>> good morning everyone. i am heather nauert. >> you are happy this morning. >> i am happy this morning. it's thursday. the week is almost done. >> i am ainsley earhardt. >> thank you for joining us today. >> may 24th, heather. >> a fire is burning at a nuclear powered submarine. the portsmouth naval ship yard four firefighters injured trying to put out the flames. the uss miami. the nuclear reactor was not operating when the fire broke out. we are keeping an eye on this

develop wi developing story and will bring you any updates. >> the state department launching a very different kind of raid againsta al qaeda. the sur prides admission by secretary of state hillary clinton. >> tech specialists, arabic, somali is already patrolling the web and using social media and other tools to expose the inherent contradictions in al qaeda propaganda. >> it is considered one of the terror groups most daungerous hooff chutes. they have been watching for attacks including the under wear bomber tried to bring down an american air liern. >> the largest computer maker hewlett-packard will layoff

120,000 workers. 8 percent of the work force. because of lower results in the third quarter they are suffering from declining computer sales. >> 35 babies have been exposed at two different hospitals. a person with tb visited the neonatal unit at sacramento hospital and north day medical center. that person not aware of their condition at the time. they are trying to track down the parents of those babies. bill o'reilly stopped the talk shows to talk about the best selling book "killing lincoln." >> you came up with this and it is on the best cere seller list. >> what do you know about writing a book that i don't know about writing a book? >> words. >> it is a good book.

mirt romnmitt romney coming with a plan. peter dues se doocy coming out with more. >> national unemployment is at 8.1 percent. by the end of his first term in office he would have that wid whittled down to 6 percent or less. >> i can tell you over a period of 4 years by virtue of the policies in place we would get the unemployment rate down to 6 percent or lower. >> obama campaign is trying to direct your attention to the budget office if those remain in effect and the income tax rates he wants to keep the unemployment rate will gradually go down anyway to and a ha 5 an percent by 2015. he has changed his position on

what a good unemployment rate. he said nothiabove 4 percent ise for celebration. >> romney moved the goal post in just a matter of weeks. he said he would get it down to 4 percent several weeks ago. now he said 6 percent. he's already moved the goal post on a critical promise. >> the obama administration certainly adjusted their own expectations before. back in january 2, 0092, of their economic advisors predicted that the $787 million bill passed unemployment would never go above 8 percent. a few months later after it became law it was 2 pirs higher than that. 10 percent in october 2009. auns ainsley and heather. >> we are going to hear from mitt romney. he will be joining us at 8:00 on

fox and friends. >> this morning it is rush limbaugh. >> he is sounding off on president obama for attacking ka t capitalism. >> i can't think -- well, maybe one exception. i can the think of another presidential candidate in history who has ever tried to win a presidency by running against capitalism. maybe gus hall who was the perennial community party candidate. in the michael jackson parajor recall this. i think he was running in 2008 and nobody knew it. he was running his profit. profit is evil? there is not a ceo in the country qualified to be president. i wonder how warren buffet feels

about that. >> rush limbaugh talking about murmurs obama may swap biden for hilly clinton. marco rubio also a talker about the latino vote. he believes romney will gain the support of hispanic americans. some of it is a registered democrat for a long time. that's how they vote. the president will once again become like he was back in 2008 before he gabecame the guy dividing american people against each other. if americans of hispanic dissent want to be able to start up their own businesses want to be their own boss or have kids go to college and graduate and find a job his policies making it

harder to do this. as more americans see that they are going to change especially those americans of hispanic dissent. mitt romney and rubio. spoiler alert. we are going to show you your brand new american idol. >> the winner of american idol, season 11 is... fill fip phillips. -- phillip phillips. >> fox's nicole collins was at the american idol finale. she joins us live in los angeles with more. what a great assignment for you. >> we are having a lot of foun out here, guys. f phillip the 21-year-old pawnshop worker takes the title. host ryan seacrest handed him a

guitar this singer song writer giving him the stage to sing his victory song. he made it halfway through and choked up over come with emotion. stopped singing and eventually walked off stage to hug his family and friends. >> i wasn't thinking about anything. i was thinking about music or song family nobody. i started thinking about how long the journey had been and it was crazy how it is over. really crazy that i won. >> runner up jessica sanchez gave a knockout performance last night with jennifer holiday. the 16-year-old high school stew den the said she knew she wasn't going to win. phillip knows who he is as an artist. when she heard the news she wasn't mad she was proud about making it to the finale. >> i really thought he was going to win and he did. i am happy for him. i am happy for myself. nobody makes it to this point.

