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>> you know, he's a trooper. they're troopers, they come out. he's going to be playing for us a little bit later on in the show. he's rehearsing right now, doing a little bit of a sound check for us. >> final concert of our all american concert series. remember early in the summer, the sun would be up at this hour and people would be on the plaza. it's dark and you know summer is finally winding down. we're going to end it with style. famous dave's is here, barbecue and joshua. >> i like the darkness. i think it's kind of ominous. >> and a chill. >> if you're in the neighborhood, come down and see us. 48th and sixth avenue here in manhattan. there is, as clayton mentioned, free barbecue all morning and this guy has a great voice. hasn't been playing that long. really got into music in the last couple of years. usually we talk to folks who started when they were 33, 4, 5. >> you know that show "scrubs" and zach braff, we'll tell you

what he has to do to help his career skyrocket. >> steve, gretchen and brian are off friday. myself, clayton and juliet. >> wear that seersucker suit. first, we have the headlines this morning with juliet. >> thank you for that segue. we start with a severe weather alert. not even a week after hurricane irene slammed the east coast, a new tropical depression churns closer to the u.s. this time, forecasters say it could bring as much as 20 inches of rain to the gulf coast. governor bobby jindahl declaring a state of emergency in the state of louisiana. there's a chance this depression could turn into a tropical storm by the end of the day, the name will be tropical storm lee. huge fire at a mcdonald's near san diego is believed to be caused by a natural gas explosion. they started evacuating workers

after they smelled gas. one worker suffered a minor injury. it took 50 firefighters from several towns to get the fire under control. libyan rebels are gathering outside of muammar qaddafi's hometown where they've been given qaddafi's loyalists one more week, another week to surrender before launching an all out assault. originally, the rebels had given them until today to wave the white flag. it is one of the only areas under qaddafi's control. meanwhile, qaddafi released two radio messages from his hiding spot vowing not to surrender. this comes as libyan's interim leaders hold talks with leaders at u.n. in paris today. markets are tumbling around the world as investors await the monthly u.s. jobs report for august. that's due this morning. about 2 1/2 hours away from right now. in asia, the major markets were down including a drop in hong

kong's hang seng index. a more than 2% drop in the german stock market. switching things around a little bit. stood tall for more than two centuries. now a piece of american history is gone, destroyed by hurricane irene. we are talking about this guy, or girl, i don't know. 220 years old. oak tree. you're probably right. at president john f. kennedy's grave site at arlington national cemetery. you can see the bark snapped right in front. it's not far from the tomb of the unknown soldier. army guards stood by the tomb the entire hurricane. it was not damaged. >> that looks like a scene from clayton morris' backyard. >> 200-year-old tree, enormous through the back of my house, through neighbor's dining room and everything else. trees down all over the place. new england not a good scene for trees and there at arlington as well. >> your vacation was a real -- >> thanks, irene! thanks, irene!

>> what did you end up doing? >> stayed home. >> let me give you an interesting pregame line-up. kid rock, marine five, president obama, which one doesn't fit? the president doesn't exactly fit that line-up. they are going before the nfl season opener. you should see the looks on my co-hosts' faces. >> where are you going with that? >> the president is going right up against that pregame concert right before the nfl season opener. he's in fact going to speak on thursday, september 8th. that is, of course, the same night as that nfl season opener at 7:00 eastern time or 4:00 pacific. on the west coast. >> that's the big problem for west coast folks. they'll still be at work. they're still going to be in traffic for another two hours trying to get home. they're not going to see that primetime speech because the nfl game kicks off at 8:00 p.m. or the pregame stuff. the game kicks off at 8:30. the white house reportedly this morning furious about the whole thing. behind the scenes.

of course, they put a nice face on the whole thing. now we know in addition to the president's speech, president boehner is going to give his own jobs speech a week after the president so, perhaps, waiting to see what the president is going to say and then speaker boehner there at the economic club in -- on september 15th said -- and it was always supposed to be a rebuttal to the president's speech and that's what speaker boehner is going to do. >> there's all sorts of little stories going on behind the scenes, what happened behind the scenes with all this, i guess, speechgate, that's what i just tweeted. i call it speechgate. coining the term here, people. did john boehner actually agree initially saying wednesday is fine? there's reports that he did and then his office came out and said no, that's absolutely not the case at all. the fact is, though, that, you know, coming out initially and saying that it was going to be scheduled, you know, to compete with the republican debate was just shocking enough but now it's going to be at 4:00 west coast time. it's kind of like they couldn't find a better day?

there's still other times that can be worked out. wouldn't you think? >> you know, i do. it's surprising to see where they ended up. now we have to also read who is furious, who's not furious. the white house at least publicly is putting a pleasant face on all of this saying it was no big deal. maybe a misunderstanding. here's jay carney. >> why doesn't he give a speech from the oval office tonight saying here's my plan? >> he wants to speak before congress because he recognizes that while there are things he can do without congress and he will do them, there are -- there are actions that need to be taken with congress that require legislation to grow the economy and create jobs. >> so there's some white house sources who are speaking to politico this morning saying some interesting things and jay carney was answering one of them. our ed henry asking, why doesn't he come out and do a white house speech from the oval office? according to sources, they don't want to have him speak for 40 minutes from the oval office to the american public and they don't want him going to the east

room and standing there and having staff members off to the side and reading a teleprompter for 40 minutes. they want the ambiance of the audience. >> they want the circumstance. >> the pomp and circumstance. >> what's the longest speech that's ever been given from the oval office? >> oh, boy, i don't know. >> that, i do not know. >> look into the archives. >> the white house is saying they need to work with congress and that's why they're giving this speech in front of congress but angry that apparently below the surface, report to politico from a white house source, anonymous, we don't know who it is saying "it is a big deal that the house said no to the president from our end." from the white house's end. "this confirms what we all know, they will do anything in the house to muck us up." now, that's bogus because the white house had to see this coming. there is no way they didn't know that was very important date for republicans and they weren't starting some sort of stuff -- >> forget the date. i agree with you. forget the date. even james carville saying this is out of bounds.

why would this not have taken place behind closed doors? you go back and forth what's common place, you send a letter and you get back and forth on dates and then you publicly come out with a date. you don't go to twitter first and then get the response. it makes no sense. >> ultimately, the president, you know, some would look at this and say the president caved or the president backed down. that's not something that's a presidential thing to say, you know, so it has gotten a little ugly for the administration. and increasingly ugly is the look -- the outlook on what's going to happen for our economy. the white house cuts job growth forecasts and they initially thought it was going to be a

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>> welcome back, everybody. the white house insisting the president's speech next week is about creating jobs, not political games. >> all we care about here is that we address the issues that are most important. we're certainly not interested in, you know, sort of inside the beltway, political gamesmanship, what we are interested in is

coming up with proposals that make sense, that can grow the economy, can create jobs. >> but some say the scheduling issue was all a political ploy. mark faldon is a democrat and unemployed father of five. he was just elected president of the jersey shore tea party and some people say wait, democrat, tea party leader? how do you become a tea party leader if you're a democrat. people think it's all a republican movement. what sent you to the tea party. >> yes, the fact that people do have the impression it's a republican movement is a misnomer. what got me into the tea party was watching several of now president obama's candidate speeches. they were cause for great concern for me. and i know there are many other tea party democrats out there and we long for the days of a john kennedy, a daniel patrick moynihan, people now who would be considered right wing extremists by the current crop of dnc leadership.

>> well, the president's spokesperson there says the white house is not interested in political gamesmanship, do you agree? >> thank you. i needed a good chuckle. it seems like everything they do is politically oriented. anyone with common sense knows the economy goes nowhere unless three important factors are addressed and that is overregulation, that's stifling business. the cost and the unknown factors of obamacare and the cost of electricity and fuel and until those three things are addressed, everything else is just what we call in the private sector busy work which means accomplishing nothing. >> ok, well, you've been unemployed now for five years and the president is going to speak, as we mentioned, 7:00 in front of a joint session of congress about creating jobs. what do you want to hear from the president? >> to be honest, i probably won't even listen to the speech because i've heard it all before. there will be class warfare.

>> but we don't know what, we haven't seen his remarks. what would you like him to say? >> i'd like to hear him say he'll be repealing obamacare, that -- >> you know that won't happen. what else? >> i'd like to hear the end to the economic masochism that this administration is hoisting on america. i'd like to hear us looking for our own oil and energy sources on shore. not off shore. just think of the jobs that would create. and how the lower cost of energy would help the economy, excuse me. and also, i'd like to hear that he's paring back the e.p.a., you know, one of the overregulatory agencies that are stifling growth in this country. >> how would some of these things trickle down to someone like yourself who ran one of at&t's largest data centers for a number of years, how would that get people back to work? >> well, that increased activity would create a need and a further need for i.t. services where someone experienced like

myself would have more opportunities because they would be created. >> well thought out answers. thanks for being here. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> coming up next on the show, it's supposed to teach kids about what happened on 9/11 but one muslim group is upset because it calls terrorists extremists. we're talking to the publishers of this coloring book coming up and then from f.d.r. to j.f.k. and even m.l.k., our next guest says crediting their success to a well disguised mental illness. so what does she think about today's world leaders? i love all the gadgets. check out the backup cam.

