job. what happened this time? we've got details. >> he was inspired on that day. pay your taxes late? there's a penalty for that. but what if the i.r.s. is late, should it get punished as well? we're about to find out. chances are your refund check is not coming in the mail. so don't run out to the mailbox. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> good morning, everyone. hope you're going to have a good friday leading into your weekend. thanks for sharing part of your day with us today. >> that's right. >> and of course, everyone is talking about the debates still from the other day and they're also talking about jeremy lin laying an egg last night in miami. >> going back to the election thing, no reason to have it. we heard from the president yesterday on the radio. he said i got five more years. so mitt romney, you can sleep in. congratulations! >> president rex ryan obama. that's what it sounds like.

>> and all the other candidates since it's undecided on the republican side of things. let's get to your headlines. while you were sleeping, a wild car chase in las vegas ended in a hail of bullets. a carjacker stole not one but two cars leading police around the city for four hours before stopping at a gas station. fox news chopper capturing the dramatic end of the showdown. >> whoa! shots fired! shots fired! shots fired! >> carjacker killed because he was waving his gun at officers and look at the guy crouched at the gas pump. he was ordered to duck before police riddled the suspect's car with bullets. he was not hurt. >> the mystery surrounding death of amazing race producer jeff rice coming into focus this morning. rice found dead in his hotel room in uganda reportedly with a large amount of cocaine in his stomach. now we're learning his assistant who was found passed out next to rice is not being allowed to leave country. police say there's reason to believe both katherine fuller and rice were cocaine smugglers,

not the victims of ray random poisoning. a major snow storm crippling those across the midwest this morning. they're calling it a screamer. it could dump 7 inches of snow by the time the sun comes up. in chicago, roads expected to be a total mess. they're not used to it, i guess. more than 200 flights to and from o'hare airport already canceled. it will be one of the biggest storms of the season. it's been mild there. sick and tired of armed mugs holding up her store, a pharmacist fights back. in this surveillance video, you can see the suspect aaron miller handing a note to the manager demanding drugs. she took matters into her own hands, shooting him in the face with pepper spray. that's the kind used by hunters to scare off grizzly bears. she chased him right out the door. >> deciding factor for me is i know how far away law enforcement is here in deer

park. i know that we are going to have to kind of take care of ourselves. >> wow. police in washington state say miller had been doused with so much pepper spray, his parents called 911 and that's how they were able to make the arrest. and those are your headlines. you know what? there's an increasing danger for people who work in pharmacies because of this prescription drug problem we have here in america. my goodness. i mean, that's a brave woman>> one happened a mile from my house, pharmacy takedown and the pharmacist actually told me who was there and was one held up that they're thinking about getting a gun. so a lot of these guys and these women who work there, they feel like they got to fend for themselves because of cops are one building away, that could be too much because you also have people who are hooked on drugs that want to steal your drugs. meanwhile, i don't know if you've heard this but if you've been watching our show, you've been tracking this story that over in afghanistan, in one of the many things that our soldiers do is burn garbage. and somehow, inadvertently the story goes we managed to burn

qurans. that word got out and rioting has taken place. there's also a story that we first heard on this, the reason why the qurans were confiscated to start with is because these terrorists who have been arrested in jail have been sending notes to each other using the quran so they've been confiscated and then someone had an ill advised move to burn them. and now there are at least two americans dead by afghan forces who have shot our guys in afghanistan in retaliation for the burning of the quran. >> that's exactly right. also 13 other people have been murdered as well. if you see the images from afghanistan, it looks like complete chaos. well, yesterday, the president of the united states apologized to the president of afghanistan over the quran burning but newt gingrich wonders why the president is apologizing because they didn't apologize for the fact that two americans were killed. did they?

here's newt. >> the president apologized for the burning. but i haven't seen the president demand that the government of afghanistan apologize for the killing of two young americans. furthermore, my hunch is since the person who killed them is an afghan soldier, that that soldier was being paid with american money, armed with american money, trained with american money, and there's something profoundly wrong when the commander in chief refuses to defend the integrity and the lives of the people who serve under him. there's simply nothing that radical islamists can do to get president obama's attention in a negative way and he is consistently apologizing to the people who do not deserve the apology of the president of the united states, period. >> aside from that blistering criticism of the president, see, this is what a lot of people have wanted the republican candidates to have been doing

from the beginning. take on the president! and stop infighting with one another. newt gingrich attempted to do that as the other candidates did for the most part the other night during the debate. and now this appears like it could be, you know, good if you're a republican and you're listening, this is a message that people have been wanting to hear is what is your response on big issues to the president of the united states? >> all right. sarah palin also is upset by this. she puts this out on facebook. obama apologized for the inadvertent quran burning this week. now the afghan army can apologize for killing two of our soldiers yesterday. that doesn't happen as ryan crocker dropped off that litter. keep in mind, 70 coalition members, 110 wounded, 70 dead in 45 separate episodes of afghan security forces and the afghans get to screen them, we train them, pay for them, actually clothe them. give them arms and they kill -- in this case, these episodes have happened mostly over the last two years. we are training the people who are turning around and killing our guys and yet the taliban

sits out there on sunday, just think about what we just explained to you. the taliban beheaded two people in broad daylight because they have satellite phones and they said well, they're spies. oh, really? where's the outrage over the beheading of two innocent people with satellite phones as opposed to soldiers who inadvertently burned qurans. >> to your point regarding the taliban, brian, how about the fact that in afghanistan, the taliban routinely burns down mosques where there are mullah who's are moderate and does karzai say hey, taliban, you're desecrating qurans because you're blowing them up or burning them up? nothing, this would be something good where the president of the united states could show the double standard there and just try to win the hearts and minds of the people over there by showing the double standard regarding the taliban. they do this every day. >> in the meantime, his press secretary jay carney continues to defend that apology. it was apparently in a three page letter tucked in there. here's what jay carney said.

i would note that one of my predecessors, dana perino, the press secretary for george w. bush following an incident in which american servicemen apparently shot, did damage to a quran in 2008, she expressed apologies on behalf of the president and that's appropriate for the same reason because our concern, this president's concern as was surely the case with president bush is the safety and security of our men and women in uniform as well as our civilians in afghanistan. >> a little different. >> does he have -- ok, is there a point to be made about trying to decrease the tensions in this part of the world? is there a point to be made about that? i'm going to leave that up to the viewers. >> regarding that in particular, though. >> there's a soldier that apparently shot a bullet through a quran, ok? that's a little bit different than our two guys are dead for what? training afghan soldiers by friendly fire? or the people they say are in afghan uniforms? this has to be addressed.

where's hamid karzai coming out saying i have to apologize for what just happened. we have to do a better job of screening our guys. if you're serving in afghanistan right now and may be watching, you have to worry about taliban over here and the other people that you're bringing up on different missions. >> or the people you're working with. because they are some of the people who if there were 5,000 people in the streets around the air base yesterday and a lot of those people have worked on the air base for many years and they're protesting americans die, die, die. >> this is not a popular talking point for the president of the united states. many of his supporters do not him to be in afghanistan at all so they're probably going to try to deflect this story. in the meantime, one of the other stories that the president cannot deflect and he actually went to the podium yesterday to talk about it is the high gas prices so he was supposed to be giving a speech about that particular situation but did he dodge that silver bullet that he says does not exist to fix it? >> you can bet that since it's

an election year, they're already dusting off their three point plan for $2 gas and i'll save you the suspense. step one is to drill and step two is to drill and step three is to keep drilling. we heard the same line in 2007 when i was running for president. >> he's right, though, because when you look at the amount of oil the united states of america now produces, it's a lot greater than it was 10 years ago and why is that? because under george bush, they opened up so many more lands both on shore and off shore to drill, drill, drill in. and that's why we produce so much more. there are tensions around the world and that's one of the reasons along with the fact that china and india are sucking up as much oil as they possibly can get. but still, if we continue to open up more areas to drill today, we might not be in the pickle we're in. >> my question is whether or not the americans will accept the president of the united states saying he can do nothing about the high gas prices. to me, that's the most important

thing that came out of that speech yesterday. do americans care, do they think that the president should have a better answer about it? let's look at this poll. this has to do with the keystone pipeline. should keystone xl pipeline be built? according to americans, 67% say yes. that's an overwhelming majority. 25% say no. so that's one of the answers that he has right there but he continues to say he's not going to do that. >> right, he said he's not going to do that yesterday. all he did was mock a potential attack was to say republicans are going to say drill more which they did but he also brought up something positive. he's going to be looking to pioneer algae. >> really? >> and use that for eventually replacing 17% of our oil and our -- and our diesel fuel. so if we can get the algae set which we can get algae anywhere. i have algae in my fish tank i used to have. i never cleaned. >> this administration has been pushing solar and now they're

going aqua? >> finally. >> another fox news alert! >> we're going to give you an update on aquaman fighting crime in the ocean. straight ahead, keeping a close eye on a story a christian pastor sentenced to death in iran. can anything be done to save him? someone who has won the release of an iranian prisoner before speaks out next. >> you paid your taxes on time but the i.r.s. says your refund check will probably be late. should the i.r.s. pay a penalty for that? bet they won't. we'll report, you decide. >> he said in the news today that here in los angeles, the price of gas is flirting with $5 a gallon. uh-oh! as they said, flirting. you know, we're beyond flirting, ok, we're getting screwed now. ok? [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition?

♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8. instead of blaming me, try advil congestion relief. often the real problem is swelling, not mucus. advil congestion relief reduces swelling due to nasal inflammation. so i can breathe. advil congestion relief. two. three. one. two. and, three. [ male announcer ] with the bankamericard cash rewards credit card, earn more cash back for the things you buy most. 1% cash back everywhere, every time.

2% cash back on groceries. 3% back on gas. automatically. no hoops to jump through. it's as easy as one. -two. -three. [ male announcer ] the bankamericard cash rewards card. apply online or at a bank of america near you. chocolate lemonade ? susie's lemonade... the movie. or... we make it pink ! with these 4g lte tablets, you can do business at lightning-fast spes. we'll take all the strawberries, dave. you got it, kid. we have a winner. we're definitely gonna need another one.

small sinesses that want to grow use 4g lte technology from verizon. i wonder how she does it. that's why she's the boss. because the small business with the best tecology rules. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 1-800-974-6006. gotta get that bacon! baco! bacon! smokey bacon, meaty bacon, tasty bacon! bacon? ohh, la, la... oh, i say, is that bacon?! oh, good heavens! bacon! bacon! bacon! bacon! who wants a beggin' strip? meee! i'd get it myself but i don't have thumbs! yum, yum, yum, yum, yum... it's bacon!!! mmm i love you, i love bacon. i love you. i love bacon. i love you. beggin' strips! there's no time like beggin' time. and check out beggin' thick cut. i'm gonna need a bigger mouth!

>> a christian pastor, that man right there in iran sentenced to death for refusing to renounce his religious belief. they're christian. now political leaders around the world are condemning the conviction and asking for his immediate release. >> so what will it do to convince iran to let this guy go? >> we're joined by jim walsh, an iranian expert who has been involved with the prisoner release there and research associate at mit's securities study program. good morning to you, jim. >> good morning. >> so this is a story about a guy who is raised in iran, his family muslim but at the age of 19, he converted to christianity and he's brought up on charges. wait a minute, you can't be a christian here. you have to renounce your christianity. he wouldn't do it and now he's been sentenced to death. >> yeah. and he's also part of a broader network of home churches, christian churches in iran and then when he was arrested, he didn't go through the normal

iranian judicial system. he went to a special revolutionary court and then we've had a series of decisions sentencing him to death and then most recently, that sentence was officially issued. it doesn't mean he's going to be executed tomorrow. but now they -- they can go forth with that when they want to and that's why it's back in the news and frankly, it is only -- if it is in the news, if it is the focus like it is with you guys today, this person has a chance of having a different outcome in avoiding execution. >> you have a strategy to get him out because you've had this experience before. you've met for hours with ahmadinejad himself. what is the strategy going forward? focus on the humanitarian aspect of this? but actually give the iranians a way out. how do you do that? >> exactly, it's sort of a good cop, bad cop classically. on the one hand, you need to maintain the spotlight on this case to make it an international cause, to make it an international human rights and religious cause. and then the second thing you

do, though, is you need to engage the iranians directly. ideally the supreme leader and you can have a situation where you have a group of christian clerics, you know, bishops and others and muslim clerics to go and meet with the supreme leader quietly out of the spotlight and rye to make an argument in religious terms that says this as a humanitarian act, please release this person and that way, they can come out and have a grand gesture and they can try to look good. that way, good cop, bad cop, everybody gets what they want. >> the worry is this guy is being used as a pawn and with these international tensions between the united states and iran and it seems like this is a bigger story in the united states than it is in iran, they might try to do it to get something out of us. >> well, i think that's a really important point. what you don't want to have happen here is for it to become a u.s.-iran issue because then it can get tangled up, held hostage to a bunch of other issues on the u.s.-iran agenda. that's why i take some solace in

the fact that there are europeans who are concerned about this, muslims in o and so i think you want to make it an international human rights issue, not a fight between the u.s. and iran. >> as an iranian expert yourself, what are the chances this is going to have a happening ending? >> you know, i think it's a tougher case than the hikers' case because, you know, they were poor nationals. they were american. this guy is an iranian citizen so i think it's going to be tough but i don't think it's hopeless and i think the more people talk about it, the less likely it will happen. >> that's why you got up with us this morning to share your story and your perspective. thanks. >> thank you. >> all right. 19 minutes after the top of the hour. busted, a cop catching some z's. that guy right there while on the beat. the only problem, that is a loaded gun on his belt right there. >> and you've heard the dangers of what cutting our military budget will do to fighting overseas. what about those fighting right here on american soil? inside look at what's happening coming your way and why no one is talking about it.

