♪ >> good morning everyone. thank you for waking up with fox and friends first. >> such a happy sight this morning. first day of spring. iment heather nauert. it is tuesday march the 20th. thanks for getting up with us today. >> time for the 5 at 5:00. the fb oirnged an investigation of a shooting death of an unarmed teen by a neighborhood watch volunteer in florida. >> 17-year-old travon mart tans death drawing dozens of protestors. the man who shot him is george

zimmerman. he has not been charged. he told police he fired in self defense. they have no evidence to refute his story. coming up later on fox and friends first you will hear from the boy's father who says race may have been a factor. >> a weather alert in texas. overnight a tornado touching down near san antonio. take a look at the screen. we slowed it down a little bit so when the lightening strikes you can see the twist in the distance. there are reports of people trapped in their mobile home. several parts of texas are under a tornado watch. maria molina coming up in just a minute. >> three children and a rabbi. the killer opened fire and set off on a motorcycle overnight. the gunman may have filmed the attack. one of the guns used was the same one used in two separate deadly attacks last week that left three paratroopers dead. they fear he might strike again. the terror alert has been raised

to the heist level. >> the budget battle begins all over again today. that is when paul ryan unveils his 2013 budget. ryan wants to spend $19 billion less than the limit congress agreed to last year. he also wants to simplify the tax code reducing the current fixed tax bracket to just two. >> payton manning making his pick official. the broncos have their man. brand new report a quarterback working on a deal to head to denver. he picked denver over tennessee and san francisco. it is expected that deal will be for five years and worth $95 million. reports say the broncos will now look to trade tim tebow who led them to the second round of the playoffs last year. that is your 5 at 5:00. >> a lot of drama going on there. my mom lives in denver. she has been the talk of the town. they are excited to get him. >> billboards trying to getty

bow to play. >> head over to another big story this morning. mitt romney, rick santorum will be look to go pick up delegates today and momentum in the state of illinois. in a few hours voters head to the polls for the republican primary there. joining us in washington is kelly rice with a preview. how are things starting today? >> heather, i think you said it best, m for momentum. that's what they are trying to get in illinois the most popular in the midwest. voters in the land of lincoln will go to the polls to decide who they favor for the republican presidential nomination. republican hopefuls mitt romney and rick santorum are locked in a vigorous debate. romney is attacking santorum who is an economic light weight who doesn't care about the unemployment rate. >> one of the people who is running also from the republican nomination today says he doesn't care about the unemployment rate. that doesn't bother him.

i do care about the unemployment rate. it does bother me. i want to get people back to work. i am concerned about those who are out of work. one of the reasons i am running to get my expertise back in place so we can get people working again. >> of course i do. i am saying i can't determine whether the -- our candidacy is not whether the unemployment rate goes back aup and down. republicans don't believe presidents fix the economy we do things to try to help the economy fix itself. >> romney is doing well in illinois. romney has a comfortable lead with the delegate count. today is the day for gop leaders in illinois. now is a time for a look at who is talking this morning.

and this morning it is first lady michelle obama talking at the late night comedy circuit appearing on david letterman. >> how are things at the white house, okay? >> things are good. things are good. trying to stay out of trouble. >> there's trouble every where in politics. you have to be careful what you say, what you do, where you go, who you look at. at the end of the day, has your husband ever come home and said to you, oh, that john boehner, what an idiot? it has never happened. never. he is always up beat particularly about congress. >> i am not sure i buy that one. speaking of trouble many conservatives are criticizing david letterman calling the appearance hypocritical on the part of the first lady. the president was critical about rush limbaugh's comments.

letterman made vulgar and harsh comments about sarah palin and the daughter of hers. some feel he should have stayed consistent with the message and first lady should not have appeared on his show. >> here the president lectured the country on civility and tone and talks about his daughters there is michelle obama tonight on letterman. there is bill maher as vile as he has been attacking the children of governor palin and children of rick santorum. he takes a million dollars from him. why wouldn't obama take that moment and do something to prove it is not stwrus abojust about rhetoric. if the president of the united states lectures us on tone and civility and takes a million bucks from bill maher, wouldn't you say mr. president give the money back you won't seem like the hypocrite that you are sfl should michelle obama have gone

on letterman's show a week after he lectures us about his children where letterman attacked governor palin's daughter and attacked governor palin? >> that lead us to our brew on this question of the day. we want to hear yours. you think the first lady should have appeared on letterman send your comments our way you can tweet us at fox friends first. the address is friendsfirst@foxnews.com. >> when did e-mail become more traditional? >> that's old school. >> not everybody is as hip as you are. >> so sad, so hip. let's get an update this morning from ma maria molina. >> today is the first day of spring by the way. we are kicking it off with the band. we have tornados across portions of texas. this is about 9 or 10:00 p.m.