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>> welcome back. some quick headlines, the family and the california woman founding naked hanging inside her boyfriend's mansion rejected the ruling that she committed suicide. her sister blasted the finding and says it doesn't add up. they found what they call a suicide note but the 32-year-old's family says it's not her handwriting. we'll talk about that later with jeanine pirro and we're getting our first look at the east coast earthquake as it happened. this dramatic video from a high school in mineral, virginia, the epicenter of the quake, as you know. you can see students running for their doors as the ceiling comes crashing down. fortunately, nobody was hurt. clayton, take it away. >> thanks. do you have to be mentally ill to be a successful leader? our next guest says some minor forms of mental illness go hand in hand with being a good leader. psychiatrist dr. nasir gami is the author of "a first rate madness." he joins us to talk about it.

this is a fascinating subject. does a leader need some kind of mental illness to be effective? >> well, i wouldn't say that they have to have it. what i found was that there's some benefits to having mild to moderate depression and mania when you look at scientific research and when you apply that to historical leaders, it seems many of our great crisis leaders did have some of those symptoms. >> let's look at through some of these traits that would actually influence strong leadership and i'll throw these up on the screen and you can take us through some of these. empathy and realism would be enhanced, you say that j.f.k. and fdr might have benefited from it. >> they mainly had manic symptoms. maybe j.f.k. had depression, too. primarily, there are mania symptoms as part of their personality which are mild but there may have enhanced their resilience and maybe their creativity which is more of what mania enhances. depression which improves

realism and empathy is a kind of thing that may be more relevant for leaders like churchill and lincoln who are well established to have severe depression. although it's less well established, i provide evidence that that reasonable case can be made for gandhi and martin luther king for having depression. >> why do these traits help leaders be more effective? >> well, the scientific studies show these traits compared to normal people are present in the general population. so, for instance, if you take a group of people who have mild depression, they're more realistic in their experimental assessment of their control over their environment than normal people who have what psychologists call a mild, positive illusion. they have a sense of more control than they really do. so if these kinds of facts are true, then they should apply to historical leaders as well as the general population. and that may be why someone like churchill might have been more realistic in assessing things than someone like chamberlain who is mentally healthy.

>> you go through some historical examples like we just did. what about president obama? people i'm sure sitting back saying to themselves, how does he fit into all of this? is he too much of a normal guy to be an effective leader? >> well, he said that he's well adjusted and certainly in a 2008 campaign, he was packaged as a very balanced, calm, no drama temperament. and, you know, it will take 50 years for us to be able to assess anyone well in regards to whether or not they have mental illnesses. that's why most of my figures are from the mid 19th century to the mid 20th century. but what i can say is that if he or any other person really wants to emphasize being normal and average, that may connect to voters but may not be the kind of traits that will help a leader in crisis times such as we live in today. >> so leaders need to be a little off to be effective. fascinating stuff, doctor. thanks so much. the book is "a first rate

madness". check it out. so much interesting research in here. thanks, doctor. >> thank you for having me. >> absolutely. coming up on the show, this little girl wants to be exactly like dolly parton. only problem, she's 4 years old. should mom be letting her pad that dress? to live out her dream. and then wait until you hear what's next for this florida football team caught on tape beating a referee. but first, happy birthday to keanu reeves. he turns 47 today. whoa! ♪

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>> i'm going to tell you, that looks pretty darn good. that is brian kilmeade playing golf at patriot golf -- >> give him a high five. >> gets the high five from president bush. he played with the president. he played with major dan rooney. this is all to benefit scholarships for families and military service members killed or disabled in the line of duty. a great day down there and i'll tell you, nothing is more difficult than standing on the first tee with people watching you let alone the president, yet alone national television. that may have been his best swing all day, i don't know, but that looked good. >> they raised $9 million since 2007. great charity. great organization. when i get up there, there can't be anybody in the clubhouse. it will hook off into the woods. >> i was very impressed. brian, he didn't show the pressure. >> brian's interview with president bush will be on tuesday, more than 4,000 golf courses this weekend will ask you to donate an extra dollar that help out there and go towards those scholarships for military families.

great cause. >> very cool. let's get to headlines before a wild story we'll talk about. it looks like joran van der sloot could finally be headed to trial. oh, my goodness, the 24-year-old formerly charged in the 2010 murder of stephanie suarez, a college student he met at a casino in peru. he's expected to stand trial in october. van der sloot is the main suspect, of course, in the disappearance of american teenager natalee holloway though he's never been charged in that case. just moments ago, officials in turkey announced they are cutting military ties with israel and expelling the israeli ambassador from their country, all in response to a brand new report from the united nations about the deadly flotilla raid in 2010. israeli soldiers killed nine people after boarding a turkish ship stock with aid and bound for gaza. this morning, the u.n. said the assault was justified and that israel was just trying to enforce its naval blockade of the area. turkish officials infuriated by the report and say they do not

and will not recognize the legality of that blockade. the flooding nightmare. man, it's far from over for a lot of residents stranded in paterson, new jersey. many frustrated victims of irene say this devastation, you can see, they don't even tell you. you can see it for yourself. it will require a lot more than just a visit from president obama this sunday. >> need to be here now because what is he going to see on sunday? >> th >> hundreds of thousands of people throughout the northeast are still without electricity as well. new york's j.f.k. airport being scoured by a real life ace ventura? >> excuse me, gentlemen, pet detective. >> she's no jim carrey but the real life pet detective has her work cut out for her. she was hired by a woman whose cat escaped from her kennel at j.f.k. last week.

there's the cat. airline employees say the cat ran off into a cargo area and he's been missing ever since. she says she'll use fried chicken and sardines, of course, to try to lure the cat out of its hiding place. dave, where do you go from there? >> i go to college colors day, my friend. it is today because college football kicked off last night at the black and gold of the combroouf university of colorado. college football is back, it returned with 15 games last night. what a night. two ranked teams in action. one had number 11 wisconsin taking on unlv and that was the badgers' new quarterback, looking very good. russell wilson in his debut, 51-17. they roll over the running rebels. wilson threw for two. ran for one. wisconsin off and running. excitement during the syracuse and wake forest game. the orange tie it up with a two-point conversion in overtime

we go. finds dan chu here in the corner. though the camera missed it. syracuse wins 36-29. look at that grab right on the pylon. to tennis now, second round, u.s. open matches continuing at flushing meadows. serena williams taking to the court a day after her sister withdrew with an autoimmune disease, serena played like she was double parked. dismissing her opponent in 49 minnesoimu minutes. remember that brawl at a high school game or youth game actually in florida? the trouble is not over. sheriff's department reviewing the tape. they may actually file battery charges against four players and coaches involved in this disgusting display of sportsmanship or lack thereof, the entire sarasota gainers team

already been suspended for the rest of the season. yes, the whole thing started after the gators made up of 13 and 14-year-olds got upset with the ref's calls. what's happening in sports? you got the youth brawl there. you got the georgetown fight in china. you got the fans fighting at the nfl game. is it more cameras at these games? this has happened -- this has been happening for a long time? >> i think the last couple of years, i've seen a complete absence of sportsmanship and my producer just said the refs are not filing charges? >> yeah, that's unbelievable. >> credit it. >> sportsmanship somewhere. >> here's another wild story for you. you know that show toddlers and tiaras. >> it's on tlc. >> ok. >> are you shocked by it? >> this is something that is -- that is, it's taken over, these little girls, they're basically in beauty contests. >> hugely popular show. now, last night or this week's episode has caught more outrage than just the show itself.

>> see why. this little girl is being dressed -- here's the thing, she's being dressed up. she has a fake booty and a fake dress. as you can see, she is supposed to be -- >> god bless you. >> thank you. she's dressed up as dolly parton so she's in a costume. >> ok. there are a lot of people who are very upset about this. are you upset about this? as a father? >> i think it's horrible! >> let's listen to the girl and mom explain why they're doing this. take a listen. >> i want to show the judges how beautiful i am. >> when she wears the fake boobs and the fake butt, it's like an extra bonus. >> extra bonus and, of course -- >> i want to feel -- >> some people writing in saying this is absolutely appalling, they can't believe this would actually happen, that they would allow -- parents would allow their little girl to dress up like this, put in fake breasts at 4 years old and get up on stage. what does that say to other girls who are trying to emulate

this? others are saying look, how is this different than girls dressing up on halloween and going to a costume party or something like that. >> i'm kind of ok with that. but she's playing dolly parton. >> then tell me a parent out there in halloween that dresses their 4-year-old in fake boobs and a fake butt. if you do, i want to hear from you. if you dress your kids up like this at 4, i'm a parent of a 5-year-old girl. no chance if she comes to me and asks for a little extra bonus. >> a little extra bonus. >> let us know what you think. i personally -- i think if she's going -- she's playing a little costume, i don't have a child. so i probably -- maybe i would change my mind. >> is this normal for little girls that want to make up and that sort of stuff? >> it's a costume! >> you're right. this is a costume but it's a beauty pageant. >> but she's playing dolly parton in the beauty pageant. >> you make a good point. i'd love to hear from you. it's a great debate.

let us know on fox and friends on twitter. e-mail us, friends at foxnews.com. we'd love to hear from you. >> some of the situations in that show are disturbing to me. >> usually, we got stuart varney coming up in a little bit on the show. usually he's pouring over his notes. i've never seen him this entertained about our show. >> what do you think, stu? >> we'll get to him in a moment. scientists confident we can all be as skinny as heidi klum. it's all in the genes, apparently. >> the president, meantime, has his own jobs speech with his own dire prediction. unemployment about to get worse. what are they trying to say? stu varney is walking in the set right now. >> there he is. he's outraged! >> stu. [ male announcer ] this is coach parker...

