moto -- porsche? or is it porsche? we don't know. >> zoom! >> steve, thanks. matt, our floor director gets this right every single time when we can't. >> that's true, he does. have a great day, folks. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> good morning, everyone. it's wednesday, april 25th. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing part of your day with us today. mitt romney, the presumptive nominee promising to save the country from president obama. >> all of you, i have a simple message. hold on a little longer. a better america begins tonight. >> and now, mitt romney getting ready to meet with one of his former opponents. we'll tell you who that is. >> meanwhile, the president taking the competition in stride with a little humor. >> i want to slow down the news and i'm not the only one.

>> it's the president. he also reveals what he would like to say to mitt romney. and a basketball shot you have to see to believe so let's see. >> he tint -- "fox & friends" starts right now. >> good morning, everyone. what country was that from, that basketball shot? >> we'll to reveal that later on in the show. it sounded like a different cheer of sorts. >> yeah, listen, there it is right there and -- >> oh! >> see, he went like -- >> the soccer call. >> speaking of cheers, there was a big cheer in new hampshire last night, mitt romney swept the board and essentially claimed -- it was his acceptance

speech for the nomination even though he still doesn't have the total number of delegates he needs. >> he's got about 829 now after taking all five states convincingly. i think there was one showing in which newt gingrich, excuse me, rick santorum had 19% of the vote in pennsylvania. but mitt romney seemed to be hitting his stride last night, arguably his best speech to date. here's a little of it. >> what do we have to show for 3 1/2 years of president obama? is it easier to make ends meet? >> no! >> is it easier to sell your home or buy a new one? >> no! >> are you paying less at the pump? >> no! >> you know, if the answer were yes to those questions, then president obama would be running for re-election based on his record. and rightly so. but because he has failed, he will run a campaign of diversions and distractions and distortions. it's still about the economy and we're not stupid.

>> see, that's really interesting and important to kind of take that point by point. because we've argued on this show that the president's campaign style is to keep it simple, stupid. to keep it on the surface of the discussion. and for mitt romney to be effective, he's going to need to come out and have those bullet points that come out right against what president obama says to say exactly the opposite in a simple way. >> yeah, and you know, very simply if you were just watching the tone of the two men who talked yesterday, the president down in north carolina and mitt romney up in manchester, new hampshire, you know, mitt romney was optimistic. he sounded, you know, like everything was about to get back on track. but brit hume, gretch, says you're right. the election is about the president's record. are we better off today than we were when he took the office? >> this election is going to be more about obama than it's employing to be about romney. because it's romney's record on

trial here, no question about that in my judgment and people are going to ask themselves what was he elected to do? i don't know if he knows to this day. he was elected to fix the economy. that's the issue that made the difference starting in december of 2008 when he was down in the polls, to fix the economy. the economy remains unfixed. does anybody think that the issues that have -- that drove the 2010 midterm in which his party took a terrible bath have gotten any better for democrats? they haven't. they haven't at all! >> i think the other story that's not being told yet but often told and expanded on in the sunday shows are mitt romney. they're trying to label mitt romney one way like rick santorum and maybe newt gingrich has as a flip-flopper but then the same breath, in the same speech, they'll say he's a right wing extremist. you can't be a flip-flopper without a corps and at the same time, be a hard right extremist. i think they have to make a

choi choi choice. >> i think that's been the latest choice. bill clinton has been saying the flip-flopper thing doesn't work. the people in the middle says i like somebody who is flexible whereas now it seems as if the barack obama campaign has adopted the tact that mitt romney, he is so extremely conservative. >> uh-huh. well, one person who still in the race is newt gingrich. we thought that maybe he -- after the performance last night would bow out. that still could happen in the next few days. but he still now seemingly more on the side of mitt romney than he's been in the past. here's a snippet of what he said last night. >> i want you to know that we'll be here through the week but we're going to think carefully about how we can be the most helpful to this country and how we can make sure, one, that barack obama is a one-term president, period. and two, we want to make sure

that we send the best, strongest possible signal to tampa. that we want a conservative platform. >> i think he's concerned about his debt logically about $4 million and he wants to have a role if that platform and he knows maybe a role, would it be a romney administration. >> you know who else wants a role in some of that? rick santorum. >> what do you think? >> he apparently is going to meet now with mitt romney on may 4th which is next week. now, some of the things that maybe he would want to talk to mitt romney about according to this article, iran, the health care policy that mitt romney will place forward and what role santorum can play for the g.o.p. in the fall campaign. i mean, isn't that why ron paul is still in the race as well? don't they hang on to a certain extent because they want to have some sort of impact at the convention? they want some of their ideas to be on the platform on the stage. same thing with gingrich and santorum. >> it was interesting, i was watching him being interviewed last night and mrs. santorum was more determined by rick santorum

to not endorse mitt romney yet. she was still holding out. it was relatively bizarre. i feel like they shouldn't have done the interview if they weren't ready to endorse. >> rick santorum still on the board and ballot yesterday in his home state of pennsylvania. bad news for a couple of blue dog democrats, very familiar names. jason altmeyer who has been on this program a couple of times and tim holden, the senior, the most senior member of the pennsylvania delegation, a 10 term guy, they were both ousted by other democrats essentially because they both voted against the president's health care reform. >> two points dau-- a blue dog democrat is one that is conservative fiscally. they voted against obamacare a couple of years ago but i see this a little bit differently. i see this as bad news for the republicans actually that blue dog democrats would get voted out after obamacare and all the discussion about obamacare right now being overturned, and those

who voted against it are ousted? i don't see that as necessarily positive news for blue dog democrats or republicans for that matter. >> i will say this, redistricting had a lot to do with it. they had to introduce themselves to people. in the case of kritz, he's one -- he's considered a reliable democrat with stronger ties to party leaders and was an aide to john murtha who was tight with nancy pelosi. >> right, and the big money that helped boot altmire out of office was from the union. they were furious he didn't vote for the health care reform. >> while you were sleeping, we learned that republican senator marco rubio right now has extra security after receiving a credible threat. he's getting police protection at his home in miami and in washington. rubio frequently mentioned as a choice for mitt romney's vice presidential pick. police are not releasing

specific information about the threat. a bird strike forced a jet blue airline to make an emergency landing last night. i think i heard those geese from my yard before it happened. this lucky guy given the task to clean up the mess. all 54 passengers were put on the next flight. this is the third flight grounded including air force two with vice president joe biden on board. bad news this morning for britain's economy. the country has fallen back into a recession for the first time since 2009. the economy unexpectedly shrank in the first quarter on a slump in construction. it's the first double dip recession for the british economy since the 1970's. now that basketball show that you got to see to believe, or the shot. no other way to put it. this is one impossible shot. check this out from the game. it was estonia. it wasn't here. player making it a desperate attempt to keep it inbounds.

he gets nothing but net. swish! simply incredible. nothing but net. and he's not even looking at the basket. watch this. he didn't go back. >> let's take a look at the estonia standings right now. last night, president obama was on with jimmy fallon in north carolina. go figure. >> yeah. jimmy fallon does this thing on the program where occasionally he'll have a big star and the star will slow jam the news. there's the president -- >> what is slow jam? you grew up in rap. >> you know what? i could explain it but it's easier if you see it. here's the president slow jamming the news with jimmy. >> we said it's simple. now is not the time to make school more expensive for our young people. >> oh, yes!

you should listen to the president. or as i like to call him the prezi of the united statesi. >> right now, the former presidents are like huh? that's what we do now when we're president of the united states? >> when you want the kids. >> i don't care. i think it's nutso. ok, anyway, president obama also took a question from twitter. this one about mitt romney. >> if mitt romney was in the room with you right now, what would you say to him? >> i'd say hey, mitt. i would. >> that's pretty good. >> yeah. >> do you know mitt romney? >> i've met him. but we're not friends. he seems like somebody who cares deeply about his family and his wife is lovely. >> game on. >> yeah. >> indeed. >> i think it's very effective for president obama. i personally do not agree with the highest office of the land,

the most important figure in the world going on these comedy shows. i think it lowers the status of the office. >> now he's on "the daily show" and he's on letterman and he's on "the tonight show." >> next stop, the food channel. when he was running for president -->> he did "the view." >> that's right, when he was running for president, he was on "saturday night live." it will be interesting to see whether or not mitt romney does take up "saturday night live"'s offer to be on the show. it would be a nice introduction. >> we've had the face-off on his radio show. "fox & friends" face-off! we'll see. >> some people are outraged he would -- they would even bring it up. people say of course, go do it. you have nothing to lose. >> as long as he can look at the script and say they're not making me look stupid here, i'll do it. >> when you're there, they don't do it. when they make a parody of you and they rent their own curvy couch, that's a different story. >> i have to buy the d.v.d. >> i have less trust. coming up on the show, saying sorry not the hardest part.

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>> all too often, the united states starts by dictating. >> there have been times where america has shown arrogance and been dismisssive. >> we have at times been disengaged and at times, we

sought to dictate our terms. >> that was president obama shortly after taking office and through his first three years going on what critics call an american apology tour. last night, mitt romney said he would never apologize for america. >> we will stop the days of apologizing for success at home and never again apologize for america abroad! >> point, counterpoint. so why does the president feel the need to say sorry for america and are we apologizing for american traditional values as well? here to weigh in is radio talk show host and author of "still the best hope, why the world needs american values to triumph" mr. dennis dragger. which said do you fall on? >> i fall on, i was going to say president romney but i fall on governor romney's side on this. >> why isn't it good for a

mighty power to show humility? >> that's not a problem for a mighty power to show humility when it's necessary. but my definition of the president is i don't have a problem with the president, the president is a man of the left. the left has a problem with american power. why the left has a problem with american power? because the left divides the world not between good and bad, decent and indecent, right and wrong but between rich and poor, between powerful and underdog and between strong and weak. so that is why the left feels power -- america is powerful and it must be wrong. weak must be right. the first world must be wrong. the third world must be right. it's a different moral division of the world on the left. >> let's take a look where you in your new book take a look at americanism vs. leftism. look at this right here, you have the attitude towards wealth. >> that's right. >> explain that. >> yeah, the left's attitude -- when we speak about prosperity, we're talking conservative terms. when you speak material

equality, you speak the left's terms. many americans think that left and right have the same ends but different means to get there. it's not true. they have different ends. and there are fine people on both sides. my book is not a knock on people. it's a knock on ideas. they don't want wealth. the left has never created wealth. american values, free markets create wealth. >> they want wealth but split up with everybody. >> by the government. >> but unless, of course, you're wealthy and you're a famous actor or actress, they tend to be on the left. how do you explain that? a lot of them have to have tremendous values and work ethic to put up with rejection to get there. >> right, a man called my shows years ago. 20 years ago, called my show, dennis, i'm an actor in hollywood. i'm based in l.a. my show is national. i want you to know i'm gay and republican. i came out gay years ago, it's a nonissue. i would never come out republican. there's a herd instinct there.

they have balked the line. conservative republican means greedy, selfish, etc. i will show i'm not greedy and selfish even though i make a million dollars, $2 million, $10 million, how does hollywood be for taxes and then leave california to make films in low tax states? >> in other countries. >> we heard from jon lovitt a couple of days ago, he voted for the president and not happy with the whole thing. thank you for dropping by, the big plastic desk to talk about today. >> going to be an exciting year. talk to you again. coming up straight ahead on the rundown, the pentagon creating a brand new secret service agency. what for i ask? the details coming your way. >> i thought the details should be secret, shouldn't they? >> you're right. the school district is broke and the students are dropping out. the teachers are getting lip injections on the taxpayers dime. one parent fighting back.