last night. the towns were little texas we had overturned semi trarls occurred at the 127, reports of tornados ju -- tornadoes. 50 miles per hour at times. for today we are looking at more risk for severe storms stretching along eastern portions of texas includes houston and arkansas including the town of little rock and person portions of louisiana. large size hail damaging winds. we are looking at the risk of possibly severe storms. besides hail and wind gusts and tornadoes we are looking at storms over the area there is a lot of moisture from the gulf of mexico being pumped up northward we are looking at flash flooding concerns. the areas shaded in maroon

that's where we have the flooding occurring. we are talking 2-3 inches of green that have fallen out here. 3-4 inches of rain possible today. the ground already saturated a lot of flooding occurring and still expected to continue. the big story is also how warm it is out there. take a look at the current temperatures. >> you say the pollen count through the roof. >> we are feeling that one already aren't we? there is much adieu over plans for a memorial on the national memorial. for president twiet d.iz -- dwit d. eisenhower. they are upset over the design. they want to completely revamp. ainsley ray lot going on on capitol hill today. >> check your watch. in five hours the granddaughter of president dwight d. eisenhower speaking to a subcommittee saying her grandfather's planned memorial is offensive and needs to be changed. the family not pleased with the

design which depicts the former two term president and the commander, allied commander as a barefoot boy from kansas. they find the architectural design offensive. it is pitting the eyes enhour family against the famous architect frank gary who is working for the gooing enhimes museum. it was unveil add year ago, but the opposition became public when president eisenhower's grandson designed from the eisenhower memorial commission. that commission is the one who choose the architect for the design. the hear something set before 10:00 a.m. before the house committee this after several congress smaent letters asking the planning commission to delay the memorial's approval. they are requesting copies of the architectural design. he wants to know how his design was accepted. it will be built next to the national mall. a>> i can see where the family

stands on this. they want something that led to his stature. >> a little statue of a little boy. >> which is sweet to inspire young children but have another one along side it that shows him as a man and what he grew to become. >> let us know how you feel about this. find us at fox friends first on twitter. >> they are the best kept secret of any presidential campaign until they are not of course. we are talking about the secret service code name for rick santorum and mitt romney. they have been revealed. can you test who is calling themselves javelin. >> oprah winfrey network. not owning any ratings. the former queen of talk taking drastic action with cuts. the brand new details coming up. everybody hurts. r. e. m. ♪ @?

>> deadly vie lengths in iraq overnight. deadly bombings leave 38 people dead. over 160 people have been hurt. they targeted police officers and shiite pilgrims. it comes days after air rrab les leave baghdad. a man with a gun held a girl hostage in an apartment in georgia. an 11-hour standoff ended today. it is not clear if the girl and the suspect is related. now the stories you can bank on joining us from the fox business network is lauren

limonetti. the banks going offer more foreclosure issues. >> we had a settlement last night including five of the major mortgage lenders out there including bank of america for instance. now the fed is going to fine 8 more banks including hsbc goldman sachs for improper home foreclosures. >> any chance folks could get a relief because of that? >> possible. the settlement last month about a -- 1 million homeowners did get some relief. >> sadly the gas prices. they go up you think it's time to buy a more fuel efficient car. not so much now? the prices of cars going up? >> used car prices going up hybrids and fuel efficient cars are going up. kelly blue book says the average used car price up more than 1 percent last month to 12,286

dollars. if you are in the market for a small car you can get one you won't get a great deal. >> you might save money on the gallon of gas right now. >> oprah we played everybody hurts from rem a moment ago. ratings for oprah not going well. she had to do layoffs. >> everything she does doesn't turn to gold. a 5th of the staff, 30 workers and 150 or so. she needs to understand her network is just about one year 3 months older so to be an economic startup you need to cut costs. this is one of the ways oprah is doing that. >> one of the shows is getting the ax it was the rosie o'donnell show. >> last week. >> they went from clapping to the couch where they were having one-on-one interviews. didn't work. >> nice to see from you the fox business network. >> it is now 17 minutes after the hour. coming up on the show $16 trillions in debt. that's what our country is now. why is the fed spending a

billion more to add ties government programs. you are not going to like this story. move over baseball. the real national past time, keeping up with the kardashians. why rich people are being blamed for your financial problems. first a look at the gas prices this morning. laura and i are were just talking it. $3.85 national average. ♪

