excellent work, david! >> hey, man. got to do something right today. >> he got it when he looked at it. >> steve, have a wonderful show. we will see you back here tomorrow morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. >> it was fun being here. >> fun anchoring with you. >> we'll do it tomorrow. >> bright and early. >> top of the morning to you. it's thursday, it's march 8th. can you believe how fast this month is going? i'm gretchen carlson. thanks so much for spending part of your very busy day with us. mitt romney on a roll leading the g.o.p. pack. is it time for his republican rivals to bow out of the race? the delegate mass says yes. break out the calculator. wait a minute, those two guys, those three guys, not going anywhere. >> meanwhile, president obama declares oil a thing of the past. yep, says it is republican candidates are lying if they tell you anything different. >> the next time you hear some politician trotting out some three point plan for $2 gas, you

let them know we know better. >> wait until you hear his solution and why is gas over $5 now? >> you're not asking me, are you? watch out! a solar tsunami is on the way. threatening to mess up everything from power grids to your gps and even air travel. before you get lost, start here on "fox & friends" because we start right now. >> you know, it's going to be a big show when the tsunami story is third. it's going to wipe out life as we know it. >> good thing tsunami wasn't that word scramble. that would be even tougher than lottery. so let's get right to your headlines for you. one of the biggest solar storms in history expected to pound earth at any moment now. and it could make a major mess for all of us. why? i'll get to that in a minute. look at this incredible new video from nasa. you can see the solar flare

erupting off the sun's surface overnight. right now, that blast of charged particles racing toward us at more than 4 million miles per hour. once it hits the earth's magnetic field, the flare could knock out power to millions of people. it could also disrupt things like gps and communication systems. several airlines even rerouting flights now to avoid this flare. the solar system storm expected to last through tomorrow but experts are warning that there could be another one right behind it. that makes me a little nervous. now, the latest on the ongoing nuclear tensions with iran, the country apparently trying to eliminate any evidence of its nuke testing? satellite images show trucks and other vehicles at one of iran's military facilities. it's believed they're trying to clean up after nuclear weapons tests. diplomats say it probably involves evidence that it tested a device that could set off an explosion. this news raising more concerns, of course, that iran's nuclear ambitions are not for peaceful purposes. as tensions continue to mount

with iran, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu going on the record with greta van susteren last night reiterating his pledge to do everything he can to protect his people. >> if necessary, we will act in our own defense and i think it's very important to repeat that clearly and obviously, this is something that is, perhaps, the most -- the supreme responsibility that i as a prime minister of israel have to guarantee that the future of the jewish state and the jewish future is secure. >> netanyahu, though, also making it clear he does not think war with iran is inevitable. ever heard that a penny thrown from a skyscraper can actually kill somebody on the ground? well, relax, researchers at the university of virginia say that's an urban myth. turns out air resistance combined with the penny's shape stopped it from becoming a

lethal weapon following at just 25 miles an hour. there's something else you should watch for. a ballpoint pen could reach speeds at over 200 miles an hour and that could easily kill you. i remember growing up in minnesota the tallest building in minneapolis was called the ids tower because it was, i can't remember how many feet tall. we were fearful as kids if we went on a field trip and they dropped a penny it could kill somebody down below. now we have to worry about pens. >> yesterday in boston, the romney braintrust has talked to reporters and said listen, i don't know if you've done the math lately. look what's left and look what's done. these other guys can't win. >> the political director called reporters into the war room there at romney central and said only an act of god could let not romney be the nominee. and he broke it down. he did the math for them. he said romney needs only 48% of the remaining delegates to win.

however, rick santorum needs 65% to win. and newt needs 70% and that is a big mountain to climb. >> interesting thing, though, is what they're not factoring into this math is what happens if newt or santorum drops out. because then you might have that vote coalesced. not saying, again, that every person that likes newt would automatically like santorum and vice versa but that's part of the math equation they're not factoring into and some political experts yesterday thought it was a little presumptuous to come out and say it's all over based on the math. >> one of the key reasons they did it is it's not going to be a good couple of weeks for mitt romney. he's not strong in kansas, not strong in mississippi and not strong in alabama and he knows it and he's afraid because i imagine what happened last time rick santorum won three in a row. people were saying the romney camp is collapsing. >> could be gingrich winning two of the -- >> alabama and mississippi. >> let's take a listen to the candidates because they say neither of them are dropping out

right now. >> despite many of the requests from the washington establishment, i am staying in this race. i'm not saying i don't want to get out. if he wants to get out, i'm all for him getting out. i wish president obama would hand me the thing but that's want going to happen! >> that's probably not going to happen. what's interesting, "the washington post" makes the point this morning that neither candidate, either santorum or newt gingrich came out and said you know what? here's why their math is wrong which made people go oh, well, why don't they make the case that the math is wrong, they didn't do that. >> meanwhile, if you look at what the obama administration must be worried about, it could be because the economy overall after growing at 3% last month could be -- last quarter, could be going down south from that. and with gas prices going up, it could diminish his prospects especially when you consider the fact that he hasn't had a 50% approval rating, according to gallup in two years. a key moment, secretary chu will be going up to capitol hill answering questions about why gas is so high. remember the last time he had a chance to talk and grade

himself? >> yeah, that was a big mistake. yesterday, though, congressman paul bruin, a republican for georgia said mr. secretary, give yourself a grade and he gave himself -- keep in mind, under his -- under his authority, solyndra wound up losing close to a half a billion dollars. the list goes on and on. mr. chu gave himself an a minus which is interesting because when the president was asked to give himself a grade, he said i give myself a solid b plus. >> this is the same secretary of energy who in the past has been on the record as saying he would like to see gas prices go higher. why? because it fits into the agenda of continuing to look for alternative fuel sources. in the meantime, the president now going with newt gingrich. remember newt gingrich has this $2.50 gas plan and the president said that's phony politics. don't listen to any phony politics as we move towards november. here's the president. >> the next time you hear some

politician trotting out some three point plan for $2 gas, you let them know we know better. tell them we're tired of hearing phony election year promises that never come about, what we need is a serious, sustained, all of the above strategy for american-made energy, american-made efficiency, american innovation, american fuel efficient trucks. american fuel efficient cars. >> two points from this. at least there's a plan. i mean, at least somebody else is putting forth a plan and number two, phony political politics during an election year, some people might go back to hope and change. just saying. >> right. also important to point out, a lot of experts think even those who are pushing green energy and all of the above strategy is really nothing below. how do you possibly focus on all these areas effectively? anybody know the abc's of any business, it's all about focus.

you cannot possibly focus on oil drilling, green technology and, of course, the -- which is his ace card and that's algae. you can't do all that and expect to be successful and by the way, why are we drilling if we don't believe that drilling is effective and oil of the past? >> didn't he go down to brazil or venezuela, one of the two countries and taught the fact that we should be drilling there. >> didn't he tell people in north dakota that oil is a thing of the past. >> when he went to brazil, he said look, we'll be your best customer and buy whatever you can produce. wait a minute, why do we have to buy for them? why don't we just produce more here? that's the point that the republicans and a number of people from the oil industry made including jack gerard, the ceo of the american petroleum institute. here he is. >> it's others who have called on the saudis to produce more. oeshz who have called on other sources such as the brazilians and others who recognize it matters by calling for release

from strategic petroleum reserve. >> he's right. meanwhile, under the leadership of waxman on the other side, they say look, the problem here, speculators plus we need to plug in more cars. >> i've been schooled on this a little bit. the speculators are betting that the price of oil goes up. if you start drilling all around the country and have a massive program, speculators who don't like losing money will then speculate maybe that's not a good bet to bet on it going up and it could bill on itself. >> let's talk a little bit about this. david axelrod, a former advisor to president obama is slamming now mitt romney for rush limbaugh's comments last week about that college student and contraception. well, now, that same guy, david axelrod planning to go on the bill maher show and if you go back and look at some of the old videotape, you'll see that bill maher has had a few nasty words about women as well. so is there a double standard here? >> not only women. sarah palin especially. that stands out.

i can't use the terms that he used because he's on hbo and he says who cares, i don't have sponsors. i'm a comedian. it's ok for david axelrod to go on with bill maher. coming up and it's not ok for rush limbaugh to say something and apologize and he says rush limbaugh who the president calls a radio announcer, he says is the de facto head of the republican party and pins him to mitt romney. >> he says president obama should return a million dollars that the super pac got from mr. maher. he said hate to defend, hash tag rush limbaugh but he apologized. liberals looking bad not accepting and hate intimidation by sponsor pullout. >> and he lost his abc show, remember, for some of his comments but the former chairman of president obama's council on economic advisors says palin is right to point out that bill maher has said some disgusting

things about women, comedian or not, they are rush-like in his comments. >> coming up on "fox & friends", we will have a debate with two women on both sides of this as to who is right and who is wrong. in the meantime, brand new polls show the economy as the top issue for voters. has the proceeds's recovery plan been good enough to guarantee him another four years? our next guest says he has the answer and can prove it. >> how do you wash the pants? instructions say give it to your woman. see it right there? it's their job. oh, man. >> not that i'd know. just with the lingo. >> i like the pictures and the words. >> below the belt, we'll talk about it straight ahead. >> gas or petroleum. i'm not originally from here. >> gas prices, it's $6 a gallon here. people in l.a. are furious. they're furious. people are walking around like $6?

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>> the economy hot on voters' minds when they went to the polls across the country on super tuesday. in particular, in ohio where unemployment is still high at 7.7%. 54% of voters said that the economy was the most important issue. has the president's recovery plan been good enough to guarantee him another four years or did he, perhaps, fumble his chances? joining us right now is nome shriber, author of the new book "the escape artist." good morning to you. >> thanks for having me.