>> last night's finale was a record breaker with 132 million votes cast. now phillip and the rest of the top ten finalists take to the road in the 2012 tour. heather and ainsley? >> come back out and join us for the fox business network robert gray. congress is looking at investigating facebook's ipo. what are we expecting to happen? >> they are looking into their number one financial matters hundred thing and gath -- hunting and gathering. the facebook ipo a debacle. now they are looking at the lead underwriter whether the analysts came out with a report before seeing it growing slowly. whether it was shared with preferred clients. >> not the broader base. >> lawsuit against morgan stanley but other investment

banks? >> most of the major banks had a piece in this. pay back fou for helping sell the stock setting a price and getting it out there. the nasdaq had a lot of trouble getting the stock open. extra half hour. a lot of problems with getting orders filled or canceled if they didn't get it filled right away. >> it could go off the nasdaq on to the new york stock exchange. >> they have had preliminary discussions. we had that story yesterday. >> fox business network. always good stuff. aunsly, over to you. time to get a check of weather with storms across the central part of our nation. our weather machine joins us this morning. >> good morning ainsley. we have a lot to talk about in the weather department. a soggy wet day or wet weekend. we could have tropical

developments along memorial day weekend. upper midwest continues another system moving to the northwest. take a tour of the radar and show you where we are seeing strong storms across portions of the central country. dealing with severe thunderstorm watch in effect through parts of kansas up toward nebraska. good news is we don't have any severe weather warnings. we could see potential for large hail damaging winds and isolated tornadoes across this part of the country. western great lakes, minneapolis, kansas city or in this area of yellow threat for damaging hail isolated tornadoes. hurricane bud, our first official hurricane of the pacific season. this is off the coast of mexico. we think bud is going to sit and spin over the next several days. some inclement weather in parts of central mexico. we will keep you posted from the

fox news weather sen thor. take it away. >> 11 minutes after the hour. so much for civility and politics. >> wait until the face comes arounded. wow. >> wait until her face comes arounded and what can her. >> a union leader on camera using governor nicky haley on camera. >> this morning the governor is fighting back. a truck topples over into on coming traffic. >> tell you what happens next 12 minutes after the hour. most life insurance companies

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>> here are the headlines president obama facing a lawsuit from the union affiliated afl

cio. a president of the local chapter said they are suing over unwarranted parking rate increases at the labor department. >> senate lawmakers investigating a charity accused of exploiting veterans to keep their tax exemption status. records showing disabled veterans making $56 million only to spened most of that cash with a marketing company to help solicit more donations. the money that we know the to veterans spen is the money on care packages used dress shoes and bags of coconut m and m's. the company denying any wrong doing. >> it is time for a look at who is talking. nicky haley is makeling headlines after south carolina union leader had a pinata of governor haley on it. that is her beating her pinata

during a collegiate a retreat. >> it is creepy. i still hurt every time i see it. this is what i will tell you. this is not typical of south carolina lynnians. this is typical of union thugs. i will tell you the last week the demes came after me with racial slur and hit me on a pinata. it makes my heels sharper. i am not going to stop beating up on the unions or for waste of the spenedding. i am going to keep fighting for what i fight for. >> let's talk about another topic. sean hannity sitling do sitting with the imam. he was the imam backing the controversial growned zero mosque in new york city. >> hannity waned answers about comments he made about the u.s.

being an accessory to 9-11. >> how could you possibly have gone on 60 minutes after the slaughter of 3,000 americans and say the united states was an accessory? >> i wouldn't say that the united states deserved what happened. but the united states policies were an accessory of crime? >> can you say we were an accessory? >> we have been an accessory to a lot of lives dying in the world. it is the most direct. osama bin laden is made in the usa. >> osama bin laden you are blaming up with that staple? you are blaming america. 3,000 dead americans. >> i am not saying that and i

asked forgiveness. >> why have you never said that. >> i have said that when i was interviewed. i did say i am sorry. >> still very heat. >> also we are adding that imam is no longer involved in the mosque project in new york city. >> they risked life and limb on the battlefield. their biggest fight getting a job. three companies are hiring vets right now. there is a major change by a popular airline. we will explain what this is moms and dads want to hear it. bed in america? ask me about my tempur-pedic. [ male announcer ] did you know there's tempur-pedic for everybody? and right now is the perfect time to buy. save up to $200 during our mattress set savings event

