it your way, mr. president! "fox & friends" for a monday starts right now. >> good morning, everyone. hope you had a great weekend. it was so nice on the east coast this weekend compared to last weekend when we had this massive snow storm that came in and kind of put a damper on things. >> and everready batteries went skyrocketing high. everybody was out of power. welcome back from your cruise. >> thank you very much. it was a delightful, scrumptious week. >> the sea dream, what's that? >> driving around the caribbean. >> sea dream yacht club is the name of the cruise line. >> is it really? >> yeah. they have two ships. >> anyway, scrumptious and delicious but great to be back because, you know, the news was limited but i picked it up in spits and spurts. there's a lot of it. >> we continue to talk about politics this morning. a year out from the presidential election, mitt romney heads to

iowa today showing that he's focused on trying to win that crucial first in the nation caucus. >> so how likely is he to beat president obama in a head-to-head matchup if he gets to the overall. kelly wright is in washington, d.c. with more. >> let's talk about that a little bit more. because of recent events some would describe the race for the republican presidential nomination of being a bit strange if you look at what happened over the past week. mitt romney has remained above the fray and appears to be the most electable. the former massachusetts governor will be campaigning in dubuque and davenport, iowa today. romney is well funded and well organized and free of any scandal and major gaffes and he's hoping to break out as the clear choice for the republican nomination. this latest abc news/"washington post" poll shows if the election were held today, romney would be at 47% vs. president barack obama at 46%. meaning among the field of republican candidates, romney is

the only one that would make president obama a one term president but it's way too early, of course, to rely on these polls. there's still a lot of time in this election season for more ups and downs and for the eventual nominee, iowa, of course, is the first test and mitt romney knows he has to win it or at least do really well in order to stay in this and get the traction that he needs to have that breakout and be the clear choice for the republican party. back to you. >> kelly wright, thanks so much. you know, what's interesting, guys, i was reading in an article today at this time in 2008, candidate obama was third place. third place in the polls. it's very interesting when you always take a look back and see how relevant it is to the timing today a year away from the election. >> and mitt romney has done almost nothing in iowa and yet he's still second in almost every poll. let's talk about speaker boehner. he went on the airwaves yesterday. the president of the united states has been running against

congress and saying it's a do nothing congress despite there's 15 bills waiting in the senate to get passed. how can you be doing nothing while still passing 15? what i thought was interesting is when speaker boehner talked about his relationship with president obama. >> remember it wasn't that long ago when they went out golfing. they had a foursome and by all reports, the speaker right there in the short pants, it was a great event. it wasn't exactly the beer summit but it was still an outing with the two of them. since then, however, yesterday on one of the chat shows this week, the speaker said that their relationship has become frosty. and also the speaker himself was quite specific with the president saying, you know, this class warfare stuff you're pulling, that's got to stop. listen to this. >> come on, the top 1% pay 38% of the income taxes in america. how much more do you want them to pay? i'll tell you, let's take all the money that the rich have, all of it, it won't even put a

debt in our current budget deficit much yet our debt. >> keep in mind back then, that was june 23rd when they had that golf summit. remember, we were in that debt crisis so both parties were really trying to come together to find a solution so it was emblematic to see that imagery of the two of them together and we know how that ended up but the other thing is, you know, john boehner talks about the fact that the top 1% already pays most of the taxes in this country. i got to tell you, guys, as i go around in communities, i think that the catch phrase that the obama administration is putting out, fair share. people need to pay their fair share. i hear that and i think to a certain extent some of that language is sticking with people who maybe are not watching the news cycle 24/7 and they hear, people should pay their fair share and after a while, that sticks in their mind unless they look at the facts. >> mitt romney had an interesting take on this, there's systems in place for the lower class. he's concerned about the middle class. >> sure. >> he says they're twisting and

they've been damaged the most arguably from this so-called great recession but you know there's one company out there that is hiring those who might be categorized in the middle class and that's mcdonald's. they employ over 500,000 employees and over the last five years, if you're in the dow -- the dow jones stock exchange, you've enjoyed greater benefits from mcdonald's stock options than any other company. so when the ceo finally talks, most listen. >> absolutely. and when you look at who goes to mcdonald's on a regular basis, you know, their core audience is -- >> my daughter would be there, if she learned to drive, she'd be there every day. >> just install some bunkbeds. they have a very blue core, blue collar core of people who go on a regular basis. and so they know exactly what the economy needs to go forward. and yesterday, apparently doing a very rare interview, skye news in great britain, our sister channel, the ceo by the name of

jim skinner who rarely gives interviews said this to the president of the united states. you want to make things better? cut taxes. reduce spending. here's mr. skinner. >> i think you have to cut taxes in some environments particularly in the business community. we pay some of the highest taxes around the world relative to business, corporate tax and there needs to be some levelling of the playing field there. you also have to have less spending. the government has to spend less. >> coming from him, that's big. >> and coming up, a bit earlier than usual on a monday, donald trump is going to comment on jim skinner's comments and he's going to be joining us just 24 minutes from now at 6:30 a.m. eastern time. >> and you know, donald trump is always talking about china. well, mr. skinner was talking about currently, i think they've got something like 1500 franchisees or stores in china of mcdonald's. they'll go up to 2,000 in the

next year or so. he said the chinese are very good in terms of economic responsibility on behalf of their people. >> on behalf of their people. that's the key phrase. >> and on behalf of their country as well so sees it as a patriotic thing, where people are a priority and they should do at least do more of that. >> the problem is we're in this big world trade organization and we're supposed to be looking out for everybody with, of course, our self-interest in there but china cares about china, that's it. >> let's talk a little bit about occupy wall street because i think we're going into our sixth week now of that protest. it looks like it's not going to die down any time soon. jesse jackson now joining in with the occupy wall street people in atlanta, i believe it was over the last couple of days, he had some very interesting comparisons to make with regard to the people he saw protesting there and the same people he saw who were with dr. martin luther king jr. all of those years ago. and listen to this and see if you agree with jesse jackson's comparisons. >> it's about justice, it's

about the american dream, it's about the hope that we all longed for. 20 million americans in poverty. 50 million who have no jobs. that is a civil rights struggle. there's not a moral commitment to defend the poor and to deliver the needy. >> he was part of the group that went into a bank, the sun trust bank in atlanta and sang songs for an hour and it must have been tough to get a teller, and explained no, it's a deposit. not a withdrawal. >> trying to make it a christmas club deposit, hello! >> he also walked on the occupy chicago which, by the way, mayor rahm emanuel does not allow to stay in their park. they're not allowed to do what they're doing in the park downtown in new york city. >> sure, the niece of martin luther king jr. is going to be on our program in just about an hour and 10 minutes from now, she said regarding what jesse jackson said where, you know, so much of what's going on with the occupy wall street, occupy atlanta thing reminds him of the

civil rights movement and she said he's out of touch, al sharpton is out of touch with the people of the 21st century. for instance, and she goes on a whole litany of things. she'll talk about that in an hour. they believe abortion is a civil right and deny the genocide associated with that. >> we might want to get used to those protesters being there because there's a report out this morning they plan to occupy until the year 2025. >> how could that be possible? how could they last another week? >> it might be a misprint. you have to keep in mind so far they've received $750,000 in donations and they're living pretty sparse down there with all the free food and free donations of other things so $750,000 goes a long way. it could go all the way to 2025. >> you know what's also good, what's also rising there is the crime wave. crimes and horrendous, horrific crimes are happening in that park on a daily basis as they set up their own mini government and the other thing to point out is, too is they have gotten two

johnnies on the spot to help the local neighbors so -- >> tying in with the earlier story they don't have to use that mcdonald's down there. >> that's true. >> and go to your point about the crime in boston, occupy boston, apparently, three of the people there arrested for dealing crack. >> and by the way, did you see on -- >> just like the tea party! >> i don't know how many politicians are going to be running down there with the crime rising, with the arrests going through the roof if you look at oakland, 20 arrests in atlanta the other day and if you read the chronicle of the amount of complaints coming out of that tent city in downtown new york city, what politician wants to -- >> the giant effigy. >> there's something called videotape and a lot of those politicians are on the record as saying they support those protesters and it doesn't really matter if they said it in the first week or sixth week, they're on record as saying they agree with it as well as our president of the united states. that could be a problem. >> which could be haunting to him because there was a giant obama effigy over at the park on saturday, i believe. >> let me get to some of your other headlines for a monday.

there's been more fallout from the sex abuse allegations centered around former penn state football coach jerry sandusky. after a board meeting late last night, the athletic director and the senior vice president of finance resigned. they're both accused of not reporting information about sandusky allegedly assaulting a 10-year-old boy and they're accused of lying to a grand jury. sandusky accused of assaulting several young boys over a 10-year period. legendary head coach joe paterno calling the allegations "shocking". he is not implicated in this scandal. people in tornado alley will start cleaning up this morning. no, not from a twister. from an earthquake! and 10 aftershocks. these are photos from oklahoma. the initial earthquake measured 5.6, the largest in state history. even the chimney collapsed through the roof. the quake is responsible for one minor injury, though.

officials promising a big showdown with police last night in atlanta. it didn't happen. one woman was arrested for violating the park curfew. on saturday night, police arrested 20 protesters there for refusing to leave and blocking the road. and more than a billion people in 150 countries were watching last night as miss venezuela was crowned miss world. she has a degree in human resources and already created a foundation to help kids. she's just one of 13 children who said her proudest moment was her first communion. >> one of 13 kids. that's great. what a family. >> found a way to stand out. 12 minutes after the hour. greece's bailout got a little more complicated. the prime minister stepping down so how will wall street react and will the united states have to get involved? charles gasparino is involved in our show and he's next. >> she parked the car but forgot to put on the brake. but how the story ends.

