a major union challenging new faa rules on pilot fatigue. the union representing ups pilots want the rules to cover cargo plains as well as passenger planes. the new rules guarantee pilots at least ten hours between shifts, up to eight hours currently. heather: we all know this by now, occupy wall street, they made their name criticizing the one percent. but there is another one percent who could really use some serious help, america s veterans, they make up one percent of our population, and one quarter of our homeless. and now one lawmaker is looking to make sure that the people who lay their lives on the line for our freedom, they can at least at the very least come home and land a job. alicia acuna is live for us in denver with more. alicia, what is this idea? reporter: this is a bill that s been introduced by senator michael bennett of
going to be a problem. heather: and we hear about doctor shopping too. thank you, doctor. gregg: it is the countdown heard round the world. for the big apple s world famous ball drop on new year s eve the preps have already begun. heather: speaking of new year s we ve got the details on our fox news special coverage with megyn kelly and bill hemmer. make sure to tune in for our special show. it is the only resolution that you will need this year.
atlanta and the u.s. of the 20 major u.s. metropolitan markets covered by the indices, they report 19 have lower prices from the month of september. so not good news in the fifth year of what has certainly been an historic housing slide. heather? heather: how about some good news? we all need it. here s a good story for you. a soldier making it home in the nick of time to receive what he calls the best christmas present ever. christine percotte with our fox affiliate, wwor has the story. reporter: he was halfway around the world just days before his only son was born but this army sergeant was on a mission to be here for the birth. hey little stinger. reporter: all it steaks is a little adorable baby to bring a big, tough looking soldier to tears. that is dad. he is doing push ups on my chess. reporter: army staff sergeant colin craig who has been stationed in afghanistan since the summer almost missed his little
bail. court records show that he was convicted last year of assault involving the same woman. he served 120 days in jail in that case. heather: just about six months since casey anthony was acquitted of killing her two-year-old daughter and now lawmakers in florida are pushing for caylee s law. what it would do and why sorrow posed to it. gregg: an unexpected visitor on christmas eve and guess what, it wasn t santa claus. heather: all of a sudden i hear a thud against the back of the house. i heard the whole downstairs window shattered. i made sure the door was securely shut.
either water or saline or some other vehicle and then inject it and boom they are high. heather: what can we do to avoid the abuse? it s a very difficult thing. i mean perscriptions from doctors are stolen. i, myself have had perscriptions stolen from my office, and people fill the prescription out for vicodin or oxycontin and they go to the pharma tee, and if the pharmacist is not alerted to this they will fill the prescription. the old tablet goes for about $60 on the open black market. this new ten-times more powerful drug will probably be worth a heck after lot more. heather: i would imagine the stopgap so to speak, the gate keeper would have to be the pharmacy. they would really have to be educated. it would have to be very difficult to go and get this from your pharmacist. absolutely. these are controlled substances as it is. you can only write the prescription once, they are none refillable. if this is abused, which i think they are going to be, this is