because "fox & friends" starts right about now. >> good morning, everyone. we had a quick action by our floor director, joel. you're quick off the start this morning. getting rid of that box of tissues. >> he got his speed from swimming. i mean, it's incredible. >> he got his speed from watching the jets win yesterday, i think. >> 4-3 on the year. well on their way to a super bowl. >> we hope you had a great weekend, let's start your monday morning with a fox news alert. major development overseas. reuters reporting that the united states has withdrawn its ambassador to syria, robert ford leaving the country apparently due to major security concerns now in the capital city of damascus. syria has also been dealing with heavy anti-government protests in recent months which has led to several civilian deaths. now the rest of your headlines. rescue workers in turkey using their bare hands to pull

survivors from the rubble after yesterday's powerful 7.2 earthquake. the death toll is 239, expected to rise. close to 800 more are hurt and dozens of buildings were flattened in the eastern part of the country. people still trapped in those buildings, highways have caved in as well. there have been 100 aftershocks since that initial earthquake. one was a 6.0. signs of hope ringing out on the a vigil for a missing baby lisa irwin. >> ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound ♪ >> dozens of people attended the service in kansas city in front of the home where the 11-month-old vanished. lisa's mother cried the entire time clinging by her husband's side. check out it surveillance video at this gas station surveillance video shows a man walking out of the woods near the baby's home the night she disappeared.

police also investigating a suspicious dumpster fire that happened in the same area. >> 15 occupy philly protesters arrested for blocking the street in front of police headquarters. anti-corporate demonstrators threatening to storm city hall sometime this week and 130 occupy chicago protesters arrested after trying to set up camp in grant park after it was closed. most of them posted bail and are headed back to the protest again. in game four of the world series, the texas rangers got a boost from a familiar face. former president george w. bush throwing out the first pitch. that was high and inside. anyway, that was nolan ryan catching it. the team did the rest against the st. louis cards. they each the series now at 2-2 games. for those who said nobody would watch this world series, it's turning out to be a good one. >> nolan ryan, a pitcher, not a catcher.

> >> you're such a nolan ryan apologyist. singing the same tune. good news and bad news. the good news is libya has officially declared itself liberated. we're liberated. now the bad news. they have the head of the national transition council has said going forward, our code of conduct will be based on -- wait for it. sharia law. >> fantastic. and sharia law immediately meaning that the previous law that banned polygamy is now lifted. so explain that when you come home. >> brian, they can only have four brides. >> is it down to four? it's a harem! >> i guess they set the number -- god only knows when you believe in polygamy, how you end up with only four. if you can go for the gusto, why would you set any limit? not really sure. speaking of the limits, there will be none. they will have limits on banks. apparently, even under qaddafi,

they had western rules with regard to how banks worked. now, apparently, that's going to be another part of this newly radicalized world over in libya where they're not going to be open to that. >> the secretary of state was just there and you would think even though it's not public, you would think that would have come up. listen, qaddafi is gone. you're about to find him. regardless of what happens, as you said, in his interim council, what's going to be the foundation of your constitution? when you said islamic law, this is a disaster. >> absolutely, for the people who thought they should get rid of qaddafi or getting rid of mubarak should be great. hello, this is the last thing a lot of people wanted to see over there. sure, it will only cost a billion dollars to get rid of qaddafi. we have this new law and they still hate us. >> it's not completely set in stone. let's have some optimism here. all the experts that came on our show right after the killing of qaddafi, what did they say the number one thing was moving forward?

diplomats in place in libya to try and persuade them to move in a democratic way. so, you know, we don't know really. we heard that nato was pulling out. does that mean that they sent some diplomats back or left some to help in this process? is this a first world thing that it's automatic sharia law or there's still hope? >> good luck agreeing on anything. even what's for dinner is going to be tough to get anybody on the same page. >> all right. we now have a world that no longer has a muammar qaddafi in it. and we have a world without usama bin laden. those are a couple of foreign policy coups for the president of the united states. conventional wisdom would be that would help his re-election campaign but senator lindsay graham was on one of the chat shows yesterday and he said not so fast. he's calling on the republican candidates for president to go ahead and essentially step up and challenge the president on these things. here's a snippet. >> to the republican party, national security matters, we've

got a jobs problem. we've got a national security problem that's growing by the day. this president for the last year and a half has made some very poor national security decisions. israel has been thrown under the bus. so we don't have a place to put a prisoner. if we caught a hot target, where do we put them? in a time when we need troops in iraq to secure the intervention with iran, we're going to go into 2012 with none. at the end of the day, these decisions that the president obama is making, i think, are strategically unsound and our people need to step up and challenge him. >> he would have stood by the president given the right troop levels in afghanistan, he would have stood by the president if the military minds, their goal met, with leaving 10,000 to 15,000 troops in iraq, he said he would have stood by him on all those things but the president has put politics over policy. >> interesting thing is with all these republican debates still to come, i think there's 12 or

13 left, maybe they should focus. ok, good, i know we've discussed that on your radio show. maybe it would be a good idea now. we know that the economy is front and center but foreign policy is very important to this country and many believe they are intricately intwined in one another. maybe it would be a good idea to just focus completely on what the republicans feel about foreign policy. >> they got to focus on what happens next over in iraq. you have to figure -- and one of the things that lindsay graham said is they're dancing in the streets in tehran because as soon as we're out, more influence in iran over that country and in fact, mahmoud ahmadinejad told cnn yesterday that iraq will boost efforts to try -- rather, iran will boost efforts to train iraqi police. great. we're leaving, we're taking our trainers and suddenly, iran is in there saying we'll help you. >> the way it was spun on friday is that this is what we wanted all along and nobody in america, i think, is that naive. we've been negotiating with them the last six months directly.

and the defense secretary was talking about this two weeks ago about his frustration in hammering out a final deal. the key advisor david petraeus told us and "the washington post" that the decision is an absolute disaster. we won the war in iraq. and we are now losing the peace. >> we have to wonder if politics is involved in trying to shore up the base for president obama on that decision in particular. we have dana perino coming up in the top of the 7:00 hour, she'll weigh in with her thoughts on that. in the meantime -- >> before we leave this, the other thing that's important to bring up is over the weekend, the afghanistan president hamid karzai came forward if pakistan and america has a war, we'll side with pakistan against the u.s. can you imagine training his entire force and have him fight us? >> i can, actually. that's why foreign policy is still front and center. let's move on to steve jobs, the leader of apple. his big biography is hitting the

stores today and one of the interesting tidbits, there are a lot of interesting tidbits. >> i can't wait for this, by the way. >> the author was on "60 minutes" shedding a couple of the details. one of which was, apparently, president clinton during the monica lewinsky scandal called on steve jobs for advice. and that's very interesting. they kept a close relationship over the years and, of course, steve jobs was also advising president obama from behind the scenes but came out in this book saying he was disappointed with president obama and told him to his face that he would be a one term president. >> on clinton, he gave him advice and said listen, i don't know if you did it or not but if you did, you have to be honest with the american people. all he got in response was stoney silence and he went on to say that steve jobs offered him a place to stay as he goes to visit chelsea in stanford. he thought that was great. steve jobs says do me a favor, can you get tom hanks to voice over my commercial? he said i'm not going to do that. >> he found out early in life,

he met his biological father at a restaurant, didn't realize that was him. he frequented the place. his sister mona approached the biological father and had a conversation with him that went something like this. here is the author of the book, walter isaacson talking about mona. >> so mona goes to the coffee shop and meets this guy who is running it who says, among other things, when she asks, you know, how sorry he is but then he says that he had had another child and mona says what happened to him? i don't know. we'll never hear from him again. and then he says, i wish you could have seen me when i was running a bigger restaurant. i used to run one of the best restaurants in silicon valley. everybody used to come there, even steve jobs used to eat there. and mona is sort of taken aback and bites her tongue and doesn't say steve jobs is your son but

she looks shocked. yeah, he was a great tipper. >> the reason behind that story, apparently steve jobs had found out some things about his biological father that he didn't like so he had told his sister who he had found later in life, do not tell him when you meet him that i'm his actual son. it's very interesting stuff because he did have a a relationship with his biological mother. >> steve jobs, they recorded a lot of these conversations over the last 40 times they met. here's a little of steve jobs talking about looking for his parents. >> when i was looking for my biological mother, obviously, you know, looking for my biological father and i learned a little bit about him. and i didn't like what i learned. and i asked her not to tell him we ever met and not tell him anything about me. >> the book hits the bookstores

today. you can probably down load it right now. i thought one of the interesting things about it was one of the first projects he and steve wasiniak started in his father's garage was back in the day, they used to have this thing called a blue box which was something you could use to make illegal phone calls, free phone calls. it duplicated the sounds that at&t did, they built and sold about 100 of them and they thought, this is fantastic. sky is the limit. >> he said this is the beginning of apple. right there. >> straight ahead on this monday morning, i hope you're up. they say duct tape can fix just about anything. but an airplane? really? this one just got cleared for takeoff. >> and the president keeping a campaign promise to bring every american troop home from iraq but veterans of that war say big mistake. one of them is here with us next. [ male announcer ] in blind taste tests, even ragu uss chose prego.

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>> good morning, welcome to monday. president obama declared all u.s. troops will be out of iraq by year's end. after failed negotiations with the iraqi government to leave some military behind, will this mean all our accomplishments could potentially be erased? a marine corps veteran from operation iraqi freedom and founder of iraq veterans for congress and a lawyer. your reaction to the announcement on friday? >> on the surface, it sounds good to bring all the troops home by christmas. when you look at what the choice is, bring every single troop home or leave a force of about 15,000 is what our generals have asked for, maintain stability in iraq and to check a lately aggressive iranian influence in iraq, i think that the choice to give up on negotiations to extend our status of forces agreement in iraq is a big, big mistake.