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>> good morning. 23 minutes after the top of the hour. you are about to fined out the friendly skies of united airlines is no longer family frenedly. eliminating early boarding for family when traveling coach with their small children. united claims the change will allow it for the boarding process. talk about a fish out of water this guy fining himself in a parking lot. this after torrential downpours flooding nearly all of miami dade county. nine inches of rain in one hour. nearly 12 percent of that who served active duty since september 2001 are unemployed. that is 4 percent higher than the national average. joining us at the fox business network is cheryl casone neon

three companies wanting to hire vets. >> that unemployment figure is a ammon minu/* abominable. we are talking a lot of companies hiring. had to narrow it down from 5 to 3. let's start out with the american red cross? why do they value veterans? the commitment to service we share that with our nation's veterans. they have 1400 jobs open right now. they also have civilian jobs.com the most valuable employers four mill tear military veterans. these are full-time positions staff positions not just volunteer work. >> what is number two? >> this is city. city as you know this is a financial company. let's talk about city. they have what is called a veteran's initiative program. their goal is to hire a thousand

veterans sometime in 2012. maybe more. they are one of the partners of the white house. they are looking for those veterans with a lot of maturity. that's why they like to hire veterans. they are organized mature for their age. they respond well to discipline and training. they are going to hire you. there are several different positions at city. customer service, financial traine trainees. full-time benefits. medical help. >> what's the third one you said? >> this one is also very interesting. they are looking for the transportation skills. they go near a lot of the u.s. bases that have a lot of transportation facilities. they are looking for those that can handle the large trucks. you are a mechanic you are a driver. they have that type of experience. penske also says you have skills that are honed whether you are serving overseas whether you are serving in this country.

they are looking for those types of skills. they need sales managers mechanics and customer service reps as well. the point the is that it is memorial day should be honoring them absolutely it is good business sense for them and the skills set. so they get it from our nation's veterans. they are valuable to them. it is nice they are recognizing that. >> more job advice check out cassone exchange.com. >> if you are a company that is hiring or i have a lot of in the process now. the pakistani doctor who helped track osama bin laden sentenced to 30 years hined bars. why isn't the u.s. going to bat for him now? we report you decide. >> take a look at this unbelievable video. this is what happens when you take a turn too fast.

first on this day in history back in 1883 the -- brooklyn bridge connecting to manhattan. connecting manhattan and brooklyn for the very first time.

>> welcome back to fox and friends first. a developing story we have been following overnight. >> right now a fire burning on a nuclear powered sub. a situation unfolding at this very hour at the poertrtsmouth naval ship yard in maine. the uss miami is dry docked and the sub's nuclear react tore was not operating when the fire broke out. look at that a thirds eye view bird's-eye view. >> the age's director mark sullivan telling congress it was a one-time thing. lawmakers big to differ. secret service agents reported

in the last five-years. a lot of them with e-mails and inappropriate relationships. national security has never been. john davis is driving up an exit ramp when he saw a man with a sign saying jesus loves you. he gave the guy a few bucks. what's the problem? he drops the money moments later davis was getting a ticket for littering. >> he needed money or he wouldn't be out there. i would like to do it again but i am petrified i am going to get a ticket. >> the clevelanded police department not commenting. he is prepared to fight the ticket in this court. it is now going to international. the low cost carrier is improving the airport. right now southwest doesn't fly beyond the u.s. borders.

could start by the year 2013. >> dramatic video of a frightening truck crash in russia. >> the truck ramming into the su. the reaction of the driver says it all. the good news no one was seriously injured. those are your 5 at 5:30 headlines. >> let's go to another developing story. president obama has been sigh len the about the pakistani doctor who helps locate os bun laud. >> he has been sentenced for treason. 33 years he will serve. really doug? no one said anything about this in washington? >> not much anyway. according too twro your views ts guy is either a trade error a hero. pakistani official said overnight they should mined their own business here.