>> some quick headlines now. the first case of mad cow disease to appear in the u.s. in six years. it was discovered in a dairy cow in a farm in california. the agriculture department insists the animal was never a threat to the nation's food supply and america's beef and dairy products are safe to eat. keep chewing. and the pentagon confirming plans to create a new spy agency that will be made up of several hundred officers who worked to gather intelligence from around the world including africa where al-qaida is an active threat. gretch? >> thank you, brian, from botox to liposuction, teachers in

buffalo, new york are getting unbelievable perks thanks to their union health plan. it's paid for using your tax dollars. $9 million over two years to be exact. while the teachers are getting the perks, students are suffering. school district is projected to have a $43 million deficit next year and now teachers are asking the union to cut back on their benefits. one of the parents who has three sons in the buffalo school district and the president of the district coordinating council. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning, sister gretchen, how are you doing today? >> i'm doing just fine. thank you for your politeness. tell us about this outrageous story. most health insurance plans never include plastic surgery. how did this get into the plan for teachers? >> well, they negotiated it. but it's a little bit more insidious than this. because we are a self-insured district, this is money coming right out of the taxpayers dollars going to for the

teachers to have the health benefits. >> you are outraged about this. you have three children in this school district. this is a startling stat that i did not realize. buffalo is the nation's third poorest city and yet, new york state in general gets more money than almost any other state towards education and they don't fare that well when it comes to testing. so what do you believe is the answer for the kids? >> well, first of all, you know, the first answer is for us to acknowledge the fact that we have to do better. reality is that we're -- right now, while we're going to be paying for liposuction and breast implants for teachers, we have a summer school program that's being kicked -- going to be brought on tonight that cancel our summer school program while we're providing, you know, cosmetic surgery for our teachers and at this point, if we don't do something about it. we have to find a way to stop ourselves. if we don't stop ourselves, we're going to, you know, keep going down the wrong road. >> so we reached out to the

union, the buffalo teachers federation for comment, they did not get back to us. what has been the response from the union to you as a parent? >> that -- the bottom line, then, until they get something back, they've earned in this collective bargaining and they're not going to do anything until they get something in return for it. the fact that we can't afford it, the fact that we're in a deficit and we're going to cancel summer school until -- because only 500 teachers actually benefit from this. 500 teachers and their parents benefit from this health care benefit and being we have a whole population of students -- we have 3500 students in buffalo public schools and they won't be able to get the quality education because we're providing health benefits to teachers. >> if you could, sir, for the benefit of your three children give a message to the teachers and to this union, what would be t be? >> put children first. we understand as a union you have a responsibility to your teachers but we all have a responsibility to making sure

every one of our children with a quality education. what we're going to do is rally today. and we rallied three times already. we're going to continue rallying until they understand it's more important for our children to get a quality education and we can't afford to continue to spend our tax dollars to take care of a few -- health benefits for a few teachers when we have thousands of kids not getting a quality education. >> wow. keep us posted and let us know what happens at that rally today. samuel radford, that is, parent of three sons in buffalo school district who cares about the education his kids get. thanks, sir. >> thank you. >> this is going to get your blood boiling as well. debt collectors so aggressive they're tracking people down at the hospital. you heard it right. plus religion under fire. firefighters, that cross right there in danger now of being taken away. but first, happy birthday to al pacino. the actor is 72 today. [ femaler kids are getting a dependable clean in the bathroom?

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that's really, really pretty. by the way, an all points bulletin here on the "fox & friends" set right now. brian has lost his blackberry. >> no, i'm sure it's somewhere -- >> you know what? i have with us today, i have borrowed one of the walkie-talkies from the control room. >> you went to radio shack? >> pretty much. breaker, breaker one, nine. brian has lost his blackberry. can we look for it, please? >> looks like we got it. brian to look for it. >> what's that? >> if you could have joanna look for brian's blackberry. where do you think you lost it? >> i think i left it in the make-up room. >> look in the make-up room. >> he left his miniature stapler on the set yesterday and i bought you some extra staples today. >> you did? >> because you were maligning me for bringing your stapler back to you but not bringing extra staples so they're in my

purse. during the next commercial break, i'll get the stapled for you. >> word to the security guard, can you make sure brian doesn't leave studio e without his baby stapler. >> ok. >> brian, start headlines. >> are you sure you called the right show? you don't even know! now to your headlines. three more secret service agents are off the job now as congressional hearing on the colombian prostitution scandal gets under way today. two of the agents resigned while the third permanently lost his national security clearance. meantime, other agents accused of misconduct in the cartegana, this is the first time it's happened. they contend their actions did not dismissal because senior managers tolerated similar behavior during other official trips. wow. a dozen secret service agents have been accused of partying with prostitutes while on duty, as you know. >> robert murdoch testifying live in a london courtroom about that phone hacking scandal. earlier, he spoke about the state of media in the united

kingdom. >> the state of media in this country is of absolutely vital interest to all of its citizens. so i think frankly, i -- i welcome the opportunity because i wanted to put some myths to bed. >> newscorp owns news of the world. it comes one day after his son james, the former chair of ceo of news international appeared before the hearing. it is the parent corporation of fox news. >> the firefighter's prayer is something close to all firefighters' hearts. but now that prayer coming under fire. a national atheist group telling the woonsocket, rhode island, fire department to take the prayer off its web site and they're demanding they remove a cross that was built in the station's parking lot 491 years ago as a monument to fallen war veterans. >> there's one person that's complaining about it, i'm

standing here, i'm one person that's supporting it. >> i don't want to cave into those atheist groups. i do not want to cave into them. >> firefighters say the city may have to give in because it might not have enough money to battle it in court. >> that's what it comes down to usually. imagine still being in the hospital and being hounded to pay off those medical bills, one of the largest debt collectors under fire for the aggressive tactics. the company apparently having its workers going to patients' bedsides demanding they cough up the money before they receive the treatment. minnesota attorney general has filed a lawsuit saying the company is violating hippa law. time to bring in dick morris who joins us from -- where are you this morning? >> florida. >> lucky you. >> last time, no surprise. >> en route to north dakota. >> by the way, looking for a job with oil? some shale, perhaps? >> no, no, no. let's talk about the five results yesterday. no surprise who came out on top.

mitt romney seemed to be accepting the nomination last night, good tone? >> yeah, i think so. i think there's a case of identity theft going on here. i think obama and his democrats are stealing santorum's and gingrich's identities and trying to paste it on romney. they're acting as if romney is as much in favor of budget cutting as gingrich is. or that he's as much a social conservative as santorum is. and what it really is that obama, i think, wanted so much to run against gingrich as heartless or against santorum as a neanderthal and then he got romney and i don't think his speechwriters have changed their speech. i think they're doing the same thing they would have if either of those guys -- >> it's interesting. debbie wasserman schultz, the head of the democratic national committee is on this show frequently and for the last eight months maybe, she would only attack mitt romney as the

presumptive nominee that would be going up against president obama. even when you would ask a question about another candidate, she would go back to attacking mitt romney. so i don't think it's a surprised to them that this is who they thought they would be up against. >> yeah, but that's the whole point, gretchen. they attacked mitt romney because they wanted santorum or gingrich to get the nomination because they'd be easier to beat and now they're facing romney and they're trying to morph him into the other two. by the way, there was a very important result in pennsylvania last night. they had a primary for the republican nomination for the u.s. senate and tom smith won. who is a very strong candidate and that to me really opens up a possibility of another republican pickup because i think he could wage a very tough campaign against bob casey and casey can be beaten, i know, because his father was my client. >> a lot of people voted for him thinking he was his dad. >> right. >> sure. that name on the ballot meant a lot. also in pennsylvania, two blue

dog democrats, incumbents lost and we've been talking about that this morning. what do you make of the fact that the ombudsman at the "new york times," this super editor there took a look at their coverage in 2008 at mccain and obama and essentially said, yeah, you're right, folks out there who think that it's true, we were in the tank for obama last time. but this time going forward, they're saying ok, we're going to be more objective. and we're actually going to look at his quote, at his record. here's a quote, the general election season is on and "the times" needs to offer an aggressive look into the president's record, policy and campaign operation to answer the question who is the real barack obama? many critics view "the times" as constitutionally unable to address the election in an unbiassed fashion. >> what do you think? >> well, first of all, i think he deserves tremendous credit. and this is the guy "the times" appointed to kind of its

watchdog, its overseer, kind of in charge of its -- its editorial and ethical standards. and it's terrific that he said that. there are two factors that make the media liberal. one is that the reporters are liberal but the other fact is that the media tends to react to what it last did badly. so, for example, it was relatively mild toward bush during the early years of his administration after 9/11. and then it overcompensated by being too harsh during the iraq war and then when obama got elected they said oh, wow, we just ruined a presidency with bush. maybe we'll be nicer to obama. and i think you will begin to see a bit of a pendulum swing against obama even though the media itself is liberal. >> for us to say -- what does this say? sorry, i can't comprehend this this morning, that you would actually have an ombudsman who would print something like this admitting they were not fair and balanced back in 2008.

what does this say about the future of the "new york times"? >> it says they've got a guy on the payroll and one guy that's protecting the long term integrity of "new york times." it's one of america's two greatest newspapers with "the wall street journal" and thank goodness, somebody is speaking up to protect its integrity. >> fair and balanced because they have one ombudsman's article that says that. now they'll -- do you think they'll actually go further and be fair and balanced or this will sort of be a cover? >> no, i think this will have an impact. i think this is real. i think it's courageous. and i think it's important. >> all right. >> by the way, i have a new book out, the title will set you guys back a little bit called "screwed." and the subtitle is "how foreign countries are ripping us off plundering our economy and our leaders are letting them do it" and it's coming out on may 8th but you can order it at our web site dickmorris.com and if you

want, i'll sign a book plate for you. >> very good. >> you were supposed to say that. >> there you go. joining us today from florida, thank you, sir, for being with us for some reaction. >> thank you. >> all right. have you gotten your blackberry yet? have we located it? >> there's been no movement. >> have we found brian's blackberry yet? over? >> no. >> all right. >> thank you. >> that was shawn. i recognize his voice from my ear. coming up straight ahead, a democrat fighting back -- democrat fighting back against his party saying the keystone pipeline needs to be passed now. he should know. he goes -- it goes through his state, the montana governor in our green room has gone outside. he's here live. >> and the nfl draft is just a day away and "fox & friends" is getting you ready for it. check out who is on the plaza. super bowl winning ravens coach brian billick in a nice ride.

