76% say it should be legal to display

[65:15] the Ten Commandments on government

[65:16] property.

[65:18] 90% believe under God should remain in

[65:21] the pledge of allegiance and 93% want to

[65:24] keep in God we trust on the currency.

[65:28] Tonight, Fox News will take you on a

[65:30] tour of the religious battlefield of the

[65:32] United States. To understand what the

[65:35] fight is about, we'll also take you

[65:36] inside the Supreme Court half a century

[65:39] ago as it suddenly decided to turn all

[65:42] of previous American constitutional

[65:44] history around and create a new kind of

[65:47] church state separation.

[65:50] The First Amendment is increasingly used

[65:52] to silence people of faith, to silence

[65:56] faith-based ideas. And this is not the

[65:59] mandate of the First Amendment. It's a

[66:01] transformation of the First Amendment.

[66:04] >> And we'll show you how the tide may be

[66:06] turning. We'll meet some of the people

[66:08] who have been fighting with increasing

[66:09] success to scale back the intimidating

[66:12] church state wall. and you'll see what

[66:15] recent changes in the court could mean

[66:17] for religious liberty.

[66:19] >> Does a one vote shift make a difference?

[66:21] Tips the balance one way or another. So,

[66:23] uh, this is a situation where it's kind

[66:25] of, you know, winner or take all, lose

[66:26] or take nothing.

[66:29] >> But first, we'll show you what the

[66:31] founders themselves thought they were

[66:32] doing when they first guaranteed

[66:34] American religious freedom.

[66:37] >> The founders never wanted uh religious

[66:40] discrimination. They wanted no special

[66:42] privileges for religion, but at the same

[66:44] time, we shouldn't penalize citizens

[66:46] because of their religious beliefs. And

[66:49] the founders understood that, I think,

[66:50] much better than we understand [music]

[66:52] that now. That's all coming up this hour

[66:54] on Religion in America, church and

[66:57] state.

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