♪ >> good morning. i am heather childers>> i am ainsley earhardt. it's tuesday morning april 10th. thank you for watching "fox & friends first". now it's time for your 5@5:00. more destructive homes expected today in oklahoma after two storms touched down there yesterday. this is from woodward county. that's a twist in the distance. the storms brought hail the size of golf balls hurting two people. >> rick santorum announcing his young daughter was released from the hospital. the 3-year-old has a rare genetic disorder.

her father will return to the campaign trail sometime today after taking four-days off to be with his family and his little girl. today santorum will have two events in pennsylvania. he has been silent after the fatal shooting of trayvon martin. george zimmerman is asking for money. he writes how it forced him to leave his entire life and has a link for people to pay his legal fees and living expenses. zimmerman will not face a grand jury for the shooting. still not clear what if any charges he will face. >> jury selection will resume in the murder trial of jennifer hudson's family members. 14 prospective jurors were picked. belfour is suspected of killing her mother, brother and nephew in 2008. hudson is expected to attend the trial that starts later this month. our colleague and fox news

sunday host chris wallace sharing memories of his father the late mike wallace. my dad was everything you saw in television, fascinating, funny, challenging and exasperating. he was the best reporter i have ever known. while work often came first for him over the last 20-years he worked hard to make connections with his family. he became my best friend. at the end he was surrounded by children, grandchildren and even great grandchildren. i already miss him terribly. legendary journalist mike wallace was 93 years old. >> we wish that family the best. we are getting a look at even more of the videos of employees from the general services administration laughing it up on your dime. ♪

>> everyone loves a miracle. >> the latest on the investigation into massive waste of tax payer money. you got to admit it is a catchy tune. might not like what they are doing, so though. >> they will be on the hot seat in capitol hill. government officials plans the first of government hearings into tax payer abuse. number of videos have been made and they have been released showing gsa workers on agency time making a variety of videos including one of a man in a gum bee outfit break dancing bragging about agency expenditures. 820,000 dollar vegas training seminar that was built by organizers that is over the top.

the first hearing will be held by the house government reform and oversight committee chairman daryl isa. >> this isn't the only time there have been lavish parties and government thought it was their right and entitlement. the question is when will congress start putting its assets into making sure that we have transparency. that is going to be if you will my signature of my chairmanship is can i get this and the next administration to change their ways and become apparent. >> he is the one who released the scathing report on the expensive training seminar in vegas. the former head of the gsa martha johnson resigned after the reports came out along with two deputies. the white house blamed a previous administration for the gsa mismanagement. >> i think there's an incredible pattern in the white house of

miss direction. when they are confronted with unpleasant information or information that is outrageous to the american people they simply either ignore it or make something up. usually when they make something up it is toward someone else. congressional overseers didn't discover this abuse of tax payer money even before obama administration's own investigators brought it to life. >> thank you. >> that means now it is time to take a look at who's talking. there's a lot of talk about the so-called war on women. you hairedeard a lot about this the news. both parties battling over this. women are under attack by republicans. republicans say this is a manufactured war by members of the left. >> south carolina's governor nicky haley appeared on the o'reilly factor and gave her take on this.

>> this is a president that is trying to create distractions. there is no war on women. women are doing well. but women are thoughtful. what we in the republican party and across the country republican, independent and democrat women say we are more thoughtful than a label we tear about jobs and the economy healthcare and education. we care about a lot of things. they call us victims. >> this all could be helping the president. new polls show he is doing much better among women than mitt romney. >> if romney clinches the nomination how will this play in the election? brit hume has thoughts. >> polls pluck wa fluctuate. i would like to see more polling over time about this. the other thing that happens are there really is etch a sketch or not kind of a reset that occurs at the end of the primary season and this one is certainly winding down now. people give candidates a fresh

