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track of the apple founder and why it all ties back to george h.w. bush. yes, 41. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> i echo that. it's always good when we make it to a friday and into the weekend. >> as opposed to not making it. >> i have to go skiing today for the first time all season. we haven't had a snow season. >> can i give you some advice? >> are you going to go water skiing? >> can i give you some advice? do you want me to jot it down? if you haven't skied for a while, best thing you do is find the biggest mountain and go as high as possible and see what you got. >> brian, you're fired! >> just go for it. don't start small. >> i can tell you don't ski. >> true. i'm just saying, let's see what i lost. >> what did you just drop? >> my future.
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>> thanks for joining us on this friday. we got a lot to talk about. believe me, there's a lot going on in politics, the whole contraceptive thing is boiling over again. but first, we're going to start with some headlines. >> fox news alert for you right now. a hostage stand-off overnight in florida leaving a 9-year-old and two others dead. it happened at an r.v. park in dearfield beach. the swat team went in and found the gunman dead in the r.v. a 7-year-old boy and a woman are in critical condition at this hour. it started after a man was found shot to death outside the vehicle. the relationships of all these victims are not yet known. josh powell reportedly told his sons he had a big surprise for them right before he murdered them. those startling new details coming from social worker elizabeth griffin hall. she's speaking out for the first time. she took the boys to visit powell every week for the past three months but the last time, something was different. >> he had a look in his eyes.
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it was just kind of sheepish and he just shrugged his shoulders at me like that and then he slammed the door. what i tell myself is how it happened is because josh powell was really, really evil and that -- that there was no way -- there was no way to stop him. >> griffin-hall says she called 911 when she smelled the gas. unfortunately, we now know police didn't arrive until 22 minutes later. at that point, it was too late. federal regulators approving plans to build the first nuclear plant in the united states since 1978. two new reactors are going up at the plant in eastern georgia. there was one surprising vote against it. he wanted assurances that it could stand a nuclear disaster. steve jobs, a bad apple according to the f.b.i. the agency releasing a file when
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he was considering appointment to the export council under president george h.w. bush. the documents claim he smoked pot and took lsd at college and revealed information about a daughter he ignored for years and revealed information about people who questioned his honesty that he would twist the truth to achieve his goals. >> ironically that's all in his biography. >> if politicians are doing those analysis, they could fall into those same guidelines. >> why would they release the f.b.i. file now? the guy is dead. let's talk a little bit about this going on down in washington, d.c. for the 39th year, cpac, the conservative political action conference. 10,000 people in attendance. also in attendance today, you got rick santorum, mitt romney and newt gingrich. interestingly enough, they're all going to speak to the assembled. the guy who is not going to be there is ron paul which is interesting because last year at cpac, he actually won the straw poll. you think he'd come back this year. nope, he's gone. >> kind of strange, he's not in
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maine either. maine is where he's supposed to win or be a solid second. he's got to be exhausted. yesterday, we understand a lot of people were fanned out across cpac in the audience with rick santorum. they were wearing sweater vests, lot of supporters and fans there. very few romney supporters or staffers were there but today, that's going to change as steve mentioned because all three will be speaking. for mitt romney, i think the most is on the line for him because he wants to prove to conservatives that he's indeed a conservative and they're all there. >> one of the best put words this morning is that romney needs to find the soul of the republican party. he needs to find the soul and that's really what is at essence here because a lot of the soul of the party, they just haven't bought it yet from him. so what will he say in his speech? apparently he's going to give a major economic speech but he's going to wait for that until he gets to michigan february 24th. maybe he should highlight some of that when he speaks later today because maybe he should talk about entitlement reform.
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maybe he should talk about taxes, some of these bigger issues that seem to get to the soul of the republican party. >> apparently, what he's going to talk about is he's going to talk about what it was like when he was the governor of the commonwealth of massachusetts. that's going to be the core of his speech. meanwhile, yesterday, it was cpac and it was red meat day. here's some of the sound from the conference. >> barack obama cannot have a second term as president. >> we are led today by a president that has decided to pit americans against each other. the president of the united states looks like he's a really good father. looks like he's a really good husband but he is a terrible president. anything good happening in our economy right now is the result of americans working hard, businesses trying to dig out from what this government is doing. there is nothing this president has done that makes this economy better. >> let's face it, the only
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reason we're getting any positive economic news at all more than three years after this presidency began is because the american people put a restraining order on him and pelosi in november of 2010. >> this president is grasping at straws trying to take credit for what the american people are doing. >> the president seems to have forgotten that he was elected to lead all americans, that he was elected to be president of the united states, not the occupy wall street fan club! >> whoa! >> lot of these people turned out that were against the president. i had no idea until he said that. newt gingrich by the way is going to unveil something, i'm a little disappointed that only we could say that we know. >> what is it? >> he is going to allow calista to introduce him and before that, we were the only ones that saw she had a great personality when she was selling her books and talking about those books, for the most part she's been so quiet on the trail. >> we've known her for years. she's been showing up here at the "fox & friends" program accompanying her husband many, many times. >> bragging thing over the
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weekend. i heard her. >> apparently they're taking a page from the romney playbook where ann romney has introduced her husband a couple of times and done a bang up job. >> if ann introduced newt, that would be a story and that could indeed happen. >> he's going to allow her to introduce him. >> you don't know. i hear he is running everything. >> i hear they are running as a partnership together and this is a strategical move to probably get her more front and center. let's talk about a big thing that happened yesterday, it was $25 billion with a b. this was the administration's new outlook on foreclosures. they've tried a lot of different programs to get the housing market and most of them have not done well so this is being deemed by people who do not agree with it as a fairness era because basically the banks, five big banks are going to give $25 billion back to people who were foreclosed on. they're going to make it easier for them to refinance on their homes and in some cases, if you've already lost your home, you will be eligible for only
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$2,000. >> why are they really doing this? there's no b.p. disaster where they got the b.p. officials in and said look, you just destroyed the gulf. pay up some money. what their leverage was the shoddy paperwork that -- >> robo signing. >> with the robo signing that allowed people to say the banks are being corrupt when in reality, government officials have said 95% of those bailed out from foreclosures there was no corruption at all. >> exactly right. so there are two great editorials you can read today, charles gasparino writes in "the new york post" and also in "the wall street journal", they talk about how this is a complete scam in an election year. one line from the journal says "washington is taking money from bank shareholders and investors in mortgage backed securities who will see the value of their holdings fail and giving it to people who aren't paying their bills. welcome to the fairness era." "the wall street journal" writes. >> and the argument is it could be a re-election gimmick because
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it's delaying the real pain according to these op eds that the housing market, they believe, needs to go down to the lowest possible prices before it can pick up steam again and that this move will just delay that possibly until after november 2012. >> going to be shelling out to bail out these home owners at the very least temporarily, it will be about, what, affect about two million. >> it's not that much. the administration needs to look they're doing something in an election year. interestingly enough, over the last year, the administration has been negotiating with 50 attorneys generals across the country and the various states and the banks have gone slow on foreclosing on homes. now that they've got a deal, look for the number of home foreclosures in this country to actually go way up real fast. >> all right. 9 minutes after the hour. finally on our talking points before we go to break and hear some music, i got to tell you, there was some interesting reports yesterday. a lot of people wondering who is
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killing the iranian nuclear scientist in these james bondesque ways. >> james bond. >> it could be. this is real life and this is one way in which you would think that the sane world is trying to reign in iran without an all out war. who is scooting by on motorcycles throwing bombs on scientists' cars and killing them. yesterday, nbc chose to do a report to look back who is doing it. it's the so-called dissident group that was once in iran and we have a list as a terrorist group that's being ferried back to israel, trained by the massod and then they go, since they know the roads and bridges and tunnels, they go back in there and execute the crime. and amongst the sources, according to "the new york post," nbc news says u.s. government officials told them this. according to "the post." >> why would they do that? that's the question today. why would white house officials give this type of information? keep in mind, ahmadinejad who runs the country of iran has
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blamed the united states for doing these bombings. can't trust anything this guy says. so why would u.s. officials, why would they give this information? why would they give up who it actually is? it makes you wonder about the, you know, the relationship between the united states and israel right now. >> they can wonder, the israeli people, 8% of the people approve this administration. isn't it peculiar that he flies over to israel and says i think they're going to bomb in the spring. thanks. >> united states and israel, strained relations. we hear that israel is about to build a nuke. we're not going to do anything so now, nbc gets these exclusive sources from the white house saying don't worry about anything because we've got these spies working with the israelis who are going to kill the smart guys in iraq rather, iran. i knew it was one of those countries that started with an i. >> if you want to divide the middle eastern nations tell them that israel is involved. and the m.e.k. is a whole
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another organization in iraq being surrounded by the iraqi government. meanwhile, the best source of information of what's going on in iran. they are the ones that unveiled all the secret nuclear facilities. they said this is the report and the administration confirms, "the new york post" editorial says no, they were the source. >> interesting. we'll continue to discuss this throughout the morning for your friday. in the meantime, mitt vs. mitt. romney coming in third place in the minnesota caucus this week after a triumphant finish four years ago so what changed? michael medved says it's not the candidate. he's here next. >> take a look at this beautiful yacht. that is gorgeous. it only costs you a half a million dollars now. why is this political playground being kept afloat by taxpayers with stimulus money? good question, details straight ahead live from new york city on this friday. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition?
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>> this week's big winner, rick santorum. the former pennsylvania senator pulling off a big surprise sweep over mitt romney in missouri, in minnesota and in colorado. four years ago, a totally different story. in 2008, mitt romney just in minnesota, he earned 41% of the vote. this year, only 17% of the vote. what changed between now and 2008 and colorado did the same thing. radio talk show host michael medved joins us right now, he's the author of "five big lies of american business." the one thing about mitt romney, you don't think he's changed between 2008 and 2012. why? >> because all the famous flip-flopping that people talk about, that took place before 2008. when he ran last time, he had already completed his term as governor of massachusetts. he had already made all of the shifts. if anything, this time, running for president, mitt romney is a
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more conservative candidate. he's a more effective candidate. he's someone who has been more consistent and relates to people better. i think what's changed and you see it in those results in minnesota and in missouri and in colorado is that a lot of people are just turned off to the process this year. the total vote for all candidates with much less in missouri, half the people who voted last time in the primaries just didn't vote. and when you look at mitt romney's vote totals, they're much, much less. half -- more than half the people in all those three states who voted for mitt romney in 2008 either stayed home or voted for somebody else this time and it seems to me an indication that the party has shifted which is both good news and bad news for conservatives. >> right. so the party has shifted. and mitt romney, you said, ironically has stayed the same. if he finds a way to get through the nomination process as he currently is, will he actually look better in the general because he hasn't gone too far
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right? >> look, i think he will. and that's a lot of the sentiment that is there at cpac yesterday and i assume it will be today. the concern for most republicans is to win right now. and there's a great sense of determination for that and i said that it was both good news and bad news for the party that it had shifted. the good news is that right now, this party really stands for something. people really are conservative. it's not just an idea that well, we don't like president obama. there's a direction that republicans want to leave the country. >> michael, your opinion real quick. do you believe these conservatives that might be staying home in the primaries and caucuses will come back in the general because the passion has not shown itself yet? >> no, not yet but they will. because this election is so important but the important thing is to define a positive difference, not just to express anger and the anger is the bad news for the republican party. anger never wins. every presidential election, the
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angriest candidate loses. i hope that won't be the republican candidate this time. >> and reportedly, mitt romney got an earful from his supporters saying you got to clarify your message. you got to stop just attacking and just tell us your policies and tell us how they're conservative and we'll see if he begins that process today in his big speech at cpac. michael medved, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> all right. good luck with your book "five big lies about american business." meanwhile, straight ahead, ever wonder why your cell phone bill is so high? perhaps because you're footing the bill for someone who can't afford a phone! stuart varney has the 411 on that story. i'm calling him 911 and great news, you've been accepted into a prestigious federal program. the bad news is it's all a big mistake that government screwed up. what's this? it's progresso's loaded potato with bacon.