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>> it's a fox news alert on this monday morning. late last night, greek leaders reached a deal to form a new government. and the greek prime minister has agreed to step down as part of the deal in greece. >> so what will the impact -- so what impact will this have on the european financial crisis and could we be all looking at an american bailout? >> fox business senior correspondent charles gasparino is here for the breakdown. so last week, we thought there was a deal. then there was going to be maybe no deal. it was going to go to the vote of the greek people. now, are we back to that old deal again? >> no, i think -- this is what it's all about, him leaving and

both sides coming together. a new government coming together accepting this deal which the bond holders take a haircut, they take a loss on their investments. yet, there's no default and that's the big thing. you want to stay away from a greek default right now. if there's a default, that's when bad things happen even here because our banks, they insure some of this debt. if they default, our banks have to pay up. could be right back in the you know what again as they were in 2008. >> when you talk about the bond holders would have to take a 50% haircut, who are those people? >> bond holders are generally banks. other banks and with -- >> so there's cantagion. in europe, they eat their own cooking, right? they hold the debt of each other. that's why this is so treacherous. in our financial crisis, banks were impaired, right? they needed to bail out banks. what you have here are countries impaired and banks impaired because the banks hold a crummy sovereign debt of the country. >> charles, what happened in the interim? we heard the deal was done.

our stocks surge and then the prime minister says i want a referendum on this and of me. and then they -- something happened in those two days, how did the greek government by the opposition in the one sitting get scared into accepting this deal? what did they say? >> sarkozy and everybody told them, this will lead to a major panic in europe. i mean, listen, so you know, these sort of bailouts are never easy. our own bailout of the banks, you know, there were ups and downs. remember that? you know, one day, they said no, right? congress said no and the market went down 1,000 points. remember, these things, it was more like 600 but it was still a lot. these things are never a straight line. they're all over the place and, you know, i think someone gave them religion. basically with sarkozy and probably others saying if you don't accept this, be ready for armageddon. >> you're out of the european union. >> be ready for armageddon. that was the thing around the budget. >> they knew that going in. it was still interesting that the prime minister decided to do that and then he changed his mind 100 degrees back and now

he's resigning. >> all these countries will be giving up their sovereignty and that's very difficult. >> thank you very much, we'll see you throughout the day on the fox business network. >> meanwhile, have you seen this, michael moore lashes out at reporters at an occupy wall street rally. >> how are you helping these people with your $50 million? >> that's what it's rumored that you've got. we're asking if it's true. >> you're punk media is all you are. you lie! >> oh, those guys with the cameras and the microphone get you. that's what michael moore used to do. donald trump had something to say about michael moore straight ahead. >> we're one year away from election day. what are president obama's chances at another term? very surprising answers on that one. stick around. i habe a cohd.

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>> got some quick headlines for you on this monday morning. lindsay lohan has checked herself into jail last night but she didn't stay there long. lohan just there for 4 1/2 hours. why so early the release? well, overcrowding. troubled star was sentenced for violating her community service. and while you were sleeping, this is what went down in los angeles. two armed suspects jacked a car leading police on a wild chase. eventually the chase ended when the driver slammed into a wall. all right, mr. kilmeade, over to you. >> all right, steve, in the 2012 election, it's one year away. what are president obama's chances of re-election? joining us right now, our washington insiders, executive director of public notice, gretchen hamill is here and

former pollster for president bill clinton and a fox news contributor doug shoen. we have one year yet. we're going to tape this, one year out. a little pressure. the odds of president obama being re-elected are -- >> 45 yes and 55 no, brian. >> why? >> my sense is the approval close to 45 than it is to 50, with economic growth below 3% and with the ratings he's getting on the economy really at about 30%, the american people are angry. they want a new direction for the country. that makes the incumbent very vulnerable. >> gretchen, that's coming from a democrat who also knows that the congress which the president is choosing to run against is in single digits in terms of approval. what odds do you give president obama on re-election? >> i give president obama 50/50 for the sheer fact that the economy is down in the dumps. and we've had 33 straight months of unemployment being over 8% but look, back in 2008, we thought republicans were going

to be down and out for years to come. we thought president obama would ride easily through re-election. we did not think that the republicans in 2010 had a chance at all but look, here we are. we're at a position to where the republicans could actually beat president obama with the right nominee and the right condition in the environment. >> flip of the coin and you flipped the coin and it comes up most likely a republican matchup getting the nod. let's look at one of those matchups. likely matchup would be mitt romney against barack obama. a recent poll was done by "the washington post" and abc, apparently one organization couldn't do it by themselves, mitt romney wins by one percentage point. surprise you, doug? >> not really because the president's own ratings are below 50%. elections are largely a referenda on the incumbent. he's getting 46% of the vote, the race is effectively, brian, a statistical tie. >> what about mitt for you? he seems to be running in the

general even when he's in the primary, gretchen. >> exactly. he's been the slow, steady candidate who hasn't had too many fumbles but look, we're in a position to where we want someone to take this government that we currently have and get it out of the red. we're $15 trillion in debt. he's had a history of doing that. he's a businessman. he knows what needs to be done in an environment like this, to get things going. to get the economy moving, to get us back spending in the black. >> ok, now doug, i'll bring this to you. you pollsters love this question. are things on the right track in this country? the 74% said we're on the wrong track. 3% had no opinion, in the right direction, 22%. what does that mean for the incumbent? >> one of the reasons he was to lose, when you have 3/4 of america saying things are headed in the wrong direction, that's distinctly negative for this incumbent and indeed any incumbent.

>> he could always turn around and say it wasn't my fault, look what i inherited. would that work? >> i think we're nearly three years into it. i don't think that argument works anymore. the question is did he make things worse or did he make things better and i think that's the question that the american public will be asking themselves next year. >> and maybe he'll just say i would have made things better if congress let me. and that's how the dialogue will begin. this will be a fun year. promise to watch, won't you? >> oh, yes! >> absolutely. >> all right, doug. i'm taking you at your word. thanks to both of you. michael moore lashing out at the media at an occupy denver rally. >> how are you helping these people with your 50 million? >> i don't have $50 million. >> that's what it's rumored you're worth. >> is that what you do, sell rumors? >> we're asking if it's true. >> you're punk media is all you are. you lie! >> seems like a nice guy, isn't he, especially when you approach him in a crowd. maybe he's worth 49 and he's upset. did the reporter have a point? donald trump weighs in when we come back. surveillance video was incredible. a woman parks her car but

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>> time for your shot of the morning right now. if you missed this, you missed the race of the century. brian went head to head with a former olympic marathon champ in 2009 new york city marathon champ. >> that was lap number 19. >> there's mario lopez, too. couldn't help but notice as brian stiff armed the former champ into a victory, that the resemblance to jerry seinfeld. >> wait a second. that was the toss. that was the marble bread. that's right. >> there was no snow. >> but you're both from long island. you work for jerry seinfeld's father. >> that's very true, steve. >> the more impressions of amazement that you're coming out on top. here's the thing, jerry seinfeld

did not do it in dress shoes. >> thank you very much. >> you know the way it should have gone. that should have gone -- that should have gone to mario lopez was supposed to race him. he said to me, are you serious? we're about to go in. i have a bad hamstring and my pants are too tight. all right, then i'll race him. >> mario lopez said his pants were too tight? >> and i wasn't going to go there. no, this is in the commercial break. wouldn't mind if we said it. he came in sixth place even though he bettered his time when he won it. he was in sixth place but the number one american, i think, wasn't he? >> mario lopez had 4 hours and 23 minutes. apolo ohno did three hours and 33 minutes. >> the winner came close to doing it under two hours. >> i think it was around eight. but still. >> christie turlington, she was

also at 4 something. right in there. i mean, amazing. >> that's fantastic. >> hats off to everyone who did take part. headlines for you on this monday morning. country of iran on the brink to developing nuclear weapons from a new report of the atomic agency today. the report contradicting previous intelligence from 2007 that said they stopped developing nukes. according to the new intelligence, apparently a russian scientist has been teaching iran about how to make the real tricky detonators, ok, and it says nuclear experts from both pakistan and north korea are also involved as iran now on the brink of having a nuke. >> and an accused american jihadist is going to go on trial today. he's from houston and charged with trying to sneak aboard a ship heading to the middle east so he could give money to al-qaida along with gps parts and u.s. military manuals. the f.b.i. says he was an e-mail buddy of the american born

cleric who was killed by a drone strike a few weeks ago. he was about to plead guilty in the case last year but he changed his mind and instead decided to represent himself. >> justin bieber willing and ready to prove he's not the father of mariah's baby. he's 17 and reportedly will take a paternity test after he returns from europe. sources say bieber then plans to sue the 20-year-old once the results are in. bieber publicly denied ever meeting her. >> interesting. science won't lie. take a look at this incredible video. a car rolls across a busy street and smashes into another car right there. plows into a guard rail, here it goes. and goes flying over the overpass! behind the wheel, no one. a woman from turkey accidentally left her car in neutral and it rolls out of the parking lot. her car was crushed like a soda can but no 1 on the road below was hurt. >> so lucky. >> amazing video. >> no kidding. >> kaboom. >> meanwhile, let's take a look at the weather and at least

52,000 people in connecticut still without power won't have the juice on until wednesday, believe it or not. keep in mind, the storm was a week ago this saturday. the electricity was out at our house, i think, for five days. good reason to go on vacation. meanwhile, real quickly take a look at the maps. you can see some widely scattered thunderstorms through portions of the mississippi and missouri valley up through the great lake states and a little action down along the keys and in portions of western arizona. as you head out this morning, you can see a lot of 20's and 30's out west and up north and meanwhile, also, i should point out, some 30's for our friends in new england. 46 right now out at the airport in new york city. 39 in raleigh. how is it going to warm up today? it's actually going to be a lovely day in new york city. 62, unseasonably warm. 68 will be the high in raleigh and then you got 75 in memphis and 71 in atlanta. along the gulf coast, temperatures in the 70's,

approaching 80. it will be only 43 today in denver. and that's a quick look at the fox travel cast. >> well, he's the author of a new book coming out this wednesday called "time to get tough." i like the title and donald trump is our guest. bright and earlier this morning, donald. why are we up so early today? >> we're shooting "the apprentice "on and it's a big scene at 7:30 so i really have to do that. i would not miss your show. i like 6:30. >> who are you going to fire? >> i fired about half of them already. not fun, believe me. they're very good people a lot of them. some i don't mind firing but some are very good people. it's hard. >> gary busy is still in, right? >> he's wonderful. he's a piece of work. what a second career he's had since then. >> no kidding. >> let's talk about the mcdonald's ceo jim skinner. he rarely gives interviews and he gave an interview to our sister network, skye news. here's what he had to say and i want you to comment. >> just in some environments, particularly in the business community, we pay some of the highest taxes around the world relative to business, corporate

tax and there needs to be some levelling of the playing field there. you also have to have less spending. the government has to spend less. >> so i know you've talked a lot about the taxes on businesses and if some of them were lifted, we'd bring more jobs back to america. >> first of all, you have to know jim is a great ceo. he's one of the best in the country. he's done an amazing job with mcdonald's. we're not talking about some guy that doesn't know what he's doing. east he's one of the best. he's absolutely right. we're one of the highest taxed countrys in the nation. and he's absolutely right and he's even more right probably about cutting spending. >> you know what, donald, he did mention china in the interview with sky news. he said because he's opening -- he expects to have 2,000 restaurants in china by, i think, next year or the year after that, he says that the chinese are very good in term of economic responsibility on behalf of their people and behalf of their country.

