>> tell gretchen you didn't hear that. gretchen got it. you did not get that. >> this was indiscernible. >> just mommy's little helper. >> he needs all the help he can get, gretchen. >> i don't know if it's a real word. >> great show. if you can, stick around and you can be in our studio audience for the next three hours. >> watching, of course. >> thanks, brian. >> thanks, guys. >> "fox & friends" starts right now. >> we may need them for the haircut. rumor has it is brian is now resistant to getting a little blow dry. >> i'm going super. going to the super cuts today. >> just had it cut. >> yeah. >> brian may be bald! >> ultimate challenge. >> this morning. should he go for the full shave? let us know. good morning, everyone. wednesday, april 18th. i'm gretchen carlson. the $800,000 trip to vegas is apparently the tip of the iceberg and one congressman saying the white house knew all along about the g.s.a. spending spree. >> in an attempt to brush this

under the carpet, so to speak. >> so just how much did the administration know? > >> plus republicans trying to save small business with tax cuts. but the white house already threatening to veto that. is the president being a divider and not a uniter? we're going to report and you will decide. >> hey, you, look out behind you. this little guy caught monkeying around. yes, spider monkeys aplenty. why they're a-ok. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> whee! >> what's up with the new music? >> i like it. >> it's delightful. >> it's very whoo! it's got a little spring in its step. >> there you go. >> it's new, right? >> that is different music for our cold open. >> a month ago?

>> it's generic enough so we won't get fined. no, this was definitely new from six months ago. there's a little bit of a -- >> gretch, who are you talking about? thank you, it's new today! that's different than what we played before. >> new, cold open. >> does tova have the authority to change music on the show? >> sure it does. it was your idea to get the haircut from super cuts to see what john edwards was getting for $12.95. >> john edwards and i have something in common, i get a shampoo before i get a haircut and you want to introduce me to the super cut world. >> forget about the $300 haircuts you normally get, $12.95. >> i thought out of this whole idea what you wanted was a shampoo girl. >> i don't know what you've heard about me wanting a shampoo girl. >> that's what you said all day yesterday! >> i'm just saying i was used to a certain procedure and now i'm going to get it exposed to another procedure. >> help my budget significantly. >> there you go. >> let's get right to your headlines now, a california

woman under arrest for the suspected murder of a military wife now. brittany kilgore, her remains believed to be found at a lake near san diego. police working on a positive idea and we're waiting to hear how kilgore knew the suspect and what the possible motive could have been. we know she filed for divorce days before she disappeared. he's returning from afghanistan for questioning but police sayest not a suspect at this time. now for the latest in the secret service sex scandal. u.s. investigators trying to track down as many as 21 prostitutes believed to have joined agents for that night of partying at their hotel rooms last week. the alleged misconduct taking place ahead of president obama's trip for an economic summit last weekend. his official schedule right there in the agents' hotel rooms for anyone to see. that's a problem. and there's word that they bragged about their jobs to the prostitutes. at least 10 members of the u.s.

military also implicated. that's five more than originally thought. overnight, a spectacular fire burning in new jersey. the flames burning through three townhomes in elizabeth. residents as well as people in surrounding homes forced to evacuate. firefighters suffered a minor shoulder injury and two people were treated for smoke inhalation. one kid not laughing about some monkey business. at a zoo. >> a photo op at the monkey exhibit turned into a frightening moment for a little kid when one of the animals jumped too close to the window. and those are your headlines. ok, now i love the music at the beginning of the show. i don't know. let's take a vote. how about -- do we like that music for headlines? >> first day. >> we can write something up. >> by the way, your computer is on and yesterday, i told you

that i would be able to mute it. can't mute it. don't know what it is. >> all right it's day three of congressional hearings on the g.s.a. spending scandal and there's new calls to shut down the government agency that blew almost a million dollars on luxury party weekend alone. peter doocy live in the washington bureau with the latest. peter? >> the regional commissioner at the center of the scandal didn't show up to the g.s.a. hearing on the hill yesterday. it doesn't mean he wasn't seen. here he is taking a daytime dip in a hot tub with what looks like two adult beverages and the chairman of the transportation committee, republican congressman john micah said the only way we're going to get to see him tuesday was in that hot tub. we learned yesterday that mrs. neely tagged along on a lot of exotic trips with her husband including a 17-day visit to the south pacific which was going to be a birthday celebration for deborah neely. we know that because she

e-mailed her husband the lyrics to a song. >> we were concerned that this was an unnecessary trip and a waste of money. you saw the e-mail. he says it's a birthday gift for his wife. they quote the song. it's your party, we're going to party like it's your party. >> so inspector general miller had the lyrics a little bit off but you get the idea. we also heard from the republican chairman of the committee say that it might be time to break apart the g.s.a. while a democrat said she's bothered by the complete lack of responsibility. >> i am prepared to systemically pull apart g.s.a. to the point where we will make it a question to the american public on whether g.s.a. is needed at all. >> this agency apparently is one so that people in washington that don't have accountability even though the line runs straight up to them. that is very, very troubling. >> and the white house was not

left out yesterday because we learned that there weren't actual meetings with the white house about these spending problems until mid march even though they were notified last june. back to you. >> all right, peter, thank you very much. meanwhile, congressman john micah of florida says hey, the white house knew about this before it hit the fan. what's up with that? he was on with greta last night. watch. >> do you in any way, sir, you know, assign blame to the house on this? >> well, they were very quiet. i think there was an attempt to brush this under the carpet so to speak. >> in what way? >> well, they were informed again it was that the communications from the g.s.a. counsel to the white house counsel as you said last may, here it is. not quite a year later and it just comes out about a week ago. they knew about this and they were also told again to stop the nonsense and stop the possible

criminal activity and nobody did everything. >> the sole job is to say wait a second, there's a problem here. why did he even let it go one party too many? you go to vegas five times and i think we have to have a meeting. that's your only job. number two, i think there's clearly criminal activity here especially when you find out that 40 separate apple items disappeared and vaporized. it turns that neely's daughter had one of them because the itunes was being down sf -- downloaded from her account. >> that's part of the whole investigation. they realized it was in her possession and that led them to look into so many other things. the hits keep coming. we shouldn't be laughing about it. >> the smoking clown makes you giggle. >> well, he's a very small part in the whole other thing. >> and not in trouble. >> jeff neely appears to be one of the major characters. he was, of course, in charge of the pacific rim region for the g.s.a. now, it turns out that they were

on -- he took a 17-day excursion to guam, hawaii, and cypan in the northern islands. this sounds like a honeymoon and we were paying for it. he took his wife along as well. other family members, there were e-mails about birthday celebrations on the taxpayer dime. >> he obviously took somebody else when you look at the hot tub picture, there are two cocktails there. >> or he didn't want to get up. >> for the camera person. >> anyway, believe me, this is not over. so we'll keep you posted. in the meantime, it looks like tomorrow, the house is going to vote on the small business tax cut act and what that would do is if you're a small business, you got less than 500 employees, what it would do is cut your taxes 20%. now, keep in mind, small businesses create something like 65% of the jobs in the united states of america. so they're going to vote on this tomorrow and there you see some of the data. we already know that the white house is threatening to veto it because they don't want to give

the tax breaks to the right people. they want to target the right people. >> it goes against the president's narrative of taxing the rich. so it's just the opposite message. even in the back of his mind he did agree with it. in the past, the president has done some tax breaks and things for small businesses. right now, he can't. he can't go along with this. it would disrupt that whole buffet rule. >> they talk about it will be a one-year tax break and according to one report it will cost the treasury $46 billion, that's if you don't factor any growth that could happen with the small businesses that are employers who have 500 or fewer employees. charles krauthammer on the political problem with the passage of a small business tax break. >> the hypocrisy here, of course, is that barack obama shot to the -- to national consciousness by giving a speech in which he said he would unite red america and blue america. we're not black america. white america. we're the united states of america.

he's running -- the democrats are running the most divisive campaign on race, on ethnicity, on class and on gender. i mean, it's going to be the dirtiest campaign you've ever seen. >> i think so. >> i would say -- i would say hide the children. and check the plumbing because you're going to have to shower several times a day. >> oh, that's a good line. check the plumbing. you're going to have to shower. well, while the president has got his veto pen out, he might as well keep it out because later on today, the house is going to vote on a highway bill -- >> what's wrong with that? >> nothing. absolutely nothing. it's going to keep thousands of people building things for the united states. >> bridges and tunnels and highways and stuff like that. there's a problem. those pesky republicans are going to once again attach the keystone pipeline to this thing because the president says it has to go through the regular channels, i'm going to have to veto that again. sorry, folks. >> so once again, it will be the republicans' fault because remember, that was how it was explained away last time, that they needed more time and they needed to find new routes that

didn't disrupt these sort of sand areas in nevada. but once again, it will not pass because the president seems just not ready to do that until after the election. >> and the republicans have a plan for it because they say we know the state department's got to ok that. they always have when it goes across an international border but in this case, with this particular keystone pipeline what they would do is say we take the permitting away from the department of state and instead give it to the federal regulatory commission and then they would approve it. >> and they still don't have a way, they don't see any path for the keystone pipeline, the formula to be built. >> it looks like the president is going to have to veto the very popular highway bill. >> once a week. >> just call him batman. a texas boy living out his dream. why this pintsized hero is fighting crime and how he's doing it. >> what a joker! >> remember when you paid thousands of dollars for this? shrimp on a treadmill? good news, wasteful government spending is down now. the bad news, you're still paying for a $3 million fish

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>> all right. good news. pork barrel spending is at its lowest level in 20 years. all time high was 2006 but despite bipartisan laws passed to prevent the pork, i'll speak over the pigs, washington is dishing out $3.3 billion to pet projects. that according to a brand new book that came out yesterday detailing government waste. joining us is president of the citizens against government waste. so tom, are you surprised that

you even still have to write this book? >> there is a congressional moratorium. we have slightly different definition but even under our very strict definition, as you mentioned, we're at a 20-year low in pork barrel spending, a few of them probably violate the moratorium but they've done a much, much better job of getting rid of these ridiculous projects, no museums, bridges to nowhere, opera houses, still pork but not quite as extensive as it used to be. >> for everyone to know, this would qualify as an earmark, how it's defined. requested by -- this is what happens when you buy an earmark, requested by one chamber of commerce, not specifically authorized, not competitively awarded, not requested by the president and exceeds the president's budget request for the previous year's funding. not the subject of congressional hearings, serves only a local or special interest. so that's really what it is. and here is some of the things that stand out in it. first, tell me of this upgrade of the m-1 abrams tank that the pentagon didn't want.