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>> got some headlines for you on this friday morning. new push to stop the violence in syria. state department organizing the so-called friends of syria meeting asking france, morocco, bahrain and other allies to work around the u.n. security council which failed to condemn syria's president assad. a killer. and the final bill introduced by congresswoman gabrielle giffords before her resignation will be signed by president obama today into law. both giffords and her husband mark kelly will be there. the measure cracks down on the use of ultralight planes to smuggle drugs across the border. and that's the news.
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>> ever wonder why your cell phone bill can be so expensive? this may explain part of it. last year, the government shelled out $1.6 billion to give cell phones to the poor. >> reportedly the money for the program came straight for -- from fees tacked on to your land line and your cell phone bill as well. hey, stuart varney. is any of this true? >> it is all true, yes, sir. yes. there is a small fee, tax tacked on to your cell phone bill. that goes into the universal service fund. that money is then used to give cell phones and monthly cell phone service to 12 1/2 million accounts at a cost of $1.6 billion last year. >> right. ok, well, that small fee is hidden to most of us because i don't know about you but i got my cell phone bill a couple of days ago. it was 17 pages long. how am i going to find that? >> it's deliberately hidden. >> i've seen that universal word on there. >> it's on there. >> but you got to wonder when you're paying those bills, i
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guess it's another tax. now we actually know what it's going towards? >> let me ask you this, do you think that you have a moral obligation to pay for cell phones for 12 1/2 million people. >> stuart, it's the fair thing to do! >> thank you very much indeed, steve. you qualify for one of these free cell phones. >> i might give money to poor people for other reasons but maybe not for cell phones. >> right now, you provide heat, light, electricity, education, health care, cash payments. you provide college funds. all of this you do for the poor. now, we're going to add on free cell phones. do you think you've got a moral obligation to take money from you to give people free cell phones? which country did i wake up to this morning? is this old europe or what? >> i can understand, people who don't have things, i understand keeping them warm and feeding them and stuff like that. but what are the cell phones used for? are they public safety or is it just so they can call grandma in omaha? >> it's a cell phone just like you and i have cell phones. >> unlimited use.
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>> unlimited use. >> these are cell phones? >> these are very simple cell phones. they're not smart phones, ok? but $1.6 billion went to this program last year, way up from 2008 when i think we had a graphic on the screen $770 million. >> i'm sensing a theme from you this week. you've used the term morals the last couple of days. >> and entitlement society raises moral questions. what are my moral obligations to the poor? that's an unanswered question. >> i'll answer a whole bunch of questions three hours from now on fox business, the wildly successful varney & company starring that man right there, stuart varney. >> very good promo, steve. >> he plays the role of stuart varney. >> he does. >> he does it really well. have a great weekend. >> thank you. >> great show. >> all right. take a look at this video. it's not pretty. a school bus up in smoke. hold on, there's a hero in this story. wait until you hear how the kids escaped.
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>> plus not so sunny. when you can get fined for throwing a frisbee on the beach. >> what about a beach volleyball? how much is that going to cost us. >> i hope those kids have cell phones. >> happy birthday to roberta flak. music star turns 75 today. the best approach to food is tkeep it whole for better nutrition. that's what they do with great grains cereal. they steam and bake the actual whole grain while the otr guy's flake is more processed. mmm. great grains. the whole whole grain cereal.
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>> you can get $1,000 fine if you throw a football at the beach. but if you catch the football, there's a good chance you could be signed by the new england patriots. so it works out. >> dropped one pass! >> it was big. >> as it turns out, it's not $1,000 fine. it's $100 fine throwing a football or a frisbee and as it turns out, this is a gigantic story on the internet and out in los angeles where people have been throwing footballs and frisbees for many, many years. >> we've been envious of those people. when you live in minnesota and you see people throwing frisbees and footballs in the dead of winter you're envious. why are they doing this? here's my theory. california is broke. california is broke. they're probably giving out more parking tickets and speeding tickets and all that kind of stuff. >> how many times has this
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happened to you? this is why i think l.a. county is right on the money is because when you're throwing a frisbee and you stare at the frisbee and you're worried about the people reading that "jaws" novel for the third time and not worried about the little kid in the stroller sitting at the beach with his first visit. so you're jumping over things, falling over things because you're looking in the sky. >> right. >> you should only be able to roll balls and throw frisbees into the dirt. >> what they say, the people behind this ordinance, take a look right here. no tossing, kicking or rolling objects other than a beach volleyball. no ball throwing and playing frisbee. only with a permit. >> no digging holes? >> you have to get a permit to throw a frisbie. that's so ridiculous. >> you get it from wham-o. >> when we were looking at the video a moment ago. can we put up some of the video again? when you see people out on the beach. there's somebody playing football right there. generally, there are a whole bunch of other people who are just laying on the beach.
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>> thank you. >> they would need so much empty space so what they're trying to do is say look, if you're going to do that, do it in a place where you're not going to, you know, run over somebody or step on somebody's face. >> here the explanation. >> here the thing. if you need a permit, that means that they're still allowing it which goes back to my point which is they need the money. so if you can get a permit to still do this, then it doesn't mean you really can't do it. does that make sense to you? >> money changes everything. the department of beaches and harbors says this. the new ordinance lifts a decade old all out ban on playing frisbie and balls on the beach. its purpose is to allow ball playing while providing safety measures that lifeguards may impose on a crowded beach when they could cause injuries to by standers. we should hand out goggles and pads to the people on the beach and allow everyone to play football. >> rules do not apply right now. they do not apply during the winter months. >> unless you're in california and there is no winter.
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>> let's talk about this. out at the harbor in los angeles, there is parked right there at one of the docks a beautiful 73 foot yacht. >> you measured it? >> i did. the angelina. there she is right there. she's used for v.i.p. tours. >> she's a beauty. >> she is! but here's the thing. angelina is a couple of years old. they figured we should update the angelina with a half a million dollars worth of new engines. >> nothing wrong with updating angelina. >> they're using stimulus money. >> why? >> half a million dollars worth of stimulus money which we were told was going to create jobs. how many jobs does that create? darrell issa wants to know. >> he's the congressman from california who has been looking into a lot of that kind of stuff. we don't know the answers yet as to why half a million dollars was used to build up that boat. it's named the angelina. maybe it's for angelina jolie. >> the only thing we can do as journalists is go on that boat and go on a trip and question
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people. >> all we know for sure is apparently a reporter for kcbs television in los angeles saw the -->> love this story. >> i do love this story. the general manager was seen by this reporter and the reporter said hey, i got a question about the angelina and the guy turned around and ran away from the reporter. >> when you're reading transcripts from the angelina story, steve, you have too much time. we have to get your kids back from college. you need some type of distraction. >> they'll be back! >> now to your headlines. >> this story we've been telling you about a lot this week. the battle over birth control taking a new twist to the roman catholic broadcasting network. ewtn is now suing the federal government and the obama administration's policy mandates employers pay for their workers' contraception coverage. but the catholic network says unconstitutional because it forces the church to go against its beliefs against contraception and the sanctity of life. >> a catholic college and a protestant university also filing lawsuits. >> take a look at this incredible video. you have a school bus going up
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in flames. it's happening in north carolina. but hold on, the six kids inside managed to escape and the woman who saved their lives, the bus driver. the minute she smelled smoke, she pulled the bus over and told the kids to get off. it's believed the fire was caused by a wiring malfunction in the dashboard. bus company -- the bus company officials are looking into it after reports that other buses with the same make and model have also gone up in flames in the past two years. >> i see a problem. meanwhile, back to los angeles, cops there got more than they bargained for when they pulled over an alleged car thief. the guy took off leading them on a five hour roof chase! look at this. this looks like a movie. you can see what appears to be the suspect taunting officers below and then resting a chimney. he took a quick smoke break probably from the chimney. police say the man hopped from roof to roof trying to get away. eventually swat teams got up on one of the roofs and shot the guy with the bean bag.
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before making their arrest. i wonder if they almost knocked him over. >> it's a good use of their time. >> it is. >> i remember i got hit once. i'm still bruised. i'm still icing it. >> imagine this, the excitement of being accepted into the presidential management fellows program. that's a huge honor and now imagine finding out that your acceptance letter was sent to you by mistake. how many times do we report stories like this? at least once a week. thanks to some bungling bureaucrats, that's what happened to 300 of the nation's top graduate students and they're fuming! some of them got rejection e-mails minutes after getting acceptance e-mails and others didn't find out the truth for 24 hours. the feds say sorry, administrative error. this is one of the downturns, i guess of everything going over the computer these days. i think they made less mistakes when they actually sent it through the mail and accidentally instead of pressing send. >> too bad, sign of the times. meanwhile, thanks to computers, however, we got great data regarding where the weather is
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good and where it's bad and thanks to satellite technology and radar as well, look at this. we have a big storm moving through as you see the southern plains up through the mid mississippi and missouri valley moving into the tennessee valley as well. it's a rainy start to the day down along the gulf coast. the balance of the country is nice and dry. currently if you are in caribou, maine, i would wear something woollen today because it's only 4 there. yet, 10 better than that in minneapolis at 14. about the same for rapid city and denver as well. mid atlantic, it's freezing right now in raleigh-durham and down south, we got temperatures in the 40's and 50's. later today, on this friday, almost 60 in raleigh. and in atlanta as well. stuck in the teens in the northern plains. caribou, hang on, folks. up there in new england, 36 should be the high. speaking of new england, mr. kilmeade, we got some sports. >> i'm glad you didn't say speaking of high. i'm not. did patriots coach bill bell check virtually give the the
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super bowl trophy. let the armchair quarterbacking begin. right before big blue's game-winning drive, he tells new england's defense that he's caught on microphone to keep the ball away from victor cruz, the salsa dancer and nicks who had 10 catches and make the giants throw to mario manningham or the big lumberg tight end. that's what he says in audio recorded for nfl film. as you know, the giants were trailing 17-15 late in fourth quarter and guess who caught the deep ball, mario manningham. he's a free agent, by the way. big blue going on to win the super bowl. murray state last undefeated men's basketball team in division one. could tennessee state do what no one else was able to do this season? late in the fourth, murray state down by one. tennessee state gets -- gets called for traveling. but murray state then loses the ball on the inbounds. now, trailing by three. lobz the ball. it goes out of bounds. they lose 72-68. number nine murray state suffers
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its first loss of the season and finally do you recognize this basketball announcer? >> at center, 6'10" where he majored in econ but he minored in love, a -- >> he pulled the semipro deal in style. he did introductions to the game. you have to get will ferrell to do some extremely funny introductions and he can get them all on line. we don't have enough show. >> where there's a will, there's a way to do it funny and he sure is. >> absolutely funny. >> ricky buby. >> if you want to find out what else is going on in the world of sports go to foxandfriends.com and click on keeping score and i'll talk about all those sports. >> 24 hours a day. 24/7 you're keeping score, right? >> i only keep score once, if you keep listening to it, it sounds fresh. >> all right. we will do that. coming up on our show, the tsa
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promising shorter lines and faster airport security screenings. sounds good, right? all you have to do is hand over your personal information. what will the government end up doing with that? andrew napolitano, the judge, weighs in next. >> and with starring roles in several action movies, the glock 9 is considered the celebrity of guns. author paul berry is here to give us a closer look at the rise of what he considers america's gun. right back. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition? ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8.