look. >> change at the drop of a hat. all of this talk about romney it is almost like he already is the nominee. we can't forget rick santorum and newt gingrich aren't going anywhere. >> almost sounded like newt gingrich conceded. he spoke with hannity to reaffirm his presence in this race. i was trying to make a point i hope every conservative will agree with. whether it is gingrich, santorum or romney, whoever we nominate, we have to beat obama. so when people say how are you going to get back together. i tell them pretty simple. you put up a picture of obama. i guarantee you mitt romney will support rick santorum or newt gingrich. i believe santorum will support newt gingrich or romney. i will support santorum or romney. if the alternative is barack

obama that is not a hard discussion. i am not conceding to governor romney. he is the frontrunner not currently the nominee. he has to win the delegates. they lieutenant be given to him. i am going to do everything to get the delegates. >> the next chance to grab delegates five states including pennsylvania where santorum is from. they have their primaries. two more weeks. >> might be his last chance. we will see what happens. now it is time for your first weather update with maria molina. she has less than pleasant conditions in the northeast. >> winter weather. good to see you this morning. following parts of the northeast in portions of new england. if you head out the door.

it's not the best wake up weather again. maybe a light coating. drive carefully and that's basically across portions of up state new york and portions of vermont and main and new hampshire. parts of the midwest. much cooler temperatures. some of the cooler temperatures are going to impact portions of the northeast as well as we head in into tonight and northeast as well. of course what we heard earlier this morning in the show about weather that affected large size hails causing damage to cars. we are seeing the severe weather across northern parts of louisiana and texas panhandle and large size hail damaging wind gusts and isolated tornadoes will be possible again as we head into later afternoon and evening hours.

temperatures as we head out the door upper 60s in texas. if you look at the cooler temperatures as i mentioned to you 31 in minneapolis and we were just talking about record temperatures out there so a bit of a change. >> where is mother nature? easter has come and gone. >> thanks maria. take a look at this. ♪ ♪ >> every morning. >> probably for you at home you want to do that right now. >> we have all wanted to do that a time or two. that leaves us on oto brew on t

topic. there's a new alarm clock saying not happening. >> a 25-year-old from new jersey has developed this alarm clock. looks pretty normal. looks like an old version. here's the thing. it has no snooze button. don't even think about unplugging it, that won't work either. the battery will take over. there's no option to reset the time. you can't do that because, get this, you have to manually punch in the date. date and time into a telephone style key pad. >> the inventor said he wanted something that would literally force him to get out of bed. he was missing work. the price tag on this alarm clock, 350 bucks. >> $350 that's the biggest part of this story. >> i don't know. i push snooze four times on two different clocks. that leads us to brew on this question of the day. we want to know the insane ways you get yourself out of bed in the morning. >> a lot of people put the alarm

clocks on the other side of the room. tweet us or you can e-mail us at friendsfirst@foxnews.com. >> we had a segment a couple weeks ago where we had flying alarm clocks where they fly around the room you have to get up and chase them to stop them. >> 12 minutes after the hour. take a look at this video. a 7-year-old kid takes matters into his own hands when his bus driver has a heart attack. his actions are incredible. they are ougall caught on camer. >> warren buffet at the white house today. >> we have brand new materials about who is getting touchaxed how much. >> president obama signed a bill to prevent members of congress from profiting from any knowledge they get on the job. do they look like they have gained any knowledge? do you see anybody getting

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>> a dangerous brush fire raging on long island new york. crews battling the claims throu -- flames through out the night. wnyu reporter robert moses. high, robert. >> good morning to you. good morning everyone. the reason you don't see much smoke in the background is because we are being kept away from the fire. you can see the squad car behind me. it's on the eastern end of long island. there have been hundreds of firefighters battling this fire. it is being called the worst

ones of suffolk county to hit long island since 1995. firefighters from 109 different counties are fighting it. it has been burning away from most homes and businesses. however there is a red flag warning. there is plenty of wind and dry fuel to keep this going. three firefighters have already been injured fighting this place. two of them have been released but a third is still receiving treatments for burns. still no word on what caused this fire. one note on the weather today. the wind is not quite as noticeable as it was at this hour yesterday. so hopefully that will give firefighters some help in what has been a very difficult fight. the fire started yesterday around 2:30 at two separate fires quickly fused in one. this has become a nightmare for firefighters. through the night they did sort of an exterior attack which means they fought the fire from