>> i like brian's statement because brian was 100% right. i mean, they're good to china but not good to us. they take advantage of us. they're smarter and much smarter than our politicians and our politicians have no clue and they're taken advantage. they should, they're good to their people because they're bringing in trillions and trillions of dollars of our money and they're good to their people and i think that's wonderful but they're certainly not good to our people. >> that's what we want in our country. we want a government that's good to the people. >> i'm not knocking -- in my book, i talk about china. i'm not knocking china. i respect china. i think it's great if we get away with it. i wish we could get away with it. i wish they would talk to us the way we do about them. the fact is they just do numbers on us and our politicians don't have the brain power or something else is wrong where they get away with it. it's hard to believe they can get away with it. >> i want you to watch on another note, i don't know if you were hanging out in the park over the weekend, because it did get there and it's now attractive to many but there's another occupy denver movement

that michael moore found his way down to and he heard some of it from the occupiers and from the media. let's listen. >> aren't you part of the 1%? >> i do very well. and -- >> how are you helping these people? >> because i do well. i want to taxes raised on people that do well. >> how do you do with your $50 million. >> i don't have $50 million. is that what you heard? you're punk media. you lie! >> interesting exchange. >> it is interesting. i got to know him a little bit and he's a different guyment i liked him a lot. i thought he was terrific. he's doing his thing, whatever he's doing. he's doing his thing and you never know 100% whether some of these guys believe it or not. >> i know you will never -- you made it clear, you didn't want to go down there but i think politicians who were immediately saying they're just like the tea party, i don't see any politicians going down there now. >> you know, it was very interesting fwauz the milk

street cafe which is one of my buildings was being blockaded by these people. and it was terrible. they couldn't get in because they had all these stanchions in front and now they've been removed by the police department which by the way are doing a fantastic job down there. but i will say it is a mess. and, you know, i sort of wrote about it last week and i talked about it, prisoners from rikers island is going down there to give them their food. they've become the rich. >> we spoke to that restaurant owner who is in -- >> yes, mr. epstein, great guy. >> last week. it's interesting to find out that the protesters are hurting people that they absolutely think they're going to help. >> he was almost put out of business. he opened about a year ago. great, great food. great everything. packed and all of a sudden, this started and people weren't even able to get in. >> sure. >> and it almost drove him out but fortunately, they got the

barricades removed and he's doing well again, i hope. >> one more question for mr. trump. listen to this, newt gingrich went after the president of the united states comparing him to a very famous ponzi schemer. >> we have today a president and compare him to ronald reagan who told the truth, great book called "the education of ronald reagan and lessons he learned at general electric" and compare reagan's ability to talk directly to the american people, make sense and have the american people move the congress with the current president. this president is about as candid and accurate as bernie madoff in what he tells the american people. >> whoa! do you agree with that? that this president is about as accurate and forthcoming as bernie madoff? >> well, i think it's terrific. i got to know madoff a little bit through palm beach. he really ripped palm beach big league, many of the people in palm beach and i got to know him. i will tell you, i think it's terrific. he has done less damage in terms of madoff than obama has done with obamacare to this country. this country is suffering badly

because of obamacare and lots of other bad decisions so madoff is an absolute sleaze and a horrible guy but in all fairness, obama has done a lot of damage to this country. >> we appreciate having you on this show every monday. thanks for joining "fox & friends" and your book is coming out wednesday "time to get tough." >> that's right and you're mentioned in the book, all of you. >> wow. >> very positively. i talk about what a great show and what great ratings and you're great people. so you don't have to worry. other people do have to worry. >> usually when you mention us in a book, we get paid. >> brian, you're fired. >> we'll send a check. >> have a great week. >> good-bye. >> all right. next up on the rundown, speaking of bernie madoff, you knew it was coming. a movie about him. which hollywood heavyweight has been picked to portray the world's worst ponzi schemer? stay tuned. >> can herman cain hang on to his title as font runner or is mitt romney already moving back in in? breaking down the latest rankings next. congratulations.

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the top with herman cain and mitt romney literally running neck and neck. if you look at the two most recent polls, cain leads one. romney leads the other. it would be tough to put herman cain in the lead given the rough week that everybody else knows about. we have him tied at the top. >> isn't it amazing that he's still actually in first place after all the stories focusing on him last week? >> it is. it is pretty amazing and he's raising a ton of money but i think if you look really inside the numbers in the polls, i think you'll see that the surge might have hit a little bit of a rough spot. he's not growing that number anymore. and romney has not seen any deterioration at all in his standing so i think it's pretty fair so say that they really are neck and neck. >> all right. so then surprisingly, you have -- well, maybe not so much. they have been saying that newt gingrich would continue to go up in the polls. that's where you have him, in third place. >> really exciting actually for newt gingrich. i'm sure he's loving this segment right now, of course.

here he is in third spot for the first time, it's a pretty stunning story to think about newt's rise and you look back, gretchen, in june of this year when newt gingrich lost virtually his entire campaign staff. i think he lost 16 or 17 staffers and it was really just newt and a janitor i'm told and together, the two of them have mounted. this is really one of the greatest comebacks we've seen in a while. a lot of folks thought he would drop out of the race. i think standing now as maybe the most likely to become the anybody but romney candidate in the end. >> it's very interesting and he always does well in the debates. we have another one coming up this week. that number could continue to go up. real quickly, rick perry, you have him in fourth. >> yeah, rick perry. how long did his surge last? about as long as kim kardashian's marriage. clearly, he is done. his numbers are so low. he and bachmann both at some point, people will start talking about them getting out of the race and who would have thought a romney-cain-gingrich battle to the end if it shapes up. pretty exciting stuff. >> jason wright, always great to

talk to you. see you again next week and see where the horses stack up. >> great day to you. >> it's part of a controversial new law in alabama. schools tracking the immigration status of students but now the federal government taking it to a whole new level. that story is next. and we got a ton of e-mails from you on this story. more and more men moving back in with mom. and dad. something comedian brad stein has been all over. >> that's what's killing us, it's the wussification of america. >> he'll join us live. >> we have to teach the kids who we are and how we got here. almost tastes like one of jack's als. fiber one. h, forgot jack cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? um... try the number one!

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>> welcome back. here's a story for you. alabama's attorney general is fighting the federal government's demand for personal information on every student in the state of alabama.

the government, the federal government claims the information is vital to making sure illegal aliens are not being denied an education but the state attorney general says the federal government is overstepping its authority. so what about the schools stuck in the middle of that legal fight? joining me now is the alabama state interim superintendent. larry, good morning to you. thank you very much. what's the federal government trying to do to your state? >> good morning. nice to be with you. federal government is seeking information, they're seeking data relative to a number of hispanics that are absent and the number that have withdrawn from school. a variety of information. so far that we know of in about 40 school systems across the state. at the same time, of course, these school systems are attempting to provide education to the children in those -- this those locales. >> absolutely. we got a quotation from thomas perez, the assistant attorney general and he says because this

matter may implicate the civil rights laws that we enforce, we request that the district provide information to assist us in determining what further action, if any, is warranted. larry, it looks to some people like this is a gigantic overreach by the federal government and they're just trying to smack you down because you've got a tough immigration law. >> i can understand people's concern with that. i'm not the attorney general for the state of alabama. he's the legal authority and not me. but with regard to section 28 of the law which applies to education, we've made it clear from the onset that all children in this state are not only welcome to attend public schools in alabama but there's a mandatory attendance law between ages 7 and 17. we've encouraged in every way possible those children to be in school, they're being provided the same services all other children are. and we'll continue to do that. >> sure. and you know what they're asking for would be not only a big burden but also very expensive but you've just made it very

clear. your state is not denying an education to any kids regardless of where they're from, right? >> well, we never have denied education to any of the hispanic children and anyone else. if they're within the borders of alabama, we're going to provide them education and any additional benefits they're entitled to. we don't -- even the data that we're collecting has only been collected for about 14 days from the date of the effectiveness of the law on the 29th of september. and then there was another preliminary injunction that the 11th circuit issued after that so there's virtually no data even available. >> right. just another burden on the schools as it sounds like the federal government is trying to crack down on your state from being tough on immigration. illegal immigration, i should point out. all right, larry craven, the interim superintendent of education down there. thank you for joining us live. >> my pleasure. >> all right. what do you think about that? e-mail us, friends at foxnews.com. meanwhile, so many americans out of work for so long, they're no

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>> good morning, everyone. hope you had a great weekend. today is monday, november 7th. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time with us. he's doing well in the polls. many iowans are still not sold on the romney ticket. today, mitt heads to the midwest in the hawkeye state. can he overcome the opponents that hold the lead there? >> can the occupy wall street protest be compared to the civil rights movement of the 1960's? jesse jackson sure thinks so. >> that is the heart of the civil rights struggle. the moral commitment to defend the poor and to deliver the needy. >> but dr. king's niece sees things differently and she'll be here to respond. >> meanwhile, more and more young men moving back home to live with mama.