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look at this video. this is a woolley mammoth or just another hoax. the animal was spotted by a russian engineer last summer. yes, russia has a lot of engineers. way across the siberian river. he looks lonely. and old. >> like another creature with something in its mouth. >> the rest of his family has been dead for 100 million years. i would be lonely, too. >> but they're all frozen. lot of frozen mammoths. >> they're on ice. >> right. they're on ice. >> moving forward for most people, going through airport security, we all know is tedious and time consuming but maybe not anymore! >> nothing to laugh at, judge! the tsa is now expanding a program that lets frequent flyers who voluntarily provide personal information zip through security even without taking off their shoes so what problem do you have with that, judge andrew napolitano? >> jeopardize anybody's safety, what do you think? >> you know what, i think there's good sides to this and bad. good side is shorter lines if
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you're a frequent flier, you give this information to the tsa and you know you can -- you can get through and you can bypass that inconvenience. the downside of it is the tsa will require of you personal information that the government is not entitled to coerce from you. >> what do you mean by coercion? ok, brian, give us this information about you or we're going to subject you to a patdown. that wouldn't coerce you because you're a tough guy. >> did you ask yourself your own question? >> what's any different than -- the government always knows my social security number which is something you rarely give out anymore. what's the difference? >> very good question. the government has not yet published a list of the personal questions that they're going to ask. so we don't know what they're going to ask. perhaps i am wrong. perhaps they're going to ask what they already know about us. given the way that the tsa has operated in the past, it's likely that they will seek from us information of which they are ordinarily not entitled as a condition for letting us pass
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through. >> like what? i brought some tickets last night and they ask you for the names and the ages and the sex. and then they ask for like a redress number which i have no idea what that was. >> what is a redress number? >> i don't know. that's going to be the number that you can put in eventually when you're on this list, i think. >> all right. >> look, if the government asks the things they already know about or that are reasonable like where are you coming from and where are you going to? things that 10 years ago, we didn't think we had to give but in this era we feel comfortable giving anyway because it's so routine. my cousin janet, kidding, of course, about the cousin has not yet published what these questions will be. when she publishes them, we can evaluate them. >> doesn't this fit into what a lot of people are calling for which is more profiling. in a reverse way, it's profiling the people they might not deem more dangerous. >> one of the most successful airlines in the world is el-al and their profile is like this,
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looking into his eyes and asking him questions and they'll say kilmeade, let him through. they basically are using intelligence rather than force to decide who gets on the plane. >> you know, one other thing is the more information you give the government, the more they know about you. and there's a super computer with all that information. >> you're in my will -- >> yeah, right? >> right. >> look, that's why we have a fourth amendment because there's certain aspects of us that the government is not entitled to know about no matter what the government's wishes unless they go to a judge and show there's evidence of crime. tell that to your local tsa agent. >> i'm willing to give up my shoe size if it means i don't have to take them off. >> what size are those shoes? >> size 7. >> that will be their focus. >> that's a very legitimate concern, brian. that will factor into what these questions are as well. he's pretty good at 6:30 in the morning. >> it's 7:00 is my problem! >> what about 8:00? >> 8:00 is -- >> what about three hours in the
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-- >> yeah. i know. >> it can be scary. >> thank you, judge. >> have a fantastic weekend. >> you, too, my friends. >> straight ahead on this friday, the first major film about princess diana's life in the works. so who is going to play her? we're going to reveal the face behind that question mark top of the next hour. >> and the glock is known as america's gun. how did it get to be that way? a look to his history coming up next. do you enjoy winter even more when you know it's just about over? then you belong at bass pro shops' cabin fever sale for big savings. and check out the new nitro z-7 performance bass boat starting at just $24,995. your adventure starts here. than leading regar juice drinks. because less sugar is a better way to fly.
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>> it's taking a lead role in hollywood action films and played a part in major crime
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waves in the united states. no, it's not some actor or some person. it's a gun. it's called the glock which has transformed the american gun market. right, steve? >> that's right, brian. so how did the glock get its reputation? let's talk to paul barrett, author of a great new book called "glock, the rise of america's gun." tell us about gaston glock. he was a guy who was making curtain rods when he got a big idea. >> right, he was an obscure austrian engineer who had the opportunity to design a new pistol for the austrian army when it's moving from the world war ii pistols and it came with this innovative design, a much larger plastic gun with larger capacity. the army designed it and gaston glock turned to the richest market in the world, the united states. >> how did we receive it? >> we received it with tremendous enthusiasm. when he showed up here, police departments across the united states were concerned they were being outgunned by the bad guys. someone who said i have a pistol of the future. a handgun with ammunition
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capacity of 17 rounds compared to the five or six round in the traditional .38 caliber smith & wesson revolver was seen with something to sell. >> a lot of people said look, it's made out of plastic so when you get through the airport metal detector or something, you can't see the darn thing. >> right. >> anything to that? >> nothing at all. part of the reason why so many people believed that was that bruce willis said that in die hard 2 in 1990. >> are you kidding? >> no, he made a big speech about the glock and its wondrous qualities and that was one of them and he also said, by the way, the gun was made out of porcelain which doesn't make a whole lot of sense either. this is how the glock became so well known so quickly. hollywood began talking about it in the movies and putting it in the hands of good guys and bad guys and before you knew it, everybody knew what the glock was. >> the glock burst on the scene, has it changed since? >> the glock itself has not. it's stayed pretty much the same and what has happened is the market has shifted to follow the glock. if you go to an industry trade
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show today and look around, you don't know much about guns, you think everyone is selling the glock. smith and wessons look like glocks. barrettas look like glocks. it redefined the marketplace. >> you get the idea, paul, that every bad guy has got a glock but they can't afford them. >> that's right. this is not a throwaway gun. this is not a gun commonly used to stick up the 7-eleven. it's a mid priced gun and part of the reason why we think all the bad guys have it is because all the gangster rappers are talking about glocks all the time and part of the reason i think that is the case, it rhymes so well with words that are useful in rap songs. >> great when an inventer has that great last name. that last name works with a gun. >> sam colt in the 19th century. colt, glock, very similar. >> colt 45 beer. i have no idea. >> sure. >> also in some rap songs. >> pretty sure. >> he spent 15 years of his life putting this book together and it is really interesting. paul barrett, author of "glock, the rise of america's guns." we thank you very much for joining us live. >> thank you.
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>> tgif, everyone. hope you're going to have a great friday, february 10th and a fantastic weekend. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks so much for sharing your time with us today. let's talk a little politics. rick santorum riding high after his 3 state street but mitt romney sending this message now. >> i think you've seen rick santorum get his opportunity now to be, you know, one of the leading contenders and he'll be under the microscope like all
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the rest of us have been. >> today, mitt romney, santorum and newt gingrich all together and all three might be under the microscope. >> all right. archbishop dolan says the president is not to be trusted? he says he lied to him and will lie to the american people. fight getting heated. >> no kidding. and a film like no other in hollywood. >> look at that. real life navy seals doing real work. the stars of "act of valor" join us this hour. "fox & friends" for a friday starts right now live from new york city. >> good morning, everyone. hope you're going to have a great day today. >> i see a lot of movies in my life. action movies. this act of valor that stars the real life navy seals, active duty navy seals is about the best action movie i've ever seen
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in my entire life. >> you have an opportunity to talk more about that. >> we have them in the green room and they'll be on the curvy couch in 15 minutes. >> time for your headlines right now. investigators trying to determine why a man killed two people including a 9-year-old and himself after a hostage stand-off overnight. it happened at an r.v. park in dearfield beach, florida. right now, a 7-year-old boy and a woman still in critical condition. sheriffs say the swat team was sent in after talks with the gunman were unsuccessful. that's when the gunman was found dead. the stand-off started after a man was found shot to death outside of the vehicle. local reports say the gunman's wife and two sons were among those taken hostage in the r.v. josh powell reportedly told his son he had a big surprise for them right before he murdered them. those startling new details coming from social worker elizabeth griffin-hall. she's speaking out for the first time now. she's the one who took the boys to visit powell every week for the past three months. but the last time something was different. >> he had a look in his eyes,
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it was just kind of sheepish and he just shrugged his shoulders at me like that and he slammed the door. what i tell myself is how it happened is because josh powell was really, really evil and that -- that there was no way -- there was no way to stop him. >> griffin-hall says she called 911 when she smelled the gas and unfortunately, we now know police did not arrive until 22 minutes later. at that point, it was too late. federal regulators approving plans to build the first nuclear plant in the united states since 1978. two new reactors are going up at plant vogel in eastern georgia. there was one surprising vote against the new reactors. the chairman of the nrc actually objected to it. he wanted assurances that the $14 billion reactors can withstand a natural disaster. first one of those reactors should be up and running by 2016. it could be the crowning glory of her career. actress naomi watts cast to play princess diana in "caught in
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flight." the biopic will focus on the last two years of diana's life before she died in that tragic car accident at the age of 36. believe it or not, this is the first major film about the princess' life. watts says she's honored to be a part of it especially since the awes aussie born actress was actually born in england. that doesn't make sense. even for friday. if you're born in australia, you weren't born in england. we'll figure it out and get back to you. >> part of the united kingdom. >> didn't the british take their prisoners and put them in australia? >> the british empire. i don't know. >> the only battle i know about is the one that's going on at cpac today. >> i smell a transition! >> that's what i'm trying to do. the battle for the conservative vote heats up today as mitt romney, newt gingrich and rick santorum are set to speak at cpac. >> most pressure will be on mitt romney because he got a message when he was shut out and got pummelled in minnesota and missouri and that is you're not conservative enough. evangelicals found somebody else
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and the conservatives seem to have found somebody else and the tea party was never believing the story. the romney bio, so he's got to prove his conservative credentials today. can you do that in a speech? the advantage he has, most of his critics will be there. yesterday, he got an earful from his supporters who said essentially punch up the message and stop with all the attacks and start telling me which you're going to do. >> i'll tell you what, rick santorum got some good news yesterday, the tracking poll by gallup shows that he is now tied with newt gingrich at 20%. newt and santorum 20% each. santorum up three since his stunning wins earlier this week. mitt romney still ahead at 36. mitt romney wasn't on the hot seat last night before his appearance today at cpac. he was with sean hannity and he started swinging at mr. number two, rick santorum. >> i think you've seen rick santorum get his opportunity now to be, you know, one of the leading contenders. he hasn't been as visible in the
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sweep stakes so far but he certainly is now and that means he'll be under the microscope like the rest of us have been and obviously, some of the things on his record are troubling, the fact that he voted five times to raise the debt ceiling without getting compensating reductions in federal spending, that's a problem. the fact that while he was in washington, government spending grew by 80% and the fact that he's a defender of earmarks. >> this has to be the number one strategy saying in the romney camp right now. shall we continue to move forward and attack the candidate who seems to be the anti-romney candidate or should we only talk about policies about how we're going to try to change this country moving forward? that's got to be it and peggy noonan writes exactly what you're about to hear from rick santorum. the romney campaign is better at dismantling than mantling. they're better at taking opponents apart than building a compelling candidate of their own. you have to wonder if that's the central thing that they're talking about within the romney camp right now because will it be a mistake or will it be the
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good thing to go after santorum as they went after newt gingrich. >> which is true, newt takes down romney in south carolina. romney doesn't do much. in florida he blisters newt gingrich and goes directly at him in the debates and he wins florida so success might leave clues there. peggy noonan's column was great. she went on to say that america is tuning out the candidates and tuning out the president. becoming disenchanted with the whole political process. meanwhile, rick santorum was treated like a rock star yesterday even though he wasn't there. he had all those people there. they were selling sweater vests. everybody was working the room on his behalf. he talked yesterday about what mitt romney just said about him. >> politics for mitt romney. not interested in talking about this, he's interested in trying to make political sauce. >> i don't know. you know, turn about is fair
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play. at the debates when mr. santorum really did a very effective job showing the parallels between romneycare and obamacare, mr. romney didn't say that's not gotcha politics. he had to answer to the criticism. now what mr. romney is saying, look, he took a lot of earmarks. people would like to know what kind of earmarks he took. he voted to up the debt ceiling, what, five, eight times, something like that. let's hear what mr. santorum said at the time and let's move. on that's fair. >> that's true. i think one of the reasons we're seeing the tune out is because people are tired of seeing the infighting. >> that happens in every primary season. >> no, we've had plenty of experts who have gone on the record on this show and other shows on fox saying this has been the most combative primary they have seen in recent history and it may work for the moment but then you have to ask this important question, what does it mean for down the road in the general election if you tear people absolutely apart, what does that mean down the road when you're facing the person you actually want to be?
