hall! these are demons! >> yikes! >> these are demons and that's not all she said. who she says she's going after coming up next. eric? >> call him the life of the tea party. >> ♪ pretty woman ♪ the kind i'd like to meet >> way to go, lieutenant colonel. allen west lets loose. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> i love karaoke. >> so do i! >> isn't that great? >> really? >> absolutely! >> i have karaoke parties at my house. >> why haven't we ever been invited eric bolling sitting in for brian kilmeade. >> there's reasons for that. >> great to have you today. >> you know the missouri tigers are really doing well this year.

>> they are. i'm from rival kansas. >> i went to duke. so we can talk hoops if you want. >> we have so much news to tell you about. big doings in washington plus the cost of gas, you know, the cost of gas, it now costs about what groceries cost for a week just to fill up your gas tank one time and nary a word from the white house. we'll play you some of the stuff that president obama had when he wanted that job. >> we'll get so many of the headlines. he's proud to try to murder 289 americans by blowing up a plane on christmas day with a bomb in his underwear but today, a judge will try to wipe that smile off the face of this guy because today is sentencing day for umar farouk abdulmutallab. he is facing mandatory life sentence for a botched plot in 2009 and is expected to be

assigned to the super max federal prison in colorado. most secure prison, by the way, in the country. he's not expected to go quietly. abdulmutallab will get a last opportunity to rail against the united states when he pleads guilty in october. when he pled guilty in october, excuse me, he called his bomb a blessed weapon to save the lives of innocent muslims. a twice convicted killer put to death by lethal injection in florida. 65-year-old robert waterhouse had been on death row for more than 30 years for raping and murdering a woman he met in a bar. at the time of that killing, he was on parole for raping and murdering a 77-year-old woman on long island. he was allowed to spend his final hours with the wife he married while in prison. the solyndra scandal about to reach the boiling point. a house panel threatening to subpoena five white house officials by tomorrow. house investigators have been trying to question those staffers over a half billion dollar loan the obama administration gave to the now bankrupt company. but the white house has refused to make them available for

interviews. the house panel also repeating its dmantd for the white house to hand over all those solyndra documents by next tuesday or face contempt charges. take a look at your tv screen right now, not that you haven't been. this is what some folks call in south carolina, saw streaking across the sky at about 1:00 in the morning on monday. the light exploded into flames, needless to say, people were freaked. >> no kidding. >> the little area was so bright it scared me, i didn't know what it was. i thought the aliens were coming! >> maybe they did. scientists say it was probable a meteor. that's what they always say. meteors falling to earth are pretty common, though. those are the headlines and i apologize for my clearing of my throat. >> it happens. look, it's early. meanwhile, we had a lot going on in washington. a rare occurrence, republicans and democrats in congress on the same page. they cut a late night deal to make sure that your paycheck doesn't go up $20.

>> mr. peter doocy live in washington with the details. are they getting along, peter? >> it sounds like they're getting along and they're staying up really late. this deal is worth more than $150 billion and it was announced in the 1 is 1 -- 11:00 hour last night in d.c. the lead negotiators on both sides, congressman dave camp and senator baukus for the democrats came out and talked to us. >> senator baukus and i are here to say we have reached an agreement. we're at council drafting and with all drafting there are technical issues that come up. >> this is very important to a lot of people. 160 million records are not going to be tainted. payroll tax cut. a lot of folks have lost their jobs of no fault of their own. you see unemployment benefits. >> about those benefits and in this deal, unemployment insurance will be extended to the end of the year. by the end of the year, the

number of weeks you can collect that insurance will take a big cut. it's 99 weeks right now. it will fall to 63 weeks in states where the recession's impact has been moderate and 73 weeks in states where the recession has been severe. and the deal would extend the payroll tax holiday for 10 more months, about a grand in the average worker's pocket and this bill still needs to pass the house and the senate. if it does, it will be a third of the size of the president's original jobs bill that he proposed in september. its cost will be offset by spending cuts and spending reforms including a reform that will make new federal workers have to contribute 2.3% of their salaries to their pensions. now we're waiting to see when there's going to be a vote. the house has that three day rule where on paper, they won't consider any bills that haven't been posted on line for at least parts of three days. they didn't post it by midnight last night. but some, including g.o.p. congressman fred upton say they think that a vote can still happen tomorrow. back to you. >> all right, peter, thank you

very much. >> by the way, fred upton, his niece is the "sports illustrated" swimsuit cover girl. she's going to join us later today at the end of today's program. >> she going to talk about payroll tax cuts? >> i bet you a dollar no! >> don't be sassy about her! >> i was just asking. >> i got into a tiff with somebody that i'm dating over here. >> really? >> we'll hear about that in the after the show show. one of the great things about the "fox & friends" show, today we have with us a guy who dealt in energy down on wall street and so eric, as you look at the price of oil going through the roof, and nobody's talking about it, this has the opportunity to disrupt what some are saying, good news for president obama. the economy is getting better. not if gas prices mess it up. >> you know what, steve? they're soaring, quietly they're up to $3.52 a gallon probably on its way, i think the american petroleum institute says it's going to go to $4 by the summer. that's really, really bad news for the economy. obama, the whole administration

is taking victory laps on the economy turning around. gasoline prices are up 91% during that time. >> don't people expect that to happen? >> gas goes up almost double under this president. did anyone see that coming. here's a guy who said no, i'm good for the economy. no, he's been nothing but bad. look at this. a year ago, $3.13. the day he was sworn into office is $1.87 a gallon. things are going the wrong way. all the unrest going on in the middle east between ahmadinejad and the israelis, our inability to work the peace process out, that will put more pressure on that. >> let's hop in the way back machine. if you remember when barack obama was running for the president of the united states, he was a senator and the price of gas was going up. it was between $2 and $3 a gallon for the most part and yet, the people on -- in capitol hill, were outraged at the president, the democrats knew.

they knew this was a potent talking point for them saying it's george bush. we have an oil man in the white house and he's responsible plus senator from illinois then, barack obama was talking about taxing the oil companies. we haven't heard him say that lately, have we? here he is back in 2008. >> i'll make oil companies like exxon pay a tax on their windfall profits and we'll use the money to help families pay for the skyrocketing energy costs and other bills. >> he also called for the department of justice which he knows people at. he could probably get something done these days to open an investigation into whether energy traders have been engaged in illegal activities and he called on the ftc to make sure there wasn't price manipulation. that was then when he had no power. now he's president and we don't hear anything. >> right, and now he's president. now he does things like he slows down permits in the gulf after -- after the b.p. spill which ended up having really no effect. he should have sped up that permitting process. he said no to xl pipeline who

would have absolutely brought 700,000 barrels per day into the country dropping the price of oil. dropping the price of gasoline and he says yes to things like solyndra and beacon energy which are solar projects that are -- >> how do they work out? >> that are chewing up our money and firing our employees. >> let me ask you this, mr. expert, there's still an eternity until the november election. how do you think things are going to pan out over the next several months. >> if gas is $4 or $5 a gallon. >> there's no reason for the gas prices to go down from here. it's headed up. it's $102 a barrel for the oil. it takes x amount of dollars to refine it into gasoline. everything going on in the middle east and let's say the economy is getting a little bit better. not because of any apologies in this white house. people go back to work. there's more upside pressure to prices. prices are going up. >> is it enough to derail his return to the office?

it better be. what else matters? how much we pay for a gallon of gas. how much we pay for a loaf of bread. how much we're being paid, our hourly wages aren't going up. they're not keeping up with the increase in prices. >> let's put it into perspective. washington, d.c. has been in a tizzy over this payroll tax cut, right? that's about $20. that essentially amounts to about a cup of coffee per day whereas with gas, laura ingraham twittered last night "filling up my suv. $4.33 a gallon. $93 for the fill-up. thanks, mr. president." we'd like to have you e-mail us. how much did your last fill-up cost you and because of that, are you going without anything? is it hitting you in the pocketbook? send us an e-mail. friends at foxnews.com. we'll try to include some of your comments a little later on. >> ok, we'll move on to another topic. maxine watters, you never know what she's going to say.

listen to what she was saying -- this is, i'm going to let er rip. listen to this. >> barney frank is about to retire and guess who is shaking in their boots. the too big to fail banks and financial institutions and all of wall street because maxine waters is going to be the next chair of the financial services committee. >> see, that is just it. the democrats would then have to win the majority in the house and i haven't heard many professional prognosticators say that there's really good possibility that it's going to happen. meanwhile, here's another entertaining excerpt from maxine waters. she was in ethics trial, her buddies on the ethics committee hid that under the rug. here she is taking a shot at republicans. notice what she refers to republicans as. >> we have got to take back the

house. i saw pictures of boehner and cantor on our screen. don't ever let me see again in life those republicans in our hall on our screen talking about anything. these are demons! >> you didn't see the pictures -- they had little devil heads -- >> there's something easy to do here. maxine waters never wants to see cantor and boehner on her screens, her tv screens. i got a suggestion. mr. speaker, cut off her cable. or -- >> cut off her cable! and you woint be on her screen, you demon. >> this is also the same congresswoman who a year ago said that president obama should line up the gangsters and tax the bankers out of existence. >> great. >> that sounds like barack obama regarding the gas companies a couple of years ago. >> she points out that if the

democrats take back the house and barney frank is going to retire, she's the senior most member. she apparently could be leadership in financial services. >> sure. >> who thinks that we should tax the bankers out of existence? what? >> what is going on in california? how's this? congresswoman, you saw what happened to whitney houston. step away from the crack pipe. step away from the -- >> oh! >> it's going to get you in trouble. >> how would she explain those kinds of comments? >> oh, man. >> i'd only say -- >> theater in the morning. >> boy. what do you think? e-mail us, 13 minutes after the hour. straight ahead on this thursday. >> he murdered his kids and now his family wants to bury josh powell right next to his kids. but that ain't going to happen. you're not going to believe how it was stopped. we'll tell you about that. what a horrible story that was. and so much for going to bat for the middle class. now the president wants to give 10 grand to the mercedes class so they can buy electric

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>> all right. before we get started, i want to say i was kidding about the crack pipe. just kidding because actually the rhetoric, you know. >> we knew that! all right. poor sales figures don't seem to be stopping the white house from pushing their green agenda. get this, only 17,000 plug-in cars have been sold since they went on sale last year but the president's budget calls for even higher tax credits on electric vehicles. >> really? stuart varney joins us live and stuart, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> good news is if you want to buy some of those cars, the government is making them even cheaper. >> that's right. the old tax credit was a maximum $7,500 and the new tax credit, if the budget is accepted, would

be $10,000. and available to everybody! the wealthy included. >> all you got to do is buy a chevy volt. >> that's correct. not $42,500. no, you can get it for $32,500 because you get a $10,000 tax credit. >> tax credit. that means taxpayers are ponying up, stuart, $10,000. did $7500 work? >> no, it did not. only 17,000 plug-in vehicles sold last year. only 8,600 volts have been sold since they went on the market in 2010 so the tax credit has not worked. now, we're going to increase it. president obama wants to increase it. here's what he's doing, he's taking more money off the oil companies and i was listening to what you were saying there about the oil supply and gas prices. he's going to take more companies -- more money off the oil companies and provide an extra subsidy for these plug-in hybrids. >> you know, i think we all like the idea of plugging in a car. we like the idea of clean energy and stuff like that. but the technology just isn't there right now.

besides, they call them electric cars. they're really coal cars. >> i love the idea of getting into a car and driving on electricity. i love it. it's very clean. got it. but i don't like the idea of ever increasing subsidies. why should one group of people, buyers of these plug-ins get a tax break, a tax subsidy, direct money from everybody else. >> but that -- but stuart, very importantly, you know, the average income of a buyer of the volt was -- >> $170,000. that's what the income of the average volt buyer was. >> so now the rich will get an even bigger tax subsidy from everybody else. because we've raised it to $10,000. by the way, the prius, the new 2012 plug-in hybrid prius will get a tax credit of up to -- the minimum tax credit, $2,500 so all those prius drivers in california, you'll get $2500 tax credit for that little machine right there.