>> the pentagon, of course, is under a lot of budget pressure, hundreds of billions of dollars of cuts in the next 10 years and they don't want to upgrade this until 2017, members from michigan where the parts are built say we need a job and saying let's do it now. that's not helpful to anyone. >> now, we also have $120 million for alternative energy research where we heard this before but this is in the armed forces, air force, army and navy. >> ridiculous, $40 million each for the army, navy, air force. senator mccain pointed out that the november so far has produced 20 million barrels of algae based fuel at $40 a gallon, he called it a solyndra like situation. >> the next one was another senator's idea. this is what he wants and got. $5.8 million over that for the east-west center to build relations with the pacific rim countries? >> we've been doing this since 1960, the state department generally hasn't asked for that money. the senator has put in something like $104 million for this

project since 1997. >> how do fish hatch on their own? we'll never know because we're hatching for them. at a cost of $3 million for aquatic plank control. what the heck -- excuse me, on the hatchery up top. what do we need $3.3 million to tell fish to hatch? >> well, this is one of those projects that wasn't requested by the administration fitting our criteria. and these are spread all over the country. we don't know which members are getting them because there's no transparency anymore. >> jeff flake wants us to permanently ban earmarks. how close is that to passing? >> the senate version of the bill from pat toomey of pennsylvania that's 40 votes in the senate. that means 59 senators would like to each earmarks. we want to each pushing this. house leadership should bring up that bill right away. >> i love your pink tie. sadly, you have to keep writing this book. thanks so much. >> thank you, brian. >> all right, by the way, those are pigs all over his tie. it's not a sloppy tie. straight ahead, next on the rundown, this isn't a joke.

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>> 23 minutes after the top of the hour. couple of quick headlines for you now. the norway suspect back in court this morning refusing to answer questions. prosecutors trying to determine his state of mind during the

killings although he has been deemed sane. hollywood bad boy alec baldwin considering a life in politics? he says there's a chance he'll run for mayor of new york city after the final season of "30 rock." word is that could come as early as next year. steve? >> thanks, gretch. what if going green wasn't really about saving the environment at all? one former meteorologist and very popular one at that is blowing the whistle on the environmentalists movement in his new book, he says the movement is actually focused on destroying property, controlling behavior and expanding government. and that the barack obama administration has a secret plan to change america. joining us right now is radio talk show host and author of the echo tyranny, how the left's green agenda will dismantle america, brian sussman joining us today from san francisco. good morning to you, brian. >> good morning, steve. thanks for allowing me to talk about this very important book. >> it is very important and you break your book into two parts. you start with the history and talk about solutions.

let's start at the beginning with the history and where we are today. what is the intent of the environmentalist community really? >> well, as i explain in "ecotyranny" if you want to know why the environmentalists and the obama administration want to allow us to be slaves to opec, are willing to allow us to endure rolling blackouts, critical water shortages and not allow you to choose between paper or plastic bags, that's why you need to read "eco-tyranny" all in the first half of the book. >> give me a hint. >> the problem is the environmentalists have never liked progress and never liked capitalism. this is a long running plot quite frankly concocted in the minds of karl marx and frederick engles. use environment to hammer capitalism. use capitalism's pollution to absolutely hammer free markets and that's what they're doing. steve, the environmental movement isn't about clean air and clean water. we all want that. this is about changing the way in which we live. changing our economy. >> and i know, ok, so you talk about the history and where we

are today and you come up with some solutions and you studied this for a long time. one of the things you say and this is kind of a no brainer. we need more nuclear energy, more atomic power, that's obviously, works for europe, why not here? also more domestic oil. we have been talking about that. a lot of people say look, we wouldn't be in the pickle we're in right now if we had more. this is something new, though. you say we need more water. why? >> steve, this is really important. over the next 20 years, we're going to have 50 million more people in the united states. over the next 40 years, 100 million and in the environmentalists and various administrations have stood in the way of u.s. being prepared with our resources. nuclear power, that's abundant 100% clean energy. we need 100 new nuclear power plants. oil and gas exploration, besides 3.3 million jobs directly attached to oil and gas right now, we need more oil and gas so we will not be the saudis' sultana. if we started drilling for oil in our own country right now the

way we should, the saudis would soil their tunics. we need to develop those resources but water. this is so amazing. who has been standing in the way of our water resources? the environmentalists, in conjunction with the department of interior. it's all in this book "eco-tyranny" and i will tell you they've never seen a dam they didn't want to knock down. we need more dams and reservoirs. we need desolidization. we need water to live. this is a very critical issue that i expose in the book "eco-tyranny." >> and not just water. you say land. government has a lot of land but we're not using it right. >> oh, this -- the government owns 700 million acres of land and they want more. in "eco-tyranny" steve i unveil a secret draft. secret no longer! this is a draft concocted by obama's department of interior to take over hundreds of thousands of acres of private land, take it off the books for development, this plan must be

stopped because it's antithetical to what the united states is all about. it's not about the federal government owning land. it's about we the people owning land and allowing us to do whatever we'd like to do with that land especially when it comes to natural resources. >> all right. you've done a good job promoting that. we have to read all about it in his new book. brian sussman joining us today from san francisco. thank you for joining us. >> always a pleasure. >> indeed. >> straight ahead, do you have to prove you're an american to vote in u.s. elections? one court just decided and you should sit down for their answer. then new jersey governor chris christie has repeatedly said he's not vice presidential material but he could be changing his tune. but first, happy birthday to kourtney kardashian who was here, what, a week ago. she's 33. happy birthday. [ female announr kids are getting a dependable clean in the bathroom?

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>> i was just watching. check out your shot of the morning. texas boy living out his dream for a day as batman. 7-year-old kyle is battling leukemia, firefighters and police from his hometown teamed up to make his superhero fantasies come true in the form of a hollywood style movie. kyle's mom and one of the police officers involved in the project will join us on "fox & friends" tomorrow. we know bruce wayne. >> better known as adam west. >> sure. we have the batmobile here, we could actually -- >> let's not tell him that. maybe he doesn't know. >> no kid is up at 6:30. >> ok. >> 5:30 out there. >> ok. we'll look forward to that. that will be a great story. in the meantime, let's do some headlines for you on a wednesday. life of a missing ft. bragg soldier may be in danger now. about the disappearance of this woman here, a 23-year-old. authorities say they have

information that has them concerned about her safety. she was last seen leaving this bar. she reportedly got a ride home from a bar employee. the private first class is from orlando, florida. >> two major new endorsements for mitt romney. the top two republicans in congress giving him the thumbs up. >> i will be proud to support mitt romney and doing everything i can to help him win. >> i support governor romney for president of the united states. and he is going to be the nominee. >> isn't that like supporting the giants for the super bowl? and coming up, "fox & friends" exclusive. indiana governor mitch daniels will make a big announcement about the g.o.p. race. >> he's back in! he's back in! >> he was never technically in. he did think about it. >> he would be a good number two. >> maybe that's it. stay tuned. meanwhile, the florida judge assigned to the george zimmerman trial expected to step down over possible conflict of interest. the circuit judge says her husband works with an attorney who referred zimmerman to his

current lawyer and may have inside information. zimmerman charged with second-degree murder in the death of trayvon martin. a new judge expected to take over in time for his bail hearing which will be this friday in florida. >> and an appeals court upholding arizona's law requiring voters to show i.d. before voting. several groups fought against that law saying it was aimed at intimidating hispanics. the court says there's no evidence of that. the judgment did strike down a provision in the law requiring voters to show proof of u.s. citizenship to vote in national elections. >> speaking of elections, we have a big one coming up in november and somebody knows a lot about elections is dick morris who joins us, i believe, today from houston. good morning to you, dick. >> good morning, yes, houston. absolutely. >> ok. so it looks like -- >> us new yorkers pronounce it houston. >> that's the street here. >> that's right. all right, dick, it looks like it's going to be mitt romney. he's now looking, we understand he said he and his ann are

looking this past weekend very seriously for the first time. what should he do and not do when it comes to picking a running mate? >> well, that's simple. what he should do is pick marco rubio. and what he shouldn't do is pick anybody else. >> why? >> i'll tell you what -- >> they did a p.p.p. poll and it shows that rubio does not help him in florida. >> yeah. well, he will. and i think that he'll be particularly important with latino voters throughout the country. but first of all, let's start with the fact that rubio is incredibly well qualified, very charismatic and has been vetted. you want someone who has been on the national scene, who has taken the shots and taken the slings and arrows and survived. you don't want to get into another experience where you get hit with something in the middle of the campaign. i also feel and he's very knowledgeable and he's able and i believe the swing vote, the jump ball on our politics is

latinos. obama won in large part because he increased latino turnout by a point and a half, and increased his margin among latinos from 10 points to his 60 points and both for this election and for the future of the country, it's very important to roll back the democratic advantage with latinos and rubio will do that. >> let me be a cynic or devil's advocate for a minute, though, rubio doesn't have that much experience. this is his first term in the senate, i believe, and also, is there something to be said for picking somebody that's like an obvious pick to try to get votes? i mean, would the hispanics say obviously, you picked him because you're trying to get our vote? can that backfire ever? >> i don't think so. i think their attitude would be whoopee, the republican party doesn't hate us. there's a real feeling among a lot of latinos based on the republican immigration views that they're an exclusionary party. that's not true.

the republicans want to maintain and protect the borders which every country does. but it's very important to send a signal to them. and romney needs a signal to the conservative right. and rubio would send that. >> you know, everyone talks about the swing states. would governor christie who said yesterday he would listen if talked to about this, could he provide a lot of the energy that some say is lacking? >> i think christie would be a very good choice. i think he's been a fabulous governor. but like i said, the right thing to do here is rubio and the wrong thing to do is anybody else. >> uh-huh, what do you make of the latest polls? we quoted three polls yesterday, two of them showed mitt romney ahead. gallup has started their daily tracking poll on the first day, mitt romney led by two and then yesterday, he opened that up and then you've got david axelrod saying i don't like the methodology of how gallup operates. >> well, gallup should do

likely voters. it does registered voters. but that wouldn't comfort mr. axelrod because romney runs stronger among likely voters than among just registered voters, many of whom don't vote. and after all, the fact that obama runs better among people that don't vote than do is illustrative of his problem and not of his power. i did an interesting study two days ago when i published it on my column on my site today, you might check it out where i went over the prior presidents that ran for election and said how does the final gallup poll compare with the actual election results. how does that undecided vote break? i found that 89% of the undecided vote and the last minute switches were to the detriment of the incumbent president. even when the incumbent president was killing his opponent like johnson-goldwater or nixon-mcgovern. even in that case, the swing

went against the incumbent. so when you see a poll that shows romney at 48% and obama at 43%, you are really looking at a poll that probably is much more like 56-44 in romney's favor than a three point margin. because it's undeniable that at the end of the process, that undecided and those votes that are likely decided flipped against the incumbent. i've said this before with gretchen. i asked you, are you going to be married to the same guy next year? and she said yes. but if she had said she was undecided, i don't think that would have been good about her marriage. >> yeah. also not a good thing to say on national tv even if you were thinking it. >> but anyway, let's get inside baseball a little bit more because, of course, you were an advisor to president clinton and i want you to do comparing between the negative numbers in the 1992 campaign compared to the negatives we're seeing from obama and romney now. >> well, i don't think they're

really comparable. clinton at this stage in 1992, i know he had higher negatives than romney does and there's a sense that romney can win and all that and i think romney will win but i don't think that stat helps you much. because in april of 1993 or 1992, clinton had just survived the gennifer flowers scandal and just survived the draft scandal and was at a very tenuous point in the presidency. in fact, by june of 1992, clinton was running third in the polls behind bush in first and perot in second. it wasn't until his convention in july that he bounced into second place and then took the lead later in the summer. so i don't think they're really comparable because romney has had his problems but not like that. >> but he is underwater. he is unfavorable, favorable.