>> they want between 10,000 to 15,000 to be able to do it. i understand the iraqis were up into august were saying could you build an embassy in mosul because we'd like your presence there. there were as many fractions in iraq that need us there and know they need us there. >> what's fascinating is the sunnis want us, the kurds want us and many of the moderate shiites want us, the group that doesn't want us is the radical anti-american shiites led by people like assadr who has been living in iran for the last few years so we're abandoning those allies and those other groups that want us there in favor of giving the radical shiites what they want. >> i remember this conversation before the surge. have all our blood and money been wasted if we don't find a way to leave iraq in peace? that was one of the reasons why you owe it to those who have lost their lives and wounded in battle to try to win this thing and we did and it happened. 4,549 americans have been killed in iraq. could, if this goes afoul, could

their lives be wasted? >> absolutely. i left with four marines who left everything they had over there and they did so thinking they were going to protect our country and make our country a better place. we've had a military victory and the obama administration is about to turn that military victory into a diplomatic defeat. if we cannot convince the iraqi government that it's in the region's best interest to keep a stability force of americans there, we have failed diploma c diplomatic diplomatically. >> some people are watching right now saying, i'm tired of that war. now i can spend christmas and the holidays with my family. what do you say to them? >> i understand that. i understand that. we're talking about a relatively small force. we're talking about a stability force mainly in garrison to keep an eye on iran and make sure all the work that we've done, all the blood that we've expended there is not unraveled. >> over 32,000 have been wounded

as well as the ones that have lost their lives. we have to find a way, too, when these men and women come back, they need jobs. their unemployment is twice the national average. >> you're so right. >> thank you so much. it sounds like a platte liot li of a horror movie. it's not. a serial rapist attacking members of one college sorority. believing mitt romney will get the republican nomination but if that's the case, why are voters still shopping for somebody else? what's mitt missing, if anything? that's next. [ male announcer ] this is coach parker... whose non-stop day starts with back pain... and a choice. take advil no and maybe up to four in a day. or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain.

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>> we've got some quick monday morning headlines for you from the control room. defense will still calling its witnesses today in the defense of michael jackson's doctor. we don't know if conrad murray will take the stand himself. the case could go to the jury by the end this week and it's the case of the mysterious crash landing. scientists believe several dozen pieces of a doomed german satellite fell somewhere in asia this weekend. only problem -- exact whereabouts are still unknown. all right, gretch? >> g.o.p. frontrunner mitt romney says he's the best person to beat president obama. >> i believe i'm the best suited to beat president obama. and that's why i'm running. so the other guys are fine and gal, they're just fine. they're all qualified. but i don't think they bring as much to the table as i do or i wouldn't be running for office. >> so if he's the guy to beat,

why are some voters shopping for somebody else? joining me now, washington insiders, columnist for "the daily beast" and fox news contributor kristin powers and republican political strategist didi benke. if that's the case and mitt romney says he's the one to beat president obama, why can he not get past that 25% approval threshold with republicans? >> he's got a republican team and everyone is vying for the top spot but romney remained on top the entire time and he's had wonderful debates. he is steadfast and i think if he just, you know, was steady eddie like he continues to be, he'll be fine and more than likely be our nominee. >> so when i look at this poll that says who would you vote for in 2012, keep in mind the republican nominee obviously not set yet. that would be part of this. obama beats romney 48% to 45%, you think that would be the case if, in fact, romney is the nominee? >> well, it's hard to say. it depends on how romney performs. if he performs really well, it could go -- that number could go up or if he performs badly, it could go down. but i would say that number is a

pretty good job. i mean, obama is an incumbent president, it's very hard to beat incumbents in a bad economy so that -- i think that in most of the matchups, romney is very strong and he is, in my opinion, the best candidate in the republican field in terms of how the inability to beat obama but the reason that that is, i think, is the reason that he's not getting as much support from conservative voters. >> which is what? >> well, i think it's that people feel he's not really that conservative. he's kind of, probably, if you're a democrat who doesn't like obama who maybe somebody that's an independent that's shopping around, say, well, you know, i don't think he's this uber conservative person, he's somebody i could vote for. >> interesting you say that. in a "washington post"/abc poll concluded earlier this month, 73% of republicans respond say it was more important to them to support a candidate they agree with on the issues while 20% said a candidate's chances of winning mattered most. so is there a split in the

republican party? >> of course. and mitt romney is not the uber conservative but he is a conservative and he would play very well in the general. his tough battle is going to be in the primary but he's still on top there so if he goes to the general, he's going to cruise to a victory. barack obama is not going to win. the economy is so bad and he has gone so far to the left that the only way that the democrats are going to keep the white house is if they nominate hillary clinton. she is her only hope. barack obama will not beat mitt romney. >> i don't think that's going to happen. flip-flopping that mitt romney has gone through, will that hurt his chances of becoming the nominee? >> definitely. i mean, i think it's that and i think the sense that sometimes people feel that he just is an opportunist, you know, that he -- like the thing he said when they brought up the immigration issue with his lawn and he said while i'm running for office, you can't do this kind of stuff. people feel sometimes he's a little too opportunistic but obama, the economy is bad.

i think mitt romney is a strong candidate and comes across very competent and he definitely could beat obama. >> every time he brings up the immigration issue, barack obama is going to lose on that. he's definitely for coddling illegal aliens. that doesn't fare well with the american people. >> i got to wrap it up there before we go down the immigration path, ladies, thank you both so much for getting up early. that will be the next debate. that's its own segment on its own. thanks, ladies. a major bank with a major warning. our credit rating is about to take another hit. stuart varney up next with details on the possible downgrade. good morning. the plane using duct tape for a quick fix? seriously. this plane got cleared for takeoff. i hope i'm not on it. happy birthday to monica, singer, 31.

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and josie bissett. >> texas rangers baseball, kind of fun for me. >> i like that. >> you are beautiful. >> no kidding, you know, i thought i'd take it down, pitch the baseball. don't lose focus and you had to put me next to a girl that looks like this. >> sure. >> joe, what would -- >> are you married, by the way? >> i am not married. but my man is right there. >> oh, great! so -- >> joe piscopo. >> good taste, my friend. nice to meet you. >> out of this one, ladies and gentlemen. he's a riot. joe piscopo. he made his mark on the panel a little bit earlier. >> right. and he could have been the governor of new jersey. >> he was going to get into politics. >> he ran but i don't think he actually had much of a chance. >> no, i don't think he actually ran but he was close. he said people were urging him to. >> he was about to throw his hat in. chewing on that bid. >> we'll see, steve, probably have a place. you'd probably have a place in

the piscopo cabinet should he get in there. >> i think i'm going to bail both of you out and do the headlines right now. take a close look at this video. police in plano, texas, believe this man is linked to four sexual attacks on women in the same sorority. the suspect reportedly targeting women in the same sorority. police now taking the suspect in for questioning. >> police on death row for killing a mother and her two daughters in a brutal home invasion in connecticut and now steven hayes is bragging he killed 17 other people, raped dozens more and collected their sneakers as trophies. hayes makes the shocking boast in letters to a woman in north carolina but investigators say his claims are vague and unreliable. who's right him? their brother's life cut short by an attack in australia.

they still are struggling to cope with this tragedy days after his death. >> i think it was just wrong place, wrong time, because he was very wise. i would trust him with anything to do with being on the water. he was our brother. and we loved him. and he will be missed. >> police said the texas native was diving off the coast when the attack happened. his body will be flown back to the u.s. later this week. >> imagine you're boarding a plane and you see the ground crew putting tape around the cockpit window. that would be my signal to get off. that's exactly what happened to 200 passengers boarding a ryan air no doubt flight from england to latvia. the no frills irish airline said the tape was being used as an extra precaution to secure a new window seal but 20 minutes into the flight, the tape came loose and started making a bad noise. the pilot turned around and landed. keep in mind, this is the same airline that wants to take

toilets out of airplanes and if they happened to leave them in, charge you to use the potty while on board. >> they made a big mistake, they used duct tape rather than super glue. always use super glue. >> very true. >> take a look. i'm grabbing the weather clicker. take a look at the day ahead weatherwise, we have some widely scattered showers in portions of the great lake states and also portions of, as you can see, the mid atlantic and spotty overnight stuff and south florida, a little rain activity as well. current temperatures as you head out the door in new york city, 52 out at laguardia. you get about 10 shy of that in caribou, maine, 47 in raleigh right along the coast. 60's right along the gulf coast and some 40's in the northern plains. it's 37 in rapid city, south dakota, later today, almost double that, they should crank it up to about 64 degrees. 77 today in memphis. it will be room temperature of 72 in atlanta and temperatures for the most part in the 80's across much of the lone star state of texas.

new orleans, a high of 82. all right, let's talk world series. >> let's do it. let's talk a little bit of baseball. after the st. louis slaughter in game three where they scored 16 runs in the world series, texas needed to win at home to even the series in two. last night, they got some extra help and a huge ovation and motivation from the former owner and former president george w. bush, number 43. not a good catch by nolan ryan but a lot of good hits by ryan's club. the rangers do not stop this game. hitting one deep and gone. three run shot. making it 4-1 rangers. that would be the final score. holland was awesome for the rangers beating the cards and evening the series at 2 a piece. a lot of quarterbacks made their debut this week. the best debut goes to tim tebow. when he had to, he was really good. the heisman trophy winner getting a chance to start against the dolphins and scores, get this, 15 unanswered points

in the last two minutes. there finds thomas in the end zone and then recovering an onside kick with the broncos. two plays later, tebow finds daniel, fall in for the score. he needed a two point conversion. he calls his own number and scores with very little effort. time for overtime after a fumble, they recover and move the ball a little and a 52 yard kick gives denver the second win of the year. winless is miami. let's talk about plaxico burris. now, he suddenly came to play or they're calling his number. he had a breakout game against the san diego chargers in a must win for the jets. he is the best play of the day. and player of the day. one touchdown catch, two touchdown catches, three touchdown catches for the 6'5" wide receiver. the 76,000 plus on hand loved it and a major win for the jets. they win by a final score of