[ male announcer ] this is lawn ranger -- eden prairie, minnesota.

in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter job on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill, and track work in real time. you can't live under a dome in minnesota, that's why there's guys like me. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪

>> quick headlines for you this morning. the so-called honeymoon killer murder case will not go before jurors. the judge in alabama threw out the case against gabe watson saying prosecutors did not have enough evidence against him to go forward. watson was accused of drowning his wife tina on their honeymoon in australia. we've told you about that story. and a fuel tank exploding last night on galveston island in texas. about 850 students from texas a&m at galveston forceed to stay on campus for three hours. firefighters are trying to keep the fire from spreading. no word on how it got started.

all right, gretch? >> we've talked about how budget cuts will affect our full-time military fighting overseas. what about the reserves? now often fighting full time as well. over 365,000 men and women are part of our national guard. so why is nobody talking about them? well, we are this morning. and joining me now is the author of national guard 101, a handbook for spouses, mary corvet. good morning to you. >> hi, gretchen. >> sometimes i know that you feel members of the national guard are forgotten about because you do not live on a base and so therefore, you feel like you don't have that community support, is that correct? >> right. living a national guard life is very unique. our soldiers and airmen are citizen soldiers, volunteer soldiers and it's fine when they're home and it's one weekend a month, two weeks in the summer, but when they go on a long-term deployment, your life changes.

and you don't haveou'rccgoing t. >> so you wanted to help other people in writing your book and kind of explaining the 101 course on what it feels like. so what has it felt like? your husband is deployed right now in afghanistan. >> it's been quite an adventure. when we got married in 2000, i didn't know anything about the military or the national guard. and i really didn't consider myself a military wife. but on 9/11, i knew i was a military wife. and the guard has been involved for the next 10 years. so it's mixed emotions but it's exciting, they all want to serve and staying strong during these deployments is how the spouses serve. >> how long has he been gone this time? >> he left the day after christmas and he'll be back in october. and this is his second deployment. thank goodness the technology is where it's at, 10 years ago when he was in cuba, it was

completely different. so we're able to keep in touch by skype and communicate more than we were. >> yeah. it's got to be harrowing for you every day especially when we're talking about the increased violence this morning in afghanistan. i want to get your thoughts on the military cuts because it seems at least right now that that seems to be the one thing that is going to be cut in the budget, your reaction? >> we have $500 billion worth of cuts to the military coming down in the next 10 years. and no -- nothing will be untouched. right now, the different states are looking at the budget. the 2013 budget. and it appears that the air national guard is going to take quite a hit. >> and so your response to that kind of a cut? would be? >> i think that the guard is such a cost effective organization, a great bang for the buck for the taxpayers and these are our first responders. these are our state forces that respond during emergencies and

perform homeland defense missions and i think we need on talk about this. i think americans need to be aware that this is happening. >> so if the guard is helping to support america, what can we do to support you? the families of the national guard? > >> stay on top of the legislation affecting the national guard. on my web site nationalguard101, you'll have a link to our representative group and they do a great job of staying on top of all of these issues. if you have a guard family in your community, even if the soldier or airman is home, reach out to them. because a lot of times, there are many deployments in between the big ones. they may leave for a few weeks on hurricane duty and they need help and we don't always ask for it. >> mary corbett is the author of the new book "national guard 101" a handbook for spouses. they did it again. vice president biden toots the green energy horn at a window

factory and now that plant is closing down and the workers are out of jobs. charles payne says this is just the beginning. there's the king of payne. he's coming up next. you paid your taxes on time, right? the i.r.s. says sorry, they're not on the same schedule and your refund might be late. wait, shouldn't they get penalized as well? right. but first, happy birthday to kristin davis, "the sex in the city" star turns 47 today. can you enjoy vegetables with sauce and still reach your weight loss goals? you can with green giant frozen vegetables. over twenty delicious varieties ha sixty calories oless per serving and are now weight watchers-endorsed. try green giant frozen vegetables with sauce.

one chance to hunt down the right insurance at the right price. the "name your price" tool, only from progressive. ready, aim, save! grrr! ooh, i forgot my phone! the "name your price" tool. now available on your phone. get a free quote today.

ah, welcome to hotels.com. i get it...guys weekend. yeah! if you're looking for a place to get together, you came to the right place. because here at hotels.com, we're only about hotels. yeah! yeah! noooo. yeah! finding you the perfect place is all we do. welcome to hotels.com

i had[ designer ]eeling enough of just covering up my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. [ rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -- and may not clear you completely, but for many, it gets skin clearer fast, within 2 months, and keeps it clearer up to 9 months. [ male announcer ] because enbrel suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal, events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. don't start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. tell your doctor if you're prone to infections, have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b, have been treated for heart failure, or if, while on enbrel, you experience persistent fever, bruising, bleeding, or paleness. if you've had enough, ask your dermatologist about enbrel.

>> you know who is still riding high, adele. adele won all those grammys. >> sure. >> now, this is the latest. according to the latest figures, adele's new album is being downloaded at an average of every 7 seconds. every 7 seconds. yeah. this is due to the fact that every 7 seconds, somebody is getting dumped. you get dumped, got to go -- i need that fast! >> didn't taylor swift do the same thing? every time she has a relationship problem, she writes a song about it. >> who doesn't? >> that's sort of the country music theme, isn't it? >> right. >> and then adele who has had relationships fall apart it has paid out for her. the worst thing you can do for your career is stay married and

be happy. >> you're not suggesting anybody outside anything but the music industry. >> i'm not against it. >> if you could forward your -- >> haven't we learned not to ask open ended questions of brian? >> follow-up questions get me in trouble. if you're a songwriter and find yourself without any ideas, break up with your spouse. >> ok. >> moving on to politics, four days to go until the next two republican primaries and mitt romney is not letting up on rick santorum. peter doocy following the trail live from washington, d.c. good morning to you, peter. >> good morning, and you heard it earlier, yesterday at a fundraiser in florida, president obama reiterated that he needs five more years to reform immigration and implement energy policies that work for everybody but out on the trail, his potential challengers argued that another obama term could essentially turn america into europe. >> and this administration is acting in a radically unamerican way in its efforts to create a

secular country which would in effect end the experiment and replace it with a european model in which the president is sovereign and we are merely subjects. my message to president obama is simple -- we, the americans, are not subjects. we are citizens. and we are not going to tolerate this kind of attitude. >> on the course toward being a -- a -- i wouldn't say a dictatorship because i think that presents sort of someone -- >> i think you're looking at european socialism at a minimum. >> santorum cleared up a controversy by saying he was never pro choice and that he was instead agnostic on the issue of contraception long ago but former governor mitt romney still hammered the former senator for backpeddling on his beliefs. >> he explains why he voted for no child left behind even though that was against his principles. he explained why he voted for

the bridge to nowhere even though that was against his principles. you know, i don't know that i've ever seen a politician explain in so many ways why it is that he voted against his principles. i can tell you one thing, if i'm president of the united states, i will abide by my principles and my team will be the people of the united states of america. >> and governor romney also looked forward to the general election and a buzz word for the governor last night was failure. he said the president's policies have failed and made it harder for the economy to recover. back to you. >> all right, peter, thank you very much. i can't wait to see the first poll after the debate for michigan to see if anything changed. >> supposed to be out this morning. we'll wait for them hot off the press. >> what is it worth? you tell me first or steve? what's it going to be? >> i'm going to simultaneously tell the both of you. >> fantastic. now to your headlines. the name of one of the seven marines killed in a helicopter training exercise in california now released. marine sergeant justin everett was a 10 year veteran and devoted father of two. the marines were killed when two

choppers collided in mid air. most based in camp pendleton near san diego. they are trying to figure out what caused the crash. >> if you're still waiting for your refund check, prepare to wait a little longer. the i.r.s. is saying refunds could be delayed 10 to 21 days. the hundreds of people that are affected all paid their taxes on time. but don't expect the i.r.s. to pay any penalties. the agency blamed the delay due to a computer glitch with newly installed filters that are supposed to prevent tax fraud and identity theft. yeah and if you use that excuse when you turn in your taxes, you'd still be penalized, right? >> we want interest. new video just into "fox & friends", people prepared to fight over nike's $220 foam galaxy basketball shoes. look at those! >> sexy. >> that is over shoes.

florida police in riot gear breaking up a brawl outside a mall in orlando. the crowd so rowdy that footlocker decided not to release the shoes at midnight as they were planning. two people were arrested. >> crazy. >> he was supposed to be making arrests, not taking arrest as we change gears. you're looking at a new york city police officer caught snoozing for about seven minutes on the subway. you can see his loaded gun right there in his holster. he was a highly decorated officer, though, and we're told he was off duty at the time but on the other -- but on his way to another security gig. the nypd says he's being disciplined for "failure to be alert while in uniform." >> and with a gun. all right, meanwhile, let's take a look at what's going on in the weather today and as you can see, we've got some widely scattered snow showers in portions of iowa moving into illinois, wisconsin and michigan at this hour and also some sleet and some ice in portions of the northeast right now and some rain as you can see right down the eastern third of the united states. down through portions of texas.

it's a wet friday. meanwhile, as you step out, if you're in rapid city right now, it's 17 degrees. you got three dozen in kansas city. mid atlantic, look at how pretty it is temperature wise in raleigh. 71 is in new orleans and today's daytime highs is going to be beautiful across, as you can see, much of florida, along the gulf coast and back through texas as well. >> all right. this is something people have been talking about all week. who is to blame for the high gas prices? according to nancy pelosi, it's wall street. she says "speculators are driving up the cost of oil hurting consumers and potentially damaging the economic recovery. wall street profiteering, not oil shortages is the cause of the price spike." >> and that is oil expert nancy pelosi. here's another one. is this true, charles payne? you're on the fox business network. you have great suits. >> thank you very much. you know, i get -- this is nancy pelosi is so myopic when it comes to this. here's a good chance for her to

say the economy is getting better so oil prices are going up. she couldn't resist blaming wall street. listen, there's a whole lot of factors go into gasoline. guess what? we're not the only country in the world that uses crude oil and gasoline. it might be a news flash to nancy pelosi. china put an extra 20 million cars on the road. india. the bottom line is you have global demand around the world. here in this country, we haven't built a new refinery in three or four decades. we have tons of taxes. oil, gasoline is the new sin tax, the way you tax alcohol and cigarettes. so we have that, but also, i think one of the biggest factors is the fact that it's been deliberately pumped up. when the federal reserve pumps out all this money, it debases the dollar. printing money every day at the federal reserve makes the dollar weaker. the dollar goes down and the price of oil goes up. >> can the president do anything about it? yesterday in his speech, he pretty much said that there wasn't anything he could do.

>> but that's a joke. listen, remember when he was running and he said ok, we'll drill off the continental shelf, that was an opportunity there. we'll be three years into that, the gulf oil disaster ended up being an opportunity to play politics. we shut down deep water drilling, shallow drilling, drilling on government-owned land. by the way, the government owns about 45% of the land in this country and a lot of prime drilling land is down 20% to 30% and the president could have done so many things. so many things to make this better. >> you know what he did? the day before, he announced how he's going to change the corporate tax structure and effectively sock oil and gas companies with higher taxes. maybe he doesn't know when you tax somebody more, they produce less. >> you know, so many people out there would be shocked if they ever looked actually at the taxes. if you look at what exxon mobile pays and a hip company like apple pays, it's night and day. exxon mobile is paying 40% on taxes and apple is paying like 17%.

