congress, perhaps, blanket amnesty. >> all right. the bad news from nasa, if we don't reduce our carbon emissions, get this, aliens might come and kill us. settle down, stuart, i haven't introduced you yet. true story. you have to hear it to believe it. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> ♪ dare you to run dare you to lose yourself dare you to run dare you ♪ >> that's switchput. they recorded it earlier. i'm telling you, six minutes ago, they were playing this exact same song full blast and woke up everyone in new york city except for the groggy kid downtown. >> sure you love that. it's our all american summer concert series. and we do have switchfoot here

today. they're going to be performing live for us later this morning. also, we're joined by some of our nation's heroes. check this out. how about 60 petty officers celebrating a very big moment in their career. we'll talk to them about that in just about a half-hour from now. but, of course, it's not friday without famous dave's cooking up barbecue all morning long. >> dave briggs is here. >> famous dave's friday. i love ribs at 6:00 a.m. and it always fits the bill for me. good morning, guys. good to be here. steve doocy off on vacation. serious news friday with the markets, huh? >> yeah, we have a fox news alert. world markets reacting strongly to wall street's big selloff overnight. stocks tumbled in asia. every major index was down significantly including south korea's which tumbled 6%. hong kong down more than 3%. over in europe, trading is still under way but the major indices now, they're down as well. about another global recession continues. the fear of that continues. and stuart varney is here to react to it. good morning. >> let me tell you what you're going to see when wall street opens up in about 3 1/2 hours time. stocks will continue yesterday's

decline. you can tell this from what's called the futures without getting technical, you can say that as of right now, the dow will open between 150 and 200 points lower. remember, it dropped 400 points yesterday, big selloff. i could also tell you that if you own those gold coins, may have been given them as a present last christmas, you're looking good this morning. gold is up another $30, $40 an ounce at $1,860 an ounce. >> i also understand that a lot of investors are running to u.s. treasuries. >> yes. that's exactly what's happening. here you've got this financial chaos in europe. and i mean, chaos. they are in just -- it is a ridiculous situation. that euro -- >> what do you mean ridiculous? you mean nonsensical? >> the germans are refusing to bail out the rest of europe. europe is finding it hard to find the money that it needs. that's chaos. that's another story. let me answer brian's question

because the net result of the chaos there is that all that hot money, all that anxious money, and we're talking hundreds of billions if not trillions come right over here to what is perceived as the safe haven of american debt even though we've just been downgraded so down go our interest rates. do you know that? a record low yesterday for american interest rates. soon, you are going to get a 3 1/2% 30 year fixed rate mortgage. it's gonna happen. >> you won't have any money left to buy a house. >> should germany because they bailed out greece, that settled the market momentarily. should germany bail out the rest of europe? >> the german people, the voters say oh, no, we're not doing this. we are not going to pay so that italians can retire at 55, spaniards can retire at 60, greece can retire at 60. we're not going to do that. we made our money the right way and we paid our taxes and we're not bailing out the rest of europe. >> and they're not growing either. news earlier this week that

germany's economy has slowed to basically a halt. yesterday, this morgan stanley news that the euro zone and the u.s. is dangerously close to a recession and the president comes out and says something that doesn't match that at all. how close are we? >> we're very close. we're right on the brink. morgan stanley said yesterday, we're only going to grow to 1 1/2% this year and even less next year and unemployment by the election will be 9.5%. that is a very, very gloomy forecast. now, what's going to happen today? the market opens sharply lower. gold goes through the roof. do we get a statement from president obama or from treasury secretary geithner reassuring everybody? do we get that? will the president come out of vacation and make that kind of statement? a lot of people want to know. >> we have what he said earlier, do we have that clip of what he said about a recession. >> he did say that he does not think we are looking at the second recession. >> he did. now, there's a pattern developing here. when the president speaks, when he says something about the economy, down goes the stock

market. there's a pattern established. >> so he should not speak. >> a lot of people don't want him to say anything today if it turns really ugly on wall street. >> let me ask you a question, is there a difference between the s&p downgrade and morgan stanley downgrading yesterday? >> yes, there's a huge difference. standard & poor's downgraded our debt. they say the whole country is less credit worthy. that's a technical thing. a financial thing. it's a statement of our future debt. morgan stanley is saying that look at the overall economy. the global economy and america's economy. you could call it a downgrade because they did down shift their forecast of our growth. it was a very bad forecast which had a huge impact on the stock market. >> right. >> they're saying -- they're basically saying we're at or very close to a recession. >> ok, what about gas prices? because one of the pieces of good news that we've seen if there is any in this whole thing is the price per barrel of oil has come down. so you said a couple of weeks

ago that would mean we'd see lower gas prices but so far, i don't see that at the pump. >> just in the last two days, and again this morning, we've seen a huge drop in the price of oil. this morning, oil is below $80 a barrel. that means gas prices will come tumbling down very soon. i know i've said it before. i'll say it again. >> i don't trust them to automatically do that. >> ok. but look, i think you can be reassured that the price of gasoline as a national average will come down to $3.20 or $3.30 for regular unleaded within a few weeks. i think you can be assured of that. >> assured of one piece of good nauz. >> mortgage rates down 3 1/2%. come on. >> no one is going to have that money and no one gets that money. >> we can all move in together. and it will be very affordable. >> oh, my goodness. >> we'll we'll all be watching your show and next week you're at primetime at 8:00. >> next week you'll be our guest. >> we're working negotiations right now. >> my people will call your

people. >> we'll see. >> have a gad weekend. now to the rest of the headlines. violence exploding in syria. government forces shot two people dead and they've arrested dozens more around the country and more violence could be on the way with mass demonstrations expected after friday's prayers. the latest crackdown comes hours after the u.s. and european allies demanded that president assad leave office. human rights groups estimate that syrian troops have killed, get this, 1800 people. their own people since march. overnight, japan rocked by another major earthquake. this is brand new video of a 6.8 magnitude quake rattling buildings in the same area hit hard by that massive quake and tsunami back in march. this time around, luckily no damage reported and no tsunami. another deadly stage collapse. this time in belgium. a fierce thunderstorm blew through a music festival 50 miles east of brussels leaving five people dead and another 140 people hurt including 10 seriously. it tore down concert tents,

stages, toppled trees setting off a wave of panic in that crowd. the tragedy in belgium comes one week after the stage collapsed at the indiana state fair leaving five people dead there. last night, country duo sugarland performed for the first time since that day. >> ♪ making you >> the grammy winning group performed for a packed house this time in albuquerque, new mexico. >> we are going to try our best to put on our professional faces and come out here for you and celebrate a moment with you of the joy and the healing power of music. >> sugarland was minutes away from performing at the indiana state fair when that stage came crashing down and those are your headlines this morning. >> all right. let's talk about immigration, we don't talk about enough controversial things and i think it's time to bring this up. there's a lot of people here illegally. i don't know if you've heard. and for a while, the obama

administration's approach has been let's round them up, let's find out why they're not here and let's deport but now they are quickly saying we have a way of going through this. of straining those who might be criminals and leaving those who have no record of crossing the wrong side of the law. >> this is a major change in policy because let's face it, in the last three years over the obama administration, they supported more illegal immigrants than any other administration. last year was a record. in 2010, 400,000. now little over half of those were actually had criminal records. now what they're going to do as brian says, they're going to go through the system and if you don't have a criminal record, you get to stay. so is this a dream act actually working out in society without ever being passed by congress? that's what some people are asking this morning. >> yeah, this is a back doored amnesty, why now? you look at the timing of it kind of like the afghanistan withdrawal date, is this about the elections? the hispanics have been extremely unhappy with the president because he's done nothing about immigration the

things that he did promise during the campaign so now is he trying to get the hispanic vote 15 months out from the election? it certainly looks political in its timing doing nothing for the last couple of years and now you have the dream act and congress, it is going through congress the way we go through legislation.

that watching from afar, the extraterrestrial beings might view changes in earth's atmosphere as symptomatic of civilization growing out of control and therefore, they would scurry around and come down here and do something. because they would see all the greenhouse gases. >> gretchen, what else do you expect aliens to do? sit by and let us throw things in the street and pollute and litter? >> they said it was unlikely but bring it up as a scenario and these people went to graduate school. >> these are smart people. >> you can't dispute this. they made the space shuttle! >> they say that though it's unlikely it could help us with the future path for human civilization. >> by the way, i am not -- i got to give the graphic departments their due. when you do an alien story, they might be stumped for a graphic. >> he's been in the corner. >> no. >> i'm thinking he's watching us. >> maybe. >> don't overreact.

>> recycle or the aliens are coming. that's the bottom line. let us know what you think about this. get us on twitter as well. >> mom using her little boy autos a political puppet to go after rick perry. did it work? see how he responds to the questions coming up next. >> and rewarding our nation as these sailors are lining up outside of our studio. huge monument in their careers. stick around. [ male announcer ] what if that hemorrhoid pain is non-stop to seattle? just carry new preparation h totables. discreet, little tubes packed with big relief. from the brand doctors recommend most by name. new preparation h totables. the anywhere preparation h. listen to this.

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this is a new one. this is where a mom has propped up her kid or used her kid as a prop to ask governor perry questions that she really wants the answers to. has to do with evolution and creationism. listen. >> it goes back a long, long ways. i'm not sure if anyone knows. >> that's absolutely incredible. we're ok with kids asking questions of presidential candidates but mom, you're on camera, just stand up and ask the question bad parenting if e

to use your 12-year-old to talk to the governor who might be the next president of the united states, you're using hip as a prop. that's balloon boyesque.