and comedian brad stein has been all over this topic. >> that's what's killing us, it's the wussification of america that's killing us! >> yeah, the wussification. he'll join us live this hour. you're watching hour two. "fox & friends" for monday starts right now. >> you're watching "fox & friends"! that's a great way to begin your day. >> thank you, don king. >> yeah, that was don king who, by the way, was talking about some sad news. over the weekend you hear about joe frasier? he's weeks away, he's terminal in a hospice care with liver cancer. >> and 67 years old. >> and don king is donating some of the proceeds from his upcoming fight to joe frasier family. on the political note, mitt romney heads to iowa today showing he's focused on trying to win the first crucial, first in the nation caucus. >> how likely is he to beat

president obama in a head-to-head matchup? >> kelly wright, as you can see, is live in what appears to be a control room and he fills us in on details from our nation's capital. hey, kelly. >> you're such brilliant in your observance, steve. gretchen and brian, good to see you as well this morning. because of recent events some would describe the race of the presidential nomination of being a bit strange because of recent events that have taken place but mitt romney has remained above the fray and appears to be the most electable. the former massachusetts governor and presidential hopeful will be campaigning in dubuque and davenport, iowa, today. romney who trails herman cain there is well funded and well organized. and free of any scandal or major gaffes, he's hoping to break out as a clear choice for the republican nomination. now, this latest abc news/"washington post" poll shows that the election were held today, romney edges out president obama, 47% to 46%

meaning among the field of republican candidates, romney is the one -- the only one who would make president obama a one term president but some competitors are not yet willing to crown him king. >> based on the fact that he's been on both sides of the major issues of the day, whether that is life, whether that's guns, whether that's gays, whether it's taxes, makes it very, very difficult if not impossible for mitt romney to be able to beat barack obama next year. >> of course, it's way too early to really rely on the polls. there are still a lot of campaigning to be done. a lot of time remaining in the election season. for more ups and downs, but for the eventual nominee, iowa is the first test and mitt romney knows he has to win it or at least make a strong showing to continue. back to you. >> kelly wright live for us in d.c. thanks so much for getting up early for us. we appreciate it. >> we know he looks good in new hampshire, does mitt romney. >> also up, early today, one of the stars from "the five" the

one and only dana perino joins us live. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> well, kelly was just talking about that "washington post" poll that shows mitt romney a little ahead of the president if the election were held today. it's not going to be held today. but, you know, the bad news for the president is there are new polls out that show that 3/4 of americans say the country is off track. and 80% are dissatisfied with the federal government which is one point away from the highest point it's been in close to 20 years. if you are sitting there with the keys to air force one in your fist, you're thinking oh, that's not good for another lease on this office. >> well, i think that the white house recognized their problem in this regard way back last january when they started running for re-election and i think they noticed that the trends are not good but that they hoped because he was traveling to all of those swing states and then he had that big push in iowa in august with his bus tour and then they had the big joint session speech to congress that they hoped that the economic numbers would look a little bit better and they did

last friday from 9.1% to 9.0% but still, the dissatisfaction number at like over 80% has got to be troubling for them and last june, i didn't think too much of it because it was so early. now, less than a year out, those opinions start to solidify. and as people look at their possible candidate for who they would want to run against president obama, i think obama is in a lot of trouble and in particular those swing states because the economic news isn't getting better for those. >> alluded to that poll, how do you feel about the way that federal government works? negatively, 80% of people in this country feel it works negatively. only 20% positively and just a side note to your unemployment numbers, dana, i was reading something else that said that 43% of the people on -- unemployed right now are actually done collecting unemployment as well. so that's half the people who are unemployed and keep in mind, we've extended unemployment benefits for almost 100 months to those people.

some of those people may never get back into the work force. i hate to be pessimistic but we need a turn around here. >> so two things, gretchen, i was thinking about when you mentioned the negativity of the country towards how government is working. if you look at that poll and you're in the white house, you might think, well, our message is working because president obama every day tells us that we have a congress that doesn't work. he's even willing to run against senate democrats. and so, you know, in some ways, you might think, well, that's working for him and he's going to try to run on their failing, i need more time, the numbers are looking a little better with me. just be a little patient. and i can do more of what you've seen in the last three years if i can just get a second term and work around congress. i think that's a very weak strategy. i don't believe that it will work. however, the republicans are going to have to come up with something that says to the unemployed that you just mentioned, gretchen, i have a better way and i will make sure that we are not going to leave you hanging high and dry because

a lot of those people are dependent on the government for day-to-day living needs meaning food and shelter. so they're not going to be inclined to vote for somebody that they think is going to take that away from them or they could be inclined to vote for somebody who says i'll be able to make america a better place so you can find a job. >> right, a lot to do with opponent, dana and see who emerges. have another -- two people to compare it to. keep in mind, too, when you were thinking about those swing states before, they did a survey in 12 swing states, it's 40%, 51% disapprove and that's got to be disheartening. >> he has -- he won 265 electoral votes so he has a lot of states that he could not win in 2012 that he did win in 2008 and still win re-election. however, there's some key states i don't think he'll win again. north carolina, virginia, and indiana are three of them to name but unbelievably, he would be able to still lose if he were

to win those. ohio and florida, the two biggest battleground states, he could afford to lose so the republicans have their work cut out for them on the presidential level and also all of those senate and congressional races as well. >> what about the iraq and afghanistan troop withdrawal? the pace of that withdrawal, it seems like there's more and more unsettleness coming from iraq itself and afghanistan and one gentleman lost his job because he was being honest. >> i agree with something that secretary rice said on your program last week when she was talking about her book that came out. being outside of the white house, you don't have all of the information that you used to have when you were there and watching decision making happening or even as for secretary rice, helping make decisions. so in some ways, i'm a little bit reluctant because i don't have all that information to say exactly what i would do. i will tell you what my gut instinct is. i think that those gains that the military had made, our military had made could have

been further solidified if we'd been willing to stay a little bit longer and i think that the iraqis actually wanted us to in their gut but didn't know how to make the public case. we could have helped them make that public case just like we did in 2008. and what the other thing i would say is this is not my gut instinct, it's just things that i hear from people that i'm in touch with is that the military is quite disheartened. it will be yes, sir, mr. president, and we'll do what you want us to do but they're not feeling good about their positioning right now and worried about the troops that will be left behind, that there won't be enough to help take care of them. >> one thing about your former boss, dana, he always said, you know, regarding what we're going to do over there, i'm listening to my military commanders. it sounds like this president is not listening to the military guys. he's listening to the political guys. >> there could be a split in the military advice that he's getting or from the intel committee or intel community, but at the -- you know, at that decision making point, that's

president obama's decision. i would like to believe that it doesn't have to do with politics. >> all right. dana, thanks so much for your perspective this morning. we can see you on "the five". >> i'll be up there toeblt tonight. >> thanks a lot. >> see you soon. the rest of the headlines. >> more fallout from the sex abuse allegations centered around former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky. after a board meeting late last night, the athletic director and the senior vice president of finance resigned from the university. they're both accused of not reporting information about sandusky allegedly assaulting a 10-year-old boy and they're accused of lying to a grand jury about it. sandusky accused of assaulting several young boys over a 10-year period. legendary head coach joe paterno calling the accusations "shocking" and he's not implicated in the scandal. people in tornado alley will start cleaning up this morning. it wasn't from a twister. can you believe this? an earthquake and 10 aftershocks. take a look at the damage left behind inside homes in oklahoma. the initial quick there measured

a 5.6. it's the largest in state history. even the chimney collapsed through the roof of this home. the quake responsible for only one minor injury, though. protesters were promising a big showdown with police last night in atlanta. that didn't happen. one woman was arrested for violating a park curfew. four others busted for violations near the park. they arrested 20 protesters there for refusing to leave and for blocking the road. get ready for bernie madoff, the movie starring robert de niro as the $65 billion ponzi schemer. >> they look alike. >> the hbo flick will be written on the new book based on madoff's wife and sons. no word of when that movie will come out. those are your headlines. >> you're looking at me. can the occupy wall street protest be compared to the civil rights movement of the 1960's? jesse jackson thinks so. >> this is the heart of the civil rights struggle, a public campaign that brought a moral

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>> all right. during a visit to occupy atlanta, protests -- occupy atlanta protests, reverend jesse jackson compared the occupy movement to the civil rights struggle. >> just about justice. it's about the american dream. it's about the hope that we all long for. 50 million have no jobs.

that is the heart of the civil rights struggle. it's about a moral commitment to defend the poor. and to deliver the needy. >> but is that a fair comparison? martin luther king jr.'s nice alveda king joins us now, also the director of african-american outreach for priests for life. good morning to you, alveda. >> good morning. it's wonderful to join you. >> thank you so much. so when you heard jesse jackson compare the occupy atlanta, wall street, chicago, oakland movements to what your uncle was doing in society, what was your first reaction? >> well, i believe that reverend jackson is doing a disservice in this center. he is a 20th century civil leader in this point. you see, i marched in the 20th century as well and now in the 21st century picking up the mantle for even the youngest, you know, from conception to

natural death of life, my uncle, the whole movement was founded in prayer, in crying out to god in a peaceful movement. and this movement is not peaceful. you know, i really -- the people who came out, who were genuinely frustrated, who want a change, they need a leader who is going to lead them peacefully. to not encourage them to be embroiled in all of these things and i think that acorn is somewhere in the mix with that, too. and my uncle certainly could not have condoned voter fraud as acorn was charged with and all of that. so i think reverend jackson needs to revisit his 20th century history. >> alveda, do you see what a mess the park is, now they have effigies of president obama so it goes across both parties at this point, and there's massive arrests, 20 in atlanta yesterday. 100 in oakland last week. and yesterday, jesse jackson, i understand, was part of a group that took over a bank for an hour. and just started singing songs and disrupting things and they

keep doing things like that. >> well, actually, during the civil rights movement in the 20th century and we are modeling that, the civil rights movement now which is the pro life movement is also picking up, prayer. peaceful. nonviolent movement. order. you know, and to really help the people. the people started this in frustration. they wanted something that would give them solutions, something that would make things better and what they're doing now, reverend jackson knows this is not the model that my uncle and my father reverend king upheld. he knows that. >> i found it interesting, in the particular clip that we played, jesse jackson did say the american dream. we've heard that before from your uncle, "i have a dream." is there a similarity there? what with your uncle do with these occupy protests? what would he do? >> if my uncle were here today, my father reverend a.b. king, if i were able to join them, i'd

get on my knees and i'd begin to pray. i would sing the bible based war songs, i would assure the people. i would cry out to the lord to help us. you know, we shall overcome. god is on our side. we'd be doing this peacefully. we would not be inciting the people to the type of anger that destroys and that's really what's going on with this. and it's want helping the people. and, you know, the people are hurt. and they need help. not to be incited to be violent. no. >> alveda king, thanks so much for giving us your perspective. look forward to tracking all your movements because you're not sitting idly, you're in action. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you so much. >> all right. next on the rundown, big trouble for one of america's biggest banks. it might have to refund millions of dollars in those extra fees that you already paid. >> wow. >> and comedian brad stein says america is changing. >> we have to teach the kids who we are and how we got here

because it was rough, man. people came over here hundreds of years ago in boats, man, and it was hard! >> what will he think about the new study saying many men just want to live with mom? when they grow up. brad stein here next. [ male annouer ] juice drink too watery?