27-21. coming up on radio between 9:00 and noon today, bret baier and larry o'connor fresh off his big appearance on "fox & friends" on friday. >> he's entertaining. very entertaining. good guest. >> yes. >> we'll be listening. in the meantime, another credit downgrade could be on the way. that according to bank of america's merrill lynch economy. >> and they say there's little hope that the congressional super committee's task of reducing the deficit will actually agree on a plan. stuart varney is here -- how do they know? >> look, this could be a huge political deal for the president and for congress. ok, this super committee is supposed to reduce the deficit over a 10-year period by $1.2 trillion. the ratings agency says wait a minute, $1.2 trillion. that hardly scratches the surface. it's got to be $3 to $4 trillion. that super committee does not look like it can tackle taxes

and entitlements which is what's required to get that deficit down. so you may see a downgrade according to merrill lynch. >> wasn't that the original reason for the other downgrade? >> yes. >> because they could not tackle that much in deficit control? >> yes, so along comes the super committee. you got to do this. you got to get that deficit down by the end of november. the merrill lynch analyst whose name is ethan harris, he says they're not going to do it. he says at least one more downgrade. remember, the trauma in august when we had the first one, one more to come says mr. harris. >> what are the name of the companies? fitch's and harris? >> we're on credit watch on moody's. could be downgraded again. >> there have been a number of downgrades in europe and now we're on pins and needles waiting to find out whether or not europe is going to act in unison to save the unieuro. >> not today. no. deadline has been put off. they say they'll have an agreement on wednesday.

talk, talk, talk, talk. a lot of skepticism. >> one of the things they want to do is they can all withdraw this money and take loans on this money in a consolidated way in their own fed. >> why should they bail out greece? >> they're really starting to fight each other. sarkozy has just said he's sick of mr. cameron, the british prime minister and together, the germans and the french, they have a press conference and someone asked them about the italians. they looked at each other and said you can't trust him. he's not going to come up with anymore. they're fighting each other like crazy. they're totally divided. wednesday is the new deadline. a lot of skepticism they can actually do it. >> cameron and sarkozy is interesting. >> british and the french. no love loss there. >> i heard about that. >> we'll watch your show for all of the fireworks on the fox business network. >> coming up on our show, the

president's left coast tour kicks off today but some say it's really a hypocrisy tour. hobnobbing with people he loves to hate on publicly. what? rnc chair reince priebus will talk about that next. >> no halloween for you. another school taking away halloween because kids who don't have costumes might feel bad. is this really necessary? we report, you decide! úy capital one's new cash rewards card

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a .38 pistol fell out of a duffle bag as it was being loaded on to an alaskan airlines jet. how did that happen? and wal-mart wants you to enjoy the holidays without breaking the bank. if you buy something there between november 1st and christmas and find it advertised cheaper some place else, they'll give you a gift card for the difference. got to love that. steve? >> thanks, gretch. the republican campaigns threaten to boycott and nevada buckled and this means the nevada primary will not happen until february 4th making iowa the first caucus and then new hampshire happens after that. so what does this mean for the presidential race? let's ask chairman of the republican national committee reince priebus who joins us from rnc headquarters. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning, steve. >> ok, so nevada got the message. you didn't want them to jump the line. did you? >> well, i mean, there's a couple of bad actors here and

one in particular is the state of florida so obviously, they threw the rest of the 49 states that actually were in compliance in the rules off kilter a little bit and, you know, yeah, we got involved in nevada but the great part about this is we've got team players and brian sandoval, the governor out there, the state chairwoman and amy tarkanian and the reality is they saw it was in the best interest of nevada as well as the best interest of this country that we actually don't have primaries in december. i think all of us can agree that that's not a good thing and they did the right thing. >> well, let me ask you this. there are people looking in from around the country going why does iowa get to go first? why does new hampshire get to go first? who cares if nevada goes first. >> yeah, you know, that's a good question but the reality is that they both are in a democratic national committee and the republican national committee, long, long standing rules that

protect those carve out states are part of it. it's a good question because actually, nevada, this is the first time that nevada has been carved into the early primary states and so it's also in their best interest that they do something, i think, very positive for those carve-out states so that the internal, very inside baseball here, steve, is that if nevada didn't move and if all of this kind of blew up on the carve out states even though it was florida's fault, i think there would have been that sentiment that you just expressed which is on the committee, it would have said look, why are we trying to protect all these carveouts if they don't seem to care about this calendar and how early we go? well, good thing is all that has been avoided and it was in the best interest of all of these carveouts as well that nevada do go in, they'll be the first and the west and they'll be a very significant contest. they keep all of their delegates which is another good thing because if nevada would have gone in january, they would have

lost half of their voting power at the national convention so that's all avoided now and everybody is happy and we're moving on. >> speaking of moving on, the president of the united states will be moving on to nevada and to california as well. he's got his -- he's going to do a west coast tour. last week, that was wanot campaigning on that bus thing. this week, it is campaigning. i know you guys are launching a new ad on your web site, you call it "his job" talking about the job the president of the united states is doing, right? >> that's right. and really, just highlights the fact that his supposed bus tour that's in the interest of the country just happens to be rolling through only battleground states in america. you don't see them going to montana or utah but, you know, he's going to make a stop out in california to visit, you know, some -- antonio banderas and a few other people. that's his atm machine so the president needs to get out there and make some money but, you know, his reality is he should be campaigning against the democratic party because it's

the democratic party that doesn't support his jobs bill. i mean, you guys have talked about this. >> sure, but you know what? maybe the people in the west coast haven't been watching tv but if antonio banderas who is going to host one of these events is watching, you know, it sounds like the president doesn't care for rich people. he's effectively launched a class warfare against people who make a lot of money. >> yeah, he loves rich people as long as they're giving him money. in fact, he's pretty good at it, too, that's why we call him the campaigner-in-chief but that's what he does best, he's in love with the sound of his own voice and the reflection in the mirror. but the reality is he's not in love with falling through on his promises to the american people which is why the debt and the deficits are out of control and people are out of work. >> ok. reince priebus is not out of work, he's running the rnc in the washington area and joins us live. thank you, sir. >> thank you, steve. >> for spending a little monday with us. all right. straight ahead, critics say herman cain fumbled on abortion and gitmo in proving he's not

ready for primetime. are they right? herman cain himself will be live with us to respond. so you don't want to miss that. and kids allowed to wear a costume to school for halloween because it might make the kids who don't have costumes feel bad. are schools taking things too far? we report, you decide. [ female announcer ] so you think your kids are getting enough vegetables? yeah, maybe not. v8 v-fusion juice gives them a full serving of vegetables

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>> it's an all out assault on halloween. schools across the country are doing everything from banning costumes to even removing the holiday because it may offend immigrants. >> all right. have we replaced common sense with political correctness? joining us is daily caller's senior editor jamie weinstein.

good morning to you. >> thanks for having me. >> i think kids should be allowed to wear their costumes on halloween to school. brian feels the opposite. >> i think halloween is way overblown and gotten totally out of control but basically in this country, i don't think you should be banning it from schools. why are principals overreacting? >> i'm kind of on a mixture of sides here. if they gave a good excuse for not having costumes, i'd be completely fine with it. if it was distracting from reading or writing, things that schools should be teaching, sure, i think that's fine but the problem is that they're giving these asinine excuses and you can't be compelled to go on the other side of this. >> let's look at some of those excuses. it's happening, unfortunately, at a lot of schools. buckman elementary in oregon bans costumes. here's the superintendent, carol smith. what did she actually say? do we have that? >> can lead to student exclusion. is what she says. is that one of the bogus reasons you're talking about, jamie? >> right, yeah. there was a school in portland that what they call the equity committee and in the spirit of

equity, they didn't want to have halloween and they listed several reasons. for example, some students couldn't afford costumes which would be sad, of course, except the fact that you don't need expensive costumes. you can have arts and crafts day teach you to make costumes. that to me is a silly excuse and, of course, the immigrant excuse, you know, you have a lot of people and cultures that don't like halloween. i grew up in south florida. i never once encountered anybody from a different culture or different ethnic group that had a problem with halloween. >> right. let's go to holton elementary school, they have banned candy corn. they're replacing it with something healthy. maybe real corn, perhaps? that's the principal carol dawson. >> yeah, i know, i only can speaker anecdotally but i have never once encountered during my years going trick or treating, someone who overdosed on candy because of one day of enjoying

it. i think that's completely ridiculous. >> candy corn is my favorite candy, if someone wants to send me some. a superintendent says it will disrupt school, no parades. >> maybe that's the most legitimate of the bunch. if you want to your kids to focus on reading and writing, we're not doing too well on tests nationally in those areas anyways. so if that's the excuse, well maybe i can get on board for that but the other excuses to me are just silly. >> i'm sad, i have two little kids and i'm wondering if they're not going to ever see the american traditions that all of us had -- i know you don't concern yourself with it, but i do. thanks so much for joining us today. >> thanks for having me. >> trick or treaters, stay away from my house. >> they will after this segment. you never know what you might get at your house. tax dollars are hard at work in finland? white house sending your money overseas. what's going on with that? i'm asking a lot of questions today. dana perino says she knows. >> you know i'm here to answer

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>> good morning, everyone. today is monday, october 24th. hope you had a fantastic weekend. now, back off to work. i'm gretchen carlson. u.s. troops coming home from iraq. is it a signal of success or is it something else? this is the right decision. the real reasons why now becoming clearer. dana perino helps to explain moments away. >> your tax dollars are hard at work in finland! why does the white house keep sending your money overseas? apparently, there's an explanation. >> and i'm sure it's a good one and he was a huge hit in washington. >> what's my secret? i don't know. must be good jeans, i guess, and plenty of sleep. 14 hours a night. every night. no ifs, ands or buts.

