well. steve, thank you. jon: fox news alert, three men protecting their property killed in overnight violence, as copy-cat riots spread across england. the prime minister now is giving police a blank check, telling them to do whatever it takes to restore law & order. rick is at the breaks news desk for us. reporter: that blank check helping the police out in london overnight where things were calm after three straight nights of rioting. but again triple the number of police on the streets there. that was the case in london. that is not the case in other parts of the u.k. including liverpool which is famous of course for being home to the beatles. these are mounted police units, canine units that are out on the streets of liverpool, and the reason that they are there is because 200 young rioters took to the streets lighting cars and crash bins on fire, wearing masks, and traveling around in packs causing a lot of problems for police.
threatening to use water cannons on the rioters but the looting rages on in at least two cities. amy kellogg is live in london for us now. reporter: there was very bad rioting and violence overnight in cities such as manchester, birmingham and nottingham. here in london, actually the police had things under control. all of that say it was early quiet, deserted, it felt like a war zone which is unsettling in its own right. part of the difference was of course the fact that police were flooded with police officers, 16,000 around london. also people, residents are taking back the streets themselves. this isn t really vigilante is eupl. it s people coming out in force. we are here at a sheik temple and these guys were out in the hundreds last night protecting their place of worship. they were joined by other members of the community. it was a sort of it was a
you can see them wearing those hooded masks there to keep them from being identified on camera but this was the scene. as we told you yesterday, these rioters in liverpool and elsewhere don t really have a singular issue that they are angry about. a lot of them seem to be doing what they are doing just for the fun of it, if you could believe that. the prime minister, as you said calling lawmakers back to london, back from their summer break to debate the ongoing violence which comes less than a year before london hosts the 2012 olympic games. a lot of incentive to get the situation under control. we are on top of it. we ll i back later. back to you. jon: thanks, rick. jenna: new information about last week s major recall of ground turkey. it turns out that the government knew about contamination problems last year but said nothing until people started to get sick and even died. doug mckelway is live in washington. doug, this is unbelievable. reporter: it really is unbelievable.
says a fight back is underway. what is driving the violence, and what will be done to stop it. a live report from london coming up. jenna: major developments in the search for these three siblings accused of a violent crime spree. where investigators are focusing their search for the dangerous fugitives and why. these individuals are considered armed, dangerous, and we believe they pose a very imminent threat to the community we serve and law enforcement in general. jon: mark your calendars, thursday night is the big one. rick folbaum is at the desk with all the information. reporter: it s the republican debate on fox news channel. our friend bret baier with all of the action, again beginning at 9:00 eastern time. this debate is cosponsored by fox news channel, by the washington examiner, and by the iowa state republican party. you can watch it on fox news channel and chat with me live at fox news.com.
more picks for the so-called super committee to tackle our nation s debt. we have new names that we got during commercial break from the senate minority leader, senator mcconnell. he s naming senator kyle of arizona, pat toomey. the democrats from the house have yet to be named. and also senator portman. we will look at the personalities making up this group as we look ahead at what is next for our count throw and economy. jon: tough talk right now from britain s prime minister david cameron as he promises to do whatever is necessary to restore order to the streets of his nation, saying, quote, nothing is off the table. this. as violence rips that country for the fourth night. thousands of police officers are flooding london, even