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>> he plays a lot of golf. >> now that everything is resolved with obamacare and other foreign affairs he dese e deserves a vacation. >> you think everything's resolved? >> of course. that's the only reason you take a vacation, right? your is are dotted, ts are crossed. >> i like the sarcasm. >> i don't begrudge the president a vacation. it's a hard job, impossible job to do. whatever presidents need to replenish and recharge their batteries i don't begrudge it. i don't like his policies but he deserves it. >> i think he deserves a vacation but this president has taken recreation to a whole ne...

>> gretchen: good morning, everybody. hope you're gonna have a great wednesday. it's august 14. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time with us today. a fox news alert. 12-hostage stand-off at a louisiana bank over now. the gunman and one of the hostages are dead. we have the breaking details for you straight ahead. >> brian: the 13-year-old on the school bus will notten charged as an adult. it has many people outraged. what about their parents? should they be charged? we'll examine. >> peter: star moms fighting back to protect their kids. >> every day literally, every day there are...

Terror attack in 2001 that killed 3,000 americans the f.b.i. suspected the american cleric anwar al-awlaki purchased tickets for halftimers in the months leading up to the attack. according to newly released f.b.i. records exclusively reviewed by fox news and obtained by judicial watch, the bureau of investigation of the visa transaction showed purchases for muhammad antaw on august 13, 2001, for american west airlines flight from washington, d.c., to las vegas, nevada, to miami, florida. according to the joint congressional inquiry to 9/11 this is one of his final crucial surveillance flights...

>> we had been training local libyans and arming them for almost a year. >> let me interrupt. >> why do you think the request was denied? >> i don't know. i really don't know. in the case of the s.s.t., that was provided to them by d.o.d. the state department didn't have to pay money. i can't imagine why. i can't fill in the blank. that is part of what was trying to come out of a congressional investigation. >> were you flabbergasted like what can we do? we couldn't even keep what we had. >> i think what was motivating the state department was that if we had security that would have truly been...

The united states stands. we need to stand up for those who are fighting for their freedom. we need to do what is right by the people of the united states and around the world. >> shannon: you are running for senate. you have a primary august 14 and then hope to go head to head -- moving beyond that. the senate very much in play to a lot of folks. but do you think it's realistic for the g.o.p. to pick up a significant number of seats this is fall? >> i do, for a number of reasons. one, the economy is in such bad shape. it has to do with the policies that have come out from president obama and ...