>> the other w. as in will ferrell now cashing in on his favorite character, president george w. bush. we'll tell you about that. hour two, "fox & friends" for a monday starting right now. >> it's "fox & friends." >> good morning, everyone. hope you had a great weekend and now it's off -- we're off and running for another monday. >> yeah. herman cain in about 10 minutes, the will ferrell story coming up because he got a major award over the weekend. >> also, great donald trump joins us each and every monday and he's going to be with us, i think, an hour early so just put down that remote, relax and enjoy. we start with a fox news alert. >> the united states pulling out our ambassador to syria, government officials say robert ford has been temporary called back to washington for his personal safety. syria has seen massive and deadly citizen uprisings in

recent months. the death toll from a powerful earthquake in turkey unfortunately rising. 264 people reported dead and the death toll is expected to go up as rescue workers use their bare hands to pull survivors from the rubble. more than 1300 people are hurt. dozens of buildings were flattened. this is in the eastern part of the country. highways have caved in as well. there have been over 100 aftershocks since the quake. one measured 6.0. libya officially going from qaddafi law now to, guess what? will it be any better? sharia law. in a surprising move, libya's transitional leader announce a dramatic shift in policy to thousands of supporters in ben ghazi. men may take up to four wives at once. the leader says elections to create a constitutional assembly will be held within eight months. >> they'll never get to watch football on sundays to do that. >> with so many wives? >> yeah. >> i got it.

signs of ho songs of hope at a vigil for missing baby lisa irwin. >> ♪ amazing grace >> dozens of people attended the service in front of the home where the 11-month-old vanished. lisa's mother cried the entire time clinging to her husband. new surveillance video, what will do this to the case? this is surveillance video from a gas station. you see that shadowed area, apparently a man walking out of the woods near the baby's home the night she disappeared. police investigating a suspicious dumpster fire that happened in the same area. funnyman jack black rocking out in honor of will ferrell last night at the kennedy center. >> ♪ make a big noise playing in the seat got ♪ ♪ will will will rock you ♪ >> black and conan o'brien some

of the stars that watched will ferrell win the mark twain prize, the nation's highest honor for a comedian. >> kind of extremely surreal and -- but, you know, to be here and to be in d.c. the last couple of days and it's -- to have all these wonderful people kind of speak on my behalf, it's incredible. >> ferrell may have won over the washington crowd because of his role playing george w. bush on "saturday night live." the entire show will be broadcast on tv later this month. and those are your headlines. >> congratulations, ricky bobby. all right. let's go down to our nation's capital and that's where we find dana perino before she gets on the train to come up here to do "the five" a little later on. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> what about the stunning news that the president of the united states made the other day, we're pulling out every single man and woman from iraq? ok, that is a headline that a lot of his left base wanted to hear.

but really behind the scenes, they bungled the negotiations. >> that's -- that's what seemingly is coming out of it. i guess that, though, if you're -- in the white house, you're looking at it from another point of view. i was thinking about this and you know if you ever went out on a date that somebody set up to you when you arrive, and you say i'm not going to like this guy. you have your eye on the exit from the moment you walk in the door. that's how president obama has been with iraq. he ran against the war in order to become president. as president, he continued some of the policies that president bush had put forward including this what's called a status of forces agreement. i remember very well having to explain what the status of forces agreement was and the difference, i think, with president bush and president obama when it came to this idea was to give prime minister maliki enough credible with his home base saying iraq is getting better but we have the

flexibility to have americans help us and move forward. what bothered me about friday's announcement is when president obama said our troops can now leave with their heads held high, in some ways to me that sounded like what you tell your kid's little league team when they lose by 20 runs. that's not what happened. our military performed amazingly well and turned everything around after the surge. and i think that they should have gotten a little bit more credit from the commander in chief on friday. >> and he mentioned himself and a promise that he made and it was sounded more like a campaign speech. what bothers me most, dana, if that's your decision as president, i'm going to pull the troops out. go ahead. don't pretend that's the goal all along. your defense secretary out there a couple of weeks prior talking about how they're negotiating the last minute to get between 10,000 to 15,000 in country. you have all the other military experts recommending this style force and at the same time recognizing the threats that iran is with their plot in washington, d.c. but don't spin it that way as if none of us are paying attention. >> a couple of months ago,

somebody inside the national security council within the white house said their policy is called "leading from behind." now, that is something that i'm sure the white house communicators cringed when they saw that headline but it's something that makes a lot of sense and you can look around and in libya, that was another one where they said we're going to take a back seat. we're going to help behind the scenes. i'm comfortable with america being in the lead and i think other people are going to be and while the economy is the most important discussion for 2012, this idea of where america plays in the world of the middle east, also in places like africa, president obama sent troops there, military advisors to help in the congo. i'm not against that. i wish there was some more explanation and celebration of the military's capability. >> yeah, because foreign policy and the economy are linked so that will be the discussion in

the next republican debate. we'll see where their thoughts are on that. in the meantime, i want to get your thoughts on this "wall street journal" editorial that came out today, it very interesting because it compares president obama's re-election model all the way back to fdr's and in one of the sentences it says this -- fdr told the former speechwriter late in 1937 that he wanted to scare these people into doing something. it was an odd strategy trying to vilify business into creating jobs and it didn't work well. do you see the same comparisons that this writer did between roosevelt and obama? >> i read that -- the op ed this morning and i'm going to go back and read it a couple of more times because there are some very interesting parallels. i don't know if the obama campaign is looking at the fdr playbook and saying we're going to rerun this but there are some similarities and another one, gretchen, is they said that fdr started to realize, ok, this thing is not going any better. my policies aren't working and i guess the next thing i'm going

to have to do is try the word vilify businesses and try to bully them into creating jobs and that doesn't work either. >> yeah, then he decided to put massive amounts of money into the public sector and started vilifying the rich and famous and ignoring the auto workers strike that actually brought that whole industry down to a grinding halt. they evidently had some sit-ins so there is -- there's a lot of analogies. also over the weekend, "the new york times" said president obama is going to be like president bush in 2004 and try to run the same way. so everybody is -- >> ok, like how? >> well, they laid it all out. we wanted to also pick your brain about this for a little bit. we have talked about it over the last number of days here on the "fox & friends" and "fox & friends" weekend show about how apparently some of our stimulus money has been -- is being spent to create electric cars in

finland even though it sounds like the ford explorer which costs a fraction of that particular car gets better gas mileage and then also money for a company in oregon apparently to hire foreign workers and bring them back or something like that, if you're an american worker who is out of work right now and you hear about all that money going to foreign workers, it's got to break your heart. >> and if you go back to that story we just talked about in terms of fdr and putting money in after that, the obama situation is a little bit different, right, because they did the stimulus early on in february of 2009, it was almost a trillion dollars. you even had vice president joe biden this weekend saying, nobody could argue that the stimulus created jobs and was a success. unfortunately, everybody is arguing that it was not a success. and part of it now, as you start to look at these other nuggets that if you're in the white house and you're an economist, you're thinking well, of course these jobs -- there's globalization. that's just the way it is.

what don't these people understand about the laws of supply and demand? their political problem is much bigger and that is really? you took our taxpayer dollars and you hired foreign workers instead of us? we're here in oregon. we want these jobs. he doesn't have necessarily a problem in oregon that he's not going to win the electoral college votes there but i think that slowly they're going to start seeing their base of support and not only just in the congress and house and senate but republicans everywhere are going to see gains at the state and local levels as well because people are absolutely fed up and the stimulus is becoming like lead weights on the obama administration's ankles. >> yeah, and the u.s. -- and the u.s. department of energy said -- said it's only used for the u.s. operations of that company. but what makes it look bad, whether it is or not is vice president al gore is one of the investors and in terms of jobs it created, not high compared to an american company, we also gave a lot of money to but at least they hired 1,000 people.

>> if you were to do a family tree of investors when it comes to a lot of these green economy jobs and, you know, you can throw in solyndra and all the others and the white house and democrats think that all of this is some made up controversy, well, they can think that all they want but if the emperor has no clothes but their political problem when it comes to this communications issue in particular is definitely going to weigh them down. >> all right. dana perino with her thoughts this morning on "fox & friends." as always, on a monday. we'll see you in new york for "the five" later on today. >> thanks so much. >> straight ahead, critics say herman cain fumbled on abortion and gitmo proving he's not ready for primetime. are they right? herman cain himself here to respond after a quick time-out. >> shows you got a better chance at starting a company in some third world countries than here in the united states. donald trump here to tell you why. [ male announcer ] in blind taste tests, even ragu uss chose prego.

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>> welcome back. g.o.p. presidential candidate herman cain has had kind of a tough week. his recent comments on abortion have taken center stage and many have been asking where he stands. take a listen. >> it's not the government's role or anybody else's role to make that decision. it ultimately gets down to a choice that that family or that mother has to make. not me as president. not some politician. not a bureaucrat. >> i will not sign any legislation that in any way allowed the government to be involved in it. i would strengthen all of our current laws that prevent abortion. i believe that abortion should be clearly stated and illegal across this country. >> and we're joined now by former ceo of godfather's pizza, 2012 presidential candidate as well and author of "this is herman cain" herman cain, good

morning to you. >> good morning, gretchen. >> i know you've had some difficulty with the abortion issue. here's my question for you this morning. should abortion is a part of the political discussion? >> no, it should not quite frankly but my position has been consistent. i am pro life. that first clip that you played was taken out of context. >> in what way? >> it was -- it was taken out of context in that prior to that, i stated i am pro life. life begins at conception. the way it was taken out of context is that the reporter was trying to pigeonhole me on -- but what if it's your daughter or your granddaughter and you're in one of these situations that's a life or death situation, life of the mother, life of the child and on and on and on? and i simply said if you get pushed to that extent, the family isn't going to be thinking about what the laws are at that point. they're going to be thinking about their family member or their baby. that's what i mean it's taken out of context.

there's no uncertainty, gretchen, i'm pro life. period. >> would you -- you know, and then wolf blitzer had this hypothetical story of what if they took an american hostage and said we want all the prisoners in gitmo out for the hostage, you said you'd do that deal. can you put that in context? >> i'd be happy to. we were talking about the decision that prime minister benjamin netanyahu had made to exchange one soldier for those palestinians -- one soldier for those palestinian prisoners. he did a quick redirect and referred to gitmo and in the heat of getting ready for a debate and everything else, i did stop and think that gitmo is where we hold terrorists so i misstated so i misspoke relative to that but then i went back and corrected and said, as president, we will not negotiate with terrorists. i made a misstatement because of a quick redirect and i've said that and that's why i said it. but we will not negotiate with

terrorists. >> that's pretty clear right there. now, mr. cain with those two clarifications that you posed right there, some have said we know all about herman cain's 999 plan, he has to clarify because he hasn't quite developed a strategy on things. people have said he's not ready for primetime. and you respond to that how? >> find a perfect candidate or a perfect person who will not at points in time in a presidential campaign not make a misstatement and i'll show you somebody that was hung on the cross 2,000 years ago. here's my point, yes, you're going to have those moments because of the pace of the campaign, because of how quickly some of the questions come but here's what they need to know about herman cain. if i make a misstatement, i'm going to say that i made a misstatement. if something is taken out of context, i would be happy to explain the context in which it

was taken out of and also explain what i meant. that's what you can believe about herman cain. >> part of it could be that you were actually in the lead and so, you know, that's usually when people really come after you with the more tough questions. >> maybe that has a little bit to do with it. >> and the tougher scrutiny. we understand that. when we come back, herman cain addresses his media critics who say he's demeaning black voters by joking about race. you don't want to miss that. >> and then jesus gets the boot. should a monument to our nation's bravest soldiers get taken down because it has a hint of religion? looking good! you lost some weight. you noticed! these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them.