>> all right. another presidential candidate decided to tweet. >> yeah, john huntsman, the former utah governor weighed in on this and tweeted, to be clear, i believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. call me crazy. of course, john huntsman trying to say, hey, look at me. he's kind of lost in the polling right now and so he's trying to throw himself in these controversial moments. but not faring so well. >> you tweet, we watch and read. straight ahead, this is no accident. what was a babysitter thinking leaving that child in a stroller in the back of a pickup? >> and they've stood for nearly a century. now three crosses are being torn down because a few people complained. the woman fighting to keep faith alive here next. they're two of a kd.

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>> 23 minutes after the top of the hour, a couple of quick headlines for you now. the so-called west memphis three could be free by the end of the day. they were convicted of killing three boys in 1993 but new d.n.a. evidence failed to link them to the crime. they are expected to have a new trial. and the pope in madrid for a very special meeting. he's spending a few minutes with 103-year-old nun sister, she has not stepped outside of her convent in 84 years. in fact, she's been inside since april 16, 1927, the exact date pope benedict was born. no wonder she's alive and has such great skin. >> thank you, gretch. these three crosses have stood on a san diego hillside for

nearly 100 years and now because of a few anonymous complaints, they will be forced to be taken down. the california department of transportation says the complaint earlier this summer alleged the crosses were on public property. that spurred them into action. and now, a church has offered to put the crosses on private property but some residents say that's not good enough. durenda smith was fortunate enough to get up very early in san diego and joins us out west. thank you for being with us, durenda. you are fighting to keep these crosses up, why? >> yes, i am. these crosses are a symbol of faith and love. and they're a historical icon in our community and we need them to stay right where they're at. >> now, some would say this cross is a line, no pun intended between the separation of church and state. how do you feel this is not across that line? >> well, i don't believe that

there is such a thing as a separation of church and state. and i have a quote here. our situation is very similar to the situation in the mojave desert mountains where they had a monument that was about 70 years old and it was on public land. and the supreme court justice kennedy said and i quote "the constitution does not oblige government to avoid any public acknowledgments of religion's role in society" and jay seculo of the aslj said in this case, the public display of religious monuments is not a violation of the constitution. >> she's done her homework this morning. here's what the california department of transportation told us. "it has been our intent during the past several weeks to work with the community in an effort to relocate the memorials so there would be no future issues regarding encroachment." how much does it bother you that we're talking about at this point a few, maybe a handful of

anonymous complaints? we're not talking about the masses here. >> it bothers me a lot. i don't think it's very fair that a few people can come in and go completely against the wishes of the town. that's wrong. >> and some would say when the california state budget is a mess, this is not the right time to be looking to spend extra money to please just a few voices. live this morning in san diego, thanks for being with us. >> thank you so much. >> the president says he doesn't think we're headed for a second recession. really? we'll go live to the nation's capital for reaction. then more than 50 sailors lining up right outside our studio to mark a huge milestone. big honors next. but first -- happy birthday to bill clinton, the 42nd president

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>> hey, welcome back, everybody. time for your shot of the morning. >> ok. >> check this out. this is what you missed if you don't stick around for the after the show, show. yesterday we were joined by firefighters in this year's calendar. one of them showed us how they keep in shape to fight those fires. >> now, take a look at our miss november. gretchen carlson, she gets down and gives us more than 20 pushups in a row. >> miss november? >> ok, miss january. this is our calendar woman. look at her. >> is that a stunt double? >> you know, unfortunately, that -- unfortunately because i hate to do them. it's the most important exercise you can do, i think. >> have you been doing p-90x. >> i bought that for my husband for father's day. no, we haven't started it yet. >> i'm impressed. i didn't think you had it in you. >> dave asked me if i did my pushups on my knees.

>> she punched me pretty good. so i will not second guess the strength -- >> you know what i thought the thing that stood out, after you did what you did and the scenario which i don't know because neither of us were here, you saw an organic applause that you can't script. there's no applause. look at the reaction from these fit firefighters in the background and it embarrassed eric bolling saying i can't do what a girl can do. >> look at that. look at that and the crowd begins to -- >> you see, when i work out, i always wear a dress and i usually always bring my heels to the gym and i kick them off kind of like this. >> like when they used to make skirts down to their ankles. >> oh, yes, thank you for that visual. let's get back to the news of the day. we have a fox news alert. tumbling around the world following wall street's big selloff yesterday. overnight in asia, stocks fell in the major markets and south korea was down more than 6%. stocks tumbled all over asia. every major index down, some significantly including take a look there at south korea.

6%. hong kong down more than 3%. major indices down as well including germany's which is getting hit the hardest as fears of another global recession continue. and now fresh evidence that we could be heading for another recession here at home. we're joined by caroline shively live for us in washington this morning. you got the white memo. >> i did. how about those pushups, girl? you look awesome! steady wave of bad economic news, though, is pushing fears that the u.s. will slide into another recession. this week, we've learned that home sales went down, the price of clothes and food went up plus european banks are showing more signs of stress. merrill lynch and morgan stanley put the risk of another recession at 1 in 3. the president spoke about the threat with cbs. >> i don't think we're in danger of another recession but we are in danger of not having a recovery that's fast enough to deal with what is a genuine unemployment crisis for a whole lot of folks out there and that's why we need to be doing more. >> a report from morgan stanley

says that the economy -- that the economy is in danger of going into what's called a negative feedback loop. that comes when you get wild swings in the stock market along with economic weakness and the two start to feed on each other. stocks drop, consumers lose confidence, they invest less and spend less and that causes stock prices to drop even more. it's not just the u.s. japan's exports fell for the sixth straight month. they're already in a recession thanks to the earthquake and tsunami in march. banks in europe are struggling under the weight of their heavy exposure. now, president obama is on vacation for the next nine days but aides say he will be working on that jobs plan. back to you guys. >> going to be 1/10th of the vacation. thank you very much. let me tell you what else is happening. a man who raped and suffocated an 88-year-old woman, her name is ruth phillips paid the ultimate price for his crime. 30-year-old jerry terrell jackson executed last night.

he was the first inmate in the state to receive a controversial drug normally used to put down animals. jackson had no final words. the victim's son says jackson's execution was long overdue. >> new details this morning about the man suspected in the disappearance of a woman in aruba. investigators say gary giordano expected to add explicit photos on his camera calling them beyond pornographic. the news comes after learning he tried to cash in on a $1.5 million insurance policy just two days after she went missing. >> ok. arizona state senator now the first potential candidate to run for the u.s. congressional seat held by gabrielle giffords, the tucson republican has formed an exploratory committee. giffords has not said whether she'll seek re-election. earlier this month, she returned

to washington and cast her first vote in congress since being shot. >> that's a tough run. she was paid to look after an 8-month-old boy. instead, this babysitter put him in the back of a moving pickup truck in his stroller. take a look for yourself. the 23-year-old babysitter from daytona beach now charged with child neglect. the guy behind the wheel busted for reckless driving. the baby's mom cried when she saw what happened. the sitter's response "it's not like they give you a handbook or anything of what's neglect and what's not neglect." no, brian, i guess common sense from time to time plays into this. >> right. that is -- >> i could safely say bad parenting. it was meant to be a game to foster good will between the u.s. and china. the day before, joe biden was there. it turned out to be anything else. look at this. quickly erupted into a huge

brawl that evidently the chinese started. meanwhile, the chinese are pros and these georgetown kids are just kids, they're in college. crowd got into it as well chucking chairs. it appears it all started over a hard foul on one of the u.s. players. it all happened while vice president biden was in beijing and the day before he was at the game. let's talk soccer now. hardcore soccer or should i say hard as nuts? we're talking soccer ball or a coconut. that's what this group of 22 bolivian, of course they're bolivian squirrel monkeys are trying to figure this out. perplexing picture snapped at the london zoo so if you want to stump a bolivian monkey, put a soccer ball in the middle. note to self. gretchen? >> all right, brian, thanks very much. all around the world, selected naval petty officers are preparing to make the most significant step up in their careers. to chief petty officers. how are these sailors being groomed for their new posts? i'm joined now from dozens of sailors behind me but let's talk first to master chief sergeant -- not sergeant. it is. >> master chief petty officer.

all right, i'm getting -- i'm learning what these all are. william smalls and chief select, right? ok. jonathan hamill. good morning to the two of you. >> good morning. >> who do we have lindh you? s>> these are naval station petty officers and my chief officer as well. >> they are going to be going through a process now leading up to september 16th. what will happen then? >> well, on september 16th, it will be a huge day for them. over the next six weeks, we will induct them passing down 118 years of heritage and tradition from the chiefs to them. we are here on a heritage trip to teach them. after they've been inducted, they will have an opportunity to place the anchors that i wear on my collar on them as they tradition to the ranks of chief petty officer. >> you're going to speak on behalf of the gentlemen behind you, correct? >> yes. >> tell me about this transition and what an honor it is to be risen up another rank. >> i can't describe the feeling when they told me i was selected

for chief. probably the greatest personal accomplishment in my naval career from all the hard work, from the sailors, their dedication and the leadership i received, i can't put it in words the feeling i felt when i -- >> i see how emotional you are about this. congratulations. and on behalf of "fox & friends", congratulations to all of you behind me as well. i mean, a lot of hard work goes into this, correct? >> yes. a lot. we're learning a lot from the chief mess. they're showing us a different perspective from that side and how we instill our sailors with pride, professionalism and how we execute the navy's mission. >> now, besides receiving the pin, the uniform will change for them as well, right? they'll go from what he's wearing to what you're wearing, right? >> exactly. there's a few other -- big change for us, combination cover as you see on our head, that will be placed on his head by an active duty petty officer and obviously, the anchors is the biggest thing for all of us. it's more about the anchors and the heritage than it is the

uniform but every year it's a huge transition and represents the transition. >> thank you so much for coming to "fox & friends" today and it's always wonderful to see members of our military and we thank you all for your service. congratulations. >> thank you. >> let's go back inside. >> and now their biggest challenge, have dave's barbecue and not get any stains on the outfits. that will be the hardest thing. 20 minutes before the top of the hour. >> bibs. we recommend them. big news for the burger king. god, i love that guy. the king got kicked to the curb. we'll tell you why. >> i don't know if i want him in my bed. how many celebrities are you following on twitter? courtney friel is up next. she says you might want to think twice. ♪