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>> welcome back, everyone. we're going to have some fun now. all grown up and no place to go, a new study finds young men in their 20's and 30's moving back in. >> mom. please, it could be very prudent. >> can we turn our beds into bunkbed? we've already figured out how to do this, the beds match up perfectly. it would give us so much extra

space in the room. >> you don't need permission from us to build bunk beds. you're adults, you can do what you want. >> we can? >> no. >> yes. yes. you can make that -- >> i knew it! >> is this mama's boy trend something for the movies or proof of the wussification of america? >> turn them from people of character who stood up for what they believed irrespective of what somebody thought. >> comedian brad stein says yes and he knows what he was talking about. his last comedy album was called "the wussification" and joins us live from nashville. what do you mean wussification, how is that happening? >> let me explain something to you my brothers and listen carefully, the wussification of america is killing us and it starts with the wussification of men! you want to reclaim your country? you got to go back to the first men who started this country, the founding fathers and this is going to be shocking for the liberal professors out there that are indoctrinating our kids but the founding fathers believed in the judeo christian

god that believed we have life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. you can pursuit it. if you don't get it, it's your fault! you messed up. go back to work. work harder. can you imagine a 25-year-old man trying to return home in colonial times? ok, because if you did, they didn't give you a room. they gave you an axe. hey, jedidiah, see the woods out there? that's your new duplex. better get at it, son. i think the snow is a coming. that's what happened. we used to be men. this is unbelievable to me that we've turned them into boys. >> here's the interesting thing. i notice you didn't say sista and that -- that may be because in this new study, it says that double the amount of young men are going back home to live with their parents and women are out doing what? i don't know. what does this say about men? >> well, that's exactly what i'm saying at. you know, see, you have to understand something, entitlement programs is what's killed so many men because the founding fathers believed in

entitlement. you know what they believe in? you're entitled to whatever you earned with your own labor. women have gone out and got strong. men have gone the other direction. it's what's happening. that's why we have conservative and liberals. take care of yourself and that makes men who invent things like the constitution, liberal thought has big government, we'll take care of you. and that creates boys and they create things like occupy wall street. there's a difference between the way men and boys behave. >> well, who, brad stein, are you blaming? >> who am i blaming? i have to blame the political correctness that has destroyed this country. i want to watch political correctness die in my lifetime. but first, i want to watch it suffer. and you do that by taking them and shoving them back to hell where they came from. we used to have ways to tell where a boy was going to be. we have things like lawn darts. that's how it used to be. they were like that big and weighed 20 pounds and we gave

them to 5-year-old boys and you had to focus, ok? because if you didn't, you didn't just lose points, you lose your cerebral cortex, ok? you had to earn your childhood and then you became a man and you were sent out to get a life and start a business and have children and live like men of dignity. that's what america was built on. and somehow we've given that away because it's too hard to work. got to stop it's gonna stop when men start taking back their ability to be leaders and courageous like the founding fathers intended. >> it's so sad that we can't throw weapons at each other in the backyard in the middle of a picnic anymore. >> ben franklin invented the lawn darts, didn't he? >> and the wood burning stove. it was his idea. >> both and his lawn darts actually attracted electricity. a lot of people don't know that. >> did not know that. >> we got rid of -- even dodge ball, brian knows this, dodge ball was to find the men from the boys. the guys that could nail you and knock your glasses off, we

became lawyers, we became athletes. we became salesmen, the boys who couldn't handle it learned how to adapt. get their things knocked off, they went off and studied and invented things like apple computer. there was a way of finding which man and where they're going to fit in society. >> all right. so glad you could join us this morning to liven up things here, brad stein, thanks so much for your perspective. >> oh, my pleasure. >> on line and on stage, brad, thanks so much. meanwhile, coming up straight ahead, they sure looked like pals when they were golfing together last summer. but now speaker boehner says his relationship with president obama has gone off course. what's changed? that's next. >> then hand picked by simon cowell, the band is going to perform live on our stage on this monday. "fox & friends." ♪

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>> ok. time for a look at that. your shot of the morning. burger king, the hamburger people honoring the statue of liberty's 125th birthday with presenting her with what could be the largest crown. burger king hopes it breaks the

guiness book of world record record. fast food chain is donating $125,000 to the statue of liberty restoration fund. those are live pictures of lady liberty in the background somewhere, the crown is going to apparently float right by. don't know if the park service will say oh, that's nice. let's put it on her. you never know. >> i think they're interested in that $125,000 donation more than anything else. >> if anyone sees atlas, we need someone strong to lift it up. >> statue of liberty is in new jersey. >> huh? >> we're still battling that out. >> talk about the -- >> technically, new jersey. >> no, the giants and jets are in new jersey. i'll give you that. not lady liberty. >> the statue of liberty is in new jersey. >> i'll bet you $1,000. >> you got it $1,000. i'll give you $1,000 and you hold to gretchen. >> here's the google map, right? statue of liberty. what's that say? >> yeah, but this was -- but this is -- but it was brought

there -- but it needed an island and it happened to be located but they are disputing who runs it. why does new york pay for it? >> the national park service runs it. that's in new jersey, mr. kilmeade. >> i don't agree. if we talk to mayor bloomberg, he'll fight you on this. >> i'm taking the fifth on this. let us know if brian or steve is right. >> i'm right! >> no, no, you're looking at maps. that's the wrong way to look. you have to look at jurisdictions. >> it could get interesting. let's look at another divisive relationship going on between speaker of house john boehner and president obama. remember back in the day, back in june when they had that golf match. here they are featured right there. this is during the whole debt crisis discussion. maybe some of this was for show, you think, to make it look like they were going to actually get along. now john boehner is speaking a little bit more openly about the rift between himself and the president with regard to who should be taxed and how much. >> come on.

the top 1% pay 38% of the income taxes in america. you know, how much more do you want them to pay? i'll tell you, let's take all the money that the rich have. all of it. it won't even put a dent in our current budget deficit, much let our debt. >> relations have gotten frosty between them. remember, the president does his jobs plan and doesn't call the speaker. last time they spoke was evidently, the president called to say thanks for passing the trade bills at which time, speaker boehner said can we stop with the class warfare? that was about it. >> one of the other things he said, he said people are angry at congress right now and he said it's to be expected because all they hear is about the conflict from the media. they don't hear about the cooperation. all they hear is about the food fight. >> uh-huh. >> i think it looks a little disingenuous they go out and have that little golf match because everyone knew the whole world could have come crashing down potentially if they don't come to some sort of

understanding with the debt ceiling. now is the truth of the matter, they don't like each other too much and at least they don't agree on anything. >> he did in the interview say we get along fine and then he went into detail. now for your headlines, while you were sleeping, electric companies worked hard throughout the night in connecticut, you should feel good about this, attempting to restore power to 50,000 people. the outage is called by the monster of all fall snow storms more than a week ago and connecticut light and power, the state's largest utility says electricity in the region might not return until wednesday. >> yeah. i was one of the luckier ones, got it back last week. anyway -- >> i was out five days. >> an accused american jihadist goes on trial today. the man from houston is charged with trying to sneak aboard a ship headed to the middle east so he could give money to al-qaida along with gps parts and u.s. military manuals. f.b.i. says he was an e-mail buddy of the american born al-qaida cleric who was killed in a drone strike a few weeks ago in yemen. he was about to plead guilty in the case last year but changed

his mind and instead decided to represent himself now. >> meanwhile, bank of america may have to pay back $410 billion to customers if a federal judge approves a settlement later on today. boa was sued by a million people charging them with excessive overdraft fees. >> had -- will dana carvy take the reins once regis leaves later this month. >> me and joy went to the ball. i don't mind saying i look great! >> sources say carvy might be a stop contender. ryan seacrest and kelly ripa's husband are two of the others rumored to be possible replacements. >> they should just keep regis. come on. >> regis has decided he's moving on. moving on up! >> did you watch football yesterday? if you started watching, you probably couldn't stop. let's start off on gridiron in sports and biggest upsets of the day, hands down, the winless

miami dolphins at the kansas city chiefs. the dolphins have played very good, almost beat the giants last week. here's matt moore, back at the end zone. 7-0 dolphins. they always get off to a quick start. this would make it 14-3 miami. >> wide open tight end! >> reggie bush would put the finishing touches on. 28-3. miami would go up and win 31-3. they're now 1-7 on the year and the colts are the only winless team. let's take a look at the best player of the day. this guy probably will be winning this a lot in years to come and weeks to come. aaron rodgers. just destroying the san diego secondary. they're down 7-0 and rodgers would find jeremy finley. tie the game and go up 21-14. in the end, although san diego would come rushing right back. in the end, some huge throws. they go on to win and hold on 45-38. they're 8-0 on the year and on the cover of "sports illustrated. "and finally, you couldn't have asked for a more picture perfect

day to run the new york city marathon. 4500 folks were off to the races yesterday as they traveled the five burroughs finishing off at central park. on the men's side, the runner from kenya shattered the record in 2:05:06 edging out mario lopez, one minute off the pace. on the women's side, that one of ethiopia won in 2:23:15. by the way, mark messier finished, mark messier finished and had to go to the hospital after. >> the medical tent for observation. he needed fluids. >> by the way, coming up on radio between 9:00 and noon today, bret baier and ed henry will be live. >> big show. >> we'll look forward to that. coming up on this show, one of college football's most well respected coaches wrapped up now in a sexual assault scandal. but the fallout is far from over. we're live in state college. >> then they just gave out $13 million in bonus checks. now fannie and freddie want you

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>> allegations of sexual abuse by former penn state football coach jerry sandusky sending shock waves across the university and now two top school officials are stepping down. steve gilley from our affiliate wtxf is live in pennsylvania with more. steve, this is a big mess.