>> what about this renewable energy thing the president is not letting go of? everyone likes it in theory but he wants it as one of his foremost policies. where are we at with that? >> we're nowhere with that. we're about to enter into a trade war with china because they're cleaning our clocks with solar and wind and because it's not about technology anymore, it's about low cost producers, unfortunately, i think one of the real stories is how many political cronies of the president's have benefited economically from this -- it's scary. it's really scary. it looks like a direct quid pro quo. you put millions of dollars into my campaign, you can get involved in a solar project. by the way, speaking of speculation, nancy pelosi's brother-in-law just got a gigantic one. >> are you serious? i have to bring in a serious company that's one of the renewable energy places that it did windows that were supposed to be, you know, higher energy efficient and now it's closing down. this is where joe biden was when he gave a speech saying that this would employ 600 people and

it never did. it never came close to that. now they're going bust. we should mention they did not get any federal money but they're going bust. >> they went to solyndra that got half a billion dollars. >> then they're going to -- >> and beacon power, we have a whole bunch of companies. maybe if you have an alternative energy company, the last person you want to show up is a member of the administration. >> joe biden shows up at your -- if joe biden shows up at your company, polish up the resume, sell your stock and wait it out because it's probably going to be a year or so but the fact of the matter is, guys, when a president talks about doubling down the same day that nancy pelosi stalls speculators, speculators speculate with their money. the president is wasting taxpayer money on this program right now. it's been flatly rejected by the free markets. there might be a time or place for it. this world runs on fossil fuel. you better control fossil fuels and food. those are the two things you

better control. >> we're pro fossil. >> we're pro food. >> we like to move around a little bit. >> have a great weekend. >> coming up on our show, so much for private property, the home owner left empty handed after the government tried to take it away and decided it didn't need it after all. that home owner here next. [ male announcer ] we know you don't wait

until the end of the quarter to think about your money... ♪ ...that right now, you want to know where you are, and where you'd like to be. we know you'd like to see the same information your advisor does so you can get a deeper understanding of what's going on with your portfolio. we know all this because we asked you, and what we heard helped us create pnc wealth insight, a smarter way to work with your pnc advisor, so you can make better decisions and live achievement.

chocolate lemonade ? susie's lemonade... the movie. or... we make it pink ! with these 4g lte tablets, you can do business at lightning-fast spes. we'll take all the strawberries, dave. you got it, kid. we have a winner. we're definitely gonna need another one. small sinesses that want to grow

use 4g lte technology from verizon. i wonder how she does it. that's why she's the boss. because the small business with the best tecology rules. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 1-800-974-6006. what ithe first step on that road is a bowl of soup? delicious campbell's soups fill you with vegetable nutrition, farm-grown ingredients, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's -- it's amazing what soup can do. >> welcome back. since 2003, a new jersey farmer has been locked in a legal battle with his local town over his own property. todd keane purchased his land nine years ago using imminent domain, montville township in

new jersey took part of todd's land for government use. now, after seven years of damaging the property, the town has decided not to use the land at all. despite all the damage done, he won't pay them back and their family for their hardship. joining us now is todd keane and his attorney. when you bought the land, there was a deal where the town could monitor the water because in new jersey, technically, the state owns the ground water, right? >> correct. >> ok. the lease expires. you figure, ok, they're out of my hair. what happened? >> that's when they told me they wanted to purchase it. and they offered me $1,000 to purchase the well on the piece of the property. >> $1,000? how much is it worth? hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> to me, yes, because i need the water that's in the ground to irrigate my crops. >> ok.

you have since been embroiled in this legal battle with montville, new jersey for seven, eight years or something like that. you want it over, don't you? >> i want it over. i want to be able to grow my vegetables and it's what i do. i'm a fourth generation doing it. >> that's right and you've got a beautiful -- lot of lettuce farm out there. anthony, what's his case? >> todd received permits from the state of new jersey to use the groundwater at this property. that's why he bought this property, it has a lot of water underneath it and it makes the farm more valuable. all he's looking to do is use the permits. the town has taken repeated actions to stop him from using the permit that they have given them. >> we reached out to the township and they said because it's being litigated they don't have any comment pending litigation. obviously, they owe you something for tying up your water for so long. i mean, you couldn't use it because they said, you know, we're in a legal case right now. >> right. and every time i get a permit,

they stop me from drilling a new well. i was even -- i even wanted to avoid this and move on and drill another well and they just stopped me right in my place. >> did you realize before you bought this property that the town or the government could use this thing called imminent domain or a land grab and effectively ruin your business and potentially ruin your life. >> no, because i'm on a farm land preserve piece of property. that's all it's good is to farm. you can't develop it or anything else. i bought it to farm. >> it's crazy. >> yes, it is. >> it's crazy. let's find out what happens. anthony, todd, we thank you for coming in to tell your story. >> thank you, steve. >> thanks. >> can't even use your own water, how crazy is that? all right. e-mail us, friends at foxnews.com. meanwhile, still don't know who you're going to want to vote for. don't worry, president obama says the election is over and he won! we'll play the tape for you. then fannie and freddie are going to court and the american people have to foot the bill for

the lawyers. is that legal? all rise! judge napolitano sits down with us after a break. [ male announcer ] got a cold? [ sniffles ] not sure what to take? click on the robitussin® relief finder. click on your symptoms. get your right relief. makes the cold aisle easy. robitussin®. relief made simple. "for starters, it didn't cost me anything." "and i got a one-hundred dollar cash bonus for rolling over by april 16th." "i like bonuses."

"plus at scottrade, there are thousands of commission-free investments." "and if i need help, i can find it online, by phone or at one of over five-hundred scottrade locations." "it's why more investors with i.r.a.s are saying.." "i'm with scottrade." ♪ [music]

>> well, taxpayers footing the bill once again. mortgage lenders fannie mae and freddie mac racking up tens of millions of dollars in attorney's fees to defend several former executives charged with fraud. >> bad news, this comes after taxpayers have already spent $183 billion bailing out those mortgage giants. back to gretchen. >> is there any recourse? joining us is fox news senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano. all right. so a lot of people are going to

be upset with this. >> i know. i know. people are going to be upset and they have a right to be upset. i mean, the federal government has created a mess, a, by getting into the housing business. in 1938 which was then fannie was started and in 1970, under richard nixon which was when freddie was started, and then entering agreements with the officers of these corporations which once were wholly owned by the government and then were traded on the public stock exchanges, then are back wholly owned by the government entering into agreements that we will indemnify you, we will pay your legal defenses and any judgment against you. that's over $100 million so far. and there's no budget there. that money will just keep flowing to the lawyers representing these guys. >> why do you -- why -- the taxpayers the only option to bail out? is that why everyone feels helpless about hthis? >> there was a time that the taxpayers guaranteed fannie and freddie. fannie and freddie just lost $183 billion with a b.

so the government is out -- what's another $100 million? >> the taxpayers are suffering terribly. they're on the hook. there's no way out of this. there's nothing congress can do about it. congress should not have gotten in the business of housing in the first place. and the constitution doesn't authorize it. >> is it true that you believe that they should have tried to settle to save some of this taxpayer money? >> i do. i do. you see, you can't sue fannie and freddie directly because the congress has enacted legislation that makes them immune from litigation. so you sue their officers for the judgments that they made and the government ends up defending the officers. it's almost the same thing as if they sued fannie and freddie but when you have legal bills of this magnitude and a case you were certainly likely to lose, and the tide of public opinion against you and the economy not going the right way, settle the case. get it over with. >> but they're not going to do that. >> no, no, they're not going to do this and the lawyers will get rich. i'm not critical of the lawyers. lawyers would kill to have this

case. they're doing a good job representing these guys but the cases and there are many of them are enormous. they could last another 25 years. >> still giving out loans, though. >> yes, they are still giving out loans, brian. imagine that, an entity that's bankrupt $183 billion is still lending money to people who will never pay it back. that's what happens -- >> thanks for that positive note, judge. >> that's what happens when a federal government gets into a business, housing that the constitution doesn't authorize it to get into. >> how dare you criticize richard nixon. >> have a good weekend, judge. >> sorry. >> thanks for your insights. >> two women get stuck on the train tracks and then this happened. but they're still alive. you have to see on this unfolded. >> and a film like no other. real navy seals doing the acting. why do they opt for the real deal instead of doling out the job to hollywood? the directors here live next hour. [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation,

so i us my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked about getting a diamond. but with all the thank you points i've been earning... ♪ ...i flew us to the rock i really had in mind. ♪ [ male announcer ] the citi thank you card. earn points you can use for travel on any airline, with no blackout dates. let me get that door for you... [ man ] i loved my first car... sometimes the door gets stuck... oh sure. ooh! [ man ] ...and then, i didn't. um... [ sighs ] [ man ] so, i got a car i can love a really, really long time.

[ malannouncer ] for the road ahead, the a-new subaru impreza. ♪ experience love that lasts. oh there's tons. french presses, espresso tampers, filters. it can get really complicated. not nearly as complicated as shipping it though. i mean shipping is a hassle. not with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits it ships, anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. that is easy. best news i've heard all day! i'm soooo amped! i mean not amped. excited. well, sort of amped. really kind of in between. have you ever thought about decaf? do you think that would help? yeah. priority mail flat rate shipping starts at just $5.15, only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship.

without the stuff that we make here, yoyou wouldn't be able to walk in your house and flip on your lights. [ brad ] at ge we build turbines that pothe world. they go into power plants which take some form of energy, harness it, and turn it into more efficient electricity. [ ron ] when i was a kid i wanted to work with my hands, that was my thing. i really enjoy building turbines. it's nice to know that what you're building is gonna do something for the world. when people think of ge, they typically don't think about beer. a lot of people may not realize that the power needed to keep their budweiser cold and even to make their beer comes from turbines made right here. wait, so you guys make the beer? no, we make the power that makes the beer. so without you there'd be no bud? that's right. well, we like you. [ laughter ] ♪

>> tgif, everyone. it's friday, february 24th. i'm gretchen carlson. hope you're going to have a great day. thanks for sharing part of it with us. so the story out of afghanistan, we told you yesterday the qurans were burned and then they retaliated by killing our troops. now, president obama says he's sorry to afghanistan? >> he is consistently apologizing to people that does not deserve the apology of the president of the united states period. >> so what do you think? should the president take back his apology? we'll discuss it. >> call off the election, we have a winner! >> my presidency is not over. i've got another five years coming up. we're going to get this done. >> a bold prediction. does he really have something -- does he really know something that we don't steve? >> i don't know, brian. meanwhile, we promise you've never seen a close call like this before. look at that. oh, my goodness, a car

obliterated by an oncoming train but the people inside the car escape with seconds to spare. look at this. we'll tell you that story and so much more. "fox & friends" for a friday, hour 2 starts right now. >> i was just in the green room talking to a couple of the drebl directors of the brand new movie, go to "act of valor". it stars real life navy seals and this thing has got action scenes like you have never seen in a movie before. eat your heart out, bruce willis. >> let me say something, gretchen, you and i both know why steve was talking to those drez octobers. >> why? >> you've dreamed of being on the big screen. you want to get into the movies. how soon in the conversation will you be like hey, where do you see me in your next script? >> i was in "pineapple express". >> "pineapple express"? >> what did that do to my career. >> what the heck was "pineapple

express"? >> i'm on -- these guys are listening to a radio, right? i'm on the radio in the movie. >> wow! >> my son peter called me and said you know you're in that movie. i said i am? >> did you get paid? >> no. >> i thought you were only on that soap opera the one time. >> i've been in two soap operas and this soap opera. >> and both times you were drunk! >> one time i was drunk. one time i was just really happy. >> pretending he was drunk. >> ok. >> i wasn't really drunk. i was acting! >> i have a lot to find out about after the show. anyway, right now, we have to get to your headlines. while you were sleeping, a wild car chase in los angeles ended in a hail of bullets. a carjacker steals not one but two cars leading police around the city for four hours before stopping at a gas station. fox news chopper capturing the dramatic end of the showdown. watch this. >> whoa, shots fired! shots fired! shots fired! >> so the carjacker ends up getting killed because he was waving his gun at officers.

and look at the guy crouched down at the pump. imagine if that's you, you're getting gas and you're in the middle of this. he was orrdered to duck before the police riddled the car with bullets. >> new allegations in the death of the amazing race producer. police in uganda say he may have been a drug dealer that died trying to cover up his crime. he was found dead in his hotel room with a large amount of cocaine in his stomach leading his family to believe he was poisoned by local thugs. there wasn't any sign of a struggle. rice swallowed the drugs thinking police were coming for him, one theory. his assistant passed out cold. right now she's recovering in the hospital but not talking. they'll keep her in the country until they decide whether to press charges. major travel headaches all across the midwest this morning as a major snowstorm sweeps in

from canada. it's been dubbed the seskatchewan screamer. roads expected to be a total mess in chicago. more than 300 flights to and from o'hare airport already canceled. that could back up flights all across the country. a very close call for two sisters. they made it out of the car seconds before a train hit it. the girls made a wrong turn, ended up getting stuck on the tracks in newark, delaware. two men stopped to help push it off but it wouldn't budge. they heard the train coming and told the girls to get out of the car. the driver told them to move it and eventually pulled them out. the train crashed into the car and sent it several hundred feet off the track. one of the men recalls the conversation with driver. >> we got a few seconds, what are we going to do here? we know that train is coming 50, 60 miles an hour so i don't think she realized what kind of damage that train was going to cause if it hits you. >> wow.