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the turbo that gets 42 miles per gallon. that's the power of german engineering. ♪ >> 46 minutes after the top of the hour. if you're just waking up, a couple of quick headlines for you now. the parents of the missing 6-year-old are allowed back inside their arizona home. they're scaling back the search but an f.b.i. behavioral analysis unit will continue to question family and neighbors. the girl's parents believe she was taken from her bedroom friday night. the nba fighting back hard against meta world peace. this elbow, he was suspended now for seven games. is that assault? the other player suffered a concussion from that hit. speaking of sports, you're outside with someone who knows a little bit about that. >> i was talking to brian billick to my immediate left. why can't you get a hotel room in new york? because the nfl draft is here

and it's become almost like the super bowl, chance to do business as well as to meet the players and it's taken over this city. right now, is brian billick who won the super bowl with the ravens and almost got to the super bowl as offensive coordinator with the minnesota vikings. and stuart heinman is here from the auto group. >> he's with the mazarati brand. this is a high performance car. >> we have to talk about how business is really -- this car, we may take a ride with it. i know it's about the players that you draft in your teams. what business goes on behind the scenes here? >> think about the very nature. we're in the off season and here we are at the nfl draft which is nothing more than making a list, right? but on thursday, friday and saturday night, it's going to outdraw the nba in the playoffs, nhl in the playoffs and major league baseball. that's the draw of the nfl and the interest here even in the off season. >> what people don't know if you don't get a chance to go to the super bowl is how much business is done outside the game that has nothing to do with the game.

stuart, why is it important to bring your brand to this draft? >> the demographic, the power, the draw of the nfl is as perfectly aligned with the brand as we could ask for. >> why is that? because a lot of guys watch it? >> it's youthful. male oriented, male tilted if i can put it that way. high performance, fast moving. i couldn't write it or script it any better. >> between networking and the actual business that gets done, correct? >> the branding that, that brand, the nfl draft, the shield as they call it, you know, that means something. you talk about a cut above and the national football league, no matter who you talk to, that's the model at least for professional sports in terms of how you need to operate your business in a way that the fans are responding to it. >> i have to ask you a quick thing about football. as much as we're interested in the draft, we know that andrew luck will go to indianapolis, we have the saints situation where they might have been

eavesdropping. that's the accusation from the g.m., listening to the other coaches. how much can you get done by listening to coaches inside the game? you were offensive coordinator once, too, while the game was happening. >> yeah, i was listening to the coaches and didn't understand a word they were saying. i really don't know. i imagine if your coaches could hear the other coaches in the play calling, certainly that would be something that you don't want to have happen, would be a competitive advantage. for a general manager and don't know if it's true, not true, i don't understand why you would even do it. i don't understand the functionality of it. >> i would like to see how this car functions. >> you're going to be the expert. you're the new yorker. >> stuart, hop in the car. have you been in the back of one of your vehicles? come on in! i've never driven a mazarati but i'd like to have one. i could actually pull this out, stuart, you're all right with this? >> yeah, have a great time. >> listen to this car. >> oh! whoa! >> speed up a little bit, if you could. >> guys, i'm going to go back inside because i'm going outside. see you later. can you make a right on red in the city?

no, make a left. >> that would be a bad thing. >> ok. i'll let these pedestrians cross. >> right. >> brian, i'm so jealous. >> i know it's a surprise but stuart has just whispered to me that i can have the car and i get to hang out with the coach. >> all right. so brian kilmeade leaving the program 2 hours and 10 minutes early. >> wonder if he has his blackberry. >> hypocrisy alert, while warren buffet argues that wealth any americans should pay more, their fair share, he's trying to pay less now. you have to hear this one. >> democrat fighting his own party with the keystone pipeline. he says it needs to be passed now. he should know, it goes through his state. governor of montana here live next. the best part of angreat meal?

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>> welcome back. blocking the keystone pipeline is getting harder for the president as more and more democrats are joining republicans to support the project. last week, 69 house democrats helped pass a highway bill containing a provision that would allow the construction to move forward. the president says he'll veto the bill. but how long can he hold out? democratic montana governor brian switzer is the supporter of the pipeline and joins us live in front of the building. brian just pulled up in a mazarati. good morning, governor. >> great to be back. >> let's talk about the keystone pipeline. 69 members of the president's own party say he's wrong on this. we have to build it. >> i've been a supporter of the keystone pipeline for the last three years and, i know this is a source of conflict free oil. we have to get off this addiction to oil coming from the dictators overseas and alberta,

my neighbor to the north, they are the best source of oil for the united states in the future. >> this would be greattate as w. you know, politics has been injected in this because the president is looking to his green base going i got to help them out here! it's an election year. >> pipelines are actually permitted state by state. so we offered the permit, south dakota offered the permit and in nebraska right now, they called a special session of the legislature and they said we're going to change the rules so when nebraska actually gets a route, then transcanada going to visit again next week in calgary, they're going to be able to offer a complete permit and then the president can act. >> but the small print is the department of state has already signed off on the route two times. so this is just politics. >> actually not. there is no route because there's no route to cross nebraska right now. there's a route across montana and south dakota. yeah and so now, now that nebraska is looking at where that route might be, as soon as nebraska gives the stamp, then we can move ahead and so we hope

it moves quickly because there will be thousands of jobs not only producing, producing the pipeline but the oil in montana. >> look in that camera, talk to harry reid and tell him they got to pass this thing. >> not only is the keystone pipeline good because we bring conflict-free oil from alberta, but it will be montana oil, montana jobs that will be drilling this oil and putting american oil in that pipeline. it's good for america. it's good for jobs. >> are you talking to harry reid there? >> i'm talking to everybody in america. >> good enough. the governor is going to stick around because he's got some stuff. if you are out on the streets of new york city and you say where can i get some good jerky? you can get it from the hand of the governor. >> buffalo jerky! >> buffalo jerky and huckleberry jam. >> holy cow. real pleasure having you. >> somebody said you can't get something for nothing here in new york, you can here today. >> that's right. stop by and he'll be with us shortly. meanwhile, a big two hours of "fox & friends" on tap. president bush getting high

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our support teams are nearby, ready to help. it's no wonder so many investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. >> good morning, everyone. it's wednesday, april 25th. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks so much for sharing your time with us today. it was a five state sweep last night for mitt romney. >> to all of you, i have a simple message. hold on a little longer. a better america begins tonight. >> now, there's word that mitt romney is getting ready to meet with one of his former opponents. we'll fill you in. >> hypocrisy alert, while warren buffet argues that the americans should pay more, you know, their fair share. he's trying to pay less, details in moments. >> and forget commander in chief, how about comedian in chief? >> well, we said it's simple. now is not the time to make school more expensive for our

young people. >> [applause] >> oh, yeah! >> president obama slow jamming his student loan proposal on late night tv. "fox & friends" hour two for this wednesday starts right now. >> i know it's early. you guys had breakfast yet? who wants buffalo -- >> i had a power bar so i'm full. >> you want buffalo jerky from the governor of montana or beef jerky? >> so this is buffalo meat? i'll have it. it's supposed to be healthy for you. >> i love the fact that you can seal the bag again. you down play that. you don't want jerky to go stale. >> it feels nice and moist. >> by the way -- >> by the way, congratulations behind the scenes. we've located brian's

blackberry, over, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> all right. steve, do you realize -- >> are we going back in time with technology? i'm just wondering. >> do you realize i'm walking -- the security guards are getting these calls so they have jobs to do. they're pulling people out of fires, getting them down off elevators. they can't be trying to find my blackberry. you have to change frequencies at least. >> why not? >> good. >> anything else you guys want to add before we hit the talking points? >> i think we need to get a big c.b. radio for steve for christmas and a truck for him to drive around in. >> this is -- i've got a truck and actually, cell phones have taken the place -- >> what was that sf>> did you till us to wrap? >> wrap! >> i can actually listen to this. let's talk about the primary results because mitt romney completes five state sweep of primaries last night and he focuses when he gives his acceptance speech not on the other candidates in the republican race. but on president obama.

>> all of the thousands of good and decent americans that i've met that want nothing more than a fighting chance, to all of you, i have a simple message. hold on a little longer. a better america begins tonight. >> it was a very powerful speech. you watch the whole thing. it was the end of the o'reilly show into the hannity show and it was essentially the unofficial kickoff to the general election because in the audience, they had a whole bunch of high def cameraman taking pictures of mr. romney in the crowd from every angle. what happened last night will be used and packaged in his general election tv ad. >> he's got 829 delegates, sweeps five states and that makes you wonder how long will newt gingrich stay in the race before we heard that if he did well in delaware, that might be enough to propel his donors to continue to support but it's not happening. he says he and caslista are rethinking their campaign. they have a $4.3 million debt, too. >> one interesting note is apparently when calista introduced him last night, she

used to say the future president of the united states. last night she didn't, she introduced him as former speaker of the house. could that mean something? anyway, rick santorum who got out of the race a couple of weeks ago, he's going to meet now with mitt romney. it's going to happen on may 4th and apparently in this meeting, you know, romney would be looking for his endorsement. rick santorum gave him a run for his money and mitt romney would like to have the support of rick santorum. he's hesitant including his wife after this meeting and maybe he'll change his mind. >> after the speech last night, rick santorum gave an instant analysis and review of mitt romney's speech, said it was a good speech, right tone. mr. romney was very optimistic and offered a clear choice for voters in november. romney and obama absolutely two different visions for america. >> i just think the longer he waits, the less leverage he has and on may 4th when he sits down, he won't endorse until may 4th. i'm wondering in another week and another few days how mitt

romney will pull away and leave the primary process and the intramural fighting behind him. he has to worry about his debt. he wants a role, i'm sure, at the convention some people say and some people say consider me for number two. >> i believe it's important for mitt romney to get rick santorum's endorsement because he did do so well arguably with the more conservative republican and let's face it, mitt romney needs that base of the republican party to come out in november and one way that might happen is if santorum says hey, you know, i believe in this guy. go vote. if you can't vote for me, vote for mitt romney. >> in the meantime, in pennsylvania, there's another huge story. what does this mean politically now? two blue dog democrats, they are the fiscally conservative democrats. there's about 13 of them who voted against president obama's health care reform. two of these right here. altmire and holden voted against obamacare and now they are out of jobs after the election yesterday. what does that mean moving forward? >> in fairness, they were

redistricted. but these guys were experienced and they also thought they were secure but in the end, they couldn't get out of their own way. >> it was, you know what, the people of pennsylvania and those districts voted on the records of those two congressmen because both the congressmen will voted against barack obama's health care reform. who came out against particularly jason altmire? big unions spent a lot of money plus there was a very big gun and that was bill clinton came out and said altmire has got to go and he will. a fellow by the name of mark kritz will head on to the general. it's pretty much a done deal in that district. it always goes democrat. he essentially won. >> that cartwright is the one that beat holden. >> file that in the back of your minds what that might mean. now to your headlines and we start with a developing story. fox news learning the republican senator marco rubio receiving special police protection. authorities say a credible threat was made against the florida senator.