he's underwater right now. >> that's the product of the primary in getting beaten up and he'll be fine. >> in the wide shot when we take the wide shot, rob, of dick down there in houston, it looks as if an american eagle is on your shoulder. >> oh, which one, right or left? >> your right. >> your right shoulder. >> yeah. go, come on. bad, get away. ok, he just flew off. >> right. >> oh. there we have the bird. >> wait a minute. wait a minute. he left a souvenir. >> all right. >> thanks to steve for starting that. >> all right. dick, see you again next week. have a great one. >> see ya. bye-bye. >> what was the tv show with the detective with the bird on the shoulder. was that barretta? >> that was fantastic with barretta, he solved a lot of crimes but couldn't solve his own real life crime. >> exactly. >> how that guy is free i'll never know. the final winner of that record mega millions jackpot will claim

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>> someone is about to get a whole lot richer. unfortunately, it's not the three of us on the couch. the final winner is expected to claim his prize this morning. let's go to chris live at the convenience store? red bud, illinois where the ticket was sold. it's going to be different this time around because we'll know who this person is. >> yeah, that's right, gretchen. you're going to know who that person is at 10:00 central time this morning here in red bud. it has been the talk of the town, as you can imagine, ever

since that ticket was sold. we are inside the mart here where that record-setting $219 million lottery ticket was sold back in march. you remember there were two other additional winners besides the one here in red bud. those other winning tickets were sold in kansas and maryland. those winners have already come forward but they have been allowed to remain anonymous. in illinois, though, lottery winners generally speaking have to come forward publicly. that's why we're going to know who that person is who won their share of that record, what, $656 million jackpot back on march 30th. the only details that have been released so far about the winner here is it's one person and it's an illinois resident. the motomart here has already had a nice pay day. the parent company receiving a check for $500,000. this story here getting $50,000 of that and gretchen, i can tell you around town this morning,

people really want to know who this winner is. you know, they've been doing the kind of informal who hasn't been showing up for work or who hasn't been showing up here or there lately. they'll know who the big winner is. >> yeah, right. they want to see if they know him so they can get a little of the dough themselves. thanks so much. we'll wait and see who that lucky person is. >> absolutely. wouldn't you? >> of course. thanks. all right, guys? >> more details dribbling about how the g.s.a. wasted your money it pay for lavish trips or ridiculous conferences and parties. jeffrey neely bringing his wife and daughter on a 17-day trip through hawaii and guam. >> it seems that family members often accompanied officials in luxurious trips. stuart varney joins us live. stuart, probably this g.s.a. thing has reinforced a lot of images people have in their head as government excess. >> it's exploded. it was a clown story and now it's a government excess story

and it's rubbing up on president obama. there's a new focus, that's deborah neely. that's the wife of bathtub jeff. that was a little unkind. a little unkind. but deborah neely frequently accompanied her husband on trips including a birthday celebration in the south pacific and she actually borrowed the credentials of g.s.a. members so she can mingle at these events, go on the floor and walk around and partly organize them. she organized parties. she organized the catering. she actually recommended a lip balm be branded for the g.s.a. >> was she telling government employees what to do? >> basically, yes. >> criminal activity, is that what we're heading as well and is that necessary? >> deliberate misuse, fraudulent misuse of government funds, that could be considered a criminal activity. judge napolitano thinks that criminal charges will come out of all of this. >> how bad is it that in june it seems according to congressman micah they knew about it and

they were informed of the excesses and the parties. >> they were informed something bad had happened 11 months, 12 months ago, an investigation was started and even after that investigation was coming up with preliminary findings, some of these trips were still taken by relatives and officials which were lavish indeed. so it's -- there's real misdoings here going on. >> all right, stuart varney who just coined the phrase bathtub jeff. next time, it might be just naked neely. we'll be watching you today. >> 9:20. all right, thanks, stuart. you look good today. >> remember this woman? she won a million dollar jackpot and still collected welfare. there's a big update. she's not going to be smiling. >> did she take her big check away? >> i can't give it all away. a look at the texas board that decides what all american kids will learn. that straight ahead on "fox & friends" live from new york city. k9 advantix ii. not only kills fleas and ticks

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>> a new documentary takes us inside the controversial 2010 texas textbook wars. that's where the state's board of ed voted on what would be included in a large part of the country's schools. >> history may be getting an overhaul in texas. the big board of education is about to vote on curriculum standards. they are split in the state between those who say conservative politicians are trying to indoctrineate students. >> you've created a hornet's nest like i've never seen. >> former member of the texas state board of education is featured in "the revisionaries" and joins me now live. good morning to you, cynthia. >> good morning, gretchen. >> let's put this in perspective to our viewers. every 10 years, this board in texas determines what will be inside textbooks for the

majority of our school kids, correct? >> yes. >> all right. so this happened in 2010 and now it's being made into this documentary. is this going to be a fair and balanced approach to what really happened? >> well, let's hope. my only concern is that the liberal progressive try to cry foul when they say there's indoctrination to the conservative viewpoint. the reality is when we discuss certain topics such as origin of life, it's impossible to scrub ideology or faith from the discussion. >> ok. so the filmmaker is a guy named scott thurman. here's his quote. "they're really the gatekeepers" speaking of you on the board "and really have a lot more influence on textbooks than curriculum but this group is terribly important, much more than the public realizing." cynthia, what does it take to get on this board to make these kinds of decisions? >> well, we are an elected body and we run for office. we actually have districts that are twice the size of a congressional district so approximately 1.5 million

constituents. the reason, though, that we have this national import is because the way the textbooks are purchased, texas is somewhat the 800 pound gorilla in that we purchase more textbooks than other states. this influence could change, though, with now this push for common core standards coming out of the unconstitutional department of education. >> uh-huh. i remember covering this back in 2010. the outcome there, there were two major votes, science, biology, the evolution debate and the other battle was u.s. history and you believe that the conservatives won both of those. >> we did. and the interesting thing was that the liberals, they were crying foul because we were in the majority on the board at the time. however, it's interesting to say that we're going to inject faith or ideology into these somewhat secular topics. i don't see how you take them out without scrubbing or doing revision when you're talking about the origin of life or the founding of our nation.

>> all right. cynthia dunbar, former member of the texas state board of education, a new documentary called "the revisionaries" that she's a part of. thanks for your time today. have a great rest of the week. >> you, too, thank you. house majority leader eric cantor is coming up next and has a new idea for small businesses. be right back! that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. fohalf the calories plus vgie nutrition. could've had a v8.

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>> good morning, everyone. it's wednesday, we made it to the middle of the week. it's april 18th. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks so much for sharing part of your day with us. put your hands above your head! it's the oil police? >> congress should provide immediate funding to put more cops on the beat to monitor activity in energy markets. >> so the president wants to call oil speculators criminals. what about speculating on green energy with tax dollars? could it be a double standard? >> meanwhile, remember this charmer? the woman who won nearly a million bucks in the lottery but had no problem collecting welfare.

her good luck apparently just run out. we'll give you details, mr. kilmeade. >> all right. is there a difference between a $500 haircut and one that costs $12.95? you can ask john edwards that or ask me in a matter of moments because i've experienced not a $300 haircut but something that was more expensive than $12.95 and i'm about to get one for $12.95. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> and since you will be getting the haircut because even though this one is going to cost $12.95 which is apparently what john edwards -- >> by the way, steve has brought in -->> i got the $3. $3 is what brian normally tips his shampoo girl. there could be a shampoo girl here. >> then i have to tip the haircutter as well. >> yeah. >> so, you know -- >> here's the thing. i don't think they have a

shampoo girl at supercuts. they might just spritz your hair. >> i want to get the doocy treatment. that's what happens, a guy sprays you down. >> no. it's not a guy. it's rosie! who is just named the number one barber shop. cutting hair for 20 years. for $20. >> she'll spray you down. she won't lay you -- >> spray you down? >> gets you wet. >> yeah, just -- >> am i doing a tv show right now? >> yeah. >> just wondering. >> ok, mrs. beckel. >> have you ever -- >> have you ever been to a barber shop? >> i haven't let any four letter words go yet. >> the barber shop. >> i want to get the full barber shop experience. maybe i could speed up this whole process. >> has anybody thought about the deeper meaning of this whole john edwards thing. maybe he's trying to send a message to the jurors that he's not an expensive elitist guy anymore. >> and he also has a million dollars to account for. >> plus we'll be able to show him that you can get essentially the same her haircut for $12.

>> we know he's watching. >> good morning, john. i asked for votes, most people want to give you a full shave and second one is mohawk. >> mohawk. >> let's get to the headlines. sad story to tell you about now. a missing ft. bragg soldier in serious danger this morning. police in north carolina say new information has them very concerned about the safety of the 24-year-old but they are not revealing anymore details at this time. she was last seen early saturday morning and left this bar apparently in fayetteville and reportedly got a ride home from a bar employee. the private first class is from orlando, florida. investigators trying to track down as many as 21 prostitutes believed to have joined secret service agents for a night of partying at their hotel rooms in colombia. the alleged misconduct taking place ahead of president obama's trip there for an economic summit last weekend. his official schedule right there in the agent's hotel room for anyone to see. that's a problem. there's also word that these agents bragged about their jobs to the women, at least 10 members of the u.s. military

also implicated. that's five more than originally thought. a california woman under arrest for the suspected murder of military wife brittany kilgore. her remains believed to have been found now in a lake near san diego. police are working on a positive i.d. and we're waiting to hear how kilgore knew this suspect and a possible motive. we know she filed for divorce from her marine husband sergeant days before she disappeared. he's returning from afghanistan for questioning. police say right now, he is not a suspect. >> well, remember the woman who won nearly a million bucks in the lotto? the one who was still collecting food stamps after hitting the jackpot? now, she's going to face up to four years in prison potentially. 25-year-old amanda clayton arrested on two counts of felony welfare fraud. at first, she said she thought she was still entitled to the food stamps, what does that say about our society? she technically didn't have a job. her mom telling a different story. >> when i spoke with her, she said -- she called the welfare

office and they don't return your phone calls! so what are you supposed to do? >> common sense? apparently clayton didn't spend her winnings on clothes either. you can see she appeared in court wearing pajama pants. and those are your headlines. that's what's wrong with society right now. you win a million bucks but still feel that you're entitled to the government dough? >> because she didn't have a job! >> and because they didn't return her phone calls? >> yesterday, the president was speaking again about oil prices. now, he said he thought he knew why oil prices were going up because of the unrest in the middle east and he said i know why oil prices are going up, it's because of the oil prices that are going up because of -- >> speculation. >> speculators. >> no, that was today. >> manipulation. >> what was the second -- the second one that he blamed for price -- it will come to me a little bit later. >> all right. >> but yesterday, when he came out and blamed speculators and put them into the fray, i was

stunned. especially looking at what "the washington post" said about the entire operation. >> right. >> here's the president. >> congress should provide immediate funding to put more cops on the beat to monitor activity in energy markets. congress should increase the civil and criminal penalties for illegal energy market manipulation and other illegal activities. >> now, that's really something. so the president, feeling the election year heat, how many times over the last couple of months have we heard there is no silver bullet, there is no silver bullet. yesterday, he says i got a silver bullet. it is the illegal manipulation of the -- of the oil markets and that is driving speculators to drive up the cost of gas for all of us. so what he wants to do is he wants congress to now give him $52 million more so he can add more cops on the beat as he said as the national price of gas is right now at $3.90. what's interesting, though, is the white house did not estimate how much this particular announcement would bring down the cost of gas or if there's any evidence that it's going on.

