companies. stuart: this is not good. economy is slowing. gas is spiking and the color of a dress is spiking all the attention. good morning everyone. the economy is growing just 2%. i get it. california worker. a gas price spike. there is a new presidential decree. otherwise known as executive action. this time, owing after bullets. with all of this happening social media is consumed with eight dress and its color. it has a friday feeling to it, right? varney and company is about to begin. ♪

i want to get right to it. a new bombshell report reporting how close iran is to al qaeda. new documents obtained. they now reveal the support for al qaeda. the documents and words show the availability for training and a safe haven for terrorists. during all of that time, the president has been negotiating a deal that would allow iran to build new. former cia covert operations mike baker is here. mike i get the distinct feeling that we are not being told the whole truth about iran or isis.

>> part of the problem is, yes i agree we are not being told the full extent of the negotiations and lack of progress. we do not particularly have great intelligence on exactly where iran is. what is the breakout. right now. you can get a couple months to over a year. that gap that difference kind of tells you we are really lacking to some degree. the point of this, stephen hayes who is a arrow meticulous reporter if this is accurate, this is possibly the most disturbing report that i have heard in the course of this administration. stuart: authorities have had these documents for close to

three years. not all of them have been gone through. those that have been gone through have revealed this connection. all the time, iran is negotiated with us about a new. that is disturbing. >> i need to get more detail on this obviously. if it is accurate, from an operational if, if we have not gone through all of this potential actionable intelligence if we have taken the time to analyze it is god-awful. >> yes. it seems like the president will move heaven and earth to get a deal with iran. the facts on the ground

notwithstanding. >> right. we saw this with secretary kerry. they are operating in and alternate reality. stuart: we just put them on the air. you just saw john kerry. they are saying exactly opposite things about the threat. who is right push of mark. >> a great deal of experience. i agree with him 100%. i have never seen this many crises building and existing in my time, anyway. this past year, you know, he has

seen more threats than he has seen in his experience. secretary kerry is doing what the administration does. talking from this 30,000-foot level. sure life expectancy rates have gone up as well. that has nothing to do with it when we are talking about isis. >> very troubling. if we are attacked in the united states of america by isis, where does the president stand? he has eight nor did his threat. >> i think that the american public understands that. getting back to the lead on this story when we are talking about these documents i am very anxious that perhaps but like many other investigations that

just go somewhere in die if this is true and we have all of these potentially actionable leads and the administration said we do not want that, just bury it somewhere put it in the drawer and we have not gone and taken the steps that we need, then that is a fermented thing. that is what stephen hayes is saying. stuart: mike baker, thank you very much for joining us. more evidence than obama nonsex. it is not working. that was the quarter. everyone supposed to be out there spending a lot of money. did not happen. you have a slowing down of the economy. not that far off of a record high. editorial member.

"wall street journal" editorial person. 5% last fall. 2% at the end of the last year. same old same old. worst recovery since 2002. >> president obama has never gone over 2% annual growth. when the economy tanks we usually bounce back quickly. everything that this president is doing is retorting growth. he nationalizes health care. he wants to raise your taxes. he is lucky we are getting growth numbers like we are getting. we have a private-sector energy boom that is giving americans and effect this tax cut. >> that is a plus.

there is no question about it. we are down to a 2% growth rate late last year. >> one thing is for sure. he will not do anything that will let this economy achieve liftoff. >> a long time to wait. mary they give very much, indeed. the national average for a gallon of regular. that is a maybe spike overnight. look at california. that is a spike. of $0.13 a gallon overnight. $3.27. highest of all the 50 states. here comes the west coast spike. we got it.

by the way we have a fond farewell to the $1 club. no states where the average for regular is below $2 a gallon. idaho, $2 even. >> great state of idaho. >> jasper texas. there is a gas war. >> it is a great state. stuart: back to that. board, please. as we always say 2000 is a broad based indicator. new high. 1238. now, look at the nasdaq. nearly at 5000. jcpenney posted a loss. those all-knowing analysts, they

were not expecting that. that gap moving higher. raising the dividends as well. disappointing forecast as well. nonetheless, they like the numbers. in case you missed it. the stories everybody is really talking about. >> you had to be living under a rock if you missed these stories. the first is mama drama. they escaped from their owner and ran through the streets and hour before getting caught. in the process they manage to get their own twitter account. house of cards season three, now on netflix. the season is getting a lot of buzz on social media.

we will show you netflix shares right now. here they are. they are not doing anything. look at that. completely flat. okay. you are right stuart. i thought maybe since house of cards came up, it would be even higher. i do not want any spoiler disruptions. this $80 dress. what color is it, stuart? >> lou. >> i saw blue and black. yes, it is blue and black. why are some people seeing white and gold? either way a massive ebay. millions of people weighing in.