>> you say obama fumbled the economy's recovery with the stimulus. how so? >> i think there are a couple of things. one, i think the stimulus was too small. they did about $800 billion and his own white house economist wrote a memo early in the transition saying they needed about $1.7, $1.8 trillion. i think they undershot by about a trillion dollars. >> hold on a second, but she also said that if that size stimulus was approved, the unemployment rate would never go above 8% and she was wrong about that. >> yeah. they underestimated the size of the hole in the economy like a lot of private sector economists did. they didn't realize like no one else did that the economy was shrinking at a rate of 9% in the fourth quarter of 2008 which was more than double anyone's estimate of time so i think you got to cut them some slack for not knowing how bad it was. >> sure. would you also agree that one of the problems with the stimulus was while the administration was trying to pump as much money into the economy as possible, they essentially farmed it out to the democrats over in the

congress. ok, here's all this money, you guys figure out how to spend it. and a lot of it was not spent wisely. >> my feeling is, yeah, there's only so much money you can spend. in the book, i write about how even some of obama's own advisors like peter orzack had concerns there's only so much money that congress can get out the door. to fix that, there's two things you want to do. one is cut taxes. they could have done more. second thing is they could have sent more money to the states that are laying out firefighters and policemen. they tried to do that. they should have done a little bit more. it was congress that prevented them from doing that. i think that would have been pretty effective. you don't want to lay off a bunch of teachers in a recession. >> you hate to have anybody laid off. what, though, do you feel is the political peril for the president if he fumbled the stimulus and the economy? >> look, obviously the unemployment is the single most important factor in determining whether he's going to be re-elected and i think that's just the thing they didn't quite get. i mean, obviously they knew this unemployment rate was going to

be important but the president has other goals, health care being one of them, cap and trade, climate change, legislation being another. he was unwilling to set aside those goals to focus 100% on jobs and the economy, i think they lost -- they took their eye off the ball a bit and once they figured out they hadn't done enough, it was a little late and the question for voters and for the white house is did they kind of figure it out in time? did they return to what voters really care about which is the unemployment rate? >> noam, before you go, you got a liberal point of view, this isn't exactly what the white house wants to hear right now. >> no. they definitely get a little frustrated when people like me and others criticize them from the left. they do like to argue that, you know, they've done enough, the unemployment rate is coming down quickly enough. it's interesting, there's a poll done in the president's state of the union address, he said, you know, america is back and the polling firm, this is stan greenberg, a long time democratic pollster tested that

message and found a lot of voters didn't really like that. that they didn't feel like the problem has really been solved. i agree. i think they didn't quite do enough and the real question is, is that unemployment rate going to come down in time for november? and i think that will be a question. >> we'll find out. his book is called "the escape artist." check it out. very nicely done. thank you, sir. >> thanks so much for having me. >> exactly 20 minutes after the top of the hour on this thursday. when summchool is out for summe you may not have classes but you'll still have rules. the plan to punish kids outside of school. she won a million bucks in the lottery but this lucky lady is collecting food stamps and it's perfectly legal. our next guest out to change that. wipe that smile off her face! wake up! that's good morning, veggie style.

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>> just up, we have some quick headlines for you. lawmakers trying to clean up a $330 million crime. this morning, a house committee will hold a hearing on food stamp fraud. the u.s. department of agriculture says it's cracked down on store owners who gained the system but other store owners say they've seen no evidence of that. toyota announcing two separate recalls for about 680,000 vehicles. the first involves potentially fatal air bags in tacoma trucks made between 2005 and 2009. the second recall affects 2009 camrys and 2009 to 2011 venza crossovers. they may have faulty brake lights. no accidents have been reported. if you got a question, call your dealer. gretch, bri? >> this story may steam you up.

a michigan woman hits it big in the lottery. that's the good news. a million bucks. but even after the win, she still is collecting food stamps. and she says she deserves it. >> michigan state lawmakers are working on a bill that would keep lottery winners from getting welfare from you, the taxpayers. joining us right now, sponsor of the bill dave agima. all right, dave, tell me about why this really irks you. on the surface, this seems so obvious. >> well, what's wrong with this picture? taxpayer dollars shouldn't be used for somebody's gambling habits, first of all. and if you're above a certain asset limit, you shouldn't be on welfare and this demonstrates the fact that we're in an entitlement society. we put some bills in last october and they were passed out of the house in february and what really irks me is the people on the left, the democrats on the left, this was not passed unanimously and it almost went down party lines. they told us basically that we were stealing money and stealing

food right out of the poor children's mouth. quite frankly in michigan, that dog don't hunt. welfare should be used for the necessities of life, not for gambling and certainly not for the wealthy. >> i don't get this. excuse me for not understanding or maybe i do get it and that's why it seems so incomprehensible. she made after taxes $700,000 on this lottery check. she owns two homes. she says she has no income but she does. so what am i missing? >> well, i think the thing that was missing here is in the past in the state of michigan, if somebody won a lottery or gambling, if they took it in an annuity, we'd catch them. if it was a lump sum, we wouldn't catch them. under the laws we just passed out of the house that the governor still has to sign, we will catch them and they won't be on. it's common sense. hard earned taxpayer dollars shouldn't be spent for this kind of thing. i think another thing you have to realize in the state of michigan, we just eliminated about 30,000 college students that were abusing the system as well. there's an entitlement problem here. >> let's hear the other point of

view. representative maureen stapleton said this, democrat out of detroit. more than 30% of michigan children receive food assistance. there are other things -- there are more extenuating circumstances. there's so much that happens in families, we should look at it and not put it in law. i don't know what that means. >> what that means is a lot of people that are on welfare using your taxpayer dollars to gamble with. that's what that means. it makes no sense to me either and i don't think it makes sense to the taxpayers in the state of michigan. >> the bill that you're presenting would require the lottery winners to have names cross checked with the department of human services? >> there's two bills. the first bill would state that if you went over $1,000 on lottery or gambling, it has to be reported to dhs, department of human services. the second bill states that the department of human services will then use that as an asset test to determine whether you still qualify for welfare. >> is this gonna pass? >> it's gonna pass. trust me, with all the publicity you're giving us now, it's going to pass sooner rather than

later. >> makes no sense. she has no qualms of saying i deserve the money. i'm only getting $700,000, not a million bucks. >> that's the mentality we see throughout the united states and that's the mentality that we saw here among the college students here in the state of michigan. >> thanks for shedding some light on this and the tigers are going to be very good this year. i'm sure you know that. bet you never have seen wash instructions like these. give them to your woman? it's her job. we'll discuss when we come back. >> oh! wind farms running on taxpayer money now being paid by the government. to actually shut down. didn't the president just say the answer to high gas prices is green energy? stuart varney on that case. >> all right. despite yesterday's performance, i'm going to wish happy birthday to somebody. it's aidan quinn. aidan is 53 today. >> you said taylor dane was 50 and something else. >> and yeah, i mispronounced somebody's name on my favorite movie.

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>> the united kingdom. >> oy! >> underneath the usual washing instructions is the suggestion or give it to your woman, it's her job. the british clothing company madhouse setting off a madhouse of firestorm, of controversy with this and now it's battling accusations of sexism. madhouse says it was meant to be funny, not offensive. >> and the amazing thing is how did this label come to be? the woman in the relationship, these were the guys' pants, was cleaning up after the guy. how many times has that happened? and she happened to look at the label. >> she was stunned! >> she was stunned. >> we all have chores around the house. >> yeah. you know what? >> let me finish. >> we have chores around the house. we have to do the recycle, i do the garbage. sometimes i say to myself, whose job is that? and then i'll realize it's my job. what better than to label everything that you need to do -- >> so right on the garbage bag, the hefty bag.

>> his undergarments, her job. to me it makes perfect sense. >> from an organizational point of view, that sounds like such an incredible waste of time. >> really? you don't know what it's like. >> to label everything. how about just out of the goodness of your heart, pitching in? >> you could -- you could do that. >> over here saying yes to me because he's a brit formerly and doesn't want to be associated with this story. >> there are people who put this label out there, what do you think? >> running a household is a cooperative effort. do what you got to do. >> to brian's point, men and women have different chores. different duties. there's probably something you do that your wife does not do. >> i'm shocked, doocy! i'm not shocked at all! >> you have to know what you're good at. >> what are you good at, brian? >> for the most part, women are better at washing. >> for god's sake, stop while you're ahead. >> it started as a joke, somebody didn't proof read it

and now it's trending on twitter and this particular manufacturer has wound up with a whole bunch of publicity, some good, some bad. nonetheless, people here in this country are talking about it. >> good news for women. >> when you come to do your segment, sit next to me. >> done. >> that's your duty. >> it shows that people believe that women are better at this. >> huh? >> that's what the label shows. women are better at this. >> out in front. >> oh, my goodness. ok. now, more of the big stories making headlines. a former sheriff in west virginia copping a plea in a shocking voter fraud case. it costs him his job and could putt put him behind bars for decades. he admits he stole the primary by stuffing ballot boxes with illegal absentee ballots. a former county clerk pleading guilty. both men face $250,000 fines and they'll be sentenced in june. >> go ahead and finish it off. those are the last words of a

convicted killer put to death last night in texas. 52-year-old keith thurman given a lethal injection an hour after the u.s. supreme court rejected his appeal. he was found guilty of murdering his ex-wife and the neighbor that became her boyfriend. he said he could taste the drugs that ended his life. >> getting a time-out after ranting about the jobs act, that bill to be passed later today. here's what got barney booted. >> engage in that shameful maneuver to now accuse us of being excessively concerned with credit is the most hypocritical and dishonest statement i have heard uttered in this house. >> whoa! that apparently was over the line. frank's personal attack against texas republican violated house rules. it was stricken from the record. and barney was banned from the house floor for the rest of the day. e to your room, barney. >> right. soon, students might be hearing this on summer break.

>> hey, hey, hey! what's going on here? hey, hey, hey! what's going on here? >> lawmakers in indiana are working on a bill to make sure students are never saved by the bell. yep. the new law gives school administrators the power to punish students in school for bad stuff they've done outside of school. that includes summer vacation. the rule also extends to anything they do on personal computers and cell phones. supporters say they need the rule to reduce cyber bullying. >> it's a big issue in schools today. whether or not that's good or bad thing to do. >> from whether or not to the weather! so let's take a look at where it's raining right now and look at this big storm we got all the way from, as you can see, canada and the great lakes. stuart, you're so polite. you're bending back so i can see the map down through the central missouri and mississippi valley approaching the gulf coast. it's currently dry in the east and in the northern plains. where in the northern plains, it's chilly. about two dozen -- it's 21 right now in minneapolis. only 22 in denver and rapid

city. here in the big town in new york city, we have 54. 50's throughout dixie land. 60's, approaching 70 along the gulf coast. later today, look at these temperatures. spectacular up in the eastern third. it's going to be 66 here in new york. 73 in raleigh. it will be 84 in tampa. and 71 in the valley. >> gas prices are sky-high. but president obama says more oil is not the answer. >> this is not the first time we've seen gas prices spike. it's been happening for years! we're not going to be able to just drill our way out of the problem of high gas prices. how much oil we produce here at home because we only have 2% and we use 20, that's not going to set the price of gas worldwide or the united states. >> the president's answer to high gas prices, more money for green energy!