luckily, nobody was hurt. >> how could you not know what kind of damage a train would do to your car? >> not sure. >> parking on the tracks, bad idea. luckily, everybody ok. let's tell you about this story that's caused a lot of damage between the united states and afghanistan. the story goes a couple of days -- a number of days ago, apparently, nato forces there at the air force base realized inside some qurans they notice what they have depicted as terrorist inscriptions and apparently, the terrorists were using it to communicate extremist ideas so what they said was we can't have this in the library. let's send them out to be destroyed because they're obviously propaganda. well, now, the story goes that they were accidentally burned for whatever reason, we'll eventually get to that but the entire country is on fire and really, really mad at the united states. 13 people have been killed including two u.s. service personnel. >> there's also a story out

there that when you do desecrate the quran, that one of the redeemable ways of getting rid of having done that is to burn it. so, you know, you have to wonder if the united states actually -- actually did anything completely wrong. i mean, the nato commanders, i believe, had apologized for that. but now, the president of the united states has apologized to hamid karzai who runs the country of afghanistan but keep in mind, two american soldiers are now dead so many people are calling that apology into question. >> again, once again, these are afghan soldiers that we're training and financing and will continue to pay even after we leave. because they can't stand up and afford their own police force of 170,000. and again, for the -- there's been 70 coalition members killed by afghan forces that we're training. newt gingrich, one of the many, outraged for the apology. >> the president apologized for the burning. but i haven't seen the president demand that the government of

afghanistan apologized for the killing of two young americans. furthermore, my hunch is since the person who killed them is an afghan soldier, but that soldier was being paid with american money, armed with american money, trained with american money, and there's something profoundly wrong when the commander in chief refuses to defend the integrity and the lives of the people who serve under him. there's simply nothing that radical islamists can do to get barack obama's attention in a negative way and he's consistently apologizing to people who do not deserve the apology of the president of the united states, period. >> the people who are trying desperately to get back. we're the only reason that they haven't come back. we're training them to defend themselves. burning the quran, i'm not an islamic expert, i don't know if you realize that. you begin to defile the quran when you write in it.

terrorist inscriptions in it and the job of getting rid of it is something that maybe should be revisited but their reaction and the lack of leadership on the afghan side to say hey, don't take it out on the americans, they're our best friends in the world. >> and the taliban are torching morphi mosques over there left and right. moderate mullahs over there and, you know, the people involved in the mosques and so that -- that's the ultimate desecration. yesterday, jay carney was asked about this. and he said i would note that one of my predecessors, dana perino, the press secretary for george w. bush following an incident in which american servicemen apparently shot and did damage to a quran in 2008. she expressed apologies on behalf of the president. that's appropriate for the same reason because of our concern, this president's concern as was truly the case with president bush is the safety and security of our men and women in uniform as well as our civilians in afghanistan. but mr. carney, there's a big

difference in that particular case. no u.s. service personnel were killed. >> yeah. >> so why apologize? where's the apology from karzai? >> all right. so we'll continue to discuss this story throughout the morning. in the meantime, president obama yesterday during a radio interview basically said that the election was over. well, that's news to mitt romney, ron paul, newt gingrich, and rick santorum. well, he said that he won because he needed five more years to get done. i think they were talking about immigration specifically. we needed five more years to get it done. here he is. >> my presidency is not over. i've got another five years coming up. we're going to get this done. >> he's talking about immigration reform in that case but it's a lot different from his tone a few months ago when he said of course i'm the underdog. you know, to run for re-election. now he calls himself favored. to me, this is very much within president obama's make-up because he's an athlete. he feels like i'm getting into this game. and i'm going to be successful, it reminds me of something that

you cover on a daily basis. it's just in the political realm, it's somewhat risky. >> i've heard four more years but the first time i've heard five more years. one of the things that he glosses over in this particular radio interview he does with eddie sotello is regarding immigration reform and he's trying to explain why he didn't fix it. he promised he would fix it and there are millions of latinos in the country that thought he would be -- took him at his word. he does not, though, mention the fact that for two years with a democrat-controlled congress, he couldn't get anything done. plus he didn't mention the fact that there are members of his own party who are against, are essentially on the same side with the republicans when it comes to this particular issue. but nonetheless, five more years. >> will mitt romney's strong performance in this week's debate propel him to victory in his home state of michigan? that's coming up on tuesday or are his worst fears coming true? tim pawlenty who's campaigning for romney, the former governor of minnesota joins us on the curvy couch next.

>> and "act of valor" the movie featuring real navy seals out today and this movie different than any other military film you've ever seen. directors are here live to tell you why and how they'll cast in the future. [ male announcer ] where's your road to happiness? what ithe first step on that road is a bowl of soup? delicious campbell's soups fill you with vegetable nutrition, farm-grown ingredients, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's -- it's amazing what soup can do. instead of blaming me, try advil congestion relief. often the real problem is swelling, not mucus. advil congestion relief reduces swelling due to nasal inflammation. so i can breathe. advil congestion relief.

♪ what started as a whisper every day, millions of people choose to do the right thing. there's an insurance company that does that, too. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy?

in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter job on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill, and track work in real time. you can't live under a dome in minnesota, that's why there's guys like me. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪

>> senator, during your term in congress, the years you've been there, government has doubled in size. you voted to raise the debt ceiling five times without compensating cuts in spending. in my view, we should not raise the debt ceiling again until we get compensating cuts in spending, a cut, cap and balance approach must be taken. >> mr. speaker -- >> while i was fighting to save the olympics, you were fighting to save the bridge to nowhere. >> wow. >> they were talking about earmarks there and that capped it off. mitt romney returning to the

debate stage with a strong performance on wednesday night and possibly the last debate, as you know, now to the former governor hoping to ride the momentum into michigan and reclaim the lead and victory. >> in his home state. will the debate help mitt pull off a win on tuesday? let's ask former 2012 president and a former governor of my home state of minnesota, tim pawlenty. welcome to the curvy couch. >> good to be back. >> good to see you. so you decided to endorse mitt romney quite a while ago. my first question to you is do you wish you would have not gotten out of the race? look what's happened! you could be on top right now. what would have known? >> look, i had my chance and couldn't get it over the finish line. i regret some of the tactical decisions we made in our campaign. fact of the matter is we had the chance to get it done. i'm really pleased and excited to support mitt. he's clearly the most knowledgeable, most capable and most electable candidate in the field. and i think you see that in the debates. >> you saw that in the debate and a lot of people think that rick santorum debate did not go well. what does mitt romney have to do

to transfer into michigan and get back on top in most of the polls? >> couple of things, momentum in michigan is on mitt's side. if you saw the polls a week or two ago, rick santorum was up substantially. now, governor romney has clawed back to tie or slightly in the lead. the reason is rick did not get a lot of scrutiny when he's a second or third candidate. now we see the record and it's not the record of the true conservative he claims on spending, on raising the debt ceiling, on taxes, on labor issues. and so conservatives and republicans are getting re-introduced to rick santorum and saying it doesn't look like he said it did. they're seeing the steadiness and really excellent record of mitt romney. >> what do you think, though, about the way in which this all has unfolded? some people say we've had too many debates. 20 of them, i guess. and that the infighting really has been a negative for the g.o.p. do you see is that way? should they have spent their time criticizing president obama more? >> there's no way to avoid it. when you have a hotly contested race for a president --

presidential nomination, there's still going to be time to go back and forth. there's still time for people to get behind the nominee that i hope will be mitt romney. >> let's talk about the real average when it talks about the national polls. talk to 1,000 people across the country. when you take the average, it's almost a dead heat between rick santorum and mitt romney. so as we go into michigan and arizona, do you believe like many others believe that if -- if -- being that arizona is probably going to go to romney, if he does not win michigan, it would be devastating to the campaign? >> i don't, brian. i think mitt is going to win michigan. >> he had the same thing. >> if he doesn't, there's no one state that's -- look at this race so far. if we've learned anything, we know any one state doesn't mean the end of anything. mitt hopefully will do well and i believe he will win michigan for all the reasons that you suggested earlier. it's not make or break. >> what do you make of the fact that we just reported that the president yesterday during this radio interview said he needs five more years to get the job done? >> presumptuous much?

a little arrogance. a little counting your chickens -- eggs before they're hatched. >> does he have the -- not the right. but is he moving in a correct direction in his mind because he's watching what's happening with the republicans right now fighting one another? does he act more confident because the approval ratings show people are starting to come back to him even a little bit. >> he might. i think what american voters don't like is leaders who take them for granted or are presumptuous about their support and the president and any candidate needs to go out and humbly seek and get that support, not just declare yourself re-elected and the numbers don't justify him reaching that kind of conclusion. by the way, with this economy and gas prices for him and anyone else to assume he's got a coast to the finish line in november is ridiculous. >> how do you feel about the president apologizing yesterday to the people of afghanistan, the soldiers allegedly burning some qurans? >> well, our military had already apologized for it, brian, i don't think an additional gesture by the president was necessary. and by the way, if we want to

get apologies, let's go to the other side of the ledger and look at hamid karzai's behavior, the afghan government's behavior, their military's behavior, their police behavior and let's have them then reconcile that back to us. i don't think he needed to do it and shouldn't have done it after the military had already apologized. >> if mitt romney gets the nomination and comes calling to you for v.p., is the answer yes? >> the answer is i'm not going to be considering that and i've taken myself off the list, gretchen. >> you have? >> he's going to have a lot of great people to pick from. i was down that road before with senator mccain. i'm honored to help governor romney as a volunteer and he's a spectacular, successful leader and a great person and his heart and head are connected. he's going to be a great president. but he'll be able to pick from a lot of other people for v.p. >> we should say the gallup poll has him head to head with president obama winning by four points right now. it does show even with the economy improving, that romney is still viable. >> on that electability issue, it's clear if you look at it over weeks and months, there's one candidate that's been either tied with or slightly ahead of

barack obama and that's mitt romney. the other candidates have not fared well against barack obama. if you want to beat barack obama, our best shot clearly is mitt romney. >> former governor of minnesota, tim pawlenty. great to see you in person. >> thanks. good to be here. >> stay out of trouble in new york. we can't bail you out again. straight ahead, not what you want to hear as you prepare to board your next flight. controllers reportedly sleeping on the job. you will not believe what a fox investigation turned up. >> and if the scenes from this movie look authentic, it's because the actors are real navy seals. the men who made the movie here next. @@ so who ordered the cereal that can help lower olesterol

and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. [ woman ] lower cholesterol. [ man 2 ] yummy. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste and whole gin oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. ♪ one, two, three, four ♪ ♪ you say ♪ flip it over and replay ♪ we'll make everything okay ♪ walk together the right way ♪ do, do, do, do

you walk into a conventional mattress store, it's really not about you. they say, "well, if you want a firm bed you can lie onne of those." we provide the exact individualization that your body needs. wow! that feels really good. it's about support where you find it most comfortable. hurry to the final days of the ultimate sleep number event, where queen mattresses now start at just $599. and save 50% on the final closeout of our innovative limited edition bed.

only at the sleep number store. >> time for news by the numbers now. first 35,000, that's how many postal jobs will be eliminated under a plan to consolidate or close 223 mail processing facilities. next, 44,215 dollars. that's the u.s. debt per capita which is even worse than greece? are you kidding me? where people are rioting in the streets. 1 in 5, that's how many american adults have at least one tattoo. only about 14% say they actually regret it. wow. steve, you have any tattoos? >> no, and i would regret all of those. all right. thanks, gretch. it is one of the most talked about movies of the year and it comes out officially today. it's called "act of valor" starring real life active duty navy seals. this is all real. watch this. with live fire.

>> joining us right now are mike mccoy and scott roy, the directors of the film. god -- good morning to both of you. i asked if you were there. you said? >> right in the middle of that gun fight. >> wearing. >> full body armor and camouflage. >> that was the most orchestrated chaos we've seen in our lives. >> this is live fire. first time live fire has been used in a movie since -- >> 1929. >> oh, my goodness. >> yeah, right? >> what was the mission here for you as filmmakers? >> you know, we felt like for the last 10 years, there's been a lot of men and women in uniform that have been sacrificing for our country and we -- and they do it for no

recognition, steve. we feel like, you know, they deserve recognition. they deserve to be, you know, more than just a patted on the back. >> absolutely. you have this idea, you went to the pentagon and you approached some real life navy seals and you said we're making a movie and what did they tell you? >> well, we were invited inside in the community and really got to know the guys and heard all the stories and were blown away by these amazing acts of valor that we heard and we feel like the only way to represent this brotherhood in an authentic way is by using the real guys. when we asked the guys, they said we're not hollywood dudes. >> they turned us down. >> as they continued to develop, they realized they could have a hand in the legacy of their community overall and properly represent themselves. >> i got to tell you, this movie is fantastic and when you watch, not only am i thinking it's live fire but it's very accurate because these are based on real operations that they have run in the past. and they're not actors. >> you know what -- >> they're real navy seals with their real families in the good-bye scenes. >> isn't that great?

for the first time in 10 years, you're seeing an in camera movie so there's not an actor on the green screen. you get a chance to peek behind the curtain of what it's like to be immersed in the navy seal culture. >> was there a worry that you would reveal some secrets? wait a minute, i've never seen that before. >> this film is absolutely type that way. they had to scrub on technique and procedure to make sure we didn't give away any anything classified. >> what's the reaction been so far? >> very humbling. people come up to us and thank us for making this kind of movie and representing them honestly, honor for us to be able to do that and more of an honor for those people that have served our country and giving them the respect they deserve. >> i love that you titled it "act of valor" because these are real acts of valor by real seals who are serving our nation, many of them to this day, right? >> absolutely. >> uh-huh. and all the guys are still fighting right now, steve. they're all back to work. >> not in hollywood.