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>> quick headlines now. hewlett-packard hitting the escape button on personal computers. h.p. getting out of the p.c. business and ditching its tablet computers and smartphones and now they're moving towards corporate software. and devastating news for me this morning. the burger king officially dethroned. the fast food chain says it's getting rid of the king character as part of the company wide rebranding. they say they want to focus less on teens and more on moms. are you suggesting moms don't like the king? >> he is a little scary. i mean, i don't know why kids

liked that king. he looks scary, doesn't he? >> yeah. >> i mean, he's much more scary than like the hamburgerlar or something. >> i grew up anti-mascot. i'm for this move. we have a very special guest. >> she'll talk about this. how many celebs do you follow on twitter? a third of all americans do it but the big question, should you? joining us is our own celebrity courtney friel. >> down are the days that companies have to pay millions for celebrities to endorse products through traditional advertising. it's become as simple as advertisers paying stars to blast out a promotion for their on-line fan base in 140 characters or less. >> mariah carey, lindsay lohan are a few of the stars that are paid to tweet to their millions of followers. >> celebrities have finally realized that they can put their digital presence. >> adley launched charlie sheen

on twitter. they helped them send off sponsored tweets from 150 advertisers such as at&t, microsoft and sony. kim kardashian earns 10 grand per tweet. >> typically they will vary from the low four figures to the low to mid five figures per tweet. >> advertisers can easily see results by tracking the clicks and on-line conversations. >> if nobody is talking about brand today and a bunch of celebrities tweet about it, more often than not, you'll see a significant list in the number of people that talk about the brand going forward. >> critics question if anyone really buys a product because someone famous tweeted about it. >> people are really not as gullible as the celebrities and the brands think. >> kinzie is a celebrity ghost tweeter who helps her clients build an on-line presence and write tweets. she says these ads are ruining the experience for fans. >> it's fine to live vicariously through some of these people and

when you throw sponsorships in the mix, it just kind of makes it less fun. the story telling is no longer there. >> fans may be more accepting of the ads if celebrities continue to give good behind-the-scenes scoops. meanwhile, in addition to global press tours, movie studios are starting to make social media promotion a contract requirement and actors are getting smart about it, charging for access to their on-line fan bases. now is a good time to let me know on my twitter account, i won't be trying to sell you anything. you should live vicariously through me at courtney friel. >> oh really? >> ok, at fox and friends. >> at fox and friends. and you're on twitter as well? >> i am. brian is. >> you could follow me and then follow courtney and then follow dave in that order hopefully. courtney, why is it that the rich people just get richer? so here are celebrities who don't really need money and they're getting paid to endorse products they might not even like. >> it's so crazy. >> what kind of world are we in? >> that's the future. we're obsessed with celebrities

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>> after president obama returns from his 10-day vacation in martha's vineyard, he'll get ready for yet another major speech. this time on job creation. the president's plan comes as his approval rating on the economy hits a new low. 26%. 23% with independents approve of his handling of the economy. so based on the president's past speeches and his comments, is there any reason to believe president obama's plans will work this time and is the messaging correct? our next guest is a professional speechwriter and communications expert, whiten hall and joins us from tallahassee. how would you grade the president as of right now on his messaging and his speaking? >> well, it's a d minus right now, brian absolutely. it's a disaster and completely divorced from the reality of what people are feeling. >> we go back to 2009. a couple of days into office, he said this. >> in short, if we do not act

boldly and swiftly, a bad situation could become dramatically worse. that is why i've proposed an american recovery and reinvestment plan to immediately jump-start job creation as well as long-term economic growth. >> and getting 53% of the vote, got $787 billion and the wind in his sails. how did that go? >> brian, it was a complete disaster. he did get that $787 billion stimulus and look what we got. we got a mountain of debt and disaster in terms of jobs. worse than that, every seventh person you pass today on the sidewalk relies on food stamps now. every fifth man you pass in your car on the way to work is out of work and worse than that, every fifth child inside a classroom your child goes to school is now living under the poverty line. there's real pain out there and what he needs to understand is that a father had to get up this morning and explain to his daughter that he doesn't have to get ready for work anymore.

this is really getting bad and it's getting worse with his words. >> all right. now, let's go to iowa, just a couple of days ago, here was his message on the economy. >> yeah, the economy is not fully healed. but it's a lot better off than it was when i came into office. >> and he's talking about private sector jobs. he says he created about two million of them. 409,000 first time unemployment claims and they know what happened to the market. lost 419 points. >> that's right, brian, and it's getting worse, you know, what the question is going to be is which do you see more of? hiring now signs or going out of business signs? and we know the answer and that's why the president is in a tailspin right now. >> all right and finally, here's what he said on cbs when they said, hey, is this a good time to go on vacation? he had this one on one interview and then was asked about another recession. >> i don't think we're in danger of another recession but we are in danger of not having a recovery that's fast enough to deal with what is a genuine

unemployment crisis for a whole lot of folks out there. that's why we need to be doing more. >> he admits it's not perfect but says we need to be doing more. isn't that somewhat of a reality check? >> unfortunately for him, it's not because 24 hours after he said that, morgan stanley came out and said we absolutely may be heading for a recession. and i'll tell you, brian, if that happens, that clip you just showed is going to be the centerpiece for the republican campaign in 2012 against him saying his rhetoric and his reality just don't align. >> right. it's tough when you're not really responsible for everything in the economy but yet it's on your report card and you still have to go out there every day. the message sometimes, i guess, could be finessed a little bit better. >> uh-huh. you're absolutely right and absolutely, the president is held accountable and the buck stops with him and that's the way the voters see it. >> all right. analyzing the president's messages as he tends into what could be his last year in office. thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks, brian. >> coming up straight ahead at the top of the hour, a military

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>> michelle bachmann showing she's different than any other candidate. she says she's an embree and just the one america needs. >> the washington nationals wanted to honor those fallen navy seals until major league baseball squashed the plan. what's so wrong with baseball's best honoring our nation's best? we report, you decide. "fox & friends" continues right now. >> ♪ dare you to run dare you to run ♪ >> dare you to move. if you're wondering why you

don't see them on stage, it was previously recorded but also our friends from famous dave's serving up the barbecue to the fans and the troops. >> i have never got -- you know, we have some great bands on fridays but i've gotten so many e-mails saying i can't believe that you have switchfoot on, they're fantastic and great guys, too. they were up ready to go i think it was probably 5:00 in the morning they did three or four songs. >> i'm happy to see the members of our military about to be put up in the next highest rank, they're getting some barbecue now. well deserved. they were standing at full attention. they barely could, you know, they barm say good morning when you go out there. not because they're rude at all. because they're -- >> as brian pointed out, they're in their whites this morning. how do they keep those leclean? >> there's a reason gretchen will not be eating ribs with her hands until the show is over. >> how do you know? >> because you're whaearing

white. >> you never know. we need to have some levity in the show today because we have bad news about the economy again. this is in the united states yesterday. down 419 in our own stock market but when you look across the world, guys, look at this, all over europe now, the european markets continue to fall. they're still open right now, the majority of them but down 2% to 3% to 4% again today. >> yeah, and people aren't optimistic that we're going to have a good friday and any time you see stuart varney in the very first block of the very first hour, it's as a market expert, you know it's a reason for concern. the president says, though, there's no danger of a second recession, almost hoping that he does not have to deal with the double dip. >> yeah and you look at the indicators, what's going to happen today. again, stuart varney with us very early says he expects that selloff to continue. the slide to continue if you look at the futures which indicates what will happen on friday, the dow jones futures are down, all between 1 1/2% and

2%. as we remember yesterday, morgan stanley said we are dangerously close to a second recession and the euro zone countries. there's no good news to latch on to economically. >> it really proves how global the world is as far as the economy now. >> because we were rolling. >> a lot of this has to do with what what's happening in europe and whether germany will continue to bail out these other nations. so right now, it's a lot of pressure on germany to decide whether or not they're going to do that. >> if we have another selloff to open up with and it's noon and we've lost 400 points, does the president and martha's vineyard put the presidential backdrop on, grab a podium and address the nation. does timothy geithner? >> they probably won't because in the last couple of times when the president has come out, the market has gone down even more. what's he going to say at this point? he's crafting these jobs plans that we won't hear about for three weeks. maybe if he came out and put the presidential seal behind him today and told us what the jobs

plan is, the market might go up. >> stu actually said they've noticed a pattern and they've tracked it when the president comes out and speaks on the economy, they have tracked the pattern that it falls when he speaks on the economy so i would expect him on the golf course today. is it the right time, again, it's fair those questions come out. is it the right time to be at that $50,000 a week farm in martha's vineyard. you decide. >> all right. he's paying for it with his own money, though, no worries about that. let's get to your headlines now for a friday because deadly violence flaring up again in syria as opposition protesters called for mass protests today against the regime of president assad. activists say government forces have arrested two people today and cracked down on many more around the country. they demanded that assad leave office. they estimate syrian troops killed 1800 of their own people since march. >> killing kids as well. >> a fox news exclusive. looking at brand new video of

casey anthony's car crushed to a pulp. her father reportedly bought the pontiac sunfire, bought it to a junk yard and handed over the title. that car is an important piece of evidence, as you'll recall in casey's murder trial. prosecutors claim she put her daughter's body in the trunk. witnesses said the trunk smelled like death. getting a new lead in the disappearance of susan powell, the mother of two went missing in utah two years ago. today, they will search a remote area in nevada after getting a credible tip. powell's parents have not given up hope. >> we know at this point, the likelihood of her being found alive is slim. we can't give up that hope. >> yeah, we have to keep -- you got to keep hoping. >> powell's husband joshua considered a person of interest in the case and he's reportedly not been cooperating with police. it's a heart warming mommy and me moment when a soldier surprises her 4-year-old daughter at school.