the guy is preparing to spened decades in prison. that's him under a vaccination program he was hiding out in pakistan has been found guilty of trees son. he has been sentenced to 33 years in prison. he was hiding out under their noses. they were angry about the raid they took him out. administration officials have been very careful to avoid much direct criticism here despite the value role he played. the state department would only offer this rather tepid response. >> our views haven't changed. we will continue to see no basis for him to be held. >> u.s. senators are going further. mccain and carl levin offered this.

it was a courageous heroic and patriotic act. it called for pakistan government pardon of u.s. officials asked pakistan to release him. a government official in pakistan has afridi has two months to appeal the verdict. he has been fined $3,200. >> insult in injury. it may be too late to help this guy out. you know other people looking to help the united states may be discouraged from doing so knowing we may not back them. >> there is only one number that matters in the general election. that is 270. james rosen look how mitt romney hopes to get in the number in the electoral college.

>> we are always hearing about the campaigns mapping out one strategy or another. there is only one map that matters. using this map helps calculate or using a victory from mitt p romney known as 321. it requires governor romney hold on to every state john mccain won in 2008. after that the game plan calls for mitt romney to take back three traditionally republican states for barack obama out performing most reason the democratic nominees. indiana, north carolina which combined for 49 electoral votes. here's how karl rove assessed the chances of it happening with special report with bret baier. >> there is an aeeasier path th

obama. if governor romney manages that it becomes a question two traditional battle ground states ohio and florida. they voted for bush cheney in 04 then turned blue for obama. they cost ohio two electoral votes. the two states combined skill account for 40 electoral votes. if they are there for ohio and take back the states mentioned earlier they have to coach from the obama biden. voted for bush cheney before turning blue in 08. democratic consultant told bret baier he sees this as a tall order. >> obama starts off with a huge electoral advantage. only looking at 27 electoral votes from getting there. it is easier path for him. forget about the millions you will hear about spending on ads

and the polling data. i know both of you heather and ainsley are up to the job. >> before you leave the house this morning let's get the weather update with janna dean. >> we are looking for potential of a cold front to move eastward. can you see it on this map? i bet you can. cooler dry air. in front of that front we are looking at the potential for warm humid air. the front moves eastward a lot of unsettled weather as we go through the map. south florida we continue to see the potential for more heavy rain. we want to keep a close watch on the potential for a developing

system. you can see showers and thunderstorms. large hail even isolated tornadoes. travel forecast looking good across all of the cities. philadelphia you can see unsettled weather in dc and miami my. first hurricane of the season. 350 miles just off the coast. we think bud is going to continue to sit and spin. we will be a turn for the next 24-48-hours then we expect it to dissipate heading into the weekend. >> potential for wildfires. >> thank you so much. >> it was an emotional season finale on american idol. ♪

>> there you see the season 11 winner phillip phillips getting all choked up while he was singing his new single "home." >> she joins us live in los angeles. you know what i loved about him he walked over we know the and hugged his family. >> he left the idol judges waiting. huge celebrities in their own right j-lo and steven tyler. just waiting. seems like a genuine guy that would do something like that. he says he's a normal guy who likes to play music. that's just who he is. maybe that's why americans love him so much. a record was set, 132 million votes to get to this. a star studded finale presenting phillip to the country as its newest american idol. >> i don't know. it's just crazy. feels unreal. it wasn't sunk in all of the way yet. it's overwhelming. >> here is phillip opening the

show with one of his own idols john of coursefogerty. the pawnshop worker is looking forward to starting work on his new record and getting his own original music out there which will be rock with a jazz influence. here is aerosmith steven tyler. >> i think phillip was the pesht one to win. he wasn't a great singer when he came on. he came out of them he was so nervous. he led them through. there was something magical about them. look at them now. >> phillips beat out 16-year-old jessica sanchez from san diego who said she knew he was going to one and said he deserved it because he knows who he is as an artist. >> i really feel relieved. i really thought he was going to win and he did. i am happy for him.