>> we need to invest in the technology that will help us use less oil in our cars and our trucks! in our buildings. in our factories. as we start using less, that lowers the demand. prices come down. >> well, now we're learning that the federal government is actually paying some green energy cp producing so much. there's a lot going on here. stu varney -- a lot more than just washing pants. >> we'll get back to that, please. >> what's the whole point of talking about alternative energy if you're actually paying companies, windmill companies to stop production? >> ok, let's start there, shall we? let's start with the seattle wind farms. set up and organized with taxpayer money. unfortunately, they produce too much juice although certain times. there isn't a demand for that juice so they have to shut the wind farms down for long periods of time. that costs the wind farm companies money which is now being made up with taxpayer

money. so we build the wind farms, we pay for it. we shut them down. we paid for that. and we pass that along to the farmers who have to pay higher rates for electricity. that's part of the president's green energy plan. we have to support that kind of deal by taking money out of oil. >> i don't get it. why is there too much juice? >> a wind farm produces too much electricity at certain times. >> when it's windy. >> yes. and they can't connect it up to the grid because you can't transmit electricity over a very long distance without losing a lot of the juice. ok? complicated stuff. but bottom line, you taxpayers are losing. >> you went to the london school of economics. does this make good economic sense? >> no! it never -- look, i say never. it rarely makes good economic sense for the government to direct where the money should flow. it should be private enterprise that says, this is a good deal, that's a lousy deal. if private enterprise makes those choices, the best choice is made. this is an example of a

government choice, a lousy choice. >> i mean, for example, we know consumption is down in this country so someone is listening and people are reacting so the market is actually reacting to it. what i'm wondering is when the president is saying we have 2% of the world's oil reserves and we use 20% of the world's oil, is that misleading? >> so what? so what if we've got 2% of the oil reserves. i don't know whether that's accurate or not. so what if it's 2% and 20% of consumption. that's irrelevant. a lot of people are going to take issue with the president because i think if there was an attempt to get more oil out of america, it would affect the global price. do you remember this time last year when libya went off the market and took two million barrels off. off the market. we didn't get it. two million barrels of oil off the market, up goes the global price. you mean to tell me if we had not mounted a huge effort three years ago to drill more, get more american oil, we couldn't have replaced those two million barrels a day and we couldn't do that in the future?

we can affect the global oil price if we make a national effort to get more of what is ours. the president doesn't agree with that. >> all right, stu, i'll wash your pants any time. thanks for joining us today. >> generous. >> 9:20 a.m. today, the fox business network, you can catch "varney & company." >> these are dry cleanable. >> what are you good at? i'm not really sure. >> take the trash out, ok? >> it's his job. >> all right, next up on the rundown, are young kids diagnosed with adhd just immature? new information that says doctors may have it all wrong. >> how to win the lottery. our next guest coming up said he figured out the science behind winning like what numbers you should pick and stuff like that. >> seven. >> nine million. @? [ female announcer ] women move the world. and caltrate moves us.

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so that's what i do. i print dreams, baby. [whispering] big dreams. >> this is a really important story for parents out there. if a young child is acting up, is it adhd or is it just a case of being immature? a new study of a million kids, age 6 to 12, found that the youngest kids in the class were almost 40% more likely to be diagnosed with adhd so are doctors jumping the gun when it comes to diagnosing kids? here to break it down for us, fox news medical a team dr. marc siegel. good morning. >> good morning, gretchen. >> that's an alarming statistic that the younger kids in the class end up being diagnosed more often. why? >> this is a real breakthrough

study and it's in british columbia and they looked at a million kids and the december kids are together with the january kids. youngest kids in the class, girls were 70% more likely to get adhd diagnosis if they were born in december. and boys 30%. what is adhd? attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. it's diagnosed when you're said to be hyperactive, when you're fidgety and can't keep your attention on somebody. it's supposed to be more than one setting and schools all too often get a look at a kid and say that looks like an adhd kid. it's a very important diagnosis to make but 10% of our school children in the united states right now have that diagnosis. and this study shows that maybe many of them are overdiagnosed. kids change every day. if you look at a kid one day, they're one way and -- >> we both have children and they know this. my son acts completely different at school. when he gets home, he's a ball of fire like that. so i can see how kids would be

misdiagnosed if they're just in one setting. >> totally, and i think that they get -- then get stigmatized. i'd like to say that kids are like a canvas. different colors are being painted every single day and you have to watch children over time and maturity is a key part. when kids love to read, everything changes. it's in that year before they read, they can be ultrafidgety and have trouble behaving. they don't have a task yet. give them reading and they can absorb in a book. my daughter reads at the table and she's so absorbed, she doesn't even talk. >> has this become an easy excuse or easy way to sort of label kids and say this is what they have? >> yeah, i think schools are too prone to want a certain code of behavior and we're all channelled into this overdiagnosing, overmedication, as you said before we came on. once you have that diagnosis, they're medicating you. once you have the medication, you might perform better. once you perform better, they're going to leave you on the medication. this study is really important

because we all need to take a step back as physicians and say what are we doing here? let's see this come from pediatricians rather than school teachers all the time. i'd like the pediatricians to step up and be more involved in this. most of the time it's a teacher or administrator who says this kid is acting out. what are we going to do about it? and maybe they should just wait a little longer. >> parents have one of these children, they should look at the age of the child maybe first. and then see where to go from there. >> especially in they're immature or young for the grade. don't let someone diagnose your kid too soon. >> all right, dr. marc siegel, great to see you. guess who is breaking the big news by baring it all? oh, my goodness. then the real way to win the lottery. our guest said he's figured out the science of cashing in. [ female announcer ] ready for a taste of what's hot?

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yourself. how can you increase your chances of cashing in? our next guest says there's a science behind winning the big jackpot. i want you to miss professor skip baraldi and he's a mathematician and he joins us right now. it's possible to increase your odds? tell me about your model. >> well, in our model, what we found is not so much you can increase your odds. we don't think there's a way to increase your odds of actually hitting the jackpot but there is a way to increase your chances of winning big if you win the jackpot, to improve your winning. >> all right. let's look at a few of your tips. find the drawing where the jackpot is unusually large and the number of tickets sold unusually low. >> exactly. i know it sounds very simple but in fact, what's interesting is that we found there are some lottery drawings that have this property and some of them had really spectacular rates of return on them. >> you say play the state lotto depending on the state and how the lottos are constructed, most are good bets like texas, you give an example.

another one, pick the most popular numbers. you won't win more or less often but you'll less often -- but you will not be splitting the winnings which is key. >> yeah, i agree. unpopular numbers, you want to pick unpopular numbers. >> for example, what's an unpopular number? >> well, that's a great question. so you want to avoid numbers that are like parts of birthdays are popular things to put on your lottery ticket. if you look at the actual grid that you play, the piece of paper that you color in the numbers on, you want to avoid things like selecting a column straight down the ticket because those are also popular choices. >> you say avoid things like dates and do patterns and you also say don't pick number 1. >> yes, exactly. it's a very popular choice. you know, both because it appears in a lot of dates and also it's really up in the upper left hand corner of that ticket. you're much more likely to share the jackpot if you happened to win with that number in your list. >> i find this interesting, too, you claim mega and

powerball are bad bets to make. state lotteries not bad bets. what's wrong with the mega and powerball? >> the problem with those is they have the enormous jackpots that are great and draw up a lot of sales. it's very interesting but the down side of that is that also means a lot of people are playing and consequently, you're much more likely to share the jackpot if you win the jackpot. >> all right. professor skip garibaldi, thanks so much, hopefully you created some winners today. >> my pleasure. >> with states looking to raise more money, you have more and more lotteries in each state. a police officer in trouble for hauling more than just criminals in her cruiser and soon, they might be giving them away for free! the president offering another -- a taxpayer funded discount on a chevy volt. he's upping the subsidy. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition?

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>> top of the morning to you. it's thursday, march 8th. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks so much for spending part of your busy day with us. did you hear that oil is a thing of the past? that's what president obama says and don't let the g.o.p. candidates tell you otherwise. >> the next time you hear some politician trotting out some three point plan for $2 gas, you let them know we know better. >> the guy behind the plan have a real reminder of how americans drive. >> they stopped making the chevy volt in america but the president wants to give the company even more taxpayer money. is this a great idea? >> we'll talk about that. >> and it may look absolutely beautiful. but this solar storm could wreak

havoc around the globe as it speeds towards the earth at 4 million miles an hour! that sounded kind of scary. there is some concern. why people flying today could be in for a rough day. "fox & friends" hour two for this tsunami thursday, solar tsunami starts right now. >> good morning, everyone. hope you're going to have a great thursday. very busy day going on today including this solar thermal storm that could wreak havoc for all of us. >> last time we had one of these, here in the studio our wireless microphone and listening packs were greatly affected. remember how they all dropped out out of nowhere? >> and my jet pack, i couldn't start it. i couldn't get home, i had to walk. >> oy! >> maybe you can get, you know,

some sort of solar fuel to power that. >> i'm open. heather will be out in a little while to tell me how to get home. let's begin with the fox news alert. a secret deal between israel and the united states? president obama reportedly offering israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu several advanced weapons in exchange for delaying a much talked about preventative strike on iran. the time frame for that delay rumored to be at least, what a shock, through the u.s. presidential election. this brand new report just published in an israeli newspaper cites several unnamed diplomatic sources. the prime minister insisting sanctions have not worked against iran and time is running out. yesterday's satellite images reportedly show vehicles eliminating evidence of nuclear testing. could the heat be on? just last night, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu went on the record with our own greta van susteren where he reiterated

his plan to protect his people. >> we'll protect our own defense, it's good to repeat that clearly and this is something that's the supreme responsibility that i, as the prime minister of israel, have to guarantee that the future of the jewish state and the jewish future is secure. >> netanyahu, though, also making it clear he does not think war with iran is inevitable. looking live at capitol hill where the house is expected to pass the jobs act today. the bill makes it easier for small businesses and startups to get loans. republican leaders urging president obama to make sure senate democrats don't try to block this bill. house speaker john boehner on the record with greta van susteren as well. >> listen, republicans have a plan for america's jobs creation. this plan, 30 bills we've passed and sent over to the united states senate. the president really wants to help get the economy moving again, what he ought to be doing

is calling harry reid and saying hey, these are some good bills. >> republicans say passage of the bills will kill the democratic talking point that the g.o.p. has not been trying to create jobs. a miami dade police officer in some very hot water for hauling something other than criminals in or should we say on her cruiser. >> whoa. >> check it out. someone snapped these pictures of officer sandra lyles with mattresses on top of her cruiser. they followed her from a big lots store where she had just bought them. she was not on duty at the time. while miami police officers are allowed to use their cruisers for personal use, this was, perhaps, going a bit too far. she's been relieved with pay while the department investigates. >> i thought they were just sick of the loud siren noise and that was one way to smother it. put it on top. >> they would never use the sirens while they're not on duty, though. >> that's true. >> not supposed to create a safety issue and having mattresses fly off at 50 miles an hour. could be troublesome. >> we'll look into that.

