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>>neil: did you see the ad? >>guest: i dont want that. this is goofy. i talked to the guy, and i said does understand a joke. >>neil: he wasnt joking, this dude was not joking. he is serious. he thinks the guys running are the joke and thinks you are the real mccoy. >>guest: if i could be king. or maybe just a benign old guy. i could fill that role. >>neil: what he is saying, what he is saying, we have had it with everyone speaking the same way. the same politically correct responses. part of th...

Perry -- perry, its a funny thing. these debates are not great, i think, for rick perry. >> exactly. the understatement of the morning. >> im going out on a limb here, joe. if you dont agree with me, you dont have a heart. >> yeah. exactly. >> and debate after debate, i think frankly the plethora of debates is not good for the republican field. i think they need to stop debating and go back and read some books or something. >> its been very clarifying. sometimes its not what rick perry says, its...

Went against orders, straight into the middle of a massive firefight, a convoy of fellow marines were being am burred in a valley in eastern afghanistan, they dragged out the wounded and then went back, five times in all, under heavy and close fire. in the end, 13 americans and 23 afghan soldiers were saved. we are honored to have marine sergeant dakota meyer here in "americas newsroom". thank you for your service is an understatement in this situation. so we are so happy to have you here today....

So this is where were seeing the negotiations. jon: and ford didnt take bailout money. >> reporter: exactly. the only one of the three that didnt take federal dollars. but ford is kind of paying for that because ford workers can strike whereas gm and chrysler because of the conditions of the federal dollars cannot. so its a really tangled web. its a soap opera kind of. jon: interesting. a little government meddling there, you might say. lori rothman, fox business network, thank you. jenna? jenna...

Children in many fast food restaurants. she first became alarmed after allowing her kids to play at a mcdonalds restaurant playland, and what she found in the area, well, was pretty gross, and thats probably an understatement. this is a video she shot, you can see how dirty the equipment is, and the video doesnt even show the worst of it. joining us now is mom and child sky psychologist and professor dr. erin carr jordan. we said gross, thats how we described it, but can you give us more detail ...

debate pinata have on texas governor rick perrys front runner status? >> theres no government purpose served for having little girls inoculated at the force and compulsion of the government. this is big government run amok. it is bad policy. and it should not have been done. >> and can the tea party deliver on this bold promise? >> look, we are going to choose the next republican nominee. >> right. >> we are not going to accept what the republican party hands us. but up first tonight...

and it should not have been done. >> and can the tea party deliver on this bold promise? >> look, we are going to choose the next republican nominee. >> right. >> we are not going to accept what the republican party hands us. >> but up first tonight, stunning evidence of why the stakes of that republican civil war are so consequential. new lows for president obama on just about all of the tests you use when an incumbent asks for four more years. the presidents overall approval rating, ...

hello, everyone. im fredricka whitfield. breaking news were covering now. new developments this hour from the conflict in libya. were working to confirm several reports that one of the sons of toppled leader moammar gadhafi has left libya and may have surfaced in another country. live now from kabul, afghanistan, our senior international correspondent nic robertson. nic, you know that saadi gadhafi may have left. you apparently know him personally, youve had e-mail exchanges, et cetera...

first as we head here into the labor day weekend with a brutal report on the job market. basically, it has come to a grinding halt. the unemployment rate for august didnt budge an inch. here you have the number. it is still sitting at 9.1%. the net number here, thats the important part. the net number of jobs created in august. zero, none, goose egg. private employers did add 17,000 jobs last month. but do the math. government eliminated 17,000. so the net change is zero. this really i...

northeast are desperate to escape the flooding and the damage unleashed by hurricane irene. were tracking the rescues and the danger right now. and well put the arrest of the uncle in a dui charge. this hour, and whether they matter to most american. im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. up first this hour, a very tough political debate over national security that will unfold between president obama and his republican challenger, whoever that might be. the commander in chief...