i am happy for myself because nobody makes it to this point the. sanchez phillips and season 11 go on the countrywide tour in july. good deal. thank you so much for that report. go get some sleep. >> it is now 41 minutes past the hour. it is right after a plane takes off. what happened next? it is all caught on camera. >> hollywood has casey anthony to play the world's most infamous mom.. >> airlines want to charge $25 if you want to sit next to your chiled. like on a crowded flight they can the guarantee seat assignments but for $25 they might guarantee you can sit next to your kid. here's my question. $25 to get your kid as far away

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>> it is 46 after the hour. love to see what stores are making headlines overs seas. we are going to begin with brazil. the engine covering ripping off during takeoff. the pilot made an emergency landing. no one was injured. next costa rica. there are signs that a volcano was about to erupt. people forced from their homes nearby. a series of eruptions of volume t kainoas ban in 2007. look at the draw dropping video out of china. this 3-year-old crossing a busy

intersection on a toy motorcycle. he drove more than a mile before a police officer finally snatched him. the boy was trying to visit his mother at work. his grandfather watching him at the time. the boy waited for him to go to the bathroom to make his greatest scape. heather, only takes a second. toddlers moving very, very fast. >> last night president obama was denouncing republican claims that he is a spenedder. listen to this. >> after inheriting a $1 trillion deficit i signed $2 trillion for spending cuts. my opponent won't admit it but real liberal outlets like wall street journal. since i have been president federal spending has been at the lowest pace in nearly 60 years. >> the president may want to

look at the new jobs numbers. there's a new report out for unemployme unemployment. over the past 25 years have all been under tpresident obama's ad membershipstration. >> what percentage of the american population that is eligible for employment is actually employed. it turns out over the past 300 months they expect in 1987930 worst months for the month not only fall during his presidency but after the recession ended in 2009. as the weekly standards put it it has come in the obama so-called recovery. during the past 25 years ratio never dropped below 60 percent. every month the under obama has been under 60 percent. even the worst nonobama month

the under george bush clocked in at 60 percent while obama's best had 60.3 percent of the employable population. even worst month under any other president in the past 25 years still beats obama's bess month when it comes to the percentage in the country. >> thanks so much. 11 minutes to the top of the hour. what happens in vegas does not stay in vegas. ask jessie waters producer on the factor. >> >> wait until you see what happened. >> meantime. real photo faux paus. president clinton posing for this picture. they do that all of the time. he should have asked who these ladies were first. little bit about their background. let's check in with brian

kilmeade. like a typical day for brian kilmea kilmeade. >> too much about my free time. a great show as usual. first we have a huge lineup on our crew. keith say hello. and on camera 3 devils fan ted is going to be here today. other people that are going to help these guys shine karl rove will be here live. governor mitt romney is a rising star. senator marco rubio he is supposed to show up. brook hogan. can't have the senator from florida without an outstanding daughter whose dad is a famous wrestler. final will he get in there. he's 7 foot 9 inches tall. he will be here live. it is going to be a great show unless we screw it up.

>> good morning. it is just about 7 minutes before the hour. canadian actor holly debot seen here is playing casey anthony in "imperfect justice." chosen over jennifer love hewitt and melissa molano. >> tried his hand at this. visited a youth center in toronto. they are there for the diamond jubilee celebrating his fsh queen elizabeth's 60 year reign. maybe he's looking for another job. >> spin city is providing plenty of fodder for jessie waters in this week's water's world. he finds more than just gambling in las vegas. take a look.

♪ >> what are you going to do in vegas? >> thursday night, friday night, saturday night. >> what does meantime mean? >> doing shopping. >> shopping. >> more shopping. >> girl's weekendment. >> i am partying. having a great time. >> you look stressed. >> yes. >> they have a couple newborns at home but he gets to go to las vegas. >> five minutes before the top of the hour. a faux paus for president clinton. >> he probably should have asked who they were. >> show you in a little bit.

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>> we're about one minute away from the top of the hour as we take a look at the good, the bad and the ugly. we'll start with the good. our nation's heroes spending the night playing games and playing sports. next, the bad. former president bill clinton caught in a photo op with two adult film stars in monaco. look at this picture. clinton at the monte carlo casino for a special gala event. one of the ladies posting that picture on twitter where it quickly went viral as you can imagine. yep. finally the ugly. this guy filming himself with a camera he stole from the car of a wisconsin state senator. criminal introduces himself on camera and admits to stealing the gadget. he's now facing some jail time.