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it's a big, huge question and people will be writing for this for time on end. >> the public wants it both ways. the public says i'm tired of the infighting. by the way, how come mitt romney doesn't answer the question about how obama care and romney care is different. it's great that rick santorum made the statement that we should get over everybody's past and talk about the future. why is it ok to paint yourself as a conservative and the other as moderates? that makes them want to defend themselves. >> now that santorum is surging, now that santorum is surging, we don't know that much about him. let's go ahead and figure out what he has done in the past, where he's going in the future and take it from there. >> people seem to like his bio. >> it's hard to attack rick santorum for conservative stuff. it just is. it's kind of hard. he was in favor of earmarks. he was in a liberal state of pennsylvania. it's the same thing that mitt romney actually has to argue about from being in a liberal state of massachusetts. >> my only point is let's hear his whole story and then move on.
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meanwhile, let's talk a little about joe biden. we told you yesterday about back in november, they had this white house meeting to figure out what are we going to do with this contraceptive mandate where catholic institutions would have to pay for birth control and sterilization for their employees? well, apparently, joe biden, also the chief of staff, and leon panetta all said mr. president, this is a bad idea. on the other side, you had kathleen sabelius and david plouffe, they won. yesterday, joe biden was on a radio station out in ohio, i believe, and he said i am determined to see this get worked out. >> that's the first real comment that he's had on this whole thing. another person you got to factor into this is the former chief of staff bill daley because he resigned on january 9th or was told to leave, however you want to think about that situation and then this contraception decision came out on january 20th so if he was against it, is that one of the reasons he's not working at the white house anymore? could it be? >> i was shocked by joe biden
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coming out and saying we're going to work it out. he didn't say right out the president is wrong. that would have been huge news but it seems to be how he really feels. archbishop dolan, i think, did make huge news yesterday when he essentially said the president broke a promise with him when they addressed this issue face to face. we're going to work it out in a way that's going to work for everybody and he came out and did exactly what they discussed he shouldn't do. >> yeah. because in november, he was told by the president in the oval room that the administration would not impede and that was the word that he used as a quotation, the catholic church but then the president called him on january 20th and said sorry, we're going to go ahead with it. he did break a promise. also what's interesting, and this goes to show you the political nature of things. claire mccaskel running for senate re-election out in missouri on tuesday said i'm 100% behind the president. yesterday, she said i'm ready to compromise! the catholic church, we should point out, is not open to a compromise. they want it all stricken from
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the record. >> other democrats joining, senator ben nelson, senator bill nelson, both democrats, joe lieberman caucused with the democrats and senator casey all said essentially the administration is wrong on this. i don't agree. >> and tim kaine, the guy who had run the dnc. >> and to break it all down as far as how voters might react to this which is what it's about in the end. in 2008 catholics 58% went for barack obama and 45% went for john mccain. could that have a huge turn around if this mandate stays in effect? >> i bet they cave! >> we'll have to see. coming up on our show, a startling new statistic. more people are on government assistance than are not. what's happening to america? are we becoming more like europe? who better to ask, daniel hannon, a member of the european parliament will join us next. >> want a cookie, kids? too bad. now he needs a permission slip. >> that one is really beautiful. it's got my name on it. >> right. that's an oreo but i got no note from mommy. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition?
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>> the days of pulling yourself up by the bootstraps may be a thing of the past according to a new report, the government is taking over that responsibility for us, brian. now, 1 in 5 is dependent on federal assistance. last week, the federal argued handing out more entitlements was a religious duty. >> it also coincides with jesus' teaching that for unto whom much is given, much shall be required. part of that belief comes from my faith and the idea that i am my brother's keeper and i am my sister's keeper. >> so is the new american dream one that looks as if the new american dream one that looks more like the european dream and the nightmare they're living through? daniel hannon, conservative member of the european
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parliament and author of this new book "the new road to surfdom" joins us. are you seeing some disturbing signs here in america? >> this is like being back in greece or france or somewhere, if these figures are born out. once the state gets over a certain size, it's not just that the economy slows and people get poorer, people become less free and to channel what the president said, people become less moral. we have an obligation as individuals to each other but if the state pushes us out of the way, because it's the government's responsibility to look after old people or make sure the kids are in school, we stopped doing that as citizens and, you know, i don't remember our lord ever saying anything about the government being my brother's keeper. it's aup to all of us. >> interesting to point that out. let's take a look at some of the facts and figures. dependence on federal government is up 23% since barack obama took office in 2008. 1 in 5 rely on a federal
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program, government dependents receive an average of $32748 in benefits. that's actually more than what the average private citizen actually makes in income. >> this is a great record if you're on the right side of it. i mean, it's a brilliant way of redistributing money to people working at the government. i'm at cpac later on today and there's been a lot of talk about the nature of american exceptionalism. why is it that ronald reagan says this is my dear rather than a place. there is not some special quality in the american soil or the american water or the american weather. what makes this country unique is its political institutions and that's what's created a free society, where people behave as responsible citizens and i'll tell you, my friends, if you go down this road towards european style state control and regulation and high taxes and people deriving their likelihood from the government, you see how quickly the american people will stop behaving like the french,
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the greece or any other demanding those privileges. it can happen very, very quickly. >> if you look politically, it might make sense. if 50% of the country is not paying taxs and they credit the white house for doing that or the party for doing that, why would they vote for another party that's going to make life harder for them or take away some of those handouts? >> right, brian. we've had a similar problem and the answer is you've got to show people a better alternative. when my party was in opposition in the 1970's, when margaret thatcher was the new conservative leader, we had exactly this argument only it was then about the trade unions. so many people are in them. if you add the family members and the dependents there's a majority of the electorate, you can't govern without their support and margaret thatcher said you know what? they're not only going to vote as trade unionists. they're going to vote as parents, as concerned citizens, we can appeal to them and that's got to be the way you -- this is what ronald reagan did. don't be an angry conservative. heaven knows, there's a lot to be angry about. we can't be the people that are
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( seth ) wouldn't you like to know ? something sparkly ? maybe. something sweet ? mmm... let's just say it's a surprise. the helzberg diamonds gift box. diamond heart pendant and godiva chocolate gems. i love you. you do ? >> all right. let's roll out the numbers. first $3.3 billion. that's how much the u.s. postal
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service lost during this holiday quarter. expects to go bust by october without congressional help. next $25. that's how much google will pay you in gift cards to track your moves on the web. the internet giant says the research will help make google better. they'll be bored stiff with mine. finally, for $10,000, you can get engaged at pizza hut. >> what? >> yes, the package comes with a ring, photographer, fireworks show and, of course, pizza and breadsticks. think about it, steve. think about it. renew the vows! >> we were going for taco bell. >> too bad. >> you've never seen any movie like it before. for the first time ever, we get to enter the private world of active duty navy seals. they're the stars of the upcoming movie called "act of valor." in the film, the seals uncover a worldwide terrorist platte against the united states during a mission to rescue a kidnapped c.i.a. agent.