>> no, not in hollywood they're not. >> some place with bad plumbing no doubt. check out the movie, it opens in 2500 theaters nationwide. >> 3,000. we just got updated. >> 3,000. no excuse, everybody check out "act of valor." mouse, scott, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you, steve. >> it is great. check it out. meanwhile, didn't meet the requirements for graduation? no problem. here's a diploma anyway. we'll tell you what's happening to the lowering of standards and here we go again. another green energy factory belly up so why is the administration still standing by its green commitment? the list comes up straight ahead. wake up! that's good morning, veggie style.

hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. until the end of the quarter to think about your money... ♪ ...that right now, you want to know where you are, and where you'd like to be. we know you'd like to see the same information your advisor does so you can get a deeper understanding of what's going on with your portfolio. we know all this because we asked you, and what we heard helped us create pnc wealth insight, a smarter way to work with your pnc advisor, so you can make better decisions and live achievement. chocolate lemonade ? susie's lemonade... the movie. or... we make it pink ! with these 4g lte tablets,

you can do business at lightning-fast spes. we'll take all the strawberries, dave. you got it, kid. we have a winner. we're definitely gonna need another one. small sinesses that want to grow use 4g lte technology from verizon. i wonder how she does it. that's why she's the boss. because the small business with the best tecology rules. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 1-800-974-6006. i was 18 years old before i had my first fresh bun. the invention that i came up with is the hot dog ez bun steamer. steam is the key to a great hot dog.

i knew it was gng to be a success. the invention was so simple that i knew i needed to prott it. my name is chris schutte and i got my patent, trademark and llc on legalzoom. [ shapiro ] we created legalzoom to help people start their business and launch their dreams. go to legalzoom today and make your business dream a reality. at legalzoom.com, we put the law on your side. go ti had[ designer ]eelingake enough of just covering uplity. my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. [ rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -- and may not clear you completely, but for many, it gets skin clearer fast, within 2 months, and keeps it clearer up to 9 months. [ male announcer ] because enbrel suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal, events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis

and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. don't start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. tell your doctor if you're prone to infections, have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b, have been treated for heart failure, or if, while on enbrel, you experience persistent fever, bruising, bleeding, or paleness. if you've had enough, ask your dermatologist about enbrel. >> time for your shot of the morning and i've chosen this one. call him walker texas grazer, police officer kevin yang busted for stealing food out of the police station fridge. it happened in deer park, texas. yang's co-workers so fed up with their lunch disappearing, they set up a hidden camera in the break room. that's when they caught yang red handed taking a subway sandwich and several energy drinks. he was cited for misdemeanor theft and suspended for 30 days without pay. >> that's what happens when you do that at the cop shop.

>> right. >> i want to tell you one thing, chris, that's a message for you. we are watching you at the refrigerator and gretchen is the type that will press charges. me, i would -- >> over a yogurt? >> busted! >> there you go, chris. >> where's the chinese food, chris, and the pizza? >> chris, if it was my bottle of wine that you stole, i might press charges. >> that's true. >> she'd miss that. >> i would. but not for the yogurt. >> got to do the show. meanwhile, we got some headlines for you on this friday morning. the pressure from the west so far not enough to save a christian pastor from execution in iran. we're telling you this story earlier. the pastor was sentenced to death for refusing to recant his christian beliefs. he had been muslim and then became christian. he rejected an offer to be freed from prison by converting back to islam, a religion that allows this sort of punishment, death. the white house issued a statement strongly condemning the reports. the 34-year-old has been behind the bars since 2009. ok, so they've condemned it.

nonetheless, he's still sentenced to die. he's married with two children. >> concern growing on capitol hill after more members of congress received disturbing pieces of mail. it included a powdery substance. so far, the substances have been harmless but the author claims that more are coming in the mail. the letters are all from the pacific northwest, many came from portland, oregon, but the return address does not exist. we've learned the democratic senator pat leahy is one of the lawmakers that was targeted. house speaker john boehner also identified as a recipient. >> didn't meet all the requirements to graduate high school, perhaps? not a problem! if you go to school in new york city. yes, a new audit found 60 schools let 300 students graduate that didn't make the grade. others lacked mandatory physical education or science lab courses. some also got the wrong type of diplomas. the city's department of education says it's making a dozen policy changes because of the findings.

don't rush! >> great. meanwhile, you've heard of power naps but these air traffic controllers got caught in a fox news investigation taking naps in the tower. pictures show tower employees not only sleeping but also texting and reading while they were supposed to be scanning the skies. an anonymous source handed over the footage, all said to be guys who work at west chester county airport in new york state. the f.a.a. tried to explain the footage saying the control tower has been doubling as a break room. because the tower's elevator is broken. ok. but in taped interviews, inside sources told fox the controllers caught on camera were not the ones on break. senator kirsten gillebrand wants the f.a.a. to look at the footage to see if a full investigation is waurnlted. >> there's a crash that was there because they're not sure where the air traffic controller was who the pilot was trying to radio before he went down.

so i mean, this is serious, serious business and by the way, my son's school happens to be right next door to this airport. so on a personal level, i'd like the air traffic controllers to be paying attention there. >> no kidding. meanwhile, let's take a look at what's going on in the weather coast to coast, as you can see here in the northeast, bad weather -- you might want to check your airports for flight delays all the way from new england down through the mid atlantic and along the gulf coast. we got some storms moving through and some snow it looked like in the chicagoland area through portions of michigan as well and the great lakes areas on this friday. temperaturewise, well, it's winter and it feels like it in the northern plains but it certainly doesn't feel like win winter in new orleans right now where it's 72 or in atlanta where it's 70 or in raleigh where it's 67 in front of that front. later on today, in raleigh, 77 beautiful degrees. about the same for tampa and much of florida. daytime high there should be 80 degrees.

and that's the fox travelcast for this wet friday here in new york city. >> well, we know yesterday the president was down in miami and he was going to be giving a speech about higher gas prices. i think a lot of people were expecting to hear what the president thinks that he could possibly do to help americans at the pump right now. but instead, much of the speech was about what he felt that he couldn't do. that there was nothing he could do and blaming republicans for some of the ideas they might have had. in the meantime, he continued to push his clean energy policies as the answer to bringing gas prices down. >> the payoff on these public investments, they don't always come right away. and some technologies don't pan out. and some companies will fail. but but as long as i'm president, i will not walk away from the promise of clean energy. i will not give up, i will not feed the solar industry or wind

industry to china because some politicians in washington refuse to make the same commitment in america. >> he's right, some will fail but when you look at the number of alternative energy programs that have failed that the president or vice president have actually visited, it gets quite -- it's quite a list. serious materials failed, solyndra, half a billion failed. beacon power, 43 billion failed. ener1, $118 million failed. >> this is not ready. there's got to be some innovation and r&d, you should not be seeking government dollars into your own personal agenda. that's what this is. he says it's in the interest of the country but it's really against his agenda and you can't do that using money in an emergency situation. it's just not where the money belongs. >> in all fairness, some republicans in the past have also been in favor of giving money to some of these organizations. i think why it's become so important now, two things, we're a nation in incredible debt so

people are paying more attention to where the government dollars are going and number two, the high gas prices right now, so now suddenly people are really in tune with energy alternatives and what the answer might be because they saw trickle down effect of gas prices. eventually everything else becomes more expensive. >> as we heard from the president yesterday, he said a lot of these programs aren't going to work out, doubling down, he's pushing the agenda. going forward, we'll see more of this stuff. >> straight ahead, are democrats pandering to unions as they hire people for their convention? our next guest says yes. he's paying the price for having a nonunionized work force. he'll tell us why. >> and imagine this. you rush into the emergency room you and need a doctor, stat! you'll have to wait until you pay first. it's dangerous and it's happening. we will tell you where. >> first, your trivia question of the day -- [ female announcer ] when your child has a fever,

you should know that just one dose of children's advil gives up to eight hours of fever relief. allowing your little one to get back to building a better afternoon. children's advil. relief you can trust. to get back to building a better afternoon. (crickets chirping) you might just wanna trade that one in. ♪music announcer: during the bass pro shops spring fishing classic save up to an extra $100 on a new reel when you trade one in. like an extra $20 dollars off this carbon lite baitcaster. two. three. one. two. and, three. [ male announcer ] with the bankamericard cash rewards credit card, earn more cash back for the things you buy most. 1% cash back everywhere, every time. 2% cash back on groceries. 3% back on gas. automatically.

no hoops to jump through. it's as easy as one. -two. -three. [ male announcer ] the bankamericard cash rewards card. apply online or at a bank of america near you. anything not moving forward... is moving backward. [ tires screech ] [ engine turns over, tires squeal ] introducing the 2013 gs, with the lexus enform app suite -- the most connected information and communication technology available in an automobile.

[ engine revs ] the all-new 2013 lexus gs. there's no going back. see your lexus dealer.

>> quick headlines now. demanding a deposit before they treat emergency room patients. the hospital is trying to reduce overcrowding and an out of control 18 wheeler caused this frightening scene in texas. it crossed over three lanes sending an s.u.v. through a concrete barrier and it landed on top of the car. that driver is in serious condition. >> here's gretch. >> thanks, brian. in celebration of the many achievements and important milestones by african-americans throughout u.s. history, fox news has teamed up with the ailes apprentice program for a very special series. it honors a few of these extraordinary people. and fox report anchor harris faulkner joins us with more. you're the one that gets to meet these wonderful people and report on them. >> i do. i feel like i've won the

lottery. they've been so special. sometimes you run into those rare individuals, a true one of a kind, when we first began our research for this project, we met an absolute spitfire named barbara hillary. barbara has battled through not one but two different types of cancer and instead of laying low and taking it easy, at 75, she became an adventurer traveling to the north pole. a place where no other african-american woman had gone before. >> i don't take my energy from people. i think for myself. and that's what makes people unique. not your body, but your mind. >> 10 years ago, if someone had told you that you were going to be the first african-american woman to reach the north pole, what would you have said? >> i would have said, thank you for the vote of confidence but have you lost it? >> barbara hillary grew up in harlem during the great depression. the youngest of two girls, her father died before her second birthday.

but barbara was raised by a strong mother who kept her honest and out of trouble. >> she was a parent, she was not my buddy, there was a standard in my home. there was a sense of expectation in terms of education. there's no such things as a g.e.d. and pregnancy. >> in her mid 20's, doctors discovered two different lumps during a routine breast exam. >> it was decided that i would have two partial mastectomy. >> for a young woman, that's tough. >> yes, it was shocking. i was raised and my mother taught me that there's going to be setbacks in life. life doesn't owe you anything. when you fall, you get up and you try again. >> then later in life, you turned 57 and you have another health scare. what happened? >> i was diagnosed with lung cancer. >> doctors had to remove a lobe from her lung and she lost 25% of her breathing capacity.

but instead of slowing down, she turned it up a notch. >> i looked at a cruise ship and i realized there would be nothing worse than stuck on this ship with boring, married people. boring. you know what they're going to say. how many pictures can you look at? and as a natural progression, i started to read about the north pole and i discovered there's no black woman on record had ever set foot on the geographic north pole and that was the motivating force. >> what kind of support did you get from the african-american community? >> well, they knew i had lost my mind. >> barbara, most people wouldn't do this at 30 having never had cancer. what made you think that you could do this? >> i saw no reason why i couldn't. and i'm not being flippant. it's a matter of believing in yourself and if i failed, so what? i tried. >> although she'd never done any fundraising before, she made

thousands of cold calls and eventually raised more than $25,000 for the trip of a lifetime. >> now you're getting close to the arctic circle. what's going through your mind? >> saying to my guide, we're friends now, when are we going to reach the blankety blank hole and he turns to me and he says barbara, you're standing on the top of the world. what a feeling! >> these days, as she waits for her next great adventure, she travels around the nation speaking to colleges and universities. and likes to take time to visit the old neighborhood. >> when i come to harlem, i'm overwhelmed emotionally at times. i stand back and it's emotionally sharing experience to come back. >> what about the food here at sylvia's, bringing back any memories for you? >> they call it soul food for a reason. there's few pleasures in the world. food and sex, what else is there? >> what do you want people to take from your story?