>> mommy. mommy! >> army staff sergeant smith hasn't seen her daughter brooklyn in six months and they have a lot of catching up to do. >> we'll do whatever, pretty much whatever she wants to do. like like it's always been but it's extra special this time. >> staff sergeant smith will head back to iraq in just two weeks. and those are your headlines. >> all right. 6 minutes after the top of the hour. we have not talked about congresswoman bachmann much considering she won the straw poll and was the number one guest on sunday, since that time, it's all been pretty much about governor perry, governor romney and people wondering who else is going to enter into the fray. a lot of speculation on paul ryan but yesterday, michelle bachmann shows why she's such an attractive candidate. she's colorful. >> she got back in the headlines. that is for sure on thursday. sometimes you coin new phrases. sometimes you create new words.

and that's what the congressman did on thursday in south carolina saying this "i am one little fighter. we need one strong hombre or in this case hombrette and i am the hombrette to stand for you in washington, d.c. "gretchen, is that a fair characterization? is that what a woman wants to stand up and be in d.c.? is that hombrette. >> you need a few more spanish words. >> just the correct ones. move ahead, i believe. >> not talking about that. >> i was talking about something else you need as a woman but also specifically in washington, you need a little of the other thing, too. >> what sets me apart, i think, from the field right now is the fact that i'm a woman who says what she means and i mean what i say and i do what i say i'm going to do. and for my entire time in washington, d.c., i have stood up and i have fought. and i have been at the tip of this on battle after battle

after battle. >> her numbers are down right now in new hampshire and she's spreading the word now in south carolina which could be the key to the south. we know governor perry has to feel good about his prospects there. he's spending time in new hampshire and they seem to switch places. sarah palin was polling high in several states and michelle bachmann got into the cross hairs of gloria steinman. >> she was giving a speech or receiving an award in new york city and decided it was an appropriate time, gloria steinman that is to rail on conservative women politicians, specifically she called out sarah palin so sarah palin has now responded to that. >> gloria steinman evidently has had her day and her day and her rhetoric, it's over. it's very passe. we are the women's movement. we are illustrating equality and empowerment of other women. >> gloria steinman who, of course, is the women's lib

leader in the 60's and 70's say they sold out the women's movement. it's interesting, sarah palin in that same interview seemed to distance herself a little bit from michelle bachmann. not necessarily calling that "newsweek" cover sexist and seems to want to distance herself a little bit while saying we are the new women's movement. >> that's so interesting because the national organization of women rebuked "newsweek"'s cover because of the one that shows michelle bachmann because it made her look crazy. it was a test shot they used as her cover and created a lot of controversy but she did not jump on that but i also thought it was interesting that gloria steinman feels as though if you don't agree with her, you're setting back the women's movement. i thought the women's movement was freedom to act the way you want. >> and to support all women. >> i am the spokesperson for the women's movement. >> i was sitting here patiently listening to you as the spokesperson.

they're supposed to report all women. sometimes they don't support conservative women. let's talk about what was supposed to happen, the washington nationals wanted to honor those 30 navy seals who hon died in afghanistan so they wanted to honor them by putting something on their ball cap. apparently, major league baseball said they couldn't do that. usually when they do this type of thing, all teams are wearing the same kind of emblem for a particular team like july 4th so they could only wear these caps during batting practice. >> they wanted to wear different -- you see there, the navy seal hat. they wanted to wear the different insignias of the military branches during the game. they said you can only do that during batting practice. now, major league baseball is comparatively, i think, a pretty patriotic organization. they wear the red, white and blue caps, fourth of july, memorial day. i think san diego padres also wear camouflage uniforms on the occasional sundays to honor the troops. but why in this case they chose to not allow them does seem to

-- >> talking about the precedent, what if we let this go? what if we let that go? if somebody loses somebody significant to that organization, what about -- in this case, you have the unprecedented taking down of all those navy seals. it's in washington, d.c., the capital, can you tell me possibly the downside of letting them wear these hats for a day? can you see anybody protesting down the line? >> no, i can't. >> the fear is probably another team would have a different cause the next day and once you allow it. but even the broadcasters of the nationals were upset about it so they said, folks, we're going to wear the hats throughout the game even though the players can't. so let us know what you think about that. in the meantime, coming up on the show, he's losing popularity with the american public. what about the mainstream media? are they still in the tank for president obama? our political panel takes a look next. >> then a truck speeding out of control without any breaakes. the driver forced to use his feet to prevent disaster. >> thank goodness for the flintstones.

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>> fox news alert and it's not good news. at least 10 people killed after a group of taliban militants stormed the british compound in kabul. at least eight afghan policemen and a security guard and an afghan municipal worker are among those killed as well as all of the attackers. the attack comes on the anniversary of afghanistan's independence from britain. gretch? >> thank you, brian. a new report revealing new bias in the mainstream media. a media research center study found in the first half of this year, the three major networks have attached the term conservative to a republican presidential candidate 62 times. well, during the same time

period in the presidential race in 2007, liberal was used only three times to describe the democratic candidate. so that's a 20-1 margin. if you're doing the math with us this morning. here with reaction is our political panel, radio talk show host. jonathan miller, former kentucky state treasurer and co-founder, no labels and dillon glenn, former special assistant to president george w. bush. good morning to our esteemed members of the panel this morning. >> how are you? >> i'm doing just fine. let me start with you. when you see that depiction and the direct comparison, it is relatively revealing, is it not? >> it is, and, you know, i have to tell you, i reject labels as well, if i must say, because for me our bankers, our communists, the chinese, our best friends the socialists, the british. i wish we would take out the labels and make people make their decisions for themselves. we are conservative over here, we're liberal and progressive

over there. people live their lives but what we're not allowing people to do is not giving people the space to make their own decisions when you label a politician and label someone a liberal or conservative, all kinds of cultural wars break out. >> why is it only going in one direction? why are they only labelling conservatives and not liberal? >> gretchen, you know, i don't know. i wish i knew the answer to that. i agree with her, that i think it's no surprise that people would -- that the perception at least is that media leans left. i think that's been sort of a proven mantra but i think that the challenge is for people to see through that and look at ideas that the various parties espouse and make their choices that way. i agree with her that i'd like to see us look less at putting people in boxes in terms of where they stand and look at the ideas and try to make a choice from there. >> i know you're from no labels and a co-founder of that organization. >> this is a tough debate right now. >> don't labels matter because

through osmosis if you continually hear something over and over again, you tend to believe it. >> and unfortunately, that's the problem with the media these days and a problem with politics. we're trying to force to be in these rigid ideologies and as a result, not only do we see that kind of bias, which i think is more towards controversy than it is towards a particular party but this helps drive the hyperpartisanship in washington which our no labels organization is all about fighting, trying to get people to recognize exactly what dylan and santita has said, they're more liberal about their opinions and we have to come to a compromise to deal with the big problems and liberal, conservative matters much less than tackling the economy and trying to promote education and dealing with immigration. >> maybe you should pay a visit to the main street media and talk to them about labels. i got to go, we'll have a whole

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>> welcome back. we're outside awaiting the switchfoot performance. first your news by the numbers. first 3,500. that's how many jobs bank of america will slash as it tries to cut costs and more cuts could be on the horizon. stock price cut in half this

year as it deals with the subprime mortgage mess. next, 33%. that's how many teens say they sleep with their cell phones on. the study done by sleepies. unfortunately, i too, do that. finally, the number one most trusted name in hollywood. betty white, 44% of people questioned by reuters say they would be more likely to do business with a company if betty endorsed it and why not? the least trustworthy, by the way, charlie sheen and paris hilton. congratulations to them. quite a nice couple. back inside to you. >> thanks a lot, dave. with the african-american unemployment rate at nearly seven points higher than the national average, members of the congressional black caucus are voicing their frustrations now with the president. >> we want to give every opportunity but our people are hurting unemployment is unconscionable. we don't know what the strategy is. we don't know why on this trip that he's in the united states

now he's not going to the black community. we don't know that. >> is patience with the president running out even from members of his own party. back with our political panel. let me start this topic with you. yesterday, we saw this alarming video out in georgia, i believe it was in atlanta at a jobs fair where so many thousands of people came out to look for a job. >> sure. >> they're desperate! they're desperate! and now you have congresswoman watters. i mean, stunned to hear her say that. are you not? > >> sure, the congresswoman and myself, i think she's spot on when she says precious little time have given in my humble opinion towards jobs. the president has a challenge there and country has a challenge there and you see it as evidenced by people who line up in a jobs fair in atlanta, georgia, which oddly enough is not one of the places most hard hit by unemployment in this country. and so i think we have a challenge, the focus has been on issues i think that are important but not at the core of what people need. >> what about the

african-american base here? because you have congresswoman watters saying that stunning statement. she's wondering why the president didn't go to african-american communities when he was on his bus tour. in fact, communities he went to have a better unemployment rate than the national average and african-americans 16.3%. >> let us conceptualize the statement for many people who don't know, i have the midday show at the station in chicago and typically i cover three to six topics a day, i was on this topic for three hours and i opened my show with congressman john conyers from detroit and he related a story to me that i think was telling. he saw the president in advance of his trip to holland, michigan on this rural bus tour that he was just on. and he said, mr. president, i congratulate you for going on this rural tour but we want you to stop by detroit where real unemployment is about 50%. every other person in detroit has a job. this was the fourth largest city in america 50 years ago.