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>> herman cain is known for connecting with audiences with his sense of humor but some black critics believe he's using old stereotypes. listen to this.

>> bartlett, tennessee. chucky ducky. >> the flavor of the week might have some substance. black walnut isn't a flavor of the week. >> we're back with 2012 president shall candidate herman cain. i think that's what people love about you. you tell it like it is. you're self-depricating and there's this article written about you that actually your racial discussion by calling yourself black walnut ice cream is actually your ploy to try and get white people to like you. what do you make of that? >> that is absolutely false and ridiculous. obviously because i move up in the polls, people are looking for ways to bring me down. i am who i am. when herman cain, you know, makes fun of himself and herman cain uses analogies like black walnut ice cream, there's no hidden meaning there.

it is what it is. and, you know, as far as some of the rhetoric that i have been accused of saying that black people, some of them are brainwashed and if they look at the whole tape, i stand my ground. some of them are brainwashed because they won't consider another alternative. but i always say the good news is a large percentage of black people are thinking for themselves. that's all i'm trying to do. but my sense of humor, it's not going to go away so they may as well get used to it. >> there you go. you have a great sense of humor. let me ask you something regarding your 999 plan. at the last debate, they beat you like a pinata, they let you have it pretty good that americans don't have an appetite for a 9% sales tax and a day later, there was something on line that said that steven moore from "the wall street journal" who helped you with your 999 plan, he was suggesting scrap the 9% national sales tax and

replace it with a 9% payroll tax. anything to that? >> absolutely -- no. absolutely not. now, steve is a good friend and we did run the idea past him but he didn't really help us develop it. we ran it past art laffer and as you know, he wrote a nice article published in "the wall street journal" saying that the 999 plan was solid. i would not -- we would not change it to a 9% payroll tax because that defeats the purpose. number one, we wanted to expand the base. that's what we do with the sales tax fees and number two, we wanted to get rid of the biggest tax that a lot of people pay which is the payroll tax. and since 999 gets rid of five taxes, payroll tax, personal income tax, corporate income tax, estate tax as well as the capital gains tax, we want to leave it like it is so there's no merit to we're going to switch it to something else. >> herman cain, the other problem you have, because you run a lean campaign, you were in

sing single digits in support, you don't have much money. you have no infrastructure in iowa and new hampshire in particular even though you're doing well in iowa. what have you done to change that? >> well, the people who say i have no infrastructure, remember two months ago they said i didn't have a chance. well, here again, they're dead wrong. we have dramatically increased our staff an hour. we are covering the states, not only people for the various congressional districts but the number of volunteers. we are well organized and for the people that say we're not organized in our and we don't have the infrastructure, have them take a look at the latest des moines register poll, ok, i think we'd have to more than one or two people on the ground in order to be able to do that. so all of the people are speculating about this campaign, most of it quite frankly is unfounded. >> you have established a new business model for running for president of the united states, herman cain. >> yes, i have. and the new business model is

spend money that you have, don't overextend yourself because in the first reporting period, we know you reported a small amount of cash on hand but no debt. in reporting period, we raised $2.8 million which was way in the back of the pack but no debt, that's because we are running it lean and mean and this is how we're going to continue to run it. >> that would be a good way to run a country, wouldn't it? >> i was going to say that. you have your trademark gold tie on as well that many people have written about for some unknown reason other than it looks good. always great to speak with you. have a fantastic day. >> it's my pleasure. thanks to all of you. >> you bet. >> all right. meanwhile, coming up straight ahead, did you got a good night's sleep last night? it could depend on what hand your spouse uses to write. >> i have to hear that. >> want to start a business? new research says you're better off trying in a third world country. donald trump on that right after the break. you're watching "fox & friends" for a monday. my name's jeff.

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show, he's come under some harsh criticism in some of the statements that he's made. how do you see it flushing out now? >> he's done amazingly well. i've met him. i've made a lot of friends over the last period of time because as you know they're coming up to trump tower and we're meeting and i represent a large group of people that are tired to seeing this country get ripped off by opec and everybody else, china, in particular, mexico. you name the country, they're ripping us. it's hard to believe. used to be we were the kings and we would make all the good deals and now we're making all the stupid deals. almost everybody makes us look badly because they've all come up and i really liked herman. i thought herman was terrific. great personality, warm guy and we had a great meeting. >> well, and at the very conclusion of the interview, we remarked that he's essentially started a new business model for running for president, you know, on a shoestring, here he has rocketed to the top of "the des moines register" poll in iowa. >> well, i agree with what he's doing in that sense.

you know, i've always said these political consultants suck you dry. i see it even with myself, when i was thinking about running, i was great before i had anybody and i didn't really have anybody. i didn't have anybody come to think of it and i'd go on, if you asked me to be on your show, i'd be on your show and if somebody else asked me, i'd go on that show. that's a lot cheaper than paying for commercials and frankly, i agree with his theory. i think a lot of times and you can take a look -- like i really, you know, like rick perry a lot. he came up. we had dinner. he was a great guy. but i actually think they fed him too much information. it would have been better if he went out and did a little bit of what herman cain does. >> his first speech was so much better than his first debate. when you go and meet with all these guys and michelle bachmann's case, a woman, does it ever bring up instead of like hey, i'd like your endorsement. do they ever say would you consider joining my administration as an advisor or in some capacity? >> well, i don't want to say that but they do like me and they know i represent a lot of people.

millions and millions of people that just see what's happening with this country and they know i get it. i get what's happening. i mean, we can never be a great country again and, you know, it sounds horrible and it sounds really like something you shouldn't say but if we're not going to be a rich country again, we're not going to be a great country again. we can't be. and the -- our blood is being drained by opec and by china. they're taking our jobs. they're manufacturing our goods. they're manipulating their currency to do it. and we don't do anything about it. >> here's another side bar to you always talking about opec and china. the department of energy of this country is now defendinging this loan that they gave to a company to build electric cars in finland. so they're saying that the money that they gave, taxpayer money, is actually being used for the u.s. operation part of this country. i want you to listen to jay carney, the spokesperson for the president defending the fisker loan. >> the model that will be built in the united states will be built in the united states and if the loan program is divided,

we'll assist in that endeavor. not only that, the model that is being built in finland relies on suppliers and others here in the united states to, of course, manufactur manufacture. so i think what was discovered in that piece is that this plant is doing exactly what it said it would do. >> is this the kind of stuff that was going on all the time? in other words, u.s. taxpayer money going to help foreign nations and americans just weren't in tune with it? but now they are? >> gretchen, when we were a great country, this was an impossibility. it could not have happened, ok, that's when we were a great country. we're not a great country right now. we're a debtor nation and we have leadership that's the worst. i mean, the worst we've ever had, i think, i think it will go down as, perhaps, the worst. i used to say jimmy carter but he's the best thing that happened to jimmy carter because it's making jimmy carter look good. we have the worst leadership we've ever had. this would have been an impossibility and i actually saw that on your show last week and

i said it's really a joke. i thought it was some kind of a spoof. i don't think they were serious but i mean, even worse is we're subsidizing china. we're giving billions of dollars to china. to me, that's far worse. that's to me the greatest of them all. >> it's whether the government can force an industry to grow like electric cars maybe before it's ready. i got to ask you, did you see the ranking of america around the world in jobs creation. do you know i believe we are 10th? >> we're 13th. >> we're 13th now overall in job creation as a multi-- as a multibusiness owner, what's your reaction to that? >> well, the incentives are being taken away and it's really tough to do anything. if you look at what the e.p.a. is doing, i can tell you, i'm in the construction industry and in one way, i'm lucky because i own great stuff and i don't need approvals. and it makes the competition a lot less. there aren't people building things that can compete with me because they can't get permits. maybe this isn't such a bad job. as an american, as a person

that's proud of this country, you want to see growth and you want to see something happen. i oftentimes tell the story about china, when i go to china and they're building a city in the sea. they're dumping into the ocean rocks and, you know, rocks, big boulders and they're building acres and acres of land, and i said how long did it take you to get the permits? and the guys didn't know what i was talking about. they said this is the ocean! now, if we ever did it in our country, it's called the electric chair. we're way, way, way behind the times and we have a lot of problems, folks. >> and in that thing, hats off to new zealand, good for you. you know how to create small business. >> very good at rugby. >> yeah. >> all right. donald trump, have a fantastic week. thank you very much for joining us an hour earlier this time. >> i like this timen better. >> i'll see what i can do for you. >> you guys are special. you have a special show. >> i know why, you can still be in your jammies. >> i can get to my office earlier.

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♪ >> 46 minutes after the top of the hour. couple of quick headlines for you now. a warning for pregnant women, exposure to bpa in plastic cans might be tied to behavioral problems in your child. it seems to affect anxiety and hyperactivity in preschool aged girls only. very interesting. and it's the case of the mysterious crash landing. scientists believe several dozen pieces of a doomed german satellite fell somewhere in asia this weekend. only problem, its exact whereabouts still unknown. maybe it will dispatch brian over there to clear it up. >> don't worry about it. nobody got hit. g.o.p. race for the white house is heating up. who has the best shot of taking home the nomination at this point? here with the latest rankings is the editor of politicalderby.com, and author of the 2012 power ratings are out and there he is, jason

wright. tell us in the top spot, herman cain -- mitt romney still there despite his controversial debate appearance. >> as you said in the intro if we're looking at a snapshot of this moment, romney is half a head in front of herman cain. even if you're not a fan of mitt romney, you have to acknowledge he's run a pretty smart campaign here. sort of a campaign of inevidentability. i was explaining to somebody over the weekend it reminds me a little bit of when i dated my wife, i might not have been the guy with the most fire in my candidacy but i kept hanging around and hanging around and eventually my wife was left with me. i was it. i was the last guy standing and i think that's kind of what mitt romney is doing, this steady march to the altar. >> stuck with you by huey lewis sounds like something that might come true. how long have you been married?