he's getting protection at his home in miami and in washington. he's frequently mentioned as a possible republican pick for vice president. authorities are not releasing specific information about that threat. time is running out for a 5-year-old boy snatched from his hospital bed in st. louis. he was next on the list for a heart transplant and he only had enough medication for 48 hours. it's believed the child was taken by his father, 33-year-old jeffrey stone. he's involved in a bitter custody battle with the boy's mom. police say he may be driving a black or silver toyota corolla. i believe they found this boy this morning now. i believe that came across the wires on my computer about 20 minutes ago or so. so i believe that now they have found the little boy and he is back at the hospital and i believe that the father is now in custody. >> call it deja vu, a jet blue flight forced to make an emergency landing after another

bird strike. it had just taken off from the west chester county airport when two canada geese flew into the windshield. >> plane started swerving immediately right after the two hit. so rocking the plane back and forth. and we knew something was going on. >> i'm going to die. i'm not going to see my family. i'm not going to get home. >> luckily, the plane did land safely and all 54 passengers were put on the next flight to west palm. this is the third flight grounded by a bird strike in the past week including air force 2, remember that? joe biden was on that one. president obama making a visit to late night with jimmy fallon and took a unique approach to push his student loan proposal. >> what we said is simple. n now is not the time to make school more expensive for our young people. >> you should listen to the

president. or as i like to call him the prezi of the united statesie. >> so we asked what you thought about the president doing these shows. any president or presidential candidates. should they do them? margie e-mailed this, with the economy, job market and gas prices, i think it's irresponsible of president obama to be on every comedy show. peter tweeted, i say yes. laughter is great medicine. we all need to have fun. besides, exposing this side of him would be great. >> very humanizing. all right, let's talk about this. hypocrisy alert. the president has been pushing the so-called buffet rule where people who make over a million dollars a year should pay at least 30% in income tax. well, he's been very clear the wealthy should pay more and yet, we're finding out that the wealthy and affluent are getting a tax break. particularly at his company, berkshire hathaway in the net jets division. >> he spent a million dollars to

hire a lobbyist to lobby congress to cut the user fee so he is fighting to not pay full -- full freight on his taxes. he thinks they're, i guess, too high. he says the customers of net jets and other similar companies would save roughly $83 million. >> for the actual people who buy into net jets and it's for the customers who want to fly privately that they would get a tax break, not necessarily for warren buffet himself unless he's flying net jets. >> the people who use the jets are affluent and he's saying ok, they need to pay more but now he's gotten the government so that with these user fees theeshgs -- they're actually going to pay less. something you don't hear every day. that is who the dalai lama loves. here's the answer. >> which people that you've ever met are really impressed? >> one was quite impressive and

then, of course, as individual, individual person i love president bush. >> which one? >> the younger one. >> and -- >> and the follow-up question was why? aren't you a man of peace and essentially saying he's a man of war? i like him individually and i like him as a person. he was stunned by this! >> i was going to say -->> he couldn't handle that answer. >> which one? >> yeah. >> so stunning that it could be either one of them! >> maybe it's the fact that the dalai lama himself was never hustled out the back door at the george w. bush white house like he was during the obama years. >> like the israeli prime minister. how did you feel about -- how do you feel about president bush went to war so much and was responsible for so many deaths if you're a man of peace? really, the president is responsible for so many deaths? according to piers morgan, i guess he couldn't possibly be liked by a man of the cloth. >> i think it might have a lot to do with how he liked him

individually but also the former president's policies with regard to dalai lama's whole reason for living which is trying to bring regard to his people. that's maybe what part of it is as well. coming up on the show, arizona's controversial immigration law taking place today in the supreme court. where do the justices stand? and how will it all play out? peter johnson is playing chess, i think. >> baseball. >> baseball, cool. >> it's every guy's dream, swimsuit cover girl model kate upton talking football with superstar giant defensive lineman, one of them will do a back flip. you make the call. [ male announcer ] if you want a luxury car with a standard power moon roof, standard keyless access, and standard leather-trimmed seats, then your choice is obvious. the lexus es. it's complete luxury in a class full of compromises. see your lexus dealer.

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>> in just under three hours, the battle over arizona's immigration law will take center stage at the supreme court.

justices will hear oral arguments on the law that sparked protests and boycotts all over the country. so how can we expect this case to play out? let's talk to fox news legal analyst peter johnson jr. >> how are you doing, steve? >> doing well. you have it laid out like a baseball game. >> we did it with obamacare, the same, a lot of the same players, the same lawyers this time. it's kind of like the red sox and the yankees. throw it all over again. ali-frasier, let's go. what's going to happen the first thing? who comes off the field? justice kagan comes off the field. she's recusing herself and stepping out and she said i worked on this issue as solicitor general of the united states. she's going to be off. >> she's in the dugout. >> she's in the dugout. ok. >> an important point here, because she's out, it could be a 4-4 tie. >> it could be a 4-4 tie where you have four of the justices, ginsburg and breyer, sotmeyer

lining up and other justices, perhaps, in a 4-4 tie. in a tie, government wins. those four provisions with regard to stopping illegal immigrants and with regard to reasonable suspicion and i.d., they go out the window. >> but only in the nineth circuit. >> correct. only in the ninth circuit meaning we could come back again in other states in the south on this exact same issue. >> ok. >> so right up front, you have kennedy. >> critical vote. justice kennedy, critical vote just as he was on obamacare, we anticipate that -- >> switch hitter? >> i don't know if he's a switch hitter. we'll hear some questions from him today with regard to probably some searing questions with regard to what actually is happening in arizona. that becomes the critical piece. federal government is saying listen, stay out of the foreign policy power. that's the federal government. arizona is saying, you've created a mess. all we want to do is enforce your laws with regard to

carrying i.d. and with regard to not being employed as an illegal immigrant. go ahead. >> you know, something you said is pretty striking and that is that people on the left, in the left field and left politically are pretty reliable. they're going to go yep, you got to throw it out. >> i don't know if there's any doubt. >> it's the people on the right, some of the people on the right, you're saying are more -- >> some people are saying justice scalia may be an issue with regard to this case because he's written about the federal power with regard to immigration. >> right. >> so he said courts should stay out of immigration issues. that it's a matter of discretion. so if courts should stay out of it, should states stay out of it? the robust issue is going to be does the states have the power to enforce federal laws? in my view, the federal government asks the state on all kinds of statutes to step in. in fact, in the state of arizona, right now, the federal government pays certain counties in arizona to help enforce

federal immigration laws. >> and of the players on the field right here, who is the biggest with the supremacy clause that says whatever a state passes, it still is the federal government. >> it's interesting, a lot of the conservative justices point to the power of the government to remain supreme. as a constitutional argument, one way or the other, state of arizona saying listen, we're complying with the constitution. in fact, some of the laws that we've adopted mirror federal laws. they're the exact same thing. why are you getting mad at us for enforcing these questions? >> exit question, donald varelli when he argued the health care reform law had a hard time. ? >> i think he'll have a better time. he'll have a harder time describing why there's a higher crime rate and why people are afraid in arizona. that's the real american issue. legal issue and daily issue that needs to be brought together in this case. >> great demonstration of how

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>> now it's time for some quick by the numbers. first a-6. that's apparently the best seat on an airplane. survey passengers like that it's in the front.

worst seat, 31e, the middle seat and all the way back. next, 40 pounds. that's how much the supersized cat weighs. oh, my goodness. that's why meow is now living with a foster family who has him on a special weight loss diet apparently. and finally, $9.85 million. that's how much one of manhattan's hottest properties sold for. the brownstone was the place that carrie bradshaw called home on the first three seasons of "sex in the city." gretch, brian? >> the war on terror is over. that's what an official in the u.s. state department told the national journal saying -- >> "the war of terror is over, as you said, that we have killed most of al-qaida, now that people have come to see legitimate needs of expression, people who once might have gone into al-qaida see an opportunity for legitimate islamism. >> joining us is the founder and president of the american center of security policy, frank gaffney. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> is the war on terror over?