clearly, that is white and gold on the left and black and blue on the right right? what color is my dress? [laughter] stuart: white. off-white. cream. we are talking about the color of a dress. [laughter] joe biden said it. emancipate the wealth from the 1%. he said it at a black history month event. >> everyone knows that when you take money from rich people their incentives are reduced and therefore they produce less. redistribution has caused this. ♪

stuart: i will call this a minor loss. just shy of eight team-two. disappointing forecast from weight watchers. facing competition from mobile apps. the times appear to be changing. down 34%. time is money. we say it every day. the latest is decorative order. the nra is urging congress to stop the president. figure skating. a female dominated sport. are women skaters paid more than their male counterparts? christiano to cheat joins us later. the blacklist now says we should

close all zoos. [laughter] >> including this one? >> that was good. very good. okay. now to vice president biden. a lot of wealthy white and lack people are not that, but they control 1% of the economy and this cannot stand. it is not fair because the business experts are saying it is stunted growth. let's bring in star parker in washington. let me get started here. are you offended? >> first i want to thank you for promoting my new book. i really appreciate that. >> i did not promote it.

>> you had me on when it came out and it helped a lot. i appreciate that. stuart: did you follow amazon? >> yes. that is why i am letting you and your public know that you rock. joe biden should, instead of spending his time telling black man in america they are still in chains. instead of doing that, he should hopefully come to washington, d.c. and put his heart in this chair for the joint session so we can hear about a nuclear armed iran and that serious threat.

constantly telling black people that they cannot be successful in this country. >> it just seems to me that vice president biden whipped up jealousy and anger. essentially, i think that that is what he was doing. i think the man was doing a disservice to his audience. >> well, he is and they know it. this is the only message that they are hearing constantly. poor people are dependent on the wealthy and they are dependent on their politicians to redevelop the wealth. if you work hard, if you make right choices if you get an education, you your self can become wealthy. >> what is the name of that book

again? stuart: subtitle go against subtitle. this is not new the tax x of the left. american people are on top of it now. fifty years of your social engineering has backfired. we want to hear from new voices. >> you will gain a massive audience at that point. star parker, everyone. thank you very much, we appreciate it. changing the internet as we know it powerful plea forever. the rising internet providers are not having it. even sending this response. you cannot read it because it is in morris code. we will explain it all.

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stuart: those poor folks in alabama got clobbered by snow. it has caused racks all over the highways. please send us your weather photos. we want to see what it is like where you are. voting on new rules that will treat the internet like a utility. the three democrats on the five-member panel joined hands in victory after the vote. however, companies like verizon are not happy. it was a tight rate in press release and morris code. the sec used a rule put in place in the 1930s to justify these latest changes on the internet.

barry, you are not a fan of this. i know you're not. >> netflix is a big halls of bandwidth. what they want is to keep the prices that they pay very low. they take a lot of bandwidth. stuart: they cannot do that under these new regulations. >> this is establishing bureaucratic control over the internet. essentially, raising the price of taxes for you. stuart: eventually, it will catch up with us. >> devastating for the american economy. one of the biggest drivers. obama has just crushed it. stuart: that is a strong statement. next hour.

one of the two republicans on the fec panel. he will give us the inside story. why weren't the new rules made public before they were voted on. next figure skating star on equal pay. her sport is one of the few where women paid more than men at least i think they do. we will ask her. possible criminal charges being considered. the passionate leader of one of the targeted consumer groups will join us. >> a born free american woman. wife mother and citizen. telling my government that you have forgotten your place. ♪

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$0.03 overnight. obama shell hobbit stuart: at a hearing late last a was revealed that he never have misled congress back in june. rolled this team. >> i find this confounding that once the i g is involved no one else can do anything. that is not supported by the law. can there be a criminal investigation? stuart: criminal investigation, criminal. let's bring in becky garrison. you are a favorite on this program. we think you are all right. welcome to the show. the criminal activity involved,

that may have occurred here is not once in those irs e-mails. it was that we were told you can't have them, they were destroyed and now suddenly we have got them. that is the criminal possibility here. >> yes and there is still criminal possibility with what was in the e-mails as well. kospi and an --koskinen extraordinary effort to find these e-mails but they didn't even go to the storage facility and asked for the. >> it looks like a deliberate cover-up. i shouldn't be saying is a deliberate cover-up but it certainly looks like it. you don't even go to the storage facility where these things are supposed to be held in you are on oath saying we can't find them, there's something wrong. >> amazing. i think what he was saying is they have gone to great lengths and extraordinary effort to hide