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today. a judge will decide whether to retry the former yankees pitcher on charges he lied to congress about alleged steroid use. the case was declared a mistrial back in july. clemens' lawyers will ask the judge to throw the case out and heidi klum's secret to staying thin is all in her genes? doctors from imperial college in london claim that anyone born with a duplicate chromosome 16 will likely be skinny. 1 in 2,000 people have that duplicate gene. start doing your genetic homework. >> i need to figure that out myself. as we told you at the top of the hour, the white house has now downgraded its own jobs growth forecast saying unemployment will stay above 9% through the election. >> not a good number. this as the president is set to present its job plan this coming thursday. >> next week, i will be laying out a series of steps that congress can take immediately to put more money in the pockets of working families and middle

class families to make it easier for small businesses to hire people. and all the other measures that can help to grow this economy. >> all right, stuart varney is here from the fox business network. that growth only about 1.7%. that's down, that's been revised from what they had in february of 2.7%. why has it been revised? >> because of the lousy numbers on the economy that we've received in the months of july and august. the president -- the white house, now, this is the white house, remember this, it is the white house that is forecasting 9% unemployment all the way through next year's election. it's not a bunch of critics of the white house. it's the white house itself. and this is extremely negative number. and they're saying, look, based on what they've seen in the last couple of months in the economy, we've got to downgrade our forecast for growth and upgrade our forecast of the unemployment rate. >> and it's the white house we remind folks who say if we pass this stimulus bill, we can keep unemployment below 8%.

new fox poll, not good news for the president, needless to say, how many approve of the president's handling of job creation. 35% approve. 60% disapprove. those are record numbers in that poll. so why, then, if you're the president, do you make this announcement? i'm skeptical, do they want to lower expectations and say we need stimulus spending ahead of this jobs speech? or are they just being realistic? >> don't lower expectations, please. you got to raise expectations that you're going to come in with a big bold plan. >> you could easily leap over that bar. >> ok. look, there's a lot of pressure on the president to come up with something big, bold and new come next thursday evening. and there's a lot of skepticism that he can do it. is he going to propose a brand new trillion dollar stimulus program? i mean, this forecast of 9% unemployment is admission that the first stimulus program did not work. is he going to come up with a bold new plan to cut tax rates

and increase revenue and go in another direction. he can't do that. >> we heard president obama reading a number of books on president reagan over the past couple of months, we've talked about this white house likening themselves to president reagan, at the same point in their presidencies, extreme similarities. where we were with unemployment. can this white house learn from the reagan white house and turn things around? >> it could but it won't. the president is committed to wealth redistribution and government is the agent of change. president reagan was committed to individual accumulation of wealth via capitalism and free market and free enterprise and not getting the government out of the way. they're the exact opposite. for president obama to turn around and do what ronald reagan did, it would be the repudiation of his presidency and i don't think he can do it. >> 8:30 this morning, we'll get the jobs numbers from august. projections from it from 60,000 to 90,000 jobs created. the unemployment rate does not move. what does that mean?

>> if in fact projections are right. >> if that was accurate and we get 70,000 to 80,000 new jobs in the month of august, that would be awful. that would be terrible. because you need 200,000, 300,000 new jobs each and every month and for a year at least to get us out of this jobs hole that we're in. >> does that mean more fed stimulus later this month? >> that's what everybody is saying. look, if the president can't turn things around with the policy speech on thursday and we get this lousy unemployment picture that is emerging, that leaves you with ben bernanke. >> buying the treasury bonds, we know how that worked with qe2. >> let's talk about it more on stuart varney's show which is "varney & company." there it is. tune in at 9:20 eastern time on the fox business network. you get more of this and stuart's charm. >> wonderful program. thank you, stu. >> thanks. >> she's only in her first term but a newly elected republican governor going primetime calling president obama a "coward."

>> and this coloring book, you're looking at right now is supposed to teach kids of what happened on 9/11 but one muslim group wants it off store shelves because it calls terrorists extreme. publisher of that book here to defend that message. now, when you want powerful wifi, you've got it. with aerizon mobile hotspot, you can connect up to 5 wifi devices to the internet with lightning-fast verizon 4g lte speed. a gaming device. mp3 pler. connect any 5 for wifi on the go. get the 4g lte mobile hotst now for only $49.99. verizon is the place with the largest selection of 4g lte devices. on america's fastest, most advanced 4g network.

>> welcome back. it's a coloring book to teach kids about 9/11. but muslim groups like care say the book is "bigoted and racist." wayne bell is the publisher of that coloring book and he's joining us from st. louis, i

believe. the book is based on market research, what do you mean by that? >> basically, people will go to our web page, the only place the book is available is on coloringbook.com. they go to our web page and what we call in our office, virtual honesty. people are sitting at their keyboards and typing in their search engines what they're looking for in children's books or children's products. we have followed this for years and people enter in terms like 9/11, we shall never forget, firefighter, police officer, they enter in what they're looking for. people do. you think this is something that should be marketed to your children. >> no, this is actually a coloring novel. this is different than a coloring book. this is not something you're going to put into the backpack of a prekindergarten child. >> who does it go? >> it goes to kids that are older. it even says so on the book. it's for older children and it's rated pg so this is more of like the video game playing age. it's an actual novel and has a lot of text in the book. so it describes the events

during a 12-hour period on 9/11. >> also, it does so afterwards. here's a portion from the coloring book. it says children, the truth is these terrorist acts were done by freedom hating radical islamic muslim extremists. these crazy people hated the american way of life because we are free and our society is free and it shows a picture of a navy seal with a gun aimed at usama bin laden with somebody, a woman in front of him. here's what care has to say. council on american-islamic relations. she say all these characters are painted to the mind a young person that, perhaps, all muslims may be somewhat responsible for 9/11 or that muslims are an enemy and they have painted out that there are 10 times in this book, the quote radical islamic muslim extremists is used. >> we say the word 10 times. >> you do. that phrase 10 times. do you feel that suggests that all muslims are bad people and are terrorist? >> no, it does not.

let me make very clear here, ok? this is not about islam. this is not about muslims. this is a child's coloring novel. pg rating, we ask -- if parents don't want it, they're not going to buy it. but it's not about islam. it's not about muslims. it just so happens that the terrorists, jihadists hijackers that flew buildings into planes, those guys are all muslims. you have to call it what it is. i think it's very unfortunate for our company, in fact, i'm personally just disgusted and insulted as an american citizen that they could use this book as some type of a platform or a tool to denigrate the book. i mean, there was a gentleman from cair that took exceptional exception from page 9 in the book that shows a grieving woman with a cross. >> real quick, some of the portions of the money goes to charity, is that correct? >> it goes to charity. global charity called bridges

for peace that helps people of the muslim faith, of the christian faith and of the jewish faith. this is a global organization. >> we appreciate you joining us. i'd love to continue this conversation but we have to wrap it up. we appreciate you joining us. >> can i say happy birthday to my mom is 76? >> you just did. happy birthday to your mom. all right. >> happy birthday, mom. >> thanks very much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. they're all the talk on the campaign trail. are these g.o.p. candidates too extreme to win the race? we'll break down who they are and what they said coming up. also get a free flight.

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behind the scenes, apparently, why the president's people are secretly fuming, maybe? perhaps? >> bad cheerios, cookies and cakes all apparently too much for primetime tv. would banning sugary -- wouldn't stop clayton, foods and fatty foods cause -- force americans to lose weight? a government agency says you bet. new regulations are coming your way. >> government agency, keep your hands off my sugar. >> read now, stop eating. >> your tax dollars working hard at the strip club. thousands of dollars intended for disease prevention goes to build a strip joint. will the government get that back? >> you need some milk. >> could somebody get some milk? "fox and friends" starts right now. i'm going to get some milk. >> ♪ we both need to jump in cold water

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we have a whole pork roast for you. >> good morning, i'm diave. clayton back from an evacuation in ocean city, maryland and then hurricane irene tearing up your house. we're glad you're ok. >> thank you. people in the neighborhood are reporting hearing this large tree, this 200-year-old tree in my backyard crashing through the deck, crashing through the neighbor's house so if you need firewood, give me a call. >> damage? >> oh, yeah. >> that's terrible. >> good times. good times and also a good time this morning, thank you for welcoming me back and good time for the white house. they're not terribly happy with everything that went on behind the scenes back and forth between speaker boehner and the house of representatives giving that joint sessions of congress speech that the president wanted to give. we know, however, this morning if you're waking up and you don't know the time, it will be 7:30 eastern time on september 8th. a little bit later in the evening, it's going to be the packers-saints nfl game. that's one of the reasons why this speech was moved up a little bit so that it wouldn't conflict with the nfl opening

night. >> so the 7:00 hour east coast time which, of course, if you back up three hours on the west coast, that's 4:00. people are still at their jobs in traffic. >> in l.a. they are. >> it's unfortunate. >> so it will be interesting, many people have had that date circled for weeks because of the nfl season opener and now the big jobs speech. 8:30 this morning, we'll have the jobs numbers which may, as some say be more important than what the president says. so behind the scenes as clayton mentioned, there is a little trouble brewing over the whole scuffle. is the white house angry that john boehner was the first ever to reject a joint session of congress? or is it no big deal as the president's spokesperson says? >> why doesn't he give the speech from the oval office tonight saying here's my plan? >> he wants to keep people in congress because he recognizes that while there are things he can do without congress and he will do them, there are actions

that need to be taken with congress that require legislation to grow the economy and create jobs. >> supposedly, according to the white house, this will be a speech that gives, you know, it will be a departure, it's not going to be the same old, same old as a lot of the president's critics have been saying this will be, you know, making these predictions. it there be something big. >> there will be specifics in this which there better be. if it's lofty rhetoric, that's not going to work. you need some specifics. according to the white house, this is going to be bipartisan. that is to say there will be approaches from the republican side as well as the democratic side and look, republicans say look, there's a lot of talk about stimulus in here with no way to counteract any kind of spending cuts, we won't be able to do this. meanwhile, speaker boehner is going to give his own jobs speech a week after the president. that's going to take place on september 15th at the economic club so you're going to have a tale of two jobs speeches, if you will. >> and the spin coming out of the white house, they are

