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but, first, the fop story tonight, pay up for better fuel economy some people are doing that, only to have the engine shut down on the highway according to a new lawsuit filed by three ford owners. the suit claims the ford ecoboo engines are defective and lose power when the driver is accelerating. this echoes complaints filed with the federal government, but there's still not an investigation or a recall. with more on this. jake fisher, director of auto testing at consumer reports. jake k welcome to the show. so what do you think of this? i mean, look, these cars, they shake, they stall, they stall when you hav your foot on the gas pedal. what do you think of this? >> well, this is not a leas -- pleasant thing as all if youre a customer, especially if you spend extra on fuel economy and see it's not working. not even an inconvenience, but something that angers the drivers. gerri: 2500 bucks more per

engine per car. look at the cars with the engines in them, the ford flex, the taurus show, lincoln market sedans, f150, the picku forked goodness sakes, ford explorer, all over the darn plac jake, i have to ask, you told the producer this is no safety risk. how so? >> well, it depends on what goes on. if the engineshuts down op the highway, that is a afety risk. some tings, what the complaints are about is that it is stuttering, not getting a really good driving exprience or something like that. that's another animal. we're -- we have to see what's going on. we have data on the cars and see problems with that, reliability issue, fuel system problems, but the difference between a safety issue where car is leaving you completely stranded or something like that and it's a reliability issue. gerri: if it stops while i accelerate on to a highway, i

consider that a safety issue. there's maybe somebody behind me. talk about the work you at cr have done on this because you are out in front of the idea of turbo chrged engines, good, bad, what have you said? >> well, you look at the engines -- so it's really a new technology that ford is doing and others do, too, to get better fuel economy and give you a good amount of power. what we've seen with the turbo charged engines from ford and others, that although the epa adveised fuel economy number looks higher, in the real world and testing, there's not the results. gerri: well, that's a bummer; right? why call it the ecoboosts unless it boosts gas milage? listen, if i h one of these engines in my car, i truly think i would be tempted to call ford, take it back, i want another engine. what do i do if i own one of these, jake? >> if you own them, they are under warranty.

g them tthe dealer, say i'm not walking out, i want it xed. they will fix it. that's what you got to do. you're protected with the warranty. gerri: there's a difference between fixing it and a new engine. which of the two things are they likely to do? >> depends on what the problem is. if there's a way to foolproof fix it and turns into an electronic issue to fix, that's going to be fine, it's -- it's a growing pain. it's a new technology, new engine, if they need to figure out how to fix it, if you can get a new ecu or fuel inject tore and that fixes it, that's fine, but we're going to have to see how ford reacts to this. gerri: what about the federal government? where'sed feds on this? >> they are looking into safety issues. again, if this turns into that this is a real issue, that the cars are stopping on the highway causing accidents, absolutely, the feds need to react. if it's a matter of the engine stutteng, then it may be different. gerri: shimmy, shake, and stall,

that's not a dance, but your engine. thank you, appreciate your time. >> you're welcome. gerri: well, we've got another big question tonht. are local governments motivated by public safety or greed? in the case of red light cameras, there's mounting evidence that it's gred, my fries. the latest example comes from florida where the time for yellow lights was shortened sending fines through the roof. joins us, the florida state senator from one of the districts where drivers are getting caught in tampa. jeff, thanks so much for coming on the show tonight. how did this get started? why are they startenning the yellow lighttim? >> sure, back in 2010, they, the state of florida, allowed the mew municipalities for addition until flexibility. when they gave them that, some of the municipalities were rushed to the minimums at the intersections. gerri: that's what? three seconds against five or six? >> wha happened was they moved

to the shorter light times. taking half a second away is, you know, dramatically increasing the amount of red light tickets issued. >> nay are expensive in florida, 300 bucks or something? >> up to $265. gerri: wow. i assume that people in the district re complaining; true? >> absolutely. you know, i describe it as shock and awe, shock the process is taking place, and that these municipalities do this, and awe that nothing has been done yet. i mean, we should neverbe put profits or anything like this in front of the lives of our constituents and our citizens. gerri: if i came upon this, i might jam on the breaks and he person behind me rams met. does that happen a lot? >> that's a major complaint, and, in fact, we're ooking at revising our local laws to look at accidents occurring within 150 meters of the intersection because many times people