the evidence but it came out wrong. "imus in the morning" when you have been trampled on for three or four years. how are you doing? >> i am personally doing fine but i am passionate about this because this affects all of america, not just conservatives. as soon as we let these guys have a path and don't hold them accountable and next administration will use this against their political enemies. people need to wake up. our liberties are at risk. stuart: you are pushing hard through lawyers and local representatives pushing for this? >> absolutely. evidence from last night proved how much we need a special prosecutor because the department of justice was working in toward the nation with the irs in this scandal and they cannot look at the evidence. we need a special prosecutor. stuart: if you had a special prosecutor that delays things along time, doesn't it?

that is the problem with that. >> we need to get to the bottom of it and i appreciate the committee bringing this out and i look forward to the report with the final conclusions. we will all be shocked at what has been hidden from us. stuart: any idea when that report will come out? >> no but from what i heard last night is not far away. probably the next few months. stuart: we can live with that. always a favorite on the show. thanks for joining us. now for something completely different. olympic gold medal figure skater kristi, here she is, it a pleasure to have you on the show. >> thank you for having me on. stuart: i am going to talk about your work with leapfrog but i wonder if you could clear something up for us. the concept of equal pay for women has been very much in the news recently and our production team sitting around this morning

said there is one area, one sport where women make more than men and that is your support. is it true that women successful women figure skaters like yourself make more money than the guys? >> i don't know if you can say we make more money. in the skating arena pretty much even playing field among men and women depending on your title. maybe just in the marketing area women's figure skating in the olympics seem to be the premier sports. i don't know. "imus in the morning" when you got to say yes because your ratings, we know a lot of things about ratings hearing television. when ratings are good you make a lot of money and your ratings are fantastic. you had a gold medal in 1992 in france. you won the gold.

>> that is correct. stuart: i know you don't want to confirm you make a ton of money more than guys but we believe that that. you are kicking off a national reading month with leapfrog. that is an electronic toys for kids, electronic education for children tell me about it. >> leapfrog create innovative learning tools for children and my focus is on early childhood literacy. we are teaming up with leapfrog for national reading month and putting out what we are calling the 2020 reading challenge for families out there, we really want parents, caregivers grandparents to sit down with children and pledge to read 20 minutes a day. stuart: i am a grandfather. nine times over and i promise i will sit down for 20 minutes a day and use what you got.

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stuart: we always cover apple, the most valuable company. there's not much move on it this morning, they are hiring engineers to work on virtual reality. little addition to the news flow on apple. nearly 130 bucks a share. 133 was the high. president obama kicking a that. using executive orders to ban

the bullets used in the top-selling rifle, the men are 15. joining us now, republican from colorado. this is another example of the president not going to you guys in congress for a vote, going right around it and giving a decree you shall not by those bullets. what are you going to do about this? >> this is a longest president, this is a president who has made promises on obamacare the week and keep our doctors, a president who took 21,000 acres of colorado land under executive order and the national monument, has given 5 million illegal immigrants not only work permit but social security number. it doesn't surprise me he is doing the same with ammunition. we will do our best to hold accountable. stuart: you are a freshman congressman. barely two months on the job in washington and the president is

ignoring you. almost like he has made you irrelevant. the big issues of the day whether it is immigration, guns they go right around you, no vote, don't into consideration at all. i hate to be harsh but you are almost irrelevant. >> you are harsh. i don't think congress is irrelevant but this president is pushing the constitution and between the court's finding his executive action on immigration illegal, i believe we made a number of statements about how he is acting unconstitutionally. he has covered in the senate with harry reid right now and between the president and harry reid we have a constitutional crisis and we have to act firmly and swiftly not only on the ammunition but illegal immigration. stuart: if you act firmly and swiftly what action i you going to take? >> the only action we have available as i see it is the power of the purse. we need to make sure we don't

allow the president to spend money on various programs. we did that last december. i wasn't a member of congress but congress did that by not allowing the department of the interior to work on it and the epa to work on various projects so we have the power of the paris and is being used but frankly the best thing republicans and americans can do is make sure in 2016 we have a president who respects the constitution. stuart: can i ask if you are enjoying your time in washington? >> i would have more fun if we were solving problems and helping the american people and growing economy and spending less money. i will let you know if we get there. stuart: dare i say spice things up a little? cheryl: what did i do?