furious that john boehner was the first to ever reject the speech in front of a -- date of a joint session of congress. here is what an anonymous white house source told the politico. it is a big deal that the house said no to the president from our end. this confirms what we all know. they -- the republicans in the house will do anything to muck us up. >> other side of the coin here. >> mucked up by the white house to begin with. they should just acknowledge that. right, they should just acknowledge that and move on. i don't think anyone cares when this speech is as far as the american public is concerned. they care about the unemployment. >> and no one -- >> and i also got to say, i don't think that they really cared about the g.o.p. debate. to me, it was just an error in the way they handled the process. what they've always done in the past and according to every white house, and you hear from different aides, they would present a letter to the house speaker, they go back and forth and pick a date that seemed to work and it was done behind closed doors. instead, the white house goes out to twitter at first and

that's how they learn about it. >> the suggestion was there have been reports, we haven't confirmed these reports, there have been reports that politico, for instance, reporting that boehner -- that there was word that boehner actually said yes, wednesday is fine. and then boehner's office coming out saying no, that's absolutely not the case. the fact is that the republicans had every right to have the debate and have the american public watch this debate without having to sit there and flip channels going back and forth with the president. it was terrible idea. it was bad planning and it was -- it was a muck-up on the white house's part. period. >> let us know how you feel about all of this on twitter or e-mail. >> all right. get to the rest of the headlines. severe weather alert. not even a week after hurricane irene slammed the east coast, a new tropical depression churns closer towards the united states. this time, forecasters say it could bring as much as 20 inches of rain to the gulf coast. governor bobby jindal already declaring a state of emergency in louisiana because of the they of flash flooding. we know all about that up here.

there's a chance this depression could turn into tropical storm lee by the end of the day so we'll keep you updated on that. golden arches go up in flames outside san diego. a huge fire believed to be caused by a natural gas explosion. mcdonald's workers began evacuating customers after they smelled gas in the kitchen. all workers and customers luckily got out of the restaurant safely although one worker did suffer a minor injury. took dozens of firefighters from several towns to get the fire under control. south carolina governor niki haley has some strong words for president obama. she calls him "cowardly" for not speaking about the union fight to stop boeing from opening its new plant in south carolina. haley also called on the president to address the national labor relations board's unprecedented lawsuit in his upcoming jobs speech. the nlrb is suing because the jobs are nonunion. the federal government will reportedly sue a dozen major banks as early as today in an effort to recoup billions in

subprime mortgage losses. the government says the banks misrepresented the value of the mortgages when they sold them to fannie mae and freddie mac. bank of america, j.p. morgan chase, goldman-sachs are among the banks expected to get sued. a happy homecoming for these members of the michigan air national guard. they reunited with their families after spending seven months in afghanistan. just to be here and smell that clean air is amazing feeling. >> being home now, kind of hard to describe so i'm just really happy. >> smelling clean air, something we take for granted. the day especially upsetting for the staff sergeant nathan birch, he met his 4-month-old son for the first time. >> if you're a company out there that makes cheerios, peanut butter, anything that has a higher than normal sodium content, from now on, you are not going to be able to if this these four government agencies get their way, you're not going

to be able to put up advertising messages during some very popular primetime spots including spots like "american idol" and other big shows where a lot of people are sitting there watching. >> censoring is going on here. >> censoring because of the higher than normal sodium content in some of these foods. >> yeah, sodium, sugar and fat and if they deem these ads are aimed at your 2 to 11-year-old, they are going to monitor them. so parents, it's now not up to you to decide what is right for your children, it is up to the government. even an sara lee fat free lean turkey would fall under those guidelines because it has too much sodium. we asked for your input. we got this. >> bill from pennsylvania said, i just ate a blt smothered in mayo with red peppers, are they going to arrest me now? >> only if you serve it to your kids. >> i believe the government

regulation of the advertising of products is more about controlling the people than about our health. tweet comes in, parents should be ensuring a balanced diet for their kids. it's not for authorities to cues that should be advertised. another tweet. >> get the government out of our lives! no need for them to dictate what we can eat or watch. what's next? regulating our remote? don't give them ideas! >> you know -- >> megan. >> is it true, years ago they got rid of the liquor ads on television. you still see beer ads and liquor ads. >> that was voluntary. that was the liquor industry voluntarily staying out of this and originally, these guidelines were voluntary among the food industry. they said be responsible and they asked the industry to do that. now, they're trying to mandate it and it's through what's called the interagency working group. >> yeah, those four agencies. >> another tentacle of the government. >> e-mail us. >> e-mail us. >> friends at foxnews.com. >> you can tweet us, also. at juliet huddy. >> foxdavebriggs. >> clayton morris.

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they become available. dave? >> thanks, juliet. the current slate of g.o.p. contenders are aiming to appeal to a wide range of republicans and they'll have to. but it may be independents who decide the 2012 election. a new fox news poll shows 19% of those independents deemed michelle bachmann, "too exe. mitt romney was only considered too extreme by some 5% of independent voters so how will this affect the next election? let's ask our panel. didi is a political strategist and dave garvis is a former vice president of target corporation and kelly is the author of the g.q. candidate. let me start with you. what does this mean to you if you are rick perry or michelle bachma bachmann? >> let's talk about, you have to win the primary first. when they're saying extreme,

it's more like they're showing leadership. some of the independents may say extreme. when it comes down to a weak president that we have now, when the economy is in the tank and tweeting wrong things and doing things that the american public is seeing, you know, our country is in terrible shape and he's at the, you know, at the top of the heap. so whenever you say extreme, that's ok. i think, because they are going to end up, you know, showing at least leadership. >> i think she's 100% right, that they are showing leadership but among extremists because polling shows that the tea party's image among the majority of voters is really something. there's that "new york times" poll that i'm sure you saw through the debt ceiling debate that 40% of people are saying the perceptions of the tea party are negative. that's why these candidates are doing well. is president obama beatable? he's absolutely someone you can beat. the problem with the g.o.p. is the candidates that can beat him are ones who can't figure out how to meet their primary

candidates. >> rick perry is in the margin of error of president obama. does it hurt you if you're michelle bachmann or rick perry. it can get you the nomination. can you win the general? >> the independents that control the big dance are going to be turned off by this. but didi is completely right. in order to get to the big dance, you have to get past the bouncer and the bouncer is out in places like ames. >> it's organic. >> the shift. you change in a general election. real quick, let me ask you about sarah palin because she was part of this poll. 70% of voters said they don't want her to run for president. so does that mean she is not running? >> no, i think she's running. i think she's in. absolutely. why is she showing up to all those places? despite those numbers? >> if she could get in, she could change everything. >> that's what sarah palin does. you don't know. you know, every time -- look

what's happened. so organic. every time somebody else gets in, it changed. >> mitt romney may be the one that wants her to run the most. >> the media wants her to run, too. she's great for all of us. >> our panel back in a moment. the president's big speech supposed to be about creating jobs. starting to sound, some say, a lot more like politics as usual. we'll ask our panel. do unemployed americans have any remaining hope? and your tax dollars really working it. thousands of dollars intended for health care being spent at the strip club? can we get that money back now? football is back, and verizon is bringing it straight to you.

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>> welcome back to "fox and friends." time for your news by the numbers. don't worry, it's your news

headlines just in numerical form. first up, zero, that's the number of u.s. troops killed in iraq. great news. this is the first time since 2003 that an entire month has passed without a single service member killed there. wonderful news there. next, 10 feet. that's how high these waves in central california have soared forcing officials to issue a surf advisory, swimmers being warned of extremely strong rip currents. yeah, you think? looks like something out of the movie "abyss." finally $333,000. that's how much money the d.c. government is suing the nonprofit group miracle hands to get that grant money given for a job training facility for people with aids. instead, the group allegedly used it to build that. a strip club. dave? >> perfect. thank you, clayton. the speech is set, panel enjoyed that last comment. coming thursday night at 7:00 p.m., the president will lay out his plan for job creation but will his ideas finally help the unemployed?

last hour, we spoke to one man who recently lost his job. >> to be honest, i probably won't even listen to the speech because i've heard it all before. it seems like everything they do is politically oriented. >> it was five years ago when he lost his job. we're back with our political panel to discuss the situation with the president. kelly, we left off with you. what can the president say on thursday night to convince folks like our previous guest that he cares about them, that he doesn't care about politics. and that he will turn this thing around? >> he's probably going to say just that, he cares about these folks and the pain lasts longer than he anticipated. >> he'll do a lot of that? >> assessing expectations. >> set them low, because the reality is we're looking at august, the numbers are probably going to be the same as they were last month which is much better news than back in may and june which for lack of a better term were total disasters. going back to the story we just discussed this is bad news for

him. not necessarily terrible news of what he's competing against on the other side. no president has been re-elected with job approval below 8% but on the g.o.p. side, the candidates are looking like bachmann and perry and the ones that are considered extremists that might bode well for him in terms of re-election. >> the president's own team now has set the expectations low. they have said unemployment above 9% through 2012. what can he say, if anything, to inspire people it's going to get better? >> needs to get past this big disconnect. what's going on right now is political input. the public is living the general policy. doesn't matter who he is. what happens is people need to hear people working together, the no labels crowd is really thirsting for an answer. what i think the president should do is say we need to work together. i'll throw out three ideas and i want the speaker to come meet with me and bring three ideas and we're going to come up with something that works together that's going to upset our basis. that's what the public wants to hear. >> check out this poll.

fox news numbers say 35% of people approve of the president's handling of job creation. specifics, not soaring rhetoric. what specifics can he offer that will get this economy moving and do they have any chance of getting through congress? >> you know, no. i think he's done. i mean, you know, here he is, you put together pomp and circumstance of a joint session. but you're going to lower expectations? it's a flawed strategy. it doesn't make any sense and talking about oh, these extreme candidates and blame republicans much he's not running against john boehner. everything he does is the blame game. it's not going to work. he's going to lose. >> but again, back to the debt ceiling debate. 72% of americans actually blamed congress and the majority of americans want to see tax hikes on those who make more than $250,000. >> and the last word. >> this is why he's not being blamed as much. >> is it about blame? that was my last word. >> you know, it's the old adage, what would happen if airlines

had negative advertising, this airline crashes more than others. there would be winners and losers but the flying public would not be happy. the flying public is not happy now. it's not a vote for me. it's a vote against that guy. >> don't have to worry about re-election. a little bit of a difference. >> over someone who is weak and not getting the job done. >> should be a fascinating week. all right? thank you for all being here this morning. we appreciate it. up next, he had the job. showed up for work. but got fired on his first day. why? well, because the boss actually hired the wrong guy. got his phone numbers mixed up, it seems. should he get the job? we report, you decide. then it's the finale of our "fox and friends" all american summer concert series. this morning, joshua radin here to perform live. hear how a big name actor helped him get his musical break.