>> 18 years. >> keep your fingers crossed, pal, sounds like you're on the edge. herman cain, a firm number two despite maybe two gaffes. we haven't seen that in the polls yet. you don't think he's tight up top? >> we haven't seen any fresh polling that takes into account that last debate. it will be curious to see if he can sort of maintain this surge he's had running for the last three or four weeks. you know, with herman cain, there's this kind of every man myth that i think we have dispel. people say to me all the time i like herman because he reminds so much of my neighbor. he's a guy i want to have a picnic with or something. and i say to my neighbor, steven funk, if you're watching, i love you, brother. you're a great neighbor, i like hanging out with you. i don't want you to be president. it's really easy for people to sort of embrace a guy like herman cain who i just saw on the show, how can you not like the guy? but the notion that he's ready to be president, i think, is another question. when it comes time to actually cast votes and a winner, i'm not sure that he does as well. >> right. back to the race for a second,

you have perry third. he was finally interested in debating, you say, but newt gingrich, each time he talks and debates, he seems to get more and more respect. is it showing in the polls? >> he has seen a little bit of a bump in the polls. this is a guy that if he could debate every night, i think he'd be really happy. the question for newt is this, his name recognition among g.o.p.ers is through the roof. the guy has been around since i was in diapers. and people like the guy. he has a very strong base but can he grow that? when you're running for president, at this point, it's all about changing minds. and at this point, newt gingrich despite the great debate performances, is he actually changing your mind, america? that's the question. i think he has this feeling like ron paul. there's a point that he can't get through. >> we learned a lot about the race and a lot about you. you kind of like your neighbor but want him a hands length apart and your wife, you're lucky to have her. keep your fingers crossed it continues. thank you very much. author of "the wedding letters." a woman told she's too heavy to

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it was the most humiliating experience that i have had in my adult life. >> that is athea chowdry, her humiliation has sparked an on-line outrage at southwest airlines. not only did they make her purchase an extra seat on her flight, flight attendants took it back because they needed to fit more people on the plane. and she joins us live right now from orlando. good morning to you, athea. >> good morning. thank you for having me on today. >> great to have you as well to tell your story. so back in august, you were making a -- you made a flight from philly to orlando, nobody said anything on southwest airlines and then down in orlando, when it was time to return to you, what did the southwest person tell you? >> they said that for my safety and comfort, i would need to purchase a second seat on the plane. it seems like southwest customers size policy is really inconsistent and arbitrarily enforced.

sometimes you need to buy a second seat and sometimes you don't. if the flight is overbooked, all bets are off. >> it's called its customer of size policy and the rule is, as i understand, you have to be able to fit between the arm rests and it's 17 inches across. can you fit comfortably in one of their seats? >> i don't believe many people can fit comfortably in their seats but i can fit in their seats. >> you're right about the comfortable part. across the spectrum of airlines. all right. so you bought the second seat and then somebody came back to you when you were already seated and said ok, here's your money back. we need to sit somebody in that chair? >> yes, correct, that's what happened. we had initially suggested -- because i was traveling with my aunt and uncle and we had initially suggested that either one of them will sit next to me to not disrupt or disturb any other passengers on the plane and they said that wasn't possible and eventually that's what they ended up doing. >> it was that humiliation right

there when they came back. that's what you were talking about in your on-line monologue right there. now, southwest did come back and i understand they did apologize. they gave you a refund and a voucher for a future flight, right? >> yes. they gave me $150 voucher for a future flight. and they call it their love bucks and i find it really ironic that they call it their love bucks because i don't find anything very loving about their policy. you see southwest in the news every other week for discriminating against some minority group or another and it's really strange that they think they can modify, sell and purchase loves so what i've actually done is tried to speak to them on their own level and i decided to send them my own love bucks so that they could purchase some dignity, decency and some compassion. i'm hoping other people can do the same as well. >> there you go. we thank you very much for joining us today from orlando to tell us your story. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> all right. what do you think?

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[whispering] big dreams. >> gretchen: good morning, everyone. hope you had a great weekend. it's monday, october 24. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time. gadhafi is dead. now libya free. free apparently to have multiple wives now and live by radical islamic law. that is the new leader showing his true colors colors and it'st exactly what the united states expected. >> steve: he ordered the raid to kill osama bin laden. he's working to end the war in iraq as quickly as possible. but top republicans say the president is blowing it on foreign policy and they say america will pay the price. >> brian: who knew these two were this close? the biggest zoning show from steven jobs biography revealed. "fox & friends" starts right

now. >> this is herman cain and you are watching "fox & friends." >> steve: welcome to fox, fox, fox, and friends from the guy with the 9-9-9 plan. >> gretchen: he was our guest in the last hour. coming up this hour, we have linda mcmahon, who will be running for senate in connecticut. and we'll get her thoughts on the super committee and how they will do. their time is running out. let's start with a fox news alert and major development. the united states is pulling out our ambassador to syria now. robert ford has been temporarily brought back to washington after credible threats were made against his personal safety. the state department blaming the syrian regime for this threat. the death toll from the earthquake in turkey is rising, 270 people now reported dead and the death toll expected to go up as rescue workers are using their bare hands to pull survivors from the rubble. more than 1,000 others are hurt.

dozens of buildings were flattened. this took place in the eastern part of the country. highways have caved in. there have been over 100 aftershocks since the original quake. one measured 6.0. songs of hope at a vigil for missing baby lisa irwin. ♪ amazing grace, how sweet the sound ♪ >> gretchen: this is the first time lisa's parents attended a vigil for their daughter. as you can see here, her mother cried the entire time, clinging to her husband. the vigil held outside their home in kansas city, missouri. police now taking a close look at new surveillance video. check this out. this is from a gas stationary by that shows a man walking out of the woods near the baby's home the night she disappeared. game 4 of the world series, the rangers got a boost from a familiar face.

former president george w. bush throwing out the first pitch. the rangers' owner, nolan ryan and former pitching great. the team did the rest. this gave texas a 4-0 lead. the series now tied at two games each. those are your headlines. you see nolan ryan and the prez giving each other a high five. >> steve: curtain call. in two hours, president obama begins a three-day trip out west. he's announcing several plans to jump start the economy, including one to help homeowners refinance their mortgages. >> brian: steve centanni is live at the white house with the latest. the president not there, but we know what he's talking about. >> he'll be heading to the west coast for the second time this month. this time to announce some policy initiatives involving mortgage reductions for homeowners who are underwater and facing possible foreclosure, and for students who are thinking about going to college. this trip will take the president first to nevada, then

to california where he spends the night tonight, and finally to colorado on wednesday. he'll have public events and fund-raiser, and one reportedly at the home of melanie griffith. the first stop is nevada where he will speak at a private home in las vegas, a city hard hit by the foreclosure crisis. his new housing program will aim to reduce monthly mortgage payments for some borrowers who are under water. meaning they owe more than the house is worth, which is very common situation in nevada. mother and daughter couple, who own a home near where the president will speak today, said relief is long overdue. >> there is a lot of hard working people out there and really jobs and everything is going down more and more. there is a lot of everything. work hard and it seems we're not getting much back. >> on wednesday in denver, the

president will unveil a plan to ease the repayment of student loans for college students, easing some of the pressure on them at a time when tuition rates are already sky high and rising fast. back to you guys. >> brian: thank you very much. the president was talking a lot about what's happening in libya yesterday -- school, last week, and then on friday, he closed out the week by talking about iraq, which made you wonder, what's next? what's the next chapter with libya? yeah, they want to investigate how gadhafi was killed. we know how that ended. >> steve: yeah, some guy said i shot him twice in the head. >> brian: at least. and other stuff. now we find out that this temporary leader who says as soon as we're settled, i'm out of here, there he is. i have an idea on how to rule lib y. forget about the democracy. i have a better idea. >> gretchen: apparently polygamy is front and center, but if you're a polygamist who wants to move to libya, just a note, you can only have four wives under

this new law. i don't know why they cut it off at four, but that's how many wives people in libya can have and also maybe gadhafi was on to something as far as how he ran the banking system, at least, because he used western philosophies in the way in which he ran banks. now apparently they'll get rid of all that and you'll have no interest banks. so these are two things that so far do not look friendly to the united states. >> brian: sharia law. they put down sharia law. good luck, women, give it up. you have no more rights, no more ability to drive. no more ability to go hold jobs. fantastic. >> steve: with regard to the banks, so instead of charging interest, they will charge fees, which makes you wonder if a bank rips people off for a lot of people, will they behead them? if the answer is yes, you might think some people would think, oh, that could be a pretty good idea. that's not a really good idea. but sharia law, this is what all that money bought, sharia law. >> gretchen: at least for now. i'm going to remain optimistic

that maybe as some of our guests have said -- >> steve: that's now. >> gretchen: i'm going to remain optimistic that diplomat also go over and try to sway in more of a democratic rule. >> steve: good luck. keep in mind, libya has been traditionally the most conservative of all the countries in northern africa. no alcohol and now sharia law and four wives. >> brian: with shahry in a law, that's a double reason for alcohol. you hear about the law? give may ball. senator lindsey graham weighed in on what he thinks the president's bad foreign policy decisions are and he wants the candidates to take note of it when it comes to them running for office against the president because so far it's been about the economy and when you talk about his drawdown in iraq down to zero almost, virtually zero by the year's end, when you talk about afghanistan, the general is not getting the troop levels, and then you talk about what currently is the withdrawal situation, here is senator graham. >> to the republican party,

national security matters, we've got a jobs problem, we've got a national security problem that's growing by the day. this president for the last year and a half has made some very poor national security decisions. israel has been thrown under the bus. we don't have is a place to put a prisoner. if we caught a high value target tomorrow, where do we put them? at a time when we need troops in iraq to secure intervention by iran, we're going to go into 2012 with none. at the end of the day, these decisions that the president is making, i think are strategically unsound and our people need to step up and challenge him. >> gretchen: apparently they'll get that chance because the next debate will focus on foreign policy, which i know the three of us believe is important because it's intricately woven into how this economy works. >> steve: with george w. bush, when it came to the war in iraq and afghanistan as well, he always said, i rely on the advice of the generals and my military people. in this case, the general said