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>> we are joined right now by some of the navy seals featured, these are real life navy seals, folks, featured in the upcoming film, lieutenant commander rourke, chief sonny and captain duncan smith. good morning to all of you. this is a fantastic movie. you guys did a great job. captain, first start by telling us how did this get made? because you guys are active duty in a hollywood movie! >> that's right. we're all active duty. everyone who took part in this film is someone who has deployed in combat. this was done around the seals, what's called basically shore
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duty. these men deploy, train for combat, come back and get a chance to be a little bit more with their families and perhaps going into a training role. it was on top of that mission that these men took part in the film around actual training missions that went on. >> as we look at some of the video right here, you know, the action scenes, commander are like nothing i've ever seen before with weapons i've never seen before. are you letting the cat out of the bag here? >> no, you know, we wanted to be very cognizant that we didn't give a playbook to our enemies with what we're capable of doing and how we address our job on the battlefield so we adjusted things in such a way that we didn't do that to protect our brothers who are working overseas. >> that's the key. he used the word brothers. you guys really are brothers, aren't you? >> exactly, brothers and like we said, we wanted to do justice to special warfare community as well as all our partners downrange be it the sf, air force and also marine corps. so even though it's a navy heavy
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film, we like to incorporate all our brothers and sisters in the armed forces. >> captain, it's a fictionalized story. how did it happen? did some hollywood guy say ok, pentagon, i have this script right here and we'd like to make this. >> we get requests for that actual the time. we can only support so much at one point. our band width, we're training for war does not allow us to really invite a whole lot of folks to come in and see what's behind the curtain, how we operate and how we train so the decision was made to allow one entity to come in. we were hoping it was something that would incorporate real seals and live fire. >> wait a minute, that's live fire? >> that's live fire. first time in 100 years in a feature film. >> you know what? if i was just a hollywood extra, i'm thinking maybe i'm not going to do this movie. >> well, that's why there weren't hollywood extras there. this is like -- there's choreography that's got to go on when you train for combat and lay on top of that a couple of camera crews and some civilians
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trying to document it, it becomes a lot more complicated. i did a lot of the underwater videography and it adds that layer to operations that are pretty tough. >> i understand at one point, the director who was a hollywood director and good one at that, at the end of the shooting, he needed to do some pickups of some of the bad guys. not you guys. the bad guys. and what did you guys keep doing? >> the fact of the matter is, i think when they started filming this, the way that we were moving, communicating and shooting, they started looking at the playback and said no one would survive this. we need to figure out a way to layer this that it makes it realistic and let's move it forward. it made it fun. they were with us the whole time. >> the problem was they needed a shot of the bad guys and every time the bad guy popped up and they were supposed to get the shot of the bad guy, you kept killing them. >> xnexactly. >> that's the business you guys are in. chief, let me ask you this.
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you're in this big hollywood movie coming out soon. what do you think? want to do another movie? >> no, it was fun. it was once in a lifetime opportunity, i wouldn't trade it for anything but i'm kind of not into the whole hoopla of all this. >> you're not going to run out and get an agent? >> negative. >> rourke? >> i think everybody is focused on their regular jobs. guys since we filmed this have been back on deployment. guys who are currently on deployment so we're back into the regular fold. >> and the cool thing about this, captain, is not only are they active duty navy seals but they're real family so you get a flavor for when they say good-bye and they don't know if they're coming back, they're actually kissing their wives. >> it's true. when they replicated that scene where men go off on deployment, there were tears that were genuine. kids were thinking oh my gosh, that's dads going away again. that's not just the seals. that's throughout all branches of military. throughout the navy. where families really are paying the price for the men and women who serve. >> captain duncan smith, chief
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sonny and lieutenant commander rourke, thank you very much. "actor of valor" opens nationwide on february 24th. it is terrific. thank you, guys. thanks for your service and thanks for a great movie. >> thank you. >> all right, straight ahead, want a cookie? too bad. kids need a permission slip to eat an oreo. you have to hear this one to believe it. it's not all the buzz for not making a sound. james cromwell is here live. will he talk? he doesn't in the movie. can you enjoy vegetables with sauce and still reach your weight loss goals? you can with green giant frozen vegetables. over twenty delicious varieties ha sixty calories oless per serving and are now weight watchers-endorsed. try green giant frozen vegetables with sauce.
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>> this might be one of my favorite shots of the morning in recent times. >> two of my best friends. >> yeah. starred in movies side by side and gone into business together. why wouldn't arnold schwarzenegger and sylvester stallone have surgery together, too? the aging -- i like that, aging action heroes. i didn't say that. anyway, they ran into each other at the hospital. both scheduled for shoulder surgery on the same day. they posted a picture of the pair waiting to go under the knife. it actually looks like they already had surgery there. >> they did. it looks like they're out of it and elated by it. >> after having shoulder surgery
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myself, they don't remember what they said to each other right there. >> arnold tweeted it out. >> he did. i hope it was clean. you don't remember anything about what's going on. >> apparently, arnold had the idea. he knew that sly was going to be there. sly didn't know that arnold was going to be there so the same surgeon did both shoulders. and so they made sure that arnold would be awake when sly came out of the anesthesia. sly has got some significant tats there. >> right. >> sly does. >> you would know that, brian, since you're -- >> right. he's consulted me on all of those tattoos and he said why do you think? i said try it with henna and see how it goes. >> try it with henna? >> yeah, practice. he actually colors it in. that should be a great movie because the expendables where arnold made a cameo was actually very good. >> terrific. >> let's do headlines for your friday. we start with brand new video in from syria. two huge explosions destroying security compounds in the city leaving at least 25 people dead. this violence continues, folks.
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175 others have been hurt in this event. the government blaming the bombings on terrorists while anti-government rebels say it's the assad regime, they are responsible for this. there is a new push to stop this violence. state department organizing the friends of syria meeting asking other allies to work around the u.n. security council which failed to condemn syria's president. >> we just don't want to lead. >> no kidding. from back here. first, nasa handed control of manned space flights to russia. now, nasa announcing major cuts to exploration of the red planet in the new budget, canceling missions set for 2016 and 2018. development of a powerful new telescope is running billions of dollars over budget so they can't go to mars. >> want a cookie, kids? too bad. a democratic lawmaker in west virginia looking to keep kids
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away from cookies and candy unless they have a permission slip from their parents. we're talking about the same kind of permission slips that schools give out for field trips. if approved, the rule would apply to all public school students including those in high school. high schoolers need a permission slip to eat a cookie? huh? >> polly want a cracker? ask your mom. her head lights saved her in a car crash. >> excuse me? >> you're looking at -- >> what? >> that's right! >> you're looking at -- can i finish, please? a woman who holds the guiness book of world records for fake breasts it's like walking around with an air bag all day just in case. hershey is credited her implants with shielding the rest of her body after she crashed her car in a tree in texas. unfortunately for her, her bust didn't prevent her from getting busted. police arrested her for drunk driving. >> now i know why i read two stories in a row. >> right. >> they wanted to make sure you read that story. >> really? >> you're our bust expert. >> did you see that headline down below? >> what did it say?
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breast case scenario. >> of that's some good writing, folks. hats off to lauren. i'm looking for the weather clicker. here we go. we can look at it now. let's find out where it is raining in the u.s. of a on this friday and as you can see, widely scattered showers all across dixieland up through the mid-mississippi valley. it's dry here in the northeast but, you know what? there could be some snow or some rain through the big northeastern corridor cities by sometime tomorrow. meanwhile, out in the northern plains, it's dry. pacific northwest, it is currently raining. meanwhile, as you step out to go to school or go to work today, 13 right now in minneapolis. 7 in caribou. mid 30's in the mid atlantic. 60's across much of florida and we have 40's and 50's right now for you folks in texas. later on today, it's 50's and 60's as well in the lone star state. 70's across much of florida. in the northern plain states, temperatures stuck in the teens below freezing. later on today in cleveland and much of the ohio valley, just a little warmer than freezing.
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>> he has been nominated for an oscar and been part of over 150 films and tv shows. actor james cromwell is a familiar face well known for his movies "babe" and that mystery "l.a. confidential." >> now, he's moving moviegoers without saying a word, the silent film "the artist." >> guess who is joining us right now. actor james cromwell. welcome back to the couch. >> thank you. >> first "the artist" is a silent film where you talk and we can't hear you. >> that's correct. >> i never heard of this concept. what was it like doing it as an actor? >> well, you're too young to know the concept. it was around for a long time. people did silent films all the time. it's been 83 years since anyone has done one. and it's, of course the french are the ones who brought it to us because hollywood wouldn't invest in something like this and it's been a big success. >> look what happened. i actually got to see this film
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and i thought that it was fantastic. you have one of the most prominent themes in one of your lines where you talk to the main actor about giving up his pride. would you say that's the theme of the movie? >> well, it's his resistance to making the change that he thinks he can make -- go on his own and he can fight the technology which a lot of people are doing today, you know, as we move on and filmmaking becomes more and more sophisticated with 3d and motion capture and he thinks he can, he can, his view of the world will preview but it doesn't. >> the talking was going to change everything and he was a little worried. when you make a movie where you don't hear your voice, do you get paid the same? >> it's still acting. >> i thought the acting was so much more front and center. i found myself paying so much more attention to the acting because of your facial expressions and the way in which you used your body. >> yeah. because you're not telling the story with what you say, you're
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telling the story with your face and what you do and what's inside the frame. and actually every person in the audience is creating their own story so they're actually participating with the film in a way that very few other films do. and people are entranced by this. like reading a good book. once you get past those 20 pages, they've got you in your head. you're living the whole thing. >> how did playing the role of stretch cunningham in "all in the family" set you up for this role. that's my first thought. you were genius back then! you were the be friend to archie bunker. >> yeah, i still get new york cabbies who roll down their window. hey, stretch. how you doing? >> at least they pull over for you. >> that's right, they do. >> we should point out when you came to the studio, the navy seals who were in this great new movie "act of valor" you were and you were suddenly there in the hollywood movie as well. >> that's great. they're terrific and the job they do is terrific. >> you see character actors are made, not born. >> yes.
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>> you can only make this. >> the amazing thing is you have young fans and it just runs the whole gamut because of your performance in "babe". kids for generations to come will know who you are as well. >> we'll get you a show on nickelodeon. >> check out the movie "the artist" it's everywhere. thank you, sir. >> my pleasure. >> good luck at the oscars. >> we'd like to go. >> he's asking for an invite but we got to move forward. take a look at your tv. your eyes are not fooling you. that's a purple squirrel. how did he get that way? we'll find out. >> it's barney's squirrel. >> fun in the sun, not so funny. why you can get fined for throwing a frisbie on the beach or the football. >> let's play the trivia question of the day. ugh, my sinus congestion, and it's your fault.
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>> in celebration of black history month, fox news is partnering with the apprentice program to profile everyday americans whose achievements continue to make a difference in this kunlt. harris faulkner joins us now and she'll have the first of the personal stories. you previewed these last week and it was fascinating to hear more about these people. >> they're so inspiring. you take away a whole palate of information when you watch these stories. >> who is today? >> today, our first story is about barbara smith conrad, an african-american woman born in texas and filled with music. in 1956, the supreme court opened the doors for blacks to attend major colleges and universities and barbara whose dream was music jumped at the chance to study at the university of texas at austin. a school known for its musical excellence.