the roadway which means it is too dangerous to be in the woods when it is dark. they are expecting a briefing from fire officials and a better view of how much more damage this fire has caused. for now it is latest. fox news. back to you. thank you very much robert. we will keep an iep on the winds and hopefully they will subside. >> now stories you can bank on this morning beginning with a big push for a fair tax just before the tax deadline. with more on this here is lauren simonetti from the fox business network. >> the obama administration is all about the buffet rule. he named it for warren buffet. no millionaire should pay more taxes than secretary. we are talking 37 billion over ten years. republicans say that's exaggerated. >> that means you pay 30 percent you retire take that money and

invest it you are still taxed another 30 percent. right now it's 14 percent. buffet pays 14 percent in taxes. insta gram another form of social network. >> this is facebook's biggest acquisition to date. they bought the photo sharing app for a billion dollars. what is so cool is insta gram hz 14 workers the ceo adds 14 million to his name. people love sharing photos on the site is one of the draws now -- >> now you can post it? >> i don't use insta gram. it just became available for android users a million users signed up in the first 12-hours. i am not one of them. this is one of the apps that people love. >> the app is free. you can get it on your iphone as well. >> amazon beating out wal-mart. >> it kind of makes sense

because they don't have physical stores they don't have to contend with the costs. according to the on-line perception amazon is cheaper than wal-mart. >> you don't pay the exorbitant shipping fees. >> you know that is controversial. >> good to see you this morning. you a alec bald wanes stalker is under arrest. there's more to the story than you know. details coming up next. >> already feeling the symptoms. this allergy season is already worst in history. don't worry we have tips to help you feel better. that's coming up.

>> quick headlines for you. the maryland winner of the mega millions jackpot is coming forward. he claimed the prize at the maryland lottery headquarters. it was sold at a 7-11 store. it's not the woman who claimed she was the winner originally. a new york judge telling alec baldwin's alleged stalker to stay away. this lady a kaycanadian actress the 40-year-old reportedly showed up at his house. she said they were lovers and she wanted to have his baby. he admits only to whining and dining her in a quote professional manner. rl>> warm winter is ideal for most. it is the perfect storm for millions of people with allergies. here to help us out dr. mark seigel with the fox news medical a team. thank you for joining us bright and early this morning.

>> this spring is coming earlier and it is becoming fiercer than ever before. >> why else is this happening? we have more investor pollutants. they have food allergies and seasonal allergies where they have antibiotics which causes immune systems to go hey wire. >> how do we know if it's allergies or something else? >> that's an important question. if you think it's a cold this time of year it may not be a cold. if you have a scratchy throat your eyes are watering if you have a sore throat it may be an allergy. don't go running for an antibiotic. you have to see an allergist. don't medicate taking ant history mean. it may be food that is causing it may be something else besides just the pollen. >> not necessarily just environmental. >> the pollen is a main part of

the flower. it's irritating to us not just to women but to everyone. the question is there something else involved often it's the food and other type of allergies. >> don't self medicate. what can you do? >> in the morning when the pollen count is the highest you stay inside. you don't exercise in the morning. you don't go taking antihistamines you find out what the triggers are before you do anything about it. you can exercise but you want to do it inside rather than outside. you may need antihistamines. skin test something often helpful. you need to eliminate the things causing it. >> nice to see you this morning. different type fime for us. >> check out this video. givi gives new mean to go being blown away. how a jetblue arrival led to this woman's departure. another piece of incredible video.

a 7-year-old kid takes matters into his own hands when his bus driver has a heart attack. his actions are amazing. it is all caught on camera. ♪

>> take a look at this video. it is your shot of the morning. definitely a bus driver has a heart attack behind the wheel. the bus packed with kids. what happens next? incredible. a 13-year-old on the bus jumps into action. he steers the bus out of harm's way. even yanks the keys out of the ignition. >> not old enough to drive a car at that age.