here comes the sun. paul mccartney sang at one point. a giant solar storm expected to pound earth where we are at any moment now and it could make a major mess for all of us and i'm talking about you. >> heather childress has been up since midnight studying this and, of course, preparing for the early show. >> waiting for the sun. >> that's what the officer was preparing for, the solar flares should they come down with the mattresses on top. >> got some cushion. >> there you go. >> preparing. thinking ahead. >> should we be nervous? >> this is a serious story. the latest round of solar flares, this is from nasa overnight. this is video. the burst that you're seeing there, charged particles erupting off the surface of the sun. and we saw an even bigger solar flare on tuesday night. right now, all of those particles are racing towards the earth about four million miles per hour. and it's growing as it gets closer to us. on top of that, the problems will arise when the flares reach the earth's magnetic field, apparently, that's when we could

see mass power outages as well as disruptions to gps, communication systems and you may notice maybe your radio, if you still use the radio, may be acting funny. several airlines even rerouting flights to avoid the flare. all of this a product of the solar cycle. we actually see outbursts like this every 11 years or so. it's the same video that shows the northern lights with a brilliant episode of that light show last month. experts say when we see the northern lights again tonight, that light show is expected to be visible as far south as the great lakes region and the closer you are to the poles, brighter that show will be. the solar storm, by the way, expected to last through tomorrow. experts warning there could be another one right around the corner. not out of the woods yet. >> all right. heather, thank you very much. >> very cool to look at, though. >> very cool, as long as you're not affected by it. >> absolutely. >> thanks for the report. >> thanks for having me. >> you bet. >> go back to politics for a minute because break out your

calculator. let's do a little math right now. you can see the four contenders, they all want to be the nominee still on the republican side. but what does the math say? yesterday, mitt romney's folks came out and said basically he has won this contest mathematically right now because of the number of delegates he's already accrued. 419. rick santorum, 178 and newt gingrich, 107 and ron paul, 47. but is the race really over? does that mean those two guys should end it today? >> they are trying to explain yesterday and i think a lot of it has to do with the states coming up are not pro romney states. he's probably not going to do in kansas, mississippi or alabama and they're trying to say listen, all he needs is 48% of the remaining delegates to clinch the nomination. santorum, 65. gingrich, 70% and it is not practical knowing that he has some layups including utah coming his way. >> sure, exactly right. and so yesterday as well, a number of people, for instance, richard vigory, a conservative activist asked newt, you have to

drop out so rick santorum can surge. some other people have suggested that mitt romney should drop out. nobody is going to drop out and romney -- >> i think romney is close to dropping. i think it's a matter of time. i'll check my voicemail. >> look, romney has only got a third of the delegates he needs. there's still plenty of time for a comeback. but is that true? here's karl rove last night on "o'reilly." >> the winner take all states are going to be important because look at this, utah 40 delegates. 42 in wisconsin. 46 in indiana. 17 in delaware. 37 in maryland. these are the other winner take all states. they don't split their vote at the congressional district level. it's winner take all. >> and you can go back to why the republican national committee decided to change the way in which delegates are awarded. that's created this continuation because they changed states to make them more proportional instead of winner take all and that's why you're seeing sort of this -- this flux where a lot of the candidates are picking up a considerable amount of delegates. >> and karl rove with a pretty cool column today.

he said keep in mind in 2008, here are some of the headlines on radio, we pulled off some of the highlights. it's unbelievably personal. negative campaign tarnishes clinton and obama. here it is. pennsylvania primary, a bruising race marked by sharp attacks. and even in "the new york times", they also talked about loss of furor takes toll on obama and the candidates aura of inevidentability has been diminished. people were just as down on the prospects of barack obama and hillary clinton. >> they were more similar candidates going at each other. in the republican race right now -- >> it was vicious. >> under the viciousness, the republican candidates have a difference from one another. that's why you're seeing the separation as opposed to obama and clinton being more similar. >> they were different on the war in iraq and different of how they view the bill clinton administration. >> that dragged out. we're only in march and the headlines that brian were

quoting is from april and hillary didn't suspend her operation until june. >> and everyone was urging her to get out. >> that's right. >> because she was doing damage to the party. meanwhile, the president of the united states, his political people realized that with gas at $5 and a lot of gas stations across the country, that's bad news for him. and he essentially called the republicans who are saying look, the president isn't doing much about this. essentially calling them liars. listen. >> the next time you hear some politician trotting out some three point plan for $2 gas, you let them know we know better. >> yeah! >> tell them we're tired of hearing phony election year promises that never come about. >> so i have a challenge for the president. i would be glad to debate him at any gas station in america. i'm going to stick a couple of

things today, it's so central with what's wrong with america today. what's wrong with america today is liberalism and what's wrong with liberalism is it's wrong about reality. >> and, you know, it's very interesting because the president says i'm not really focused on election. i'm not focused on what the g.o.p. are doing. but it was two weeks ago when rick santorum brought up the thing about college and he said president obama thinks everyone should go to college. what a snob. the president addressed it the next day and newt gingrich comes out and says $2.50 gas. the president goes and challenges it the next week. he's had over 100 fundraisers and seems very atuned to a group of people he's not concerned about. >> the one thing he said in that speech that the republican nominee will be able to use against him is the group of words where he said phony election year promises, accusing the republicans of doing that. if you're the republican nominee, you might want to take that snippet from president obama and ask about hope and change. >> you've been spending too much time with ed rollins. ed rollins would have picked out the same phrase. >> it's interesting when you look at some of the commercials that candidate obama ran in

2008, he was talking about the oil, speculators, they're the reason this is going up and let's look into various things with the department of justice. ok. that's essentially what the other side is saying this time but now he is in charge and he hasn't done anything about it. >> let's talk about the chevy volt for a minute. remember in the last couple of days, we've been telling you they were suspending operation of it because it wasn't selling. they were going to suspend operation and lay off workers for six weeks. well, originally, there was a $7500 credit if you could buy one of these cars. it's over $40,000. now, the president wants to give you a $10,000 credit. >> great. >> buy one of these cars. but here's the thing. the average person who buys this car makes over $170,000 a year. so some people might ask whether or not they actually need a credit to buy this car. wouldn't it be if people who weren't making as much money were the ones who were buying this car? >> i wonder at one point they just start giving them away. >> paying you to drive them. >> now, if you drive one of the others like a leaf or anything

like that, do you also get one of those tax credits? >> i don't believe so. >> specifically -- >> how does ford feel about all this stuff? i mean, chrysler and g.m. get treatment all the time. >> they restructured their debt before it hits the fan. they're sitting pretty. >> coming up on our show, he's outraged over rush limbaugh's contraception comment. maybe president obama's campaign should return the $1 million donation from bill maher. he called sarah palin dumb and a whole lot more that we can't even say on tv. two women join us for a fair and balanced debate next. >> and one school hiring collection aepgencies to go aft kids' lunch money. hand over that thermos, melissa. [ female announcer ] ready for a taste of what's hot? check out the latest collection of snacks from lean cuisine.

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>> welcome back, everyone. former alaska governor sarah palin weighing in on the outrage over rush limbaugh's contraception comments. she wants to know where the outrage was when left wing liberal bill maher attacks women including herself. >> sarah palin finally heard what happened in japan and she's demanding that we invade tsunami -- i mean. she says these tsunamians will not get away with this. oh. speaking of dumb [beep], did you -- i let the cat out of the bag on that one, huh, folks? >> well, now palin is calling on president obama to return money that maher donated to his super pac, $1 million. releasing this statement on her facebook page. president obama said he called sandra for his daughters. for the sake of everyone's

daughter, why doesn't the super pack return the $1 million he got from a rabid massoganist. alexis gill johnson is the executive director of the american values institute and they're my guests. good morning to both of you. should he return the money? president obama? andrea? >> well, look, i don't think it would hurt. i think it would make him look pretty good and back up his words. it would make him look like he stands behind the things that he claims to believe which are men should not talk to women like this. i mean, think about this -- sarah palin was a candidate for president. sandra fluke is a liberal gender studies activist. doesn't make it right either way. but to call one without even so much as acknowledging the other. i mean, gretchen, forget the money. the left has said nothing about the comments made about sarah palin. particularly the president. so i think it would give him more credibility if he came out and actually talked about the hate speech on the left. now, they're having -- democrats are having bill maher head a fundraiser for them this month

so it's more than money. >> do you agree with her, alexis? would it be a good thing for the president? >> i think the reality is the president has no control over what the super pac accepts and doesn't. right? >> yes. all the candidates are hyped under those. >> this is an issue of campaign finance reform. let's have that conversation. i'm happy to do that. whether or not obama gets involved in bill maher vs. rush limbaugh i think is really -->> the president got involved after the shooting of gabby giffords. he did get involved after the shooting of gabby giffords and said let's stop all the horrible rhetoric that we have. so he has put himself into the equation. >> people think it's a silly question that he got involved with a congressional testimony from a liberal activist from georgetown law school. >> he called her. >> is that silly as well? >> he was reinforcing his ability to participate in the increase. that's why he said he was proud of her. >> i think that's a huge difference. >> she was backing up his mandate. >> yeah, but why is -- why is it and i'm not condoning at all what rush limbaugh said because i would love it if everyone didn't have bad things to say

about women and men and everyone else. but why is it different for rush limbaugh and it's not for bill maher? and i know what the argument is going to be. well, bill maher is a comedian. but hasn't it gone too far in our country with comedians being able to hide under that label. >> you're absolutely right. there's no place for hate discourse whether it's sexism, racism, both of which have been on bill maher's show and on rush limbaugh's show. i'm not going to be an apologyist for what bill maher said. however, i think the scale is important. i think following is important and that rush limbaugh has been held up as a leader, within the republican party. >> here's the difference. i could put on a clown nose and a clown hat and have some balloons and call myself a comedian. i would not be able to get away with it because i'm on the right. the left has a double standard. >> completely disagree. >> i got to leave it there. you're going to disagree on it but i got to go. andrea and alexis, thanks so much for your time. >> thanks. >> who knew this was illegal? >> we're selling lemonade. >> i shouldn't have sold it to

you. i have to get it back! >> sometimes kids say the darnedest things and accurate, too. john stossel says there's thousands more where that came from. wait until you see the ridiculous rules he's been able to uncover. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8.

>> time for news by the numbers. first $8.5 billion, that's how much aig is paying back to taxpayers after it got bailed out by the federal government. finally. the treasury is selling off to $6 billion worth of aig shares. next $11 million. that's how much the federal government spent to help people dress. it's all part of a botched grant program that was supposed to provide interview attire for low income job seekers.

only two people actually took advantage of the millions of dollars involved. finally, $2. that's how much the stars of the new hbo movie "game change" have donated to republican candidates. actors ed harris, pictured screen left, and julianne moore right who played john mccain and sarah palin in the movie have donated tens of thousands of dollars to democrats. don't know about how much to republicans. it seems regulation nation is indeed out of control. every year, the federal government adds about 80,000 pages of new rules. >> is everything illegal in america today? my last fox news special tried to keep up with the thousands of pages of new rules that america adds every week. rules that make doing this illegal. >> we're just selling lemonade. >> i shouldn't have sold it to you! i have to get it back! >> silly law!