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viewers last night, pitt fans who say you better wear your pitt colors. i already was. but now i have the full gear on today. i usually only wear a helmet to sleep in. >> look very nice and as do you. >> got my university of colorado stuff on. clayton and i already dressed for the occasion. college football kicked off last night, 15 games. this is the big kickoff weekend and that's why the day was born. has anyone ever seen anything this absurd? >> that's awesome. >> the university of colorado duct tape. did you know you can get your school logo on duct tape? >> lot of things break down at the university of colorado, is that why? >> you need a lot of it. we need a lot of it. no, it's true! we need a lot of duct tape. >> sorry. >> that was a big fifth down game for my team, mizzou. >> my son would love a little pillow pet. pillow pets are all the rage. >> they're very cool. >> so thanks to those folks for sending this stuff over and i'm so excited. this is the beginning of fall.

>> actually my back has been hurting me. >> we'll derobe while you take care of the headlines. >> please don't. all righty, here are the headlines for the morning here. it looks like joran van der sloot could finally be headed to trial. 24-year-old now formerly charged in the 2010 murder of stephanie flores. she's a college student that he met at a casino in peru. he's expected to stand trial in october. he could face a 30-year prison sentence, if convicted. he, by the way, is also the main suspect, continues to be in the disappearance of american teenager natalee holloway. he has never been charged in that case. new allegations this morning, federal officials tried to cover up evidence showing border agent brian terry was killed by a gun last december from that failed fast and furious gun walking program. this comes just days after a huge shakeup of the government officials that oversaw that program. in addition, it was revealed 21 more fast and furious guns have now shown up at violent crime scenes in mexico. that's up from the 11 the atf

admitted last month. the flooding nightmare far from over. for stranded residents, this is in paterson, new jersey, they've been dealing with this. what a mess there. frustrated victims of irene. they say the devastation will require a lot more than just a visit from the president on sunday. >> need to be here now. because what is he going to see on sunday? >> and i don't want no part. >> hundreds of thousands of people throughout the northeast are still without electricity including my aunt and uncle in connecticut. imagine getting hired for a brand new job. only to get fired before you even start that job. that's exactly what happened to ed ironman. he said he was hired as a server at a restaurant in michigan. when he showed up for training, he was told there was a mix-up and he actually meant to hire somebody else. even worse, he says he quit his other job to take this one. >> oh, it was somebody else

that we were looking to hire. it wasn't you. it was a mix-up of paperwork and names. anything i can do to make it better for you? yeah, could i get a job? >> he'd be a double for ed norton, the actor, maybe. they'd refund him the cost of his uniform. that's very gracious of them. >> yeah, that is. >> he quit that other job, though. >> let us know what you think about that. should that guy get to keep the job? he gets all excited, gets the new job and gets dressed up and goes in. >> a nice severance package is in line there. that's what i think. all right, every friday this summer, we've rocked out to great tunes for our all american summer concert series. >> and there were a lot of highlights. take a look back. >> lpretty typical for your young crowd. >> ♪ i know times are getting hard ♪ >> tim tebow knew all the

lyrics to your song. >> ♪ baby i got you >> live from new york, it's loverboy! >> ♪ higher >> ♪ can you let me down easy >> everyone is here mostly to see molly but also here to see sister hazel. >> ♪ all for you >> you are listening live on our plaza on the "fox and friends" all american concert series. >> i don't know if you heard but lighthouse is here, ladies and gentlemen. >> ♪ half way gone >> ♪ sunshine >> one of the biggest songs of all time in high school algebra class. >> on my desk. i did not do very well in algebra. >> i see a lot more women out

here than i do men. that's fantastic. >> thanks to "fox and friends"! thanks to all of you! i'm mat nathanson. >> ♪ i wish that i had jesse's girl ♪ ♪ i wish that i had jesse's girl ♪ >> my mom has been texting me all morning and she's like i can't believe steve is interviewing you. i love steve! >> i'm -- easy. >> ♪ kiss me like you kiss me girl you rock me harder than some downtown ♪ >> now the finale of the "fox and friends" all american summer concert series, joshua radin is here. he's going to perform next hour and everybody is getting their barbecue, joshua, then they're going to come over and listen to the tunes. thanks for being here this morning. >> thanks for having me.

>> a lot of times we have on performers that talk about picking up musical instruments and being musicians all their life from when they're 3, 4, 5. when i looked up everything on you, you basically got into this in 2004, right? >> that's right. >> what brought you into it so late? >> i don't know. i think i was scared to try it. one of the things i wanted to do as a kid but never thought i could. >> what gave you the confidence to do it? >> i don't know. i have no idea. i guess i got older. >> were you singing in the shower or singing in the mirror? who told you joshua, you need to give this a shot? >> probably my mom. >> she was probably the one that gave you the gut? you were an art major and did -- and taught art as well. >> exactly. >> and your big break was interesting because it was a guy we all know, zach braff, an actor from the show "scrubs." . how was he instrumental in kicking off your musical career? >> i played him the first song

that i ever wrote. he said maybe i should get a demo of it. three weeks later, it was on the show. i started to realize maybe i could do this for a living. i was very lucky. >> most people again when they sing that first song, it's for their parents, for some friends, to someone not often is a famous hollywood actor. how did you get him as an audience? >> we went to college together and i was writing screenplays for a while and i met a lot of people in hollywood and i started playing music and sort of knew these people already. it was nice and convenient. >> talking about some of the television shows that have been so instrumental throughout your career that your music has appeared on. >> pretty much all the tv shows that use music, i guess. gray's anatomy and one tree hill and "american idol" and i don't know, just so many brothers and sisters. and i don't know, there's a lot of them. >> tell us about the album.

>> my new album is so new, i mean. a little more rocking, play electric guitar on as well as acoustic. sort of a loss of innocence record i like to say. >> loss of innocence record. >> i like that. some say there were songs about a bad breakup. is there any truth to that tale? >> i think every song is about a bad breakup whether it's happy or sad. >> was there one that was particularly difficult? >> yeah, there's been a couple. >> we won't open up old wounds. >> there's been a couple. not ready for morning tv. >> next hour, what are you going to perform for us? >> i think for the televised, i'm going to do a song called "you got what i need" and for the audience out here while they're eating ribs, i'm going to play like six other songs. some old stuff, some new stuff, you know. >> great stuff coming up from joshua radin. come down if you're in the neighborhood. free food and some wonderful music from joshua radin. guys, what else is coming up? >> thank you.

can't wait to get out there and hear him. >> hear some music and get some food. but we've got this first coming up for you. his crew caught the only known video of the first plane hitting world trade center on 9/11. now that video is only the beginning of firefighters kept the camera rolling. he's here next with what he saw. you don't want to miss this. >> then it looks like that pregnant -- that woman that you're seeing there pregnant. she's drinking a beer. what would you do -- what would you do if you saw somebody drinking alcohol when they're pregnant? good question. you'll find out. >> here's another good question for you, juliet. get your pen and paper out. born on this day in 1948 -- ♪