>> i would like people of color to know that you don't have to be stereotyped. there's more to us, with all due respect to people who play football and baseball. but we can also do other things if you want to. >> since that trip, barbara hillary has become the first african-american woman to stand on both poles because last year at 79, she went to the south pole. she told me she's not done yet. although she wouldn't say exactly where she's going next. she says it will be another first. and this time, the climate is going to be a little warmer. we'll stay in touch with her. >> wow. i like her, she tells it like it is and she does it. >> she does what she says. right? >> i love it. >> next week, america's largest city, the big apple right here in new york elected its first black mayor in the 1990's and for the first time, former mayor david dinkins returns to legendary gracie mansion to sit down for an interview. the victories, the memories and

his indelible imprint on history. don't miss it. we'll continue our journey this black history month and round it out next week, a journey we are on together through our shared american experiences. >> all right. i've really enjoyed seeing all these pieces you've put together and i know you've had a lot of fun, too. thanks, harris. >> sure. >> good luck finding work in this town. our next guest says his construction company is being shut out because he refused to go union. is that fair? hear from him and then you can decide. but first, this day in 1986, mister mister had the number one song. how do you say that, john? really? yeah. ok, cool. i can rest now. [ male announcer ] where's your road to happiness? what ithe first step on that road is a bowl of soup? delicious campbell's soups fill you with vegetable nutrition,

farm-grown ingredients, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's -- it's amazing what soup can do. and can help you keep and, just like toddlers, puppies need food made for them. that's why there's purina puppy chow. with all the essential nutrients ur growing puppy needs. purina puppy chow. the new spark card from capital one. spark miles gives me the most rewards of any small business credit card. the spark card earns double miles... so we really had to up our game. with spark, the boss earns double miles on every rchase, every day. that's setting the bar pretty high. owning my own business has never been more rewarding. coming through! [ male announcer ] introducing spark the small business credit cards from capital one. get more by choosing unlimited double miles or 2% cash back on every purchase, every day. what's in your wallet?

>> the winner is bruce and again, billy zane was the third caller. does the democratic party pander to unions? listen to this. according to small business owners in north carolina, the dnc will not allow them to work at the party's convention there in september. that is unless they're unionized. joining us now, sherwood webb, one of the small business owners affected by this and with webb & partners. sherwood, how do you know the dnc has this policy? >> well, when i met with them in august of last year, they had an rfp s stadd that we had to abide by an agreement that they would reach with the unions and i just would not accept that. because i don't know what agreement they're going to reach with the unions. >> right. >> and north carolina has a very small amount of unions so it's difficult to find union workers. >> only 3% of the work force is union. they picked north carolina as a

right to work state and now they want to bring unions with them? >> it appears that way. i mean, the consortium of contractors they picked is a joint venture between a large unionized contractor, a local contractor who is very large and a minority contractor who is very large out of atlanta. we have a great pool of workers in charlotte and we have latino, minority, great workers that could easily do this job. i mean, it's only a $38 million project and they picked companies as a joint venture, they do over $2 billion a year. i don't understand it. we would have welcomed the work and we looked forward to it but when i was asked to sign an agreement in my contract that i would basically use unions to a maximum, i just don't do that in north carolina. if it was new york, pennsylvania, somewhere else, i would certainly do that. but not in north carolina. >> here's what the dnc said about this. to the extent permitted by law, all services, goods, equipment, supplies and materials to be provided or procured by the host committee here under shall be performed or supplied by firms

covered by current union, collective bargaining agreements. i'm glad we knocked out the lawyerese there and made it easy to understand language. if it's not union, we're not interested. it's union first. it's the dnc pandering to the people who put millions into their pockets? >> well, i believe that they are certainly taking care of their base. i mean, look, that's their decision. that's their choice. but if you're going to pick charlotte, north carolina, i would have liked to have seen local contractors, particularly the minority contractors, and even contractors such as myself to be able to do the work. we could have done it. we didn't need the joint venture with anyone. i can do an $8 million project and there's hundreds of companies here that can do that. i don't know why you would pick a large firm out of indiana. >> right. this is an insult to the community. you would think the local politicians would ensure something like this happens before they agree to allow this committee to take -- this convention to take place. >> well, they signed a contract. and in it, they said they would maximize the use of unions. but i believe it went further in that the rfp that i saw stated

that we had to abide by what agreement that the dnc signed with the unions. i can't sign a contract that i don't know what kind of agreement they're going to abide by. in 2010, the unions pushed really hard to use project labor agreements. and i really believe this is a continuation of that. >> all right, sherwood webb, thanks so much for joining us. hopefully this works out and you get a little bit of the business that's coming your way this summer. >> thanks so much. >> let's look at geraldo. should the president be apologizing to afghanistan over the burning of qurans when afghans just killed two u.s. soldiers? geraldo rivera being harassed by steve doocy will tell us from his perspective. how this pharmacist prevented a robber from striking a third time.

the best approach to food is tkeep it whole for better nutrition. that's what they do with great grains cereal. they steam and bake the actual whole grain while the otr guy's flake is more processed. mmm. great grains. the whole whole grain cereal. your finances can't manage themselves. but that doesn't mean they won't try. bring all your finances together with the help of the one person who can. a certified financial planner professional.

cfp. let's make plan. in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter job on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill, and track work in real time. you can't live under a dome in minnesota, that's why there's guys like me. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪

don't our dogs deserve to eat fresher less processed foods just like we do introducing freshpet healthy recipes of fresh meat and fresh veggies so fresh the only preservative we use is the fridge freshpet fresh food for fido

>> gretchen: i love it when i can say tgif. today is friday, february 24. i'm gretchen carlson. here is a controversial story that's going on. the korans were burned and they retaliated by killing u.s. troops. now the president tells afghanistan that he's sorry. should he be the one apologizing? some people say no. >> steve: meanwhile, feeling the pain at the pump? the rest of us are. the president says too bad. there is nothing more that he can do. is that true or did the spike in gas prices catch the administration off guard? we're going to talk about gas in the $5 zone. >> brian: pay your taxes late, there's a penalty for that. the irs is running late. do they pay a fine? chances are your refund check is not coming in the mail. "fox & friends" starts right

now. >> steve: welcome to studio e. i escorted geraldo rivera into the studio. he'll be with us in two minutes. i think it's geraldo effect 'cause when we were on camera for the first time ever, i almost felt like kicking the door open. >> brian: right. that's a problem with geraldo. >> steve: you do that to people! >> brian: do you feel sexy? because geraldo reeks sex appeal. >> gretchen: maybe i should comment on that. i'm just saying. i said it before, you should wear a short sleeve shirt for your appearances here. i've seen new afghanistan with short sleeved shirts. it's a good look. >> brian: but that's because it's 120 degrees. >> gretchen: all right. let's get to the headlines. the short sleeved man will be here. while you were sleeping a wild car chase in los angeles ended in a hail bullets. amazing video you're about to see. he stole two cars. he rode around for four hours

and look what happened. a fox news chopper capturing the dramatic end. >> whoa, shots fired, shots fired. shots fired. >> gretchen: the carjacker ends up being killed because he was waving his gun at officers. look at the guy crouch. how would you like to be that guy? crouched at the gas pump. at least to get gas. but he was order to do duck before police riddled the suspect's car with results. he was not hurt did she. sununu accusations in the death of jeff rice. police saying he might have been a drug mule who died trying to cover up his crimes. we told you earlier that rice was found dead in his hotel room with a large amount of cocaine in his stomach, leaving his family to believe that he was poisoned by some local thugs. the only problem is there wasn't any sign of a struggle either on rice's body or inside that room. one theory now is that rice swallowed all of those drugs thinking police were coming for him.

rice's assistant also found in that room passed out cold. right now she's recovering in the hospital. but she's not talking. police say they'll keep her in the country until they decide whether to press any charges. going to be an awful day to travel if you're going to the midwest or trying to get out of the midwest a. major snow storm slams the region. some areas in illinois expecting eight inches of snow. the storm moving south from canada, being called the saskatchewan screamer. major headaches are in store for air travelers, 200 flights to and out of o'hare in chicago canceled. volunteers significant delays. sick and tired of armed thugs holding up her store, one pharmacist decided to fight back. watch this. you're not going to believe this. this is surveillance video. that's the suspect handing a note to the manager demanding drugs. she took matters into her own hands. shooting him in the face with a massive pepper spray. that's not your average pepper spray. it's the kind used by hunters to scare off grizzly bears. she and another employee then chased the guy out of the front

door. >> for me, i know how far away law enforcement is here in deer park. i know that are going to have to take care of ourselves. >> gretchen: wow. police in washington state say miller had been doused with so much pepper spray, his parents called 911 and that's how they were able to make the arrest. those are your headlines. i i wonder if we'll see more of that going on. >> steve: i wonder if the family will sue now. hey, you hit me with pepper spray. all i was trying to do was rob you. >> brian: i'm wondering who has the composure to sit there in front of a grizzly bear and spray him in the face. right up there, gentle ben. not so gentle ben. >> steve: that's right. >> brian: gas prices continue to rise. now president obama firing back at republicans for their criticism. doug live at the white house with more. hey, doug. >> hey, you got it right this

time. >> brian: finally. >> with gasoline prices seriously on the rise, climbing almost every day, the administration is scrambling to defend its energy policy. the president speaking yesterday at the university of miami, saying the single greatest contributor to rising gasoline prices is tensions in the middle east and in iran, specifically he said that leads to speculative trading, which leads to a rise at the pump. here is the president. >> it means that anybody who tells you that we can drill our way out of this problem doesn't know what they're talking about or just isn't telling you the truth. >> the president said that under his administration, oil and gas exploration in the united states has actually increased and many experts actually agree with that assessment. but others say it's not so much because of obama administration policies, but because of innovations in the oil and gas industry. >> by that increase in

innovation and particular long reach horizontal drilling and fracturing, the u.s. is now producing record amounts of natural gas and over the next couple of years, will increase oil production by at least 2 million-barrels a day. that has nothing to do with president obama's policies. it's happened, in fact, in spite of his policies. >> but fox news has reported in the past, especially over the past couple weeks, about the correlation between rising gasoline prices and presidential unpopularity, indications of that correlation dating back to the carter administration. if not before that. fair or not, republicans are quick to take advantage of that. take, for example, this morning is a speaker boehner's office putting on his web site a campaign called running on empty. the white house plan for higher gas prices and fewer jobs. it describes a policy that boehner claims has hindered domestic oil and gas production. other experts claim this line of attack on the white house will wither on the vine. if tensions in the middle east calm down, gasoline price also

go back down. brian? >> brian: thanks so much. i appreciate it. doug milky way. >> steve: are you calling him a candy bar or ball? >> brian: both. >> steve: as we snicker, geraldo rivera joins us live. good morning to you. >> hi. >> steve: we were talking -- >> such levity here this morning. obscure tv references. >> steve: what's going on in afghanistan right now. >> horrifying. >> steve: it sounds like some of the bad guys were writing in koran, the u.s. military decided to destroy them, they burned them, which is the correct protocol, but you don't take them to the dump and that was a problem. now two of our guys are dead and our president of the united states has apologized to karzai. >> there is a whole bunch of stuff to talk about right there. you start with the fact that this is a very primitive, medieval culture where desecrating the holy book is

considered a capital offense. christianity is considered a capital offense in some regions in afghanistan. so we have to understand what we're dealing with. we're dealing with essentially a 15th, 16th century culture. once it was ignited by a really dumb act, very insensitive act, who was in charge, i'd like to know that and they should be disciplined. i think the president was right to apologize. somebody had to quell the violence. but the main message is what the hell are we doing there now? we have killed osama bin laden. we have decimated al-qaeda. the people who attacked us. why in the world are we still in afghanistan? >> brian: you've been there many times. >> i've been there ten times in the last ten years. i have one more trip and i hope that's my last trip. >> brian: you know why they're there. >> no, brian. i used to know the reason. it seems to me the reason we were there has been fulfilled.