>> that's just the tip of the iceberg. cute kids, silly law. the host of "stossel" on the fox business network joins us right now. john stossel. for example, the thing that gets you so angry is nobody ever takes away a law, they're adding laws. >> the politicians rate themselves how many laws i passed. so every week they added another 1,000 pages. and i like the graphic that you guys made up. all these rules kill jobs. >> right. >> what did you find when you went out there, you know, from the lemonade stand to interacting with people? >> well, just how -- you know, a few kids, they don't often enforce it very much, with a lemonade stand. to do it would have taken 65 days. you can do it if you give everybody their money back and don't let them drink the lemonade. how stupid is that for a lemonade stand? what is it like if you want to be a real entrepreneur? >> we have some laws that have been pulled out like, for

example, in marion, indiana, no pedestrian should cross any street by the shortest route of the opposite curb except in a crosswalk. is this an example of what we see over and over again? >> on my show tonight, a stay-at-home mom in indiana bothered to go through marion, indiana's rule book which is this thick and found these laws like this and she tried to obey, tried to register her bicycle, costs $0.25 every two years. and the clerks didn't even know what she was talking about. they're all on the books. if you're a regulator, you think you're not doing your job unless you add more rules. >> and john, in the big picture, when you talk about the economy and the entrepreneural spirit, if every time you had to open up a deli or buy a food truck, you have to go through all these leaps and bounds and hoops and ladders, you're not going to do it! >> or like in the banana republic, you do it underground and that kills entrepreneurship, too, you have to be hiding from the police or paying bribes.

fewer rules. >> fewer rules and that's what you found. >> no. that's what we want. >> that's what you want. that's what we hope to get. in the big picture, where do you come up with these ideas? you have a grandiose mind that thinks big problems, big solutions. where does that come from? >> i was a consumer reporter cheering on these regulations thinking they would help consumers. i did that for 20 years and i finally saw no, this hurts. we need to change this! >> you have a brain for this. we'll watch "stossel" on the fox business network and we're going to be watching it at 9:00 if that's ok. >> please do. >> john stossel, thanks again. >> thanks. >> meanwhile, how do you wash -- how do you wash this pair of pants? the instructions say, give it to your woman. i got a story for you, john. it's her job! we're taking this one straight to you. your comments are flooding in. i'll share them especially ones that agree with me. and the ipad 3 is just unveiled. what makes it so amazing? clayton morris is amazing. it's amazing that he's up at 3:00 a.m. on the west coast to

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>> nothing like the smiling face of your kids, right? this is my son christian and his friend nick after they won the hockey championship game yesterday! >> all right. >> in connecticut. two little beaming 7-year-olds in a nail biter finish. they were behind the entire game until the last 40 seconds. and then they scored making it 6-5. >> why isn't this your lead sports story, brian? >> forget about the solar tsunami. >> thanks to the boys and girls club who puts on a fantastic program and to the volunteer coaches and to all the kids, they played finland, they were on sweden, ironically. the team's name was sweden and pulled out the victory. >> very nice. >> congratulations. >> world games came to connecticut. and they are getting big. meanwhile, a lot going on this hour, so let's get to it, steve. >> all right, we have some headlines. 33 minutes after the top of the hour. the family of a woman who disappeared from a cruise ship off of florida pleading with the coast guard to resume their search.

she went missing from the bahamas celebration ship on february 29dth. her family says she's a strong swimmer and a good scuba diver. they say she could survive at sea for days. but the search was called off after a day and a half. her boyfriend reported her missing before the ship docked. the f.b.i. interviewed him. he was not detained and is not facing any charges at this point. >> update now from a story that has outraged the families of thousands of veterans. the veterans affairs department now says that it has discovered 102 more headstones or markers on the wrong graves in cemeteries in california. the v.a. also saying 21 graves need markers raising the total number of mismarked or unmarked graves to 249. the v.a. audit of about 1 1/2 million graves follows a grave marking scandal at arlington national cemetery. >> the jets are the first team to contact peyton manning.

the cardinals, redskins and seahawks also looking to land the quarterback. how does mark sanchez feel, by the way? quarterback of the jets. yesterday, a very emotional manning, we carried it here live, saying good-bye to indianapolis with his owner right there. they never got into negotiating. they never talked about him coming back, it seems. after the team finally released him, they spoke. >> i've been a colt for almost all of my adult life. but i guess in life and in sports, we know that nothing lasts forever. times change. circumstances change. and that's the reality of playing in the nfl. >> colts are now rebuilding and they don't want to give him $28 million. manning already flew to miami to meet with the dolphins and gave them a very hopeful sign. listen. >> i haven't thought about teams or i don't know who is interested. i really don't. this is all new to me. but, you know, look, the miami dolphins have a great organization. a great history there.

they have new people in place. >> so it's going to be very interesting because peyton manning is going to do a tour and walk around to see who can pay him the sxhomost and is clo to winning. you tube video has emerged of him throwing since the 28th of february and they say he looks as good as ever and his former manager says he's going to be back 100%. >> he's the kind of guy who says if i'm back, you can believe him. >> reminds me of joe montana. he said the 49ers don't want me, i'll go to the chiefs. >> those physicals will mean a lot as the teams evaluate his health. this story bringing a whole new meaning to lunch police. a ohio school district hired a collection agency to go after parents who haven't paid their kids' lunch tabs. you heard right. if delinquents don't pay up by the end of march, they should expect to hear from a collection agency? the city of columbus hopes to recover about $900,000. most of the delinquent accounts

average between $150 and $170. >> that's rough. what if your family lost a job? >> i always go to school, do they wear gloves? >> do they? >> my guys didn't wear gloves. >> i remember hair nets. >> yeah. they got hair nets but it was all hands. >> they did a lot of washing. >> and cold cuts, too. i'm just realizing now, we had a tough upbringing. >> somehow we lived! what does that tell you? >> we have antibodies now. how many people can say that? big news out of apple. not the big apple. apple the company. yesterday announcing the third generation ipad. what makes the new ipad so amazing? "fox & friends" weekend host technology guru clayton morris is in san francisco. he was at the event. so? what do we now know? >> you can touch it just like i do to all the bagels in the green room, brian, before you eat them. >> that's not -- now i'm definitely not coming in on friday! >> he needs gloves. >> so here are some of the big specs from the big event yesterday and this device was fantastic.

you know, how does apple pop itself? and i felt like this was the first time since the very first launch of the ipad two years ago that they managed to top themselves. retina display on this ipad is incredible. it looks like there's text sitting on top of the screen. it's so well done. it's by far the best screen i've ever seen on a mobile device. and so text looks great. web pages load beautifully. if you go to foxnews.com, you can actually watch some of the videos there of it. they load incredibly quick and you can't appreciate it until you're holding it in your hand at a wal-mart, target or apple store, be able to hold the ipad and look at the text on the screen. that was one of the big, big highlights of the day, guys. >> and the other thing is does the ipad 2 you now come down in price because there is a 3? >> that's one of the big stories of the day. anyone who couldn't get an ipad before and thought this is out of my price range. now for $399 the ipad 2 is still on the market. and it's a great twice,

obviously. ipad 2 still no slouch in the industry, $399 for an ipad is an incredible price tag on this and also the new ipad has 4g speed. i got hands on time in the demo area and spent about an hour and a half playing with this thing. set it down to my current ipad. launching web sites, incredibly fast. it was loading in a few seconds while the other ipad was taking 40 and 50 seconds to load. pretty incredible. >> very interesting and you would know all about it. thanks a lot, clayton, look forward to seeing you back in new york. the world is watching and now we're looking for steve. >> i'm outside. let's take a look at the maps and find out what we've got in store today. current temperatures as you see chilly in the northern plains and out west and you have beautiful temperatures all the way from, as you can see, florida back through texas and things are going to warm up later on today. folks, now let's talk about some

pants in great britain that have got some people steamed. gretch, bri? >> steve, it's true. there's a label in pants that's done somewhat of a lark and joke, it's gone viral. look at what it says. if you're listening on satellite radio, it essentially says give it to your woman. that's the inside washing instructions along the belt. >> obviously, it was a joke. but the woman who found it didn't think it was too funny when she found it on her either boyfriend or husband's pants. >> so let's find out what the people of new york city who so happened to have the misfortune of having slowed down in front of the building think. what's your name? >> bethany. >> what do you think about this label that says, you know, give it to your woman. it's her job. >> i think it's totally insensitive. and it's not something that should be put on clothing or anywhere to be honest with you. >> and you said one of the reasons you're offended is the fact that -- >> i clean once a week. so if i have to do it, why shouldn't others and it shouldn't be made a joke or we shouldn't be chastised for it. >> very good.

>> what's your name? >> i'm brian. >> what do you think about this? >> my first reaction was to laugh. and then it seemed kind of ridiculous to me. >> why? >> why? it's a pretty tasteless way to market some pants. i think. >> and see, maybe that was what was behind it because ultimately, you know, the company says it was a joke and we all understand it's a stereotypical comment but now we're talking about it. so maybe it was a brilliant p.r. ploy. >> there you go. >> maybe you should be wearing -- would you ever buy madhouse pants now? >> i wouldn't know them if they bit me. >> nothing worse than having your pants bite you. what's your name? >> i'm polly. >> polly, what do you think about this? have your woman do it, it's her job. >> i think it's funny. i think it's really funny. i would laugh and i would throw it right back at my husband. >> really? >> yeah. >> you think it's hilarious and you're not offended? >> no. >> no. >> very good. as you can see, here on the streets of new york city, gretch and brian, just like reaction on

our twitter and our e-mail, people are split. >> yep. >> and we're split in our family, too. i don't know about you but i love doing laundry and my husband likes to iron. >> and sometimes you might forget it's your job to do the laundry and how much you love it, wouldn't it be great to see a label there saying a woman's job. that's me. >> actually i'm a bit organized. >> so you know. you know it on your own. see, i would need it labelled. >> i'll sew in labels on your pants that tells you how to do it. >> be able to pick up your pants and say give it to the broad would be something that i would like to see happen. so write us. tell me -- >> coming up, ironically we have a married couple that will tell us how to get along in relationships. i have a feeling they'll say something about this. >> we'll check their pants. >> whoa! >> all right. when we come back, a democrat and republican working together? they say there's a problem that's bigger than bipartisanship. companies tracking your kids. i'm phil mickelson, pro golfer.