he drives a bus. >> i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers you have been following this story all morning long. >> the story of the bus driver having aheart attack while driving a bus of chiern. a quick thinking teenager jumps into action. >> what started as a routine morning bus ride turned into a terrorizing trip for several milton washington middle schoolers. >> the bus driver is coming up to this turn near the school and he starts acting all funny. his eyes are bulging and he is twitching in his chair. >> surveillance video shows the driver having a seizure. the bus veers off the road. within seconds 13-year-old jeremy witchic jumps out of his seat. he steer it grab the keys out of the ignition. >> he and students called ce911n

cell phones. school administrator was driving by when he noticed the bus on the side of the road. obviously crossed the street got to the front of the bus and kids had opened up the door and the bus driver was unconscious. >> he attempted cpr on the driver. eventually the man had to be carried away by paramedics. the school district did not know the man's condition but he was breathing. >> everyone was asking questions what happened? there is a bus out there. >> he plans on taking a cpr course. he is a substitute driver and hasn't been with that district too long. his condition unknown. >> a good job by the student. >> absolutely. time for 5 at 5:30. the top five stories making news at this hour. the house over site committee hold ago hearing next week on the gsa's massive wasted taxpayer money. news comes as more emerge as gsa

workers clowning around on a dime. showed employees dancing it up and dressed up like the cartoon character as well. they are under intense scrutiny after it was discovered it blew 18,000 of tax money on a conference near las vegas. >> two men accused of going on a deadly rampage have now confessed. alvin watts admitted to shooting two people while england said he shot three people. three of the victims eventually died. investigators think there was an attack between his father and a black man. the search is on for an inmate who escaped from a north carolina prison. deputies say another inpate popped a sprinkler head that's when he escaped as officers tried to deal with flooding. he was under an immigration

hold. he was charged with felony larceny and felony breaking and entering. a bus driver in pennsylvania taking quick action to stop a hit and run driver in his tracks. you can see the car toward the right. he hits a cycle list and starts to pull away. the bus driver sees the hit and run and right away turns so that he totally blocks both lanes of traffic. the driver has nowhere to go at this point. the cyclist appears a okay. you can see him walking around after the accident. the driver of the car facing multiple charges. >> call it a jet drive. watch as the female beach goer is blown away by a sij engine. >> she was at the beach in the caribbean island of saint martin. it is known for the close proximity to the air force. there are signs every where just like this one warning of the extreme ganger.

it is unclear what injuries the victim sustained. those are your headlines at 5:30. >> the white house said to be movings half a billion dollars to the irs to put obama care in place even though the law could be struck down in months. joining us now doug luzader. >> the supreme court could be mulling over whether it is constitutional. the white house is charging ahead with that. one part of that is giving the irs half a billion dollars to start putting together their part of healthcare reform. it includes forcing the individual mandate charging people with a fy or a tax if they refuse to purchase health insurance. >> no matter what you think of obama care in general they ought to at least hold off until the

court rules. that's just coming a few months from now. why spend a lot of money? why go down the road we may not go down. that is what is particularly disturbing is the timing of this. the court will rule in a few months. obama administration is spending a lot of money they may not need to spend or may just be wasted. at a minute um wait until june wait until the court rules. the white house shot back saying the irs needs to be prepared to implement a law that the president thinks is clearly constitutional. >> this is about enabling the irs to provide essentially the tax breaks to small businesses and individuals to assist them in acquiring health insurance or in the the case of small businesses providing health insurance. we should know where the supreme court stands on this by june. the irs will be ready to go in

the meantime. >> you will keep us posted on that. thanks so much. have a good one. >> before you leave the house this morning it's time to check out your first degree weather update with maria molina and more on the changing conditions in the northeast. >> good to see you. we are looking at changing conditions across parts of the northeast and midwest. over the last several weeks you have been enjoying temperatures well above average and winter like conditions. we are seeing snow showers come along in up state new york vermont and specs of white showing up on the radar that is where the snow is coming down. we are not expecting any accumulation. it will be mixing in with rainfall. light shower activity. light coating possible along some of the roadways especially as you head into higher elevations. not a lot of moisture pennsylvania.