now, the population is almost in half and the president said we'll get to it. and i'm hoping that after this vacation that he will get to it and that he will go to these urban centers even though it will be challenging, i think the president is up to the challenge because this is reflective of where america is going. many people are worried about london, many americans are because they say this could prestage what's happening in america. of course it is -- and i think it's important for him to go to rural america. no question. but i want to see an urban tour. >> do you think he's going to do that? then he would have to admit how horrible the unemployment rate is in communities. >> i think he needs to get out to as much of the country as possible particularly where it's hardest hit. you know, people whether they're black or white or their politics are red or blue, they're fed up with all politicians right now. it's the president or the republicans in congress. that's why i'm proud to be a recovering politician. not a real politician these days and again, it's the hyperpartisanship in congress

focusing on issues that matter less and not focusing on jobs which is what people care about these days. >> and the final point -- i got to wrap it up but hopefully he's writing his speeches about jobs because everybody will be paying close attention in three weeks when the president delivers those speeches. thanks very much to your panel. >> thanks so much. >> bad news from nasa, if we don't reduce our carbon emissions, aliens might come and kill us? it's a true story we'll have to hear to believe. a mother uses a little boy as a political puppet to go after rick perry but her idea doesn't work exactly as planned. and the "fox & friends" all american summer concert series rolls on today. we're sitting down with switchfoot before their live performance on the plaza. [ male announcer ] imagine all of your missed opportunities

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we're also going to be talking about what's happening with the g.o.p. and the drama that's continuing. governor perry ever since he got in on saturday with that pretty moving speech, it's anything but easy for him. i think this had to have caught him a little bit by surprise. what happened in new hampshire as he did his meet and greet with the people. >> he was actually confronted by a young boy who had some questions about evolution and creationism but he was being used pretty much as a prop by his mom. watch this.

>> see in the background. >> why don't you ask him? >> why don't you ask him or ask him something important like how are we going to create jobs? how are we going to get out of this mess we're in instead of focusing on things like this and propping up your child? >> this is how little courage this woman has and how wrong she is as a parent, rick perry talks to people. every single event, he always shakes hands and says -- clearly, he's making himself available. all she had to do was sit there. she can't make the excuse of he wouldn't have talked to me unless i put my son out there. >> maybe she thought she could feed the questions at her son and it would be from a 12-year-old. what got lost in the shuffle there was rick perry's answer which i thought was a great answer where he said we teach both creationism and evolution in texas schools and then you're smart enough, we leave it up to you to decide which one you like. good answer. >> that's a pretty good answer and also, i would like to know

if you know how old the earth actually is. we'd like that answer. >> all right. >> fox news alert for you right now, palestinian militants fired rockets in israel today after getting pounded by the israeli air force. leyland vitter is live in israel in a town that just got hit by the militant rockets. is that correct? >> indeed. good morning, gretchen. just in the past couple of minutes, we saw yet another rocket head out of gaza strip behind me fired by militants towards either the town of ashgalan or ashdo. it's the late n the tit for tat moves by the militants. in the past couple of hours, one of the air strikes knocked out power to a large portion of the strip. it is not pleasant in there right now as they tried to get that power station back on line. you're looking at video from last night, the air strikes that came in, that killed at least five militants and hit 12 other

sites along with a number of civilians who died in those air strikes. we also had a number of other missiles head out this morning from the gaza strip in retaliation from the gaza militants back into israel. that hit a religious school, injured about 10 people. of course, this all began with that very daring militant attack on four different vehicles in southern israel. we're now hearing of the eight dead and 33 injured. gretchen, four of the dead are two sisters and their husbands who were heading back from a vacation in a lot. that's when they were hit by the militants. shot and killed. >> thanks for bringing the breaking news story for us. >> story in the news, this morning, a father and son under arrest in pennsylvania charged with making harassing phone calls to the family of sarah palin. the former alaska governor and fox news contributor already had a restraining order against 19-year-old shawn christie and

his father shawn. already admitted in court he sent her numerous e-mails and gifts and even traveled to anchorage. >> libyan leader muammar el-qaddafi reportedly ready now to finally make a move from his own country. according to news reports, he's trying to make arrangements to flee to the neighboring country of tunisia possibly within days. leon panetta says qaddafi's days in his own country are numbered. dave? >> for the third time in a month, this is what people are seeing out their windows in phoenix. a massive dust storm blanketed the area right in the middle of rush hour. all that dust making for very dangerous driving conditions and it delayed flights and knocked down several power lines. police say a man in michigan is a yabba dabba dufus for taking a page out of fred flintstone book. he had no choice but to use his

feet but this guy should have known better. he wound up driving his car anyway. nobody was seriously hurt. i was reading while i'm watching. is that his foot? >> that is the foot. courtesy of fred's two feet part of the song that's so key in getting to this story. and needless to say, not a good idea. let's get outside to brian who has the star of the show, switchfoot. what's going on? >> switchfoot is out here, you happy about that? >> rock band, they're brothers, they're hanging out in college and thought rather than get a job, why don't we sing and form a band? they did. you got together. john and tim, officially welcome to "fox & friends." thanks so much for being here. >> thanks for having us. >> so when did you first start playing music and say, you know what? we go good together and we care about this, tim? >> we started a led zepplin cover band when i was about this big before our voices changed, you know, i think that's a good time to sing led zepplin when you're singing really up high. >> i remember with peter brady,

it almost broke up the family and ended up being the last season when it actually happened. but switchfoot comes together and as we hear about "dare you to move" "meant to live" and you've been playing since 4:00 in the morning today. there's a theme throughout your music, what is it? >> life is short, live it well. you know, we only have so much time here on the planet so we sing a lot of songs about hope. >> you sing a lot about hope. you say you don't like the label of christian rock band but you do a positive theme throughout your music, right? >> absolutely. you know, we've always been very honest about our faith and where we're coming from and i think it all comes out in the music. >> you know, what's so exciting, because it's great to see your excitement. this is the first time you're seeing your new album cover that's coming out on september 27th and it's called vice versus but you release vinyl, too? >> absolutely. >> all right. here you go. who wants this? sorry, no, it's a prototype. that's coming out. you're going to sing a little

bit later and you'll be singing "dark horses" and that message is important to you. what is it? >> yeah, "dark horses" was inspired by the homeless kids in our hometown. basically i feel like these are the kids that are true victims of the times, you know, and i want to let them know they're not alone and there's a lot to live for. they got a lot ahead of them. >> right, and your hometown, of course, of san diego and you're going to have an announcement about how to do that, be part of the live concert where people can bring backpacks on. >> yeah, we're going on tour and if you're coming to the shows, bring a backpack, we'll give it to the local chanters helping out homeless kids. >> not only did i want to be in a rock band but as a clarinet player, who wasn't that good. >> we need a clarinet player. >> we wanted to surf, i can't do that either. that's what you do. you get up and surf and play in a band. you have a dream life. >> it's not bad. don't tell anyone. >> when you surf and play in a band, where do you go on vacation to relax? >> new york city, right? >> new york city.

>> and then go to the library and get some work done. so a little bit later, we're going to be hearing one of your hit songs and we're also going to be hearing a cut off your new album. i'm excited you're here. you seem to be excited you're here. one of the bands that's excited and ready to go early in the morning. thanks so much. switchfoot will be live in a matter of seconds. back inside. tell me what else is happening. >> nice job, brian. an american woman missing in aruba. now her travel companion could face murder charges even though there's no body yet. judge jeanine shapiro here to explain. >> he spent two decades fighting for our country but now this soldier is in a battle for his own life. this morning, he's asking you for a favor. >> first, the trivia question of the day -- [ male announcer ] what if that hemorrhoid pain

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why would someone take out an accidental death penalty with someone they're not married to on an ordinary vacation. that looks borderline criminal in and of itself when you try to cash in on it two days later. >> right off the bat, it raises in everyone's mind what his motive was in bringing this woman to aruba in the first place. who gets an insurance policy and accidental insurance policy for a short trip on someone who is not your wife. you don't have kids and it's triple the normal amount and two days after she's missing, here's the kicker. it's been reported that he wanted to cash in on the money. so now you've to back up and say what happened here? why did he take he there? did he formulate this plan before he got there. we went snorkling and she wasn't behind me when we got out of the water. aruban authorities say wait a minute, that's not a place where you go snorkling. the water is rough. they've established those waters were calm. then now they've found a hand print, a bloody hand print. we don't know if it's connected to this case.