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>> even when i was about 5, 6, 7 in there, i was already singing that. >> tell me, when you got to the university of texas, again, i want you to, if you can, kind of paint the scene for us. what was that like? >> strange. they were all caucasian. i didn't play a lot of attention. i had a focus. >> did you set out to be a trail blazer? >> my mother says i was always leaned that way. i don't know. i just know that i loved to sing. >> every year, the college of fine arts would stage an opera for the public. in 1956, the director just happened to be the former opera star josephine antwone. she chose the romantic tragedy
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while combing the halls looking for new talent, she stumbled on this tall girl with a big voice. >> she actually heard me practicing in a practice room and who knocked on my door and said, oh, my dear, you are the next one. i had no idea who that would be. >> you got the part. >> uh-huh. >> how excited were you? >> oh, off the charts! >> but word soon spread across the university that a black woman was playing a leading role opposite a fair haired white man. >> so the way that the opera, the play goes is that your character would have been cast in a romantic role. >> absolutely. >> opposite a young white actor. >> and blond. >> when joe chapman, her own representative from east texas threatened to pull state funding
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from the university unless the cast was changed, there wasn't much to laugh about. >> what happened? >> it was taken away. >> why? >> because i'm black. and he was white. didn't need any more than that. >> picked up by the houston post, the story soon caught national attention, and everyone began to pursue barbara including a pop idol who tried to come to her rescue. >> he read about me in "the new york times" and offered to send me to any school of my choice. but i knew that if i was going to make any change, they were not going to run me out of austin, texas. >> but after graduation, harry belafonte flew barbara to new york where he introduced her to some of the top classical musicians to see if she measured up. >> i sang for seven of the most
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famous opera singers in new york city at the time. he arranged that. walked downstairs and he said, barbara, we made it. >> these days, she's passing along her gift to the next generation. >> you can't wait around and hope for somebody to help you out. you have to get up and do something. you can't be just a little bit, it's got to be deep. as deep as those roots that i come from. >> i see now. >> barbara turned out to be a huge star performing for a decade with new york's famed metropolitan opera and in major opera houses around the world. barbara told me she never did perform at the university of austin although u.t. gave her a distinguished alumni award in the 1980's and she's gone back to school there to teach many
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times. moving forward, the texas legislature once at the center of the storm around barbara all those years ago has since passed a resolution honoring her for her lifetime achievements. that was in 2009. barbara smith-conrad, an ordinary american who did something extraordinary. >> what a fascinating story, harris. thanks so much for bringing that to us. >> absolutely. and next friday, we're going to meet leslie hiner, a career woman, not married, without children who chose to spend her life changing the future for kids living in the toughest neighborhoods in philadelphia. how did she reach them? through the one thing she's always loved. horses. leslie made them a deal. if they helped take care of the horses, she would teach them to ride. eventually forming the nation's first african-american polo team. and what they are doing, gretchen, is truly astonishing. >> all right. >> amazing. >> look forward to all of your reports as you join us on "fox & friends." nice enough to bake us biscuits this morning after being here last week! look what she did, folks, the
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>> the answer to the trivia question, mark spitz and the winner is not mark spitz. he came in third. peter won from vermont. hey, peter, go skiing. the fun police is out in full force in sunny california and i'm not exaggerating. they're putting limits on playing football and frisbie, an ordinance in los angeles prohibits beach goers from tossing anything but a beach ball or volleyball unless you have a permit. well, that violates the ordinance if you don't have a permit, it can cost you $100 for a first time offender and it
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goes up from there. is this about safety or trying to squeeze more bucks from the people? christopher jeng is a partner at an outdoor sporting organization called adults in southern california. welcome, chris, nice to see you. >> great. thanks for having me. >> chris, how outlandish is this? >> well, it's pretty interesting. there's been quite an uproar and the initial reports, people got the impression if you're playing football or frisbie on the beach, you could get fined up to $1,000 for doing it casually. i run prank monkey, an adult sports organization in south bay so we run coed flag football leagues and coed volleyball leagues right on the beach in hermosa. >> but you have permits. >> yes, i do have permits for the business. but also, i come from the other perspective because we run -- i run a foster youth program called impacting hearts and we take a lot of kids out to the beach and we play flag football and frisbie. >> right.
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here, for example, what i just did now costs me $100. i got a toss from joel. i was open and he saw me. he doesn't realize he violates things at the beach. if i don't want to get fined -- if i don't want to get fined i use a volleyball, correct? volleyballs are ok. >> well, there's always been an ordinance and actually what we have to be careful about is there might be a misinterpretation of the new ordinance and actually the daily brief just posted a clarification to it. and what it's talking about is that in the summer months between memorial day and labor day, what they're trying to do is have designated areas where those sports can play for his for safety concerns and that's really what it is. they're trying to control the environment a little bit. and the misinterpretation got people very upset. i mean, we were just outright scared that we couldn't live on the beach. >> chris, you're going to be ok. you got some permits and get some adult entertainment, correct? and bring a volleyball. >> absolutely. you got it. >> thanks for getting up for us.
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>> gretchen: i love to say this, tgif, it's february 10, 2012. have a great friday and great weekend. i'm gretchen carlson. archbishop timothy dolen with explosive allegations, the president is not to be trusted. that's from a catholic priest? he says he lied to him and he'll likely lie to you, too. geraldo rivera is here to dig in on this one. >> steve: how is this for shocking? nbc reporting israeli spies were involved in assassinating iranian scientist involved in a nuclear program. we've got another stunner. the source of that information, senior officials in the barak obama administration. >> brian: how would you like to own this beautiful yacht. yes, it can be yours.
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you do own that yacht. your taxpayer dollars paid a cool half million dollars for it because our economy was bad and we need stimulus. "fox & friends" starts right now >> steve: during the last commercial break, brian was actually doing a little postmortem with the studio crew about how they were supposed to hit him with the ball and how close it came to your shnoz. >> gretchen: come on, geraldo! >> brian: that's what happens when i'm actually looking at the ball. >> gretchen: i think that was pay back from other things. >> gretchen: go ahead, geraldo. come on. (scream) we now know you were not quarterback. by the way, your mike is
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dangling out of your back end. >> steve: is that what this is? >> gretchen: yeah. that's his microphone. i didn't want to have you embarrassed later on. >> brian: no more than he is now? >> gretchen: yes. >> gretchen: let's do some headlines. breaking story, a hostage stand-off in florida leaving a nine-year-old and two others dead. it happened at an rv park in deerfield beach. two others are in critical condition. sheriffs say another woman was allowed to leave unharmed. she says the gunman's wife and two sons were among the hostages. the swat team was sent in after talks with the gunman were unsuccessful. that's when the gunman was found dead. stand-off, which lasted several hours, started after a man was found shot to death outside the rv. okay. more details on the really disturbing story about josh powell. he reportedly told his sons he had a big surprise for them right before he murdered them. startling new details coming from social worker elizabeth griffin hall. she is speaking out for the
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first time. she took the boys to visit powell every week for three months. so supervised visits. the last time she was not let inside, something was different. >> he had a look in his eyes. it was kind of sheepish and he just shrugged his shoulders at me like that. then from the door, what i told myself is how it happened is because josh powell is really, really evil. and that there was no way to stop him. >> gretchen: griffin hall says she called 911 when she smelled gas. unfortunately, we now know police did not arrive until 22 minutes later. at that point, it was too late. federal regulators approving plans to build the first nuclear plant in the united states since 1978. two new reactors will go up at plant vogel in eastern georgia. there was one surprising vote against the new reactors, the chairman of that committee objected. he wanted assurances the $14 billion reactors can withstand a natural disaster. the first should be up and
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running by 2016. bruce springstein keeping it all in the family. ♪ springstein announcing jake clemens will follow in the footsteps of his late uncle, clarence clemens, and join the e street band on tour. the tour kicks off in march. you'll get a preview when they perform at the grammy awards this sunday. those are your headlines this morning. >> brian: geraldo rivera is usually brought in this time, but he already brought himself in. you're already in. welcome back. >> well to be in. >> brian: good. we're glad to have you. let's talk right now about the uproar at the white house over this contraceptive demand and the vice president of the united states now, we understand, has made it clear that he wants to work out a deal. >> well, i want to make a couple of things clear first. i am pro choice. i think women should have access to contraceptive. but i totally believe that the
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obama administration was so insensitive to catholic institutions, universities, hospitals and so forth to impose ha mandate on people who don't believe as they do was an insult to the catholic faith generally. i think arab bishop, cardinal dolen is absolutely right to be offended. i don't understand the need to impose a rule like this -- there could have been some other pool of insurance so these women could be covered as they should be covered, but to impose this on a religious institution, when it violates the foundations of their faith, i think was extremely insensitive. >> gretchen: is it emblematic of some of the things we've seen from this administration such as health care when the majority of americans did not want obamacare, but they pushed it forward? the majority of americans do not want this mandate, they feel like it's a violation of religious freedom? now we're hearing about the infighting. joe biden was against it. bill daley, former chief of
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staff was against it and he's gone. you got to wonder if there is some relationship between him being gone and this whole thing. >> let's divide what you said in two parts. the second part, i agree with. there is tremendous in fighting and there should have been post-edict in fighting where they could have moderated or modified this rule and now i hope they can because this is a no brainer, this is a political weapon for the opponents of the obama administration. come november, this can cost him one, two points in the election. i think it's an awful, awful political blunder. the other one, whether or not it is emblematic of an insensitivity and try to ram through, i take a pass on that one. i think that whether or not it is symbolic is in the eye of the beholder. i prefer to just be a laser on this one and focus on the terrible decision that i hope they reverse. the sooner, the better to mitigate the political damage. this is doing. >> steve: how much on the lefty blogs? they're floating the results to
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some public opinion polls. apparently they did last summer that showed a majority of people, they're behind this. of course, that was before they actually understood what they're trying to jam down their throats. now you got a whole bunch of democrats, in fact, the news this morning, mccaskill in a tough race in missouri as u.s. snort, she was with the president on tuesday. she is now for compromise today. >> this is not about pro choice, pro-life. this is not about the access to birth control. this is about infringing on the rights of people when happen to hold the -- >> steve: the constitution! >> it's a clear violation of the first amendment. >> brian: here is the problem, now when you have barbara boxer and other women stand up and say we're going to fight back and the president was right and the president says no, arab bishop was right, then those women are left out to dry. he's in a tough stop. >> so what? this is a problem of his own making. he should have paid attention
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initially. he must reverse this decision. i consider myself in the middle of the political spectrum. if i am offended by this, there are many people like me who are offended by this. this is not about birth control or day after pills or access to abortion. this is -- >> gretchen: you know what? brian brings up an interesting point. >> brian: when was that? >> gretchen: that barak obama has been losing women in the polls recently and you have to wonder if they weighed the difference between getting the woman vote or getting the catholic vote, which she got the majority of the last time around. maybe they took that for granted and felt the woman vote was more important. >> just one modification of what you said. he did not get the white catholic vote. he got the overall catholic vote. he may not get it again and this is one reason why. i prefer to stay on this issue. i urge the obama administration to do the right thing. you made a mistake. be man enough to say you made a mistake, say you are sorry. make another rule where you can
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provide insurance to women who work in catholic institutions and universities and hospitals outside the context of the religious institution. you can do this. you can say we made a mistake. man up. i think the president has to do that. >> brian: you're passionate about this and you'll be passionate about this story done last sunday at nbc on brian williams magazine show. they essentially say look, who is killing those nuclear scientists in iran? who is blowing up those facilities? they found out, according to them, it's the mek that -- >> from iran. >> brian: used to be in there was for the hostage crisis. >> they were against us before they were for us. >> brian: it turns out they did it, according to this report. and the israelis trained them, flew them back and put them on the streets of iran, and it turns out, according to the editorial in today's new york post, nbc was the -- as the chief source for nbc story was the obama administration, told them this.