stuart: you saw her. looking at $1 million will get you in new orleans vs. san francisco. i got to see this. you start with new orleans? liz: do you see a common theme between the two city's? food. good food. you won't believe the difference. here's what you get for 1 olein $50,000, you get a six bed room 7 bath, 7400 sq. ft. custom home, minutes from downtown, minutes away parking spaces, two stories and a huge back yard and very beautiful be located part of new orleans. one of the custom newer communities. stuart: that is what you get in new orleans. i am sure san francisco will be

smaller and lot less bang for your buck. stuart: this is a hot area of san francisco south of market and this is a two bedroom, a two bath condo you get for $1,050,000. you are right next to at&t par, right on the water. you have a pool, things like that in the building but none of that is in your apartment. you do have a water which is nice, a microwave but that is what you get. stuart: oh oh oh. >> we talked about this. san francisco has gone so overblown. you have to make $160,000 for just to buy an average priced home in san francisco. this is one of the hotter areas. stuart: i was looking at mary very quickly during your report. she was rolling her eyes and new orleans and san francisco.

>> who needs 6 bedrooms? stuart: i have six kids. >> you are the only guy who can afford to have six children. stuart: that is nonsense. >> six seven bedrooms, your friends come from all over the country you can have huge barbecues. >> i can socialize in restaurants and bars. stuart: you will both answer the question which one would you prefer? $1 million new orleans or sentences that? cheryl: san francisco for the investment. i can resell it. >> san francisco for the views. stuart: what about the food? >> the food between new orleans and san francisco would be tough. stuart: i got you. you are both wrong. season iii of house of cards is out. a lot of buzz about it despite lot ofs and dresses stealing the spotlight. is worth canceling your weekend to binge watch? a full review coming up.

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stuart: netflix has gone up 40% this calendar year. the third season of house and cards debuted at midnight west coast time last may. if you are binge watching you are halfway through the season by now. deadline.com's domenic patton has seen the whole thing. he had a sneak preview and is joining us with his review. this is season 3. you have seen seasons 1, 2 and now 3. is 3 as good as 1 and 2? >> i will save the house of cards is standing strong. in fact i think some of the best writing they have done in the netflix series is in this season. seize 1 and 2 beat up to this one. minor spoiler other for you people, frank underwood is now president underwood. maybe he should be in the big house that he is in the white house and is taking a chance. stuart: kevin spacey, mr. underwood. is he still the dominant factor in the whole thing? knocking them flat?

>> a lot of ways he is. the funny thing about season free is this is where youthree is this is where you see robyn wright's character who is developing ambitions of her and. it reminds you of hillary clinton i don't think that is intended as there are links to the real world. they are moving towards the 2016 elections. there's the 19 republican who is the nightmare of the fictional democrats as he would likely be of the real-life democrats as a potential challenger. the political knives are out that they feel real. stuart: this thing is the smash hit. they binge watch this thing. >> i have heard from people tonight who was watching as you said when it started at midnight pacific time 3 m. east coast time. they have been up all night. stuart: can you be objective? can you actually say the writing

is better? the acting is better, the photography, whatever else it is is flat out better? it is a smash hit. objectively does it deserve to be a smash hit? >> i think very much. a lot of dramas of her from what i call the third season nightmare where they become a recycling of themselves but house of cards based on the british miniseries of the 1990s has been leading up to underwood getting into the white house so what is nice especially for viewers of the last two season since frank underwood effort sleet dispenses with his enemies. president and would like a certain president on 1600 pennsylvania and now is suffering a big fight with a congress that doesn't want to play ball. it is ripped from the headlines, this is making the series better in my opinion. stuart: i have 30 seconds left. without giving anything away can you confirm that some of the characters i?

>> i can. i can confirm without giving anything away that there might be a strong resemblance to a certain russian president. and to get over it did it twice. stuart: that is a hint. thank you very much indeed. i want to move to something mary said previously. she was very strong about the new rules regulating the internet. what is this all about? >> what do you want me to say? it is terrible. the internet has been the greatest engine for growth prosperity the country has ever seen. there was a bipartisan agreement to keep the bureaucracy off of it and what we saw yesterday was the president manhandling supposedly executive agency, telling them go do it, take control of the internet from here on out. these companies in silicon valley thought this was a good thing are going to regret it.

stuart: you used the expression devastating for the ecb american economy. >> devastating for one of the most productive parts of the american economy. investment will go away costs will go up. you won't see it for months or years to come. stuart: you made your mark with that one. >> would you say about house of cards? "imus in the morning" when you have never seen it. >> i am not a big kevin spacey fan. stuart: thank you very much. a new bombshell report links iran to al qaeda 3 documents recovered from the raid that killed usama bin laden. we had this information for some time and we are still negotiating with iran about new? how about that? the fcc joining hands in victory after the changing of the internet as we know it. the commission that voted against the changes will be with us. you wasn't holding hands with anyone. our two two minutes away. [ male announcer ] whether it takes 200,000 parts ♪ ♪ 800,000 hours of supercomputing time 3 million