>> yeah. good luck. >> like that? >> good luck finding a place to plug it in in fresno. thank you very much, stuart. we'll be watching you 3 hours and 12 seconds from now on fox business. >> it's a deal. >> good with math, steve. our next guest says it's not a matter of if she will be killed. it's a matter of when but that won't stop her quest to become afghanistan's first female president. >> that's right. and one politician whose pleas to hand over his tax returns, rick santorum, and what's inside could give him a new advantage in the race for president. you're watching "fox & friends" live from new york.

>> quick headlines for you on this thursday morning. these two men believed to be behind a series of hotel robberies in st. lucie, florida. police say high security clearance airport badges belonging to the f.a.a. and f.c.c., a laptop, a camera and cash were stolen from hotel rooms while housekeepers were cleaning. they believed they got away in this beige oldsmobile. and we're getting a look at whitney houston's official death certificate. the manner of death listed as pending investigation. the coroner issued subpoenas for medical and pharmaceutical records from her doctors which is standard operating procedure in this type of investigation. all right, over to you. >> thank you, steven. for afghan parliament member, it's not a matter of if she will be killed but a matter of when.

as the highest ranking female politician in afghanistan, she received death threats on a daily basis. that's not exactly stopping her from planning to run for president in 2014. joining us right now is parliament member and author of the book "the favored daughter" thank you so much for joining us today. i have to ask you, this is your quote, again it's not a question of if but a question of when you will be killed. do you really feel that way? >> yes, for a woman activist and for women who are actively involved in partisan politics, your life is at risk on a daily basis. for me, it's more because i speak my mind and i speak against those that i believe turn the country in the wrong direction. for that reason, our life -- my life so far, but, you know, it never -- i never believe that this is something that i -- that i, you know, stop my progress

and stop the issues that i believe in and stop my work. >> what are some of the things that you experienced already? i've read background on you. you've experienced situations where there was violence against you. >> exactly. as i stated in my book "the favored daughter" there were many occasions that the taliban and those who are opposing women, political or social participation, they tried to kill me. and the worst experience is a year ago when they wanted to basically kill me and they fought with my people with my security for almost half an hour. and you could see this in front of your eyes. i was never expecting that i will get a live out of that battle that continues for half an hour but i think i've always been that there is a second hand that could protect and could save me and that gave me the energy to move forward.

>> what did your family think about this? are they concerned for you or happy that you're doing this? >> my daughters were actually -- i have two daughters. my daughters were part of this mission when i was attacked by taliban, the serious attack. they sometimes ask me to step down of politics because they believe it's too risky and it doesn't work because you work a lot and at the end of the day, the things you change is so little of the country, so little. sometimes my daughters saying i should step down but other times, they're proud of my work and say you should continue. you should continue to contribute for a better afghanistan. but i think i also put in my book for my daughters, it's a matter of choice you have to make. you can sit down. you can go to europe and you can enjoy your life but you can stand up as a contributor of afghanistan, work on the issues that could bring change in afghanistan and that is something that, you know, could

-- could give you a feeling of who you are. and i think i have chosen the second option. i have chosen to go for changes, no matter what that cost me to lose my life, but i think if at the end of the day you make a small difference and that difference makes people's life to change people's life. that's worse to lose your life. >> and speaking of change, i want to get your reaction to the u.s. troop draw down there, do you feel that this emboldens the taliban and do you agree with what vice president joe biden said when he gave an interview, i guess it was december 19th back in 2011 with "newsweek", he said the taliban is not our enemy. >> i think that is a lack of clarity on who is our enemy and who is our friend. both from the afghan government side as we learned from our international partners. we need to make it clear who is our enemy. who are we fighting with? what are those issues as we are, you know, going to gain at the end of this fight.

what are those issues we're going to gain when the so-called peace process is pursued? i believe that afghanistan need to stand up on its own. security forces have wanted to get stronger and stronger day by day. but i think the 2014 is just not a realistic deadline. we are basically -- the intelligence community is planning to withdraw from afghanistan not because the situation in afghanistan has been improved, not that there's no risk of afghanistan to the world but because of the political party in your country. ending the war in afghanistan is not going to result in peace for the country. hundreds and thousands of other women and activists who put their lives at risk to take the country. >> you address a lot this in your book. you pay tribute to your mother in this book, number one

influence. it's a great read. thank you so much for joining us today. we appreciate it. thank you. and there you see the book "the favored daughter." all righty, coming up, call him the life of the tea party. >> ♪ pretty woman ♪ the kind i'd like to meet >> you know who that is. that's congressman allan west and you'll hear more from him and then he was given money tax free to fact check the media. wait until you hear how the man behind media matters, david brock is really spending it. tell you about that. but first, happy birthday to jerome bettis, the football star turns 39 today. ♪

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>> was that a staple gun? what was that? >> i think he lit firecrackers out behind her. >> he's looking -- >> the gun and her husband behind her adds the sound. >> oh! >> what is the matter with him? >> that's so funny. >> and then -- >> this compilation of pranks did not have the most views. it had the most laughs according to new formula by google, they started measuring how funny videos are by counting the number of oh's in lol as well as ha ha. >> like juliet is expressing right now and smiley faces posted in the comments section so there they are. that guy, you would -- you would have to figure would be in trouble after that. >> we're really sick people, you know that? that we would laugh at this kind of stuff. this program is so disturbed like that. >> why are they taping that --

>> why is he doing it with her holding a gun? that's probably not don't try this at home. >> oh. >> i'm using stuff. thanks for joining us on this thursday. brian and gretch are off. we got huddy and eric in with us today and great having you. >> we're ok substitutes. >> absolutely! >> want to do some news? >> sure, why not? >> start. >> all righty, talk about going above and beyond the call of duty. two washington state police officers buying the cemetery plot surrounding brayden and charlie powell's grave to make sure that their father josh powell will never be buried next to them. yeah, these officers reportedly using their own money as well as donations. of course, it was powell who killed the two boys and himself in a fiery rampage nearly two weeks ago. his family trying to much another grave site just a few yards away from the boys. his in-laws are vowing to block that sale in court. >> and rick santorum releasing four years worth of tax returns late last night. likely hoping to draw a sharp

contrast between himself and republican rival mitt romney. the returns span 2007 through 2010 and show a steady rise of wealth for the santorums making the total of $3.6 million in those four years in 2010, the santorums earned $930,000 and paid over 263 grand in taxes at a rate of 28.3ers. that's double what romney paid in 2010. steven? >> you remember when president obama sang this little ditty at the apollo theater. >> ♪ i ♪ so in love with you >> the president, by the way, isn't the only one who can sing. take a look at this brand new video of florida congressman allan west. >> ♪ walking down the street ♪ pretty woman ♪ the kind i'd like to meet ♪ pretty woman

♪ i don't believe you ♪ you're not the truth ♪ no one can look as good as you ♪ >> mercy! >> that's the tea party favorite channelling his inner roy orbison at his 51st birthday party in washington, d.c. happy birthday, congressman! >> yeah, no kidding. very nice. >> meanwhile, let's take a look at the weather and find out where it's raining on this thursday. as we look at the map, look at this, the eastern third of the united states is wet for the most part. we got some snow around portions of the great lake states and also as you can see, we got some thunderstorms moving down along the gulf coast. the central plain states currently are nice and dry and so are things out west. meanwhile, the current temperatures, as you head out, look at that right now here in new york city, we got 38 degrees. we have mid 40's in the mid atlantic. warmer today in dixieland. right now, it's 52 in atlanta and 67 in tampa. out west, though, it's cold now.

19 in denver. later on today, denver should top out at 36 degrees. 40 in minneapolis. so you can hardly wait. meanwhile, 60's, 70's and 80's from texas through florida. and that's your fox travelcast. >> all right. meanwhile, we've been telling you about this this week. david brock's left wing web site media matters openly engages in a war on fox news. now there's evidence that they're engaged in another kind of war, a war on religion. vince is a senior on-line editor for the daily caller and joins us once again from d.c. good morning. >> good morning. >> it's a war on religious entities and stories on christians, isn't it? >> that's right. $50,000 received in a grant from arca in 2006 which is a left leaning group run by a tobacco heiress and that grant was given to media matters specifically for them to be a watchdog of religious media. religious broadcasting.

as we know, the watchdog efforts of media matters are, i think, overstated. the efforts that media matters conducts are really to attack and criticize ideologies including in this case religious ones. >> sure. less watchdog, more attack dog and in particular, attacking fox news. if you look over the last couple of weeks, though, vince, you can see that clearly it does look like they've got the -- a war on christians and catholics regarding this contraceptive mandate because they've been highly critical of people on the right who said it's outrageous and very supportive of the president. >> yeah, media matters has been running cover for president obama throughout this debate. this is one of those pivotal moments of the obama presidency where he has a real problem on his hands going up against religious institutions who don't want to be told that they have to give contraceptions to their employees so yeah, there's a lot -- a lot at stake here and media matters is joining the president in his message. >> you know, this week, you had -- the daily caller have done a public service by telling -- people have heard about media

matters for a while, and they heard they have a war fox. now, a couple of days ago you reveal they had a plan and an e-mail out there that they send private investigators out to follow hosts and anchors on fox news, to do opposition research on not only the people in front of the camera but executives, people behind the camera. >> that's right. >> you know, they were trying to get a mole inside. they had an enemies list. what has the reaction been so far from the mainstream media on this gigantic story? >> a lot of silence. a little bit of criticism but mostly silence. i mean, there's been almost nothing with the exception of fox news and the daily caller who broke this story, we haven't heard much. there's definitely a lot in the conservative blogosphere that's answering but media matters has stayed clammed up and the rest of the media. i caution our viewers to realize going forward, this is sort of a litmus test for the media. if they don't want to embrace this, then obviously there's a reason. they either don't -- they want to steer clear of it for

ideological reasons, maybe media matters has the type of influence that they assert that they have. there's a lot of reasons for us to be suspicious of a media that doesn't want to cover a story like this. >> here's a headline for the blogers at news media. steve doocy wonders where is the outrage from the media regarding media matters. let's see if they put that up. thank you for joining us live from d.c. >> thank you, steve. >> all right. 18 minutes before the top of the hour. is mitt romney conservative enough to win the nomination? many people say no way. can he change people's minds. his former debate coach will join us next. and actor is here, reporting for duty. joining forces with the nra to help trigger the vote. [ male announcer ] juice drink too watery?