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how damaging is this to israeli-u.s. relations? >> pick won't, iran vowed to wipe israel off the face of the earth, so israel and iran are technically at war. they are at war in every substantive way you can imagine. so israel has the right in a state of war to do whatever it can to protect itself, including making sure iran does not get a nuclear weapon. the sophistication of the attack indicates that it was a very highly evolved intelligence service that planned it. this was not some guy throwing a grenade in a vehicle. it was clearly a state intelligence agency that planned it strategically and it was probably israel. i interviewed the senior official who retired recently. he agreed to that. now to the leak. nbc news, a fellow i worked with there, excellent reporter, richard angle, another excellent reporter, they, quote -- their sources, senior official, a senior official. now, that to me is the weakist part of their story.
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senior official confirming it was israel. everyone suspects israel. they deny it. >> steve: why is this administration leaking this information? obviously it's because israel is wary of this administration and we hear they're that close to getting the nuke and by this story now being out there, it's kind of like oh, we don't have to worry about iran because we're good. the israelis have these pals who are killing everybody. >> again, i don't know it to be a fact that the obama obama administration. i don't know who it was. where was the person -- unnamed sources. i don't know that -- how would we know it's true? >> brian: what do you think it does for the u.s.-israeli relation, what should it do if it turns out the source of that story exposing israel behind the iranian assassination, how damaging? >> i think, again, the split between israel and obama administration is exaggerated by
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obama critics. i think israel and the united states have never been closer in many, many ways. >> brian: what? >> i interviewed ehud barak, he tells me and he told me out of his own mouth, general barak told me that israel and the united states have never been closer. i think that to drive a wedge between israel -- >> brian: we're not driving the wedge! >> brian, first of all, let mek and israel go after all the iranian scientists they feel they need to. let iran look over its shoulder. >> gretchen: the point is that that information weak posed. that's the point. >> gretchen, again, i trust his reporter. >> gretchen: it's not about the reporting. >> they quoted a senior official. >> gretchen: it's about that a senior official would actually tell somebody that information. >> brian: that's horrible! >> it is true and it was the obama administration, it would be totally unnecessary. it would be gratuityous.
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i stress, the united states absolutely vehemently denies they are the source of this information. >> brian: the secretary of defense says i'm worried that israel will attack in the spring and then this story comes out. >> steve: we'll have to end it right there. he gets the final word. >> steve: we got a call from sean hannity who said stop. >> gretchen: have a great weekend. >> thank you. >> gretchen: coming up, we've got good news. all right! you've been acceptd into a prestigious federal program. here comes the bad news. it was a big mistake. can -- i wasn't talking specifically to you. anyway, can you guess who screwed up? can you say the government? >> steve: the government. it's the biggest cover-up nobody is talking about.
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>> brian: it's being compared to watergate. there is still more questions than answers in operation fast and furious. so where is the accountability as the attorney general misses another deadline to hand over subpoenaed documents? >> steve: joining us is the executive vice president of the nra. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: the initial idea for fast and furious was ill advised, was a bad idea. but now there is, you feel a cover-up on par with watergate and nobody in the main stream media except fox, the internet, talk being this thing. >> absolutely. it's a shameful day for most of the american media 'cause they're part of the cover-up. what this administration did is they concocted a scheme to make
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what was not true appear to be true. namely that the mexican drug cartels were being armed from firearms from american gun dealers because they wanted to seek political advantage in the united states. and if you're going to say that guns are coming from gun dealers in the u.s., they wanted guns going to the cartels from gun dealers. so they ordered the gun dealers to make these sales. the interesting thing is no one was supposed to ever know about it. it would all still be a secret that they were doing it and they'd still be singing 90%, but brian terry, the federal agent, was killed with some of those guns. a lot of the agents down the line couldn't stand the stench anymore of it and started speaking out. you're still getting a cover-up from the administration and getting the truth out of eric holder is like pulling teeth. and the president, he has two choices. either to participate in a cover-up, which he is right now; or order his administration to reveal everything, which he's
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not doing. >> brian: by the way, real quick, do you think that the attorney general does know more than he's letting on to the fact that maybe he was behind it? >> i don't think there is any doubt about that, that he knows more. we need a special prosecutor at this point. the attorney general needs to go. the american public deserves the truth on this. i mean, no one was killed during watergate. valerie plain even got a special prosecutor. all we get here is a cover-up when they put thousands of guns into the hands of the cartels? the cartels are going to be killing people for the next 20 years. >> steve: wayne, just a moment ago, you said you felt the president is in on the cover-up. that's a big charge. >> well, corruption that's unchecked tends to move higher up. the people are supposed to, in the justice department, enforce the law. not break the law. and a cover-up is a crime. and i think it's pretty obvious
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that this may have started lower, but the cover-up goes much higher. we deserve the truth. we're not getting it. >> brian: wayne, unfortunately, we have to end it there. wayne with the nra, thanks so much. >> thanks a lot. >> brian: 20 minutes after the hour. >> steve: you have heard the 911 tapes, a social worker begging for help for josh powell's children. >> how long will it be? >> i don't know, ma'am. they have to respond to emergencies, life-threatening situations first. >> this could be life-threatening. i'm afraid for their lives. >> steve: eventually everybody died. so what should happen to that dispatcher? judge jeanine pirro has an idea and she's reporting next. >> brian: and how would you like to own this beautiful yacht? good news, you do. your taxpayer dollars paid half a million dollars for it.
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>> steve: you just thought you needed headlines. the final bill sponsored by congresswoman gabrielle giffords for her resignation will be signed by the president of the united states today. giffords and her husband, mark kelly, will be in attendance. it cracks down on the use of ultralight planes in border smuggling crimes. two huge explosions killing at least 25 people in syria today, just as the state department announces a so-called friends of syria meeting asking france, morocco, bahrain and other allies to work around the u.n. security council which failed to condemn syria's president. gretch? >> gretchen: thank you. serious questions being raised
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now after an apparent delay in police response time after josh powell locked his two kids inside his home and then set it on fire. if you recall, a social worker brought the boys to the home for a supervised visit. she was supposed to get into the house, but she was locked out and that's when she called 911. >> i'd like to pull out of the driveway 'cause i smell gasoline and he won't let me in. how long will it be? >> i don't know, ma'am. they have to respond to emergency, life-threatening situations first. the first available deputy -- >> this could be life-threatening. he went to court on wednesday and he didn't get his kids back and this is really -- i'm afraid for their lives. >> gretchen: she knew what was going on. then it took 22 minutes for deputies to arrive. by that time, the home was engulfed in flames. did the dispatcher's delay cost the kids their lives and can the dispatcher be held responsible? joining me is host of "justice," gentleman jeanine pirro. good to see you. >> good morning. >> gretchen: so so many missed opportunities in this case.
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this is the one we'll focus on this morning, which is the dispatcher. didn't think it was a life-threatening situation. i mean, now hindsight, is it 2020? >> it's interesting because the sheriff's department is somewhat protective of this dispatch operator saying you know, when you're at the other end of the phone, you don't really know what's going on and today we have the benefit of hindsight. my response is hogwash. it does not take seven minutes when two people speaking the same language discuss an issue of children in danger. within the first minute, gretchen, she said all of the appropriate things. she said children, visitation, gas, locked out, boy crying. we know at that point the boy had been attacked with the hatchet by the father. so what we've got here is a dispatcher saying, is that two l's in powell? is that a hyphen in your name? you know with a? these people are train to do respond to trains, to focus excited callers. this cps worker was very
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focused, not excited, very clear. and this guy was like after seven minutes, gretchen, you ask who, what, where, when and how. >> gretchen: i want you to listen again. here is what all she said. >> are you telling the 911 dispatcher, this is an emergency. this is a big deal. there are kids and what are you getting from the other side? >> i'm getting, how can you be -- who is your supervisor? who are you? where are you? i'm not getting an emergency response. they're not responding to me at the level that i'm telling them that this is a life-threatening emergency. >> gretchen: she brings me to my next set of questions. the police, after they do find out about this, they take a long time to actually get to the house. so are they responsible? then on top of that, is child protective services somehow involved because they were allowing this guy to actually see his kids? there are so many unanswered
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questions. >> there were so many points in the line of possible intervention where things could have changed. why did the judge allow visitation? why did the police call him a suspect? why didn't they finally say, this is a homicide investigation? it might have changed the whole custody issue. why is there one cps worker instead of two, as i understand? why were they taking the children to the house? i mean, there is so many points. i'm going to discuss it on my show tomorrow night. we've got the lawyer for the family who talks about the fact that they wanted a psycho sexual evaluation. this guy was in a downward spiral. everybody knew it, but there were points when we might have prevented it. >> gretchen: now it's coming out that he may have also been looking at incestuous photos on the internet. another red flag. charges against this dispatcher or not? >> definitely departmental charges. the issue of immunity and 911 differs around the country. but certainly disciplinary action. >> gretchen: all right. great to see you. have a great show.
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take a look at this beautiful yacht. it only cost you a half million dollars. why is it being kept afloat by taxpayers? jeanine and i are going to go on a trip on that thing. it's called the angelina jolie. the gop presidential candidates scrambling for the conservative vote. but after rick santorum's three-state sweep, do the other candidates need a strategy switch? fox news sundays, chris wallace, up next.