which is the key. >> the point that we may be missing in this discussion, though, is that two things. the president can now say that he actually tried something. and then once again, when congress says no to this, he can blame congress. that to me is the biggest story out of this whole thing because this is sort of going to be the campaign message moving along. i tried to do the buffet rule for you guys. you know, for all you americans, congress said no. i tried to have $52 million to regulate oil, congress said no. i tried to fix gas prices, nobody is letting me help you. that is going to be the message moving forward. >> but i like "the washington post" that says the only emergency here seems to be the mindless election year war over who is to blame. this is another example. he wants speculators to use their own money more. and, of course, if they're caught manipulating, they'll pay a price. >> sure. >> when you talk about the term speculation, there is a speculating process going on and it's not just in oil. listen to rush limbaugh. >> so obama is out in the rose

garden today, campaign appearance. and starts trashing big oil. starts trashing the oil speculators. let me ask a question -- aren't these green energy people all speculating? are they not speculating with our money, taxpayer dollars and they're all getting loans from the federal government, from obama, you have solyndra. you have all these solar firms that either have filed for bankruptcy or on the way, you have wind energy companies that are biting the dust. all of this -- the chevrolet volt is having trouble. all of this green energy stuff is literally imploding. it is collapsing. isn't obama, in fact, a green nr energy speculator? aren't all of these people speculating? >> that's an excellent point that rush made and speaking of the speculators, given what rush just said, solyndra, remember

them, they got a half a billion dollars from us to make sure that every house in america had one of their solar panels on the roof before, of course, they went bankrupt. well, now as it turns out, a bankruptcy judge has said, you know what? sew -- solyndra, we know you're out of money. you have to give executives big bonuses. they're going to dole out $368,000 in total. one guy got a $30,000 bonus. >> i mean, it's incredible. the top 20 top managers were able to get those bonuses in the big selloff. but this is a judge now deciding they deserve bonus. >> the deal is the deal. >> and of course, the court did that, 20 top managers, keep in mind 11,000 employees lost their job with this company and it's not just the solar companies. the wind companies, the windmill companies have also lost thousands of jobs despite being federally funded. so many people are asking about the speculation and the lingo with that. and whether or not those

investments were good deals of taxpayer dollars. >> the wind industry lost 10,000 jobs and the oil and gas industry gained 5,000 jobs. there's a job training program that's helped about 20,000 people. so the whole clean -- green nrpg as spain tried to tell us, is not a moneymaker. >> it's a speculation. and those -- the figures that you just cited should give the people at the white house pause and that is we added 75,000 in the oil and gas and we lost 10,000 in the wind industry. which should we double down on? >> i guess all right. 10 minutes after the hour. roger clemens' trial is getting under way. i know what you said. it started nine months ago, didn't it? yeah, they had a mistrial. and they're back in action, there's one potential theme of the jurors, it's a waste of taxpayer money and they don't know who roger clemens is. >> that's amazing that you could get more than one person to be in line with that way of

thinking. i don't think this is a female juror criticizing the trial, i don't think this is the best use of taxpayer dollars particularly during this economy. keep it in mind, i think it was the prosecutorial error, this is why there is a mistrial originally. >> they showed banned evidence. what did you just do? we told you you couldn't say that! >> some other people are asking as well that with some of these g.s.a. hearings and federally wasted taxpayer scandals that we're talking about now, you know, is it really worth looking into roger clemens again and using taxpayer dollars when it seems that we've got enough on our plate with our own federal problems. >> but the principle at the very core of it is can you go to congress and lie to congress? i mean, if you can go up -- >> perjury. >> exactly. >> right, by the way, they're going after the process believe it or not, that the taxpayers are upset about, they're going after the congressional aide that put it together. they want to say the whole thing was a sham that roger clemens said how dare you accuse me of

using banned substantives. >> so the jury picking goes on. meanwhile, it is now 7:11 in new york city. president obama obsessed with taxing millionaires. how about giving the middle class a tax break instead? eric cantor wants to do just that. but democrats are vowing to stop him and the president will veto his suggestion next. >> and brian is supposed to get a $12 haircut from supercuts like john edwards but the viewers have something else in mind. yep! oh! >> brian! >> you know what? >> i think i have president obama's ears. and i'm a little -- >> what happened to your ears? >> i'm a little bit tilted to the left. >> i think somebody photoshopped you. >> my head is barely on my neck. >> i'm so sorry i put on twitter that brian should get a shave! because i would never let that happen to you, brian. >> i don't think it's your decision. >> find out what actually

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>> 16 minutes past the top of the hour. republicans ready now to pass a bill that creates thousands of jobs but the white house already has the veto pen out, joining me now, the sponsor of the small business tax cut bill, house majority leader eric cantor. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> explain this. it has to do with the number 20 and you're talking about a tax cut for small business. what is it? >> well, first of all, we're in tax week. everybody in america has now filled their taxes out. and paid the government and reminded again of the fact that washington continues to want to take more and more of your hard-earned money. we also know that we've got a situation in the economy, we need to see more jobs created and more economic growth. how do you do that? you look to the job generators,

the small businesses of america that create over 65% of the jobs. so what this bill does, small business tax cut act that will come to the house floor tomorrow, it provides every small business with 499 employees or less the ability to have a 20% tax cut straight up, money to the bottom line. so that small business men and women can have more money to put back into their business, to grow the business and create jobs. >> i understand that it's for businesses that have fewer than 500 employees but that covers 99.9% of u.s. companies. why would the democrats and president obama be against this? >> well, you know, again, i think it's indicative of where they want to take this country. because this week that's tax week, what they've done is put up for a vote in the senate a tax hike and if job creation should be our goal, i think most americans say we got to get this economy going again, they believe you raise taxes. we believe you let small

businesses have a tax cut to create more jobs. and so i just think there's a clash of visions here. and something that will continue to play out this year as we try to get something done here in washington. >> but didn't president obama in the past, wasn't he in favor of some tax cuts to small businesses? >> well, i mean, there's been some indication from the white house that they want to help small businesses. but it seems that every time that they say that, there is always some string attached. there's always some desire to want to try to micromanage a small business man or woman's money and we believe that it's best to trust the small business men and women because they know how to create jobs, washington doesn't. that's what this bill does. >> i only ask that because it appears that if at one point, he was in favor of something like that, maybe now he's not because it goes against the narrative of this whole buffet rule that seems to be what's going to be the campaign lingo moving forward. i got to move to the next topic because i'm interested in knowing what you believe mitt romney should do to go up

against that whole buffet rule, populist message. should mitt romney focus now on tax reform since president obama is going to continue down the path with this whole fairness approach and having millionaires pay more? >> first of all, gretchen, i think we got to ask the question on fairness. why is it fair if you have a disparity or if the allegation is a disparity in income tax rates, why is it fair to go raise taxes on people. why don't we just cut taxes on the middle class? that's what the small business tax cut does is it lowers taxes on people that are working in small businesses, the middle class to go and create jobs. >> but i'm asking it because it appears that that whole fairness argument at least if you look at some of the recent polls is working. 60% of the american public agrees with this buffet rule thing even though the senate voted it down so i'm wondering if on the republican side, the guy running for president, mitt romney, needs to talk about a simplistic tax reform package to

go up against that message. >> no question that the public embraces a flatter, fairer, more simple tax code. and i think what you're seeing come out of mitt romney is an economic plan that embraces that kind of pro growth policy. it's lowering rates for everybody. it's broadening the base. it's getting rid of loopholes. and preferences and getting washington out of the business of picking winners and losers through the tax code. that's ultimately where we in the house would like to see things go as well. as you know, over the last year and a half, the democrats in the senate and the white house have refused to cooperate with us on simple tax reform. >> or even put up a budget for a vote. always great to speak with you, congressman eric cantor, have a great rest of the week. thanks for your time. >> thanks, gretchen. >> forget armageddon. hours after the tax day deadline, new warning about taxageddon and it cost you

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>> time for your news by the numbers now. first $500 billion. that's how many tax breaks will expire all at once next year if congress does not act. so-called taxageddon would hit average households with an average of $4,000. that's how many the university of alabama will have to pay to replace the crystal bcs championship trophy. it shattered after one of the

player's dads accidentally knocked it over. that's how many women misdiagnose themselves each year because they search for medical answers on the internet. >> go to a doctor! >> it's good and it's bad, isn't it? >> talk about fighting through the obstacles, our next guest knows all about that. vanessa lachey is the newly married expectant mom that started filming a new season of the hit show "wipeout." >> which is fantastic if you love to see people fall down. >> as long as it's not you. >> joining us right now is the "wipeout" star. good morning to you. >> good morning. good morning, everybody. >> how are you feeling? four months pregnant? five months pregnant? ? >> pushing on five. i feel good. i forget sometimes that i'm pregnant until i look down and say there you are. >> it's morning. no morning sickness? >> in morning sickness. knock on wood. i got lucky on that one. >> you're not stopped working. >> i'm not pregnant. i'm not dead. so it's all possible. >> so you say it's 14 hour days? >> when we do "wipeout" we slam

a lot in one day. literally. slam a lot into one day. and i love it, though. you know, i think i told nick i'm going to take off month 79 and i said, i don't feel guilty about that. i came home last night exhausted to catch a plane to here. >> took the red eye here this morning? >> well, i actually had to fly yesterday afternoon because if i took the red eye, i'd miss you. i would have landed just now. >> that's right. >> take a shower in the airport. >> i understand that, you know, you've sort of narrowed down your name search. but you don't know if it's a boy or a girl. so we want brian to help you out by picking a name out of a hat. >> i think we should. >> why don't you do it? it's actually your -- it's actually your -- >> i don't know. your luck, though, this is your show. i'm just -- >> all right. >> so the name -- >> our baby lachey will be? >> is there a backup name? >> what should the middle name be? >> wait a second. >> this is so weird. >> if it's a boy, brian.

if it's a girl, breanna. >> breanna. >> look at this, this is amazing. >> you just had them write this down randomly and kept coming up brian. >> this seems like an election in iraq. old iraq. >> surprised at least one of them didn't come up bri. >> i love it. >> so you make your own decision but you know where we stand. >> thank you. >> well, i always told myself i would let my husband choose the name of our first born if it's a boy. and i'll choose the name of our first born if it's a girl. and for five years, nick has had this name in his head and i said i'll let it go. we got engaged and we got married. it's a great name. once i got pregnant, i said about that name. >> what's the name? >> it's colin. it's a sweet name. i'm not resonating with it. >> so we know the name won't be colin. >> you never know. come eight months, i might be like fine, it's colin. >> it could be brian. so if you use that -- >> brian colin. b.c. lachey.