let's declare victory bring the boys home. >> brian: and take those troops and put them against the taliban. within two or three years they'll be overrun and everything we won has been lost. all they want is more time to finish the job. >> how much more time -- if ron paul is right, let's take him at his word, it's not been $1 trillion. it's been $4 trillion, ten years of war. $4 trillion. we have a $15 trillion deficit. so $4 trillion has been spent in iraq and afghanistan and tell me all the blood i've seen, all the suffering i've seen, all the families broken, i've seen american and iraqi and afghany what, have we exactly gained? >> steve: what about the fact that two of our men are dead? we have apologized to the afghannies, the afghannies have not apologized toker to us killing our guy. >> i think it's an excellent point. and i think that what has happened, though, you can no longer trust the afghan army to be your allies when the afghan

army and the national police force are so infiltrated and so integrated with a society that is essentially hostile to ours. we have done the best we can. we're not going to make it san francisco no matter what we do. we have done the best we can. now here is what i say. retreat or withdraw to the secure bases. keep the special forces. keep the seals and the drones and the special operators and keep them pointed at the people who brattles in the beginning, the tastes who want to a-- terrorists who want to attack the united states. we can not evolve a nation and build a nation. we are broke. we have bled for a decade. it's time to say we have done what we came for. >> gretchen: you have been there and now you're going back. you're used to being in the line of fire. last year, we saw you taking on fire when you were in libya. so now we have an american

journalist who has been killed in syria, marie colvin. what do you make of the fact that the reports are that they specifically targeted -- it was murder? >> i don't know if they're that good, the syrians. i don't know. i think that they may -- some small unit may have understood there were westerners there and the hell with them and let's get them. but let me -- >> brian: they tracked the cell phone. >> i think is a wonderful reporter who died doing what she loved to do. the fact that she wore that patch, that was from a wound in sri lanka. this is a courageous woman a war correspondent to the core who died with her boots on, doing what she loved doing. she took the risks in libya. she took the risks in sri lanka and cost her an eye. she has consistently put herself in harm's way to get the story, to be a witness to atrocity, to be a witness to the crimes against humanity. but let me say without a doubt

that this is a death that i've wished for myself. i want to go with my boots on, too. that's what warriors do. she died doing what she loved doing. people have to understand that. this is an assumption of the risk. you can blame the syrians for targeting her and it just obscures the real point. the real point is there is a cadre and always has been, from ernie pile and other greats, dan rather in his day to today, people willing to risk their physical safety to get the story 'cause the feeling is no -- when i saw -- i saw a cnn crew yesterday sneaking out of syria and finally making it over the border to turkey. as we have done in previous trips, there is a courage there, there is a raw commitment to getting the story there, but there is also a warrior mentality that you're doing this to do the job you were paid to

do and the job you've chosen. >> brian: don't you think the rules have gotten blurred in the last few years more than ever, the fact that they're even being targeted today? >> i think that you're not in the old-fashioned -- that went out in the 19th century, brian. the rules of chivalry. there is no chivalry in war today. it's butchery. look what they're doing. they're slaughtering their own people. >> gretchen: speaking of war, the deadlines on the battlefield, a special that will be airing saturday at 3:00 o'clock with ollie north. >> steve: have a great weekend. >> thank you. >> brian: we'll watch geraldo rivera at large. >> steve: he was murdered because police were too busy keeping an eye on the occupy protesters nearby. think that's outrageous? our next guest says there is too much more to the story that you simply tonight know. >> gretchen: filing taxes on time. the irs says sorry, your refund will probably be late. so should they pay a penalty for that? yeah, right. we report. you

decide.

>> gretchen: 17 minutes after the top of the hour. unbelievable story for you now. last saturday a berkeley resident witnessed a stranger loitering outside his house. so he asked the man, daniel dewitt, to leave and called the police. but the police never came. they deemed that it wasn't an emergency. minutes later, dewitt allegedly attacked and killed the 67-year-old homeowner. >> steve: so where were the police? what were they doing? they were busy controlling the local occupy protesters. john lives in berkeley a block away from that. he's also a law professor at university of cal-berkeley. he also served as deputy assistant attorney general under president george w. bush and that's why he's familiar to all of us. good morning to you. >> good morning, thanks for having me back.

>> steve: okay. so this guy calls and says hey, there is some guy doing something weird outside my house. what did the cops say? >> so the police didn't respond. they didn't send a car. in fact, the police officer nearby wanted to respond because the berkeley police were getting ready for yet another occupy oakland protest trying to take over the building at the university of california berkeley. >> gretchen: so they deemed this was not an emergency. but now it's on record that the officers were busy with the occupiers. so what ends up happening is this guy gets killed. what has been the response from the police department? >> first of all, we all know, at least we understand as an abstract matter, that when you send all this police and spend all this money to deal with these anarchists and protesters, it's hurting crime fighting. oakland has a murder rate over 100 people and spent $3 million on this occupy. but instead, people in my area of town are blaming the mental health system, that there is not enough money to treat mental health patients who shouldn't be out on the street, even though i

think it's because the liberals pushing pieces in the courts that prevent our mental health professionals and doctors from keeping people who are disturbed off the street where they can hurt people. >> steve: in fact, the guy who allegedly killed the guy, his mother said yeah, he just wasn't right. particularly what's galling is the fact that apparently one of the police officers in the neighborhood saw on his computer, oh, there is trouble over there, i'm going to go get it and his supervisor said, don't. we need you for something else. >> yeah. i don't blame the police officer or even the supervisors. they work for the city of oakland, city of berkeley where the city is coddling the occupiers where they invite them and walk amongst the campuss if they're on a campaign tour shaking hands and welcoming them to the city. then all the money that should be spent fighting crime is actually spent guarding them and picking up after them. >> gretchen: now somebody has died and i'm sure this is not the only case of this happening

as a result of the police being tied up. what's going to happen? what recourse does this family have? >> that's the thing, i don't think they have any recourse. we can say -- we know $3 million spent preventing the occupy oakland crowd from taking over buildings and cleaning up after vandalism, we can think about that, but really it focuses the mind when you have an actual case where someone is murdered because police are busy protecting -- guarding the occupy people. so i don't think this family has anything they can call. the police failed them, i'm afraid, but it's because of the leaders out here on the west coast. >> steve: it's a terrible story and it happened in your hometown. if i were you, i'd move. >> one block from my house. >> steve: john, thank you, sir, for telling your story. >> thank you. >> gretchen: coming up on our show, was the amazing race producer really poisoned to death? there are new details now calling that theory in question. judge jeanine pirro has the breaking details. >> steve: and solyndra was just the beginning of green companies

going bust. but president obama says he's more committed than ever to giving companies like that our money. good idea? chris wallace in a couple right here, live from new york city and washington, d.c it's good. honey, i love you... oh my gosh, oh my gosh.. look at these big pieces of potato. ♪ what's that? big piece of potato. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup.

wi had[ designer ]eeling enough of just covering up my moderate to severetato. plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. [ rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -- and may not clear you completely, but for many, it gets skin clearer fast, within 2 months, and keeps it clearer up to 9 months. [ male announcer ] because enbrel suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal, events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. don't start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. tell your doctor if you're prone to infections, have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b,

have been treated for heart failure, or if, while on enbrel, you experience persistent fever, bruising, bleeding, or paleness. if you've had enough, ask your dermatologist about enbrel.

>> steve: quick headlines for you from "fox & friends." talk about tough, danica pat trick spun out and crashed head on into the wall during a qualifying race yesterday. her car was totaled, but she, we are happy to report, is fine, and will race on sunday. glad to hear that. so-called honeymoon killer murder case has been thrown out. a judge says there is not enough evidence against gabe watson. he was accused of drowning his wife while on their honeymoon in australia. he pleaded guilty in australia

to a manslaughter charge. we talked to you about that case last week with judge pirro. brian? >> brian: steve, brand-new details out about the amazing race producer found dead in uganda. officials just announcing heroin was also found in his hotel room. this calls into question the theory that he was poisoned to death. joining us now is the host of "justice," judge jeanine. what does your gut tell but this producer who brought his production to uganda? >> well, first of all, i think it's important to know what this guy, jeff rice's job was in uganda. we know he was with the "amazing race" and a producer. but apparently his job was to make arrangements with local officials before the producers come in on another documentary that he was doing. but here is the key. cocaine in the stomach. this guy wasn't getting high. he didn't have cocaine in the stomach because he was getting high. and unless there are trace amounts of cocaine in areas where he snorted or there is

evidence of his needles puncture wounds, he's one of two things, a smuggler or someone forced him to overdose on cocaine. you do not drink cocaine to get high. >> brian: we know very little about this. he's dead and the woman he was living with is in a coma perhaps, not doing well. now, it seems to me just a rudimentary investigation would reveal his guilt because you can't just become a druggy overnight. you have to show up late for things. there has to be a pattern of abuse and behavior. don't you agree? >> there has got to be a pattern of abuse and some anatomical reference or indication that you do do drugs. when i was a d.a., i had a case where a woman -- it was determined that she committed suicide, she had died of a cocaine overdose. i reopened the case two years later. i convicted her husband of murder. how? he put a gun to her head and forced her to ingest cocaine in milk. this is something where initially we had heard that quote, unquote, local thugs were trying to shake them down. so it's either that they were

smuggling or that they were forced to do this and that it was part of a hit. now, she's got to come out of this coma. her father says there isn't enough medical attention being given to her. she's got to be flown home. so she can be spoken to. >> brian: by the way, she's not allowed to leave the country. >> she's got drugs in her system and the police there say we're not letting her out. >> brian: jeff rice's widow says this, they were not attacked, but evidence points towards being poisoned. at this stage, it is quite difficult to give you any firm reports as to the incident is currently under investigation by the uganda police. but for this in particular, if you want to investigate this, i don't think this would be the hardest case to get to the bottom of. >> no, it wouldn't be hard to get to the bottom of at all. but it appears the police in uganda says there is absolutely no evidence of foul play. there is no injuries on the body of jeff rice. the room didn't indicate a struggle. but in the homicide that i did, nor was there. you rearrange it. it seems like they formed an opinion before she's awake.

>> brian: if you're a member of that people and want to get answer, is there anything you can do to circumvent the police, any jurisdiction we can have? >> no, it's very hard because it's an independent country. we can offer our assistance, but we've got to get his body out, get a second autopsy, her own father, the assistant's father says, i've got to get her home to south africa so we can get her the medical attention she needs. but this is not a difficult case and you know with a? it's extremely mysterious. for the police to almost form an opinion and say, bit way, she had cocaine in her system, so it's a violation of the drug law, we're not letting her out, are you kidding? >> brian: you're not kidding. i like the way you left it hanging. i'm going to promote your show. saturdays at 9:00 o'clock. you agree it's a great show. something everyone should watch? >> i think so. great stuff on. we're talk being google and the new changes coming on march 1 and we're also dealing with all of the political issues and with what's happening out there in the presidential race, which is a roller coaster.

changes every week. >> brian: right. thank you very much. always great talking to you. >> good to talk to you. >> brian: straight ahead, jeb bush criticizing the republican presidential candidates. what's he trying to say that he could do better perhaps? chris wallace joins us from washington next. then, your refund check late. should the irs face penalties just like you would face a penalty? the judge says yes. i believe her i trust nature made because their products are scientifically formulated. their fish oil contains the right dose of critical omega3's. the amount recommended by several leading health organizations. nature made,the number one pharmacist recommended fish oil brand. learn more at naturemade.com what do you get when you combine the home depot with this weekend? the cure for cabin fever.

because with get-it-done savings on everything we need... we can turn this weekend into a fresh floor... or an updated bathroom... or a brand-new look. so let's hit those orange aisles, and make today the day, we make a big difference, no matter how big our budget. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot maximize your budget with great buys, like mosaic tile, just $4.98 per square foot. ♪

[ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, comes together for a single purpose -- to make the world a safer place. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman.

>> steve: welcome back. did you hear this? the president of the united states was talking to a fellow named eddie sotello at univision radio and he said, hey, mr. president, before you got elected, you promised you would have -- and gotten past immigration reform. so you can do something about all these people in this country illegally. and then as it turns out, the president revealed this about why he hasn't done it yet. he's got more time. >> my presidency is not over. i've got another five years coming up. we're going to get this done. >> steve: really? >> gretchen: that sounds like a lot of confidence. let's bring in chris wallace from washington. did that sound confident to you, mr. wallace? >> sounded pretty confident to me. >> gretchen: what do you make of it? >> they have this funny little thing called the reelection, but obviously that's a formality. >> brian: it almost worked for rex ryan. he promised a super bowl ring. he was one step short except for

this year. homicide ali. do you think this is a good frame of mind? >> sure. what the heck? you know, joe namath he obviously thinks he's going to win reelection. it would sound a little bit ragadocious, but brian, you know about that. >> brian: because i'm having a great show. >> gretchen: one thing that might step in the way of that, though, are the soaring gas prices and i'm not sure if the president knew that this was coming or not, but yesterday he gave this speech where a lot of people were wondering whether or not he could actually do anything about it. he seemed to say only through clean energy. listen to this. >> the payoff on these public investments, they don't always come right away. some technologies don't pan out. some companies will fail. as long as i'm president, i will not walk away from a promise of clean energy. i will not give up, i will not cede the wind or solar or the

battery industry to china or germany because some politicians refuse to make the same commitment here in america. >> steve: well, he continues to beat that dead solar horse, some people might say on the right. when you look at the list, we got a list here, any time the -- look at the companies where the president or vice president has come to visit and endorsed, the places have gone belly up. you've got solyndra, beacon power, enter one and serious energy, brand-new. serious energy, actually some of the employees have apparently tried to lock themselves in one of the factories so that they won't close. they don't want to lose their jobs. >> that's what i'm doing, incidentally, here at fox, if i ever thought i was in trouble. i would lock myself in my office. and just not leave. look, first of all, there are a couple of things about this, i happen to think that the country -- when i say the country, individual entrepreneurs, should pursue solar energy p green energy.