they've taken d.n.a. from him in the area where they were. so all of this stuff raises questions and then they -- the real issue here is who is this man? what is his history? he's a man for him -- against whom several orders of protection have been issued and a violent guy. >> sounds like she probably shouldn't be going on vacation with this guy in the first place. excluding that hand print, it's all circumstantial and we've become accustomed to because of casey anthony feeling like we're n going to get a not guilty verdict if there's no physical hard evidence. do they have a different burden of proof in aruba? >> the interesting thing about the dutch law that is in practice in aruba is that there is no jury, the jury is a judge. in fact, the judge is a part of the investigation. and so this judge when the prosecution came in or the solicitor general said i want another eight days, the judge says i'm going to give you 16 days and i'm going to give you double the number of days you wanted. they know they've got their guy. they're looking for the

evidence. now, do you need a body to answer your question directly? no. does circumstantial evidence work? most people who have common sense and can put two and two together, it does. the csi effect where you need to have a videotape, confession and d.n.a., that doesn't work all the time. it's not required. it's motive, means and opportunity here. you have a guy that's established the motive already. why take out the insurance? why cash in on it? and by the way, when he calls the police, he says, you know, she wasn't behind me when i got out of the water. and by the way, his clothes are dry. he's dressed. and he goes back to the hotel because he wants to take a nap. >> right. >> and the restaurant people say she's woozy. why is she snorkling if she's woozy. he said, you know, she took sleeping pills this morning and we had a few drinks at the hotel. >> well, you know, it sounds like the no jury factor is a good thing there. >> yeah, i think so. >> stay tuned. much more of this this weekend on "justice" 9:00 eastern time saturday night. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> good info. coming up, this soldier spent

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>> the answer to the question of the day, kiera sedgwick. congratulations. you don't know this but i

auctioned you off, brian. you're the gift. >> how did i do? >> fantastic. i would say she's actually from connecticut where you live. a story you got to hear. u.s. sergeant john jennings has been fighting for this country for two decades. but now, he's locked in a battle for his own life. >> back in 1995, army doctors diagnosed jennings with a severe kidney ailment. it wasn't until three years ago when he realized how bad the disease had become. in 2008, the national guard declared jennings too sick for national duty and he was told he could not travel to afghanistan. >> jennings needs our help and your help in fine finding a kidney donor to help him get back to the battlefield. i'm sorry you're going through all of this. you're a man of action and taking action. how can we help you? >> we're trying to get the word out, brian. it's been -- so far, it's been very great response from the public here in massachusetts and rhode island.

and through the military community, it's been amazing. >> i'm interested in knowing your story of how you got to this point. i know you were diagnosed more than 10 years ago. what kind of ailment do you have? it's degenerative in the sense that it gets worse over time, right? >> correct. it's known as polycystic kidney disease and essentially, it's, you know, cysts that grow on your kidneys and over time, they overwhelm the kidney's ability to function. and i've gotten to that point now myself. and i'm actually within the next two to three months, i'll be starting dialysis. >> wow. and you're having trouble, i understand, finding a match. >> yes. actually, my wife originally had wanted to donate. she can't because i'm an o and she's not an o and that's the first stage to finding a match

is blood type. and top of that, unfortunately, she found some medical history that wouldn't allow her to donate so she's the one who spearheaded all of this media coverage for me which i wanted to send out a thank you to her. >> smart wife! she's getting some attention and now you're on "fox & friends" and we're trying to help you as well. i know she set up a facebook page for you. because here's the issue, sergeant. you are -- you're sick. but you have -- you'll be on a waiting list for maybe four or five years on get a kidney. you'd just as soon be able to find a match right now and have the surgery so you can start feeling better. >> absolutely. i want to be able to go about my life living it as normal and i'm not alone. there's a lot of people in the same situation that i'm in and i'm kind of hoping that my situation will help also get the word out for a lot of other people out there who are dealing with the same thing. >> you just had high blood pressure, had it checked out and now you're in this situation.

how has your life been altered because of the kidney problems? >> i work like everybody else. by the time i get home, i'm pretty much exhausted. i have two kids and it's very hard for me to find energy to do what normal dads get to do with their kids. they go out and play baseball and on top of that, my wife has had to pick up a lot of the extra physical duties around the house so she's more than apt to tell you that she does. so it's been tough, very tough. >> we all know when you have to go on dialysis, that's a long period of time every couple of days. let's give out the information. maybe there's somebody out there that wants to try to help you out. the transplant team at rhode island hospital, if you're interested, 401-444-3285. i'll tweet this information as well right when we're done with this segment. and you can go on line to "fox & friends" and e-mail us if you have any interest. you have type o blood, right?

>> yes, i do. >> ok, that's the first step. sergeant john jennings, all the best to you and we hope we can help you out. >> thank you very much. you guys have a great day. >> you, too. meanwhile, coming up straight ahead, celebrity chef anthony bourdaine says paula deen is a bad cook and terrible american. huh? we're giving paula the last word live on "fox & friends." >> and rick perry's critics counting him out of the race for being too radical. but geraldo rivera predicting a much different outcome. geraldo live at the top of the hour. look where he has himself stationed.

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>> gretchen: good morning, everyone. tgif, it's friday, august 19. i'm gretchen carlson. thank you for sharing your time with us.

world markets taking a big hit. economists say the u.s. could now face a second recession. but the president thinks that they're wrong. we will report and you can decide. >> dave: and the courts want them out, but the president says wait. illegal immigrants ready for deportation getting a second chance. congress meantime, getting left in the dark. >> brian: fellow celebrity chef anthony bourdain calls paula deen public enemy number one and says she's ruining america. paula here to respond to that blatant attack. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ >> good morning, new york. how you feeling?

[ cheers and applause ] welcome tole fallout ♪ ♪ welcome to resistance ♪ the tension is right here ♪ yeah, the tension is right here ♪ ♪ >> gretchen: you've been listening to switchfoot, performing "dare you to move." it's the all american summer concert series here. the band will be performing this entire hour. a little performance coming up toward the end of the show. >> brian: ask we feed you. >> gretchen: most important part. i just had some chicken. good protein for the morning. >> brian: it's over there in the corner. that's why we get guys like geraldo rivera. he's starving.

>> gretchen: dave decided to show up, filling in for steve. >> dave: good to be here in honor of famous dave's barbecue. >> gretchen: let's start with a fox news alert. wall street opens in 90 minutes after the huge selloff yesterday and already today the world markets are reacting strongly. overnight stocks tumbled in asia. every major index down. some significantly, including south korea, which tumbled more than 6%. hong kong, which was down more than 3%. now we're going to go to europe, trading still underway, but the major indexes going down there as well. germany stock market getting hit, more than 3% as worries about another global recession continue. >> brian: new economic evidence shows investors have plenty of reason to worry. caroline shively joins us live from washington with the latest. tell us why we should worry. >> we should worry because a stream of bad economic news has heightened fears among analysts of a double dip recession. but not with the president. here he is talking to cbs. >> i don't think we're in danger

of another recession, but we are in danger of not having a recovery that's fast enough to deal with what is a genuine unemployment crisis for a whole lot of folks out there. that's why we need to be doing more. >> the stock market tumbling reports the u.s. sales went down and that the price of clothes and food went upshur aren't helping things. there's a one in three chance, says merrill lynch. there is no sure fire way to measure if you're in a recession until after you've been in one for months. some analysts think we could already be on our way there. >> next year the gains should be more than 4% on gdp, we think it will be half of that. really right now at best we are in a half speed recovery. if not approaching a recession. >> even though polls show consumer confidence is tanked, there is a spot of good news this morning. retail sales rose last month more than they did in the previous three.

back to you. >> gretchen: caroline shively live in d.c thanks very much. now let's go to the rest of the headlines. dead levi less than exploding again in syria today. activists say the government killed at least four protesters. so far just today, and wounded dozens more. this happened in the southern dara province as major protests continues against president assad. it comes hours after the united states and the european allies demanded that assad leave office. human rights group estimate syrian troops killed 1800 people, their own people, since march. overnight, japan rocked by another major earthquake. check out this video. brand-new video of the 6.8 quake rattling buildings in the same area hit hard by that massive quake and tsunami in march. this time, no damage reported, luckily, and no tsunami. a fox exclusive, you're looking at brand-new video of casey anthony's car crushed to a pulp. her father reportedly brought the pontiac sun fire to a junkyard and handed over the

title. that car, an important piece of evidence in her murder trial, prosecutors had claimed that she put her daughter's body in that trunk. witness, including her mother, said the trunk smelled like death. if we don't reduce our carbon emissions, aliens might come and kill us! no, that didn't come from a phone call between former vice president al gore and alf. i used to love that show. phrase a nasa scientist who says it's possible when aliens see what a mess we've made of our planet, little green guys will be forced to take action to protect our civilization. scientists admit the scenario is not likely. >> brian: because we haven't met the green guys nor have we confirmed life on other planets. joining us for more on aliens -- >> the alien himself. >> brian: one of your many expertise is the market and money. where are we headed?