>> that's pretty good. >> it will take a load off if you use that name. >> literally take a load off. look at the segue there. >> thank you. >> tell us about the take a load off campaign. >> well, i'm really excited. i got to partner with png in their future friendly campaign. we're encouraging people to take the load off the energy grid. we want to reduce waste. now that you're talking about taxageddon. we want to save money. and this is a simple change. not asking people to go making crazy household changes. just when you wash your clothes, which everybody does, use cold water. you actually are -- >> will they get as clean? will it kill the bugs? >> not only will they get as clean, tide actually made a brand new detergent called tide cold water high efficiency specifically formulated to work awesomely in cold water. you're saving money on clean energy. it's greener. it's literally a win, win, win, win all the way around. i wanted to do this because now that i'm pregnant, i start thinking about, you know, safeguarding the future for my

children and instilling these hablts for them. i think we do things that our parents did and they weren't always right. >> what if we take cold showers? would that help? >> that's actually doing your part. i would really appreciate that. >> sure. i'll do that. >> do you need a cold shower? >> yeah. >> maybe i do. maybe! >> all right, you'll be in times square today. >> i'll be at madison square park on the west side and we're going to literally take a load off and give people an interactive experience, massages and let them understand what it means to be saving energy. it's a simple household change with a meaningful impact. >> while you're doing that, brian will be taking a cold shower. vanessa lachey, always a pleasure. >> thank you. so good to see you guys. >> good luck with "wipeout." >> please don't do it, just talk about it. >> the trip to vegas just the tip of the iceberg with the g.s.a. and one congressman says the white house, did they know about that spending spree? >> there was an attempt to brush this under the carpet, so to speak.

>> still this morning, the question is how much did the administration know? we'll delve into that. >> and brian is supposed to get a $12 haircut from supercuts like the one that john edwards got screen right but the viewers keep e-mailing us different ideas for haircuts. oh, look. you look like john riggins back in the day. >> that is better than the buzz! >> i'm thinking about it. vanessa may make the decision since i named your baby. you can name my haircut. >> you can pick my haircut. >> brian gets a haircut when we roll on live from new york city. two minutes. i love cash back.

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a way to celebrate her birthday. >> we were concerned that this was an unnecessary trip and a waste of money. you saw the e-mail. he says it's a birthday gift for his wife. they quote the song "it's your party, we're going to party like it's your party." >> neely was a no show yesterday. only way the people attending the hearing were going to get to see him was in a hot tub in this picture. that was the observation of the chairman of the transportation committee, congressman john micah. on tuesday, the inspector general also revealed that jeffrey neely set off red flags when ipod linked to a g.s.a. rewards program was stolen and then a subpoena revealed that neely's daughter's itunes account was downloading songs on to it. now, one republican is saying that it's time to break apart the g.s.a. while one democrat is disappointed by the complete lack of responsibility. >> i am prepared to systemically pull apart g.s.a.

to the point where we will make it a question to the american public on whether g.s.a. is needed at all. >> this agency apparently is one that so people in washington don't have accountability even though the line runs straight up to them. that is very, very troubling. >> and day three of those hearings kick off in just a little more than an hour. back to you guys. >> all right, peter. we'll be watching. meanwhile, peter just mentioned john micah of florida. you know what? he says that even though we're just learning about it in the last week or so, people inside the administration have known about the excess since last year, here he is talking to greta van susteren last night about the big, fat mess. >> do you in in any way sort of assign blame in the white house on this? >> they were very quiet. i think this -- there was an attempt to brush this under the carpet so to speak. >> in what way? >> well, they were informed

again, it was the communications from the g.s.a. counsel to the white house counsel, as you said, last may. here it is -- well, not quite a year later, and it just comes out about a week ago. they knew about this. and they were also told again to stop the nonsense, to stop the waste and possible criminal activity and nobody did anything. >> so they knew about it for a while. as early as may of last year, another day of testimony today. so far, it's been juicy every day. we'll have some more -- >> i wouldn't be surprised if criminal charges emerged from this and other agencies are going to be raked over the coals, people looking through their books. >> i doubt it was one agency overspending. now the rest of the headlines. newborn baby who was kidnapped after his mother was shot to death has been found. the 3-day-old boy is ok. being reunited with his dad. his mom was gunned down outside a houston's doctor's office and the suspect, a woman, took off

in a lexus. police have a person in custody at this hour. >> spectacular fire burning overnight in new jersey. the flames tearing through three townhouses in elizabeth. residents as well as people in surrounding homes forced out of their homes. a firefighter suffered a minor shoulder injury and two people were treated for smoke inhalation. >> two major new endorsements for mitt romney. the top two republicans in congress say he's my man. >> i will be proud to support mitt romney and do everything i can to help him win. >> i'll support governor romney for president of the united states. and he is going to be the nominee. >> all right. and next hour, "fox & friends" exclusive that you're going to be telling your kids about. indiana governor mitch daniels will make a big announcement about the g.o.p. race. that's all i'm going to say at 8:15 eastern time. don't press me on this. >> kids, mitch is on at 8:15. come on. let's take a look at the weather map and find out where it's raining at this hour. a big storm from the ohio valley right through the gulf coast and some action up in the northern

plain states. balance of the country is nice and dry. current readings as you head out the door, as you can see, a lot of 30's in portions of new england. 49 right here in new york city, the home of the brian kilmeade haircut! >> what do you mean? >> you know exactly what i'm talking about. >> it was 24 hours ago when we were talking about this. >> we were talking about it because back in 2004, we learned that vice presidential candidate john edwards spent an estimated $500 on haircuts from a beverly hills stylist. well, what a difference eight years and a fall from grace makes. the former senator reportedly getting his trims at supercuts, a great place to go. >> today, in honor of john edwards' newly found -- >> holiday? >> brian will get his own super cut. marissa is the stylist and manager at supercuts salon in paramus, new jersey and she joins us. >> and she's a manager. she's one of the best. here's the key, i believe in the salon treatment, you belief

believe in the barber treatment. supercuts will give me your life. >> i'll be your helper. >> in lieu of a shampoo, we have another option. >> you're going to be spritzed? i've always wanted to do this. can i help you? >> of course. >> can we get hair cutting music? is there any type of music? >> no, that's not the music! >> we talked about a mohawk, right? >> no, we did not talk about a mohawk. i have an idea of what i want. could you make me look like this guy? is that possible? >> all right! >> i'm thinking about that. how expensive would that be? >> give him the keys. >> you're good. >> now, marissa, you just finish my what would be shampoo. >> brian normally tips $3 to the shampoo girl but that was just a spritz. so here's $2. >> $2 for the spray girl. >> brian. >> and for the shot girl. where's the shot girl? >> i found this $5 fell out of your pocket when you got up. >> this was a surprise for

larissa. >> sorry. >> so did you hear that john edwards was getting haircuts -- >> yes, i actually did. >> how do you cut hair for $300? >> she doesn't. >> i don't know why anyone would pay those prices. i really -- >> go into the mitch daniels segment. >> ok. >> tell us about the quality of brian's hair. >> coarse? >> yeah, he has curly hair and wavy hair. >> i think i knew that. >> a little dry, some gel would be good. >> what are those three nines? >> that's six. >> sorry. >> tend to be a little -- >> you need to use some -- >> have we already lost the barber music? there's a reason that people don't get their haircut on tv. it tends to drag! >> supercuts haircut in paramus, new jersey, and mr. happy. it's $16.95? >> it's $16.95. depending on where you are in the country, it's $20 and under. >> brian is in massapequa, long island. >> the thing about a haircut, it's up to me to come up with small talk.

this is my time with larissa. >> we want to talk about how did the gift go over for your wife on her birthday? >> i got a gift certificate. no, i didn't. we got a gift certificate and the best thing about my wife's birthday is i utilize my children. for the first time, they're willing to jump in and offer advice like dad, put that down. she never liked that and she's never going to tell you. so she actually enjoyed her gift. one of which was a portrait of the three kids. and all those kids are hers. so she is going to like that. >> in the picture? >> no. >> i like this. i just got the wrap sign. you're wrapping my haircut. so you talk through the -- >> clearly, she's -- larissa is not done. >> you can't wrap my haircut before it's done! >> you're going to get a little more in the commercial time-out, ok? >> i wanted it done by the end of this. i have interviews to prepare for. >> we have a hard break! she's not done. how close are you? >> i'm pretty much done. >> you are? >> he just had a fresh haircut.

so -- >> let's go to break and come back and see how this goes. >> she'll do the mohawk in the break. coming up, he only eats hamburgers and hot dogs at every meal. is that normal or not? dr. ablow will tell us. >> we have more help on tap this morning. dave ramsey answering your questions like this one, you owe the i.r.s. and can't pay, what should you do and can you declare tips to the haircut girl? as a legal deduction? >> i think i can. >> first, time for your trivia question of the day --

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this is going to be helpful. call or come in today. fidelity investments. turn here. >> all right. the tax deadline has come and gone. some of you aren't out of the woods yet especially if you still own uncle sam money. joining us live from nashville, his lines are burning up on his radio show, i'm sure, personal finance expert dave ramsey. hey, dave, welcome back! >> well, thanks. i got my hair done during the break, what do you think? >> i know, it looks fantastic. a lot like our floor guy. first of all, i have to get some e-mails going here, jennifer from dallas is waiting at home. she asked this from our e-mail machine. we owe $2,000 on our taxes this year. and we're -- and we're not prepared. i guess to pay. we have very little savings and can barely make our monthly bills. what do we tell the i.r.s.? >> well, the first thing you need to do is go back and figure out why you owe that. you're either underpaid at your wage earners job or you have a small business and you should

have been doing some quarterly estimates on so you don't get there next year. if you can borrow the money somewhere, it's much better to owe anyone besides the k.g.b. -- i mean the i.r.s. so you really want to borrow if you can. if not, let's get it set on an installment plan with the i.r.s. as soon as possible. no matter what, file your taxes on time, though. >> and contact them and let them know you're having these struggles, correct? >> absolutely. and go ahead and get that installment plan discussion started with them. >> let's talk about vanessa. she was just here from san francisco. we're upside down on our home. $80,000 in debt and yesterday we were notified we're being sued on some old debts. it seems like our only option is to file for bankruptcy. what does dave ramsey think? >> i'm thinking that's a different vanessa for one thing. >> oh, ok. >> all right. >> i'm thinking, it's a possibility. but anyway, if you got 80k and you're upside down, it has to do with your income and what the 80,000 is made up of, can you

work your way through and settle some of those debts? usually, bankruptcy is not the option. sometimes folks get forced into a corner and they have no way out. not just a feeling of no way out but they literally don't have anything else they can do. so try everything to avoid it, if you can. >> jason from portland has this question. i've heard you say this before but there's a formula for how much mortgage a person can afford. what is that number? what's the formula? >> well, a mortgage company will loan you about twice this much but we recommend not buying a home where the payment is more than a fourth of your tax home pay on a 15 year fixed rate mortgage. now, again, if you got an adjustable rate 30 year, mortgage company will approve you for almost double that. but that will get you into a mess. stay conservative and the house will be a blessing rather than a curse. >> all right, dave ramsey, you've helped five people and you're going to help thousands more today i'm sure. especially if they buy your books and read your stuff. dave ramsey, thanks so much. >> thank you, brian. >> all right. coming up straight ahead, he was bullied as a kid and all he wants to do is go to the bully's