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weekend trying to reassure conservatives he's their guy. >> conservatives all agree we conservatives, kfsh actives, conservativism, conservative, conservativism, conservativism because i have lived conservativism. be this is why we're conservatives. >> on "fox & friends" yesterday, former alaskan governor sarah palin say conservatives are still not sold on his candidacy. listen. >> i think the majority of us are not yet convinced that not just he but any of the candidates yet are the one who will best be that contrast to obama. >> joining us now to weigh in on this former debate coach is this former debate coach for both michelle bachmann and mitt romney, bret o'donnell. tell us at cpac where all that montage was taken from, conservative, conservative, conservative, the more times he said it, the more times are we led to believe he is conservative just because he says it? >> well, no, i don't think it's about saying it. i think it's about what he's

done and if you look at his record, he governed in massachusetts as a conservative. the one issue that's before the american people right now is the economy so they want to know that they're going to have a president that will replace barack obama who is fiscally conservative and who can make the economy work and you've got a person who is a successful businessman who turned around businesses, who has a track record of governing as a fiscal conservative in the state of massachusetts, left the state with a surplus. i think, you know, that record will convince voters that he's a fiscal conservative. >> ok. >> i think he did it at cpac. >> we have to ask the question, then, why the -- i guess a lot of people would say rick santorum is the one, the go to conservative. why is he leading both in the national polls if i'm not mistaken but also in the state of michigan where mitt romney, i believe, is born and raised santorum leads there 35% for santorum, mitt romney 32%. how can you explain that big move up for santorum? >> well, this race has been all

about momentum. and, you know, last week, senator santorum had three big victories in two caucuses and a a primary in missouri that didn't have any delegates at stake. that gave him incredible momentum. he had a great week and he's riding high in the polls right now. this race has -- it seems like it's been going for two years but it's really only been going for two months and just two months ago, senator santorum was polling at around 3% or 4% in the national polls. so, you know, i think that momentum has lasted for three or four days and the arizona and michigan races are about a week and a half away. >> i only have 20 seconds or so. who is the most conservative candidate on the g.o.p. side right now? >> well, i mean, i think that, you know, they're all conservatives when you compare them to barack obama, every one of them would be extremely conservative compared to what this president has done. submitting a budget that's a

trillion dollars in the red. overturning social issues. i mean, i think he would -- all of them would be much more conservative than the current president. >> bret o'donnell, former speech coach for mitt romney. thank you very much, sir. >> thank you. >> all right. remember the promise, obamacare was supposed to save us money! well, the bill's architect just admitted he got that part wrong. and actor and marine teams up with the nra. he's here next to help trigger the vote. there's another way litter box dust:e purina tidy cats. tidy cats premium line of litters now works harder on dust.

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triggerthevote.com and register to vote. >> yes, sir. >> you mean, yes, sir! >> retired united states marine corps gunnery sergeant and actor r. lee ermey or gunny as he likes to be called joins us from l.a. >> good morning. great to be with you this morning. >> you and i have something in common. we both learned how to hold and operate a gun responsibly pheasant hunting out in the state of kansas, didn't we? >> absolutely. i grew up as a kid, i was about 8 1/2, 9 years old when my grandfather gave me a 12-gauge shotgun and every time i would shoot the gun, it would put me on my rump but i would always take home the bird. >> there you go. >> tell us about the trigger the vote campaign. >> here we are. we have an entire generation of youngsters now that we passed a law several years back that

enables 18 years old to vote, but we don't seem to see very many 18-year-olds at the polling booths and so i'm sitting here saying we need to get people out to vote. and nra, i'm a member of the vote of the nra and we need to get young people involved and off their tails and get them out to vote! all they have to do is watch the people who are running for office and figure out who -- who they would better support. now, myself, i'm a second -- second amendment rights guy, you know, and come on, if the person i'm going to vote for congress doesn't support me and my beliefs in the second amendment, they -- if he wants to basically take my guns away from me, well, then take my ability to protect myself and my family away from me, then i don't want to vote

for that guy. so i want the 18, 19, 20, 21, i want all of these new voters to get -- to do the research and figure out and decide who can they best support and who has their like beliefs and go down and vote for this person. but you got to register to vote first. that's the problem, getting them away from their computer to do that. >> you're absolutely right. unless you register to vote, you can't complain. you got to be part of the process, don't you? >> yes. and i understand that there's -- there's millions of people that are dead that are registered to vote. so -- >> i said that yesterday. >> all right. >> so it just seems to me like rather than some dead person voting and deciding who is going to run this country, i would rather have an 18, 19 or 20-year-old do it. >> well put. >> and do it right. >> thank you for joining us. please tell me you're not a jay hawks fan. that's all i need to know. >> thank you very much for joining us from l.a.

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>> hello, everybody. good morning. it's thursday, january 16th. so much for an economic recovery. get ready to dig deep for gas. yikes! at the pumps, soaring. so why are the president and his team keeping their outrage on empty? >> and he was ready to kill innocent americans when he packed a bomb in his briefs but today, justice, the underwear bomber facing sentencing but not before a few final words. steve? >> eric, thank you. dozens of americans lucky enough to have a job this morning. are about to lose those jobs so that the jackets like these presidents of the united states

can now be made by prisoners. "fox & friends" and felons starts right now. >> welcome aboard, folks. we got gretch and brian are off and we got huddy and bolling in for them today. >> so enthusiastic. >> huddy and bolling. they're going to be back tomorrow, too. that's why i'm enthusiastic tomorrow, not so much maybe. >> maybe. we'll see. >> got a buzz yu -- busy day. >> he had the audacity of saying he was proud of trying to kill 289 americans on christmas day in an attempt to blow up a plane with the bomb in his underwear, today, a judge will try to wipe that smirk off umar farouk abdulmutallab's face. he'll be sentenced for the botched plot in 2009. the nigerian native is facing a

mandatory life sentence. some of the passengers from that flight are expected to speak in court before he is sentenced. that should be interesting. he'll likely be sent to the super max federal prison in colorado, the most secure prison in the country but not expected to go quietly. abdulmutallab will get a last chance to rail against the united states. he pleaded guilty last year calling his bomb "a blessed weapon to save the lives of innocent muslims." talk about a rare display. republicans and democrats in washington coming together. kumbaya, late last night to extend the payroll tax. >> we're confident this can be concluded so we're here together to announce that we do have an agreement and we're moving forward. >> good for the country. very good for the country. >> republican congressman dave camp and democratic senator max baucus announced a deal on the bill last night and also reduced unemployment benefits. it's not clear when they will vote on it.

as you know, they passed a two month extension in december. israel ramping up its diplomatic security this morning following the recent attacks in india and georgia. sources say diplomats have been ordered to work out of their homes and avoid traveling because iran could be plotting even more deadly attacks. meanwhile, iran is reaching out to world powers in a letter saying it's ready to talk about its nuclear energy program. this comes a day after iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad oversaw the placement of the first homemade fuel rod into a research reactor in tie raun. -- tehran. playtime taking a scary turn in lexington, kentucky, where firefighters had to rescue this little girl from one of those toy machines, you know, the claws in them. get the little -- little gifts. >> never actually works but reportedly, this little girl crawled up the machine's hatch to get her hands on a stuffed bunny rabbit. as you can see, she wasn't too happy when she realized what any stuffed animal could have told her, there's never an easy way out. firefighters eventually were able to use a saw.

they got her out. yes, they did give her a stuffed bunny for her troubles and i'd be willing to guess she's not going to do that again. >> i bet you're right. >> those are your headlines, people. >> no kidding. have you noticed how in the mainstream media, everybody seems to be talking about hey, the economy is turning around. it's really good news for barack obama. there is one gigantic fly in the ointment, though. when barack obama became the president of the united states, the average price of regular in this country was $1.83. we showed some video that showed in some spots gas is $4.59 a gallon. look at that for the good stuff. and you know what? they're suggesting that as the summer driving approaches, it could go up to $5. that is going to mess up the recovery. >> but that typically happens when you start to approach summer, the gas prices do go up. but not this extraordinarily. >> it usually goes up but never has it ever gone up from $3.52 a

gallon in february. this is the highest february price ever on record. so we're starting at a high level and it's probably going to, because of summer demand in iran. >> it always does. >> steve, you hit it. there it is right there. when mahmoud ahmadinejad puts the switch on his new -- on their new nuclear enrichment facility, he basically tells the world we're here, we're going to develop not only power but likely a nuclear weapon. israel is saying no. israel is threatening to bomb iran. so all this tension in the middle east that accounts for 40% of the world production of oil, all that tension pushes prices higher. >> you remember when barack obama was running for president of the united states and the price of gas during the bush administration was high. somewhere between $2 and $3 a gallon, wouldn't that be great? barack obama demand -- then a senator, demanded that the ftc look into price manipulation. he also urged the department much justice to look into whether or not -- launch an investigation into whether or not energy traders were engaged

