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AND ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT ERIC
SO ABLERY RAISES.
>> Gretchen: THANKS.
HERE ARE YOUR HEADLINES.
MOTEL AGO ISSUES POPE BENEDICT
XVI
CONTROL.
>> Eric: WHAT MESSAGE IS THE
PRESIDENT SENDING WHILE OUR
AMERICAN EMBASSIES ARE BURNING,
WE HAVE AMBASSADOR THAT'S
KILLED, JUST A FEW HOURS PRIOR,
GETS HIS INTEL BRIEFING, GOES ON
A PLANE, GOES TO LAS VEGAS.
PICK UP A CHECK.
THIS MORNING, HE'LL MEET WITH
THE OLYMPIANS AND MEET FOR LUNCH
AND HAVE A FUND-RAISER TONIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS
DOING.
SHOULDN'T HE BE BACK THERE
MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, WORKING
WITH SOME SECURITY
ENT WHEREVER .
>> Brian: MAYBE HE OVERCORRECTED
FROM THE CARTER YEARS.
HOW ABOUT MITT ROMNEY'S REACTION
AFTERWARDS IN REACTING TO THE
MEMOS THAT WENT FORWARD FROM THE
EMBASSY WHILE THE RIOTS WERE
TAKING PLACE, DO YOU HAVE A
PROBLEM WITH THAT?
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH
ROMNEY'S INITIAL REACTION TO THE
>> Gretchen: WAIT.
HE WOULD REDO THE PRESS
CONFERENCE?
>> IF I MAY, BUT HAVING SAID
THAT, IF THERE IS A LEGITIMATE
QUESTION TO BE ARGUED ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN POLICY, AND
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HE
SHOULD -- IT'S A DEBATE WE
SHOULD HAVE.
>> Gretchen: WAIT A MINUTE.
>> IT SHOULDN'T JUST BE ABOUT
THE ECONOMY AND JOBS.
>> Gretchen: I WANT TO BE SURE
I'M CLEAR ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
MITT ROMNEY SHOULD HAVE A DO
OVER ON THE PRESS CONFERENCE OR
THE REPORTERS ASKING THE SAME
QUESTION SIX TIMES?
>> BOTH.
BUT HE HELD THE NEWS CONFERENCE.
LOOK, FOUR AMERICANS WERE KILLED
IN BENGHAZI, WHY ARE WE ARGUING
ABOUT A MEMO THAT HAD BEEN SENT
OUT FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTRY?
>> Gretchen: THE REPORTERS ARE
ASKING THE QUESTIONS.
NOT MITT ROMNEY.
>> WELL, HE WAS HOLDING IT ABOUT
HIS MEMO.
THAT'S WHY HE SCHEDULED IT.
>> Gretchen: THE REPORTERS COULD
HAVE ASKED ALL THOSE KINDS OF
QUESTIONS AND THEY DIDN'T.
>> LOOK, IT'S ON THE CANDIDATE
TO HOLD -- I DON'T KNOW -- I'M
NOT GET NOT GUILTY AN ARGUMENT
WITH YOU ABOUT THIS
NONRESPONSIVE I'M DEBATING THE
ISSUE.
>> I'M NOT DEBATING.
I DON'T SEE ANY POINT TO DEBATE
IT.
THE POINT IS HE HELD A NEWS
CONFERENCE OVER THE TIMING OF
HIS STATEMENT.
WHAT HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT, SEEMS TO ME, IS A BIGGER
ISSUE OF FOREIGN POLICY.
I'M NOT SURE THAT THE DAY THAT
WE FOUND OUT THAT THE AMERICAN
AMBASSADOR, FIRST AMERICAN
AMBASSADOR TO BE KILLED SINCE
1979 IN ACTION WAS THE RIGHT
TIME TO DO IT.
>> Brian: I HAD NO PROBLEM WITH
IT.
BUT WE DIFFER THERE.
THE DEBATES COMING UP, MITT
ROMNEY SAYS HIS BIG CHALLENGE IS
THIS,
>> Gretchen: FANTASTIC.
THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE THAT
WILL BE HAPPENING PROBABLY
BEFORE SUNDAYS.
