i m heather. gregg: i m gregg jarrett. welcome to a brand new hour inside america s news headquarters. topping if news, the last remaining u.s. troops are preparing to withdraw from iraq. what republicans are ro posing to help service members heading home. heather: california lawmakers looking in a pepper spraying ince didn t at u.c. davis. remember that? we will weigh in on how the university officials handled the occupy protest. the police used pepper spray and the answer is no. should the police use force? the answer is no. gregg: powerful typhoon triggering landslides. and we look to the potentially staggering loss of life. heather: but we begin with a fox news alert. the senate wrapping up its business for the holidays. passing two big bills in a
democratic troops you ll grind this out, like inviting them to a sausage factory. on the other side, the republicans have been almost painful to watch as one after another candidate appears to be a big disappointment. now a lot of republicans are waking up saying newt could be the howard dean of the republican party. he is not going to be president. they are making peace with mitt romney but hard to get excited about a massachusetts moderate. can t blame them. gregg: another gallup poll out showing 82% of americans say it s extremely or very important to grow and expand the economy. far fewer people, though, susan, say, 46%, say it s important to reduce the income gap between the rich and poor. the message the president is pushing lately.
i believe her testimony. i think she will survive in that role. gregg: we have another sound bite. play that now. here it is. you delegate that this power to vice chancellor to oversea police. if the vice chancellor authorized the use of force? that is something, i cannot speak to that. the investigation will bring this forward. gregg: so, kisha, is it your sense as well as david s, look, it s the officers who engaged in this behavior. if they received instruction from anybody above them, they are libel, too, but beyond that, no liability? i think the police officers themselves are libel. they receive training. from what i know of law enforcement training, they are trained they only use amount of force necessary to take control of the situation. from what i understand they made the call at the scene. gregg: right. you know, david, i am wondering about criminal responsibility here.
i thought the class warfare only gets you to 46%. it s popular with the democratic base. in a nice way they would like to be better off themselves. they want the economy to get better for everybody rather than crumbs in the case. the message appeals to a lot of folks in the democratic base. closer to the election he has to go broader. gregg: yeah. jobs, jobs, economy, economy. talking about polls, i saw another gallup poll that has romney and gingrich ahead of
tomorrow chris wallace will be sitting down with mitt romney. first sunday show in two years. tomorrow fox news, 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. only on the fox news channel. heather: that was a good debate on thursday. right here fox. checking outside, christmas right around the corner, thousands of folks it on and about right here in the big apple. i think that is nicky dressed as santa, maybe mini there, too. trying to squeeze in last minute shopping. gregg: i finished before labor day. heather: not me. and so is mother nature going to cooperated? maria has more answers for us.