in some sort of price manipulation and he said he would do this to oil companies. >> i'll make oil companies like exxon pay a tax on their windfall profits and we'll use the money to help families pay for the skyrocketing energy costs and other bills. >> ok. that's when he was a senator! now he's the president. he could probably do all that other stuff he was talking about -- about back then. nothing. >> can i point something out? for every penny per gallon on the pump, a billion dollars comes out of americans' ability to spend so a $1.83 when they started. $3 $3.52 now. that's $170 billion of spending ability coming directly out of the american economy. >> so 83% it's gone up. >> more. more. it's closer to 91% or 92%. >> we asked folks out there in tvland to e-mail us and i got a couple of them. brian ross writes "i live in tampa, i own a mitsubishi

montero sport. i was running on empty last night and filled the 19 gallon tank up to the tune of $72. the planned trip to the grocery store afterwards was subsequently delayed until friday. something has to change with these gas prices." gary king wrote in saying i'm spending $800 on gas every month which does not allow me to put money in savings anymore. we are hurting out here! >> california hurting the most. illinois hurting quite a bit and then when you go into hawaii and alaska even more because of location of supplies. >> yeah. >> so gas costs so much. but we were -- that can be offset by all the money we're saving in health care, right? >> not so much. >> this is really interesting. one of the premier architects of obamacare, a gentleman -- the m.i.t. scholar by the name of jonathan gruber who was involved with putting the thing together. remember, they were going to bend the cost curve down with obamacare. he came out over the weekend and

said i think we may have a problem here. houston, we have a problem. problem is the costs are going up. theori they're rising and he say we may have miscalculated, the amount of waivers that the obama administration is handing out. there's close to 2,000 waivers now, full states are getting waivers for a year and maybe in advance -- in excess of that. so this whole miscalculation of the handouts is what he says has changed the scenario bending the cost curve down to what's happening, happening where insurance premiums are going up. >> there's a doctor in the u.s. senate, republican from wyoming who took to the second -- to the senate floor yesterday to offer up a second opinion. we were supposed to save money and now this. here's the senator. >> two years ago, did the president and my friends on the other side of the aisle seriously believe that washington would be able to implement an unprecedented health care exchange for free? that it would just be free?

of course not. but the fact is they knowingly, knowingly ignored the costs of the president's major new entitlement program. >> one of the problems he goes on to detail in his address there on the senate floor was that they never set aside any money for these federal exchanges. they didn't do that. plus you look at what the m.i.t. guy said, he said the class act was going to save us a bunch of money. but that completely was miscalculated and sabelius had to kill that in the last year, plus in the actual health care bill, there are 700 instances where they were in such a rush to write the bill, they put the language like the secretary of hhs shall do something. or may do something. and so it's at her discretion. there was so many loopholes left and now we're paying the price. >> your buddy is going through that with a fine toothed comb, that budget. >> that exact bill right there that became law, obamacare was the bill that pelosi was at the podium saying we better pass it

so we can find out what's in it. we're finding out what's in it and it's no good. it's not healthy. >> plus that is where this whole contraceptive mandate broo-ha-ha started because now it does sound as if the white house will have to back track even further going forward. we'll keep you posted. >> so while we pick through that budget with a fine toothed comb, the fox news poll people are working overtime taking polls, of course, trying to get you the climate of the country. and let's take a look at some of these polls actually. the swing states are not too happy with the way the country is going today. are you satisfied with how things are going in the country today? yes, 38% overwhelmingly. 61% say no. >> meanwhile in, the same swing states, what about the president of the united states? didn't ask them about gas prices. >> this is interesting to me. >> absolutely. as you can see right here, barack obama 47% over mitt

romney. that's right. >> and gingrich comes in -- actually, santorum is second with the number. but the president beats everybody in a hypothetical matchup when it comes to registered voters in the swing states. the president still ahead. >> he's on a roll. the most recent gallup poll shows his approval rating rising as well because people are, frankly, going back to work and that's going to happen. the reason why we keep highlighting these gasoline prices, because people are going back to work. it's pushing the cost of things up, though, and this is probably for me the most important thing with regards to the economy over the next maybe two to three years. if gas prices don't come down, it's going to be a tough road ahead. >> sure. we had governor sarah palin on the curvy couch yesterday. you got to speak to her as well. >> i did. i had an extensive interview with her last night, i did 15 minutes with her. i wanted to get inside her, i didn't want to ask her about

obamacare. i wanted to ask what about you, governor? what if there was a brokered convention, meaning there was no clear winner, romney, santorum, ron paul or newt gingrich didn't get enough delegates to be the clear winner on the g.o.p. side. it would go to a brokered convention. i asked her if i thought that was possible and what would happen if someone were to tap her on the shoulder given that scenario. take a listen. >> if it had to be kind of closed up today, the whole nominated process, then we would be looking at a brokered convention. i mean, nobody is quite there yet. so i think that months from now, if that's the case, then, you know, all bets are off as to who it will be willing to offer themselves up in the name of service to their country. i would -- i would do whatever i could to help. >> very quickly. earlier in that interview, she said she would be more than

willing to run for an elected office again. >> she thinks it's likely this could happen. >> she said it very, very well could happen. >> she has a lot of fans. who knows? dozens of minutes after the top of hour on this thursday. thank for joining us. still ahead, the president appears to be on the losing end of the culture war after pushing his contraceptive mandate we were just talking about. andrea tantaros says that's what he wants you to think. >> she's on "the five". i don't know if you know her. >> juan williams will battle it out with her coming up next. >> and hard working americans forced to give up their jobs to prison inmates. tell you about a story. owner of that company makes patriotic jackets for presidents. you're seeing them right now. he says he's about to get fired. talk about it coming up. [ female announcer ] fashion or food, it's all about taste. and the chefs at lean cuisine are loving tangy lemon, peppery poblano, sweet butternut. we're roasting, and grilling

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>> welcome back. the economy was supposed to be the deciding issue in the presidential race in 2012. but now the focus seems to be suddenly on the so-called culture wars. social issues like contraception and religious freedom. so who has made this the focal point for 2012? the democrats or the republicans? here for a fair and balanced debate, fox news political analyst juan williams. good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. >> say hello to your buddy, co-host of "the five" andrea tantaros. >> hello, andrea. >> all right. let's take a look at some of the issues brought up in the last week or so, contraceptive coverage mandate, overturning of california's gay marriage ban. allowing more women in combat and an investigation into planned parenthood. andrea, this shouldn't surprise you because when you look at the economy, the president really can't run on his record so let's talk about cultural issues instead. >> that's right. they would love to talk about cultural and social issues leading up to the presidential election because they don't want to talk about the economy. they don't want to talk about the debt. anything but the economy, the

number one issue to americans. so i think they really welcome this fight. i think that they believe that it will energize their base. i think we have a radical idealogue president that believes in this stuff, too. that's one of the reasons they're pushing it so fervently. they think politically it's a winner and this is a big miscalculation on the part of the democrats. i don't think he thinks this contraception fight is a winner. republicans and conservatives have wisely taken it there and made it about the bigger picture. >> last time, you and i and juan were all together, juan referred to that contraceptive mandate thing as just made up by the media. didn't really matter. right? >> i did. and then you cut me off but it's still true. the fact is, you know -->> it's not made up by the media! >> it certainly is. but let me speak. let me speak. i think this is alice in wonderland this morning to listen to you guys. first of all, the economy is getting better. the president would love to talk about an economy that seems to be on the right curve, americans

have more confidence in this economy than they have had over the last year. you see people in terms of their approval of the president going way up. he's now at 50%. >> what about gas prices, juan? >> gas prices are emerging as a problem. as eric was telling you earlier, a lot of that is related to the kind of turmoil in the middle east. it's not something -- >> right. how long is that going to last? it's not like things are going to calm down there any time soon. >> i'm saying that's not something that you're going to point at the president or at one of his challengers and say you guys are responsible. >> they pointed at bush. >> let's me go back to the culture wars for a second and say that when it comes to the culture wars, you say all of this being pushed by people on the right. you hear newt gingrich talking about a war on religion. you hear people that are opposed to abortion trying to, you know, force their agenda in terms of getting the susan komen foundation to pull their support from funding at breast screenings at planned parenthood. you talk about anger at the courts in terms of california and gay marriage.

that's coming from the right. >> republicans have to fight the culture wars because the culture is where the issues are framed and the boundaries are set. these little fights over contraception are small. these are battles. the war is the culture. that's where the fight is. conservatives shouldn't back down on this but i would point out -- >> andrea, you just changed your tune. a minute ago, you were saying that it was democrats who wanted to talk about this. now you're saying oh, no, it's republicans. >> no, you're not taking my point. republicans have to fight back to what democrats are pushing down their throats. i will say this, though, juan, why isn't the president talking about obamacare? or the stimulus? or any of his accomplishment? he doesn't want to talk about anything that happened. >> juan, you have 10 seconds to answer. >> he's glad to talk about these things. you guys beat him up so constantly. the polls are saying that they aren't working for you, andrea. >> the polls are looking up. always exciting. who needs coffee when you have these two on? juan and andrea, thank you very much for joining us live. >> you're welcome, steve. >> straight ahead, fifth grade students crafting cards with

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>> welcome back. now your news by the numbers. first $263,000. that's what rick santorum paid in taxes last year at a rate of 28.3%. santorum releasing four years of returns late last night. next, five. that's how many subpoenas house panel is threatening to hand out to white house officials directly involved in the solyndra loan. so far, the white house has refused to make staffers available for questioning. and last, a measly $335,000.

that's how many people tuned in to see a two part special on own. her twitter plea asking people to tune in didn't exactly work. steven and eric? >> thank you very much. my, how the mighty have fallen. all right. the federal government taking jobs from hard-working taxpayers and giving those jobs to inmates. it's happening to one small business in olive hill, kentucky. they're responsible for making jackets like the one the president is wearing right there when he rides on air force one including that one. they have made these jackets for a number of years so how can this be happening? >> the president and owner of ashland sales and service, they've been making the jackets since 1997. michael, just tell us how many people do you employ? >> we have 100 people in our plant in olive hill, kentucky. >> so you'll have to shut the whole plant down completely if

this job goes to the inmates? >> that's correct. >> when did you find out that this contract that you have had since 1997, it sounds like it's going away and the federal government is going to award it to federal prisoners who make, what, $0.23 an hour? >> that's absolutely right. we've been instructed that the federal prison industry intends to take the product away and have it made in a federal prison. >> now, michael, is this -- is this in response to the cutbacks at the pentagon, at the department of defense? is that what they're saying to you? >> no, this has nothing to do with cutbacks. this is just that federal prison industry needs additional work and they're choosing to take it away from my workers. >> well, i'm sure your workers must be absolutely crestfallen that they will be replaced making these jackets that, as we can see, the president has worn for a number of years. by, you know, felons, people sitting in the federal lockups.