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and earn double miles on every purchase, every day. go to capitalone.com. what's in your wallet? so, you're a docrat right? >> september 11, 2001 was a day no one will soon forget. especially our next guest. james hanlon was in the middle of filming a documentary when the attacks happened. his haunting footage captured inside the north tower was so remarkable, they turned it into a documentary called "9/11." >> randy's wife madeleine is convinced that her husband of 22 years died as a result of the toxic dust at ground zero. >> every doctor that we spoke to pretty much drew the link for us. i mean, right from the very beginning, his primary doctor totally believed it was from 9/11. >> in honor of the 10th

anniversary, the documentary is being updated and will be reaired on 9/11. james hanlon is with us this morning. nice to see you. >> good morning. >> when we talk about it being updated, what new information is added to this? are we looking at the first responders now? is that the big update here? >> well, we've been following these men for 10 years. it was a film that i made and we shot it on 9/11, that day. we had been following probably for four months when 9/11 happened. the fifth year, we dealt with the psychological aspects of what was going on, a lot of ptsd and now we've come back to cbs, you know, for the 10th anniversary and about a year ago, we started to realize a lot of guys started to get sick. so this update and really like a follow-up on these guys is all about kind of the medical issues and who is getting cancer and where they are today. >> you say it's not just about

the 403 first responders who died on 9/11 which we saw obviously in this first iteration of the film, it's now, you say, the 800 or 900 people that have died since and it keeps growing. >> that's a great point because for the fire department, the number has always been 343 and as you said, 403 first responders but that number now, what is it? and it's growing and it's getting larger and larger. >> why is that happening? we heard about obviously the inhalation issues and we heard about the dust, we heard about the debris. we've heard about all of the breathing problems and all of the different problems, cardiovascular and otherwise from the first responders. but now we're learning that cancer is taking hold. explain this to us. >> well, for anyone who saw and so many people have seen the images, you know, in 10 1/2 seconds, everything was pulverized, you know, 50,000 fluorescent light bulbs, you know, 25,000 computers, carpeting, asbestos, things like

dioxin, benzene were found down at the site and now recently the lancet medical journal has come out and said there's an increase of, i believe, 19% of firefighters and cancer. now, if you take all of those toxins and you burn it with jet fuel and you light it on fire and you're working on that pile, not that anybody wouldn't have gone down there and done it, you know, everybody wanted to be there, but they were exposed to this and now, it's coming to fruition that cancer. >> you've obviously watched these gentlemen over the past 10 years. we know there's a bill finally going through. are they getting the care that they need? are their families getting the care that they need? >> i think the zadroga, the health and compensation act that was finally passed and was a good thing, might have missed the mark when it left out cancer because although the fire department has always taken care of its own and they've been very

good with us, you know, with medicals and bringing us in, that bill should have cancer in it. because as we see in some of the reports that are just coming out, that's what guys are getting. >> that's what people are sumping through. -- suffering through. the documentary will air on cbs on 9/11, "10 years later" and we have mentioned the craft hitting the tower. won't show that footage until 9/11 out of sensitivity. we appreciate you joining us this morning and thanks for your incredible work bringing these stories to light for us. thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> make way because look at this mom, drinking for two. would you say something to her? what does it say about you? dr. keith ablow will break it down. do you say something to that pregnant mom? [ female announcer ] so you think your kids are getting enough vegetables? maybe not. v8 v-fusion juice gives them a full serving of vegetables plus a full serving of fruit.

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>> here's the answer to the question of the day. i should have known this. terry bradshaw, the winner is sharon from texas. congratulations. and hello, terry. all right. call it a pregnant pause. you are looking at video of bystander at a minnesota state fair. each and every one of them looking on in silence as a visibly pregnant woman drank beer until she was drunk. don't panic, it was part of a social experiment, a woman wearing a fake belly to see if anyone would intervene. joining us is psychiatrist and fox news contributor dr. keith ablow. good to have you here, sir. doctor. >> sure, doctor, keith. >> i'm going with, i'm just going with, i'm trying to be optimistic in thinking people maybe thought well, surely, nobody would do this if they were pregnant. maybe she's just heavy.

not likely, is it? >> i think that's overly optimistic which you are optimistic which is nice. i think people in groups do not very well, actually. they don't do well in terms of intervening when they should. there's a kind of group think mentality first of all that paralyzes people. they don't just look at the supposedly pregnant woman drinking. they look all around and they say, well, why would i anoint myself to intervene when all these other folks at the fair aren't doing so? so that's, i think, one of the hurdles here to actually taking action. >> group think is something, you know, people who run wars, military people have been falling prey to that. it's not surprised that people out in the public should be falling prey to that as well. you say one good thing, not a good thing actually. probably a bad thing. science leads people to question almost anything.

all the information comes out, salt is good for you. chocolate is bad for you. elaborate on this and how it applies to this situation. >> exactly. look, if you look at this particular experiment, there's so many hurdles. first, there's the group think hurdle. secondly, at the back of people's minds now is so much cynicism. first, salt is going to give you strokes and hypertension. now a study comes out and says maybe it's actually good for you. cholesterol, the worst thing in the world. wait a second. maybe there's some kind of fats that are really essential. maybe cholesterol is not the thing. so i think people have so much cynicism now that they think well, well, do i really know for sure this is harming the fetus? we know that for sure. but people look at global warming and they're like, well, look, now there's another side to that debate. we were told that we had to invest billions and billions to stop it. now we're saying wait, maybe it's a phase the earth goes through naturally so i think that's at the back of people's minds, too. >> so if you find yourself in a

situation like that, we're showing this video and we're not blurring a lot of people's faces. there are people walking by and we're not accusing people or impugning anybody. but if you find yourself in a situation like that and you're feeling a little hesitant, should you just go? what should you do? what should a person do? >> you should do it. you should do it. you should defeat these internal understandable constraints, take some action because you know what? individual action is what changes everything. you shouldn't presume that because somebody is the parent, owns a child that that confers upon that individual the right to sentence that child to a potential lifetime of lower intellect and cranial facial abnormalities like fetal alcohol syndrome comprises so no, take action. listen, it's a risk because you might get pushed. you might get yelled at. you might not be affected. take all the risks. do it anyway. >> always good to see you.

thanks for waking up on a friday morning. all righty. police are ready to rule his death a suicide. what about the evidence that suggests something more sinister? judge jeanine weighs in next hour. this little girl wants to mimic her idol dolly parton. mom says it's fine. we'll talk about it. football is back, and verizon is bringing it straight to you. introducing nfl mobile for 2011. built to bring you the game. only from verizon. built so you can rule the air.

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we'll take you to the white house live. >> police ready to say that she killed herself, but are they so sure? the evidence no longer adding up on the woman found dead in a millionaire's backyard. >> and this little girl wants to mimic her idol, dolly parton. she's four years old. her mother helping her live out that dream. padding the dress of a four-year-old. how do you feel about all this please let us know. we'll be reading your e-mails and tweets. "fox & friends" continues, hour number three now. ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ >> it's a shame his voice isn't good, isn't it? >> juliet: yeah, maybe he they could have brought in somebody with a good voice. >> at the end of the summer, it's our last concert series

here. it's almost like a soul type of sound. >> juliet: it's like mellow beach music. >> who would have known that this guy has only been involved in music since 2004. he said i'm going to give it a shot. his mom said give it a shot. zach brown gave him a shot on the show. >> juliet: he has done that with somebody else. i have a friend who is a performer, michael, he's been on "fox & friends." he was on a few years ago, based out of atlanta. great singer/songwriter. he put that on "scrubs." >> come on down if you're at 48th and 6th. free food and great music. >> he'll be playing all morning long for us. >> juliet: yes, he will. we are going to take you out there. first, the white house reportedly fine with delaying the president's big jobs speech next week. but new reports out say they're, quote, furious. >> now the details.

are they okay with all of this? >> hi, dave, clayton and juliet. the white house says the important thing is that the president will deliver his much talked about jobs speech next week. that's what they say they're focused on and that's their main priority. the day they say doesn't really much matter. but reports are coming out, for example n politico, that the white house is steamed that the house of representatives, specifically at republican speaker john boehner, that boehner pushed back on the president's request to address congress on wednesday, the same night as the gop debate at the reagan library. one source told politico that this scene is, quote, a big deal in the administration, that they moved the president's speech to thursday. but the white house press secretary tried to stay away from any of that back and forth yesterday. >> our focus from the beginning was to have the president have the opportunity to speak to the american people and to congress in front of congress at the soon as pop date.

upon congress' return from its long recess. wednesday seemed to be the best option. when that wasn't available or when that seemed to be a problem, thursday was fine with us. >> republicans will have their turn on the economy before and after the president's speech. the following week, spaker boehner will give a speech on jobs and the economic situation and address whatever the president lays out in his speech. and on tuesday, september 6, that's two days before the president addresses congress, gop presidential candidate mitt romney will unveil his plan for job creation and jumpstarting the economy. you'll hear from republicans before and after. one more note on the president, today he will leave the white house and head to camp david for most of the weekend, probably to prepare for the speech until sunday when you will go tour some of the flood damage from hurricane irene in new jersey. back to you guys in new york. >> thank you. >> juliet: congratulations, by the way. you and i have been here for a long time at fox news channel. and i watched molly grow.

she is pregnant. is that correct? >> yes! baby girl. baby jacqueline due in december. >> juliet: already named! congratulations! >> thank you very much. >> we should mention is molly was mentioning the president going to camp david. a lot of americans getting out of town for labor day, not really thinking much about what's going to happen in the business world in washington, which is always the perfect time for bad news to come out of washington. this morning we're learning that the white house has now revised their job growth forecast. earlier in the year, it was up to they predicted for the rest of 2012, 2.7%. that's what they originally predicted. now they revised that number, down to 1.7% through 2012. that's a terrible number. >> that's anemic growth. they also predict the unemployment rate will stay above 9% throughout 2012 in through and past the election, setting the bar awfully low. stuart varney from the "fox business" network says it reflects an awful lot on the success or lack thereof of the

stimulus. >> it is the white house that is forecasting 9% unemployment all the way through next year's election. it's not a bunch of critics of the white house. it's the white house itself. this is extremely negative number. they're saying look, based on what we've seen in the last couple of months in the economy, we've got a downgrade our forecast for growth and upgrade our forecast of the unemployment rate. this forecast of 9% unploat is an admission that the first stimulus program did not work. >> juliet: oh, yeah. the polls are coming out and the numbers do not look good for president obama. i think it was bill o'reilly's show last night, i think on talking points where he said this number is armageddon for the president as far as electability goes. >> 35% approve of the job he's done in creating jobs. >> we should mention a half hour from now, we'll have those new jobs numbers coming out. we'll bring them to you live at 8:30 eastern time on "fox & friends." we'll see what the president says, if he can try to alleviate some of these fears about these numbers. >> a lot of economists say those

numbers today are more important than that speech next thursday. again, 30 minutes from now. >> juliet: we have other headlines, not even a week after hurricane irene slammed the east coast. a new tropical depression churns closer towards the united states. this time forecasters say could bring as much as 20 inches to the gulf coast. governor bobby jindal already declaring a state of emergency in louisiana because of the threat of flash flooding. there is a chance the depression could turn into tropical storm lee by the end of the day. golden arches go up in flames outside san diego in a huge fire believed to be caused by a natural gas explosion. mcdonald's worker began evacuating customers after they smelled gas in the kitchen. all workers, all the customers got out safely. although one worker suffered a minor injury. took dozens of firefighters from several towns to get this fire under control. look at this. it stood for more than two centuries. now it's a piece of american history and it's gone.