>> 'cause i'm losing so much of it? >> brian: well, that's the question. >> i was reminded last night, i had a flashback -- good morning. >> gretchen: good morning. >> of march 2009 when i was asleep, i jumped up. i was nude. i walked out to my balcony that overlooks the hudson river and i started screaming there all by myself, i'm not selling! i'm not selling! the market had gone into the 6,000s on the dow. i lost half the money i worked so hard to put together overall the decades. and i just said, listen, i'm not going to sell now in a panic because that's what's gripping the nation. now after yesterday, you worry that it's not happening again. there is a real panic, an irrationality. how many times have we heard about the european debt crisis, for god sake? it's always been in a crisis of one sort or another. >> gretchen: i don't know to this extent, though. really, when you're talking about germany being the only country that can bail out greece, which they've already done, italy, spain, france.

france may be downgraded, portugal. >> but if you want to talk about that as a bubble, look at gold, for goodness sake. i remember when i had a boxing gym, the guy who was my pro told me he was trading nasdaq internet stocks on the side. i said to myself, a guy who is punch drunk is dealing stocks, these internet stocks, i'm going to get out of the internet and then the bubble burst. who is selling gold? buy gold! save your children's lives! and gold now is over $1,800 an ounce. how high is it going to go? 5,000, 10,000? at what point is it going to become clear to everybody that that's a bubble also? >> brian: will the president speak today? >> the problem with the president, who is a wonderful speaker, is we heard him speak so often that now it's like background noise. you don't hear the message. i would rather hear -- let him gin up people like warren buffet

and others to reassure the public that the situation, while serious, isn't, you know, as bleak and as on the brink of absolute collapse as the rhetoric is making it appear right now. i think there needs to be a period of calm, and i'm not exactly sure that this president with his approval rating so low and such a contentious political environment can soothe us. >> dave: the one who hopes to take advantage of that approval rating, rick perry getting all the headlines. >> most of them bad though. >> dave: most of them -- not that friendly. you're writing a column suggesting he may be too radical for the white house. why? >> two things i write about. first of all, governor perry has said some crazy things over time. he had texas threatening to cecede from the union because texas was particularly prudent and -- fiscal prudent, and the nation was going to hell in a hand basket. come on. >> gretchen: he wasn't serious about that. >> is he serious about treating

bernanke ugly when he goes down to texas, alleging that certain people are guilty of treasonous conduct? you say some crazy things like that and it really affects people because it's not presidential. having said that, full stop, i also believe that perry is the most underrated politician in the country. he's 11 years a sitting governor of the longest -- longest sitting governor we have right now. he's never lost an election. and he's the only republican, i submit, who has a reasonable chance of competing against barak obama for the crucial latino vote. he gets almost 40% of the latino vote, as did george w. bush, another governor of texas sympathetic to latino causes used to get. so perry, has a reasonable chance of being competitive for the crucial 22 million latino voters. so i would say that perry would do the best job against obama right now. >> dave: better than romney? >> i think in terms of competing for the one constituency that i

have any expertise on, the latino vote, certainly he would do twice as good. >> brian: the two elements where he might have gotten himself in trouble is cecession was to create headlines. we diversified our economy and we're attracting businesses by keeping taxes low. so to do that, he said it in one sentence. the other issue is get a strong dollar. >> some things you don't joke about. >> brian: well, that caused controversy, but the other thing is get the dollar strong, that america does better when the dollar is strong. that's the other message he had to bring out. >> as i say, i think that rick perry is extreme leach underrated. sometimes he's his own worst enemy. but he's a guy that has charisma, he knows how to reach out. but will he calm the markets right now, going back to our initial discussion? that's what i want right now. as an s & p investor, as a regular person who worked hard for everything i have, i want someone to preserve -- help me

preserve my capital. i want the nation to get on a sound footing and i really do think that you have a collision right now between the fiscal conservatives who want debt deficit relief, as they should and the whole tea party concept, which is great, and so many unemployed and underemployed people, particularly in the minority areas. >> brian: what's coming up on your show? >> i have jose baez, the much maligned attorney for casey anthony in an exclusive. we'll get everything you ever wanted to know about casey anthony to the extent that he can tell us sunday night at 10:00 o'clock eastern time. >> gretchen: all right. we'll look forward to that. great to see you. the president wants to raise taxes and invest in new roads and bridges, but would that kind of stimulus really create jobs? an economist will put his best ideas to the test, coming up next. >> dave: washington nationals tried to honor fallen navy seals, but major league baseball said no. why not? stick around. ♪ [ female announcer ] so you think your kids are getting enough vegetables?

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>> gretchen: 15 minutes after the top of the hour. welcome back. new strategies or the same old song and dance? president obama betting his fresh idea to create jobs will jump start our economy. >> we know what to do. i'll be putting forward, when they come back in september, a very specific plan to boost the economy, to create jobs, and to control our deficit. my attitude is, get it done. and if they don't get it done, then we'll be running against a congress that's not doing anything for the american people and the choice will be very stark and will be very clear. >> gretchen: economists and director of economic policy studies at the american intersurprise institute, kevin, joins me again today to take a closer look at the president's possible proposal. kevin, thank you for joining us. >> good morning. >> gretchen: so one of the

things that we've heard from the president, kind of a sneak peek at his jobs plan now that he's going to announce in three weeks is more stimulus. he's talking about construction infrastructure spending. good or bad? >> yeah. it's bad. it's not going to work. it's not going to have much of an effect, or at least a neutral. the fact is they talk a lot about shovel ready projects last time and the president himself conceded there aren't any of those things. it takes years and years to get permits. so if they're worried about job creation this year, there is no way that construction spending is going to help. they're in a hole, they need to stop digging. >> gretchen: we asked you to say no effect or positive effect. you say no effect. nothing. will do nothing. he's also talked about -- let's go back to the grand plan that i proposed to speaker john boehner and by the way, blaming boehner for not accepts that. so within that, we think that the president talked about raising the age for medicare and social security. good or bad? >> yeah, that's good because right now we're 100 trillion or so short in present value. that's about 10 gdp. so if we could somehow go after

the big things, third rails and cut entitlement spending, it would give positive effect. >> gretchen: okay. there has been a lot of talk about getting rid of tax loopholes that maybe the republicans would acquiesce. negative or positive? >> that's a negative because when they say loopholes, what they really mean is they're gog try to increase your taxes in ways that are hard to see. they'll trick you into paying more taxes. so if they had a big fundamental reform where they cut marginal rates that, would be a good thing, but that's not what they're talking about. >> gretchen: what about increasing taxes in general? we heard from the president in the last couple of months, a buzz of two words together, balanced approach. so many people said, well, he still believes in raising taxes. positive or negative effect, in your mind? >> absolutely negative. they even admitted, if you go back to senator kerry when he was running for president, ever

since then, every democrat has said, we got to repeal the bush tax cuts. but when they had absolute control of our government, they couldn't do it because even they know that increasing taxes is bad for the economy. that's just terrible if he pursues it. >> gretchen: if you had to wrap it all up, you say the main thing we need to do for our economy is stop these temporary fixes and get on the long-term solution. >> it's like if you have a friend who doesn't have very good personal hygiene and can't get a date, if you buy him a new hat, he still can't get a date. we're the highest corporate tax place on earth. so businesses aren't creating new factories. we need to become a reasonable corporate tax place and jobs will be created again and doing all these little fixes is ignoring the problem. >> gretchen: you make it all sound so simple. maybe they should be consulting with you. kevin, economist and director of economic policy studies at american intersurprise institute, thank you for joining us two days in a row. >> thanks. >> gretchen: this is no accident. what was a baby-sitter thinking leaving that -- look at that!

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>> dave: some quick headlines. a decision that's got a lot of people upset. the mlb, major league baseball, telling the washington nationals they can't wear hats to honor the navy seals who died in

afghanistan earlier this month. commissioner says special hats are reserved for national tributes only where every team wears them on the same day. the burger king, officially dethroned, say it ain't so. the fast food chain says it's getting rid of the king character. some of you find creepy. i love. it's all part of the company wide rebranding. they say they want to focus less on teens. more on moms. brian, your take? >> brian: i'm just wondering why right hand mcdonald has this type of staying power and we have to lose the king. i'm going to have to change topics 'cause i'm not prepared to go any long better the mascot talk. a judge frustrated he can only -- he only can find the defunct -- fine acorn for voter fraud. the organization pled guilty to handing out bonuses to employees who registered extra voters in the 2008 presidential election. fox news anchor and correspondent eric sean talks about the rant and the ruling from the judge.

how significant is this? we've been tracking this for a couple of years. >> we have. very significant 'cause acorn always said, it's not us. we didn't do it. >> brian: bad workers. >> they're the ones who broke the law. they tried to register dead people. and muck up the system with the voter registration fraud. this is the first and only case, the first time acorn itself was held responsible. they were charged with 13 felony counts in las vegas, nevada. it was a scheme, prosecutors said, called 21, black jack. it is las vegas. where if you registered 21 or more voters, you got a bonus. that's against the law. they pled guilty to unlawful compensation of registration of voters. the donald, he said if all this stuff about acorn has been true, they turned the election system of this country into a banana republic. here is judge moseley. >> that suggests a rather

substantial this is the kind of thing you see in a banana republic. not in the united states. >> brian: that's what the judge said. >> he would have put somebody in jail for ten years b but he could only fine them for $5,000. >> brian: one felony count, but it doesn't stop him from expressing his outrage. >> exactly. we haven't had judges really say that specifically about acorn. >> brian: you head the voter fraud unit here and you're the senior vice president on staff. so what can we do if we think we see voter fraud? >> we have the fox -- voter news at fox news.com. we have a voter fraud unit. we investigate voter fraud

allegations across the country. we have a case in upstate new york why three politicians have been indicted for making up absentee ballots. we talked to the voters, they said that's not my vote. another scheme was going to casino by bus. that's all fake. if you suspect problem, voter fraud at fox news.com is our address and we read every single e-mail. huge staff. >> brian: he does. >> have you been up there? we got the whole floor. >> brian: i can't get the pass code to get into the suite. until then, i just got to go by your word. eric, always great to see you. thanks for talking to me in the halls. early indications this morning show stocks could plunge again today. will the president react to these new threats of a global recession even though he's on vacation? bret baier joins us live from d.c then anthony bourdain called paula deen a bad cook, a bad american, public enemy number one. but we'll give paula the last