>> that pretty much -- that's an accurate statement. we'd like it to be different but federal prison industries has an awful lot of control over the federal marketplace in instructing the government what they should do. >> is it too late to change this? >> it's not too late. federal prison industries doesn't have to go forward. so we're hopeful this broadcast today will get the american people behind us and, perhaps, save these jobs. >> all right. michael, we hear you have a message to the president. here's your open mike. go ahead, sir. >> well, if the president were to be able to see this today, number one, we'd like you to come to olive hill and visit the plant and meet with our workers and get an idea of what it takes to produce his jackets and we'd like the president to support federal prison industries, reform. there's some bills in the congress right now that would be really beneficial to reign in this program. >> sure, the way it's set up

right now, when the federal prison industries compete with the private business like yourself, they're going to always be able to produce it for a lot less if they're paying $0.23 an hour. >> that's exactly right. but i would add that they get paid comparable prices to what we get paid so the taxpayer doesn't get a particular benefit there either. >> very quickly, can you explain that? how is it they can pay $0.23 an hour and you'll have to pay at least minimum wage but the taxpayers are still going to pay the same amount of money? >> that's fact -- that's a factual piece of information. no one at fpi or the government seems to be able to explain that. >> well, we did reach out to the defense logistics agency. they confirmed the story over the phone to our producers but they would not send us a statement in writing, apparently. so michael, we know that a lot of people down in washington watch this program in the morning and maybe they -- somebody can step in to save the

100 jobs at your plant so they can continue to make the jackets for not only the president but other members of the military as well. thank you so much for joining us today and telling your story. >> thanks a lot for the opportunity to be with you today. >> you bet. >> all right, he's one of the president's harshest critics. so how weird was this gift exchange with wisconsin governor scott walker? >> i wonder who made that jersey. >> juliet goes head to head with the yankees pitcher c.c. sabathia. [ male announcer ] if you think tylenol is the pain reliever orthopedic doctors recommend most for arthritis pain, think again. and take aleve. it's the one doctors recommend most for arthritis pain. two pills can last all day. ♪

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>> awkward! >> what is it, huddy? >> what is it? scott walker. the governor of wisconsin meeting president obama on the tarmac there. does he really think he's number one? >> president obama coming face to face for one of his toughest critics. the two haven't seen each other since governor walker took on his state's unions largely democratic resulting in massive protests last spring. yesterday, the two appeared to be buddy, buddy out on the tarmac.

this is different than the governor of arizona. the governor even giving the president a customized milwaukee brewers jersey. we know the president -- >> the yankees. >> shortly afterwards, governor walker ditched the president on his tour of the masterlock factory. the reason -- governor walker not feeling too well. >> you know what? governor brewer was giving him a number 1, too. number 1, president. maybe? no. >> by the way, we have c.c. sabathia and adrian gonzalez over there. they should be fighting right now. i'm short of waiting. >> attention, new york fans and boston red sox fans. >> lots of excited people in the studio. >> what a duel coming up with you. are you going to play video games? >> yeah, going to try to play video games. we'll see about that. coming up with some of the headlines, it's a fight literally being taken to the grave. josh powell's family trying to buy a cemetery plot so he can be buried near the two sons that he

murdered earlier this month. they are saying no way, even block the sale. washington lawmakers are stepping in and reportedly used their own money and donations to purchase both plots surrounding charlie and brayden powell's grave sites. wow, they say they'll reserve one of them for the boy's missing mother, susan powell should her body ever be found. >> u.s. customs and border patrol agents completing more than six miles of the new border fence at the u.s.-mexican line. the new fence near douglas, arizona, is taller and wider than the old one built back in the 1990's. the renovation is part of arizona's ongoing effort to prevent illegal immigration and other crimes like the murder of u.s. border patrol agent brian terry. you'll remember he was working near rio rico, arizona, when he was ambushed by a group of mexican drug runners in 2010. we know those guns were ultimately linked to the failed fast & furious program that was a bad idea to start with. >> and get this, the heart

attack grill in las vegas living up to its name. a guy went into cardiac arrest while eating one of the restaurant's triple bypass burgers. he's recovering now. c.c., listen to this. look at this burger. they had to rush him to the hospital. 1 1/2 pounds of beef. 15 slices of bacon. 8 slices of cheese. throw in a tomato and an onion. >> large. >> sauteed in lard, by the way. >> 6,000 calories. >> it looks good. >> 6 trillion calories. >> the guy, i guess, is recovering. so that's good news. all right? you won't believe this one. fifth graders in new york city thought their teacher was asking them to write to people who were lonely during the holidays. >> that's nice. >> turns out they were writing to this guy, john kuthcerelli. the teacher's imprisoned boyfriend. what's going on in this world? what's more disturbing is this

guy's record. he was once busted, what do you think for? child pornography and weapons possession. kids wrote things like i hope you have a merry christmas. always signed the cards your wivy melissa. some kids even included their address. >> oh, boy. >> city special investigator has recommended that she be fired. i would think so. >> bad idea. >> i need to go over -- >> go. >> and the ball players. >> i'll do the weather. >> come with me. >> those are the current readings. cold in the northern plains as you can see right now and meanwhile, today's daytime highs so you can plan ahead is going to be 40 in minneapolis. here in new york city, 44. up in boston, looks like a temperature of about 40 and here at the land of the yankees, 44. huddy, over to you and your special guests. >> you're kind of taking sides over there, steve, i have a feeling. it's the fiercest rivalry in all of sports. the yankees and the sox, the red sox. days before spring training begins, i love this time of year, the two biggest stars from

those teams are teaming up. here for the release of playstation's mlb 12, the show. look who is here c.c. sabathia and adrian gonzalez. good to have you guys here. i was watching you earlier today with the mlb the show. are you ok with that? it doesn't seem like you are to be honest. >> we are pretty good. you know, we've been playing all morning and, you know, we both play a lot so it's fun to play. >> you're a gamer, aren't you? >> i am. >> what's your favorite besides this? >> this is actually one of my favorite games, you know, it's been the best rated -- top rated sports game in the last four years and to be able to play it, it's really realistic and a lot of fun to play. >> adrian, aren't you on the box? >> on the cover, yeah. >> on the cover. what happened, c.c.? >> he's the star, i guess. can't go wrong. >> show those pearly whites. >> spring training is coming up. what's going to happen this year? what do you think? >> hopefully we'll face each other in the american league championship series and see who goes to the world series. >> when you guys are out there

playing, have you met before? it seems like you get along ok. >> this is the first time that we've had a conversation. we battled big time in the field. he's been in the national leagues for a long time so this is the first time but, you know, we definitely have our battles on the field. >> has he ever said anything like talk smack to you, you wanted to come here today? >> no, but he's taken me deep a couple of times. >> you want to re-create this? let's do this a little bit over here? show us how this is done. now, they're saying that they want me to play one of you guys but i don't know if this is going to work. so you're up to bat right now, adrian. c.c., you're naturally pitching. >> ends up in an out. >> foul play. >> that's swung on and fouled straight back. >> come on, c.c.! >> the pitch. >> foul ball. >> seriously, adrian. >> i got to work that pitch count so he can't go into the

ninth inning. >> look at that. >> who is that running to get it? >> gardner, i think. >> ok. guys, thank you very much for joining us today. we appreciate it. i am an orioles fan, i hate to admit that to you. how are they going to be doing this year? >> hopefully not that good. >> how do they do every year? thanks for joining us. it's mlb 12 the show. let's go over to eric. >> moments ago, by the way, nice job, c.c. moments ago, things got heated between bill o'reilly and nbc's matt lauer. check it out. >> in a positive light over the -- >> it wasn't positive, it was look at this. now she goes to rehab. and it wasn't hey, whitney, knock it off! it wasn't. it's never been -- >> bill o'reilly here to react at the top of the hour and the president says his budget will reduce the deficit eventually but john stossel says there's no

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the host of the popular show "dessert first" she reportedly lifted most of her most decadent ideas from martha stewart. who could possibly suggest prison for her. i'm kidding. >> thank you, steven. national debt is already over $15 trillion and the president's budget piles more on. fox business anchor john stossel took to the streets to ask a few viewers one question -- how would your family handle a budget like the federal government's? john, what happened? >> well, let's look at the numbers. let's put that slide up. how would you handle this? this is -- this was your family budget or your neighbor's and you made $24,000 but you spent $37,000 so you're $13,000 in debt and already had $150,000 in pre-existing debt but now you say hey, i'm going to fix it. i'm going to cut $385 and aren't i wonderful? isn't this a draconian cut? and we're going to fix things with this. >> right.

>> and people would laugh at that. >> so what happens? >> actually, that is the federal budget and if you just add the 8 zeros as we just did there and you can see how people on the street reacted to the family budget. it's hard to get your brain around the bigger numbers. so we shrank it to the -- >> and john -- >> most important point is you're talking every single year. >> every single year and also, the people say oh, we can't cut that. we can't cut that. they're complaining about the timely buts that -- cuts that we're making now. and we are. >> you talked to a few people on the street about this, did you not? >> we did and that was their -- where you got some fun reactions when you looked at those family budget numbers. >> it's not -- that's not a budget. that's just crazy. >> i think it's ludicrous. i think no family would run their budget like that. >> wow, these numbers are scary. >> they are. >> these numbers are really

terrifying. >> that's insane. >> that looks horrible. >> we need a new government. i mean, that's crazy! >> hits home when you put it -- >> you have to get it both ways, small and big and then you start to see what they're doing. >> yeah. >> you going to do this tonight on stossel at 10:00 p.m. tonight. >> i am. 10:00 p.m. tonight and explain what we could cut. you could cut without it being painful and also, we could get out of this trouble if we grew government by 2% a year, we'd balance the budget in 10 years but they won't do even that. >> all right. john stossel, 10:00 p.m. fox business network. catch it. i'm going to watch it. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> who understands your kids better than you? maybe their teacher. take a listen. >> educators go through education for a reason. they are the people who know best about how to serve children. >> huh? >> you buy that? >> no! >> after the break. but first on this day in 1977, manford man's earth band had the number one song with "blinded by