destroyed by hurricane irene. we're talking about a 220-year-old oak tree at president john f kennedy's grave site at arlington national cemetery. you've seen it if you visited there. you can see the bark snapped right in half. the tree not far from the tomb of the unknown soldier. army guards stood by the tomb throughout the entire hurricane and that was not damaged. one ucla student is going on a unique summer vacation. chris traveled to libya to join the rebels fight against moammar gadhafi. he is not libyan. he has no relatives in libya. he doesn't know arabic, but thought it would be, quote, cool, to join a real revolution. he and the rebels are currently gathered outside sirte, one of the few towns still under gadhafi's control. they gave supporters an extra week to surrender. gadhafi released two messages while in hiding and says he will not surrender. those are the headlines for today. >> here is another big headline, a lot of people fired up about

that show "toddlers and tiaras" on tlc. normally it's inflammatory enough. but now this particular story line of this little girl who wants to be dolly parton. that's her idol. she's four years old. so the mom gives her fake breasts and padding in the booty area and gets and prods her on stage. >> i want to do a good job and feel beautiful. >> when she wears the fake boobs and fake buttocks, it's like an extra bonus. >> i won! >> juliet: i'm trying to play devil's advocate, even though i can't stand the show. it creeps me out. i'm trying to -- she's dressing as dolly parton. she's in accustom. so if -- costume. if your kid wants to be dolly parton on halloween, are you going to be just as upset? >> so she dresses as a witch on halloween --

>> this is not halloween. this is a beauty pageant. we asked for your input. one said the child should be removed from the parent's custody until mom can learn basic parenting skills and values that put safety and childhood ahead of sexual display and fantasy. all of this a little bonus. many of you said sick. ridiculous. pathetic. disgusting and a few eating disorders. >> some disagree. sydney from texas says i watched the episode and thought it was harmless. maybe it's because i am from the south and i have a local for dolly. there are worst things happening in this world. let her have fun, oh, yes, and i am a parent, she says. >> we should say we love dolly, we all love dolly here on the curvy couch, just to be clear. >> juliet: this is a tweet. we are oversexualizing our children and robbing them of their innocence. she should be coloring or playing in the sand box. >> i think you're raising a high maintenance girl. >> and perhaps -- coming up,

police are about to rule her death a suicide. but what if the evidence no longer adds up? the judge, jeanine pirro about the woman found dead in a millionaire's backyard. >> juliet: justice served. wait until you hear what's next for this youth football team caught beating a referee. >> don't miss the all american summer concert series. joshua radin here to perform live. here he is singing "the rock and the tide." ♪ ♪

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>> juliet: welcome back. 15 memberses past the hour. may have looked like a murder, but today the san diego sheriff's department is set to reveal that the mysterious hanging death of the girlfriend of a pharmaceutical millionaire was a suicide. back in july, her body was found hanging naked and bound from an outside balcony at the california mansion. her death came two days after her six-year-old son was found unconscious at the base of the stairs at the same house. he later died, by the way. joining me now is judge pirro the host of "justice." good to have you here. >> good morning.

>> juliet: this is very weird, just right off the bat. my gut is going, i don't know. her hands and legs are tied. >> you think? when you analyze this thing, the woman has her hands bound behind her back. she also has her feet bound together, and she's hanging from a noose and it's just counter intuitive. who kills themselves by hanging themselves and going through a special process of knotting the hands and feet? 4,000 people every year commit suicide by hanging and seven times more men than women. so it's very unusual from the start. so they said, well, she was depressed and upset because her boyfriend's son fell down the stairs. well, the truth is, he died after she committed suicide. i don't know about all of this guilt about his falling down the stairs. but more than that, her family spoke with her the night before. she was fine. by breakfast, she's dead. >> juliet: what do we know about the guy, the pharmaceutical guy? >> what we know is that -- >> juliet: why are you smiling? >> because it's a very good

question. he had a history with his ex-wife and there were allegations of violence. what's interesting, is he hasn't said a word. he hasn't said one word in this case. >> juliet: but you know if you were his lawyer, you would say keep your mouth shut. >> absolutely. but there isn't any denial, nothing going on. the six-year-old dies. she commits suicide, allegedly by hanging and i've spoken to medical examiners and they say, well, it's quite possible. but she had to go through a special process. she had to know how to slip knot. she had to know what direction to do it in, and then to kill herself naked, naked! when they found her, she was already cut down. so some of the forensic evidence wasn't there in the beginning. >> juliet: what's your gut telling you? >> my gut says it's counter intuitive. i don't like it. i don't buy it. but look, there is no suicide note. there is no depression. she speaks to her family. the boy hasn't died yet. she's going to strip down naked and go through the process of slip knots to jump over the balcony? >> juliet: if the police rule this was a suicide -- then the

case is history? >> it's that simple. >> juliet: don't you think the family will keep pushing? >> yes, they are. they're very upset about this. >> juliet: it's not necessarily over? >> you know what? once the medical examiner says suicide, that's the end of it. >> juliet: tell us about your show. >> tomorrow a special about the mother who killed her two children by killing them both dead because they were, quote, mouthy. she's raising the insanity defense. the question is will they buy it? the issue is premeditation. if you planned to buy a gun, you lay out your plan, you delay the massacre by three days 'cause you can't get the gun for three days, then you can't say, by the way, i was crazy, don't hold me responsible. >> juliet: you're not only smart, but beautiful. like your address. >> thank you. >> juliet: all right. the decision to leave religion out of the september 11 memorial ceremony is sparking outrage all

across the country. we have two religious leaders dedicated to bringing god back to ground zero coming up next. but first, more from joshua radin. jeanine pirro is a huge fan. he's our summer concert series finale, "everything will be all right ." ♪ ♪ the stronger the rapids, the more we loved it.

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>> next sunday marks the tenth anniversary of 9-11 and many americans across the country will gather to commemorate. but here in new york, city members of the clergy are not welcome at the event. >> everybody would like to participate and the bottom line is everybody cannot participate. there isn't room. there isn't time. and in some cases, it's just not appropriate. >> bloomberg less than a year ago supported an islamic mosque and community center being built just steps away from ground zero. a new york city council member and pastor at new life outreach international and richard land is with the southern baptist convention. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> mr. land, what do you think about the decision from mayor bloomberg and why do you think he came to this decision?

>> i think it's outrageous. you know, when the event happened ten years ago, the clergy was welcomed, chaplains lost their lives responding to those who were in need at ground zero and if we had another attack, the clergy would be welcome again. this is just an outrageous decision by someone who is blinded by his secular seculari. >> fernando, the mayor says he wants to keep the focus on the victims' families. isn't that the same opinion you share? don't you want to keep the focus not necessarily on various religions, but on the victims' families? >> exactly. the fact of the matter is, it was prayer that got the families through the tragedy. it is prayer that continues to get the families through the loss and the grieving that they still experience. james madison called prayer the perfect remedy. it's been part of our american

history to have prayer as part of the solution when we go through times like this. >> mr. land, those supporters that mayor bloomberg's decision say, well, let's say, for example, you do allow a catholic priest, then doesn't it open the door to all religions and don't you have to support and represent all religions and you know what would happen then? >> sure. well, i think that's a lewd chris argument. let's say we had a catholic priest, jewish rabbi, and ema'am. that would represent over 90% of the people in new york city and that's a pretty good representation. i think it's just outrageous. the mistake that he's making is we have a secular state, but we don't have a secular society. over 85% of americans claim some form of affiliation with the christian faith and 61% say

their religion is very important in their lives. we're not france, mr. bloomberg. we're not france. we're the united states of america. >> mr. cabrera, last word on this. do you sense this is a final decision by the mayor and where do you go from here? >> i would hope not because the fact is that most americans are asking for this. we were all affected by what took place on 9-11 and he needs to hear the voice of the american people, especially new yorkers. >> all right. fernando, richard, we appreciate you both being here. have a great weekend. we want to hear from you folks on this. let us know how you feel, tweet me. let us know on the e-mail. coming up, brand-new jobless numbers for the entire month of august set to be released in minutes. it could make a huge splash in washington with the president's major jobs speech a few days away now. we'll have them for you next. plus, this military couple got married at the courthouse before being whisked off to war. now the husband has a huge

surprise for his wife and they're both here live. first, here is josh radin with "brand-new day" on our "fox & friends" concert series. ♪ ♪ ♪