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stuart: when usama bin laden's compound was rated seal team 6 carried out a treasure trove of documents. three years later we are finding out what was in them. they are revealed in evidence in a recent terror trial. here is the headline. al qaeda has been working very closely with iran. during all of that time america has moved heaven and earth to complete a nuclear deal with the iranians and now we find out of the people we have been negotiating with our our mortal enemies. iran and al qaeda cooperation has been kept under wraps. that suggests president obama will do just about anything to get a deal including eventually letting them llamas get a new. another terrorist threat has not even been named yet.

islamic terror. our leaders have not acknowledged the full extent of the danger we face. cal we will get to the latest news on terror and iran in a moment the first the economy slowing down. we are at 2% annualized pace late last year. that was when we were supposed to be doing all kinds of shopping for the holiday season. obama genomics only 2% growth. led the big board affected by the gdp report. pretty much dead flat on this friday. we are down 20 points. gas, anything but flat. i will call and $0.03 bike overnight. the new national average for regular coming in at $2.37 but if you want to see a real spike look at california.

overnight the average price for regular went up $0.13 a gallon. we are down $3.23, the highest of all 50 states. if you listen to guess buddy yesterday would have known a west coast like was coming and it did arrive. that is the market, that is the economy and let's update you on terror. we are joined by michael wise author of isis:inside the army of terror. you really upset the applecart. there was a shorter version in the magazine did you really upset things. >> that is graham would who wrote that. stuart: somewhat similar to you. now this morning or yesterday we found out the identity of jihad johnny and icn englishmen defending him saying he was kind of a nice guy, a decent sort of fellow. soft-spoken. what do you know about the guy who describe him like that?

>> the man you are describing his research director of the group called cage prisoners. this man in 2006 stood in front of the u.s. embassy in london and praised jihadis in iraq afghanistan, bosnia and chechnya it still has below which finish the war against israel, it is not a civil rights group for human rights group, their approach jihad organization, they were founded by a former guantanamo bay detainee who is a confessed al qaeda recruiter who batted out other al qaeda operatives. the claims he was tortured in guantanamo bay. there were several independent inquiries that investigated his case and found no evidence he was coerced or under arrest when he made his confession. stuart: have we gotten to grips with the isis threat? >> no. stuart: america has not come to grips with the threat? >> we should be very well acquainted with his organization. we have been at war with them 11 years, they used to be called it al qaeda in iraq.

in this book i interviewed a dozen past and present military officials including military intelligence whose job was to track to these guys were including their cooperation with the baptist regime of saddam hussein. what i find interesting about the latest incarnation of isis is upper echelons of the organization almost to a man are filled with axe saddam operatives. stuart: where is isis going? >> the absence of the apocalyptic mission to bring in the end of the world. i think that is more of a marketing component in terms of attracting foreign fighters and recruit. the guys at the top don't necessarily want to spell the end of the world. fares is a sunni power political project. they want restoration. 2003, their patronage system their privilege and power was

knocked off the throne in baghdad. this is what saddam built up over decades and a look to regain it. this goes back. stuart: they are sunnis diametrically opposition to the shiites of iran. >> end of a genocidal mission with respect to the shiites. zarqawi was damaged and is no orientation to his character -- he said our enemy the united states, we are at war with them but don't have to worry about them in the long term. eventually they will leave iraq. we don't have to worry about the kurds, we can recruit some of them litter real enemy are the shiites, the rejectionists. his goal was to murder them, the head on, lower their mosques and prompt an overreaction on their part ethnic cleansing, retaliatory balance,es would be driven into the fold in al qaeda in iraq and the global sunni population would 4 in. stuart: that is what they think is going to happen. >> there is a political element

as well. stuart: i don't understand why president obama doesn't accept this, understand it, name it? >> in his mind there's a sense if we call it is llama it will alienate our necessary allies in the region. stuart: a real threat. >> it is ridiculous and stupid because all of our friends and allies in the region perfectly well understand areas and is llama cast to isis. this is why jordan in order to negotiate for the release of their airmen who was immolated in the cage last month used not just the john huddy but the old man for -- the head devices has a ph.d. in islamic studies. he is a cleric. political correctness won't wins the war. the president made no effort to make the distinction between sunni and shiite which