consider what happens in the intersection as an accident, but things leading up to the intersectionre accidents too. we look at broadening the scope of accidents. gerri: that's a stupid bureaucratic designaon that needs common sense brought to it. unbelievle. we studied this kind of thing up in new york. you know, people in new york, washington, all over the country, florida, putting the rules into place, and aaa doesn't like thesaying they create accidents, and a they say, interestingly, the effort is to raise money for the tate government. they say they are not even spending the money on public safety, ju one in ten dollars goes to public safety. what do you think of that? >> no. that's exactly right. this goes into the general revenue fnd, not public safety at all. it's unconscionable what's happening. gerri: you want to kill cameras all together, tell me about that. >> at this point, we look at the systems saying, these were sold as public safety,and what we're

finding is that municipalities turn them into profit center, and that's absolutely should not be t case. gerri: rear end crashes rose 44% in a st. peterburg study after the implementation of this thing. fight the good fight there, senator. you know, good luck, god speed, and let us know if you gett traction. thank you for the help tonight. >> thank you, we're going to keep working on it, thank you so much. gerri: more to come this hour. a lot more, in fact, including if you're one of the millions trying their luck at the lottery this weekend, we have better ways to pl it, and conventional wisdom thrown out the window for seniors, why financial advisers tell you to keep your mortge into your golden years. don't pay it off,they say. ♪ mowing your lawn isn't always easy.

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>> i do a lot of education on blogs and radio shows and so for, and i interview a lot of attorneys, and the first thing they say is if they re going to pursue a lawsuit, they. to know they can get money, and the first thing they do is a title search to see if you have equity. gerri: wow. if you own the house free and clear, it's a target on your back for people in that age cagory. you also say it's a good way to build diversification. how so? >> oh, absolutely. you know, if you have all of your equity in one place, how is that diversification? so often most people have most of their money in their home. they spent years paying i off. now they have a big bucket of money, but it's just sitting like we said, a sitting duck fo others to slip and fall op your property, so that is dangerous. if you refinance, first of all, now there's a loan on that property, it's not interesting to app attorney because they can't do anything with the equity. 's somewhere else. maybe you take a few hundred

thousands out and uy investment where the inme pays off the debt. put properties in an llc, not in your name, and it's very difficult to track who owns those properties. gerri: all right. basically, what you do as simple comparison of the rate of interest that you would get on that jumbo refi, 3.79 is the current level, and what you could earn in on investment. if you know you can earn 5%, 6%, 7%, that might make sense; right? >> well, that's exactly what the banks do. they borrow money, and legend out for 3% more. now it's pretty much free. they lend it for it, you know, the 3.5-4% range. why can't we do the same thing? why can't we borrow from our homes and invest it for more? you know, people say, where am i going to get 6.5 there's a lot of places to get that rurn. you just need to know what you

ardoing. be able to find it. gerri: w. we'll have you back to talk about 6%, clearly. thank you for coming on the show tonight, pleasure having you here. >> oh, thanks so much. gerri: the first story, sac capital, the hedge fund in the center of a big insider trading investigation suddenly stopped its, quote, unkm tlk with the government. charlie breaking that news late today. the fund run by steve cohen limits information shad with investors. this could signify a big ramp up in the investigation. two of the country's biggest lenders, wells fargo and citi bank, they stopped foreclosures in many parts of the country. according to a report late tonight in american banker, the banks putthe brakes on the foreclosures because they want to make sure they were following new federal rules. could have big implications for the market. we'll follow both important stories for you.

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so, of course, threw them out the window, but some ideas worked. as i accumulated ideas that worked, enajftly got to a -- i eventually got ta point where there were rests and won the first grand prize.say it's t luck? luck's not a part of the creation? >> luck has nothing to do about this. luck is just fooling themselves. gerri: huh. get down to it. talk about the things you do. what number -- certain numbers that you play? play the most common, least common, what do you do? >> no, that's all about a hogwash. there's no -- somebody -- everybody thinks there's magic to get the best and worst numbers to play. there are no best and worst numbers. it's the set. remember, a single number doesn't win, a set wins. i teach people in the method that afteryou picked your set of numbers, and it doesn't matter how, some is birthdays, anniversies, some are the numbers that come up the most or least, but once you pick them,

there's a research that you do, and it's in the book, it's simple to do, and it'll tell you if that's a good set of numbers. if it is, now you stick with that set of numbers. yoplay that same set of numbers, never change them or miss a draw. gerri: now, but what makes a good number, richard? >> again, it's not a number. it's a set of numbers. gerri: right. >> it's when you -- it's hard to explain it in a short interview. it's a process that takes a limit of time. it's just like anything in life. if you really want something bad enough, you have to be willing to spend spend time and effect on it. gerri: you have. what do you think a computer generatedded numbers, that's bad? use the same number over and over again; right? >> yeah, don't buy quick picks. i know people out there saying, what do yoyou mean don't? i always buy them. well, have you won yet? the reason why you don't -- the reason why you on't is because