YOU WILL HAVE ALL THE LATEST
DETAILS.
>> Brian: SADLY, I HAVE TO WATCH
YOU LIVE INSTEAD OF, BECAUSE MY
TIVO BROKE.
>> AS MUCH AS IT'S BEEN BLINKING
12 FOR EIGHT YEARS, I CAN
UNDERSTAND.
YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO SET IT.
>> Brian: I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
I GOT TO READ THE INSTRUCTIONS.
THANKS A LOT.
>> YOU BET.
>> Gretchen: I THOUGHT YOU WERE
GOG SAY WISE GUY.
ALL RIGHT.
NOW THE REST OF YOUR HEADLINE
FORCE A FRIDAY.
AND ALL OF E GAMES.
>> WE HAD THE GIANTS ON
EARLIER.
HOW ABOUT THE GIANTS LAST
NIGHT.
PLEASE TELL ME YOU KNOW THE
WORD.
>> Brian: I THINK IT IS
ARMDILLO.
>> ALL RIGHT.
RIGHT.
"FOX AND FRIENDS" STARTS RIGHT
NOW.
>> Gretchen: WHAT ELSE IS IT?
BARELY ANYTHING ON.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
IT IS MONDAY.
I AM GRETCHEN CARLSON.
DID THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL
TERROR ATTACK HAPPENED SINCE
9/11.
WHEN DO THE
DID.
>> Steve: YOU HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS
YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE?
>> Brian: WE DON'T HAVE TIME.
>> Steve: YES, WE HAVE THREE
HOURS.
>> Gretchen: I AM STUNNED.
I HAVE TO HEAD TO MASAPEQUAA
OVER THE WEEKEND.
>> Brian: JUST LIKE SEIN FELD.
THAT WAS A REQUEST BY THE
MAYOR.
>> Gretchen: OKAY.
SO NOW WE HAVE TO DO
HEADLINES.
TO 33, A LOT OF THEM.
HE WANTS TOLY BIZARRE BUY.
>> Steve: IF HE HAD A JOB, HE'D
HAVE SOMETHING TO DO.
>> Brian: SHOULDN'T HE BE AT
OCCUPY WALL STREET.
>> Steve: LET'S TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THIS, THURSDAY, THE
BREAKING NEWS ON
E FOCUSED ON WHN
MITT ROMNEY SHOULD BE CRITICAL
OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ON THE
STATE DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE
EGYPTIAN ATTACKS AND NOT OVER
THE FACT THERE WAS 20 ATTACKS
AGAINST US, NOT OVER THE FACT
THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS GOING
TO NEVADA THE DAY AFTER OUR
AMBASSADOR WAS MURDERED.
THEY WERE FOCUSING ON MITT
ROMNEY.
I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH IMBALANCE.
>> IT'S INCREDIBLE.
IT'S REALLY -- WE HAVE TO DO
SOMETHING AND THE REPUBLICANS
HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
HONESTLY, MITT HAS TO DO
SOMETHING.
ANY STATEMENT HE MAKES, THEY
ATTACK HIM.
HOW DARE YOU MAKE THIS
STATEMENT.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
CONFLICT.
HOW DARE YOU MAKE IT?
IT DOESN'T MATTER, IF HE WOULD
HAVE MADE IT TEN HOURS LATER,
THEY WOULD HAVE SAID THE SAME
THING.
AND EVERYBODY SAYS, WASN'T IT
TERRIBLE?
THE STATEMENT HE MADE WAS
TOTALLY FINE OF THE NOTHING
WRONG WITH THE STAPLE HE MADE.
AND THEY'RE TRYING TO ALWAYS PUT
YOU ON THE DEFENSIVE.
IF YOU SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT
OBAMA, THEY PUT YOU ON THE
DEFENSIVE.
HOW CAN YOU SAY THIS ABOUT THIS
PRESIDENT?
ARE YOU A RACIST?
IT'S A HORRIBLE THING.
IT'S TERRIBLE.
I MEAN, WHAT'S GOING ON IS
TERRIBLE.