>> it's a huge mess and it's probably going to get even bigger, steve, because penn state has gained its national prominence and its prestige and millions of dollars from its football program. you look around the campuses around the state and you can see that pride, that nittany lion picture there, "we are penn state" but now that football program is the focus of a different kind of national attention. it seems officials have tried to avoid for years, according to prosecutors. 32 year long assistant paterno, jerry sandusky now 67 charged with sexually abusing boys after the first reports of him doing it were 13 years ago in 1998 when he was penn state's defensive coordinator and seen as the heir apparent to paterno. after sandusky retired a year later in 1999, he was given perks like an office and keys to the football team facilities where this abuse happened most and as sandusky took the boys to visit the team's home where he ran a charity for troubled kids, he began in 1997. in 1977. two school officials since

charged with lying to the grand jury and not reporting the sexual abuse. they were told about it. the athletic director and the senior vice president, steve. they will be in court this morning turning themselves in and the state attorney general who is really blasting the officials for not reporting it to a, their police or child welfare agents is going to have another news conference today and you know those questions will surround what paterno now and what he knew and what he did about it. >> thank you very much for your report. gretch? >> loan giant freddie mac asking the government for another $6 billion bailout funded by you, the taxpayer. this just days after freddie and fannie mae gave their top execs $13 million in bonus checks. our next guest is sick it was and he's one of 60 senators that wants tim geithner to step in. joe begich joins us right now, he co-authored a letter to the

treasury secretary. good morning. >> good morning. thank you very much for having me on today. >> what did you say in the letter? >> well, we were pretty direct. as you saw that 60 of us said enough is enough. when you give out $13 million in bonuses to only 10 people in these pretty horrendous times out here in the economy with a 9 plus percent unemployment, i think it's outrageous that they did it. i think we've asked tim geithner to intervene and review these bonuses. now, i will say it's important to pay the folks a fair wage and a good wage in order to manage multibillion dollars worth of housing loans but at the same time, you know, $13 billion and at the same time, we're arguing with fannie mae and freddie mac to help refinance millions of people's mortgages that aren't getting help from them. so i see -- i was just, as you can imagine by that letter, short, sweet and to the point. pretty outraged. >> i think what's so troubling to a lot of americans, the taxpayers who bailed out fannie and freddie is the fact that

apparently they only had to meet modest performance gains to get these bonuses. senator, what does a modest performance gain mean to you especially after $170 billion of taxpayer money? >> let me put it this way, modest performance means that millions of people are still trying to refinance their homes, unable to when their credit worthiness is strong but yet, their property is underwater so i think, you know they -- it sounds like they set pretty low standards in order to meet those bonuses. i think all of us would have those kind of standards and love those standards. reality is all you have to do is look at the housing market. it's not fully recovered and stable in some areas but not fully recovered and we have a lot more work to do and fannie and freddie mac are one of the biggest players in this market and to be able to see them get that kind of bonuses for limited, i mean really minimal refinancing programs and other things to help these home buyers out, homeowners out. >> do you think that it's the president's responsibility to comment on this? because his spokesperson jay

carney was asked about it last week. keep in mind, the president spoke a lot about the bonuses that wall street workers were getting. and jay carney said really, the president was going to stay out of this. what do you want from the president or from the treasury secretary? >> well, as we saw there, our letter asked the secretary of treasury to really engage in this. you know, we own a sizable amount of fannie and freddie mac. we should be fully on the front line here to make sure it's balanced in their approach and how they compensate their employees as we did when we bailed out banks, you know, we wanted to make sure there was fair compensation and no overcompensation. here, we have taxpayer money and fannie and freddie mac and we should be right on top of it. at the same time, we need them to hire the best people possible to manage these multibillion dollar organizations. but i do think, 60 of us bipartisan approach said look, secretary, jump in here and review this situation because they are a major player in the housing market and to give out

$13 million in bonuses to 10 people, i think, goes beyond the pale. >> for modest performance gains. >> for modest performance gains. don't want to look at those standards. >> most people get bonuses when they do better than modest. >> can i say one thing, gretchen, real quick? the last two years we've pushed on the senate no pay raises because we haven't done our job and we think the same thing should happen on the flip side. >> interesting. you're taking your own medicine. senator mark begich, democrat from alaska, great discussing this with you this morning. thank you. >> thank you. have a great morning. >> they were hand picked by simon cowell -- coming up, el divo is here. i'm excited about it. first on this day in 1992, no one else on earth by winona judd was number one on the country charts. [ male announcer ] cranberry juice? wake up!

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>> well, this is shocking. the answer to the trivia question, general david petraeus. question was who has the nickname of peaches in high school? the winner is frank from welfare, texas. 7 minutes before the top of the hour. their voices have made them global superstars. >> ♪ i will go >> their latest record comes out tomorrow but more importantly, they're here today. we're joined right now by the four men who make up the classical group, they call it classical crossover group il divo.

sebastion, carlos, juris and david mueller, welcome to our show again, actually. you sang here once before. >> yeah, we have. >> first off, david, as the american, have they given you a hard time as you try to gel as a group? >> no. no. i think i had to play translator a lot. >> right. >> because we use english as our main mode of communication. so that was difficult in the beginning. much easier now, though. >> we're still trying. >> the way i understand, carlos, you were put together separately. simon cowell said i'm going to put together this group. this is my image but he auditioned everyone separately and you had two days before you made your first record. >> yeah, it was quite difficult. we went to the studio the first time we don't know each other and there was an audition about 17 countries and he was looking for some guys who were singing some opera style and then we just did this. >> and sebastian, here's the thing, when you get together like a lot of times in sports, you hear about superstars and superstars get together on the same team, they don't win. so you all can sing. when did you realize this could be a great team? >> the first time we actually

recorded "don't break my heart", you know, that was the first time that everything kind of came together soundwise, etc. all the years about working together touring, i think we get to know each other and really gel as a band but, you know, on the last record, on "wicked game" when we sang it for the first time, it felt exactly like back in the day eight years ago, that really strong feeling of coming back together and having that we have for three years now, after being out of the public eye and coming back together feels like much more stronger and much more relaxed as well. >> right. now that you're -- >> my mother felt it was easy. >> that's good. what i don't understand is crassover classical. what do you mean by that? >> the thing is we fall in between the cracks a bit, you know. three of us are classically trained singers and we use that classical technique when we perform our songs but the songs we actually perform are pop songs. so that's why you kind of call

it classical crossover. you just have to give it a name so people know what you're talking about. >> it works and also, there's shoes for that. so you should probably try to get some endorsement deals. david, i have to ask you, simon cowell's role? >> simon cowell is at this point kind of the beginning and the end. he is the man who decides which songs we sing because in the end, it's his albums. so he picks the songs based off of the suggestions that we all put in the pot and we go off and we record it in the studio and then he makes comments on whether or not he thinks it's good enough. >> you can cause mayhem for 45 minutes and we'll have you back to sing. anything you can take in the green room, it's all yours, all right? i'm not talking about people. i'm talking about food. what are you guys thinking? i got to go on the road with you. that's what it sounds like. let me tell you what's coming up in the final hour. he's not loving it. coming up, the man behind the

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>> gretchen: good morning, everyone. hope you had a great weekend. today is monday, the start of another week. november 7. i'm gretchen carlson. mitt romney is heading to iowa today, but he's head nothing where fast in the national polls. so what does he need to do? he's been pretty consistent right there around 25%. the architect, karl rove, has some ideas for him. >> steve: thank you. there is more missing than just money from the jon corzine story. the one thing you won't hear the networks reporting about that guy, former governor of new jersey. >> brian: what would you say -- you're not going to talk? what would you say now to your 16-year-old self, jim belushi? here now to talk about himself. you do not want to miss it, plus he'll talk about something he's had to deal with in silence for

years. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> steve: welcome to "fox & friends." we should point out it sounds like i could be wrong. the whole idea of where the statue of liberty, i looked at the map, it's in new jersey, but an act of congress back in 1834 put it in the jurisdictional purview of the state of new york. >> gretchen: most importantly, steve bet $1,000 with brian. it happened in front of my breast right here. it happened right here. so now will he pay up? >> steve: absolutely. but i didn't say dollars. i said hairs. >> gretchen: yeah right. >> brian: it turns out new york, you got the statue of liberty. clean it up. we'll be talking about the gop and the race for nomination. karl rove is on deck. >> steve: mitt romney is in iowa today as he tries to make a push in the first of the nation caucuses. >> gretchen: so how likely is he

to beat president obama in a head to head matchup? >> brian: now more from washington, d.c. >> are you willing to make a bet on this one? >> gretchen: no. >> brian: he bet $1,000, leave him alone. >> it's very difficult to determine how this is going to turn out. but recent events, some would describe the race for the republican presidential nomination as being a bit strange, but mitt romney has remained above the fray and appears to be the most electable at this time. the former massachusetts governor and presidential hopeful will be campaigning in dubuque and davenport, iowa today. romney, who trails herman cain there, is well funded and well organized and free of any scandal or major gaffes. he is hoping to use that to break out as the clear choice for the republican nomination. this latest abc news "washington post" poll you're looking at shows the election were held today, of course, it isn't being held, but romney shows 47% versus president obama at 46%,

mean among the field of republican candidates, romney right now is the only one who would make president obama edging him out by 1% of one term president. but some competitors are not yet willing to crown him king. >> based on the fact that he's been on both sides of the major issues of the day, whether that is life, whether that's guns, whether that's gays, whether it's taxes makes it very, very difficult, if not impossible for mitt romney to be able to beat barak obama next year. >> of course, it's way too early to rely on the polls. mitt romney knows that. there is still a lot of time in this election season for more ups and downs throughout the campaign. but for the eventual nominee, iowa is the first test and mitt romney knows he has to win it or at least make a strong showing. back to you. >> gretchen: kelly wright, thank you so much. because romney pretty much is going to -- looks like he's going to win new hampshire where he has a strong showing because he's from the state of

massachusetts. he could not -- he would have to probably be second in iowa, too. >> brian: dana perino joined us earlier and talked about mitt romney, a shoe in in new hampshire, perhaps, don't tell jon huntsman, but what about iowa? he's surprisingly competitive. listen. >> now less than a year out, those opinions start to solidify and as people look at their possible candidate for who they would want to run against president obama, i think obama is in a lot of trouble, in particular those swing states because the economic news isn't getting better for those. >> steve: the economic news is not getting better. we had a graphic up a couple of minutes ago about how many people in this country feel it's going in the wrong direction. i think the statistic at the bottom of the frame said 46 million people are on food stamps. there is a lot of people who right now in this country are desperate and looking for a change from what we got right now and you say, are you better off today than you were four years ago, how many people will say yeah, this is great? >> brian: if you read steve

jobs' book, he says he's pushing the president -- president obama to meet with more ceos and you got to get an idea of what's happening out there in the job market and real world, those who are hiring and what they need to hire more. >> gretchen: exactly. and one of those ceos is the ceo of mcdonald, jim skinnard. he rarely does interviews, but it was interesting to see what he has to say about creating jobs and what needs to be done with corporations with regard to taxes. listen to this. >> i think you have to cut taxes in some environments, particularly in the business community. we pay some of the highest taxes around the world relative to business corporate tax, and there needs to be some leveling of the playing field there. you also have to have less spending. the government has to spend less. >> steve: all right. meanwhile, we had donald trump on this program a little while ago and he was 100% behind mr. skinner. here is mr. trump.