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>> the answer to the trivia question of the day, conan o'brien. the winner is rick johnson from texas. congratulations, rick. you're today's winner. >> oh, yes. and now, ladies and gentlemen, the jig is up. you may try to pass yourself off as a regular person with normal

behaviors but deep down inside, we all have a few kind of kooky habits. how do you know if you're normal or if you are a nut? here to answer your e-mail is fox news contributor and a known psychiatrist dr. keith ablow. >> a known psychiatrist. sounds like a known criminal or something. >> people know that you're a psychiatrist so we should pay attention to what you have to say, right? >> there you go. >> first question comes to us. it's this. i had a bully throughout grade school. he made me terrified to go to school. sometimes i think about showing up at the guy's house to punch him out! and now i'm 30 years old. am i nuts to think like that? >> well, listen, people underestimate the trauma, the impact of this stuff. you carry these wounds, sometimes into adulthood. >> 20 years? >> so what's normal is that yeah, you still feel it after 20 years. you didn't account for it and you need some help but it's normal. it's not nuts. >> ok. congratulations. how about -- >> congratulations? that's good, yeah. >> it's a normal feeling.

>> it's a normal feeling, yes. >> you want to get even. here's one for you. i only eat burgers and hot dogs, sometimes fries but that's it. i'm 39. i've done this since i was 12. a lot of people getting a lot off their chest this morning. my friends say i'm insane! i say i've simplified my existence and i'm happy with what i eat. all right? keith, normal or nuts? >> well, i mean this lovingly, it's completely crazy. right? >> why? >> right? because here's the thing. why would you be restricting yourself, you think this person in his life or her life has normal relationships? no, it's all about trying to control everything, things from -- >> limited food choices that you like -- >> it's never just that. just hamburgers, hot dogs and fries, come on. bottom line is if this guy does an inventory of his existence, he'll find all kinds of richness in life that he's avoided. he doesn't know why. that's crazy. >> sorry, sir, you're nuts. >> he has to come see me. >> finally --

>> this is weird, by the way. hair here. >> brian is picking up his hair after the -- >> is that normal or nuts? >> no, it's normal, i used to have to do it as mine was falling out. i'd do exactly what he's doing. >> we got somebody who says i have tracked every penny since 1976. is that normal or nuts? >> every penny in, every penny out. it's -- look, again, i mean it with respect, crazy. right? because the bottom line is what do you think? you're going to be penniless. get to the root of these problems. >> nuts, too. >> you know tracking pennies like that can mean you never felt rich in love. find out what's really bugging you and by the way, an hour with me, you're going to need to roll like 50,000 pennies, get started. >> you're $500 an hour? >> $550 for you but you need extra work. it's more -- it's more concentration. >> i think i have a coupon! >> the severity. >> $500 an hour? >> unless somebody is very, very troubled. >> i'll see you soon, i hope. roll those pennies. >> as long as it's not on a couch. >> no kidding. all right. thank you, keith.

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what's in your wallet? ha ha. ♪ >> gretchen: good morning, everyone. it's wednesday, april 18. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing part of your day with us. she puts her life on the line for our country. now her life is in jeopardy for a whole different reason. a soldier from fort bragg missing. we have the late breaking details today. >> steve: plus, you have the right to remain silent. you've been busted by the oil cops. >> congress should provide immediate fund to go put more cops on the beat to monitor activity in energy markets. >> steve: our president says oil speculators could be criminals, but what about speculating on all those green energy jobs that he has done with our tax dollars? isn't that the same thing? rush weighs in. >> brian: you all mock me when i

got the john edwards super cut. now it's steve's turn. >> steve: what? wait a minute, i've already got a hair cut. >> brian: and you kept the sides. a little dr. philish. am i correct? "fox & friends" starts right now >> steve: welcome to fun with photo shop. >> gretchen: there are some takes you are so glad that you're a chick. >> brian: by the way, this is the most handsome i ever felt. super cuts gave us this. this is a level. this is a screwdriver. if you want to do the american version, it's actually even a flashlight. this is incredible. >> steve: how fantastic is that? all for your super cuts experience. >> brian: i could do odds and ends jobs around the house for the first time in my life. >> gretchen: you got a power

tool. >> brian: do i? >> gretchen: i guess. i got a bag. >> steve: listen, if you've got the photo shop program at your house and you would like to doctor us up, e-mail us some of your version of us with funny hair cuts. that's a good one. >> gretchen: george costanzo. a note to the control room, if you dare to put me up bald in any fashion, there will be a problem. >> brian: a little sinead o'conner perhaps? >> gretchen: no. let's get to your headlines before they can do that. we've serious story. a missing fort bragg soldier in serious danger. police in north carolina say new information has been very concerned about the safety of 23-year-old kelly bordeaux. they are not revealing any more details at this time. she was last seen early saturday morning leaving this bar in fayetteville. she reportedly got a ride home from a bar employment we'll have much more on this story coming up later this hour. we will be live in fayetteville.

california woman under arrest for the suspected murder of military wife brittany kilgore. her remains believed to have been found in a lake near san diego. police still working on a positive i.d there is word the suspect wrote what was supposed to be a suicide note explaining what happened to kilgore, but their exact relationship is still unclear. kilgore filed for divorce from her marine husband, sergeant cory kilgore days before she disappeared. he's now returning from afghanistan for questioning, but police say he is not a suspect at this time. investigators trying to track down as many as 21 prostitutes believed to have joined secret service agents and members of the military for a night of partying at their hotel rooms in colombia. the alleged misconduct taking place ahead president obama's trip o colombia for an economic summit last weekend. his official schedule right there in the agents' hotel rooms for anyone to see. there is also word that those agents bragged about their jobs to those women. at least ten members of the u.s.

military also implicated. that's five more than originally thought. he's cold as ice. take a look at this penguin using his beak to knock another penguin off the o rock and into the water. this isn't the first tough bird to make headlines this week. you'll remember another penguin attacked newt gingrich at the st. louis zoo, leaving him with a nasty boo boo on his finger. >> brian: newt gingrich goes to the zoo all the time. >> steve: he loves the zoos. he's gotten many back stage passes. >> brian: does he know most of them aren't registered to vote? shouldn't he be talking to voters? >> steve: the republicans are trying to appeal to the voters and also at the same time stimulate the economy. tomorrow they are going to roll out in house the small business tax cut act. if you're a small business, 65% of the jobs created in the united states of america are created by small businesses -- you got less than 500 employees, the republicans would like to give you a 20% tax cut.

let small businesses deduct 20% of their taxes. here is the thing. the white house said we don't like the suggestion because what the republicans are doing is they're just targeting the fortunate. that's with they call small businesses. fortunate. >> brian: 165 million people will be helped around the whole country is a start. and it would begin this year. it would happen right away. you spoke to eric cantor. >> gretchen: i did. let's hear from eric cantor. >> i think it's indicative of where they want to take this country because this week that's tax week, what they've done is put up for a vote in the senate a tax hike. if job creation should be our goal, i think most americans say we've got to get this economy going again. they believe you raise taxes. we believe you let small businesses have a tax cut to create more jobs. >> gretchen: the interesting thing is that the presidents in the past said he would be in

favor of some ways of helping install businesses. but right now you could argue it doesn't fit into the narrative of what looks to be the campaign message, which is this whole buffet rule, which is to raise taxes on people who have become successful in this country. so obviously he's going to break out the veto pen before this thing even gets -- it's not going to pass in the senate probably anyway, but he would veto it if it did. >> steve: when you look at the details, this is one of the selling points on behalf of the rips. that is that a third of those businesses owned are owned by women. so everybody is talking about helping women. the republicans are trying to do that. charles krauthammer made it clear where he says the president is not the uniter he's being sold as. perhaps he's more of a divider? charles? >> the hypocrisy here, of course, is that barak obama shot into national consciousness by giving a speech in which he said he would unite red america and blue america. we're not black america, white america.

we're the united states of america. he's running the democrats are running the most divisionsive campaign on rakes class and gender. it's going to be the dirtiest campaign you've ever seen. i would say hide the children and check the plumbing 'cause you're going to have to shower several times a day. >> brian: all right. >> gretchen: one way to look at it. >> brian: we are talking about the tax cut and any type of deficit reduction. let's talk about oil. the president came forward and he said, i know what the problem is. middle east instability. that's what's causing the prices to raise. then he g i know what the problem is. those tax breaks that oil companies get. that's the problem. then he said yesterday, i know what the problem is. it's oil speculators. i got $52 million that i need to crack down on people who speculate about the price going up and down, especially for the manipulating the market. >> gretchen: he actually said that it would put more cops on the street to catch speculators. his words, who attempt to

manipulate markets for their own profit. but i think the theory here is that congress probably won't give him the $52 million, so then the president will be able to say, hey, i tried to come up with a solution for high gas prices, but congress once again, nasty, horrible congress said no to this. i tried. and it didn't work. >> steve: here is the thing, if the president has evidence -- he had eric holder standing right next to him in that rose garden ceremony yesterday -- if he's got evidence that there is price manipulation going on in the oil markets, charge somebody. but the president has named a number of commissions. they've looked into it. it is not a problem. >> brian: in 2006, george bush looked into it. >> steve: he did. >> brian: they didn't find anything. then he took a question yesterday, a senior administration official took a question saying if regulator high school any hint that people are doing this, manipulating the market and making profit, driving the price up so you can get difficult defends, he -- dividends, and later he point to

do -- he point to do enron. >> gretchen: it's kind of on the surface. and if you dig deeper, you mind find out more of the details. but he'll be able to look at congress and say, it's their fault. rush limbaugh had a different way of looking at this. he said, isn't there some speculating going on with other types of energy, maybe green energy, so if you can do it for green energy, why not for oil? >> obama is out in the rose garden today, campaign appearance and starts trashing big oil, starts trashing the oil speculators. let me ask him a question: aren't these green energy people all speculating? are they not speculating with our money, taxpayer dollars? they're all getting loans and whatever from the federal government, from obama, from his stash. you have solyndra. you have all these solar firms that either have filed for bankruptcy or on the way.

you've got wind energy companies that are biting the dust. all of this, the chevrolet volt having trouble. all of this green energy stuff is literally imploding. it is collapsing. isn't obama, in fact, a green energy speculator? aren't all of these people speculating? >> steve: absolutely. how many times have we heard people on the right saying it's not the government's part or place to pick the winners. what they're doing with solyndra, speculation. and now even though they have gone bankrupt to the tune of half a billion dollars, guess what? bankruptcy judge said yeah, it might not have been a good use of money, but some of those guys, 20 of them will wind up with big, juicy bonuses to the tune of 368,000, $500 in total. >> gretchen: wind and solar industry continues to lose jobs. >> brian: suck wind.