AND YOU KNOW, I JUST SORT OF
THOUGHT OF IT OVER THE LAST
WATCHING YOUR SHOW OVER THE LAST
WHILE, WE HAVE AN UNLUCKY
PRESIDENT.
HE'S BEEN UNLUCKY FOR THIS
COUNTRY.
EVERYTHING HE TOUCHES TURNS TO
TROUBLE.
AND I WAS GOING TO USE THE WORST
WORD, BUT I REFUSED TO USE THAT
WORD.
BUT EVERYTHING HE TOUGHS TURNS
TO TROUBLE.
HIS FOREIGN POLICY IS A
DISASTER.
THE MIDDLE EAST IS EXPLODING
WITH ALL THE BILLIONS AND
TRILLIONS WE HAVE SPENT THERE,
IT'S EXPLODING.
OUR ECONOMY STINKS.
HE'S AN UNLUCKY PRESIDENT FOR
THIS COUNTRY.
>> Steve: DONALD, DO YOU FEEL
HE'S YOU UNLUKEY OR JUST --
UNLUCKY OR A BAD JUDGE OF WHAT
IT TAKES TO GET US OUT OF A
HOLE?
>> I ACTUALLY THINK, STEVE, THAT
HE'S UNLUCKY AND I ALSO THINK
THAT HE'S UNITALLENTED.
-- UNTALENTED.
>> Brian: IN TERMS OF A PURE
REPORT CARD, IF YOU JUST LOOK AT
IT, YOU WOULD THINK, IF THIS WAS
MITT ROMNEY'S FOUR-YEAR REPORT
CARD, THE REPUBLICAN PART
PROBABLY WOULD CONVINCE HIM NOT
TO RUN FOR REELECTION.
>> THE ONE PROBLEM IS YOU LOOK
AT THE POLLS AND THE POLLS ARE
VERY CLOSE AND THE REPUBLICANS,
THESE POLLS SHOULD NOT BE CLOSE.
THESE POLLS SHOULD BE A BLOW
AWAY FOR THE REPUBLICANS.
THE REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO RUN MUCH TOUGHER AND
MUCH HARDER.
THEY CAN NOT BE PUT ON THE
DEFENSIVE.
YOU HAVE TO SAY ONE THING ABOUT
OBAMA, HE'S GOT AN AMAZING TEAM
OF PEOPLE AROUND HIM.
>> Gretchen: YEP.
>> ANYTHING ANYBODY SAYS ABOUT
OBAMA, THEY IMMEDIATELY ATTACK
HIM AND PUT EVERYBODY ON THE
DEFENSIVE.
WE NEED SOMEBODY TO GO IN THERE
AND REALLY ATTACK BECAUSE
OTHERWISE THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE
THE ELECTION.
>> Gretchen: SO DOMESTICALLY,
LAST WEEK WE WERE SAYING IT'S
INTERESTING HOW POLITICS CAN
CHANGE ON A DIME.
YOU SUDDENLY HAVE A FOREIGN
POLICY INCIDENT WHERE PEOPLE
DIDN'T CARE ABOUT FOREIGN
POLICY.
NOW MAYBE THEY DO.
NOW LET'S BRING IT BACK HOME TO
THE ECONOMY BECAUSE AS YOU SAID,
THAT STILL STINKS AND NOW THE
U.S. CREDIT RATING, WE MIGHT BE
DOWNGRADED
REALLY DOING IT BECAUSE THESE
POLLS SHOULD NOT BE CLOSE.
THESE POLLS SHOULD BE A
LANDSLIDE FOR THE REPUBLICANS.
>> Steve: DON'T YOU THINK PART
OF IT -- AND GAS PRICES DOUBLED
SINCE THIS GUY HAS TAKEN
NATIONR
GALLON.
A BIG PART OF IT IS THE NATIONAL
NEWS AND THE MINE STREAM MEDIA
ARE COMPLETELY IN THE TANK FOR
HIM.
SO HE GETS FREE PLAY ALL DAY
LONG ON ALL THE CHANNELS.
>> THE THING WITH THE GAS PRICES
COULD BE SETTLED SO EASILY.
WE HAVE SO MUCH UNDER OUR
BEAUTIFUL FEET.