>> i think it's delusional and unfortunate to say so. unfortunately, it's not a surprise because i think what is going on here is if you define down the problem, it's easier to say you've solved it. if you say it's just al-qaida and we've killed a bunch of al-qaida leaders to be sure, well, then you can say well, that's that and we're done. >> here's the real problem and by the way, we revealed this in a course that we put on line yesterday for free at muslimbrotherhoodinamerica.com, a 10 part look at this issue. if you miss as we are as a nation that the muslim brotherhood is a primary mover behind something called sharia that is a lot of jihadists in their war against us, this is to say we're missing the whole piece of the war called civilization jihad. a kind of stealthy previolent effort to do the same thing al-qaida wants to do which is to

destroy us and impose sharia on us. this is really the key part of it and it's very worrying that the state department is putting out this word because it suggests that muslim brothers in the government, as we document in this course or at least closely affiliated with the muslim brotherhood who are advising, some of them are in office and some of them are people who are responsible for our outreach to the muslim-american community are promoters of this civilization jihad and that's a very dangerous thing for us to be ignoring. >> with john mccain and lindsay graham visited them when he went to egypt. they visited the white house. should we think that the muslim brotherhood is moderating its views? >> well, i think we have to go by what they say, particularly what they say for their own consumption and that of fellow muslims and that is that their mission is so destroy western civilization from within by our hands. this is a strategic plan that was introduced into evidence in court and holy land foundation

trial. it's evidence of what they're really about and i think anybody who tells you that they're moderate or there's a legitimate islamism that somehow is now going to come forth and we'll be able to live with it is again deluding themselves and seriously misleading us. >> let me ask sort of a bigger picture question which is if the war on terror is over, then the new york police department, for example, is wasting a lot of money and effort in trying to thwart a bunch of domestic terror attacks. 14 at last count. why are we even employing people to look into it? >> well, of course, 14 attacks that were stopped is the point. they were going on with five terror arrests yesterday in britain. the point is this is not over. just apply a modicum of common sense and you realize that even the violent part of this war is not over. and those who are telling you it is, i think they're doing it, perhaps, for cynical, political reasons or maybe they're promoting muslim brotherhood's

agenda. i don't know. but here's the point. it's not just the violent part of jihad we have to worry about. it's the civilization or stealthy part as well. >> right. now they get to have a formal role in government. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> coming up straight ahead -- >> don't hug grandma at the airport. it could be a security threat. just when you thought you had heard it all about the t.s.a., the 4-year-old getting a patdown for a little hug. >> plus, look who is here. every man's dream come true. one of the world's most famous supermodels kate upton fresh off the cover of "s.i." and one the nfl's superstars both next competing? against me. >> watch out, she just threw that -- >> that's two in a row. >> that's a touchdown. ♪

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>> this story just keeps getting bigger and bigger and it appears as many as a dozen members of the secret service were involved in a colombian prostitution scandal. now, six of the agents have been reassigned. the other six are now party planners for the g.s.a. yeah! party! going to vegas!

>> two scandals together. >> they'll have to party on their own dime. a bit of a difference. >> that story isn't going away this morning. three more secret service agents are off the job now as a congressional hearing on the colombian prostitute scandal gets under way today. two of the agents resigned. third permanently lost his national security clearance. others accused in misconduct say this isn't the first time this has happened. a dozen secret agents have been accused of partying with prostitutes while on duty. getting bigger. >> the defense gets its chance to cross-examine john edwards' former aide today. that's after he detailed how the former presidential candidate tried to buy the silence of his mistress rielle hunter. he claims he funneled a million dollars to hunter by cashing checks made to him and his wife. hunter was given an allowance of $5,000 to $12,000 a month. edwards faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of using campaign donations to cover up his affair for political gain. >> meanwhile, montana mother

furious this morning after the t.s.a. gave her 4-year-old daughter who you see here a patdown for hugging her grandmother. the mom says the girl hugged grandma while she was undergoing additional security screening. she says that's when the t.s.a. agents began yelling at her girl implying the grandmother passed a gun to the little girl. the t.s.a. insists its officers followed proper procedure. >> huh? >> ok. call it a culture shock, president obama accidentally doused with yogurt. so a young woman was greeting the president in colorado when she accidentally spilled bright purple yogurt on his pants. the girl apologizing profusely as the president was able to wipe it off. it's a moment she'll never forget and maybe he won't either. >> at least his dry cleaner won't. take a look at this, strong

winds wreaking havoc across the metropolitan atlanta area. you can see a tree came crashing down on that particular vehicle right there. two people inside luckily are ok. strong winds sending trees into numerous homes and taking down power lines. good news, there are no reports of serious injuries. real quickly, let's find out where it's raining on this wednesday. wet day as being see in porpgss of the northern plains. moving on into the mid atlantic and some spotty stuff on the eastern shores of erie and ontario, the great lakes. meanwhile, as you head out, what are the current readings? if you're in kansas city, it's almost 70 already. temperatures in that neck of the woods across much of the central and southern plains, along the gulf coast, 60's. although look at that right now, only 67 degrees. later on today, things will warm up significantly in portions of texas. zooming towards 100. meanwhile, 71 here in raleigh. it will be 60 degrees, high temperature here in new york

city where we find brian kilmeade on the streets with some athletes. >> super bowl champion new york giants one of the great stories in the history of the nfl draft and kate upton, one of the most beautiful women in the world whose career changed for the better. you were a superstar anyway, kate, when you were on the cover of "sports illustrated" that changed everything. you're here for the magic of the nfl draft, true? >> true. >> i can't get a hotel room in new york city, jason. what's going on here? how big is this? >> it's pretty big, you know, it's part -- it's probably the biggest thing ever, the nfl draft and you have new rookies coming out and it's a draft class. >> you're the most talented player the giants have drafted since lawrence taylor and he came out of nowhere with one year of organized football. you've taken the lead by storm. what was it like the day before the draft? do you remember? >> the day before the draft, i wasn't nervous at all. i didn't know where i was going to tell you the truth. and my agent told me, you know,

you want to go? and i wound up going 15th pick overall. >> and you're here, and you've been fantastic. now, kate, you guys are here for a important thing. you want to get people into shape, right? fitness without borders. >> exactly. we're here with acts sports blast 2 in one and having a thing on the combine, we're competing against ping-pong and pictionary. >> you're setting up your own combine. >> let's cue the music. >> you can go forward. you can go forward. >> no. >> the winner will get something special. a prize if we can bring in that candy bar from inside to outside. steve, use your walkie-talkie. let's cue the music and start competing like the kids will tonight at your big acts event. try to get it through. can we see what we're shooting for? >> kate upton, go first. >> i will. i will. >> oh! off the side. jason, go up!

>> kate, do you want to take off your jacket? i'll take off my jacket, come on, we have to loosen up. >> we have to loosen up. >> can you do it? >> all right. do it! >> go. >> here we go. >> just watch. we can't get a ball toss? >> i got this! >> go. oh, my goodness. not in? >> can somebody make it? >> somebody's got to make it. >> what time is your event tonight? >> it's at 4:00 at spin. >> all right. and the kids are going to be there competing? is this going to be all celebrities? >> no, it's just for us. we have to keep it focused, you know, you can go on to the facebook page. >> there you go. right through. it look at that. >> he wasn't invited. >> you're invited.

>> all right. and brian, because you got it, you win your own candy bar. >> look at this, it's 10 years that hershey's has been here in new york and because you came in second, kate, i'm going to give this to you. all right. >> stop it. >> i won you over because you're so sweet. >> like that? you like that move, jason? >> i like it. >> i like it. >> congratulations on your career. congratulations on the super bowl championships. kate, congratulations. thanks for coming down and good luck at your event tonight and fitness without borders is a great program. check it out. back inside. >> thanks a lot. coming up, a driver pushes his porsche to top speed. only problem, he can't stop! how in the world he managed to survive this horrific crash. and next, your e-mails are pouring in for dave ramsey. so many parents wondering how to keep your kids saddled with enormous amounts of student debt. first, the trivia question of the day. born on this day in 1969 -- [ male announcer ] when a major hospital

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>> rob just cued me, time to read the headlines. a race car driver lucky to be alive after his porsche goes flying through the air in australia. the driver walking away with only minor bruising. amazing. and maybe she just wanted a fillet o''fish. she escaped from her pen and ended up at the drive-through

window. police moo-ved her home. no word of if she supersized her meal. all right, gretch. >> supersized french fry in one bite. yesterday, we told you about this new report that 1 in 2 college grads are either jobless or underemployed. what happens to the young people saddled with student loans? joining us now is dave ramsey, personal finance expert. good morning. >> good morning. >> here's the scary stat. the average student debt is $25,000 per person. that is more than outstanding charges on credit cards or auto loans. is this a crisis? >> well, i don't know if it's a crisis nationally but certainly a crisis for the individual that's facing $25,000 and honestly on my radio show, i talk to them with $125,000 almost every day. and so for that individual, they're stuck. it's a mess! and it's kind of different than credit card debt because credit card debt at least you can say i

was stupid and i overspent. with this, it's got this strange rationalization to it that somehow it's ok. it's not ok. it's still stupid. you overspent. >> the other thing is you can't declare bankruptcy with student loans like you can with say, for example, gambling or even credit card debt, correct? >> right. almost everything is bankruptable except i.r.s. debt and student loan debt. federally insured student loan debt. of course, congress passed that because they didn't want to pick up the bill when everybody filed bankruptcy on this stuff which is wise. the problem is it just corners people and they feel so overwhelmed and trapped that they have this tendency to kind of go into denial and push it off to the side emotionally and keep their student loan around like they think it's a pet. >> all right. so let's answer some e-mails, hope to help some people. jim from pennsylvania, my student loans have a very low interest rate and i feel they're helping me build my credit. what should be my plan for paying them off? au >> jim is an example of what we're talking about, somehow this is an ok thing to keep

around and sometimes there's wisdom in keeping this debt. no, jim, it's a backache. get rid of it as fast as you possibly can. you're not wise to not pay it off because it has a low interest rate. you need to clean up the mess and treat it like it's a credit card debt or if you've done a payday loan or something else stupid and get very intense and clean it up. >> grace from michigan, i'm going to be a doctor and taking out loans for medical school is my only option. how can i get around this? >> there we go again. it's our only option. this fatalism line of thinking, this lack of critical thought is blowing people's lives up. of course, there are other options. try the m.d. ph.d. program where you get into the ph.d. program and become an employee of the university and they pay for your medical school. try the military. try the national guard. they'll pay for your medical school. four years, you work for them, you get out free. there's all kinds of ways to do this stuff without going into debt. >> ok. lisa from new w york has this question. my daughter has been accepted to

a private college for the first two years she'll be taking basic classes. nothing that applies to her major and she'll have to take out loans to cover what we can't pay. should she go to a less expensive college to get those courses out of the way and then transfer? >> thank you, lisa, for bothering to parent your 18-year-old. this is a brilliant mom. she's speaking into this girl's life and going this doesn't make economic sense. you cannot afford to drive a new mercedes. you're getting a 1994 dodge neon. this is the money that we have. so you make choices based on your budget and education like you do everything else and please, parents, have a backbone and speak into the 17, the 18-year-old's life because they're going to wake up at 32 with 100 grand in student loan debt if you don't give them some common sense guidance. so yes! do something different than take out student loans. go to the community college. >> all right. very interesting. i hope we helped some people out. a lot of people going through this particular problem. dave, see you next week. have a good one.

>> thanks, gretchen. >> coming up next, does this sound familiar, guys? your wife remembers everything you do wrong? >> yes! >> even if it was 10 years ago? coming up next, keith ablow on whether your wife is normal or not. diagnosing myself, nutso! first on this date in history in 1970, the jackson five had the number one song with "abc". way to give ammo to my husband today, keith. thanks. [ male announcer ] what can you do with plain white rice? when you pour chunky beef with country vegetables soup over it... you can do dinner. four minutes, around four bucks. campbels chunky. it's amazing what soup can do.