to the president, you got to have at least 18,000 minimum rather than making a military decision, he made a political decision. >> gretchen: let's talk about steve jobs because the big biography is now coming out after his death on october 5. and there are some big blockbuster pieces of news that are going to come out in this. some of it was out on "60 minutes" last night. walter azachson is the guy that steve jobs spoke to at length. one of the main headlines is president clinton apparently called him for advice during the monica lewinsky scandal and steve jobs told him, hey, you got to come clean. you got to say what exactly happened. there is details about his biological parents. >> brian: turns out he wanted to find out who his biological parents were and led him to his sister, at which time he decided not to go ahead and talk to his dad because the stuff he found out about him. here is steve jobs on that decision. >> when i was looking for my

biological mother, obviously was looking for my biological father at the same time. i learned a little bit about him and i didn't like what i learned. and i asked her to not tell him that we ever met and not tell him anything about me. >> steve: so that was one of the interviews that walter isakson recorded. you could hear they were walking somewhere. here is mr. isakson right now explaining how that meeting with his sister, mona, went down when confronting the biological father. >> so mona goes to the coffee shop, meets this guy, who is running it, who says among other things when she asks how sorry he is, but then says, that he had had another child and mona said what happened to him? he said, oh, i don't know. we'll never hear from him again. and then he says, i wish you could have seen me when i was

running a bigger restaurant. i used to run one of the best restaurants in silicon valley. everybody used to come there, even steve jobs used to eat there. and mona sort of is taken aback and bites her tongue and doesn't say, steve jobs is injure son. but she looks shocked and he says, yeah. he was a great tipper. >> steve: oh, man. that close. >> brian: he never had a chance -- he never did to his dying day looked up to his dad. >> steve: that's going to be a big best seller. >> brian: but they had met. >> gretchen: without knowing. the father did not know that was his son. she spent millions running in connecticut. now linda mcmahon is giving it another go for joe lieberman's seat. >> brian: they say duct tape can tape just about anything. how about an airplane? check it out. this one just got cleared for takeoff. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition?

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>> gretchen: welcome back. 15 minutes after the top of the hour. last year former ceo of world wrestling entertainment, linda mcmahon, ran a very tight race for con ton senate seat and ended up losing to richard blumenthal but now giving it another go, planning to run for joe lieberman's empty seat. in fact, she just met with that senator. and linda mcmahon is my guest. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> gretchen: let's start with that. you had a meeting with joe lieberman. he's an independent in connecticut. he's not running for reelection. how important would it be for you to get senator lieberman's endorsement? >> i'd be honored to have it. we met several months ago, not just recently. because i talked to him about foreign policy in israel. it was interesting to sit and spend an hour chatting with him,

kind of an informational meeting. >> gretchen: obviously it was him getting out of the way for you to say, hey, now i can have another shot at trying to run for senate. what else was in your mind about why you wanted to give it another go? >> because we're not any better off. the same things that propelled me into the race before, our debt, deficit. the fact that my grandchildren, who i have four, when i first started and now i have six, i want them to have the opportunity to live the american dream that their grandfather and i had. we're handing them an economy and lifestyle they're going to be paying for our debt for years to come if we don't change it. >> gretchen: i mentioned you ran a very close race to dick blumenthal, the democrat in connecticut. he ended up winning. the exit polls showed that you did not fare as well with women. three out of five women voted for him. you decided to make this a centerpiece of your new election bid. what are you doing? >> i'm really touring the state talking to women's groups and when women get to know me, they

really understand that i'm one of them. i've walked in their shoes. i've been a working mom, stay at home mom. and women are concerned about the same issues that everyone is concerned with. they're concerned about jobs, they're concerned about whether or not they're going to lose their job, their husband might lose his job. their kids that graduated from school aren't going to be able to find a job. they moved back home. so women's issues are very much in line with all of the economic issues. they want jobs, they want the economy to turn around. they want the prices of food not to skyrocket or gasoline. so they're really topic ons the minds of everyone. >> gretchen: the interesting thing was also looking at some of those exit polls. some of the women couldn't get past you being an executive for wrestling because i guess they equated that to some sort of violence. you were very successful woman, i would think that would be a plus. but how do you get away from the association with violence? >> i think wwe is about

entertainment and as women get to know me, as i said, they understand that i shared the very same issues that they do and clearly just one of them. >> gretchen: so you're waging into the political waters again as far as writing op eds. you wrote one about the super committee and their huge job to cut $1.2 trillion in debt by november 23. what are your suggestions to them? >> my whole issue relative to the super committee was the fact that the professional politicians in washington just weren't getting the job done. they weren't getting the budget done. they weren't cutting costs. so now we have a super committee that if they don't get these cuts made, we're going to have this arbitrary cut across the board, which really impacts, i believe, our national defense 'cause it's going to cut -- half are supposed to come out of the defense department, which really impacts my state of connecticut, and potentially puts at risk 40,000 jobs. >> gretchen: so what do you believe to be the number one issue for you in a state of connecticut?

is it creating jobs? >> it's the same in connecticut that it is around the country. it is putting people back to work. this morning over 160,000 people woke up in my state without a job. they're worried because they don't know if more cuts are coming and those in business are afraid to hire. the same story you're hearing. it's regulation, it's taxes, it's the uncertainty. so entrepreneurs aren't willing to take risks and we need to put people back to work. >> gretchen: linda mcmahon is willing to take another risk. she's going to be going for the senate in connecticut. coming up, it sounded like a plot line straight from a horror movie. a real life serial rapist targeting members of one specific college sorority. and who knew the government could seize a private business? well, it just happened in arizona. this one affects anyone who wants to buy a home. bob massi explains, that's next. looking good! you lost some weight.

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>> brian: quick headlines. brand-new video of europe's most active volcano erupting in sicily, italy. mount etna spewing orange lava 300 feet into the air. look out. this is the 17th time she erupted this year alone. volcanos are women. and it's the case of the mysterious crash landing. scientists believe several dozen pieces of doomed german satellite fell somewhere in asia. the exact whereabouts are still unknown. but that's exactly where i'm going to find some satellite scraps. >> steve: it is a stunning development. the state of arizona will take over one of the largest personal mortgage insurance companies in

the country. this will have effects for homeowners across the nation. let's talk to fox news legal analyst and real estate expert, bob massi, who joins us from vegas. >> good morning. >> steve: good morning to you. pmi has been seized by the state of arizona. i remember when i lived in washington, d.c., i bought a house using pmi, didn't have enough for a down payment. does this impact people all across the country? >> it does. remember, this pmi, private mortgage insurance this is insurance company, which is one of the largest in the country. the reason why i felt important to bring this to our viewers' attention is this: this company has been seized by the director of insurance commissioner in arizona. that's where they're based out of. as a national impact. essentially what's going on, they're going to ask the court to appoint a receiver, that's somebody who steps in to oversee exactly what's going on with this company and many times it means they're insolvent. this potentially, steve, is a symptom of an epidemic.

these companies, pmi and other companies, as you know, are insurance companies that pay deficiencies from conventional loans, which you and i talked about several weeks ago. so this is a story that i want our viewers to understand that many of us don't know who even insures our particular loan and there is an 800 number on their web site to call and see how they will be impacted by this private mortgage insurance takeover. >> steve: sure. historically what's happened is if somebody wants to buy a house can't come up with 20% of the down payment, they buy pmi, private mortgage insurance, and that guarantees it. all right. so bob, if this company has now been seized by the state of arizona, what happens to the homeowner? what if they have to make a claim? >> here is a couple of things that concerns me, steve. first of all, there are those homeowners right now who are in a position to get a conventional loan, but didn't have 20% down. the question is going to be, if

we have these companies being seized, then the impact could be that all people are going to have to come up with 20% to get a conventional loan and what does that mean? that means a lot of people don't have 20% and if all of these companies start having insolvency problems, it will affect the impact of being able to buy. the other thing is, what they basically have said son their web sites -- on their web site, is that the state of arizona will honor or try to pay out 50% of the claims. in other words, 50% of what may be owed on these deficiencies. the other 50% goes to the policyholder. who is the policyholder? the lender. if the lenders lose, who bails them out? us. so the ripple willing effect could be devastating. we'll have to wait and see how this plays out, but i think -- the ending industry today, steve, i guarantee you, this is what they're going to be talking about, the impact of these underwriters. >> steve: it's a gigantic impact once again. and you detailed what the impact would be on the taxpayer.

we might actually have to bail them out. so going forward, given the fact that pmi has been seized by arizona, are people going to have to come up with the full 20% or -- 'cause that's going to change the way people buy houses. >> first of all, there are several underwriters in this country that do insurance. the question is going to be, what is the solvency of those? if the fact that other underwriter insurance companies -- there are many out there to be available -- then it's not going to impact everybody. but i believe that this is a rippling effect, that, in fact, we're going to see -- again, i can't stress enough, when you have a company this big that's being seized by the division of insurance because of some issues of either solvency or management issues, it goes to show you how serious this problem is in america and we have got to do the things we've talked about before on shattered dreams, solve the issue. >> steve: no kidding.

all right. excellent analysis of what's going on out there. bob massi, we thank you for joining us today from las vegas. >> always a pleasure. >> steve: yes, sir. straight ahead, did herman cain do serious damage to his campaign by fumbling a question on abortion? next, how rivals like rick perry are trying to take advantage. and they're cute and cuddly and desperately need your help. stick around. we're hoping to find homes for those loving, warm, gorgeous leg doggyies.