bp also looking at dry conditions. because it is chilly out there we are looking at a number of freeze warnings across parts of minneapolis, iowa across areas south of the great lakes into parts of west virginia so again you have a number of warnings out there. bring your plans indoors. if we have any outdoors you could do that with. frost advisories across parts of tennessee. you may be waking up to rust on your car windshield. some of these warnings do go into effect tomorrow morning as well. keep an eye out for that. otherwise dry out there and breezy from new york city on southward into north carolina. there is a flag warning in effect. no outdoor burning if we have any wildfires they could be spread quickly today because of the breezy and dry conditions. off to the west we have a risk for severe weather. parts of oklahoma and northern texas yesterday. once again today we have a

boundary firing up showers and thunderstorms later in the afternoon and evening hours. texas panhandle northern louisiana large hail and wind gusts. northeast high temperatures not too bad. 62 in the city a little cooler tomorrow. she maight be showing off lately but miley cyrus insists she is not anorexic. the 19-year-old revealing on twitter she has been forced to eat healthier because of a gluten and lack tinnaller gee. here's the picture holding up the fast food bag afterwards she wrote i can't eat it so i am just going to smell it. >> amanda bynes dad speaking out about the arrest. he claims she was not drunk when she allegedly clipped a cop car just very emotional. the former actrek twrents back the same bar that served her

before the arrest but they refused to let the 26-year-old inside. a scary situation for dancing with the stars. melissa gilbert was rushed to the hospital shortly after her performance tonight. they wouldn't say what the injury was but sources claim she left the studio claning of dizziness. hope she is okay. >> now for your starting laneup, a roundup of the sports stories making headlines at this hour. they have taken shawn payton's appeal. the saints had a pay for pay bounty pool under payton's watch. greg williams was suspended indefinitely for running the pool. they are splitting up after 50 games owe dem has average career lows in points and rebounds. he may have just won the 2012

masters but bubba watson taking part in the daily rituals of being a father. he tweeted about changing his first diapers and being in tears. go figure while doing it. image that. pub bau and his wife adopted caleb watson admits his newly adopted son and his faith are more important to him than the game of golf. >> sounds like a good guy. >> 41 after the hour. coming up it's not such a sweet treat when it is candy. see the way government is taxing you to the max. >> a mama dog taking matters into his own hand to save her pup. >> first what you missed last night with jimmy fallon. >> kim kardashian's mother in law is leaving the mavericks in 12 months. kim was like guess he is one of us.

>> it's 45 after the hour. every now and then we hear about strange laws on the books that most don't know are on the books. with the tax deadline on the way how about a look at where your money is going. we have the story. >> turns out taking a closer look at the tax code can be more interesting than you think. in illinois most people know they pay a sales tax on food 1.25 percent. they also pay a 5 percent sir charge on top of that for candy

as long as it doesn't contain flower. if you want malted milk ball you won't need to pay the sir charge. if you want to buy a sewed bau in chicago you may want to think about where it is coming from. a bottle or can may come 3 percent or soda 9 percent. the state considers them personal property but you only have to pay $10 for a spayed or neutered pet verses 75 for one in tact. you will pay no tax on a bagel but as soon as someone slices it 8 percent tax. if you are looking to play cards in alabama you have to pay the state an extra 10 krints per pack. that's nothing compared to the seller who has to pay a dollar plus a # dollar license fee. even if you are playing go fish it doesn't matter that tax applies to all decks of 55 cards or less. the list goes on and on. you might want to check the books to see what kind of taxes they are paying. might be surprised what they find. >> how do they come up with

this. you buy a bagel no tax if it's sliced you pay a tax. >> they stais an altered bagel the charge is because there was a service provided for it. thank you so much. i know what tax you would be willing to pay. >> absolutely my little baby girl 18 years old my maddie. in other news a plan to bring back speaking of animals an iconic animal in the west with serious controversy american tribe dozens of yellowstone bison have been brought into montana. farmers say they have been fighting the policy for years. here is dan springer with more. >> these bison are a national icon or a really big nuisance. direct december sen de -- deced.

