last proo days. america s debt went from 200 billion. we are adding to the debt four billion a day . they are all negative for the president which is issue number one. gretchen: the companies that will have the lay offs. do we have that the . colgate 23 hundred jobs and zinga on line game caterpillar and amd computer and dupont. brian: they are big name companis and announced lay offs f. you come down scale smaller business are in the lay off phase. that s how you get to 369,000 new applications for unemployment benefits. steve: and there was a gigantic number of new disability claims made as well all troubling economic news and we turn to you stewart varney about all things political and economic as
we have opportunities to grow more restaurants with the great food. steve: we are talking fries brian and gretchen on friday. brian: steve breaking news. they just finished a checker in massaquita and used to be a station and now it is a checkers. hopeful legal they got the gas smell out. gretchen: i heard you will have a burger making contest with steve coming up. brian: i can t wait. i love to flip meat. gretchen: you are in a meat packing business one time. brian: you do have a good memory. i worked in a meat place. gretchen: one man fed up with washington and using millions of his own money to make sure things change. brian: if you vote, you go to jail in going to folks who haven t committed crimes. who sent them and what are they trying to do?
would be the worry. brian: definitely keith oberman. where is steve? gretchen: i think he went outside. brian: how do you know all of this in it is on the run down. there is a restaurant outside. steve: that s right. it is checkers greatest new location. they have 46 area locations in the country . rick silva joins us live. we ll talk about national potato day tomorrow. but first i amure suld you heard 80 ceo s and big companies like boeing and morgan stanly and goldman saches sent a letter to congress. we need to do something in a bipartisan basis including tax debt. importance was sound fiscal policy is important for every
the singer and a rock star endivorcement for the republican nominee. that is in the back drop. he was over to the left. fox and friends starts right now. steve: morning folks, on an awfully busy friday morning, a lot of folks in the east coast looking out to the water. why? hurricane sandy takes aim at the east coast of the united states. the storm proved deadly in the caribbean. 21 people have been killed. tropical storm warning in affect for parts of florida and the northeast. people are preparing for sandy to combine with a snow storm to become a franken storm . they have been tracking it and
weekend and tuesday, dc, philly and new york. you could see a storm packing winds of 60 or 80 miles per hour for hours and hours . storm surge as well with high tide. this being be an event that we have not seen in our lifetime. gretchen, you need to understand your evacuation route this weekend. gretchen: i will be calling up jd, help me find my evacuation route. i will help you. brian: we ll show up at your door. you, too, brian. you live close to the coast. brian: one anchor ahead. steve: can t yell at both of us. steve: a lot of people are taking the advice here in the new york city area serious my wife and i went to costco.