every single time you do so, you're getting a computer generated set of numbers, and it's alwaysdifferent so your odds will be at the worst. gerri: right. keep the same set of numbers every time. now, you say something here, i just -- i really hate to hear, ally. you say buy as many tickets as you can fore. really? that seems like a waste of money to e me. a penny pincher. >> no, no, no, he keyword there is "afford," i'm firm about this. y as many tickets as you can afford. listen, times are tough out there, and unfortunately, when the jackpots are this high, people get crazy and get lottery fever, and the spend more money on tickets than they afford. yes, by them, otherwise you don't have a chance, but don't spend more than you can afford, don't spend represent money or esh ri money. be careful about what you spend because, you know, no matter there's a winner tomorrow night or not, one thing is forsure, there's going to be millions of

losers. don't wake up seeing you'rea loser, but figure out how to replace the money you spent that you shouldn't have spent. gerri: richard, you playing this one? >> oh, absolutely. i got my tickets. gerri: buy a lot? >> well, i never people how much i buy, and here's why. i am absolutely not trying to hide anything. people get influenced very easily, and i don't want people to think, oh, my gosh, richard spends so much, and he's won seven times so i have to do that to win seven times. that's not what this is about. don't worry about what other people spend. you figure oot what you can afford. gerri: i have to ask this question, and you won't answer, what's the number? what's your set of numbers? >> h-ha, i have more than oe set of numbers so it -- again, i've done the research, and i know what sets of numbers have a better chance of winning. will i definitely win? of course it doesn't. if i told people they were --

they followed my method and dparn teed a p grand prize, i'd be lying, and people are foolish to believe me. what i teach people is how to play the game to increase their chances of winning. gerri: okay. well, i guess you got to play to win, but i have not bought a ticket because i'm a cheapskate. richard, thanks for coming on, and appreciate the help. >> come on, at least buy one, just one. gerri: more likely to e struck by lightning in a bear suit, richard, thank you. >> you're welcome. rri: what do you think? here's the question tonight. are you plying the power ball, log on, vote on the right happen hand side of the screen, and i'll share the results at the end of the show. time for a look at stories you click on tonight on foxbusiness.com. encouraging news about the economy sent stocks soaring. both the dow and s& 500 are back in record territory. the obama administration further

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just it's been a busy week of denials from the administration that claims to know nothing about the three scandals engulfing the white house. as lou dobbs pointed out last night, they're not doing much to fix things. >> we call in the i don't know administration. now the president is using this new mantra, he says that he just wants toix things. he doesn't want to talk about benghazi, the irs, the justice department. the acting commissioner of the irs is out even though he was planning to leave in a couple

weeks. the president still has, he says, complete confidence in his attorney general even though 131 congressmen, eight senators and two govnors have called for holder's resignation over the fast and furious scandal. forgot about that scandal? be. gerri: i don't know, i couldn't imagineknowing. they're amazing, lou. are you talking about this tonight? >> oh, absolutely. as we are now calling it, this know-nothing administration because everyone seems to have exactly the same mantra. it was on full display again today. outgoing commissioner steve miller claiming he doesn't know who's responsible for targeting conservative groups. even at one point he said he did talk to somebody, but he can't remember what they told him about that. and he wants the big fix for him he says the irs needs a bigger budget, just a little me money. that's kind of typical of what you hear from washington, isn't it? well, in tonight's chalk talk we'll lay out what has become a pattern for this

administration -- claiming ignorance, asking for more money. you know, it's starting to be a very sad, perhaps even tragic pattern in this administration. we'll find out where these scandals are going, gerri. gerri: well, look forward to seeing you on in about 28 minutes. thanks so much, lou. good to see you. >> good to see you. gerri: for more ontoday's explosive hearing, michael reagan, founder of the reagan group, is with us. michael, i have to ask you straight up what did you make of this hearing? >> i don't know. gerri: what do you mean you don't know? [laughter] >> no, i don't -- i figured why not answer it the way they answer it? i don't know. i don't know how all these things happen. i mean, this is so typical in washington. i mean, i guess allf us are waiting for that perry mason moment when steve miller's just going to give it up and say listen, you know, joe biden called me, the president called me and asked me to do these things, and everybody goes home and says, look, i knew this was

what it was. this is a game that's played in washington. it's sad and good at the same time. everybody is, in fact, touched by the irs. gerri: i am. >> and everybody understands what the irs does to a family, a business or what have you when they get their claws into you. so it's good that they see steve miller denying, not knowing what to do, t president of the united states saying i'm going to fix it. but if he doesn't know about it, he doesn't know what to fix, and then he goes out and plays a round of golf. it's good that they finally see it, unfortunately, it's about three or four months too late. gerri: you mentioned what the irs can do to you, they can garnish your wages, put you in jail, take your assets. they have, ultimately, all power. but what miller said in defense of himself was shocking to me. it was about customer service. listen to this. >> we provided horrible customer service here, i will anytime that. we did -- i will admit that.