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>> the trivia question of the day -- born on this date in 1976, the super bowl mvp also appeared on "dancing with the stars." who is he? be the first to e-mail us friends at foxnews.com with the correct answer and you win something real nice. meanwhile, imagine not getting into college because of something you posted on line when you were, i don't know, 9, 10, 11 years old. or being denied a job because of the facebook post when you were just 14. some say it isn't fair. that's why republican congressman joe barden and democratic congressman ed marky have introduced the do not track kids act which keeps web companies from tracking the information of children and teens and they join us today from our nation's capital. guys, thank you very much for joining us. >> good morning. >> glad to be on your show. >> what would this bill do? >> well, it says that there has

to be consent that is given before company starts to collect information about children, that the companies can't market back to these children creating a behavioral profile of who the child is, how old they are, what their sex is, what their information -- what their interests are. and finally, that there's an erase button, that the parents or the kids can just erase all of this information so that it -- when something you did when you're age 13 doesn't come back to haunt you when you're 18 or 19. >> congressman barton, we all agree that the internet is a wonderful thing when used properly and, you know, when parents keep an eye on their kids but, you know, the way these search engines and the way people can track our kids is scary, isn't it? >> of a 6-year-old son down in texas named jack and i hope he's watching right now. good morning, jack. >> hi, jack. >> yeah, i couldn't spell internet when i was 6 and my little boy knows how to use it, knows how to surf the web. i mean, he's -- and he's not

unusual. and i just think as a parent, that the parents should be able to protect the right of their children. >> right. >> and children should be able to go on the internet with parental supervision without wondering about what kind of cookie is tracking them and without being subject to the predatory practices that some unscrupulous people of the internet are capable of using. >> sure. and congressman, it's for kids like jack, a democrat and republican are appearing on this program today to push for it to be brought to the forefront there at the house. right? >> that's right. liberal democrat from massachusetts and a conservative republican from texas. but, you know, this is one area where we just have to create a safety zone, a place where all kids can go and know that it's not going to come back and haunt them. >> congressman barton, this is important legislation and needs to be brought up by the house republican leadership, doesn't it? >> i think so.

we first have to get it marked up in the energy and commerce committee that ed and i both serve on and chairman upton and subcommittee chairwoman mary bono mack are both aware of this bill and both generally supportive. as of yet, we don't have a commitment to move it and hopefully we will. >> maybe they're watching and maybe they'll get off the mark and we can try to protect our kids as much as we can. thank you very much for joining us from the bureau today. >> thanks for having us on. >> next time, put me to the right of mr. marky, not to the left. >> it bothered you. that's right! look at you, you're on the left. you're on the right. oops! thanks, guys. all right, next, is happily ever after a real thing? these two say you bet. the pastor and his wife who found the secret to making any marriage work. joining us next. first, we're getting rick rolled. he had the number one song in america, "never gonna give you

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from helping ear people, right? >> yeah, we started the church, actually in a bible study in our living room 15 years ago. it's grown to be 15,000 people in one of the most liberal cities in america, seattle. lots of people getting married, hundreds of weddings a year. >> one of the principles here, we know the movie "friends with benefits" and we know what that means. friend with benefits. >> one friend. no medical, no dental, no vision, one friend with benefits. >> what does that mean sf>> we think that's the key to marriage, friendship. the marriage gets better or bitter. if you're friends, it seems like the rest of the marriage figures itself out, the communication, the memories, longevity. >> here are other ways to inspire the marriage after several years. the quote, number one, is he holds on to sentimental things keeps them hidden. why is this important? because usually i guess you think of the woman holding on to sentimental things. >> i think it's great that he was even noticed that that would be important to do. it's good to be reminded of where we started and those fun,

loving things that sometimes fade away over the years. >> give us an example. >> well, i think even for us, we dated in high school. so we have a lot of memories in a little box of just even pictures and little love notes or -- >> an old math test. >> quote number two, she's excited to see me every time i come home. i think this is really important especially for maybe stay-at-home mom who's have had a really tough day with the kids all day long and then the husband comes home, right, and it's hard sometimes to put a smile on your face, right? >> that's us. we got five kids. kindergarten to freshman in high school. i recently came home, it was great. i walked in the door and my youngest daughter ran up to me, i'm going to give you a hug and a kiss right after your beautiful wife. she knows mom gets the first hug and first kiss. >> something else you say, he calls me at home at lunch time no matter what. i talk to my wife every morning at 9:20 no matter what. >> that helps.

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>> gretchen: top. morning -- top of the morning to you. it's march 8. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time. mitt romney on a roll and leading the gop pack, so is it time for his republican rivals to bow out of the race? maybe if you break out the calculator, the delegate math says yes. hear why these candidates say they're staying put. >> steve: meanwhile, promises, promises. back in 2008, candidate obama said this. >> we can go ahead and tell the lobbyists that their days of setting the agenda in washington are over 'cause they haven't funded my campaign. they won't run my white house. >> steve: he said so long, lobbyists back then. the latest edition of the white house staff, a former lobbyist. michelle malkin, i bet she's outraged. she joins us live from colorado springs. >> brian: just lot your job, applying for unemployment benefits. get ready to give a drug sample. should we be drug testing america's jobless?

we report, you decide. "fox & friends" starts now. >> steve: all right. welcome back. this particular topic that we've been talking about over the course of this morning has gotten you going. >> brian: the tsunami? >> steve: no. there is a company in the united kingdom that inside a pair of pants they had a label, give it to your woman. it's her job regarding what to do with it with usage and care and stuff like that. so we asked for comments and we got plenty. >> brian: e-mail from jim says, so i changed my oil in my wife's car, filled her tires with air and her tank with gas. now my pants are dirty. do you think she should wash them? yes! >> gretchen: you know what? if that's the deal that you have worked out in your family, fantastic. you're both doing different stuff. i'm all for it. >> brian: don't do it unless it's labeled.

>> steve: sure. the apparel for me in the laundry room is i invariably shrink clothes that are supposed to not be heat to do that high temperature or i put the wrong colors. >> brian: your underwear comes out like g.i. joe. >> gretchen: in our family, i'm the one who accidentally shrinks the stuff. my husband gets mad at me. so he does the ironing 'cause he's just so precise and good at it. i'm so glad when he decides to do it. >> brian: i'm in awe of people that iron because the board is shaped wrong. that iron board is not shaped for a shirt or pants! you should be able to slip it into a flat type person and iron it and take it off. >> gretchen: i know. >> brian: right? it's wrong. someone made the ironing board wrong. i'm not going to buy into it. >> steve: you need to buy wrinkle free shirts. i've been trying orgeat you to do that for ten years. >> brian: i prefer to know that my shirt was used and worn and wrinkled. there is no proof of it.

>> gretchen: so we'll continue to debate this. keep your e-mails and tweets coming. a brand-new report says the u.s. will give israel advance weapons if it delays an attack on iran's nuclear facilities. yep. the startling details of the secret deal revealed in the israeli newspaper. the deal requires that israel wait until after the election. really? president obama reportedly made the offer to prime minister netanyahu this week at the white house. the paper says it was not able to name its western diplomatic and intelligence sources. netanyahu says time is running out to stop iran from getting a nuclear weapon. president obama chooses to remain more optimistic and says there is no need for immediate action. he wants diplomacy to play out. mitt romney coming out the big winner on super tuesday. but the other candidates not backing out. newt gingrich will be rallying up support in mississippi, driving from jackson to south haven. romney is in passage la.

rick santorum is making stops in alabama, telling supporters he's not going anywhere. >> i'm not saying for him to get out. if he wants to get out, i'm for everybody to get out. i'm wishing president obama would hand me the thing. but that's not going to happen. >> gretchen: romney leading in the delegates with 419. santorum, second police, 178. newt gingrich, 107. ron paul, 47. congressman paul has no events today. beware of the flare. biggest solar storms expected to pound earth at any moment and it could make a major mess for all of us. look at this video from nasa. you can see the solar flare erupting off the sun's surface overnight. right now that blast of charged particles racing towards us at more than 4 million miles per hour. once it hits the earth's magnetic field, the flare could knock out power to millions of people, as well as disrupt gps and communication systems around the globe. several airlines even rerouteing flights to avoid this flare.

the solar system expected to last through tomorrow. experts are warning there could be another one right behind it. after 125 years, coca-cola changing colors? well, sort of. check this out. the compound added to give it that brown hue has been listed as an illegal carcinogen by the state of california, even though the f.d.a. says it's safe. coke will change it anyway to meet california's confinement. the color might vary slightly, but the taste will not change. i wonder how you'll feel about drinking tan colored coke? >> steve: the new new coke. let's bring in michelle malkin. good morning to you. >> good morning. by the way, i have a suggestion about the ironing problem. if you move to colorado, you don't have to iron anything. >> steve: why? >> we're colorado casual all the time! >> gretchen: i thought you had some ironing tip!

>> steve: the high altitude, something like that. let's talk to you about this, in the last week or so, rush limbaugh said something inappropriate. he has apologized. now the left is absolutely going after him like crazy. there seems to be a double standard when you look at some people from the left who said similar things, nobody is going after them to the same measure. you say there is not a war on women. there is just a war on conservative women. >> there has been. i've been part of it for the last two decades. i really am sick and tired and i know that there are so many other conservative women out there in public life who are sick and tired of the double standards. double standards are what is for breakfast, lunch and dinner of the progressive left. and there really is a hear no left wing hate, see no left wing hate policy. and i think that what you're seeing now is a lot of pushback on that. my column today at michellemalkin.com extensively documents all of the kinds of

things sexually degrading things that we're called simply for holding conservative views and really slut, which is what the word was that was an issue among all of these democrats and which prompted ridiculously, a phone call from the white house, is seen as something of a middle name for every conservative woman in public life! if i had a dollar for every time somebody called me that, i'd have enough money to get into an obama fund-raiser. [ laughter ] >> gretchen: what do you think about this exchange between a reporter and the president yesterday about bill maher. listen to this. >> all right. jessica yellen. >> i want to apologize for -- >> jessica. >> thank you, mr. president. >> la, la, la.