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>> ceo of starbucks said president obama shouldn't be vacationing during a crisis. yeah. he said obama should be trying to get americans back to work so they can afford a 9-dollar cup of coffee. >> gretchen: very funny. those prices seem to keep going up. not sure if bret baier drinks java in the morning. we need it. but you're up bright and early. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> brian: can i ask you something personal? >> you got it. >> brian: just between us, i'm wondering, what does bret baier start his day with? is it a cup of coffee? five hour energy? is it starbucks? >> it is, in fact, a cup of starbucks coffee on my way into the office. i'm not endorsing. it's just on the way. >> gretchen: all right. we're helping the economy. right, when we go to purchase our coffee, we're helping the economy and trust me on this day, it needs a little help. bret, you're familiar with the fact that the dow jones closed 419 points down.

what do you expect today? >> it's tough, neil cavuto has a better crystal ball than i do. looking at the asian markets overnight, early this morning, they dropped precipitously. dow futures are down. you have real concerns about the possibility of a double dip recession. the president says there is not going to be one. some experts say it's still 50/50, but you look at europe and all the things that are happening there and they really are on the verge of that recession cliff. you look at housing here, much weaker than expected this past month. it looks like people are backing out of housing contracts right now. so that's not helping either. so right now there aren't any good signs and could be another bumpy day on the roller coaster market. >> dave: what then should the president do and what do you think he will do on vacation in the vineyard? >> yeah. i mean, listen, the white house says the presidency travels with the president and that's true and it was true for every president. and things, bad things happen

here and around the world. so he will likely meet with his economic team while he's on vacation. he will prepare this speech that we're hearing about after he gets back. there are just people in this town who believe hey, give us the plan, give us the piece of paper, we'll digest it and then you can give the speech when you get home. >> brian: that would have been nice. let's talk about immigration and illegal immigration and the administration's new approach. we understand ice has been giving 19 different criteria before they arrest or deport an illegal alien. this is a big switch. >> it is. and now they're saying, dhs, department of homeland security, saying it will be a case by case basis. essentially going through these 300,000 illegal immigrants who are set to be deported. they're going to first focus on the folks who have convictions, who are convicts and deport those, but the others are given

low priority. and there are critics of this. obviously supporters of this. but the critic, like congressman lamar smith from texas says the administration should be enforcing immigration laws. not looking for ways to ignore them. some are calling this back door amnesty. the administration is saying, listen, this is a way to deal with the overburden that these immigration courts deal with. >> gretchen: they were doing a really good job. so i don't know if that excuse works because last year in 2010, this administration deported more illegal aliens than any other administration ever before. 400,000 of them. half of them had convictions. they had a criminal record. so now i guess we are to assume that they'll only deport 200,000 this year if they're only going to deport those with a criminal background. doesn't this really usurp the power of congress by sort of enacting this? >> one would think that there will be some lawmakers who have is a real problem with this action.

and possibly, just possibly politics factors in here and the pushback from the hispanic community about those deportations reached the white house and that may be why this action took place. the administration says it's clearly just trying to make sure the rules are dealt with tearily. a lot of people are interpreting it differently. >> dave: let's turn to the race for the white house. all the polls seemed to be going rick perry's way. then michelle bachman gets back in the news with this sound bite. here it is. >> i am one little fighter. we need one strong hopbrette and i'm the one to go and stand for you. what sets me apart from the field right now is the fact that i'm a woman who says what she means and i mean what i say. and i do what i say i'm going to do. we will have a woman in the white house who is going to stand strong and stand up

against special interests! >> these are -- >> dave: these are the type of things the main stream media jump all over for. do they help endear her? >> i think she's clearly not going for the hispanic vote there with the hombrette, but may be going for the cowboy vote. she's portrayed herself as a fighter, someone who stood up to interests here in washington and voted how they feels on principle and she thinks that that sells and in this environment, it very well could sell. by mentioning the woman aspect, the fact that she's the ohm woman in the race -- did she only woman in the race, she's tapping into independents and females. >> gretchen: next time maybe she'll say she needs cahones to be on capitol hill. >> there you go.

>> gretchen: true! any woman on capitol hill probably needs that. >> brian: who do you have on this weekend? >> we have on senator santorum. he's still fighting hard. he'll talk to us about his plans and whether he plans to stay in and how he plans to win the nomination. we also have karl rove and bill burton, the heads of the two outside groups, of course, who will be funding a lot of the ads in this election season. plus our panel talking about the economy. >> gretchen: all right. your coffee is right around the corner. >> okay. >> gretchen: have a great show and a great weekend. >> thanks. >> brian: now we have more headlines to share. >> gretchen: a man who raped and suffocated 88-year-old ruth phillips paid the ultimate price for his crime. 30-year-old jerry terrell jackson was executed last night. he was the first inmate in the state to receive the controversial drug normally used to put down animals. jackson had no final words. the victim's son says that jackson's execution was long

overdue. >> dave: she was paid to look after an eight-month old boy. instead, this baby-sitter put him in the back of a moving pick up truck, in his stroller, mind you. take a look for yourself. the 23-year-old baby-sitter from daytona beach charged with child neglect. the guy behind the wheel busted for wreckless driving. the baby's mom cried when she saw what happened. the sitter's response, quote, it's not like they give you a handbook or anything on what's neglect and not neglect. you're right. >> brian: it's such a gray area. i just need a third party. could i get your opinion? another deadly stage collapse, this one in belgium. a fierce thunderstorm goes through a musical festival near brussels. five dead, 140 hurt, including ten seriously. it tore down concert tents and stages and toppled trees, setting off a wave of panic in the crowd. >> gretchen: and the tragedy in belgium comes less than one week after the stage collapsed at the

indiana state fair, leaving five people dead. last night country duo sugarland performed for the first time since that day. ♪ >> we are going to try our best to put on -- >> gretchen: they performed in albuquerque, new mexico. >> we are going to try our best to put on our professional faces and come out here for you and celebrate a moment with you of the joy and the healing power of music. >> gretchen: sugarland was minutes away from performing at the fair when the stage came crashing down in indiana. i'm still thinking about that quote that that baby-sitter gave. you don't get a neglect handbook. >> dave: sometimes judgment comes. >> brian: before you hire her, maybe you want to go over a few things. you got a pick up truck and a stroller, let's not mix the two.

>> gretchen: who in their right behind would think to do that. come on. common sense. celebrity chef anthony bourdain says paula deen is a horrendous cook and a worse american! huh? paula here live with "fox & friends" with the last word right when we come back. >> dave: and switchfoot performing right now on the "fox & friends" plaza. here is their song "restless." ♪ looking to you ♪ ♪ ♪ [ groans ] you okay?

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>> brian: he performed at the blue note, a fan posted it on youtube, and we're sharing it with you. >> gretchen: good for him. hey, paula deen is being called public enemy number one. that's how tv chef an ton thoy bourdain described the queen of southern question sign. >> brian: he said the worst, mott dangerous person to america is clearly paula deen. she reveals in an unholy connection with -- she says she has not only connections, she revels in unholy connections with evil corporations and proud of the fact that her food is bleeping bad for you, plus her food -- fill in the blank. >> dave: reaction, bourdain regretting that this morning a little bit. he tweeted, resolved. next time i'm asked for the millionth time who the worst cooks are, i'll just shut up. who care as soon as now we give paula deen the last word.

she joinses from savannah. good morning to you, paula. >> good morning. how are y'all doing? >> brian: good. i can't believe -- what does it feel like to be targeted like this? >> you know, i was actually kind of shocked considering i've never met anthony. i know he's never been to my home. i've never cooked for him. i don't think he's been to my restaurant, and i was really shocked that such harsh words could be used. i don't know if it was a publicity thing or if somebody had just peed in his bowl of cereal that morning and he was mad. you know, i have no idea. >> gretchen: leave it to you to take it in stride. see, this is what people love about you is that you are like the next-door neighbor that everyone wants to hang out with. and you are taking this all in stride. by the way, one thing you would like to point out to anthony

bourdain is all the good work that you do behind the scenes. right? >> thank you, thank you. yes. these evil corporations that he's referring to, i don't know. we do so much good work, gretchen. we work very, very fast and furious with food banks across america and our goal is to feed 20 million people across america and we have reached over 10 million thus far. so we do so much good. but, you know, gretchen, i learned a long time ago that you can't please everybody. but if you can please 95%, you know, those are good numbers. the people that i care about out there, real passionately, are people like myself, that grew up on grandmother's cooking and mama's cooking and, you know, we

don't eat bugs and -- >> brian: we know that. >> dave: what do you want to say to him, paula? >> anthony, dear, i'm so sorry that you feel that way. and i, too, am put in that position. i'm asked questions that could really get me in trouble. but i wiggle my way around them because some things are just best left unsaid. and listen, come to my house, i'll cook you a meal. and if you still feel that way about me, so be it. >> brian: you also think it could be something where it's a money thing. you cook for people who are affordable, sometimes the people he cooks for, $58 prime rib and $650 glasses of wine. that's different. paula deen, thanks so much for coming in. and being such a trooper about it. don't let him get to you. >> oh, i don't, honey. listen, i've been around long enough to know -- to choose my

battles and that ain't one of them. >> brian: paula deen, thank you. >> gretchen: thanks so much. guess who is going to perform? coming up next, switchfoot, with their latest hit live when we come back. >> brian: let's check this with martha mccallum who has never been in a band. >> yes, i have, brian, but that's another story. good morning, everybody. obviously we are going to be watching the market open up this morning. we've got dow futures down right now, more than 150 points. there is some talk that the president might consider returning. but would that do more harm, is one of the questions out there right now. lot of rattled nerves on this friday morning. we also got a story about a boy, a shark, and a fishing pole, coming up top of the hour. listen to this. three out of four americans don't get enough vegetables. so here's five bucks to help you buy v8 juice. five bucks. that's a lot of green. go to v8juice.com for coupons. you can count on us. aren't getting enough whole grain. but actually, it's never been easier to get

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