WE HAVE SO MUCH OIL AND SO MUCH
GAS EXAMINE SO MANY THINGS THAT
WE NEVER KNEW ABOUT TEN YEARS
AGO.
WITH TECHNOLOGY, WE FINDS OUT
WE'RE SO RICH, BUT NOT ALLOWED
TO GO GET IT.
WE WOULD SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.
WE DON'T EVEN NEED OPEC, WHO IS
LAUGHING AT OUR STUPIDITY.
WE DON'T NEED THESE PEOPLE.
WE HAVE IT RIGHT HERE.
AND WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING
BECAUSE THE MIDDLE EAST IS SUCH
A DISASTER.
THEY HATE US.
WHETHER YOU LIKE SAYING IT OR
NOT, THEY HATE US.
LET'S SPEND THE MONEY ON OUR
BRIDGE, OUR ROADS, OUR SCHOOLS.
LET'S COME BACK, LET'S COME BACK
TO THIS COUNTRY AND SPEND OUR
MONEY PROPERLY.
>> Brian: IF WE SAY GOOD-BYE TO
THE MIDDLE EAST, WE SAY GOOD-BYE
TO ISRAEL AND THAT DOESN'T FLY.
YOU SAID HOW GREAT OBAMA'S
REELECTION TEAM IS.
ARE YOU SAYING FROM MITT
ROMNEY'S GUYS THAT THEY'RE
LACKING?
>> IT'S TOO EARLY TO SAY.
ALL I KNOW IS THIS: THE ECONOMY
IS HORRIBLE.
HE'S THE WORST PRESIDENT EVER ON
FOREIGN POLICY.
EVERYTHING IS GOING BAD AND AS I
SAID, AND I HOPE SOMEBODY PICKS
IT UP BECAUSE FRANKLY -- I DON'T
WANT THE CREDIT FOR IT -- HE'S
OUR UNLUCKY PRESIDENT.
HE'S UNLUCKY FOR OUR COUNTRY.
EVERYTHING IS TURNING BAD FOR
OUR COUNTRY.
AND I KNOW THAT.
I KNOW PEOPLE IN BUSINESS.
THEY'RE UNLUCKY.
THEIR BUSINESSES GO BAD NO
MATTER WHAT HAPPENS.
THE ECONOMY CAN BE GOOD,
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.
I HAVE KNOWN MANY OF THEM OVER
THE YEARS, BUSINESSMEN, THEY'RE
UNLUCKY.
HE'S AN UNLUCKY PRESIDENT.
WE SHOULD BE WINNING IN A
LANDSLIDE.
WE'RE NOT.
SO SOMETHING IS WRONG.
THE REPUBLICANS ARE DOING
SOMETHING WRONG.
THEIR CONVENTION WAS NOT GOOD.
THE DEMOCRATS HAD A MUCH BETTER
CONVENTION.
SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE
REPUBLICANS AND THEY HAVE TO GET
TOUGHER AND SMARTER OR THEY'RE
GOING TO LOSE THIS ELECTION AND
IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO LOSE
IT.
>> Brian: DID YOU TELL MITT
ROMNEY THAT?
>> I CERTAINLY INDICATED IT,
YES.
>> Steve: WE'RE LUCKY YOU JOIN
US EVERY MONDAY MORNING.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
>> Gretchen: COMING UP, THE
THATT
ROLE.
THAT'S WHY TODAY THE JIHADDISTS
AND OTHERS ARE ON A REGION THAT
THEY KNOW, THAT THEY ARE IN A
MUCH BETTER THAN THEY WERE
BEFORE FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO.
>> Gretchen: SO YOU BELIEVE THAT
ACTUALLY THINGS WILL POTENTIALLY
GET WORSE THE MORE YOU REACH OUT
TO BE FRIENDLY?
AN RICE TAKES OVER, WHAT
DOES THAT MEAN FOR OUR FOREIGN
POLICY IF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES IS REELECTED?
>> I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE
THAT SHE WOULD BE IN LINE FOR
A
CABINET POSITION.
>> Brian: SHE'LL BE APPEASER IN
CHIEF?
THAT'S WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I'D GO THAT
FAR.