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>> answer to the trivia question of the day, renee zelweger. >> i got that right. >> good. i could never know for sure. the winner is lisa in wisconsin. good job, lisa. thanks, renee. >> meanwhile, all of us have our own crazy unique quirks that make us seem downright odd at times. how do we know the difference between wacky and worrisome? >> i don't know. but somebody here does know. here to answer your e-mails, fox news contributor and psychiatrist extraordinare dr. keith ablow, are you ready, doctor? >> i'm ready. psychiatrist extraordinare, how could i not be ready with an introduction like that? >> absolutely. that means it cost us a lot of money. let's talk about the first e-mail. >> wv a viewer that says dr. keith, i'm obsessed with the lives of celebrities and tv characters. i talk about them all the time as if they're real people relevant to my life. i spend a fortune on tabloids and hours watching tv. is this normal or is this person nuts, keith? >> well, listen, you know, being distracted to that extent with the lives of celebrities

can mean only one thing that you want to be distracted from your own reality. your own life. you're lapsing into illusion. yes, it's nuts because it brings you from the people of your life who need you and from yourself. nuts! >> ok. >> all right. >> sorry, mary hart. >> still have 30 minutes left in the session. so you work it out. my wife remembers everything i do wrong. even if it was 10 years ago. i think she has a photographic memory of my nightmare. >> this is your wife, brian? >> no, this is somebody. >> somebody. >> his wife is like that, though. >> that's true. she has a great memory for my bad stuff. is this normal? i always thought she was a little nuts. what do you think? >> well, i think this. i think number one, people do remember slights but here, this is an open door. if your wife remembers literally every slight that you've ever committed against her, start to wonder with her why, why are you recording these things photographically? who hurt her in the past?

this could be the opening to a discussion where you get to know her much better and by the way, you might stop hurting her if you realize oh, this is an injured person. >> she could also be having -->> it's normal. >> she could be building a case against you. >> sounds like it's normal. keith, what you're saying is that somebody who keeps score, you got to worry about it. >> well, i'm saying somebody who keeps score, you want to understand because it may not be you where the score is most important. it could be keeping score related to something in the past. >> ok. >> unless you married an umpire. >> final point. i count everything, the sidewalk cracks on my way to the bus. 88. stairs at the office. 17. tiles on the wall. 54. this guy is scaring me. and i count the slats on the drapes. i do this consistently. am i insane? >> yeah, you know what? look. here's the thing. people do this because they want to fill the time when their mind might wander. their minds might wander to

what? things that bother them. so they've got filler to try to camouflage the very things they need to think about to change their lives, to challenge themselves. sorry, it's nuts! >> all right. >> we know you're normal. and we know -- >> you think this is normal? i don't know. >> i'm saying i think you're normal. i diagnose you. >> dr. keith joins us -- >> i'm glad you're my friend. >> if you have a question whether or not you or somebody you know is normal or nuts, e-mail us, go log on to fox and friends.com and send him your questions. he might answer them next week. >> thank you, dr. keith. >> it's a moment caught on camera that will make your day. don't miss the rest of this awesome reunion between dad and his daughter. >> awesome. awesome. awesome. and don't mess with this family, the stars of "american guns."

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>> president bush. >> which one? >> younger. >> brian: and the interviewer was amazed. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> steve: welcome. you can put five more states in the mitt romney column. new york, pennsylvania, connecticut, delaware and rhode island. he had a powerful speech last night that effectively kicked off his general election campaign, saying a better america begins tonight. >> brian: after 43 primaries and caucuses, he said this thing is basically done. he was beside himself with happiness. he also is probably happy he's getting very close to that threshold of 1144 'cause he's got 829 delegates. >> gretchen: here he is. >> what do we have to show for 3 1/2 years of president obama? is it easier to make ends meet? is it easier to sell your home

or buy a new one? are you paying less at the pump? >> no. >> you know, if the answer were yes to those questions, then president obama would be running for reelection based on his record and rightly so. but because he has failed, he will run a campaign of diversions and distractions and distortions. it's still about the economy and we're not stupid. [ cheers and applause ] >> gretchen: it will be effective for mitt romney to take each thing that the president says in a simple way, which has been effective, and then have his counterresponse to it. it sounded like he was doing that in the speech last night. i think that will be important moving forward because the president, let's face it, he had a lot of months ahead of mitt romney to get out there and start talk being his message to the american people. >> brian: two polls came out, one showing mitt flailing by eight points in the national poll and in new hampshire, they did a poll and president obama has got a substantial lead in new hampshire.

>> steve: that's right. meanwhile, we just heard from mitt romney talking about the president can't run on his record. brit hume says if people remember what the president's record is, that might not be so good for the president come november. here is brit. >> this election will be more about obama than more about romney. that's obama's record on trial here action no question about that and people are going to ask themselves, what was he elected to do? i don't know that he know it is to this day, but he was elected to fix the economy. that was the issue that made the difference starting in september of 2008 when he was down in the polls, was obama. the economy remains unfixed. does anybody think that the issues that drove the 2010 midterm in which his party took a terrible bath have gotten any better for democrats? they haven't! they haven't at all. >> gretchen: i think of it as a slightly different way, though. i think people are going to look at this election about the economy, but they're also going to be looking at who do i feel

personally better off with because of that? in other words, how many people like the fact that the government is giving out more handouts? because once you reach that 50% threshold where more than half the country is receiving some sort of a government handout, it's pretty tough to reverse an election cycle to go to the other side for the candidate who doesn't believe in so many government handouts. that's what i think will be the crucial thing. >> brian: right. i think it will be interesting to see what governor romney rolls out in terms of tax reform. he's close to that and what he rolls out in terms of health care. so if he gets into detail with it and be conversant in it, then you get a real choice. >> steve: if governor romney is effective at reminding people of the president's record, that would be good for him. there are two democrats, current incumbent members of the u.s. house of representatives who are out of jobs this morning, jason

altmire and jason holden who was elected ten times, both out based on their records. because they both voted against the president's health care reform a couple of years ago, big labor and even bill clinton came out against these guys. said, we got to have somebody on our side. >> gretchen: i think this is huge precursor for what could happen in november, and it's not necessarily great news for the more conservative democrats who are against obamacare or for that matter, for republicans in a swing state like pennsylvania. republicans and democrats, they both need the state of pennsylvania and if conservative democrats are being voted out right now, that means that the lectorate there wants obamacare, wants a more left candidate. it's interesting to me today, and i think people should pay close attention to that. >> brian: here is a quote, this is from the head of the blue dogs, democrat from arizona, mike ross, says the blue dogs are in the middle and we're used to being attacked from both

sides. while our membership's roster may vary from congress to congress, our message of fiscal responsibility by common sense and fiscal responsibility will always endure and continue to resonate with the american people. >> steve: there you go. mike ross of arkansas. meanwhile, newt gingrich, we told you yesterday that he's got money troubles and after mr. romney winning five in a row, remember newt thought if he camped out in delaware for three weeks, he might have a chance to get their winner take all delegates. he did not. romney won substantially. so what's next for newt? here is newt. >> so i want to you know we're going to be here through the week, but we are going to think carefully about how we can be the most helpful to this country and how we can make sure, one, that barak obama is a one-term president, period. [ applause ]

and two, we want to make sure that we send the best, strongest possible signal to tampa that we want a conservative platform. >> brian: he didn't say massachusetts moderate, which goes to show that you after laying off most of his staff, looking at his campaign debt and canceling everything except for stops in income n he's about ready to hang it up. >> gretchen: somebody else who hang it up two weeks ago, rick santorum, now going to meet with mitt romney. i think it will be important because santorum is probably looking to get something out of the platform issues at the republican convention coming up in august/september in tampa. also mitt romney wants the delegates from rick santorum and he probably wants his endorsement. >> brian: also i feel like governor romney has gotten so many conservatives on his side, even since rick santorum dropped out, i think each day he waits he becomes less and less significant. >> steve: if you listen to the white house and the president's political team, it's really mitt

romney who is the ultraconservative opposite of the president of the united states. it kind of changed tacks, at the suggestion of bill clinton of all people. >> gretchen: let's do news for you because we have a stunning fox news alert. new developments in the case of natalie mccan. the little girl who disappeared on vacation with her parents in portugal, could she be alive? british investigators say there is new evidence she is alive and are asking authorities in portugal to reopen the case. the photo you see on your screen right here, this is an image of anal progression. this is what experts believe madeline would look like today at the age of nine. remember she was only three when she disappeared from her hotel room. this is her photo then. her parents were having dinner with friends nearby at the time. remember they left her in that room with her siblings by herself and they we want back to check on her and she was gone. republican senator marco

rubio getting special police protection at his home in florida and in washington after a credible threat was made against him, specific information about the threat not being released at this hour. senator rubio mentioned as a possible front runner for the republican vp spot. another bird strike force has jetblue flight to make an emergency landing. two canada geese flew into the windshield. >> we got to come back. we hit two big geese. >> jetblue, 571, roger. >> would you like to declare an emergency? >> declaring an emergency. >> gretchen: wow. so this plane landed safely as well. it's the third flight grounded bay bird strike in the past week, including air force 2 with vice president joe biden on board. emotional reunion between ten-year-old girl and her father just home from afghanistan.

she was in class when her dad, jean airman george gonzalez tapped her on the soldier, both of them immediately bursting into tears. they've been waiting for this moment since gonzalez was deployed more than six months ago. >> when he told me the news that he was going to have to go, i was really mad, just pretty much the whole time he was gone, i was always talking about him. >> gretchen: get this, her teacher was given a lesson on fairy tales. when it was interrupted by this real life happy ending. those are your headlines. fantastic. >> brian: i got up yesterday and i said to myself, what's the dalai lama doing. sure enough, i blew my chance 'cause i heard he was sit down with piers morgan. >> steve: so because only three people in america saw that interview, did -- >> brian: it airs tonight. >> steve: i think it may have run last night. unsure about the air date.

but we've got a little clip and it's interesting because this is going to make, according to news busters, they've got a headline that says this is something that will maybe liberal heads explode. the da la lima -- dalai lama saying he absolutely loves president george w. bush. it's true. we've got the tape. we don't know when it's going to run, but we got a clip for you. >> which people that you've ever met -- >> i think one impresssive. then individual person, i love president bush. >> which one? >> the younger one. >> gretchen: after he fainted and picked himself up off the floor, he said which one? >> brian: went on it say, aren't you a man of peace? bush started wars. he's walking around starting wars. >> steve: how dare you. and as we pointed out earlier, maybe he likes george bush

because he was never hustled out the back door of the george w bush white house which was the treatment he got during this -- >> brian: china tried to intimidate the administration. >> steve: by the way, a little voice in my ear says that interview will be tonight over on that channel nobody watches. >> brian: right. >> gretchen: coming up next, inside nancy pelosi's plan to get her gavel back. what's going on right now behind the scenes? >> brian: plus, could this be the president's key of getting out the youth vote? >> what we said is simple, now is not the time to make school more expensive for our young people. [ applause ]iz you should listen to the president neutralize odors in multiple cat homes. purina tidy cats. keep your home smelling like home.