>> he is absolutely right. we're one of the highest taxed, if not the highest taxed company in the nation. he's absolutely right and even more right probably about cutting spending. our politicians don't have the brain power or something else is wrong where they get away with it. it's hard to believe they can get away with it. >> steve: poof. back to live. >> brian: i made a good choice on my tie, am i right? seeing it on television. >> steve: what are the other things that mr. skinner said in that interview, he said that a lot of his core audience, blue collar folks, they need clarity on core issues like health care and stuff like that. his quote is, until all that is defined and we are certain we're going to continue to have a fragile environment for consumer confidence. so until we know what the future holds for us economically, people aren't going to be spending. >> gretchen: let's change gears because the occupy wall street protests and all across the country, i think they're

entering week six now and continuing on. they continue to be -- there it continue to be arrests that happen and other things going on, crack deals and things like that and other things that we can't really talk about on tv. but jesse jackson in the last couple of days tied the occupy wall street movement to dr. martin luther king, junior's civil rights movement and that had a lot of people scratching their heads because some people don't see the direct similarity. listen first to jesse jackson and we'll tell you somebody who disagrees with him. >> it's about justice, it's about the american dream. it's about the hope that we all long for. americans in poverty, 50 million who have no jobs. that is the heart of the civil rights program. commitment to defend the poor and to deliver the needy. >> i believe that reverend

jackson is doing a disservice in this century. he's a 20th century civil wrong leader in this point. my uncle, the whole movement was founded in crying out to god in a peaceful movement and this movement is not peaceful. the people started this in frustration. they wanted something that would give them solutions, something that would make things better and what they're doing now, reverend jackson knows this is not the model that my uncle and my father upheld. he knows that. >> gretchen: interesting, she also called jesse jackson a civil wrong leader. not a civil rights leader, a civil rights leader. >> brian: i sense friction. >> steve: how would you like to live next to zakati park? according to the new york post, an item says they plan to occupy wall street until the year 2025. there is a real good possibility. it's a story on page 6, the actual page 6, that it could go

through that. it could be a typographical error. but then again, they got three quarters of a million dollars in the kitty and a lot of those people would like to just stick around. not a lot of heavy lifting down there. maybe they would like to be there for the next 14 years. >> brian: that's a lot of pup tents. >> gretchen: a lot of smell. let's get to your headlines right now for your monday. people in tornado alley starting to clean up this morning. they're not cleaning up from a twister. that's what you might think. but an earthquake and ten aftershocks. look at the damage in oklahoma. check this out, even the chimney collapsed right through the roof of one home. the quake responsible for one minor injury. the largest in state history. iran warning the united states and israel against a preemptive strike. this as the united nations is set to release a new report today saying iran is on the brink of developing nuclear weapons. according to the new intelligence, iran has received

help not only from north korea, but russia. the u.s. and israel is warned that there is nothing they can do about it. more than a billion people in 150 countries were watching last night as miss venezuela was crowned miss world. 21-year-old woman not only holds a degree in how human resourcest created a foundation to benefit kids. she says her proudest moment was receiving her first communion. >> steve: congratulations. >> gretchen: beautiful woman. >> steve: straight ahead on this year, telecast, money isn't the only thing missing from jon corzine's story. in fact, there is something else about the former governor from new jersey that the other networks seem unwilling to mention. >> brian: the surveillance video is incredible. find out how this car ended up slamming into another vehicle before hitting a guardrail and it didn't stop there.

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doesn't seem to be able to get past that 30 mark. >> yeah. i want the doctor to come by from the a team and visit the three of you because you got a case of premature electionitis. look, nobody breaks out of the pack at this point. at this point four years ago, john mccain was in third place. in a tight battle for third place, incidentally. >> steve: so this is normal? >> this is normal. it is the rare election, like 1999 when at this point george w. bush led the pack by a big margin. but even then, remember he got upset in new hampshire and it was a very close thing. so there is no consolidation of the field in a race like this until people actually start voting. >> gretchen: i keep bringing that up because i think i heard you say it first, that back in 2008, john mccain was third and rudy guiliani was first and fred thompson was second. >> yeah. >> gretchen: to add to that, there was a report this morning that remained me that president obama, when he was candidate obama, was third place right

now. >> third place. >> gretchen: at this point in time. so i'm listening to you. >> brian: i heard -- >> the doctor will need to visit you and doocy. but gretchen, no need to check in with the doctor. >> brian: let's talk about president obama. right now his approval rating is under 50%, but picked up slightly according to some polls with the gadhafi killing and i think with the herman cain controversy perhaps. do you see that mixing in? and do you see him still with routes to victory for reelection? >> look, he does have is a way to win reelection. but let's set the tone here. at the end of october, the first of november, his job approval rating was 43. no president has been reelected with a number that low. the percent in the gallup who said they were satisfied with the condition of the country, 13%. no president ever reelected with a number that low. in the abc "washington post" poll, 74% said -- nbc poll, 74% said they thought the country was on the wrong track. no president reelected with that

number. consumer sentiment, 60.9 points, that's way lower than any president who has ever been reelected. in fact, presidents who got defeated for reelection when had a higher number than that. he's in grave difficulty. can he win? sure he can. but if you had to bet on it today, you would bet he wouldn't. >> brian: i thought it was great for him, don't you think it was great to have herman cain controversy take over the dialogue? >> well, not necessarily. 'cause it's better for him to be president and ignore all that. i'll tell you what's useful for him is for herman cain to think he can become the nominee and say he's never going to talk about this controversy. you think president obama is not going to talk about this controversy if herman cain is the nominee, or his allies talk about it? the best thing for herman cain right now is to get all the facts out, to ask the national restaurant association to release the report that he says exonerates him and shows that they didn't do anything wrong, get it out now so that if he becomes the nominee, this issue is much easier to defend.

otherwise just saying, i'm not going to talk about it is not going to make it go away. >> steve: it's a gigantic bankruptcy, mf global, the eighth largest company in american history to ever go bankrupt. and they hedged a bunch of dollars in europe and they are seeking protection now. but the man screen right there, jon corzine, former governor of new jersey who headed it up, not many people are talking about him in regard to his party affiliation and why would that be? >> well, i don't know. but the media research center, brent bozelle's group did an excellent job of showing on friday, abc didn't even mention his name. nbc and cbs mentioned that the firm was headed by a former governor, former senator, but never mentioned that he was a democrat. when they broke the news, abc "good morning america" on tuesday morning, didn't mention his party label. i mean, why is it that when a

republican gets into difficulty, they pile on big time? but when a democrat, particularly a new jersey democrat who spent a lot of time probably socializing with the hierarchy of the three networks in new york city during his years at goldman sachs, why is it that his party level doesn't get mentioned? i thought it was a very interesting insight into the perhaps unintentional biases of the new york media elite. >> gretchen: especially since there are $600 million still unaccounted for in that whole mess and could get sticky for him. karl rove, always great to see you. better in person, but we'll take from you austin. great a great week. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> steve: thanks for sending the doctor. we needed checkups. >> brian: i can't wait for someone to press a stethoscope on me. he stood firm against the first stimulus, so what does former south carolina governor mark sanford think about the president's new jobs push? the governor here next. >> steve: then he paveed the way for victory in iowa with pizza.

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>> steve: president obama insists the wealthy are not paying their fair share, but house speaker john boehner says the president is simply pushing class warfare and he, the speaker, is sick of it. >> the top 1% pay 38% of the income taxes in america. how much more do you want them to pay? let's take all the money that the rich have, all of it. it won't even put a dent in our current budget deficits much less our debt. >> steve: that's if you were to tax all the 1% at 100%. meanwhile, fox news contributor and former south carolina governor mark sanford joins us

live from charleston. good morning to you, governor. >> good morning to you. >> steve: what do you think of the speaker's comment that the president needs to lay off the class warfare thing because it's not healthful to pit one group of americans against another? >> i think john is right, but i think it's sort of the oldest game in the book of the world of politics. so i suspect you'll see this tune played out between here and the election. the old saying, i think it was senator from arkansas, don't tax me, don't tax you, tax the other fellow around the tree. everybody wants the proverbial boogie man, tax that other guy, he can take care of it. but john pointed out the numbers aren't there. >> steve: speaking of numbers, it seems to me, as i recall, you were the first governor in the united states of america when you headed up south carolina to say to washington, d.c., we don't want your stimulus money. why was that? >> well, because i fundamentally believed then and i believe now

even with this, quote, jobs bill coming down the pike or that obama would like to see down the pike, is that you can't solve a problem that was created by too much debt with more debt. and fundamentally, we continue to offer the wrong prescription for both the debt problem and america's economy. and so we've been again using country terms, barking up the wrong tree for a long time. you can go back -- cain talked about this is the way to solve the economic problems and if there is anything that has been proven with the whole round of stimuluses that we've seen is that that doesn't work today. flood the place with money that, doesn't work. i think you need to go back to what irving fisher talked about in the 1930s, at the end of the day, many cases of economic problems were created by too much debt and the only way to solve them is by getting rid of debt.

not adding more. so i think that was the case then. i still think that's the case today. >> steve: absolutely. and you know what, governor? when you look at the polls, there are a lot of people who are very concerned about taxes and very concerned about debt. currently, something like three quarters of the country says the country is off track. look at this: according to this abc news "washington post" poll, 74% say the country is on the wrong track. only 22% say it is heading in the right direction. i'm surprised 3% have no opinion because everywhere i go, it seems like everybody has an opinion on that one. >> they do and with good reason. i think it was james carvelle about 20 years ago said it's the economy, stupid. in a presidential raceway back when. it is the economy. so i think to some degree what you're seeing reflect social security people's unrest with their own pocket books and what's happening on that front. but i think it's much, much deeper than that. i think -- this goes back to the tea party, people are genuinely

concerned about the two cornerstones of the american dream. one has been opportunity. my kids are going to do better than i did. my grandkids will. and the other is equality and people looked at these stimulus packages, for instance and saying, wait a minute. my cousin's pizza shop when they went out of business, they didn't get a package. why are these other folks on wall street or other places around the country getting big bailouts? i think there is some unrest at things even well beyond the economy itself. >> steve: right. something that is going on out at the airport in the town you're sitting at is -- boeing has a brand-new plant. they want to build the dream liner there, but extraordinarily, the federal government, the national labor relations board has said no, you can't do that because it's retribution for a strike that happened up in washington state. there are thousands of south carolinaans who could wind up with jobs and it's hanging in the balance. what's the latest? >> the latest is that i think

it's a case of obama basically governing left by appointees and looking the other way. this thing is going to get thrown out in the appeals court at the federal level should it go there. the factory is built and ready to go. you got pelosi now, somebody from the opposite coast of america, saying, you know, if they don't unionize, they need to shut the plant down. that goes against 200 years of tradition in america where a business could figure out what makes most the sense for them. what they decided was they wanted to have dual source in terms of production. that dual source could have been china or indonesia. instead, they made it south carolina. that decision ought to be applauded rather than condemned and it's created great degree of consternation down here. a couple bills from south carolina folks. we'll see where they go. i think the reality is, it is a case of governing left without fingerprint ons it by the obama

administration and i think it's a real mistake. >> steve: and south carolina is a right to work state. they shouldn't seem to have their nose in it, but they do. governor mark sanford, we thank you so much. it's great to have you as part of the fox news channel team. >> thanks. >> steve: what do you think of that? e-mail us about boeing. meanwhile, one of college football's most well respected coaches wrapped up in a sexual assault scandal and today new fallout for his co-workers who never said a word. what it means for the team, coming up next. what went wrong? a car plunges off an overpass. not a single person hurt. wait until you hear why. what would you say now to your 16-year-old self? jim belushi, himself is here to talk to us on "fox & friends" live. [ male announcer ] have you heard?