we did, horrible customer service. whether it was politically motivated or not is very different question. gerri: customer service, are you kidding me? is that what -- that's not even in the ballpark of cusmer service. >> oh, they had great customer service if you were an obama foundation or you were from the liberal left, but they had lousy customer service on the other side when they were looking into conservative groups out there. and i'd like to know who gave harry reid all the information on mitt romney's tax returns. where did that come from? has anybody talked to axlerod, see if he played a part in all of this? and the other night joe trippi on fox actually said that they weren't really worried about ohio. they were going to win ohio going away -- gerri: right. >> -- and nobody was worried about ohio. i about fell ou of my chair with all of that that's going on. and all these things going on, benghazi. by the way, bill press, used to head up the democrat party in california, now a liberal talk show back in washington, d.c.,

called for the resignation of eric holder also. so this is getting to be very, very bipartis at the justice department. and i think the irs to be the undoing of a whole lot of people back in washington d.c. gerri: well, i want you to hear some sound from camp, dave camp, who has been very critical of this. he was very good in this hearing. here's the congressman. >> this is a problem of the irs being too large, too powerful, too intrusive and too abusive of honest, hard working taxpayers. gerri: well, i mean, that sums it up. but i've got to tell you, there's more going on here. you can say the problem's the tax code, but look, this is like watergate to me. i mean, these allegations are true, i mean, you know, the white house and the administration using the government to kill their political opponent >> where but remember at the same time sarah ingram who headed up that office having to do with all these issues they're

looking into about tax-exempt organizations is now heading up the affordable care act office under the irs. gerri: unbelievable. >> so if you think it's going to get better, america, bar the door, sally. it is not going to get better with this same organion, this same group, same people looking into your paycheck to find out whether you've got health care or not. gerri: i want you to hear a storwe reported not too long ago. the irs overpaying $13.5 billion on the earned income tax credit, that program for low income families in 2012. it's just mistake after gaffe after oops, i can't answer that question. what needs to happen here? >> yeah, what they need to do is put people in plac when they go to washington, they're stepping down in their career, not stepping up. and so many of those people are actually stepping up. i remember my father's administration, he went after people who were stepping down to serve their government, to serve

their country, not people that it was the best job they'd ever had in their entire career. and they were just giddy with the fact they were gettin paid more than they've ever been paid before, and they'll never have any career afterwards. no. start electing and appointing people who really want to serve us instead of people who want to take from us. gerri: y, i heard a lot of cya today. it really protect myself, cover myutt here. and a little arrogant too, i thought. do you agree with that? >> oh, absolutely right. this whole thing is about -- well, you know, it was on my watch, i was there for two and a half minutes,ndll these ings happened, and it happened on my watch and, therefore, i'm a good guy, i'm going to step wn on this. never did answer the question, by the way. what about those people who did this? have they, has anything happen to them? well, we put them in another position at the irs. we don't want them in another position at the irs, we want them on the food line, on the unemployment line, not in

another position at the irs. [laughter] by the way, these things don't just happen in a vacuum where people wake up in the morning and say, you know, i think we need to g after the conservative groups out there and really attack them in ohio and other places. gerri: no, right. >> no, somebody at the top level made the phone call, asked the question and began the ball rolling. and that is the person whose head needs to be on the chopping block. not steve miller. gerri: well, we don have that yet, and i don't know if we will. we'll have to wait and see. michael, it is always great to see you. thank you so much for coming on the show. so much fun talking with you. >> thank you. gerri: well, now on to this day in business. in 1973, way back then, tetelevised hearings on the escalating watergate affair gan. five men were arrested for breaking into and illegally wiretapping the dnc headquarters in washington the house judiciary committee has adopted three articles of impeachment against president nixon, obstruction of justice,

abuse of presidential powers pod hindrance of the impeachment process. four days later, nin became the first president in u.s. history to resign. and today televised hearings surrounding the irs began. jay carney recently stated he was confident no one the white house was involved and dismissed any comparisons to watergate, but it all started today, may 17th, when the levised watergate hearings ben 40 years ago. when we come ack, we'll take you to one of the hottest hotels in new york city featuring a spa, gourmet meals, but it's the clientele that may surprise you. and next, an artist and teacher -- [inaudible] people through their windows.% is it art or an invasion of privacy? our legal panel weighs in. ♪ ♪ come to my window, crawl inside, pray by the light of the moon. ♪ there (announcer) at scottrade, our clients trade and invest