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>> brian: the tea party helped surge a republican takeover in the house back in 2010 and it's had a major impact on legislation, well, more than

ever before that we can remember. >> steve: now more than a year later, is the tea party really helping america or just promoting more partisan gridlock? joining us is journalist and author of "do not request what good we do inside the u.s. house of representatives," mr. robert draper. good morning to you. >> hey there. >> brian: the title comes from a phrase that began with the house, correct? >> yes. came from one of the first congressmen. he was in the first federal congress. he authored the first amendment, in fact. he left after four terms. already tired of partisan division in the house and he wrote a friend and said, do not ask what good you can do, that is not a fair question. >> steve: he was like one of the original tea party patriots. >> he really was, yeah. >> steve: fast forward to today, a lot of people on the left say look, the tea party that's really messing up the political process because they're so extreme! >> well, you can't say that the 87 freshman have no belief system. they definitely do. >> steve: that's refreshing, by the way. they stand for something. >> they certainly do. you're going to hear president

obama in the campaign trail call them the do nothing congress. i don't think he can say that either. it's not that they didn't do anything. it's that they staked out a position much farther to the right than the democraticcally controlled house and it meant paralysis. >> brian: have they lived up to expectations, since you were there in 2008, the day of the inauguration, the republicans have a meeting with folks and say, this is plotting our comeback, it will begin in 2010 and we'll get back the white house in 2012. is their plan in action? >> i think beyond their wildest dreams or nightmare. i think in a way the flesch, because they've been so strong l have posed a real challenge for leadership. speaker boehner has found, especially since he doesn't have the coercive tools of earmarks and things like that, that he can't herd the cats anymore. there are scenes in the book where he's basically saying that. some of the old-time senior members of the house, look, we don't have the enforcement tools anymore the way we did in the

past. >> steve: one of the senior members of the house was punishes upon a time speak, nancy pelosi after she lost her gavel, a lot of people said she's probably going to go away. she's not going away because she thinks she's coming back. >> she does. for one thing, she's the most powerful fund-raiser probably on capitol hill from either party. she has more control her caucus than boehner does of his. and she's ambitious. she wants it back in the 9% approval rating of the house. does that show they're successful or make them change their tact? >> no, already since the debt ceiling fiasco, they've come back and had a better tone than the past. nothing is going to happen in 2012. it's an election. >> brian: boehner being can said when he says he can lose the house? >> i think it's true. he's trying to gin up some fundraising issues but absolutely, there's a one in three chance.

>> steve: a book, you camped out on capitol hill for a year. robert draper. "do not ask what good we do inside the house of representatives." thank you. >> thanks. >> brian: great work, great access. good job. >> steve: i think you liked the book. >> brian: it was really interesting. i thought i knew what was going on until i read that. you have a right to remain drunk. police let a diplomat go free even though he was caught driving drunk and nearly 100 miles per hour. >> steve: great. plus, this is one family you don't want to mess with. the stars of "american guns" are loaded and they're here next. wait, i don't mean loaded like the previous piece. >> brian: no, totally different. >> steve: different loaded. >> brian: yep ♪

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>> brian: quick headlines. rupert murdoch testifying in a london courtroom about a phone hacking scandal at a news of the world newspaper. >> with the state of media in this country is absolutely of vital interest to all our citizens. >> frankly, i welcome the opportunity because i wanted -- >> brian: the chairman and ceo of news corps also saying his name hauls been to tell truth to the public. news corps owns news of the world and the parent company of fox news. the first case of mad cow disease to appear in the u.s. since six years. the cow from a dairy farm in houstonford, california. health officials stress the animal never entered the human food chain examine both beef and dairy products are safe.

gretch? >> gretchen: thanks. they're back, locked and loaded. the wyatt family who owns a colorado gun shop that buys and sells iconic weapons. after blowing audience away in the first season of "american guns" q they've reloaded for a second round. >> on this scene of "american guns." >> it has never been busier. >> something bigger. >> a rocket launcher? >> that sounds pretty doole cool to me. >> sales are through the roof. >> 50 grand. we're buying some of the rarest firearms in the world. >> gretchen: joining me, the stars of "american guns," rich and renee wyatt. good morning to both of you. >> good morning, gretchen. >> good morning, thanks for having us. >> gretchen: of course. the show looks so exciting. obviously it was popular in the first season. what's going to be different about the second season? >> well, we're building some stuff this year that's just over the top.

we brought a couple of examples with us. i've got the ax border gun here which is a gun we built for a customer on the show. this is a gun that's basically an old black powder gun with a mortar and giant damascus ax on there. we're buying and selling some crazy guns and just having a good time and then at the end, we're blowing everything up and that makes for great tv. >> gretchen: of course it does. i understand renee, you have a zombie gun. what's that? >> i sure do. right here. every woman needs a nice zombie gun like this, don't you think? >> gretchen: of course. >> so we've got some pretty cool stuff on here. it plays pretty prominently in the episode. i think everybody is really going to love it. >> the gop gee gun was built as an end of times gun, something for all the zombie enthusiasts out there and all the stuff going on. we put this muzzle break on with a skull and we made a version which which is a copy of the original steve mcqueen gun

that was on the old tv show "wanted deor alive." put in a 500 caliber smith & wesson caliber. this was a gun i was excited by. >> gretchen: you don't go anywhere without a pistol in your boot. >> we don't have a holster that will fit. i'm not sure they'd appreciate it at the grocery store. >> gretchen: but interestingly enough, you've seen this huge increase in women coming into the shop to get guns. why? >> you know, the show really appeals to the female demographic and i think that women are less intimidated to come on into gunsmoke. we've got a lot of families coming in and we've got a lot of women coming in not only to buy gifts for their husbands or something for their boyfriends, but they want guns themselves and they're taking our classes, too. it's really, really awesome. >> gretchen: rich, in general, sales are up. why? >> sales are through the roof. it's variety of things. discovery channel has two gun

shows and that's been very, very important. when people see stuff on tv, they want to get involved with it. the other thing is politics. people are concerned about the administration that we have now is very antigun. they're concerned they may not be able to get guns in the future. the best thing you can tell americans is you can't have this and then they want to get it. the stuff you were talking about with the women is exactly right. we have an episode coming up where a couple from "the bachelor" and "bachelorette" show will be on and the wife doesn't want any guns in the house and the husband does. and in the end, you'll see what happens. >> gretchen: all right. that's a great tease. rich and renee wyatt, that's why you're doing a reality show, season 2 on discovery, check it out. thanks so much. >> thanks, gretchen. >> thanks for having us. say hi to steve and brian. >> gretchen: next up, you just had surgery, you're in a hospital bed. and guess who pays a visit to you? a debt collector? it's crown rateious. the nfl draft may be tomorrow

night, but the players passing through fox friends friends. 18 of the top picks join brian here live

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>> what we asked is simple, now is not the time to make school more ex opinionsive for our young people. ♪, you should listen to the president. or as i like to call him,. >> steve: you've got president on jimmy fallon, slow talk the news, in particular he was trying to push his student loan program 'cause the rates are supposed to go up. if it's so important, why do you wait 3 1/2 years to do this? i know it was signed into law by george w. bush, but it was passed by an all democrat controlled congress. they wrote the legislation so it would expire right now.

inned midst of the political season. coincidence? i don't think so. >> gretchen: so why would the president talk about this? because there is election in november and he needs the youth vote because he got the youth vote in 2008 and it looks like some of those numbers may be dwindling because some of those kids graduated from college and can't find jobs. that would be one reason why. the question we've been asking is should presidents of the united states or presidential candidates go on these types of comedy shows? they never really did in the past. bill clinton was sort of the first playing the saxophone, which i think is different than going on and being part of a comedic gig like that. do you think people should do that? presidential candidates or president of the united states? >> brian: this is the question we asked you, so here it is. linda says, i don't president who sings, cracks jokes and gets snaryy. i want them to treat the office with dignity it deserves. i remember seeing tapes of jack par interviewing john f. kennedy. >> steve: all part of the

popular culture. forsake the president is a serious position and the country is in big trouble. this is no laughing matter. >> gretchen: and steve doocy must have tweeted into the show. this is from steve. why not? it shows they can have a sense of humor, shows us they are human. shows them in a different light, et cetera. i think it's a tough call. we debated this. mitt romney has been potentially asked to host "saturday night live." i think that's really touchy, that -- yeah, it would humanize him, but is that the right place for mitt romney to be trying to get voters? i'm not so sure about it. >> steve: times changed. as long as it does no harm and perhaps -- >> gretchen: what good does it do? >> it would introduce him to a whole demographic that's unfamiliar with him. >> brian: let's take a look what twitter says t. came up with this question for president obama. listen. >> if mitt romney was in the room with you right now what, would you say to him?