BUT IT'S HARD FOR ME --
>> Steve: IS SHE QUALIFIED FOR
THAT
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
ANOTHER GUY OVER HERE, SECURITY
SAID HE'S WALKING ALONG AND ALL
OF A SUDDEN, DID ONE OF THESE.
FLASHED A BADGE AND DOVE IN.
SO IT REALLY IS.
YOU'RE COMING IN AND BEING
SOMEONE INCOGNITO.
SO FAR, LUCKILY THERE IS NO
ALTERCATIONS OUTSIDE, NOT THAT
I'M SEEING.
AND THERE WERE SOME ARRESTS OVER
THE WEEKEND.
SO FAR, SO GOOD.
THOSE FORCE ARE DOING A GREAT
JOB.
>> Brian: WHERE DO YOU CHANGE?
>> IN A PHONE BOOTH LIKE WONDER
WOMAN OR WHOEVER CHANGES THERE.
NO, I MADE IT IN.
>> Gretchen: GOOD JOB.
THANKS SO MUCH.
LET'S DO OTHER HEADLINES THIS
MORNING.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
INVOLVEMENT.
>> IT IS THE TITANTIC.
>> HAVE A GREAT WEEK.
"FOX AND FRIENDS" STARTS RIGHT
NOW.
>> Gretchen: KGIF.
WE WOULD GET THAT TODAY.
IT IS FRIDAY.
SEPTEMBER 21ST, I AM GRETCHEN
CARLSON.
REMEMBER WHEN THE WHITE HOUSE
GAME
WAS CALLED.
THOSE ARE YOUR HEADLINES THIS
MORNING.
>> Eric: THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE.
AND REPLACING RUSSIAN
FOOTBALL?
>> Brian: GOOD THING.
AND THAT WOULD BE 20 MINUTE TO
REVIEW THE GRENADE ON THE
FIELD AND REALIZED IT WAS
ILLEGAL.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE GAME
WHERE THE GIANTS WON.
WE'LL HAVE HIGHLIGHTS LATER.
MOST PEOPLE ARE
A
WEEK BETWEEN THAT DECISION AND
NOW TERROR IT MAKES HIM LOOK
BETTER.
>> Brian: BY THE WAY, THE
PRESIDENT HAS ATTENDED THE
LAST FIVE, AND JAY CARNY GOT
SNIPPY.
HE SUGGESTED TO CLARIFY THIS
IS OUR QUESTION TO AND FROM
THE PRODUCER.
JUST TO CLARIFY.
DID IT PRESIDENCY THAT IT WAS
NOT AN ATTACK ON 9/11?
IS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION OR
IS THAT THE PRESIDENT'S VIEW?
JAY CARNY SAID THE ATTACK
OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 11TH.
HE USED THE SAME CALENDAR ON
THE WHITE HOUSE THAT YOU DO
AND YES, HE SEES IT.
>> YES, SNIPPY, RIGHT.
>> Gretchen: YOU DON'T HAVE TO
BE A BRAIN SURGEON THAT
SEPTEMBER 11TH SOMETHING BAD
HAPPENED IN 2001 AND TO BE
SNIPPY ABOUT THAT DATE, I
DON'T THINK IS AMUSING.
WHAT DOES THE PRESIDENT FEEL
ABOUT THIS NOW?
WHEN JAY CARNY ADMITTED IT WAS
A TERRORIST ATTACK.
LATER ON UNIVISION THE
ABOUT OUTSIDE
BEING BUSINESS --
>> Gretchen: BUT BRIAN IS SAYING
THAT -- HIS POINT IS ONE WE'VE
BEEN TALK BEING FREQUENTLY ON
THE SHOW IS THAT THE OBAMA
CAMPAIGN IS VERY GOOD AT PUTTING
OUT A VERY SIMPLISTIC MESSAGE
THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE GLOB ON
TO --
>> Eric: AND ROMNEY BITES INTO
IT.
>> Gretchen: WE'VE GOT THE PANEL
COMING UP FOR A LOT OF THESE
AND
THE POOR.
>> Brian: I NEED TO SEE MORE
EXAMPLES.
I COULDN'T REALLY TELL.
I'M TRYING TO