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>> one education official in michigan sparking controversy after claiming parents don't know what's best for their children but educators do. take a listen. >> educators go through education for a reason. they are the people who know best about how to serve children. that's not necessarily true of an individual resident. i'm not saying they don't want the best for their children but

they may not know what actually is best. from an education standpoint. >> standpoint. that hearing was to discuss school choice and lift the cap on charter schools in the state of michigan. joining us right now, we have a special guest. >> with more on response to these comments, kyle olson. by the way, that wasn't a teacher, right? that was an educator suggesting that educators know more about how to handle their kids than parents, is that right? >> correct. that's debbie squire, she's a representative of one of the principals associations and she was testifying before the house education committee, as you said, and she made this remarkable statement that parents, they may care about their kids but they don't really know what's best for them. and, of course, her solution is the experts who went to education school and the bureaucrats do. and what's interesting about this -- this exchange is that right after she makes this statement, the chairman of the committee, tom mcmillan is just

flabbergasted by this statement. he gives her an opportunity to back track or explain it. she repeats it again. i think this is a good glimpse into the contempt that the establishment has for parents. >> kyle, no doubt most teachers, if not all teachers, are out to help kids, you know, learn things and they're -- they're doing their best job in most cases. but in this particular argument, what she's doing, this educator is doing is, you know, keep your kids in the public schools. you don't want them to go to the charter schools where we don't have the unions. you need to handle them right here because we'll take care of them perhaps better than our own parents. has anyone come out and said hey, she's exactly right? >> not that i've seen. well, other than the unions and, you know, the establishment who just wants to have a public schools system and not have any choice. >> right. >> but beyond that, i mean, it's just, like i said, it's a

perfect example of where the establishment, the unions and the administrators and the principals and the school boards, all of those people, they want to keep kids confined in a public schools system where you are assigned to a school based on your zip code and you have no choice. and what's interesting about this is that, you know, we hear from the establishment about how parents aren't involved and parents don't care. and this condescending attitude but i can tell you if parents were truly in charge and if they were able to walk with their feet and speak with their feet and go to the school of their choice, we wouldn't see budgets in deficit. we wouldn't see failing schools. we would see schools that are thriving because parents are in charge because they know what's best for their children. >> so, kyle, this is a hearing in front of the michigan statehouse. how did it end? where did it go from there? >> they just recently passed the bill and it's now in the house where i'm assuming it will pass but we'll have to wait and

see. >> ok, so the question was about charter schools. if i'm a parent and my kid is in a failing district, i most definitely would consider charter schools. just out of curiousity, how are the schools in the state of michigan doing when it comes to educating our kids? >> well, i mean, you look at detroit public schools, for example, it's had an emergency manager for years now because the budget has been so out of wack. it has a graduation rate well over -- excuse me, well under 50%. >> yeah. >> it literally is graduating students who can't read. i mean, it's -- that system is a perfect example of why we need parental school choice. >> exactly right. interesting, extraordinary things being said out there. kyle olson, always a pleasure. thank you very much for bringing this to our attention. >> thank you. >> all right. the first lady made it her mission to tell students what they can and can't eat. now the president is sending the food police into school cafeterias. details on that one.

>> that looks delicious. >> plus moments ago, things got really heated between bill o'reilly and matt lauer over whitney houston. >> it was like a -- >> do you think she was -- >> in a positive light over the last 15 years. >> it wasn't positive. oh, look at this. now she goes to rehab. and it wasn't hey, whitney, knock it off! it wasn't it's never been that. ever. >> the king of cable, bill o'reilly here to react in the next couple of minutes. you're watching "fox & friends" live from new york city. so, this is delicious okay...

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he's intimidating! this is what happened moments ago between bill o'reilly and matt lauer. >> you know what we in the media do? we wink it. we snoop dogg it. willie nelson it. hey, they're stoned, that's fine. what message does that send? it's okay. >> juliet: bill is here to tell us what went down. >> steve: man, that's explosive. meanwhile, democrat maxine waters definitely does not want to work with republicans on zip. >> don't ever let me see again in life those republicans in our hall. these are demons! >> steve: stay classy, maxine. is that what you would expect from a leader in congress? we're going to report and you decide, eric bolling. >> eric: i'm taking one for the team today. the producers are forcing me to interview kate upton. oh, boy. the cover of sports illustrated. >> juliet: she's sort of

attractive. >> eric: you think? "fox & friends" starts -- >> juliet: she's a child! >> eric: right now. >> steve: bill o'reilly will be with us in a moment to tell us what happened in the last half hour over on the today show. it was explosive. >> juliet: hi, steve. i'm juliet. >> eric: i'll be eric. >> juliet: let's get to some headlines. we need to bring bill in. he had the audacity to say he was glad to try to kill nearly 300 americans on christmas day in an attempt to blow up a plane with a bomb hidden in his underwear. you know the story. today a judge is going to try to wipe that smirk off his face. he be sentenced for the botched plot in 2009. he's facing a mandatory sentence. abdulmutallab will be sent to federal max prison in colorado,

the most secure prison in the u.s., but he's not expected to go quietly. alligate last chance to rail against the united states. when he pleaded guilty last year , he called osama bin laden a blessing. house panel threatening to subpoena five white house officials by tomorrow. house investigators have been trying to question those staffers about the half billion dollars loan the obama administration gave to the now bankrupt company. but the white house has refused to make these people available for interviews. the house panel also repeating its demand from the white house to hand over all solyndra documents by next tuesday or face contempt charges. rick santorum releasing four years worth of tax returns late last night. likely to draw sharp contrast between himself and mitt romney. the returns span 2007 through 2010 and show a steady rise of wealth for the santorums, making a total of $3.6 million in those four years. in 2010, the santorums earned

930,000, paid over 263,000 in taxes at a rate of 28%. 28.3%. excuse me. double what romney paid in 2010. remember when the president sang this ditty at the apollo? ♪ i'm so in love with you >> juliet: well, the president isn't the only one who can sing. take a look at this brand-new video of florida congressman alan west. ♪ pretty woman walking down the street ♪ ♪ pretty woman ♪ the kind i like to meet ♪ pretty woman ♪ i don't know your love is true ♪ ♪ a one who loves as good as you ♪ ♪ mercy ♪ . >> juliet: mercy. that's a tea party favorite channeling his inner roy orbison at his 51st birthday party

in washington, d.c that is the headline system for today. >> steve: happy birthday, congressman. meanwhile, joining us here on the curvy couch, he walked one block from the today show, bill o'reilly joins us. how are you? >> okay. a little early, but it's all right. >> steve: within the last hour, you had this exchange with matt lauer, the host of the today show. the topic was whitney houston. watch this. >> bill, i have seen dozens of stories over the years detailing the addiction, erratic behavior, the denial of addiction. >> i think on the one hand the media did detail her troubles and did highlight it. >> they exploited it. >> but at the same time i would agree they celebrated her talent and stardom. >> by covering her behavior and detling her actions over the years in a way that is shining a very bright light on it. >> what's going on? >> you just had him. you didn't have me there.

>> steve: he just -- >> they like to argue over there and it's good. i go on there and we shake it up a little bit. look, whitney houston thing is a cautionary tale for everybody. everybody knows that. yes, we should respect the woman. i said a prayer when i heard that she was dead. chris christie, the governor of new jersey is lowering the flags when she's buried this weekend and that is appropriate. but this is ridiculous. whitney houston killed herself. do we all understand that? you don't use hard drugs for decades, decades. you don't spend $100 million on them, not wanting to kill yourself. so why aren't we telling the truth to young people in america? is there one public service announcement by any movie star, by any singer that says to children, don't use drugs? is there one? i want to see one.

there isn't any. here is what we see. snoop dogg, willie nelson, all of these creeps, and i mean they are creeps, all right, celebrated and it's wink, wink. oh, let's party. let's get high. there is nobody in the media saying, you know what? this could lead to death and if it doesn't lead to death, 75% of all child abuse and neglect is done by substance abusers! let's tell the truth and not only that, when you buy this garbage, who are you helping? the mexican cartels who have killed 40,000 human beings! every time you buy a marijuana cigarette, it goes to them! are we getting this? where is it in the media? who is saying this? nobody. and that was my point. >> steve: well said. >> eric: i agree with you 100%. what about the timing of it? is it time to make a public

service announcement on whitney houston? >> this is time because everybody is locked in on another person, famous, talented, dead, because of drugs. elvis, janis joplin, marilyn monroe. it goes down the line. drugs after drugs after drugs, so this is when you have to do it because you have their attention. >> steve: and you had matt lauer's attention. we've got another clip. let's see what's this. here is matt lauer asking whether journalists should be doing interventions. watch this. >> are journalists supposed to be in the position of conducting interventions? >> they're supposed to be in the business of telling the truth and the truth is if you get into hard drugs, you can go any time. >> juliet: the problem with a lot of these people is they're surrounded by lackies and people that are just yes men who don't want to be very honest with them and say, look, you've got a problem. you need to go. >> so look, whitney houston, my

contention is, was self-destructive and going to kill herself no matter what. >> juliet: you don't think she want to do kill herself? >> it's psychological. it's subliminal. it's like she gets up every day and says i want to die. she gets up every day and says, i want to get high. you've got to equate the two. so yes. she surrounds herself with people who are going to take her money and tell her, oh, that's okay. go ahead. smoke a little crack. whose fault is that? that's whitney houston's fault. we're in the media here. matt lauer and i were talking about the media, not whitney houston and her dopey entourage. the media is supposed to be in the business of telling the truth in america. it doesn't! it doesn't tell the truth anymore because to make these pronouncement, i'm judgmental. how dare you tell me what i can do with my body. how dare you tell me i can't smoke a marijuana cigarette! i'll dare all day long. that's bad for you. it's bad for children. it's destroying families.

it's destroying people. so i'll tell it to you and if you don't like it, that's too bad. it's my job to do it. >> juliet: you're a guy who has never taken a drink in your life. >> my grandfather died of cirrhosis of the liver. my cousin died at 42 of alcoholism. i said, you know, there is a predisposition in the o'reilley family and i'm not going to do that. you want a glass of wine, a beer, go ahead. you want illegal drug, that's a whole different story. this medical marijuana ruse, this is a ruse. all right. all this is is you got a headache, you got a back ache, give me all the pot i can smoke. everybody knows what this is. all right. and what are the kids seeing? they see their parents smoking up. >> eric: they see their hero or pop star doing the same thing and think it's okay. let's move on to this one. maxine waters, who has had a history of saying some pretty outrageous things, decides she's got more to say.

take listen. >> we've got to take back the house. i saw pictures of boehner and cantor on our screens. don't ever let me see again in life those republicans in our halls on our screens, talking about anything! these are demons! >> steve: glad everybody is getting along. calling republicans deem bees. >> what does owl halls mean? >> steve: on our screens? >> what does that mean? >> eric: democrat conference. >> okay. so a democrat conference, they showed boehner and some republicans and she objected to that. she's basically objecting to the two party system, sounds like to me. so she wants to be havana, i guess. so maxine and fidel. >> eric: she wants to go beyond havana. she wants to be a socialist, marxist company. do we have the sound bite? >> steve: we got a best of

maxine. >> eric: listen to the socialism in some of these comments. >> chaney, the chief architect of the big lie is not only a liar, but he's a thief! this libel will be all about socializing, basically, taking over and the government running all of your companies. i'm concerned the tea party can go straight to hell. >> eric: she's a militant, so what. >> they elect her and that's it. we have to tolerate that in our society. >> steve: your book, killing lincoln ," has been a number one beth seller and now you have exciting news about another book. >> we're going to do "killing kennedy" and it will be out in october. "killing lincoln" is still on the new york best seller list, which torques them off. bold fresh is on 52 weeks. we're trying to beat that

because every week that the "killing lynn son" is on the "new york times" best selling list, they get agitated. so we want to continue it just for that reason. "killing kennedy is in the vein of the last book. it's the last portion of jfk's life and all the chaos surrounding him. there are similarities between kennedy and lincoln and the days leading up to the assassination. i'm writing it now. it will be an exciting project. >> juliet: how do you get your research? >> i have martin newguard as my co-author. he's in charge of the research, he ferrets it to me and i move it around. >> juliet: do you ever have any fun? >> no. that's why i'm cranky. >> juliet: you marinate in your misery. >> everybody smoking pot is having fun. i don't have any. that's what it's all about for me. >> steve: that's why you have the number one show in the whole wide cable world. everybody checks out bill o'reilly at 8:00 o'clock eastern. >> you're asleep, but everybody else is on it.