i can't hear you. because, of course, acknowledging the overflow of filth that has been directed at people like sarah palin and michelle bachman and laura ingraham and myself would ruin the narrative that they and their left wing thugs are trying to portray. really what i think people need to understand fundamentally about this war on rush limbaugh and conservative talk show hosts while they ignore all of the left wing talk hate is that this is another attempt to criminalize and marginalize conservative speech and dissent. >> steve: absolutely. >> gretchen: one of the things they use, too, is that they'll say that bill haher is a comedian. so we've heard this from other comedian when is they got into the applycal realm. they say, well, they're comedians, so they can say what they want. how do you feel about that? >> yes, absolutely. this is the humor card that they always play as their last resort. and it really is the ultimate

sign of cowardice. the other day i called bill maher a dirt bag, but i was wrong about that and i'm sorry. what he really is is just an invertbrate coward for trying to cloak his extreme political views in humor. there is nothing funny about it. >> steve: the reason we're talk being bill maher is because he has given million dollars to obama's super pac and some have, including you, have suggested he give the money back. >> no question about it. that's just a tip of the iceberg. there are many other donors who have engaged in the kind of uncivil behavior that now this white house is in the middle of policing. >> brian: david axelrod is going to go on as a guest. how is that a good move? isn't anybody advising the advisor? >> this is why it's so great to call these people out. it's ridiculous the double standards involved here. but then again, of course, i have to hesitate about accusing them of double standards because in order to have double of them, they have to have them to begin

with. >> steve: here is another example, before he was elected, the president said, i'm gog have a transparent white house and there won't be any lobbyists. i won't be influenced by them. yet we see that he has hired another ex lobbyist, steve rakety is signing on board. >> yeah. no surprise to me. it really shouldn't be to anyone who has read "culture of corruption." i had a whole chapter on how this administration has always been no k street lobbyist left behind. i'm more irritated by the "washington post" and the person who wrote this piece because somehow now they are the guardians of public ethics. we knew this from day one when obama attempted to hire lobbyists like tom daschle and bill richardson, who ultimately were spurned from their positions because of the public backlash at the time. and in the meantime over the last three, four years, we've had dozens of these people go

through the revolving door at the white house. in fact, there isn't any door anymore. they've completely obliterated it. everyone from the domestic policy chief to so many other positions throughout the pentagon and the treasury department. they have recusal rules that they never use or if they use them, they never disclose them to this day from the most transparent administration ever. >> gretchen: let's talk about something that is new and shiny for you. it's new web venture called tiffany. what is that? >> tiffany is the perfect place for people who heard about twitter but don't have the time or patience to be on it 4 hours a day like i am. if you go to the web site, you can see what are people buzzing about on this social networking atd micro bloggingm thatorm is used by hundreds of millions of people around the world? you guys know, you're on it at "fox & friends," my account is

at michellemalkin.com, what we're able to do is to mind twitter for the best material. a lot of news is breaking. you got u.s. politic, global news, sports media, entertainment, just general news that's breaking all the time. and it's a great way to have your hear to the ground. we're really excited. >> brian: if i write what i'm doing this weekend, will that make it? >> it depends on what you're having for breakfast or who you're having lunch with. >> gretchen: maybe he'll be washing his pants. >> brian: probably. [ laughter ] >> steve: do you need to wash your pants? >> gretchen: let me be the judge. i sit next to him. have a great weekend. we'll see you next week, michelle. >> thanks. take care. >> steve: very nice. a dozen minutes after the top of the hour on this thursday. a high school basketball chant sparks a huge controversy.

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part 2.0, the revamped housing program aimed at helping those americans underwater on their home. is the program really a foreclosure fix or simply a political ploy? here to explain, fox news legal analyst, bob massi. good morning to you, bob. >> good morning, gretchen. >> gretchen: so a lot of people are looking forward to part 2. what is it? >> well, it is the extension of the first pass the in 09 that basically of homeowners, the right -- who are under water to refinance and the most important thing that's happened on this is they've eliminated what we call the loan to value on fixed mortgages. basically used to be you had to have -- you had to be 125% loan to value on fixed mortgages. that has been eliminated in the hopes of maybe opening up the gates for refinancing for people that are under water. >> gretchen: all right. so it sounds like it might be a good idea. do you like it? >> well, here is the thing, let's talk about the eligibility of it. first of all, it has to be a

fannie mae and freddie mac loan that was in effect on or before may 31 of 2009. you have to be current on your payments for the last six months. you can not be more than one time late in the last 12 months. and the thing that's important here is it affects fixed mortgages only. that is the important part of this disssssion today. >> gretchen: are you saying that because there is a high percentage of people in that situation or not so many people in a fixed mortgage? >> not as many. for example, what they've done, gretchen, divided the country in four quadrants and what we call the sand states, nevada, arizona, new mexico, and california, florida, most of those loans in the last four or five years, gretchen, were adjustable rate mortgages. most adjustable rate mortgages essentially will not even qualify because you have to be 105% loan to value.

let's say you owe 300,000. loan to value of 105% is 285,000. most of these homes are 40, 50% under water. in addition, let's say, gretchen, you had a fixed interest only loan for 30 years, for 20 years, whatever it may be assuming you're even eligible for harp, which is not going to be easy to qualify, your payment is going to go up. why? because it's refinanced on a principle and interest payment, which is going to up your payment as opposed to make it lower. >> gretchen: so at the beginning i said will this be a good idea, will it help people or is it a political ploy and bob massi says? >> i say it's something that he could use, obama could use to say, look what i've done to try to help homeowners. even the other day in that press conference when he's talk being all these different things they're now doing. where have they been for the last 3 1/2 years where people

have been illegally foreclosed on and people lost homes and although this may help a small percentage, it's not the cure. i'm going to say one more time before we go. principle reduction, guys, that's the direction we have to go and to help this problem in america. >> gretchen: bob massi. thanks so much for your insight. no doubt you helped a lot of people with this today. thanks. we'll see you next week. >> thane. >> gretchen: she gained her fame after becoming an olympic gold medalist. coming up, kristy yamaguchi is here. then, want a government benefit? you have to take a drug test. more states adopting this idea. but is it legal? judge jeanine is on the case for us. good morning, judge [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition? ♪

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>> steve: time for headlines. lawmakers trying to clean up a $330 million crime. house committee later on today will hold a hearing on food stamp fraud. it's the u.s. department of agriculture saying it has cracked down on store owners who game the system, but other store owners say they've seen no evidence of that crackdown. toyota motors announcing two separate recalls for about 680,000 vehicles. listen up. the first involves potentially faulty air bags in tacoma trucks made between 2005 and 2009. the second recall affects 2009 camrys and 2009 to 2011 venza crossovers. they may have faulty brake lights and accidents -- no accidents have been reported,

but if you've got a question, contact your dealer. >> brian: out of work, applying for unemployment benefits? you better bet ready for a drug test. >> gretchen: under a proposed law in arizona, people applying for or receiving unemployment benefits will be subject to random drug tests and if you fail those tests, your benefits may be cut off. >> steve: so is that legal? is it constitutional? >> let's bring in somebody who knows about all that stuff, the host of "justice" with judge jeanine. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: i know your heart says this is a good thing. but what about the law? >> my heart or my brain say it's a good thing. think about it. how many people have a job where they have to be drug tested to go to work? why should we allow people who are on unemployment benefits to sit home and do drugs while we give them the money? an unemployment benefit is not an entitlement. it's something your employer pay noose and if you should be looking for a job, you shouldn't be getting high. what i love about this -- >> brian: so old-fashioned. >> i know. i'm a mother now.

i'm a typical old-fashioned. what's amazing is some of the dems said this is not right because if people are taking and smoking weed, then it shows up in their blood so many days later and that's not really addictive. second think they said is you're going to force people to take k 2 and spice, more dangerous drugs, that they'll take so it doesn't show up in urine. and number three, you'll depress people. they'll be angry and resentful if they have to take these tests. are you kidding! >> gretchen: here was the important word to me in the way this law reads, which is random. >> right! >> gretchen: random. they're not saying that every person, which by the way, i'm not so sure i wouldn't be in favor of every person. but they're not saying that. they're saying random. >> they're saying random and, you know, although the republicans initially wanted everyone to be drug tested and the democrats are saying, look, this is really about the slippery slope. if we start with unemployment benefits, it's going to go to medicare or social security. these people should be allowed to do whatever they want. but the real issue is the constitutionality. will this pass constitutional

muster? number one, we all have a right to privacy against unreasonable searches and seizures. supreme court has said even a urine analysis can be something that's a seizure. on four different occasions, and they haven't ruled on this, they say kids in school and athletes need to submit. no problem. if you're engaged in a job where you are involved in public safety, no problem. we're going to have you pee this a cup. but the politicians -- this is the one i love -- the politicians, the supreme court overturned the law that said that the politicians in georgia had to take a drug test. they get away with it. and the thinking was, they're under relentless scrutiny. >> gretchen: it's interesting because it seems to be working in a different direction as far as florida has been too long a similar thing. other states. >> florida actually and missouri and another state have been doing it for regular public benefits, for welfare. so what we're talking about here is the unemployment benefit. the argument is a good one.

that is hey, if you're really looking for a job, as you're supposed to, four days a week, you shouldn't be getting high! >> brian: right. that's true. i just didn't know it was a problem. people without a job getting -- doing a lot of drugs? >> yeah. clearly it's a problem. if it isn't, they'll prove it. they'll say look, we wasted our money on the drug test. >> brian: what will we do with all this extra urine? >> it's going in the cup what, do they do with the cups? the bottom line is, if you want to get our money, then you should be clean. you shouldn't be -- >> brian: put down the bottle. >> gretchen: we'll watch you on saturday night, "justice," thanks so much. >> steve: straight ahead on this program, coming up, the high school basketball chant that sparked a major controversy. >> usa! usa! >> steve: they're saying usa, usa. some people say that is racist. others say it's patriotic. we'll tell you both sides of the

story so you can decide. >> gretchen: eric bolling here to weigh in on this, even though they stopped making the car he's driving temporarily. the chevy volt. president obama wants to give the company more money. eric is around the corner. he has another envelope.