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♪ ♪ gerri: imagine pictures of you inour private moments on display and on sale, and you're not making a penny from it. tonight's legal case is sparking outrage as a peeping tom photographer is selling images of his unsuspecting neighbors through their windows at his new york city art gallery, but is it legal? joining me now, attorney jennifer bonnjean. and wheal. lis, is it legal? >> no, it's not legal. he's making money, $7500 in this t exhibit that he's doing, exactly, a lot of money, off people who are completely unsuspecting. he's going through and just peeping on them. they're upskirting and down blousing laws, and this is one of those. gerri: upskirting and -- do you agree with this? look, he is making a ton of dough, $7500 a pop.

>> just because it feels like a violation of privacy doesn't make it that way under the law. in new york the right to privacy is governedty in -- governed by the new york city -- you have to have an u unauthorized picture. >> yes. >> here's the problem with this case. >> they're unauthorized. >> you can't -- it's only the subjects themselves who know, so it's not entirely clear. you don't see their faces, so it's not entirely clear that their privacy is being impinged upon. furthermore, in new york city do you have an expectation of ivacy? >> yes. in your own home? >> windows wide open in a lot of -- [laughter] >> in ur own home? >> yes, when you live right next to -- listen, when i go to sleep at night, i close my blinds. >> wow, you're putting -- look -- >> i can see across here right now, i could snap some shots. >> if we're walking down sixth avenue, i'm with you. when i'm in my own home at night whether i'm in the city or not, i have an expectation of privacy -- >> lis, this is new york city.

this isn't e middle of, you know, some small town. >> no, no, no. >> i can look down the street -- gerri: i'm familiar with these kinds oflaces, and they are wide open. let me read you what the photographer himself had to say, then i want to get both of you to react. he says for my subjects the is no qstion of privacy. they are performing on a stage of their own creation with the curtain raised high. the neighbors don't know they are being photographed, i carelly shoot them from the shadows of my home into theirs. >>eeping tom. >> exactly. it may sound a little creepy. i'm not comfortable with it, but it doesn't make it a lawsuit, and that's what we're talking about. you still have to have certain elements met to bring cause of action, and it just doesn't meet those elements because he is on property that belongs to him, he is -- these people do, everyone knows if you leave your blinds wide open, somebody walking on the street can look inside. i live -- gerri: so, okay, respond to that, to the whole issue of the

blinds are open. maybe the lights are on. and you can -- it's like being, it's like being on a stage. >> it is, it's like being. >> -- >> fm an artist perspective, sure. >> the supreme court has ruled on this. no. once you're in your own home, you have a compte expectation of privacy. >> that's a fourth amendment issue, that's not right. the supreme court has not ruled on the right of ivacy. the right of privacy in the state of new york is governed by the new york civil rights law. it says unauthorized use of pictures. gerri: all right, let's give lis a chance to respond. >> unauthorized use. >> but not to identify aybody. >> no, no, you're mixing apples and oranges. unauthorized use is unauthorized use. when he takes the picture, that is not being authorized. you're making theoint about the public vocation of them and the privacy issue. do you not think that thos people know exactly who they are? how would they even know to bring this case? >> what are the damages? they're the only peron who knows they're in the picture, there are no damages.

that's why there's no cause of action here. and th is not the same type of -- gerri: okay, so violation of a right to privacy, this is another thing that i think is interesting about this case. there's artistic expression, right, which should be first amendment protection. >> absolutely. gerri: is thi artistic expression? >> not when you're peeping into someone elss home. >> new york state lea on the side of free expression, free speech. new york will not find this to be a violation. gerri:lis, you've got to have last word here. >> invading someone's home,% that's different. gerri: we've got to ask our viewers to weigh in, because clearly, it sparks debate. [laughter] thank you both for coming on. great stuff. i don't want to be shot like that, i'll tell you. >> i don't either. [laughter] rri: sti to come, my two cents more on ridiculous waste in detroit, and next we go in fashion at the brand new luxurious hotel. wait until you hear what this inn has to offer your furry

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