0 >> christmas in our house. slim and next year maybe worse. >> my daughter failed to inform me of her latest boyfriend. she is 22 years of age and college educate so i will keep her on the nice list. >> "fox and friends" is ready to start. have a great day, everyone. >> gretchen: today is november twenth. i hope you have a fantastic day. i am gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time. republican septemberors get a sit down with susan rice. can you believe this? why she called the meeting. we are live in washington d.c. >> meanwhile was he poisoned? a controversial leader of our time. his body exhumed from his grave. we'll tell you about that guy. yasser. >> brian: honey where is the car? texting their way out of the parking lot. is it men? another gender battle or women. results are in. "fox and friends" starsts - starts right now. ♪ >> gretchen: why do we talk about the studies? why do we spend money on the studies? >> brian: i actually. >> gretchen: who cares who gets out of the parking lot better? >> brian: i will say this, i can never find my car in the garage. i swear it is the third level. >> gretchen: we know the answer is? >> brian: i am good in a lot but not garage. >> gretchen: i was going to say my husband. >> steve: yesterday, my wife and i went to the mall and i made the observation and we for being nominated as the new secretary of state . that could be the reason why. if so she would need to be confirmed by lawmakers. republicans are outraged over the comments rice made in the u.s. consulate in benghazi. that could be problematic. >> initially it was a spontanous reaction to what transspired in carey as a consequence of the video. >> that explanation continues to dodge rice. senator mccain said rice failed to get the facts straight. >> don't we all have a responsibility before we go out and talk to the american people and all five sunday morning shows for verifying that the facts were true. there is classified information that she had access to that contradicted that. and said al-qaida was decimated along with bin laden being killed. the drawing, whew. i have time to buy a ticket is ternal night. >> astronaut mark kelley's twin brother will attempt the longest space flight. kelley is set to spend a year on the international space station. the mission to look at how long periods of time in space affect the body. i guess a year will do that. both men spent six monthses in the space station. >> brian: i hope it is a compatable cosmonaught. >> gretchen: maybe he speaks russian. >> steve: and talking about the fiscal cliff. the private talks are accelerating. and the president of the united states called mr. boehner and mr. reid over the weekend. it looks like the president is going to continue the push and meet with the ceo's tomorrow. they upon meet with irskin bowles. he was the co-chair of simpson-bowles commission . mr. bowles had a great plan. he is a democrat, that offered up 800 billion in new revenue and overhaul the tax system and changes to medicare and that's why the republicans are asking the democrats to come in and explain your deal. this plan was hatched in 2010 and everyone walked away from it and now they call bowles back up? it is late. this is what the american people are upset about. nothing gets done. >> steve: we are a month from the cliff. >> gretchen: we could have avoided the cliff if they used the plan as a starting point. americans are upset nothing gets done. >> brian: norquist is the bad guy. you should walk away from grover norquest. he said you have enough money on capitol hill and stop asking us . he's been a watch dog on our money so whether you are democrat or republican you should salute him. he warned you in the past that people who walked away from the no new taxes paid a price. >> remember the gang of 6. three of the people that you mentioned spent eight months in the room with democrats, pretending to negotiate tax increases for entitlement reform . after a while coburn had to admit they were offered nothing but tax increases. the president's budget is tax increases and president's negotiation is nothing but tax increases. >> gretchen: republicans need to hire good pr firms to get the message out. you will not go for tax increases unless the democrats go for cuts. >> brian: the president may not have control of his caucus. secret police files using as confetti in the macy's thanksgiving pallad. we will show share how it happened. >> steve: want to see where our economy is going. look back to 1937 and franklin roosevelt and stewart varney will explain how history could repeat himself as he enters studio e. good morning to you, stewart. ♪ ♪ ♪ and feel like a green giant. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant with thermacare heatwraps. thermacare works differently. it's the only wrap with patented heat cells that penetrate deep to relax, soothe, and unlock tight muscles. for up to 16 hours of relief, try thermacare. now we need a little bit more... 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