>> gretchen: one way to look at it. >> brian: for example, in 2009, they lost 10,000 jobs and 75,000 since president obama took over. >> steve: somebody is about to be a whole lot richer. the identity of the third and final winner of the record mega millions lotto jackpot is expected to be revealed this morning. >> gretchen: let's go to chris live at the convenience store in illinois where the ticket was sold. good morning again. >> good morning to you. we are inside a moto mart. this is where one of those three very lucky tickets was sold for the mega million drawing back on march 30. the winner will be announced at 10:00 o'clock this morning at the village hall here. somebody is going to be nearly $219 million richer. let me show you something. i'm having fun with all this stuff here in red bud. check out this t-shirt. yes, i am from red bud. no, i am not the winner. everybody wants to know who this

winner is. that's still a big mystery this morning. you all recall the $656 million jackpot was drawn back on march 30. there were two additional winners besides the one here in red bud. the other winning tickets were sold in kansas and maryland. those winners have already come forward, but they have been allowed to remain anonymous in illinois, they have to come forward publicly that's what's leading to this ceremony this morning. not many details yet about the winner here in red bud. all we know is that it's one person and it is an illinois resident. we don't know if the winner here. but at 10:00 o'clock central time this morning, 11:00 o'clock back in new york, going to them. back to you. >> gretchen: very exciting. thanks so much, chris. >> steve: illinois resident. could be david axelrod. >> brian: next up, "fox & friends" exclusive.

indiana governor mitch daniel also make a big announcement about the gop race. >> gretchen: looking for a job? better kick the habit 'cause if you smoke, you won't be considered for this particular gig. is that legal? >> steve: keep the e-mails coming. what hairdo would you like to see the three of us get? that's very nice. >> brian: you like like the guy from "the office." >> steve: i kind of do. e-mail us, we've got our photo shop experts busy in the back room. wake up! that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. fohalf the calories plus vgie nutrition. could've had a v8.

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endorsement, i understand. >> must be a slow news day if this made the air, brian. but for what it's worth, i did send a congratulations note to governor romney the other day, offered to do anything i could to help him and here i am. >> brian: so the governor's reaction to your statement? >> well, i guess he's pleased. he's already won our nomination. he earned it. he's proven himself the best nominee who we could put forward. i'm just happy to sign on and help him. >> brian: here is the thing, you have a self depracating way. that's where you have a good approval rating. another reason is even during the darkest times of the recession, you have turned things around in indiana and produced a surplus, so you understand the budget, especially for what you did with president bush at the federal level. a new poll shows americans

prefer budget cuts to tax increases to reduce the deficit. as we look at the poll at home, i'd like to know what you think. >> i think they're displaying good american horse sense. absolutely the right way to go about it. we are spending way beyond our means. any honest observer knows this. we'll have to revise, of course, the safety net program so there is something for the next generation and so we don't bankrupt the next generation. that's where it will have to start. ought to be across the board and this will not be, if we get to do it, will not be as hard as people like to make out. here in indiana where we have the fewest state employees since 1975, second or third lowest spending per capita in the country, we found out that you'd be amazed how much government you'll never miss. >> brian: that's why you're ending the popular, successful as governor. a lot of people are saying the buffet rule is the new thing on the docket. would it do anything substantial

to their economy and to the deficit? >> brian, you know the answer, no. zero. zilch. it's lost. it's just another divisive tactic. i'm so sorry to see this president, administration headed this way. every day slamming some american or some segment of americans at a time when the national imperative is that we get people together. there are a lot of things we disagree about and always will. but saving the american dream and restoring upward mobility for young people and poor people, staving off a debt disaster, those would affect us all. we need national leadership and that's why i'm for mitt romney who will phratry to gather us together and quit trying to drive wedges between us. >> brian: governor, would you also recommend to mitt romney or to talk about it right now, total tax reform be part of the platform that mitt romney puts forward? >> i think it should be the first plank, yes. tax reform is both in the

interest of fairness, but primarily in the interest of jump starting the economy. by the way, this is a great example, brian, of something that most people across the spectrum from right to left agree. flatter, lower set of tax rates with fewer preferences would be much more conducive to jobs and growth and by the way, let me add this is the best way. everybody i think believes that we all have to contribute to getting out of this mess and this is the best way for people of affluence to do it. that is to say, they benefit most from some of these preferences and i think should gladly give them up in the interest of a lake that rises for everyone. >> brian: and governor, would you be the number two if asked? >> well, it won't happen, so we won't take the audience's time with it. but i'll be glad to be a number 22 or wherever i can fit in supporting a winning campaign. >> brian: all right. governor, thanks so much for joining us. always great saying. great job on the super bowl.

>> thanks, brian. >> brian: coming up, new details with media matters that you have never heard of. the liberal blog is getting in a lot of trouble. david brock on the docket. we'll discuss it

>> gretchen: couple headlines. the deportation of osama bin laden's family to saudi arabia on hold. his three wives, eight children and one grandchild were supposed to leave pakistan today, but their passports aren't ready yet. they've been under house arrest since u.s. navy seals killed bin laden. if you want to stay employed, you'll have to put out your cigarette. city officials in fort worth, texas want to stop hiring smokers. they say it will promote wellness and cut health care costs. critics say the policy is overreaching.

steve? >> steve: thanks. remember media matters for america, that ultralibra outfit that's made it their mission to destroy fox news channel, all on the taxpayers' dime? they have tax exempt status. that group's main targets have been revealed and the irs knew about it all along. according to the daily caller, when founder david brock first applied for tax exempt status for media matters, he told the irs his targets were businesses, wealthy americans, and christians. joining us now with more, vince of the daily caller. vince, this is the first time anybody has taken a look at media matters' application to the irs. how did you get it? >> this is the first time it's been publicly exposed and we did what any good journalist did and submitted a open records request and said let's see the documents. we want to see how media matters applied for its tax exempt status, the company that doesn't have to pay taxes in order to do its liberal messaging and is unittial. we thought it was the right time

to find out how they applied for it. >> steve: here is a quotation from their original application. quote, it is common for news and commentary to present viewpoints that ted to overly promote corporate interests, the rights of the wealthy, and a conservative christian influenced ideology. so they're taking on religion. >> that's right. and their liberal leanings are no mystery. they think that christianity has undue influence in the media. in fact, media matters says in its application that the media is dominated by conservative viewpoints and any objective measure shows that's not true. gallup measured this question for years and they've always found that liberal ideology dominates the media in the eyes of american consumers. media matters is coming at this from it's conservative, oh, it's christian. the truth is, if you look at

their web site, they're constantly criticizing christianity and its role in public discourse. >> steve: while they're taking on christianity, they are defensive of islam. >> that's right. and if you just search for the term, islam d hasphobic, it's everywhere on their web site. they accuse everybody of being islamaphobic. and when you have the contraceptive debate, media matters is running cover for the president. talking about how all americans want this. there is no reason to worry about what the christian influence is on this. so it is all starting to come together. >> steve: it's interesting because in their application, they made it very clear they're going to take on business, they're going to take on christians, and somebody at the irs said yep. sounds good to us. let's give them tax exempt status. is this a hate group? >> well, this is a liberal

group, a progressive organization. like i said, the christian designation, the idea of taking on what they perceive as christianity, undue influence of christianity in the media is eyebrow raising because the media is overwhelmingly dominated by liberal ideology. not conservative christian ideology as they say it is. >> steve: all right. vince from the daily caller, thank you very much for bringing this to our attention. >> absolutely. >> steve: what do you think about that? e-mail us. brand-new details under soing this royal embarrassment. pippa facing jail time over what happened in that photo. an update next. then, it's the town that made her famous, but jenny garth is leaving l.a. behind. so long, 90210. how come? she'll explain not only to brian, but gretchen and me as we roll on live from new york i'm robert shapiro.

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>> gretchen: welcome back, everyone. it's time to do a little. steve has a special guest. >> steve: i do. >> brian: jenny garth is here. >> steve: she is. how are you? >> hi. >> steve: you just flew in from the west coast. are you too exhausted or jetlagged to try to help with us the weather? >> no, i can do this. >> steve: you've been watching tv weather people for years. anybody could do it, right?

>> anybody. >> steve: and action. jenny. >> okay. so here we have -- what is this called? satellite. >> steve: it's a map. that's right. >> this is the past six hours. i don't understand why you're showing them this. why don't you show them the next one? they want to know what's going to happen. >> steve: i never thought about it that way. but you're exactly right. but let me tell you, the last image, it's where it's raining right there. how about temperature. >> temperature good. >> steve: current reading, right now. >> 44 in chicago. 45 in albuquerque. that seems a little chilly. but it's early there. >> steve: it is early. still dark out there. >> it's nice. 73 in tampa. >> steve: beverly hills, 90210. >> 55. nobody is up there. >> steve: nobody? somebody has to still be up from last night. >> maybe. >> steve: all right. and today's daytime highs?

>> okay. >> steve: what's your favorite -- >> caribou, 56. >> steve: you ever been to maine? >> do they have moose there? >> steve: moose and squirrel. >> and caribou. let's go to denver. that's where i was born. >> steve: 72. your new tv show takes place out here between 64 and 67. we're going to talk about that in a couple of minutes. >> yep. >> steve: how about a nice round of applause for jenny garth? [ applause ] she makes a great point. why show stuff that's already happened? why not show stuff that will happen? it's a forecast. >> brian: why don't you let her do the weather every day? why don't you just stay here, forget this west coast reality show stuff and stay with us and do the weather? it's exciting, exhilarating, you meet a lot of people, you travel. >> no. >> brian: okay. >> steve: that's very popular. >> gretchen: you have something to look forward to.