>> steve: i'm on it tonight! >> he cheats. he looks at mccallum. you can see. i get letters all the time. he's cheating. unbelievable. >> steve: oh, man. >> juliet: always a pleasure. >> steve: next up, they're taking advantage of your parents and their money. bob massi here with the details you can't afford to miss. >> eric: then we told you about the school that confiscated a little girl's lunch because it didn't meet government standards. now the school is trying to explain why. you don't want to miss this i take a multivitamin, but i wanted more support for my heart. i found centrum specialist. a complete multivitamin enhanced

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>> juliet: welcome back. 16 hips pa the hour. if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. don't we know that. new problem hitting the retirement community. it deals with real estate investments. thousands of retirees are pouring their life savings into real estate, being told it's a safe place to put their money. that's not the case. always. joining me now with more fox news legal analyst, bob massi. bob, good to see you. >> good morning. how are you doing? >> juliet: fantastic. first off, tell us what is a reit? >> there is a lot of our viewer that have been involved in this. it's what's called a real estate investment trust. simply put, they've been around a long time. it's where investors are basically -- brokers go to investors to put money into that corporation or this trust that gives a lot of tax benefit, but the reason behind it is to be able to go out and buy investment properties, commercial properties, things that maybe we could not afford individually, but by pooling it

into this large corporation or trust, depending upon how it was set up, we put this money in and then the reit actually goes out and buys the properties, which will be income producing and therefore, bring revenue to those investors. they have been around. it's one of those thing i wanted to talk about during this whole real estate crisis where a lot of people have been scammed. >> juliet: where is the scam part kick in? >> well, here is what's happened. a lot of elderly and senior citizens over the years have been hustled by a lot of financial managers. i tonight say that disrespectfully. but those out there know who they are or who they've been. and basically what's happened is they made the representation to a lot of the elderly people that these were conservative investments, that they were safe investments, when, in fact, they were risk investments. so over the years, there have been enormous lawsuits that's happened against these reits for

fraud and nondisclosure issues and people have lost millions of dollars in these reits. as a result of that, the target has been and will continue to be at times the elderly and senior citizens. >> juliet: what type of commissions were paid to these guys? the financial managers, the brokers? >> everybody is entitled to be paid for whate trokers were paid up to 15% commissions and you're talking about a lot of money here. but here is where a lot of the lawsuits came from, juliet. there are hidden nondisclosed fees inside of these reits that you and i hypothetically as an investor were never told about. so some very, very sharp lawyers that investigated this ended up filing lawsuits and arbitrations saying, wait a second. not only were these people scammed of high risk investments, but in addition to that, there were all these nondisclosed fees that they paid that nobody ever told them

about. so as a result of that, this has been something that's been going on for the last few years where lawyers have gone after these people for the loss of money that they put in and the reason really why i wanted to cover this is i really did get a lot of e-mails where people have put money into these reits and asked me to discuss it. it's a sophisticated thing, but i want our viewers to understand, when you hear about a reit, nothing wrong with it, but be careful examine get good advice before you invest in it. >> juliet: thank you for joining us and giving us the information. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> juliet: coming up next, the truth behind a president's class warfare strategy. our next guest says he needs to do a lot more than talk about that 99% to get reelected. then prince william deployed to war, but actor sean penn says he has a plan to save him. you have to hear this one [ male announcer ] juice drink too watery?

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>> eric: quick headlines. stuns audit of 400 recent foreclosures in san francisco county. it revealed every single one flawed. the report comes just days after a $26 billion settlement between five major banks in 49 state attorneys general, including california. and speed on the sign in michigan is driving motorists crazy. take a look. the speed limit is 45 miles per hour, except at six different times during the day, it's 25 miles per hour. the reason? there are three schools in the area and they have different

start and end times. >> we've got a choice. we can settle for a country where a few people do really, really well and everybody else struggles to get by, or we can restore an economy where everybody gets a fair shot, everybody does their fair share, everybody plays by the same set of rules. >> steve: there president obama embracing the so-called 99% in hopes of reelection. that's the strategy according to one columnist who writes, obama has taken a populist approach. he doesn't need to win many new states. his challenge will be in holding the ones that might turn red and pursuing a populist strategy against romney that could put him at a big advantage. so is the president embracing the 99% to get reelected? talking to us now, former special counsel to president bill clinton and fox news

contributor, lannie davis. hi there. >> hi. >> steve: when you hear the president talk about the 99, what do you think about? >> well, i'm supporting his reelection and i know that he knows there is no such thing as 99%. it's all political rhetoric. this country is a 50/50 split. we use the same rhetoric in 2000 and al gore got 50% of the country. used the same rhetoric in 2004 when john kerry was our nominee. and george bush won by about four points. barak obama won in 2008 'cause there really was a meltdown in the country and there was nobody that john mccain was going to win. and he only won by five or six points. this country is divided and washington is dysfunctional and there is no 99%. it's a divided country, red state, blue state 50-50. >> there you go. >> steve: i'm glad to hear someone on that side say that. congratulations. you hear a lot of republicans say, look, the president can't

run on his record. unemployment is north of 8%. 4 million people lost their jobs since he took office. gas, up four, five bucks. can't run on that. >> look, this is historically very interesting whether it's 1980 where people under the surface have doubts with an incumbent and if it's tied with jimmy carter and ronald reagan going into the last weekend and then all of a sudden, all the independents swung over to reagan and he won by a landslide. or is it 1984 where walter monday daily ran on these themes and ronald reagan with high unemployment and the greatest tax increase in american history in 1983, that's a fact, ran on warning an america because the trend lines were in the right direction and it looks like that's happening now with barak obama, at least things are heading in the right direction and the latest polls show that the american people believe that on the economy. >> steve: now, people are going to think that you have jumped

sides and are a republican, but you say you think the president of the united states should make the national debt a moral issue going forward. a lot of republicans are saying, look, that debt -- you say the president should take your advice. >> i'm following the model of two-term president who ended office with a trillion dollars surplus in and a 65% approval rating by holding the center on fiscal responsibility and balancing budget, working with newt gingrich and the republicans. his name, bill clinton. >> steve: that's right. >> barak obama appointed a commission, bipartisan, liberal democrats like dick durbin and kent conrad in the senate, and tom coburn and mike crapo, came together on the simpson-bowles commission, across the board spending cuts and revenue increases and barak obama has still not endorsed his own

commission and that's what i'm hoping he will do and hold the center, then he wins by more than 50-50 or a few points, he could weapon by a landslide. >> steve: he's got to talk about entitlement reform, which he has not done in public other than yeah, i want to fix it. great getting your point of view. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> steve: all right. 29 minutes after the top of the hour, breaking news when we come back. brand-new jobless numbers will be reloosed in less than a minute. will it be more good news for the president? stand by. we'll have instant unless. then this video is hard to look at. if only someone could give that poor girl, i don't know, something to cover up with. kidding, of course. the stunning sports illustrated cover girl, kate upton, joins us live in the next half hour. our crew will stick around right through america's news room. you just watch when you have tough pain, do you want fast relief? try bayer advanced aspirin.

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for the very first time. people say, why is it only 348,000 when there are literally 14 million people out of work? that's because some people get job, some people lose jobs. but on a weekly basis, that's how many people for the first time walked in. >> steve: okay. up with of the other metrics is figure out how many jobs the economy has created. when do we get that information? >> you get it on a monthly basis. we get it the first friday of every month. that's when we get that big number. 8.3. 8.6, whatever it may be. but again, that's a target. that's based on a household survey. so in other words, department of labor picks up the phone and calls -- if i'm not mistaken, 60,000 people and they poll them and see how many people are actually in work, out of work, looking for work or very much up looking for work. >> steve: that's what we want to know. how many jobs have been created rather than how many people -- we know a lot of people have given up. >> we will tell you, as of last month, there were 1.5 million fewer jobs from the first month

president obama took office 'til the last month. >> juliet: all right. another alert. gm reports its highest profit ever. still owes taxpayer, though. >> they still owe us about $20 billion. now, we own gm stock as taxpayers. we have tens of millions of shares of gm stock. by the way, full disclosure, i also own gm stock. i bought it when it went public. hopefully trying to shed some life back into the company. the stock price is 24.80 settlement yesterday. this is great news. the highest earnings for gm in 103 years, it's still indicated to trade lower this morning. twenty-five dollars a share. the taxpayer, to break even has to get to $54 a share. >> steve: so we're down. >> we have a long way to go. >> steve: any chance we're ever going to get that money? it's in the union. right? >> eric: here is the problem, steve. we bailed out general motors and chrysler. by doing that --

>> steve: and saved jobs. >> eric: when we usurped the constitution and capitalism. i don't buy that argument of we saved jobs because those jobs weren't going overseas. it may have been another company called ford, who didn't take take a dollar of bailout money. there were share holders and bond hold increase gm before the bailout who got wiped out. they got zero dollars on their investments. they weren't paid, but the union got somewhere around 4 or $5 billion. >> steve: so we just have done two business stories which are good for the president of the united states. he was behind the auto bailout and now gm has a record profit. also the number of first-time jobless claims down. here is bad news for the president of the united states. and that is across this country, millions and millions and millions of people drive and the cost of gas is close to 4 bucks. some are suggesting it could be even higher. that's the chart from gas buddy.com. >> juliet: look at the red.