it makes them much more valuable than the buffalo bred with cattle and raised as livestock. before the journey back to the great plains they live in yellowstone national park. that is where the wheat farmers in montana want them to stay. saying bison wreak havoc on the cattle industry in montana. the governor says the conflict is over blown. >> in 100-years it will grow to a few thousand and we have 3 million cattle in montana. >> they feared the initial relocation is just the beginning. biggs conservation groups are raising money and buying from ranchers in hopes of having a 3 and a half million acre wildlife preserve with buffalo loep and other animals. a north american sarn getty. they are classified as

livestock. these pure buffalo could be a protected species. it may have competition going for the prime grazing land. >> how much damage are they going to cause? opponents got a judgment temporarily blocked until all of the issues can be worked out in court. ainsley, heather back to you. >> sthooiveng-- thanks so much. we will tell you what sparked this massive brawl at a soccer match. >> answer the question of the day. tell us insane ways you get yourself out of bed in the morning. we will read some of the e-mails coming up next. >> first let's check in with brian kilmeade. >> get in your place. come on. >> i apologize. >> get it together. >> don't bee rate me in front of the others.

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>> it is 53 minutes after the top of the hour. spanning the globe to see what stories are making headlines overseas. north korea says final preparations to launch a rocket carrying a satellite are fi finished. they say it's for people purposes denying concerns it's for a missile rocket attempt. look at this video police in

riot gear on the field and firing tear gas to break up angry crowds in the street. fans stormed the field after the game ended in a 2-2 draw. one of the coaches says the team delivered another penalty kick. christian worshippers lining up in macedonia to go to the so-called miracle church. several of the paintings and saints, they appear to be becoming brighter in color without explanation. they have been dirty for years because of candle smoke. miracle church. earlier in the show we told you about this new alarm clock that forces you who get out of bed. it doesn't have a snooze if you unplug it the battery takes over. >> we wanted to know what are your insane ways of getting yourself out of bed thin the morning where and how you do it. here are some of the responses. brett tweeted this. i place the alarm clock far from my bed and it is set to the highest volume possible. works like a charm.

>> our dog angie waits to hear my husband's alarm to go off. he jumps on the bed lays on his head and licks him until he gets up. >> that would ab pleasant way to wake up. >> cute for dog lovers. 5 minutes to the top of the hour. coming up a mama dog jumps into action to save her puppy. >> it is your word of the day. all scrambled up. can you figure out what it is? stick around for the answer. >> that's a hard one. they are always hard. >> before we go to break a much deserved salute to our troops. 140 men and women of the 25th infantry division returning home to hawaii after spending a year in afghanistan. members of the brigade marched in formation to welcome them home.

>> just a few minutes to the top of the hour as we take a look at the good, the bad and the ugly. first, the good. mothers will do anything for their babies. of course, when this mama golden retriever saw her pup in trouble, mom dove in and tried pushing her out. when that didn't work, mom jumped out and grabbed the pup by the scruff of the neck pulling her to safety. who is filming that? why aren't they helping? >> the bad, the titanic must be -- must be cursed because there

is trouble for the titanic royal cruise ship. the ship left england this weekend to pick up passengers in france and ireland before continuing to america. the bad weather keeping it from docking in ireland. and finally, the ugly. one guy on the run from the cops. still updating his facebook. what? 26-year-old travis nikolsaen has eluded authorities since two foot chases last week. his friends got wind of it on his page, cops all over you. he responded. yeah, got away. thanks, bro. >> next one will be not for long! >> and now, it's time to get all scrambled up. steve doocy is about to pop up. there he is. he's here to help us out, figure out this word. it looks like a tough one. but think about an interview we had. something that has to do with today's show. achoo maybe. starts with an -- >> allergies? >> allergies. seasonal allergies. >> good job!