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President still needs permission to go ahead with hires like this. he can't just pick the appointees he wants. he can only nominate people. the president has to ask the senate to let these guys have those jobs. the presidency's power to do even the very mundane stuff of governing is pretty sharply constrained in lots o waging war since 9/11, though, is not one of those areas. three days after the 9/11 attacks, congress passed a very short piece of legislation that authorized the president of the united states to use all necessary and appropriate force against those who planned, authorized, com...

The held vet ca air i wways passenger jet was on the runway. the passengers on the jet were settling in, outside the aircraft, brink security guards finished loading on to the cargo hold of the plane a very valuable shipment of cut and uncut diamonds worth 50 million bucks. as they were finishing loading the diamonds from the armored car into the plane, suddenly out of nowhere, two what appear to be police cars roared up to the aircraft, lights flashing, eight armed men in police uniforms exited the vehicles, and that was first sign maybe they were not actually police, because they were coveri...

Stolen in that heist was never found. $100 million worth of diamonds and gold and jewelry and other loot all poof. even after he was arrested, he denied his involvement in the crime for a long time. but in 2009, he did a tell-all for "wired" magazine including the details about how he cracked the vault. all of that is in "wired" magazine's article, which is linked tonight or wait for the movie, the forth coming film will be produced and possibly directed by j.j. abrams who made "lost" and "star trek" and "ghost protocol." it happened again in the same place, and this is the heist that took the...

A damper on your black friday shopping? chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is here. he has the answer in the fox extreme weather center. >> reporter: hi. as long as you bundle up, you're going to be fine. but it is going to be cold, and can it's behind this system right here. not yet any big snow problems. that's one across the east. there is another system flowing into the pacific northwest, so areas around portland up towards seattle. that'll continue, obviously, with another system back behind that. this is what the temperatures are like behind this cold front, 22 in minneapolis, so the col...

>> we're prepared to put revenue on the table, provided we fix the real problem. >> reality is settling in, in of all places, las vegas, where the republican governor's association is meeting. politico reports the people have spoken. i think we're going to have to be flexible now, said virginia governor bob mcdonnell when asked if his party would have to be open to taxes on the highest earners. elections have consequences. the general custer of the republican party, the last man standing is, of course, general limbaugh. >> the republicans are establishing the mechanism to cave on tax increases...