sectarianism is the cliche do shore when necessary but when it is actually inconvenience to the administration's strategy don't mention it. this is the problem in the region. stuart: thanks for drawing our attention to this. we appreciate your expertise. thank you. end gnawing case you missed it the other major headline of the day, lauren simonetti is here. >> with executive action president obama is looking to bent bullets in the top spelling sporting rifle the semi-automatic, it would drive up the price of an mullah and forcing some retailers and gun owners to speak out. the president said the bullets pose a threat to police. of brand new bombshell for the irs. a new hearing on capitol hill revealing john koskinen was not being honest when he said the hard drive of axe irs chief lois lerner was destroyed. investigators testifying they have uncovered 32,000 be dealts

linked to allegations, possible criminal activity. last-minute maneuvers on capitol hill to prevent the government from partially shutting down at midnight tonight. the senate passed a bill to keep the department of homeland security open through september as house republicans are reportedly looking at a stop gap three weeks spending bill. those are the headlines in case you missed it. stuart: thank you very much. now to that story, like it or not pretty much everybody is talking about. it is and $80 address. what color is it? black and blue white and gold? we ask you on facebook what color is using the address have in them. lori says white and gold. i don't understand the importance of this but i would love to understand the visual phenomenon as to why we see things differently. we do see things differently. john at this.

white and gold. i saw it on tv earlier and was blue and black. what is going on? jimmy says i see the internet disappearing in front of you as everyone debates over its this. i like that. good point. cheryl casone. what do we say about this? cheryl: the internet blew up yesterday afternoon overs this. we are discussing isis but the internet is obsess whether this is a blue and black dress or gold and white dress. the original image which you see to your left actually that is the question. because i don't see things differently and don't want to be too cynical i am not a doctor but medically it is explained, white enters the eyes through the lens, there are different wavelengths the retina, pigments fire to the neural connections to the visual cortex and some people see colors differently based on the structure of your eye.

stuart: the original dress as advertised what we're seeing now is black and blue. cheryl: the picture was put on the internet was kind of in the middle to be frank with you. we can do all kinds of things with photographs. that is the beauty of technology except when it creates the drama and if you see a darker dress you are depressed and if you steal lighter address you are happy positive person. stuart: globally we are asked -- what color is this address? cheryl: it is blue. stuart: a global debate on the color of the dress. cheryl: not sure what this means about the social commentary of what is going on. i thought the internet was for cat videos but it is for dresses. stuart: let's move on. still to come in this hour on this program one of the filmmakers who made a movie exposing see world's treatment of wales says it is time to close down all of our zoos. joe biden says we need to demand

to pick the well from the 1%. herman cain response to that. wisconsin governor scott walker making a huge splash is he the new gop front runner? brian kilmeade will weigh in on the question. the fcc commissioners. we did this picture holding the new plan to regulate the internet. he voted no. he takes us inside the fcc next.

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were we not allowed to seize those 330 pages of rules and regulations before the sec voted on it? >> that was one of the reasons i have been so outspoken over the last couple weeks. of the average person were told that run the brink of adopting a 332 page plan to regulate the internet you would find out about it only after we vote on it. they would think that is ridiculous. from the standpoint of accountability i think the agency should publish the plan along time ago. stuart: surely we are entitled to see, such a profound change coming for the internet, why were we not allowed to see it? >> great question. under our rules only the fcc chairman is authorized to disclose the document so he explicitly said he would not do so in response to the chairman of the senate and house oversight committee that has responsibility for overseeing the fcc but what i said was we need to depart from our usual practice if that is what it is

and let the american people see what is inside it because as i dug into and i read every one of those pages is shocking how far reaching these regulations are. stuart: chairman wheeler welywas f

not appearing until march 17th haugh and stuart: this is not irreversible leave. >> there are three ways these rules could be overturned. a court could reject the legal grounds, congress could overturn them by passing legislation, or a future administration with a different composition could revisit them. whichever of the three happens i hope we return to the bipartisan consensus that served us so well when it comes to internet regulation. stuart: i characterize this as the government takeover politicization of the internet. that is strong stuff but i am saying it, would you agree with that? >> it is accurate if you look to the democratic national committee there preening about the fact that the fcc, quote, adopted president obama's plan. the president in november after the midterm election in an

unprecedented fashion explicitly instructed the fcc not only what he wanted to see done but the legal theory he wanted them to use and that is what we did without letting the american people have an inside look. people going to view the fcc as a political body is supposed to be independent fact based decision maker we historically have been. stuart: we appreciate it. i have breaking news for you. leonard nimoy, pop culture icon played mr. spock in star trek has died. this according to the new york times. he was hospitalized last week with chest pains. no other details available. leonard nimoy was 83 years old. brian kilmeade joins us. leonard nimoy was mr. spock, he was the voice of logic. that is what amended. was a falcon. >> tim and captain kirk made history with what they did in the 1970s but with syndication