>> steve: that's where it is close to 4 bucks heading up higher. so if you're out west, if you're all the way from maine down through the i-95 corridor, there is a real good chance that this gas price is killing you. >> eric: right. one of the areas that's not red that probably should be red is -- you can see it. the very tip of illinois, the northeastern tip. that's chicago. that's the city of chicago which has of the highest metropolitan gas prices in america. here is the issue, barak obama took office in january of 2009. the day he raised his right hand and sworn in, it was 1.83 a gallon. now the national average is 3.52 or so a gallon. that means 1.70 has been tacked on to the price of a gallon of gasoline for every single penny of those 1.70, a billion dollars of spending power comes out of the economy. the american consumer. annually, we've lost $170 billion from the economy.

the only -- the problem is, we're shipping it overseas. we're shipping it to countries that are selling us the oil. this is one story we can't say is a good news story for the economy. >> juliet: it only gets worse because the summer months always -- you always see the prices go up. >> eric: yep. >> steve: and so the president really hasn't talked much about the price of oil now as president. but when he was running, man, do you remember the prices were really going up high during the george bush administration, between 2 and 3 bucks you and watched the main stream media, you would think that the sky was falling. here is then senator barak obama saying what he would do if he ran things, which, of course, he does now. >> i'll make oil companies like exxon pay a tax on their windfall profits and we'll use the money to help families pay for their skyrocketing energy costs and other bills. >> steve: okay. so that was then. and what do we hear out of the white house and the president

now? >> eric: he said, i'll make oil companies pay. those were his words. right? unfortunately, he didn't really understand what happens when you tax people more or you put more regulations on companies who have to make a profit. they pass that along to us, the consumer. so he didn't make the oil companies pay. he made us pay more. >> steve: all right. ed henry joins us now from the north lawn of the white house where they don't hear locusts. but they are hearing about big stuff down there. aren't they, arresting the payroll tax cut? >> good morning. i'm not sure if it was crickets. could be the lawn mowers. but they are getting some good news amid those mixed signs you mentioned. gas prices up, the unemployment claims have been going down. some good news from capitol hill. late breaking news overnight, they now do have a tentative deal to extend the payroll tax cut, as well as unemployment benefits. this is something that republican leaders have

basically wanted to get off their plate. they took some lumps in december when the president won round one there on just a two-month extension. republicans were going to fight him on the details here. but now it looks like they want to move forward on a deal and republican dave camp, one of the key negotiators said last night may not be the best deal, but they think they can get this through quickly. take a listen. >> senator baucus are here and i are here to say we have reached an agreement. our alleged counsel is drafting and there are always technical issues that come up, but we're confident this can be concluded. so we're here together to announce that we do have an agreement and moving forward. >> now, the price tag for this deal is about $150 billion and only some of it is paid for, for example, by getting federal workers to pay more money into their pensions. but $100 billion, approximately, is not paid for. so both parties have been talking about cutting that deficit. right now, this bill to extend the payroll tax cut, as well as unemployment benefits, will add

about $100 billion to the deficit. >> steve: all right. the president is on the road now. sounds like he wants to get back to washington, d.c. to get this deal done as soon as possible. right? >> he does. in fact, fox confirmed that late last night while the president was doing some hollywood fundraising, he took some time out to place a call back here to washington to democratic senator ben pardon who had been balking, he has a lot of federal workers in his state, balking at the idea of federal workers paying more for their pensions. we confirmed he called him to move him along to get this deal going. yesterday in milwaukee, the president made clear, as soon as he gets back into town f congress has it done, he'll sign it. >> as soon as congress sends me that extension of tax cuts and unemployment insurance to my desk, i will sign it right away. >> so the president pushing on the economy while he's out west on the road, but also doing a total of eight fund-raisers, including one yesterday with the

foo fighters performing. some of these events, $35,000 a person. >> steve: he's got some cool friends. we do, too. thank you, sir. >> juliet: allall right. now let's get to headlines. talk about going above and beyond the call of duty. two washington state police officers buying the cemetery plot surrounding braiden and charlie powell's graves to make sure their father, josh powell, will never be able to be buried next to them. the officers reportedly using their own money as well as donations. of course, it was powell who killed the two boys, his son, and himself in a firey rampage nearly two weeks ago. his family now trying to purchase another grave site apparently just a few yards away from the boys, but his in-laws are vowing to block that sale in court. steve? >> steve: thank you. sean penn attacking prince william for serving his country. penn says britain should never have sent its prince to war and he'd like william to come home. >> juliet: what?

>> steve: he applies the country is nothing but a war hungry bully and using the high profile prince to pick a fight with argentina! british officials responding to sean penn by saying, stay out of this. >> juliet: what's healthy than a home made turkey and cheese sandwich? apparently chicken nuggets from the school cafeteria. if they are chicken. a preschooler in west hope, north carolina was told that her little turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, potato chips and apple juice didn't meet federal nutrition guidelines. huh? and was forced to eat the nuggets instead because apparently the administrator thought they were healthier. i don't know. but her parents say state worker inspected lunches made theall and sent the girl home with a bill for 1.25 for the nuggets. the school superintendent calls it a misunderstanding. the girl's grandmother joins us live tomorrow morning. >> steve: fantastic. >> eric: everybody talk being that. the cost of government funded pensions spiraling out of control in this country. but our next guest has a plan,

except it's not sitting well with the unions. >> steve: then the producers are making me interview this woman, along with eric bolling. kate upton joins us live. if you've got a question for her, e-mail it to us. go ahead. ask kate something i take a multivitamin, but i wanted more support for my heart.

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>> eric: in an effort to rein in their $2.2 billion deficit, the mayor of san diego has a big plan. he's proposing to end pensions for city workers and instead put them on 401(k). the plan drawing major backlash from, you guessed it, the unions who want to keep their benefits. san diego city council president and his co-author of the mayor's bill. tell us, we need to explain something. if you take them off pension and

put the employees on the 401(k) plan, will that solve the budget problem? >> it's going to go a long way towards solving it because san diego, like many cities across the country, has seen skyrocketing pension costs. every dollar that we're putting into pensions, of course, is a dollar that we're not putting into neighborhood services, whether that be our streets, our libraries, parks, et cetera. so in san diego's case where w a $2 billion unfunded liability, we've gone out directly, we've gathered signatures. we're going to make a ground breaking change. we're going to switch these new employees to a 401(k) sound system and in the process. >> we're going to save our city hundreds of millions of dollars. >> eric: in some case, maybe up to half the deficit. tell us, the 401(k) plan is just like any regular citizen would have. right? a private company offers 401(k)s, right? >> that's exactly right. the thrust, major portion behind this is that these benefits for city employees should be no

better nor no worse than the taxpayers who are funding the bill. and so that's why we got more signatures than any initiative ever in san diego, over 100,000 people in san diego have come out to put this on the june ballot. we're expecting a big fight. we're expecting a fight from labor who doesn't want to change the status quo, but i can tell you the status quo is broken. it's broken in san diego and it's broken across so many other cities. i believe san diego has a real opportunity to be a leader in this. that's why we're expecting a big fight from those force, particularly labor, that does not want to see this change happen. >> eric: all right. we've got to go. what was the date of that referendum? >> it's going to be in the june ballot. so stay tuned. we'll be fighting like heck out here in san diego. but i'm confident that san diego vote also respond. we're going to send a message that's going to be heard across the country. >> eric: we'll keep an eye on it and you come back and report to us. thank you very much. it's a tough job, but someone has to do it. i'm talking to "sports

illustrated" cover girl kate upton next. first, let's check in with bill hemmer for what's up at the top of the hour. >> how are you doing? nice to see you this morning. a lot of breaking news on the economy that you were just talking about. also, news on your neighborhood and the price of your home. how the foreclosure rate is going in the wrong direction. we'll explain why. think arizona needs a militia to guard its own border? our guest will argue in favor of that. and the nuclear arms consideration that has republicans up in arms. martha and i will see you in ten minutes here on "america's newsroom"

>> juliet: it's so weird, all of the crew guys are staring at the television for some reason. she's only 19 years old. she's taking the modeling world by storm. kate upton just named "sports illustrated" new swim suit cover

girl. she's joining us right now. kate, we'd like to see you live -- there she is. hello. how are you? >> hi. good. >> juliet: congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> juliet: what does it feel like to be the cover girl? when did you find out? what was it like? >> i found out monday on david letterman with the rest of the world. it was such a surprise. i'm so excited. my family has always been into sports and "sports illustrated" was always in our house. now to be on the cover of the swimsuit issue is a great accomplishment. >> steve: and speak of your family, kate, aren't you related to a member of congress? >> yes. my uncle. >> steve: which one? fred? >> yes. uncle fred. >> steve: have you heard from him since you made the cover? >> of course. i have a very close and supportive family and they're all very proud of me. >> steve: that's nice. >> eric: so kate what, does this mean for you? what's the next year or two going to be like because of the

cover? >> you know, i'm just enjoying the moment right now because i've always wanted to be here, but looking back at the past cover girls and seeing what they've done with their career, i have high hope force myself. >> juliet: can you correct me if i'm wrong here, but i heard you were doing, you were at a game, l.a. clippers game, i think it was, and they had video of you doing the dougie, that dance. then somehow, like started sweeping the nation. is that how you got discovered? we have video of this, you doing the dougie. >> no, no, that's not how it happened at all. actually i got twitter because -- the sports illustrated last year. i went to a clippers game and i dougieed and my friend took the video, put it on his twitter account and then it went viral. >> eric: can you teach me how to

dougie? >> are you a good dancer? >> eric: give us a little dougie. come on. a little bit. >> oh, my gosh. okay. just a tiny bit. this is not the first time i was asked to do this. >> juliet: be original, god, eric. >> steve: we asked for questions from our many viewers, kate, and chuck wants to know, please ask kate if -- here is one. my question for this -- i've got this question from chuck. please ask kate if i can buy her a condo in hawaii or a porsche. are you looking for a condo in hawaii or porsche from chuck? >> honestly, either one, i'd be very grateful. thank you so much. >> juliet: we'll send you an e-mail. are you dating anybody? that's what a lot of folks want to know. >> i've gotten that question a lot. seems like tons of people want to know that. >> steve: congratulations. >> eric: on the cover. teach me how to dougie.

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