>> brian: i'll take it over as we continue to scream for weather people. let's go to your headlines. supreme court upholding the law requiring voters to show i.d. before voting. several groups fought against this law saying it was aimed at intimidating hispanics. the court says it's no evidence of that. the judge did strike down a provision in the law requiring voters to show proof of u.s. citizenship to vote in national elections. >> gretchen: we have a fox news alert now. moments ago, texas police announced they have charged a woman with murder for allegedly shooting a new mom and then kidnapping her baby. they say verna mcclain shot examine killed the mother of this newborn by houston. it's not known if she has any relationship to that boy. the newborn is okay and will be reunited with his father. what a horrible story. >> brian: the royal scandal starring pippa middleton in france may have been overblown. turns out the photographer who first told the story may have

exaggerated. new reports say he knew the driver's gun was fake and told people he never felt like it was in danger. the sun reporting police in paris were launching an investigation, but the story not checking out because no complaints were ever filed. >> gretchen: we told you how john edwards has gone from a 300 plus dollar hair cut to a $13 super cut. we wanted to know is there really any difference? so why not use brian as our perpetual guinea pig? >> brian normally tips $3 to the shampoo girl. but that was just a spritz. so here is $2. a dollar for gretch. >> brian: and five for the shop girl. >> steve: i found this $5 fell out of your pocket. >> brian: that was a surprise for larissa. >> gretchen: sorry. >> steve: did you hear that john edwards was getting a hair cut? >> yes. >> brian: how do you cut hair for $300? >> i don't know why anyone would

pay those prices. >> brian: that is how i looked after. >> gretchen: that's the new do he got courtesy of super cuts. it led many of our viewers to weigh in on all the hair cuts we should get. here is our suggestions for brian. that's very '80s. >> brian: yeah. >> gretchen: is it billy ray cyrus? >> steve: modified. you got like a 5:00 o'clock shadow. >> gretchen: i kind of like it. >> brian: the control room said i look hot. >> gretchen: you do. >> steve: congratulations. >> gretchen: brian, i think this means you should get highlights because someone suggested you get highlights the color of the curvy couch. which is exactly what i see in that photo. >> brian: okay. so if we can move on now. >> steve: now you've got brian sports highlights. >> brian: thank you very much. top of the news, jerry morrie becoming the oldest pitcher ever to win a major league baseball start. he's 49 years old.

he threw seven innings for the rockies as they beat the padres. the baseball hall of fame asking him for some kind of memorabilia to commemorate the historic win in cooperstown. jury selection begins in the retrial of roger clemens. the pitcher accused of lying to congress about his alleged steroid use and performance enhancing drug use. there was a mistrial the first time around, but now many of the prospective jurors say they think the retrial is a waste of taxpayer money. we asked you what you thought about it. mike marshall said this, steve. >> steve: isn't it funny that people will get put on trial and punished for lying to congress, yet congress openly lies to us on a daily basis. why is that okay? >> brian: ron from beverly, massachusetts says this, gretchen? >> gretchen: clemens lied allegedly like martha stewart. if money is the question, i guess we let everyone off the hook. but remember, martha stewart served a couple years in federal prison. >> brian: right. jenny garth, you had never been accused of using performance

enhancing drugs. is that correct? >> no. >> steve: she's gone country and here on our curvy couch today. how are you? >> i am on a curvy couch. >> gretchen: good morning. you've also gone country. this new reality show, i was surprised to find out you grew up on a farm in the midwest. >> i haven't gone country. i've always kind of been country. >> gretchen: yes, you always have. you've gone back to your roots. >> yes. i wanted to sort of raise my girls in a rural atmosphere, you know, and let them be free, let them be kids, and that's what we're doing right now. we've been up there in the country for a few years and we love it. >> steve: so you left beverly hills 90210, a famous zip code, and you're about 100 miles north of there, where? >> over 100 miles. yeah. we're in a beautiful place. >> brian: so pretty. >> steve: where dogs run wild on leashes. >> dogs run wild, animals are everywhere. >> brian: you know what's interesting is everyone we talk to with a reality show shows about how the cameras are all over us. you told me the opposite.

you felt like it was very controlled. >> i could go with the flow. things -- it wasn't stressful for us at all. the crew was wonderful and very respectful. our team was -- my girls are little and they didn't want to be intrusive and we just kind of did it how it worked for us. >> gretchen: whose door were they knocking on? >> we have an assistant who is there to help us, or help me run things and take care. i needed an extra pair of hands. >> steve: we have a clip involving one of your assistants. do you know what clip it is? >> i don't know. is it involving -- >> steve: a cow, yes. here it is on the farm. >> sounds like a cow hat on right now. >> i feel like we've bond. >> suck it! >> jenny. >> you lost fair and square. suck it. >> gretchen: wait a minute. is that you telling her to do that? >> i don't know. i never said anything like that.

>> brian: how tough was this knowing that the reality show is going and you're going through the middle of a divorce at the same time? >> yeah. that wasn't very good timing. but it wasn't planned that way by any means, but things happen and you kind of just have to deal with it. and get through it the best you can. so i'm here to talk about my show and i'm totally -- america has been so supportive and people and the fans and everything have been so supportive. >> steve: when you were filming it, your husband, peter, was there. is he in the series? are we going to see him? >> no. he's not part of it. >> gretchen: but i understand that you want to go back to your original name. right? >> yes. i was always -- >> gretchen: you always stayed jenny garth. >> brian: you also are going to do what robert duval did, or i call him bobby. gene hackman, too.

they want to have a thriving career, but they want to stay out of l.a. >> i love l.a i could be anywhere and be happy. i really do like nature and the country. >> steve: all right. check out her new show "jenny garth," premieres friday at 9:00 o'clock eastern. >> brian: when did you start with the weather? you going to start monday morning? >> no. i'm terrible at the weather. >> steve: no, that was good. you had a deep question. why is this in the past and not the future? >> gretchen: if we do need a farm correspondent, though, we know where to go. somebody who understands all about it. continued success and and we look forward to seeing your show. >> thank you. >> gretchen: coming up, first there was a car czar, then a green energy czar. next an ocean czar? seriously? stick around. we'll be back to explain [ male announcer ] when a major hospital

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>> steve: here is something you probably haven't heard. could president obama be on the verge of appointing an ocean czar? back in 2010, he implemented a national ocean policy that may give the federal government control of our nation's oceans and fisheries. >> brian: can't be. the policy doesn't need congress' approval and some lawmakers call it an incredible power grab. >> steve: a member of the house natural resources committee, bill flores of texas joins us live. good morning to you. >> good morning. how are y'all? >> steve: doing great. we read about this in human events yesterday where essentially the government is talking about zoning the oceans? >> that's correct. that's exactly correct. and congress talked about this for eight years in the past. not in this congress, but in

prior congresses. and congress elected to do nothing. but now the president, by an executive order, has decided he's going to do this and you've got dozens of agencies participating in this process and spending taxpayer dollars that haven't been appropriated and the process has not been authorized. >> brian: what's your greatest fear? what do you think the aim of the white house is? >> essentially what you could do, if you look at the breadth of the ruling, it says that it wants to control activities in the oceans and all the sources thereof, which means that you could thee receipticly have a rainfall on my house and that rain drop will flow into the ocean and because of that, they could regulate of the activities of what my neighbors could do at their house. >> steve: are you worried this is just a bare faced power grab by the white house? >> absolutely. they're trying to find a way to determine what activities can and cannot happen on the ocean and that also take that into the great lakes and also virtually

to every property in the united states. >> brian: here is the white house about this very thing and your concern. they say this: the national ocean policy is structured around nine priority objectives to improve stewardship of the ocean. it in no way restricts any ocean coastal or great lake activity. what do you say? >> well, the problem is if you look at the language of the agencies, there are dozens of agencies involved in this process, and each of the agencies has put out a report to how they're going to help be part of it. each of them have said it's similar to taking the zoning that occurs in a city or a town and extending it to the ocean. now, think about what your local town council can do to you. they're essentially trying to do that from here in washington with unelected, unaccountable, now with the gsa activities, irresponsible bureaucrats. >> steve: sea czar. bill flores, republican congressman from texas. thank you very much. >> great to talk to you this morning. >> brian: another day, another czar. our next message has a message

for parents. quit babying your kids or you'll cripple our nation. don't miss that discussion next. >> steve: first, let's check in with martha mccallum for a preview of what happens in ten minutes. >> good morning, guys. and good morning, everybody at home. so harry reid tells representative john micah that he needs to get a life. reid is not happy with this gsa inquiry. that congressman will join us with his thoughts on why that might be. why would harry reid be so upset about this whole thing and the senate now says that after three years without putting forth a budget, i think they'll wait 'til after the election. we'll talk about that coming up at the top of the hour "america's news room" . hmmm. fohalf the calories plus vgie nutrition. could've had a v8. [ male announcer ] while othe are content to imitate, we'll contin to innovate.

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>> gretchen: recent poll revealed that one in five people between the ages of 18 and 34 are still given an allowance

from their parents or other family members. our next guest says if parents don't stop off and oning over their kids and bailing them out, it could cripple the nation. the author of "the responsibility rules, living a self disciplined life in a self entitled world." good morning to you, susan. >> thank you, gretchen, good morning. >> gretchen: this is one of my pet peeves as well. it seems as if there is this victim mentality in our society. can you expand upon that? >> you're absolutely right. there is. what we feel around us is a lack of personal responsibility. we see it in our government, we see it in our schools. we see it in our institutions and we even see it in our own families. this book really was written in a response to a few things that happened to us that really brought back the fact that families do not want to be parents -- parents don't want to be parents. they want to be friends. we had an underage drinking party at our house and when we discovered thisser, we corned the 20 kids, the parents, i got two parents out of 20 that said their children would be over to apologize and the other 18 i got responses such as, well, they were only there for 20 minutes.

and one person just went on how it was my fault that my child was at my house. a few weeks later we had an episode on our soccer team with parents swooping in, more kids entitlement. i felt i had to do something. you're right. this is an epidemic in our country. and you see it in the workplace, you see it in the government and it really is the lack of personal responsibility is a threat to our democracy. >> gretchen: i'm called mean mom, but i make my kids earn their technology time. i don't know. i guess i'm old-fashioned. let's look at some of the rules that are in your book. rule 175, there's a lot of them. parents' job is make themselves obsolete. what do you mean? >> your job is not to be a parent when your child is 30 and they want to move back into your basement. your job is to launch them out into the world, to give them skills that allow them to be responsible adults. your job is to make yourself obsolete. you are a parent forever and that you love and you care for your child, but your child has to be able to stand on their own

two feet. you can't swoop into their college or boss' office or into their lives and expect them to be mature, responsible adults. >> gretchen: rule 15, you don't get a medal for just showing up. healthy self-esteem is derived through hard work and accomplishment. i mean, my goodness, how much do we see this right now, speaking of the soccer field, everyone gets a medal for everything. >> just for showing up. i know we've talked to a lot of people that own substantial businesses and they're saying with these kids coming in from college and expect six figure salaries. they expect a corner office. they want the best assignments. you have to earn that. you have to earn respect and those rewards and kids are being taught as they're bought up through the system and being off and oned over by their parents, they don't have to earn it. they're entitled to it just for breathing. it's a rude awakening once they get into the work force. >> gretchen: you also believe that this sense of entitlement and lack of personal responsibility is holding the united states back from a full recovery economically.

how? >> i do because i think really that we have that many are expecting the few to bail them out. they're expecting entitlements and so on. we've seen this in europe and in greece, italy and some of these socialist countries where we have a few that are supporting the many. they're entitled to 30 hour work weeks or whatever. i see that sort of thing happening in this country and i think it's scary. >> gretchen: wow. amazing book. susan is the author of the book. i love what inspired you to write this. you just are a regular person who decided to take action. thanks so much. >> thanks. >> gretchen: we'll have more "fox & friends" two minutes away so who ordered the cereal that can help lower olesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal?

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