>> so we told you earlier we would bring you these latest job numbers. the august job numbers out this morning. not good. remaining steady at 9.1%. we added zero jobs in august. analysts expected 70,000 jobs to be added. zero. >> juliet: nonfarm employers, zero. >> it gets worse! >> juliet: july spiked downward. >> they always look back at those numbers, every time we have a new jobs report, they always look back at the previous

numbers and they either revise them up or down to get new data. they analyze it. now those previous numbers that we thought were good earlier this summer, down now. the real question we were talking with stuart varney earlier, is this a real sign of a recession. you're starting to see the jobs numbers down, you're starting to see the jobs forecast from the white house downgraded. >> juliet: when you look at the poll, people are saying they already feel like we're in a recession. >> a great point. eight in ten people, according to a cnn poll, say we're in a recession and those numbers start to bear that out. the president again speaking thursday night, 7:00 o'clock on how he's going to create jobs. this now becomes ever more pivotal important for his presidency, for his reelection. how does he get this moving in the right direction? ben bernanke will speak later in the month. is he going to start buying up more treasuries? >> juliet: john boehner will speak on the 15th. is that right? >> the 15th of september. a lot of speaking going on. >> juliet: not a lot of solutions going on. that's the issue. the rest of your headlines, it looks like joran van der sloot,

remember him? could finally be headed to trial. the 24-year-old now formally charge in the murder of stephanie flores. a college student he met at a casino in peru. he's expected to stand trial in october and he could face 30 year prison sentence if he is convicted. he's also the main suspect, of course, in the disappearance of american teen-ager natalee holloway, not a trace from natalee holloway since she disappeared. though he has never been charged in that case. new details. officials in turkey announced they are cutting military ties with israel and they're expelling the israeli ambassador from their country. all of this in response to a brand-new report from the u.n. about the deadly flotilla raid in 2010 where israeli soldiers killed nine people after they boarded the turkish ship. this morning the u.n. said the assault was justified and that israel was just trying to enforce its naval blockade of the area. turkish officials are infuriated

by this report. and say they do not and will not recognize the legality of that blockade. the flooding nightmare far from over for stranded residents in patterson, new jersey. many frustrated victims of irene say devastation is going to cost a lot more than a visit from the president this sunday. >> he need to be here now because what is he going to say on sunday? >> i just don't want no part. >> juliet: hopefully those waters will go down, but who knows? hundreds of thousands of people throughout the northeast are still without electricity as well. remember this football brawl? it happened at a youth game in florida. now the entire team has been suspended for the whole year. in addition, the police department is reviewing the tape and they could file charges. but the referee in the video says he does not want charges filed. the whole thing started after the sarasota gator, made up of 13 and 14-year-olds, got upset

with the referee's calls. and you see what ensued. those are your headlines. >> thanks so much. listen to this story, one couple first met while serving overseas in iraq. but because the ongoing war and their duties to the army, they had to get married without a traditional wedding ceremony. >> that is until this happened. >> surprise! >> i present to you, mr. and mrs. myers. >> that is one heck of a kiss. last saturday he surprised his wife with the wedding of her dreams. the newlyweds live with us from seattle. congratulations to you both. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> tell us about that kiss. how surprised, how happy were you? >> i was on cloud nine. >> i can imagine. how in the world did you manage to pull this off?

i know how difficult it must be to plan a wedding. all sorts of planning that goes. that's why men usually stay away from it all. >> juliet: why are you looking at me? >> i'm just staring. they don't get involved in it. how did you manage to pull this off given the duties serving your country at the time? >> it wasn't easy. with the help of her family, we pulled it off. >> juliet: you guys, back in july of 2010, you were supposed to get married in vegas, but it didn't happen, so you did it at a courthouse. she always wanted the wedding. so your husband went kind of behind closed doors. you didn't have any pictures from your initial wedding because you lost the camera. so he goes behind closed doors and he gets everybody all lined up. you had invitations printed up, a little reception there. you threw the bouquet, all of that traditional stuff. where is the honeymoon? are you going to be able to have a honeymoon? >> probably later. no time soon 'cause we don't have any more leave. so we're not taking a honeymoon soon. >> juliet: what did you think

was happening there? where did you think you were going? >> i actually thought i was going to a church festival. my family told me we were going to a festival and hurry up and get dressed and come to the church. >> you knew something was up, right? 'cause you were at the hair salon and the woman at the salon asked you who was getting married? >> yeah. i was like, i'm the only one in the room that's married, so it can't be me. >> congratulations to the happy couple. what a great story you'll have to tell for generations. good luck to you, thank you both for your service to this country. >> thank you guys. >> that's four tours of service between them in this country for us. thank you guys so much. congratulations. >> juliet: that's really a cool story. all right. we'll get into some seriously not happy stuff. breaking news right now, zero jobs added in august. that's the worst performance in more than a year. the president is going to be speaking about his plan, what is the plan?

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>> welcome back. we just shared that breaking news with you. the new numbers showing unemployment unchanged at 9.1%. added zero jobs. zero jobs last month. so what's the president's plan come next thursday? he needs specifics this morning. a former chief speech writer for president george w. bush and a columnist for the "wall street journal" and joins us this morning. we'll talk about something else in just a moment. but first, your reaction to those numbers. what can the president say next thursday to try to stem this tide? we saw those earlier june and july numbers revised down. it's still trending down. >> right. look, it's important not to read too much into monthly jobs numbers. but we've had fairly stagnant job growth. it's why unemployment is 9%

level. and i don't think he has anything to say. >> when i look at those, you say not to read too much into those, but it's hard for me seeing zero jobs created in august, when you compare that with the 300,000 jobs that we need to just keep up. >> i think what i'm saying is i would look more at the last year and a half. it's not a good story. it's very, very -- it's a bad story. it's why people are concerned. it's why he's giving a speech. when you give a speech, people forget we're debating whether he did it on purpose, to have it on the republican night. the first thing about a speech is you have to have something to say. >> that's the big question. as a former speech writer for president bush, you're looking ahead to next thursday. what can the president say? is there something that he can say that's backed up by actual specifics and actual action or are we going to hear more of the same? >> i don't think he can. i think the thing that would be pleasing maybe to markets is to hear washington doesn't create jobs, that we added some burdens on businesses, and so forth and we're addressing those. that's not going to happen. the bubble that people talk about in the white house, i think a lot of this is just

president obama. >> let's talk about that. you wrote a piece in the "wall street journal" about the white house in a bubble. this idea that when perhaps president obama is behind closed doors there, he's insulated, maybe he's not listening. it seemed like he was slightly energized when he got on the bus tour a few weeks ago and he was actually talking to people who were angry, fed up and having a discussion with him. then he goes back to washington. you argue this bubble is maybe keeping him insulated? >> i think the bubble is president obama's bubble. when i was in the white house, everyone talks about the bubble. i saw a lot of other people in their own bubbles. the white house, look, the normal mechanism for people is to be cautious. they don't do this because, don't do this because. look where we handled this speech. there is no way that a decision to schedule a speech on the night of a republican debate, there is no way that didn't go to the president himself. so what are we talking about? all the atmospherics. the second part is, now it's a big speech. president obama recently has

looked for the grand stage and the grand stage these days seems to diminish him. if he doesn't have a speech that's up to the expectations that's really going to do something, he's in trouble. >> one of the things you point out in your piece, and i think is interesting, is that the liberals have been sitting back thinking that the president, even jon stewart on the daily show, he thinks the president may be in this for the long game, that he's sort of like a it jedi master working the strings behind the scenes and this is eventually going to happen down the line. but you're saying that doesn't seem to be the case. there is no long game at all. >> when people talk about the long game, it means the short game isn't working. anyone could talk about the long game. the long game, there is too many variables. i don't think there is anything he can do, actually, to increase unemployment substantially over the next year and a half. and so i'm just wondering, is this more about opening the campaign, blaming congress for things, or is it really about getting americans back to work? >> i would love to see him call

up speaker boehner, get out on a podium together and say we're going to share the limelight and get this done. a big, bold move from congress and -- >> here is what we have. we have president obama saying let's take the politics out of the situation. let's stop washington as usual. what does he do? he schedules a debate speech for the night the republicans are having a debate. >> william, thanks so much. and great piece. we appreciate you joining us. >> thank you. >> coming up here on the show, when we come back, joshua radin performing one of his latest hits out on our plaza, wrapping up the "fox & friends" all american summer concert series. summer is over, folks. don't go anywhere. we'll taste the last bit of it, coming up on the show. first, let's check in with bill hemmer for what's coming up at the top of the hour. >> we're hanging on to a couple days. clinging there with our fingernails. breaking news on the jobs front. it's the story of the year. it's been the story for three years. new fox polling with surprising numbers for the women in the republican party.

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>> welcome back. the finale of our "fox & friends" all american summer concert series. >> juliet: welcome back to the timee! >> who is this? we don't want to scare you. >> my co-host. this is my son. he said, it's the last day of summer for our all american -- >> juliet: he's like, josh radin is here, i've got to come. >> are you ready for this? >> got to see this. >> juliet: josh has been playing all morning. you sound amazing.

you will be singing "you got what i need." >> let's hear it! you want to hear some music? [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ baby you, you got what i need ♪ ♪ baby you got my sunshine ♪ baby you, you got what i need need ♪ ♪ baby you, you got my sunshine sunshine ♪ ♪ when i see you

♪ it's a beautiful world ♪ when you're gone ♪ i want you in my arms ♪ i'm telling you the last time ♪ ♪ baby you, you got what i need need ♪ ♪ baby you, you got my sunshine sunshine ♪ ♪ every night i notice you're all alone ♪ ♪ wonder you might let me love you ♪ ♪ i'm on fire ♪ can't you feel my desire ♪ i want to take you higher ♪ ♪

it's a simplest thing ♪ ♪ it's always so hard to see ♪ i want to be the one and only making you feel love ♪ ♪ oh, darling i need love ♪ it's all i can dream of ♪ baby you, you got what i need need ♪ ♪ baby you, you got my sunshine sunshine ♪ ♪ baby you, you got what i need need ♪ ♪ baby you, you got my sunshine sunshine ♪ ♪ you got my sunshine

♪ baby you, you got what i need ♪ ♪ baby you, you got what i need ♪ ♪ baby you, you got what i need ♪ ♪ baby you, you got what i need ♪ ♪ baby you, you got what i need need ♪

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