that is where they lived on. the show was not successful when it was airing as it was in syndication. on the good side is it made him famous. it was hard for him to get out of the role because you get so labeled in that one will. stuart: i remember as a kid in england, teenager and early 20s watching star trek as it appeared for the first time on british television and gene roddenberry, the producer, wrote many of the episodes, always appeared to be such a far reaching farsighted program that took us into the logical future. i thought it was terrific. >> absolutely and i also think he and captain kirk ended up later very friendly, people felt alienated these guys bonded, they did a lot of rage as afterwards. stuart: it went off the air in 1969, was on the ever four years, went off the air in 1969 and now we understand this man, he was with us all the way

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the anti-gun. that didn't work for them. it can't be that. on the kelly file the proper slicken stern. you can stop the guns one of we stop people from loading guns with the bullets they want with the most popular rival, for when this is a message, a wary also giving the american people sense of wait a second, what if this was taken away? all the things they have taken for granted to go through congress. what if this happened, he will do what you wants to do but he will start people thinking about and not taking for granted all the things. stuart: it is such a huge shift. i am not joking. it does remind me of a marquee. lower rulers as do this and it shall be done. >> what just happened? the courts stood up and said we are going to stop you on immigration, people stood up and said we don't like the way you

are running things, we are taking back the house. people said we are taking back the senate and now situation where he wants to help his former chief of staff retain his mayorship in his own city and that backfired. stuart: vice president joe biden at a black history month event says we need to be mensa pitt well from the 1%. herman cain is up next. let's see if he is as fired up about this as our friend star parker was last hour. >> i'm not offended because -- democrats constantly tell black people they cannot be successful in this country. the real question that needs to be asked is "what is it that we can do that is impactful?"

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somehow prosperity returns? well that was part of my take on joe biden calling for the emancipation of wealth from 1%. i will quote the entirety of the message we received. leave it to a defender of the superrich like varney. any suggestions and stuart leaps to their defense. that must come from his uk that round. sorry, but that does not fly here. never has. that was a thoughtful message. you have misread me.

i am one of the sharpest critics. all too many. too many billionaires that thing the rest of us should pay higher taxes. i do not resent their wealth. i am absolutely not someone who loves the aristocracy. you simply do not owe what you are talking about. i came here to get away from the system. i am a striver. i came here with nothing. this system has allowed me to move all the way up the food system. i have enjoyed every moment of it. jealousy and envy you will not ache you happy. on that note, here is herman cain joining us from atlanta.

>> 's to -- stuart, how do you really feel? tell the guy i worked my way up this country just like you. said equity is what he ought to be focusing on beard as you pointed out no, this country is about you being able to achieve what you want to achieve. you have to be willing to work for it. he does not get that. pandering. that is what joe does. he panders to whatever group he

is in front of. you know, i understand what joe is trying to do. i feel sorry for the ones standing there and listening and buying fat malarkey, to be honest with you. that is what he is doing. we do not have an income inequality problem in america. people that start out poor, do not and poor if they work for it. >> i am really stuart varney's only friend out box.

we will discuss that at a different time. joe biden gets away with a lot. we know that, too. i know some somalis. remember his comments a few years ago about everyone at 7-eleven. if any one of us had that that, we would be flat on our backs in our career. >> you know, when i was growing up are were made was a black lady and we really loved her. if you loved her so much, why didn't you put her in your will. it was a condescending statement he made about the cab drivers. >> if something happens with

hillary -- stuart: do you think that joe biden was staking out turf as a runner and election? was he claiming some turf there? >> i do not take that he was claiming turf. he was just trying to reassure black voters that he is still talking this. trying to reassure them that he is still on this divisive, sort of thing that he has been pushing up there. stuart: you really have two start telling us how you really deal about this. the viewers know that you are holding back. [laughter] stuart: good luck. thank you very much indeed. i will say that this is a pretty flat market. so far it has gone aware.

jcpenney down $0.30. they came in with an if loss. the gap on the upside. they have a share buyback row graham. they are up $1.05. economic growth. 2.2%. the annualized growth rate late last year. joining us now from bermuda john layfield. it looks like this economy is really slowing down big-time. >> i am your power two. >> yeah, but you are not here. >> have you seen the backdrop?

that is bermuda. he owns half of that. >> mayor bloomberg owns the other half. >> that is what we hear. are we in trouble here? revisions are down in the fourth quarter. the second and third quarter were aberrations. you are starting to see consumer spending start tolling this. you have government and business that are real slackers here. this is not bad news, it is just not really good news. stuart: 2% growth for six years. it is just not good enough.