>> a nurse from tennessee dodging jail if i time for havi gun in her pocket book. she forgot the gun was in her purse. you need a permit she was blasted with a misdemeanor. >> burger caning the number two spot in sales. it was a close rails. we were watching it very close. i was watching it closely. wendy's with 8.5 billion for sales in 2001. burger king with 8.4 billion and

that's nowhere near mcdonalds at 34.2 billion. you decide 2012. wendies or burger king. >> wendies or burger king. >> there are two studies out. are wealthy americans driving those who are less well off into money problems? a stu study out what is this thing all about? >> a new paper bio coon mi econ have the trickle down spending theory. spending by the rich drives the nonrich to increase spending more. as the rich increase spending by 10 percent the nonrich increase theirs by # 2.5 percent. those that are surrounded by the rich report more financial duress and some what surprising to hear that politicians who represent areas with high inequality are likely to vote for policies that increase credit inspiring wealthy to pay

more. too hard to keep up with the joneses or keep up with the kardashians or housewives or other rich families we are exposed to. as the wall street journal points out there are other possib possib possible things that maybe it's the high spernding by the nonrich that is creating more rich people. sort of reversing the cause and effect here. economists are calling it the keeping up with the jones' hypothesis. >> or keeping up with the gates'. >> about 25 minutes after the hour right now. we are going to show you some video that will give you goose bumps in a moment. this is not it. but it is one of the best soldier surprises we have seen in a long long time.

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>> congratulations to mitt romney. he won in puerto rico. puerto ricans pay no federal

tax. makes him right at home. >> welcome back to fox and friends. today is the first day of spring. good morning everyone. i am heather nauert. >> like jay leno i am going to grow a mustache. >> i am looking at the mustache. >> 29 minutes after the hour. growing a mustache in honor of primary day. mitt romney and rick santorum on the campaign trail with their last minute pitches. i think it would look gooden you, doug. >> is it mustache day or something? >> this is a big contest in illinois. it's a test for the romney campaign. they are hoping to build on what is a good delegate lead. he is sounding more and more like a general election candidate taking on president obama. >> he is out of excuses.

we have to make sure he is out of office. >> rish santorum is romney's biggest threat. gingrich and paul are well out of range. >> you know, we have seen that money doesn't buy elections. if it did he would have sown it up a long time ago. he's out spending them 5, 6, 7, 8, 10-1. it is not winning the election. >> he has another problem other than spending. he's effectively off the ballot in a number of congressional districts ineligible for ten of the 54 delegates up for grabs. because of that romney could lose the popular vote in illinois today and still easily walk away with more delegates. >> now it is time for your 5 at

5:30 on the east coast where the top stories are making news at this hour. we must stay the course with the killings of afghan civilians. he testified before the house armed forces security the plan calls for complete withdraw by that country by december 2014. disturbing news as we are getting into the fox newsroom about the fast and furious scandal. atf agent stopped the suspect in the tracking investigation and released him months later. u.s. border patrol agent kerry was gunned down near the border. manual acosta was busted in may of 2010 with 74 rounds of ak-47 mission. he was on his way to a birthday for a major drug dealer and promised if they let him go he would help him land the bigger

fish. he wasn't arrested again until after agent kerry was murdered. this is one of the biggest mysteries of the 21st century. clinton meets with historians and scientists to talk about amelia earhart's disappearance over the south pacific. a group begins a new search for the wreckage of her plane. it coincides with the 75th anniversary of when air heart's flight took off. >> a congressional research service all communication or all of the executive branch. over half of the money was by ads to attract new recruits. >> army sergeant helps kuwait give his 9-year-old son the surprise of a lifetime right in the middle of math class.

>> come here. >> didn't corie jackson had been on a year long deployment. he wasn't scheduled to be home until the month of june. he got a two-week leave surprising his little boy. that's the top 5 at 5. always love seeing those videos. >> it is also sweet he got to get out of math class. >> that's for sure. >> time for a look at who is talking part 2. bill o'reilly riley was talking last night. the decline of american power was his point. >> here is the main challenge to american power. the chinese will understand we have a $16 trillion debt they are holding more than a trillion dollars of it. economically we are behold ento communist china. things are getting worse. you remember president obama said his new budget would reduce the deficit by 2.2 trillion over the next ten years? now the nonpartisan

congressional budget office says that's is bogus. the ceo predicting the president's budget next year will add 3.5 trillion to the debt in the next ten years. if that is true that's a nine-trillion dollar mistake by the obama administration. nothing is being done to solve the spending problem. >> he was talking his secret service name. he went on the record and revealed what it is. >> it is the latin word for peter. you have heard me talk about my grandfather his name is pietro. i didn't think pietro would work. it is a name and i didn't want a name. i thought petraeus which is a latin word for peter and for rock. i thought it was a more apt name than an italian name for peter. >> i understand governor