>> i'd say hey, mitt. >> good. [ laughter ] >> do you know mitt romney? >> i've met him. but we're not friends. [ laughter ] he seems like somebody who cares deeply about his family and his wife is lovely. >> gretchen: and that was on purpose. rest assured, that line about his wife is lovely was on purpose, folks, because of that whole war on women thing that happened in the last couple of weeks and the democratic operative who said that ann romney never worked a day in her life. >> steve: plus, she is lovely. >> gretchen: she is burke that was very smart of him to get that in. >> steve: the pentagon is confirm ago new u.s. spy agency is in the works. the agency plans to use several hundred officers to gather intelligence from around the world, places like africa and asia where al-qaeda is an active threat right now. at autism budget cutback, it's not clear where the money will come from, but the pentagon

insists the clan destine service, which it's called, wouldn't involve significant new resource requirements. >> gretchen: imagine being in the hospital, being hounded to pay off those medical bills at the same time. one of the largest medical debt collectors under fire for those aggressive tactics. the company apparently having its workers go to patients' bed sides, demanding they cough up the money before they receive treatment. the minnesota attorney general filed a lawsuit saying the company is violating hippa law. >> steve: police in the state of georgia giving a mexican diplomat accused of of drunk driving a get out of jail free card. police say the diplomat had a ng 9miles an hourel of 1.26. when he was pulled over. but they let him go because he has diplomatic immunity. the guy apparently is a vice counselor at the mexican consulate general's office. police say they followed proper

protocol. oh, boy. >> gretchen: according to airline passenger survey, there is a good seat in coach. guess which one? it's 6 a. right in the front of the airplane by the aisle. the reason? it's easy to get on and off the plane. the worst seat? 31 e. you got it. it's a middle seat. all the way in the back of the cabin as well. >> steve: meanwhile, let's take a look at where there might be some flight delays this morning and as you can see, we've got a storm system moving through portions of the mid atlantic. a little rain shower activity there. northern plains down through the central plains. looks like dixie land is nice and dry. current reading, 50 in minneapolis. about the same for chicago. 60s from the mid plains states down south. today's daytime high, approaching 100 in portions of texas. 95 today in old el paso. 71 today in raleigh. it will be 81 in tampa. here in the streets of new york city, the high will be 60 degrees. that's where we find brian kilmeade and 18 big football players. >> brian: the best of the class

of 2012 is here and it's going to be a very exciting time this week, all week long. parties going on, lot of meets examine greets. let's meet some of the guys making millions of dollars and entertaining you on saturday, sunday, thursday and i believe monday. all right. first off, let's go. >> from university of memphis. justin from new york. >> brian: where do you think? >> we'll see. i have no idea. >> brian: you have an idea. >> tight end, stanford university and happy to be here. >> brian: i know the giants are talking about you. good to see you. >> justin blackman, receiver, oklahoma state. >> brian: you happy to be in new york? >> happy to be here. >> brian: you had a good time so far? >> already. >> brian: good. >> university of north carolina, defensive end. >> brian: your first time in new york? >> second time. >> brian: first you got ten years to play football. >> shane mccall. >> brian: what do you plan on doing here in this draft? >> i'm just here for the ride, trying have fun and have the whole experience.

>> brian: bears are talk being you. >> a little bit. >> brian: what indications do you have that they tell you, your agent tells you when the team is interested as opposed to just watching? >> you know, am like i said, i'm here for the ride. what anyone tells me, i don't really listen to it. >> brian: s that opinion your dream your whole life? >> yeah, definitely. >> brian: good job. congratulations. >> university of south carolina, defensive player. >> brian: just getting started today, we got you up early? >> michigan state university. >> brian: nice meeting you. >> university of south carolina. >> university of georgia. >> university of notre dame. >> brian: a lot of people are talking about you, the buffalo bills are talking about you, the new york jets are talking about you. >> we don't know what's going on yet, so we'll wait and see. >> brian: the word is rather than run around, you like to run over guys. can do you that in the nfl? >> i don't know. we'll have to see. i'm going to try to do my best week in and weak woo out and

hopefully i can do what i can. >> nick perry, usc. >> brian: how did you like the combine? >> well. tried to do me. >> brian: we watched it on the nfl network. >> mike, usc. >> brian: you're probably going to be a top five pick, how do you feel? >> i'm going to work my butt off. >> brian: do you expect them to be bigger than me? >> definitely, yeah. >> brian: i don't take it personal. >> mike, lsu. >> brian: congratulations. >> alabama. >> brian: all right. alabama. >> lsu, steven hill, georgia tell me. >> alabama. >> brian: this is your condition next to you? >> university of alabama. >> brian: what is bringing a few national titles mean to draft day, when these coaches talk to you, what's that like? you're winners. that helps? >> yeah. they know we come from a winning

program, so i think they have oarlike the fact they want o bring winners into their program. >> brian: you guys are playing together and then you find out you're cousins? >> yeah. >> brian: were you friends anyway? >> we weren't close friends. we spoke on occasion or whatever, but we got a lot more closer after we found out in freshman, sophomore years. our moms bumped heads and found out we were cousins. we've been together like that. >> brian: who gets drafted first? >> i ain't a gm, so i couldn't tell you. >> brian: i guess the cowboys are saying you'll fit in perfect. and i think the steelers are saying you'll fit in perfect. how would that be? >> nice. definitely play not guilty a system that is a lot like i played in college. so i met with those guys. i'll fit in perfect. >> brian: i think they won a lot of super bowls. congratulations, have a great time today in new york city. if something does go wrong, use my name and i'll get you out. you'll have no other issues. congratulations to you. not only going probably first,

but being related. they have better clothing deals than i do. i'm a little jealous. >> steve: great that you introduced us it these guys every year. now we know when we watch it who they are. >> brian: later we'll hang out with all of them. >> gretchen: i hope so. up next, what if we to me you the presidency could come down it three or four electoral votes. dr. larry sabato who predicted every presidential race correctly, no pressure on him, he's here with the numbers

>> steve: every time i hear the harp, my eyes get a little heavy. the key to winning the white house almost always comes down

to a couple of swing states. how do the president and mitt romney stack up in some of those key states? joining us now to break down a number of battle ground states is dr. larry sabato, a professor of -- actually the professor of political science and director of the university of virginia's center for politics. he joins us from uva right now. good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. >> steve: you know, if the past is prolog and you look at 2000 when it was just hanging by a thread where george bush barely squeaked one out over the other guy, a lot of people are suggesting this could be just as tight. >> absolutely. i think if you're looking from the perspective of april and granted, a lot will change, the conventional wisdom in april is this is going to be a close, competitive race. look, that 2000 election between bush and gore was decided by five electoral votes. guess what? obama lost five electoral votes through the census. that is states he carried in

2008, five or six fewer electoral votes this time around than they did in 2008. >> steve: so let's take a look at some of the battle ground states. if ohio goes to romney, it looks like obama will have 257 and romney would have 262. right? >> this is assuming that the other states go as we think they might in april. i can guarantee you some of this will change by november. look, ohio, for a republican, it's just essential to carry it. a republican has never been elected president without winning ohio and ohio has been right. we often say, 27 of the last 29 times, the best record in the country. >> steve: meanwhile, let's talk about the commonwealth of virginia and the state of iowa as well. as we race to 270, that would put obama at 257 and romney at 262. >> yeah. essentially virginia has become one of the ultimate toss-up states, which is amazing to

those of us who grew up in virginia. certainly wasn't a toss-up for a long time. but the new population balance means that this is closely contested. obama won it handily in 2008. the amazing thing is he did much better in virginia than he did in ohio and florida. i would expect ohio and florida to return to romney before virginia does. of course, we don't know when romney will pick for vp. he's got some good candidates from florida, marco rubio and jeb bush. he's got senator ron portman from ohio. governor bob mcdonald from virginia that. could also change the balance in one of these key super swing states. >> steve: let's talk a little bit, finally about pennsylvania and new hampshire. a couple of the other potential swing states hanging in the balance, aren't they? >> yes. new hampshire in particular we're looking at because romney was governor of massachusetts next door and romney has long had a positive influence in new

hampshire. some of the polls, they've been all over the map so far in new hampshire, but that's a state that romney could be expected to turn if he's doing well in the polls. as far as pen opinion is concerned, that really is the weakest of obama's northeastern states, except new hampshire. if the economy remains bad that, could be one where mitt romney could find himself campaigning in september and october and that would be a very positive signal for him if he is spending a lot of time in pennsylvania. >> steve: you're going to be spend ago lot of time out on the trail, get the bubble wrap for the crystal ball. thank you very much for joining us live today from virginia. >> thanks a lot, steve. >> steve: see you next time. meanwhile, the war on terror over. what does former secretary of state madeleine albright think of that? she's stand big to weigh in. first, let's check in with bill hemmer for a preview of what starts in 11 minutes. >> she has an escort. >> steve: she does. >> good morning to you. there's a new study now on the impact of obamacare, how the hospitals are feeling it

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>> brian: did you hear the war on terror is over. >> steve: that's according to a state department official who said this: quote, the war on terror is over. now that we have killed most of al-qaeda, now that people have come to see legitimate means of expression, people who once might have gone into al-qaeda see an opportunity for a legitimate islamism. >> gretchen: joining us now, former secretary of state under president clinton and author of the new book requesting prague winter, a personal story of

remembrance and war in is the 37 to 1948 ." madam secretary, madeleine albright. good to see you. >> very good to be with you. >> gretchen: thank you for stopping by. this is in the news right now. of course, this would be a question that you would have taken as secretary of state and as a former secretary of state, which is is the war on terror over? >> i have to tell you this, i never liked the term, war on terror, because the people who hit us on 9-11 were murderers, plain and simple. >> brian: islamic extremists. >> some were. >> brian: all of them. >> all of them were, suitly. but by calling them a war on terror, we made them warriors and gave them greater legitimacy. they're murderers and i'm very glad the president got osama bin laden. >> brian: the ideology that spread that al-qaeda fomented, do you think that bat system done? >> i think that there are always extremist islamist, jihaddists who want to get rid our western values. i think the thing that we have to deal with, though, is that

islam and islamist, it is not a monolithic aspect, just like any religion. there are those that have very different views within it. so i am very troubled when we just automatically say everybody that's a muslim is an extremist. there are extremists in all religions and i think we have to be very careful. i spend an awful lot of time on this when i was secretary and i wrote another book about the role of god and religion in foreign policy and i spent time looking at this and i think we have to be smart enough to distinguish between those who are believing muslims who believe in peace and then those that are extremists and want to kill us. >> steve: your new book takes a look at your personal history. you were growing up, there was so much about your family you didn't know and you learned about it over time. >> i did. i came to the united states when i was 11 years old. i was raised a catholic. i became an episcopalian when i

got married and i found out about my jewish background only when i became -- as i was about to become secretary of state. and so my book is about trying to sort that story out and trying to figure out what my parents thought, speculating, and then putting it within the historical context of that period, which was an unbelievable historical period. >> gretchen: i find it so fascinating. your life has been so full. you are the first woman secretary of state and then you find out this huge surprise in your life, that you were actually born jewish and some of your family died in these concentration camps. why did your parents not tell you? >> well, i can only speculate about that. this is what i have done is to say, my parents wanted -- they left a terrible story behind in czechoslovakia. we had spent the war in england. my father was a czechoslovakian diplomat. people have to understand, he was a real czech.

it was very interesting, that period when it was a new country and you wanted to -- he he wantd to identified himself with that and then they found out that everybody had been killed, more than two dozen of my relatives as i find out, were exterminated in the concentration camps. and then we came to america. i think that they really wanted a new life and they didn't want to burden awful us with what was horrendous. and then i decided, in writing the book, that they never could find the right words to talk about it and just think about it, here we came. we moved to denver. we had no idea even where denver was. and basically we had the opportunity to start over. >> steve: you now are choosing the words to describe your family. madam secretary, can you stick around a couple more minutes? >> i'd be delighted to. >> steve: more with her in two minutes hey, dad, you think i could drive? i'll tell you what -- when we stop to fill it up.

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