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but also rick perry has been going after him, saying he's not a true conservative with his abortion stance. listen to this. >> it is a liberal kanard to say, i am personally pro-life, but government should stay out of that decision. if that is your view, you are not pro-life. you are pro having your cake and eating it, too. >> steve: mr. cain himself was on this program within the last hour and ten minutes and here he is clarifying if there is any doubt where herman cain stands on abortion, he tries to clear it up once and for all right here on "fox & friends." watch. >> the reporter was trying to pigeon hole me on, but what if it's your daughter or your granddaughter and you're in one of these situations that is a life or death situation, life of the mother, life of the child and on and on and on? and i simply said, if you get pushed to that extent, the family isn't going to be thinking about what the laws are

at that point. they're going to be thinking about that family member and that baby. that's what i mean by it was taken out of context. there is no uncertainty, gretchen. i'm pro-life, period. >> gretchen: my question to him had been, should abortion be part of the political process, which is another whole can of worms. it's an interesting debate question. >> brian: here is what's going to come up in iowa, his 9-9-9 plan because rick perry says he has something more established. i think that will be the debate going forward. but mitt romney so far trails, we understand, going into the last poll. >> steve: it is now 26 minutes before the top of the hour on this monday. we've got some headlines. >> gretchen: let's look at the surveillance video. police in plano, texas, believe this man is link to do sexual attacks on women of a sorority. all of these women are in their

50s. police now taking the suspect in for questioning. >> steve: he's on death row for killing a mother and her two daughters in a brutal home invasion in the state of connecticut. now steven hayes is bragging that he has killed 17 other people, raped dozens more and collected their sneakers as trophies. hayes makes a shocking boast in letters to a woman in north carolina, but investigators now say his claims are vague and unreliable. >> brian: wikileaks officially drying up. julian assange announcement moments ago, his document dumping web site is going to temporarily stop publishing state secrets because it is out of money. he says the donations cost the web site tens of millions of dollars. that was the goal. >> gretchen: imagine you're boarding a plane and you see the ground crew putting tape around the cockpit window. that's exactly what happened to

200 passengers board be a flight from england to latvia. the irish airlines says it was being used as an extra precaution to prevent a window seal, but it came loose and the pilot turned around and landed. might be been more of a problem. >> steve: mr. kilmeade, introduce us to your special furry friends. >> brian: steve, i don't think that's a nice thing to say to these lovely women. this week, "fox & friends" is shining a light on animals in need and showing how you can help our four legged friends with our series, paws for a cause. joining us right now, one of our good friends, robin, the executive director of small paws rescue, inc. it's the largest breed rescue in the country. over the past 13 years, they rescued 8,000 bichons. correct? >> we have. >> brian: tell me about, first off, this is? >> carly.

>> brian: carly. first off, the bichon as a breed, what does it bring to the table? >> so much. they're happy, cheery little lap dogs, very long lived, one of the longest lived dogs. we have some that are 20, 21, we've even had 22-year-olds. they are for the most part hypoallergyic, most love children, love to play with you, they love to be in your house. >> brian: not looking to run away? >> not looking to run away. >> brian: this guy is a little jumpy. >> this is carly. >> brian: about 1 1/2? >> her story is really quite unusual. we found her in the shelter about to be euthanized with her seven three week old babies and rerescued all eight and all the puppies have been weaned and they have all been adopted and now it's time to find homes for mom. >> brian: so we can go to our web site and people can write us. now let's meet? >> this is mickey. >> brian: mickey. mickey is two to three years old, you believe. loves being held, we understand.

hence, how relaxed. mickey likes me a little bit more. >> yes, he did. >> brian: so mickey is about 2 1/2. he's gog live to like 50, right? >> 80. >> brian: they live a long time. it's a big commitment. >> it really is. they have a lot of longevity and they're really good family pets. >> brian: do they have a natural enemy? >> yes, i would say coyotes. we can't let them be out alone. they need to be on a leash in our company. and somebody would definitely take them from your car. don't ever leave one in your car alone. >> brian: now this is? >> marcus. >> brian: tell me about marcus. >> marcus is a year and a half. he was rescued from us through a chicago kill shelter. owner surrendered him to a shelter. we picked him up, cleaned him up and here he is. >> brian: he's remembering what you did for him.

now, this is? >> boris. he was rescued in 2006 from a commercial kennel. some would call that a puppy mill. you can grab him. avenues year old when we great him and now he went from living in a commercial kennel in missouri to a high-rise apartment in manhattan where he's walked every day in central park. >> brian: can you let them down and see if they get along? >> we can. >> brian: are you against that? >> no, no, you guys can get these two down. i don't have a leash on carly. >> brian: we have the door closed. >> they're happy kids. bicons -- bichons generally love each other. they can go to homes with other dogs. >> brian: gretchen, you said at some point you love this breed. when your daughter is old enough, you would make the adoption. do you want to adopt one of these dogs? >> gretchen: the only problem is, my daughter is not ten yet and that was the rule in our

house. to be responsible. remember? >> brian: i have a sense that ten is going to be 21. >> gretchen: she reminds me every day, brian. >> brian: so we got a few more years, small paws.com. we desperately need volunteers to give foster homes to dogs like this. we have about 250 in rescue. desperately need them no north and south texas, arkansas, new york. >> brian: it was great seeing you again. >> thank you. >> brian: hopefully we'll get some homes. >> thank you. >> brian: gretch, steve, tell me what else is coming up? >> steve: beautiful dogs. thank you very much. >> gretchen: is this woman you're about to see too old to drive? the man she hit says yes and he wants a law to stop it from happening again. peter johnson, jr. looks at the law next. >> steve: plus, taxpayers gave this company a half a billion dollars, but now we know their prize green car uses more gas than an suv.

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>> steve: got quick headlines on this monday morning. the trial of michael jackson's doctor resumes in l.a after the defense finishes cross-examining the prosecution's final witness, it's expected to call the first of its 15 witnesses. it is not known if the good doctor will testify. meanwhile, the tsa let's another unloaded gun onto a plane. 38 caliber pistol fell out of a duffel bag as it was being

loaded on to an alaskan airlines jet. the man was not arrested. >> gretchen: thanks very much. is there such a thing as being too old to drive? a staten island man thinks so. he lost his leg when 90-year-old marian broadsided him on his bike. he's not only suing the woman, but the company that rented her the car. joining me now, peter johnson, jr. >> good morning. >> gretchen: so should a rental car agency be able to be sued for renting cars to people who are elderly? >> by age, no. i think that's discrimination. what we have here is a claim for something called negligent entrustment, meaning that they shouldn't have given this car, enterprise rental car, to a 90-year-old woman who had a valid driver's license, who had other eyes examined on the renewal and in new york state, you don't need to have an eye test for renewal, which i find to be really incomprehensible

because it's the essence of driving. i think lawsuits like this are why people sometimes get angry with lawyers. i think what's the next thing? doctors in hertz offices? are you going to have to provide your medical history before you rent a car? we do know that people's reaction time begins to slow down the older you get and when you get to be 65, there is an increase in accidents and even greater increase after 75. but why should we engage in discrimination against older folks? >> gretchen: it sounds to me like this particular family knew that maybe the money was behind enterprise. aha. >> you're right. the graves amendment was passed in 2005 which changed the vicarious liability laws across the united states, meaning that rental car companies were no longer the deep pockets in lawsuits. >> gretchen: okay. very interesting. let's look at a statement from the 90-year-old in this case,

marian. she told the "new york post," i shouldn't be restricted in anything. i feel i have more energy and more experience than most people around. there are plenty of people at 40 who shouldn't be driving or 30. the other side of the story is gratis rivera -- grad dislive is a, she's the wife of the victim, she told the "new york post," they don't rent to 21-year-olds. why should they rent to a 90-year-old by the age of 75, they should have everyone take a new road test. >> one of my expertise, i grew up in understanding motor vehicle accidents and collisions and liability and insurance and all that. who knows who is at fault in terms of this accident? but to say without any evidence that i'm aware of at this point that miss clement, who is a psychotherapist, and i assume she holds a license for that designation, to say, well, we need to do something beyond the driver's license, beyond the

test that she passed, by virtue of her age. now, some states have reaction time tests when you get to a certain age. they test your reaction time in terms of responding to emergencies. >> gretchen: 28 other states, including the district of columbia, have limits or extra testing for older drivers. >> what i think is going to be a problem, although they say it's not -- the fact now that in some states, they're saying yeah, you can renew your driver's license and self-certify that your sight is wonderful. a lot of us think that our sight is wonderful when it's not so wonderful. i think that's a pathway to disaster. we'll see what happens with this lawsuit. it's an end around to get, i think, to the rental car company. >> gretchen: interesting thought. thanks, peter. could it be washington's worst investment yet? a half billion dollars to a company who makes electric cars, but their first green car

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>> brian: department of energy is standing by their decision to give $529 billion to fisker automotive to produce electric cars. >> steve: our next guest says their new car, the karma, could be the worst electric car ever made. warren meyer is a business owner and writer at forbes.com and joins us live. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: okay. so we saw that the epa put out a figure that the fisker cars are averaging 52 millions per gallon. but you say that is way off. >> yeah. obviously miles per gallon is kind of a funny stat for electric cars because they don't have gas and tanks. they have electricity and batteries. but if you go all the way back to the power plant, something has to make that electricity and that's usually a fossil fuel like oil or coal or gas. and so the epa nominally came up with a process that sort of says how much fuel that the power plant does it take to create the electricity that charges the car? it turns out that that -- the

methodology they used was highly flawed. >> steve: what's it closer to, rather than 52 it would be? >> it's really closer to 19, because the epa assumed that you could combust oil or gas with perfect deficiency. they violate the second law. the to -- to use the dement of energy's policy, they went back and looked at the true efficiency of power plants, how much oil does it take to make that electricity and if you use their methodology, you came up with a number of 19, which is really no better than a ford suv. the only thing it's better at is disguising its fossil fuel use. >> brian: we have the volt, we have the leaf. you're saying that the technology that this company is using right now is a step backwards and will cost us, if i wanted to buy this karma car, $100,000? >> yeah. this is really -- we're subsidizing a rich man's toy.

we've given this company a half a billion dollars. and we pay people $7,500 for every car they buy. so when leonardo dicaprio spends $100,000 for this car, so he looks cool and green, the taxpayers will give him back $7,500. >> steve: warren, it doesn't make any sense. we had all that money sitting around. were they in just such a hurry to shove is out the door that they didn't do due diligence to find out whether or not they were good investments? >> i don't know what's going on. i think this administration has almost a religious fixation on electric cars, that electric cars are sort of a good thing like sort of genuflecting in church. we drive electric car and automatically things will be better. there is real science to this stuff and we're still using hydrocarbons to make that electricity and it's not that hard to figure out that these things are not the panacea they're made out to be. >> brian: the power grids are dirty and just for the record, i

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