>> steve: on their dollar. >> exactly. i don't know that the government should be trying to pick winners and losers and, you know, obviously there is something out there. i don't think the president is wrong for supporting solar energy. maybe not with our dollars. i don't think the president is wrong for making fuel efficiency a big issue with cars. on the other hand, he could do a lot more when it comes to domestic oil production. now, he says, well, domestic production is higher than it's been in years. a lot of that is because the decisions that were made in the bush administration, 'cause as we all know, you got to drill for a long time and do a lot of other things before that oil comes out of the ground and gets to market. of course, then there is keystone and the fact that he decided despite all kinds of approval from his administration, to kill that, which would have meant more oil as well as more jobs. as an old guy, i have been hearing for 40 years, since the oil shocks in the '70s, about we need to do more domestic oil

production and then everybody says, i know, but it would take ten years. if we had started doing it in the '70s or '80s or '90s or now, at some point we'd have more domestic oil production and i don't know why we don't get on it. >> gretchen: from a political point of view, do you think the speech that he gave yesterday will be enough to quell the fears of americans who are continuing to pay more at the gas pump and the second part of the question is, whether they eventually start to blame this president for the high prices? >> the answer to the first question, of course it won't quell the fears and the answer to the second one is, if the prices continue to go up, of course they'll blame him. whether he deserves it or not, the fact is when something is bad in the country and what, oil prices have almost doubled since this president took office in january of 2009, he's going to get the blame for it. there is no question about it. and when he said, well, the republicans have an answer, drill, drill, drill, well, it's not a bad answer. >> brian: even though it's very similar, all three of the answers. governor jeb bush came out and

criticized the gop field. he said this: i used to be a conservative and i watched these debates and i'm wondering issues i don't think i've changed, but it's troubling sometimes when people are appealing to people's fears and emotions rather than trying to get them to look over the horizon for a broader perspective and that's kind of where we are and hope it would change in the general. what's your take on the governor saying something like this? >> well, first of all, i completely agree with him. watching the debate on wednesday, the thing that struck me was how small it was. particularly santorum and romney, it was more like two brothers arguing about who ruined the family christmas than it was, you know, two guys talking about leading the country during a time of tremendous challenge and turmoil. i don't think that this is him trying to put out a president that he was making a speech, he was asked a question and he gave an honest response. i happen to think he's right. i was at a party last night and

there was somebody there who had been a very senior official in the reagan administration. i know everything seems great with reagan, but i said, can you imagine ronald reagan conducting him instead of a debate like that. and the answer was no, he would have made it about big things, about building himself up and his vision, not what you did ten years ago and endorsing somebody or what you did on a vote. i do think that there is a reason. if i may finish the question, i think there's a reason why you see the negatives going up for all these guys and they're doing worse and worse against obama in the horse race poll which is is that they're tearing themselves down. >> gretchen: you got to wonder how the polls are going to read when they come out this morning post-debate. we might have some interesting results. mitt romney is going to be on your show, governor mitch daniel, republican from indiana as well. have a fantastic show. we'll see you next week, chris. >> you bet, thanks. >> gretchen: the rest of the headlines. the pressure from the west so far not enough to save a christian pastor from execution in iran.

the pastor sentenced to death for refusing to recant his christian beliefs. the white house issued a statement strongly condemning the death sentence, but reverend franklin graham says president obama isn't doing enough. >> the president could call for a prayer meeting at the white house. he could make a statement. we apologized to the afghans because a koran was mistakenly burned and this koran had been used in smuggling out messages out of bagram prison. he apologizes to the afghans after an afghan soldier killed two americans. why does he speak out? he could. >> gretchen: that 34-year-old has been behind bars since 2009. he's married with two children. >> brian: one of seven marines killed during a helicopter training exercise in california now being identified. marine sergeant justin everett was a ten-year veteran, as well as devoted had us and dad of two.

justin, other marines killed when their two choppers collided midair. military officials trying to figure out what caused the crash. >> steve: meanwhile, a gay judge from dallas says she won't marry any couples until she and every other gay person in texas has a right to marry. judge tanya parker says when she turns away straight couple, she apologizes, saying until the state has marriage equality, she thinks it's wrong to perform ceremonies that can't be performed for her. ethics laws in texas give judges the option of officiating at weddings. apparently she won't do it. >> gretchen: if you filed your tax return early and waiting for your refund check, prepare to wait longer. the irs saying refunds could be delayed from ten to 21 days. the people affected all paid their taxes on time. but don't expect the irs to pay any penalties. the agency blamed the delay due to a computer glitch -- listen to this -- with newly installed filters that are supposed to

prevent tax fraud and identity theft. really? would it have anything to do with the fact that maybe the government wants the interest on that money and isn't going to send it to you right back? >> steve: they've had it for a while. >> steve: if you file electronically, you get your money back faster. with any luck, those people did that. >> brian: turbo tax, i heard that works great. straight ahead, those plastic cards on your key chain are doing more than tracking what you buy. how one store figured out a girl was pregnant before she told her family and it's legal. we'll debate it. >> steve: and nancy pelosi says it's not politicians' fault the gas prices are so high. it's wall street. is she right? we'll ask peter johnson, jr. >> gretchen: let's check in with ali and clayton to see what's coming up this weekend on "fox & friends." >> coming up this weekend, no matter who is to blame for the high gas price, we'll do something about it here on "fox & friends." the five ways you can save the next time you fill up your tank. >> her wish came true. a young girl gets a date with her prince charming, the one and only tim tebow. she'll be here to tell us all

about it. >> you put out one of those youtube messages. plus, we're gearing up for the biggest race in the nascar season. live at the daytona 500, this weekend starting at 6:00 a.m. eastern time. >> see you then. when you have tough pain, do you want fast relief? try bayer advanced aspirin. it has microparticles so it enters the bloodstream fast and rushes relief to the site of your tough pain. it's proven to relieve pain twice as fast as before. bayer advanced aspirin. what ithe first step on that road is a bowl of soup? delicious campbell's soups fill you with vegetable nutrition, farm-grown ingredients, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's -- it's amazing what soup can do.

it's got 10 speeds, my friend. ♪ is it fast? it's got a lightning bolt on it, doesn't it? ♪ is it fast? i don't even know if it's street legal. ♪ is it safe? [ male announc ] the security of a jett one of nine volkswagen models named a 2012 iihs top safety pick. ♪ got you in a stranglehold, baby ♪ in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter job on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill, and track work in real time. you can't live under a dome in minnesota, that's why there's guys like me. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪

hey, it's sandra -- from accounting. peter. i can see that you're busy... but you were gonna help us crunch the numbers for accounts receivable today. i mean i know that this is important. well, both are important. let's be clear. they are but this is important too. [ man ] the receivables. [ male announcer ] michelin knows it's better for xerox to help manage their finance processing. so they can focus on keeping the world moving. with xerox, you're ready for real business.

>> gretchen: did you know this? stores tracking your every move may have taken it too far. targets advanced advertising system even knew about a teenage girl's pregnancy before she could break the news to her own father. and he found out when the store sent her maternity deals in the mail. the story now sparking debate over whether companies marking techniques are going too far. eric siegle is an expert in predictive analytics, the same

technique stores like target used. and my guests debating. good morning, gentlemen. >> good morning. >> gretchen: eric, let me start with you, since you deal in this type of thing, so how did target know that this teen was pregnant? >> that's actually not what happened. the "new york times" article is misleading. it clearly implies that target has the supernatural ability to accurately predict who is pregnant and who isn't. but the fact is that generally this kind of work doesn't have accurate predictions. companies can gain a whole lot by just predicting better than guessing. it's not medical diagnosis. it's not based on medical information. and the story about the teenage pregnant girl whose father found out through target, it's implied in this article that that's connected to their work trying to predict pregnancies, but that's only an implication and the source of that particular anecdote has not given. >> gretchen: art, i guess the argument is that she probably

shopped at target and she was buying things that might lead to you believe that she was pregnant and target tracks that and so then they send her coupons and deals based on what she's already purchased. do i have it correct? >> exactly. so whether they're making a good guess, they basically watch your shopping habits and think, oh, you're buying diapers, maybe you need more diapers and all of a sudden, coupons are arriving. anyone in the family obviously can see those coupons and wonder, why are getting this stuff all of a sudden? >> gretchen: what problem do you have with this type of technology and this predictive analytics, art? >> so if you go and look, in one sense, we're all responsible. we sign the waiver, there is always gobbledegook on the web site with these cards. but i went, stimulated by this story, to sites that sell licker and m.o. and fatty foods and other things. the privacy protections are a joke. they don't really tell what you

they do to protect your privacy about your shopping habits. they can sell this information to other companies. they basically in a sense ask to you waive off all your rights. i urge people to go look at those privacy statements. we got to toughen up and say, we need tougher privacy protection than what we're being offered. >> gretchen: the interesting thing is that when you use these little cards, whether it's at target or drugstore, i think people overlook the privacy angle because they know they're potentially saving money, right? >> absolutely. the privacy issue is a worthy cause. it needs to be examined. it's a tough one, but it's really important that this type of analysis, this type of research is not universally stigmatized. predictive analytics uses data that's exploding and extremely valuable. and the reason is because it enables all sorts of organization, companies and other types of organizations, government, criminal enforcement to learn. you can learn to predict what

people are going to do. >> gretchen: but i guess the argument is at what expense for the people's privacy. i guess the warning is that we should all be aware when you use those cards that they may be collecting information about us. got to get to the statement from target. like many companies we use research tools that help us understand guest shopping trends and preferences so we can give our guests offers and promotions relevant to them. guests are always welcome to opt out of our marketing program. gentlemen, i got to wrap it up. have a great weekend. >> thank you. >> gretchen: nancy pelosi putting the blame on wall street for the soaring prices at the pump. does that theory hold true? fox news legal analyst peter johnson, jr., up after the break. let's check in with martha mccallum. >> thane a lot. newt gingrich slams the president for apologizing to afghanistan. this story is heating up this morning. we'll tell you what's going on and show what you newt said. we are about to get brand-new poll numbers on michigan and arizona. if you're wondering what happened after the debate last night to these candidate, we'll

tell you. bill and i join you at the top of the hour when your child has a fever, you should know that just one dose of children's advil gives up to eight hours of fever relief. allowing your little one to get back to building a better afternoon. children's advil. relief you can trust. until the end of the quarter to think about your money... ♪ ...that right now, you want to know where you are, and where you'd like to be. we know you'd like to see the same information your advisor does so you can get a deeper understanding of what's going on with your portfolio. we know all this because we asked you, and what we heard helped us create pnc wealth insight, a smarter way to work with your pnc advisor, so you can make better decisions and live achievement.

>> what's going on in the world? said in the news today that here in loss l the price of gas is flirting with $5 a gallon. flirting. we're beyond flirting. we're getting screwed now. okay? >> brian: yeah. so true. lots of people agree with that exact premise. so what can we do about the rising prices? who is responsible? democratic leader, nancy pelosi, says it's wall street's fault. is that true? peter johnson, jr. has done some research. whose fault is it? >> nancy pelosi is continuing not to make sense. there is something going on there. i don't know what it is. it's easy to blame wall street, but other people blame other people. let's start with opec.

donald trump says listen, let's have a president that can go to opec and say, cut these prices. we mean business. we have a relationship with you on so many levels in the world. we need your assistan on this at this point and there needs to be a discussion in that regard. the other issue is, is demand up? it's marginally up or down in the united states, depending upon the numbers that you see. we know there are pressures in the world. we know there is iran and the middle east. last spring, last year the obama administration said, you know, gas prices are increasing because of the fukushima nuclear plant meltdown. and because of problems in africa. so the white house has a new excuse every week to why the -- and libya and the gas prices continue to go up. one problem is unresolved is iran. that's instability in the middle east. that's laid at the president's door big time in my view. the second issue is why aren't

we drilling more? the president likes to make fun of the republicans and say, oh, come on. they kind of agleeful at these numbers going up. i can't imagine that anyone is gleeful. >> brian: in terms of deep water leases and the east coast -- >> the administration is pulling out numbers and say, well, we're doing record amounts, but what are we doing for the future? what signal are we sending to the world that we're going to invest in crony capitalism? crony capitalism is not going to put impasse in our tanks. i kind of get sick to the stomach when i pull up and i see people and families filling up and they say, i want $5. i want $7. and that's the last 5 or $7 they have. they can't fill up the tank. >> brian: don't worry. the president says we're work on algae. have a great weekend. >> have a great weekend. >> brian: meanwhile, we're going to be back in two minutes to do something special @@ ok, guys-- what's next ?

chocolate lemonade ? susie's lemonade... the movie. or... we make it pink ! with these 4g lte tablets, you can do business at lightning-fast spes. we'll take all the strawberries, dave. you got it, kid. we have a winner. we're definitely gonna need another one. small sinesses that want to grow use 4g lte technology from verizon. i wonder how she does it. that's why she's the boss. because the small business with the best tecology rules. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 1-800-974-6006. i had[ designer ]eeling enough of just covering up my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.

i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. [ rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -- and may not clear you completely, but for many, it gets skin clearer fast, within 2 months, and keeps it clearer up to 9 months. [ male announcer ] because enbrel suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal, events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. don't start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. tell your doctor if you're prone to infections, have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b, have been treated for heart failure, or if, while on enbrel, you experience persistent fever, bruising, bleeding, or paleness. if you've had enough, ask your dermatologist about enbrel. >> steve: we're so glad we had this time