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>> brian: back for a final 28 minutes. an update about a developing story we told you earlier. sheila hershey, crediting her fake boobs for saving her life in a car crash. now fox news has just learned that hershey was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. if more information comes in about this story, we'll keep you abreast so you will have the latest news on it. >> gretchen: the only funny thing about that story is the breast part 'cause she apparently was driving drunk, which is not funny. >> brian: right. but what also is unique is, a lot of people were debating the air bag in the '80s and '70s. she wasn't waiting for that debate to come out. she's like, i'm going to take my own precautions. >> steve: listen, folks, we are full service. we give you all the news. meanwhile, this weekend we want to make sure you're watching chris wallace on sunday, host of
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"fox news sunday." hello, chris. >> thank you for that lead in. >> steve: you bet. we've got breaking news for you. apparently the president is expected to have an announcement later today on the contraception policy, the mandate. also we understand according to jake tapper at "good morning america," don't know if you've seen it, the white house is not going to offer a compromise, but apparently an accommodation later today. president obama could make it -- it's based on state models that allow religious groups to point employees to groups for those having to pay for it themselves. this is obviously a sign, chris, that this is a big problem for the white house. >> absolutely. apparently one of the models that they're looking at is hawaii, interestingly enough, the president's birth state. and what they have there apparently, because -- i think 28 states have individual
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mandates on this and have had to deal with catholic institutions. there, the catholic institution provides a health insurance policy with a lower premium that doesn't cover birth control, but then separately, the employees of the institution can buy the birth control if it ends -- and it ends up working out the same as if they were getting a health insurance premium that included the birth control. they've got to find a way out of this. this is one of those situations that -- it's amazing because very important people reportedly, like joe biden, like then white house chief of staff bill daley were telling the president, this is going to be a mess and a huge blow back here. and the president and some -- particularly the women in the white house said no. we got to go full speed ahead. they really stepped in it here. >> brian: i heard bill daley put the archbishop together in a meeting with the president just to talk about this because he knew it would be trouble. >> yeah. we're going to be talking on
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sunday, a special interview with the new white house chief of staff who replaced him, jack lu. we were going to talk about the budget because the president is offering a budget on monday. in addition, we'll obviously try to figure out with him exactly where this policy is, does it solve the problem because after the president speaks, we'll get the reaction from catholic institutions and catholic leaders. they'll have plenty of questions they want asked of white house chief of staff. >> gretchen: especially since our own ed henry now says that a senior advisor to the president is still calling this an accommodation, not a compromise. that's an interesting choice of words. chris wallace, i want to get inside baseball inside washington because you cover this stuff on a daily basis. what does this say about the decision making and the power of the presidency when you have the vice president apparently who disagreed with this initial decision and you have that chief of staff, bill daley, who by the way, no longer works for president obama, is there any connection to the fact that he's not there and this issue?
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>> i very much doubt it. i don't know, but i would be very surprised if that was an issue. i think it was a much bigger issue with bill daley, which is he was one of the people that was working very much to try to accommodate republicans on the budget and the debt deal, that didn't work out. the president has taken a much more political stance run against the do nothing congress. i think the feeling was if he was going into campaign mode, he needed a different chief of staff and jack lu, who is now the chief of staff, is the guy there. but in terms of what it says about the dynamic inside the white house, look, there is only one vote in the white house. that's the president. we know of other cases, for instance, whether there should be a counterterrorism strategy or counter insurgency strategy and a big surge in afghanistan. biden was very much against it. the president gets to vote. it's very much like your show. there is only one vote that counts. >> gretchen: who is that? >> brian: i told you that chris on the qt. now you embarrassed me in front of the others. >> steve: we'll be watching your
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show on sunday. you mentioned jack lu and sarah palin will be joining you. >> very interesting because she's here in washington. i know you guys have been covering it for the conservative political action conference. she's been saying, don't vote for romney. vote for newt. but she's not endorsing him. keep the process going. we'll try to explore with her on sunday what does she really think of romney and gingrich and now rick santorum. some people say maybe he should be the conservative alternative to mitt romney. >> brian: you have a lot to discuss. you'll be an extra hour, but i don't think you'll get it. >> we will do it. just nobody will see it. we'll do it here in studio. don't do you like an extra hour between 9:00 o'clock and 10:00 o'clock can. >> steve: we do three extra hours. >> brian: after the show show. >> steve: then they bring in food and then we leave. >> gretchen: we got to take off from you because we've got some headlines to do. thanks very much v a great weekend. we begin with a fox news alert. a extremist found guilty of killing two u.s. airmen in
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germany. 21-year-old man will spend the rest of his life behind bars. the terrorist from kosovo shouted, allah akbar before shooting at crewmen, killing two soldiers. two other servicemen were wounded in the attack. >> brian: u.s. taxpayers getting sucked for $489,000 to put new hybrid engines in a yacht owned by the city of los angeles. house oversight committee chairman darryl issa demanding to know why stimulus money, supposed to be used to create job, is being sunk into an angelina 2. it's used for vip tours around the port of los angeles. it's worth about a million dollars and the city spends hundreds of thousands of dollars a year just to maintain it. >> steve: meanwhile, imagine the thrill of being accepted into the presidential management fellows program. that's a huge honor. now imagine finding out that that huge honor, who is sent --
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was sent to you by mistake. thanks to some bung aming beaurocrats in the office of personnel management, that's what happened to 300 of the top graduate students. they are fuming. some of them got rejection e-mails minutes after getting acceptance e-mails. others didn't find out the truth for 24 hours. the feds say sorry. administrative error. great. >> gretchen: we still have 20 more minutes left for our show for a friday. so coming up next on the rundown, they all -- meet the six new breeds to compete for that top dog title at westminster. >> brian: first, let's find out what's coming up this weekend. >> speaking of -- well. coming up this weekend, two quick thinking teens prove a scout is always prepared. when they use their boy scout skills to save their dad's life, wait 'til you hear their amazing story. >> plus, do you remember balky from perfect strangers? of course you do. >> i do.
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>> steve: our man at the white house, ed henry, has confirmed this morning that the president will announce later today an accommodation over the birth control mandate that was being imposed on religious institutions. however, they say not a compromise. instead, it is an accommodation. what does that mean? peter johnson, jr. joins us live. >> good morning. we'll see what it means, but it appears that the white house policy is freedom of religion as
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much religion as we will tolerate. for the president to say, i'm a christian president, i'm going to quote scripture, my view of christianity and government is this, and then to say, i'm going to ignore an assault, certain faith's ability to act in conscience, to act with their dictate, i'm going to mandate an order that they do something against their faith. that, i think, goes against the grain. it goes against the constitution. and it hurts all americans, in my view. it's not about catholics. it's about jew, protestants and muslims who say, well, what if the president says, the sabbath is really not important. a lot of you folks don't really keep that. what if he says, it's not important to pray at sundown or at some point during the day? most of you people don't do that. that's what the white house is saying with regard to catholics. they're saying, listen, contraception, that's not really a catholic issue 'cause most of
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you people are violating it. so for the white house to say, i'm going to determine what catholic is, i'm going to determine how spiritual you are, i'm going to determine whether you're keeping faith with your faith, and make a political decision about that, that's wrong. >> steve: you just touched on political decision. also from ed's e-mail that he -- ed henry's e-mail, the white house will not call it a compromise, he says, because they seem very sensitive to the point the white house, that they want to show the pro-choice community they are not caving or compromising to the bishops. so this looks very political and they don't want to look like they caved. >> it's not about catholics. it's about conscience. it's not about choice. it's about the constitution. and they seem to be missing the point. they want to say okay. our nemesis is the catholics on this. we'll mollify them, we'll give them an accommodation examine give them a compromise.
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we'll give them a way out. there is president obama way out if you believe -- there is no way out if you believe in something. the government is saying, listen, catholic, you must do this. i don't care about your faith. that's obviously, obviously something done that's in derogation and wrong with regard to the constitution. this is going to go on. i don't predict this is going to work over time and i don't predict the vice president biden's conduct here is going to work. the notion is, he's a catholic, he'll work it out, that's not going to happen. that's not what catholics want. that's what americans shouldn't want. it's not about catholics. it's about the constitution. >> steve: i'm completely with you. i would hate to think that it's a political calculation, but then when you look at some of the lefty blog, they talk about research they did op this last summer and they found this particular issue, when they decide to go ahead with it, it was an energizing issue for women. >> and archbishop dolen has become a national constitutional hero. not a catholic hero. great debate and discussion on
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this, all sides on san hannity's show -- sean hannity's show. he did a special. priests, rabbi, ministers, lots of people mixing it up. really great discussion. >> steve: i've got an idea, you're probably in it. >> i'm part of it. small part, but it's a great show. >> steve: and it's a great topic that we've got to address immediately. tonight i'm sure they'll have a better idea of what the white house announced. >> okay. >> steve: thank you. straight ahead, they all want to be best this show and they are here in the "fox & friends" studio. meet the newest dogs to compete for that top dog title at the dog show coming up next. first, let's check in with martha mccallum for a preview of what happens next. >> you're the top dog to me, steve, good morning, everybody. coming up, very big day at cpac. a lot of pressure, lot of attention on mitt romney's speech. he's going to have to follow a surging rick santorum today with his speech. all of that gets started during our program today. we'll take you there live. and reports that biden and daley
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>> brian: one of america's longest running sporting events. we're talking second ohm to the kentucky derby. we're talking about the westminster kennel club dog show. this year they're adding new breeds to the show. six in all. david frye is back. he wrote this book. he's the voice of westminster and the book is called "angel on a leash." welcome back. >> thank you. >> brian: our first preview, we usually get you the winnerment now we can set the table. >> there you go. six new breeds. not really new breeds. they've been around for hundreds or thousands of years. it's the first time for them at westminster. >> brian: let's look at the particulars we have here today. >> right here we started off
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with the national dog of mexico. the only dog that starts with an x. >> brian: no hair, except for the top. >> they come in a coated variety. but come in three different sizes like poodles. this is what you see. the hairless variety. this is alma. she's sweetheart and one of our six new breeds. the breed has been around for thousands of years in mexico. got enough of a following here to be in our show. >> brian: all right. mr. analyst, what's next? >> american english coon hound, down from the virginia hounds in the english fox hound. an american bread breed, beautiful, athletic dog. look at jen. she looks like she could run all night. >> brian: absolutely. so if you got this dog what, are you getting? >> a dog that needs to run. need to have room to do it. most dogs need to have a job to do to keep them out of trouble and keep them in top condition. >> brian: mine does my taxes.
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>> this is our new dog in the terrier group. developed in czechoslovakia. it's a cross between the scottish terry and felium terrier. >> brian: let's walk throughout back because it's time to see what i think is a mini version of my dog. this is? >> itly booker mountain dog. a little shorter, a little stouter, but a beautiful, hard working dog, cattle grover, general farm dog in switzerland. >> brian: what made you pick this dog? >> no coat. this is the wash and wear dog. >> brian: convenient. >> convenient and really, really smart. >> brian: nice. you don't have to get your electrolux out every time he walks by. >> this is the finish lap hound. the stand-off coat, curly tail.
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they were actually bread for years herding reindeer in finland. >> brian: now we let them go wild. finally, this looks like a mini collie. >> this is the norwegian lundehun. because of the -- the rocky crags and stuff, they've got a couple of new traits that other dogs don't have. he's got a sixth toe. he's got an extra toe and they're double jointed. >> brian: i give them credit. not many dogs can fly, but obviously he can. he's catching birds, clearly he can fly. what are we looking for? we love all these dog. who is going to be the winner? what qualities will the winner have? >> all the dogs that are entered are champions. they're all great show dogs and great specimens of their breed. we're looking fort dog that owns the ground it stands over, puts on a show and is a great specimen of its breed.
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>> brian: last year's winner was? >> the scottish deer hound hickory. this year, who know as soon as year before that, it was a scottish terrier. every year it's a new dog. >> brian: what i will tell you is the winner will be back here the day after the competition, after being all night partying with you, david frye. thank you all for coming down and making them more famous before the big show. we'll be right back here on "fox & friends" ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] offering four distinct driving modes and lexus' dynamic handling, the next generation of lexus will not be contained.
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