have to ask you about hairy debt. he was on this program. he says we are in for a rolling .arctic crash. what do you say when you hear that kind of prediction? >> he was right about the japanese economy. he was wrong about now 3800. he is predict big right now a bigger depression that is bigger than the 08-09 crisis. i just do not think that will happen. stuart: i want to move back to the story that we broke earlier this hour. leonard nimoy he played mister

sparkle on star trek. he was 83 years old. more varney in a moment. ♪

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stuart: we have to deal with it. the address. tens of millions of people debating what color it is. brian kill me. i am kind of frustrated about this. what color is an $80 dress. >> they had a choice. the llamas or the address yesterday. together they really created half-baked.

every community needs a linebacker. >> so many guys missed. i was embarrassed to be a human being. evidently, these llamas were hired to get therapy to senior citizens. the white one and the black one took off together. they took to the streets. good citizens were able -- you could pull a quad or a hamstring or a calf muscle. it did not matter. never walk again. we want to talk about the address. >> i say it is life lou and gray.

obviously, they say it is black and purple; right? or blue. stuart: how much time did you devote? >> the top of every hour. we all knew the color of that dress. stuart: moving swiftly along. it is time to get rid of zeus. the man who says they should all be closed joins us now. tim zimmerman. let's get to it real fast. why do you think this? >> it seems radical i know.

it is very hard to justify them anymore. stuart: they teach my kids about animals. i have taken them all to sue's so they can see firsthand the animal world. stuart: after watching a good wildlife documentary, my son has a lot or questions then he is after going to a zoo. >> would you really substitute a video of a bright bosporus compared to a child looking at a real rhinoceros? >> if you look at research from what your grandkids actually learn -- stuart: wait a minute. do you think i would research what do children learn. how about the experience of

seeing a rhinoceros. >> how would their experience be if they were also aware that rhinoceroses are disappearing from the wild. stuart: i have told them that. you want them all to become animal activists. >> zoo would like their visitors to become animal act of this. the fact is, people do not take action for conservation. >> if i thought zoo's were not taking care of these animals that would really bother me. i think that there is, and people like you are doing a great bank by putting a spotlight on it. i cannot afford to go to a

safari. most kids are not interested in watching a documentary. they will come in at a distant second. if i say let's go to the zoo with tight regulations last night i saw a zoo keeper. from king of queens. you remember kevin james. he was able to talk to the animal. those animals were able to talk back. >> let's take the guerrillas. admitted they are using a lot of

antidepressants. gus the polar bear might need a therapist. we just do not go up to gus. stuart: you are in a tough place with this crowd. tim zimmerman come and see us again. okay. >> okay. thank you. stuart: scott walker. ♪ 5 foot ice, and 16 foot waves, to safely keep crude oil flowing 365 days a year. when emerson takes up the challenge

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stuart: scott walker is moving up the charts. made a fixed clash. roll that tape. >> we have a president that draws lines in the sand and fails to act. a precedent that calls ices the jv club. we need a leader that will stand up and say we will take the fight to them. stuart: all right.

he is telling it. he is the front runner. >> the democrats and the republicans look at him that way for sure. also i think it was very interesting to see the press go after him in three different ways. they ask him about not answering a question about whether president obama is a christian or not. he did not do it directly, but said i could handle ices because of that. that shows he is getting enough attention. >> he has bounced back, though.

>> i think america will ultimately elected person that makes them feel most comfortable on form policy. stuart: an update on adrian peterson. a judge says you have to put him back on the team. >> let him play. he is only 291 time. he is probably the best running back of the nfl. give him a chance to earn his way back. he has been out a year. a judge did not let them play. let the nfl get out of the way. stuart: all right. we will be back with more varney in just a moment. ♪ a good time to get the ball rolling. keep in mind

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that is a bogus label. people that start out poor, they do not stay poor if they are willing to work for it. stuart: erving came reacting. here is your take on the rest of the program. the contrast between the two is appalling. obama administration has ran a monk. no one is on the same page. quinn says this about the president wanting to ban bullets by executive action. he should eat concerned about isis. last word? >> it will be a very interesting

weekend. not having the same page. this thing called isis. they are not taking a day off. stuart: enough with that dress. thank you brian for being with us. eric sin suing apple. ibm and cisco's u.s. trade representative saying that china is taking decisions against those two and a third u.s. technology companies. san francisco has one of the lowest unemployment rate in the country. eric sin and apple are fighting over package infringement. harrison says apple owes money. how much are we talking about? >> well, that is