romney's name is javelin any thoughts on that? end on a light note? >> i understand he named it after an american motor star. i remember the javelin. it was a very unusual car. i think at that sort of fits. nice long explanation for us. >> a lot of thought that went into that name. >> it is close to your heart. >> before we leave let's check in with maria molina. we are seeing severe storms early this morning across parts of cedar texas in portions of missouri. damaging wind gusts. going eastward pulling heavy rain into oklahoma and parts of missouri the big issue svent just the storms but the heavy

rain and the storms. the storm system is slow moving a line of storms move through. 9:00 a.m. central time including southern texas west of houston we are seeing the possibility of more severe storms today. there was a tornado warning in effect. tornado warnings are issued very quickly and expire quickly. they are short lived only lasting a couple of minutes if that. pushing eastward we have a severe weather threat across eastern parts of texas western louisiana. isolated tornados will still be possible. other i big issues are rain. another 3-4 inches possible so a number of flood advisories in eastern texas and western miss

ms. have be -- missouri has been an issue. >> you were recently in texas we have a nerd alert update. what's going on? >> yesterday i showed you about some of the most talked about apps. today i wanted to show you about gadgets that were making a lot of buzz there. including one that you control with your mind. take a look at this. this year south by southwest isn't just about the apps and software there's hardware gadgets and gizmos to get excited about. let's go see some of them. i am here with whirl lee who has a skate board you control with your mind. >> controlled with your imagination. you decide where you want to go think about the speed you want to go this converts your brain waives into commands that control the electrical voltage of the motor on this board.

>> rest almost as if you are meditating. >> i didn't think it was going to work but it does work. you think to move forward and you move forward. if you think of the word stop you will stop. there was music playings someone singing stop and i stopped. i almost fell off of the skate board. >> because it captured somebody else's? >> in my brain i thought the word stop and i stopped. it was remarkable. >> that's why they pay people a lot of bucks to create that stuff. >> check it out on foxnews.com. the show dancing with the stars is goiback on with conte t contestants earning the highest scores in any premiere since the show started in 2005.

>> you remember this guy steve urkel impressing the judges. he tied with sipping sensation katherine jenkins. they both finished in the lead with a top store of 26. far get about hollywood. ashton kutcher's latest move has him headed for outer space. the 33-year-old actor became the 50th customer to sign up for the virgin galactic flight. he can easily afford the $200,000 ticket. >> coming up the outrage growing at this hour over a neighborhood watch cap shot and killed an unarmed black teen. the story sounds like it can't be true. teachers reprimanding students by shooting them in the face with spray bottles. we will tell you about the

sickening details that has a lot of parents upset. >> my name is reggie crews. since i was a kid i looked up to firemen. i am grateful to have the opportunity to serve the community that i grew up. that is why i am proud to be an american.

>> there is a new youtube video that is giving us a very harrowing picture.

take a look at this. this is the perspective of a camera on a soldier's head. >> israeli law is trying to fight the threat of eating disorders. it also requires publications actually disclose when they altar alter the image of a man or a woman to make them thinner. >> out cry over the case of a 17-year-old fatally shot by a neighbor wo neighborhood watch captain. good morning to you as well. the justice department civil rights division u.s. attorney's office for the middle district of florida as well as the fbi opened an investigation into the facts and circumstances over the death of travon martin.

he was walking through a neighborhood to his home. the man who shot him has not been raised. he claims the shooting was done in self defense. he was murdered and it's a shame he is not getting any justice. we are not as a family getting any closure. we are for the getting any answers. it is very disturbing. george zimmerman a neighborhood watch captain says he was acting in self defense when he got the teenager. the 911 call that he made his claim of self defense on that cause he is a black man that appeared to be up to no good and reaching in his pocket. he didn't list tone the advice to not follow the teen. >> he is running. >> are you following him. >> yes.

>> we don't need you to do that. >> moments later travon martin is dead from a gun shot wound to the chest. turns out martin was walking from a convenience store with a bag of skittles in his pocket. he has not been raised calling on sanford police to arrest zimmerman. local prosecutors may not be able to charge zimmerman which states a person is allowed to use deadly force if he or she believes they are threatened or in dpanger. the congressional black cause cuss is urging the justice department to treat this as a hate crime. thank you. it is just about 15 minutes before the top of the hour now. coming up at this hour you are probably someone who has experienced a lack of sleep. it turns out it can be a real problem for your health.

there are dangerous things you can do with your body by not getting enough sleep. this time a tsa agent swapping a 3-year-old boy that is confined to a wheelchair. >> that leads us to the little boy's father. >> good morning heather and clayton. >> we are going to talk to the kid's dad. they were heading to disney world and wanted to get through the airport as quickly as possible. the dad only recently looked at the video and now he is angry. the kid was trembling. you are not going to believe the story. some suggested condoleezza saw rice would make a great vice president for mitt romney. she joins us live as well. hope you will join us in 12 minutes.