>> brian: fox business alert. the labor department just released brand-new weekly jobless numbers. look at this. 362,000 first-time unemployment claims filed last week. that's up from 351,000 the week before. economists were expecting 351. not up that much, eric bolling, as we welcome you in. >> still okay. last week we were 351. the week before we were about 350 and the week before that we were at 348. so four or five weeks or so in a row, approaching 350, not bad. i don't like to see it tick up, especially with tomorrow, the big unemployment number. most people you talk to are looking for 200,000 jobs created in the economy. maybe a little bit more. maybe a little bit less. but again, if people come back into the work force looking for work, 'cause they hear things are getting better, then you might see the unemployment rate go up even though we're creating jobs. big number tomorrow morning. >> steve: all right. go back about a month, president of the united states was really pushing for that payroll tax

extension. we're going to get an extra 20 bucks a week. yesterday the republicans on capitol hill said essentially now with the high cost of gasoline, that's effectively a tax that's eaten up the payroll tax cut. here is the president of the united states yesterday, i believe in north carolina, talking about how when you hear those republicans saying cheap gas is possible, that's a lie. >> the next time you hear some politician trotting out some three point plan for two dollar gas, you let them know we know better. tell them we're tired of hearing phony election year promises that never come about. what we need is a serious, sustained, all of the above strategy for american made energy, american made efficiency, american innovation, american fuel efficient trucks, american fuel efficient cars. >> steve: newt gingrich is a liar? >> newt is not a liar, but president obama has to make fun

of everyone that comes out and says they can lower gas prices because it is his achille's. there is jobs which may or may not be getting better, but the gas price also take down the presidency. there is no way he gets elected in november with a 3.50 or 4.50-gallon of gas. >> gretchen: i don't understand is, why can't you work on drilling more and bringing gas prices down potentially and alternative source as soon as why can't you do both at the same time? >> you can, but you can't do it if you're the government that wants to dictate everything that we do. if you're the government that wants to say, we'll let you know what type of fuel you're going to burn in your car in 2015. by the way, he said every government vehicle is going to burn an alternate fuel fired engine by 2015. that is absolutely ridiculous. you can't sell a volt, i don't know why they'll want to drive around in volt. >> brian: one statement he says later on, is you can't possibly expect, since we as a nation use 20% of the world's oil and only have 2% of the researches, that's never going to work to drill, drill. >> 100% incorrect, president obama. he keeps saying -- you hear the

chuckling in the audience, that's funny when you say drill, drill, drill. he's trying to make people think that every time someone on the right says, drill, it's funny or ridiculous. it's not. we don't know how much oil we sit on. he says 2%. how do you know if we're not drilling and exploring? we had a major gas find about five years ago. we were drilling off the coast of texas and they hit into a gas reserve that was literally trillions of cubic feet of gas. we didn't know it was there. but because we were allowed to explore it, we found it. so we don't know what we're sitting on. we may not be sitting on 2%. we may be sitting on 25%. but the point is, if you have a policy of exploration, of drilling, of finding, of using our own oil instead of foreign oil, prices will come down. but here it is, president obama. last week i asked you had -- offered you, i'll sit down with steven chiou. here is the answer, this will get gasoline prices down, i guarantee it. gasoline prices come down bay dollar with this. but all you have to do -- hold

on one second. is reach out and touch me. here it is. here is my phone number. there it is. only president obama call, though. i don't want anyone else. >> gretchen: he does make personal phone calls. >> i hope he calls. i'm not kidding. that's my phone number. call me. >> gretchen: let us know right away if he does actually call. the president has said he wants to give even more of a tax credit now if you decide to buy some of those cars that are not run necessarily on gas, like the volt and others. it was $7,500, now he's going to raise it to 10,000. >> he wants to raise it to 10,000. to answer your earlier question, does it apply to the nissan leaf? of course it does. any electric vehicle you can. 10,000 tax dollar credit to the people who make over $170,000 per year on the volt. here is the problem, i drove the volt. gm walked into my office and said, boling, you're really hard on the volt.

why are you so hard? let's talk about it. i said, gm, i don't want to talk about it. let me drive it. i drove the car. beautiful car. the problem is right there, in the lincoln tunnel two days in a row. if you watch, i switch over from electric power -- watch the dashboard on the left. first of all, i'm taping this on my cell phone. >> steve: you're going 1 miles an hour there. >> it switches over from electric power to the gasoline engine in the tunnel, 26 miles away from home. i charged that thing 12 hours, both nights in a row when that happened. >> gretchen: how much is it supposed to go? >> up to 35, 35 to -- 30 to 35. i turned the heat on, apparently that drains the power. i had the radio on. that drains it faster as well. so it switches over. point is this, gm, that's a great car, but at $46,000, because of the technology that's in the car, the battery, it's not going to happen. yank the battery out. forget the electric part. make the volt internal combustion engine, a fossil fuel, drop it to $20,000 and

i'll bet you sell more of those than any car on the road. >> brian: yep if that's going to solve the electric car problem, making it gas. >> steve: here is my question, is it a light car, so you can push it easily? >> light enough. it switches to gasoline. >> gretchen: we got to go. i know what's in the envelope, but i'm not going to tell. >> promise? >> gretchen: promise. >> 'cause i know things. >> gretchen: we start with the last words of a convicted killer put to death last night in texas. he said, go ahead and finish it off. 52-year-old keith thurman given a lethal injection after the supreme court rejected his appeal. he was found guilty of murdering his ex-wife and a neighbor who became her boyfriend. in the death chamber, he said he could taste the drug that ended his life. >> steve: meanwhile, moments ago, the obama campaign announced that it will release a hollywood-style documentary highlighting the president's first year and the second year

and the third year in office. the trailer has just been released. look at this. >> where to begin? which urgent need would he put first? >> what happens to jobs in america? >> economic crisis, beyond anything anybody had imagined. >> steve: 17 minute documentary is called "the road we've traveled." narrated by tom hanks. it will be shown at obama for america field offices all across the country and i bet soon you'll be able to download it. >> brian: tom hanks is in "the game change" movie. democratic congressman barney frank getting a time out after ranting about the jobs act. the bill is about to be passed in the house today. here is what got barney booted. >> the gentleman in texas,

engaged in that shameful maneuver to now accuse us of being excessively concerned with credit is the most hypocritical and dishonest statement i have heard uttered in this house. >> brian: frank's personal attack against texas republican jeb hensarling violated house rules, and yet they do have rules and he was banned from the house floor for the rest of the day. he'll retire soon, banning himself. >> gretchen: chanting usa is usually seen as a patriotic gesture, but not for this texas high school basketball team. >> usa! usa! usa! >> gretchen: that was their chant after winning the game against a rival school. the problem s the losing team is mostly hispanic. now that losing team school district is claiming the usa chant was racist and used to taunt the team. this generating a lot of talk on facebook. henry says what country was this basketball game played in? usa, right? what's all the fuss about then?

he says, so sick of all this political correctness. what's next? a few others disagreed, saying it could have been seen as offensive. also important to note, the winning team superintendent did apologize. >> steve: okay. let's take a look at the maps here in the usa, usa. as you can see, a big rainstorm all the way from the great lakes through the tennessee and ohio valley. the mississippi valley as well. behind that front, you can see bitterly cold temperatures. we got 19 right now in denver and rapid city. we got 22 in minneapolis. ahead of the front, beautiful temperatures. 55 here in new york city. about the same for raleigh and atlanta. and memphis. >> brian: let's take our shirts off and play frisbee. >> steve: inside voice, please. later today, 66, like the route, here if new york city. 80s along the gulf coast. meanwhile, some video to show you. big solar spot and flares racing

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>> brian: part of president obama's new health care law and it's supposed to cut costs. having all of our medical records digitally by your doctor. a new study says that those digital medical records end up costing you more? everybody more? joining us now to explain, peter johnson, jr. the thing is huge, this health care plan. looking at the digital records, it doesn't help? >> the headline is that we were scammed and misled about obamacare. and a lot of distortions and inaccurate facts, as it were, are being disproven today. number one, it was said, well, electronic health care records, that's going to reduce costs in american health care because it's going to reduce duplication and it's going to make it more efficient. now we have a new journal study that says that 40 to 70% more tests, more blood tests, more cat scans will be ordered and have been ordered in the past in

systems in which there is electronic health care because the doctors say, oh, look at that. yeah. maybe we'll order another test. now, i personally think that's not a bad thing, if a test is necessary, then we need that test as americans. but don't tell me back in 2009 and 10 that this is going to save costs. the second issue is this independent advisory board for medicare, there was a hearing yesterday on capitol hill. congress is moving to knock it out. this is that board of 15 people to be appointed by the president that is -- >> brian: the death panels? >> it may lead to rationing. that was some of the testimony yesterday. and it's a political board. the problem with this political board to reduce the cost of medicare is that all of the experts, almost all of the experts, including dr. scott gotlieb told congress, listen, this may reduce costs in the short-term, but you're not taking on the real issue in terms of medicare and as goes

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>> steve: she made her name as an olympic gold medalist and world champion ice skater. but kristy yamaguchi continues to follow her dreams as a best selling children's book author. her latest book is called "it's a big world." it's a sequel to her "new york times" best selling book "dream big, little pig." i'm noticing a theme. and she joins us now. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: i love the pig. not since charlotte's web has a pig figured so prominently in a kid's book. why a pig on ice? >> it catches your eye. actually i love pigs. pigs were always kind of a good luck symbol for me growing up? >> steve: really.

>> i'm born in the year of the pig. i did love charlotte's web and wilbur and miss piggy. so yeah. pigs are just part of who i am, so it made sense. >> steve: did you ever in a million years, ten, 15 years ago, think, some day i want to write a kids' book and it's going to become a "new york times" best seller and i'm going to write another one? >> no. a children's book was always kind of in the back of my mind. some day i want to do that and some day i think it would be great to have a children's book. i work with a lot of children and then obviously once i had my own, becoming a mom, that was the big inspiration for me to try it. >> steve: as a father of three, after you read somebody's book a million times to your kids, it's like, wait a minute. i could probably do this. it's a great story. >> thank you. >> steve: it's beautifully illustrated as well. and the proceeds go to a great cause. >> yes. a portion of the proceeds are going to my always dream foundation, which is supporting early childhood literacy efforts. so we're very excited about that

and hoping to make a difference out there. >> steve: fantastic. can i talk to you about "dancing with the stars"? >> sure. >> steve: you know, you grabbed the spotlight at the olympics. big winner. and then "dancing with the stars," when they first came to you and said, would you be interested in being on the series what, did you say? >> it took me a few weeks to decide. i was very nervous, skeptical. i didn't know if i had the guts to go out there and do that for myself out there. >> steve: are you serious? >> yeah. >> steve: a triple axle is much harder. >> i'm a big fan of the show. my girlfriends and i would sit back and be at home and kind of ripping on everyone and be like, oh, i can't believe they did that dance that way or wore that costume. and i thought, i don't want to be the one that they're ripping on now. but it ended up being an amazing experience. marked my -- mark, my professional partner, incredible talent. we had a lot of fun. >> steve: you wound up, you got the big prize.

>> the mirror ball trophy. >> steve: has that helped you? >> i think it's definitely opened up a fan base that was a demographic i hadn't touched before, definitely younger demographic. and it's fun to do something. the olympics were 20 years ago now. so to have done "dancing with the stars" was a new challenge to kind of take on. >> steve: that's such a good point. for a whole new generation, it's like, wait a minute. you mean she was a skater before she was a dancer? kind of like, are you telling me paul mccartney was in another band before wings? >> exactly. >> steve: check out her new book called "it's a big world, little pig," kristy yamaguchi, thank you very much. >> thank you for having me. >> steve: it's great having you. we will be right back of snacks from lean cuisine. creamy spinach artichoke dip, crispy garlic chicken spring rolls. they're this season's must-have accessory. lean cuisine. be culinary chic.

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