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>> gretchen: 8:33 on the east coast. hope you're going to have a great day. let's do some headlines because there has been more fallout -- have you heard about this -- sex abuse allegations against assistant football coach jerry sandusky. following a board meeting last night, the athletic director and the senior vice president of

finance, gary schultz, resigned from the university. they're both accused of withholding information about sandusky's alleged assault against a ten-year-old boy. the two are also accused of lying to a grand jury. all in all, sandusky, accused of assaulting several young boys over a ten-year period, at least that's what they know thus far. head coach joe paterno calls the allegations, quote, shocking. he's not implicated in the scandal, but there is some question about whether or not he was told about it ten years ago. >> brian: he was told bay janitor this was happening and he passed it on. he's in trouble, too, if you ask me. and accused american jihaddist goes on trial today, the man of houston is accused of trying to sneak aboard a ship headed to the middle east so he could give money to al-qaeda, along with a gps parts and u.s. military tools. the f.b.i. says he was an e-mail buddy of american born al-qaeda cleric an well al-awlaki, who we killed in a drone strike a few weeks ago. he was about to plead guilty in the case last year, but he changed his mind and instead,

decided to represent himself. let the circus begin. >> steve: meanwhile, take a look at this incredible video. a car rolls across a busy street, goes across a busy street, rolls across the street hits that one. did it stop? no. it just misses that guy down at the bottom and goes through a guardrail. thankfully, nobody was hurt. how is that possible that the driver wasn't hurt? well, there was nobody driving it. a woman from turkey accidentally left her car in neutral -- >> brian: from turkey? >> steve: and it rolled out of the parking lot. her car was crushed like a soda can. luckily nobody was hurt and that is amazing. >> brian: is that a turkish tradition? leave it in neutral? >> gretchen: a cleaning lady gets herself into a huge mess by cleaning too well? the woman who was working in a german museum accidentally thought this dirty rubber bowl needed a good scrub. the only problem is, the dirt was painted on this million

dollars sculpture. oops. million dollars poof. i'd hire her. how about you? >> brian: yes. >> steve: all right. let's look at what is going on weather wise. as you can see, we got widely scattered showers from oklahoma up through portions of the ozarks and the missouri and mississippi valley, into the ohio valley at this hour. much of the -- balance of the country is nice and dry. showers in the keys. but otherwise, it is a dry start to the workweek. if you're out in my sue la, montana, rapid city, south dakota, you're thinking, sure feels like winter. 18 is currently the temperature at the airport at rapid city. it should be more like it is in raleigh. temperatures in the 40s throughout much of the carolinas and dixieland as well. later on today, things are going to warm up quite smartly. 68 will be the daytime high in raleigh-durham. that region. 62 here in the big town of new york. ten shy of that in minneapolis. out west, missoula, 35 should be the daytime high.

77 in dallas. >> brian: can pizza pave the road to an iowa caucus win in 2012? >> steve: in 2008, the man known as the iowa caucus king maker, led mike huckabee to victory by having him meet with caucus goers over a slice of pizza. what about the current presidential field. >> brian: bob is the president of the family leadership. welcome, bob. >> great to be here. >> brian: when did you first get ahold of huckabee and say, let's sit down and have a slice of pizza? it could work? >> first of all, huckabee got ahold of me and -- >> steve: the guy. >> it was actually thanksgiving day, 2006. he said, i want you to chair my effort. and i said, you know, i love you, but you don't have a chance. i don't know how we're going to introduce you to the people of iowa. i really liked him, so i became his state chair and we introduced him all over the state of iowa. took him to pizza ranches 'cause

pizza and politics mix. when you buy someone pizza, usually they stick around and obviously it worked out quite well for him. >> steve: they think maybe you're going to buy me dessert next. so now we're fast forward four years. who do you like? >> well, we're neutral until after our november 19 forum. and that forum coming up in a couple of weeks is going to be crucial to see if conservatives actually coalesce around a candidate. right now where the landscape is, i believe if the caucuses were held today, i think it's most probable mitt romney could come out with a victory. >> brian: it's surprising 'cause he doesn't go there that much. >> he's been smart. he's down playing expectations and he wants to overperform. but he has great deal of residual support from four years ago. i right now believe this is romney's to lose because the conservatives have effectively fragmented their support all over the state. so when our november 19 forum happens, which can be found at

the familyleader.com, we'll have over 2,000 caucus goers there. and if they seal the deal with frank luntz being the moderator, and you know him real well -- if one of them seals the deal, you could see a coalescing movement happen around a conservative candidate to basically say okay, this is our alternative to romney. however, it will be romney's chance to tell conservatives, you don't need an alternative. i can be your president just as well. >> steve: how do you feel about the top four or five republicans who are out there right now? could any of them beat barak obama one year from this week? >> i believe any candidate in the race right now can beat barak obama. i believe america basically made up their mind on barak obama saying, a community organizer doesn't make a president. his leadership policies and initiatives have been disasterous for this country. so i think if we get an authentic conservative launched out of iowa, get them to be our nominee, they will beat barak obama. >> brian: it does surprise me that you don't talk about herman

cain as being neck in neck there, the iowa caucus, michelle bachman won the straw poll and henninger perry has all that money. >> take a look at four years ago. you had rudy guiliani, mccain, thompson, you had huckabee. huckabee was the natural outlier. so people coalesced around him. this time you have all kinds of conservatives with perry and cain and gingrich and santorum and bachman. if they fragment their support, that's going to leave romney and thinks numbers, as you know, they're not moving. but if they don't move, that's enough to win the iowa caucus. >> brian: but not win conservatives? >> well, that's going to be his challenge. he needs to inspire conservatives 'cause those are the ones you do the door knocking. >> brian: you should run. look how well he presents it. >> i've run a couple of times. don't tell my wife you said that. >> steve: it's time to cook up some pizza. bob, president of the familyleader. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> brian: hopefully we'll split a pizza soon.

>> steve: i owe you money. coming up, more and more guys moving back in with mom and dad. wait until you hear what comedian brad stein has to say about this. that is coming up next. >> brian: we pretend this movie is a documentary. then the group hand picked by simon cowell. ♪ il divo is here to perform live. ♪

>> gretchen: couple headlines on a monday. justin bieber says he's now willing and ready to prove he's not the father of mariah

creator's baby. the 17-year-old singer will take a paternity test now and then plans to sue the 20-year-old once the results are in. and election day will be a little tense for a family from upstate new york. 73-year-old john henderson running against his 34-year-old grandson for town justice. judge henderson says he's encouraged -- he encouraged his grandson to run, but that's before he figured out he needs to work one more year for his pension. no matter who win, they're spending thanksgiving together. what a story. >> steve: we were hoping to spend a little time right now with jim belushi, but we're having satellite difficulties. stand by. we might be able to work him in before the end of the program. >> brian: we got to tell you this, when steve was on vacation, it was okay to release these facts. but here is the deal, they did a study to find out because of the economic strike, they were all going through and other reason, it seems over the last five years between 2,000 and 2005, we have now 57% of those under 34 are living at home with their

parents. >> gretchen: you forgot -- >> brian: males. women are high, too. but half as high as the men. >> gretchen: yes. you might ask why that is. is it a mama boy crisis? watch this. >> mom, can we turn up beds? the beds match up perfectly. it will give us so much extra space in our room to do activities. please say yes. >> you don't need permission from us to build bunk beds. you're adults. you can do what you want. >> we can? >> yes. yes, sure you can. >> i knew it! >> gretchen: i'm a little torn on this because with my six-year-old boy, when i still kiss him on the lips, i say how much longer are you going to kiss mama on the lips and he says he promises 'til 15. so in my mind, i want him to stick around 'til he's 35. >> brian: we'll see. i don't think this will be an

issue. but a little earlier we had on a great comedian, brad stein, who talks about the woosification. of america. so we asked him about this study. >> entitlement program is what's called so many men because the founding fathers believed in entitlement. you're entitled to whatever you earned with your own labor. women have gone out, got strong. men have gone the other direction. it's what's happening -- that's why we have conservative and liberal. conservative concepts believes in little government. take care of yourself. that makes men who invent things like the constitution. liberal thought has big government. let's take care of you. that creates boys and they create things like occupy wall street. >> steve: you've got to figure that a portion of that big number is because of the economy, because when you look further at the statistics, back in 1960, 13% of americans lived alone. only 13%. now it's 28%.

people simply cannot afford to go out and start their own households. so either they get a roommate or go back to mom and pop. >> gretchen: okay. when simon cowell saw them, he knew they'd be stars. ♪ >> gretchen: today the members of il divo are here to unveil their new album and they'll perform a song coming up next. >> brian: first, let's check in with a guy with a great voice later in the show. ♪

>> gretchen: coming up, we have a very special guest. the former first lady, laura bush, is in "america's news room." she'll talk about life after the white house and what she would tell those on the campaign trail about what it's really like once

you get there. and cain, gingrich, interesting hints dropped. what's going on there. what rude roux thinks about occupy wall street and president obama, bill and i at the top of the hour. >> gretchen: we're back with music superstars il divo, who are here to perform a song off their latest album and kick off their tour. how long did it take to you shoot that? >> brian: why were you so exhausted? you couldn't stand? >> i'm the lazy one. i'm french. >> brian: is this album any good? >> the best we've ever done. >> brian: in the history of the world? because last time you had two days to cut an album, you just met. now you have experience and you're back together. >> just the choice of the songs are exceptional. from wicked games to "crying" from roy orbison. >> steve: what are you going to

sing for us? >> we're going to sing "don't cry argentina." we're going to be on tour, so don't miss it. >> steve: put in the plugs. il divo. ♪ it won't be easy ♪ you'll think it's strange ♪ when i try to explain how i feel ♪ ♪ and i still need your love after all that i've done ♪ ♪ so i chose freedom running around trying everything ♪ ♪ but nothing impressed me at all ♪ ♪ i never expected it to

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