>> two texas teachers in hot water saying they repeatedly spraying them in water in the face as punishment. in the wake of mounting pressure the women resigned effective at the end of the school year. >> 5:51 on the east coast. if you are not getting good night sleep there could be maijt risks. fox news david samati. what is so dangerous about not getting enough sleep at night? >> we are start to go realize sleep is extremely important for your entire health. it can effect your heart. it can effect your immune system. getting good night sleep is extremely important because of your memory for your performance for your moods.

we are now study after study shows if you are not getting enough sleep less than five hours for prolonged periods you are at risk of getting heart disease. that's extremely important. it can effect now breast cancer. this was something very interesting to me. women that did less than 6 hours for lo prolonged periods had increase of 62 percent of getting breast cancer. while these are observational studies you cannot dismiss them. we need to really pay attention to this. >> the magic number is 7 hours of sleep we should try to aim for 7? otherwise risk of cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, colon cancer. >> a lot of people think because of the increase in inflammation you are more susceptible po polyps which can turn to cancer. 5-6 to 7 hours ideally. >> so many people have a tough time sticking to that because of work schedules or children. can you make up for that through naps during the week or even on the weekend? >> excellent question.

you cannot make up for the lack of sleep. a lot of people think that i get three hours during the week i am going to get 12-hours on weekend. that's the worst thing you can do. we have tips for you which is going to help. make sure that you set a sleep schedule. wake up at the same time. your biological clock adjusts to it. that is extremely healthy. make sure you don't eat big portions of food before you go to bed. late eating a terrible. big portions are horrible. you have acid reflux that can keep you up during the night. stay away from alcohol or caffeine during the night. if you have to exercise get three hours before you go to bed. you want the body to wind down. stay away from facebook.

>> kids take phones to bed. >> that's the worst thing. >> invest in a good pillow make sure the bed is comfortable so you get the 7 hours of sleep. if you do there's sleep labs you can see experts in the field where they watch your sleep patterns. maybe you feel like you are sleeping 7 hours but you are still tired you may have sleep apneas and other things. >> which can be dangerous. >> it is another thing you can do to help you. you can keep us healthy and well run. >> 7 hours. you think the first lady should have appeared on david letterman's show? it is the last chance to e-mail this on your brew on the question of the day. it is our word of the day. stick around for the answer. that is coming up in just a minute. i'm freaking out man, he's on my back

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>> welcome back to "fox & friends" first. earlier today, we doesasked you brew on this, first lady being criticized by the right for appearing on david letterman's show after the president condemned rush limbaugh's comments about sarah fluke. as you remember, in the past,

letterman has made his own comments about sarah palin and her daughters. >> some are saying this is hypocritical, that they went on the show and we want to know if you think the first lady should appear on letterman. here are some of your responses. we'd love to hear from you. keep them coming. clayton, you have them right there. >> horsefly1013, like that, good morning, clayton and heather. we don't care if michelle obama appears on letterman or not, just so it's not on the taxpayer dime. and david risner writes us this morning and say the fir lady's appearance on letterman was her response to letterman's boehner dig. boehner made fun of her. >> the question was does your husband come home at night and say i can't stand those in congress or something like that? >> she had a little dig, she said he would never say that. good way to handle that. fox friends first on twitter, that's how you do it. >> you're a big tweeter. >> absolutely. >> it's time to get scrambled up. give you the letters to put together a word and i think i'm the worst person here on the team. >> the word jum-- jumble.

brian is a genius. any idea? >> this is easy. this is so easy. >> trying to get this one, right? >> come on! you want to come out and say it now. >> i got it. i got it. >> you got 55 seconds. >> you say it before heather because then you'll get a credit for it. >> you actually know this. >> this is the first one out of 10. might it be broncos? congratulations, brian, you get day old coffee and a bagel. >> fantastic. why are they in the news? why would the broncos be in the news? >> how do you feel about this story? where do you think tebow goes? >> jacksonville probably within a week. >> really? >> packed up and going. they're probably set. they could sell out that stadium and you know what? they'll be willing to be patient as he develops. >> and he'll be sort of back home. back home in the florida area again. it would be good for him, too. >> plus like you, he's a