>> good morning! >> good morning, gretchen. >> mega man! >> argentina? >> no. >> engagement. >> took so long for me, i can't even think of that word. >> have a great show, gretchen. >> you, too. have a fantastic day. >> thanks for joining us. see you later. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> good morning, everyone. today is thursday, june 7, 2012. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks so much for spending part of your day with us. unprecedented leaks related to national security but the real story -- who congress thinks might be behind them. >> i'm suggesting somebody in the white house is orchestrating an effort to leak classified information and programs to make the president look good. >> well, that's one side of the story. now, we're going to have the president's response. >> and oops! an obama economist goes off message defending the bush tax

cuts. sound familiar? yep, it's the second time this week. what is the white house doing about the chaos inity cou-- its court? we'll tell you. >> you want to be loaded? at one sports arena, last call for alcohol depends on how much you paid for your seat or your suite. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> so the more you pay for your seat, the more you can drink? >> yes. and the ladies can drink. so if usual in the bleachers, you won't be a belcher. >> cut off in the fourth quarter so you cut off in fourth quarter so for those in suites you could be drinking until 2:00 in morning. that's part of the jay-z imprint on the new nets. >> we're going to be debating that coming up very soon. in the meantime, some headlines for you. we start with a fox news alert. overnight, u.s. defense secretary leon panetta making a surprise visit to afghanistan.

he was greeted by the u.s. commander general john allen and the u.s. ambassador to afghanistan at least for now ryan crocker. in a news conference, he spoke about the progress he sees with the war. >> complete the transition. complete the effort of giving operational capability to the afghans and continue the drawdown towards the end of 2014 and then the effort to develop any presence beyond 2014. >> secretary panetta saying the united states is losing its patience with pakistan. this comes a day after he said u.s. drone strikes will continue in that country. attorney general eric holder set to testify today for the house judiciary committee about operation fast & furious. this after increased pressure from house republicans who say holder has not been forthcoming with the information. as you may know, fast & furious was supposed to track guns from the united states back to

mexican drug cartels. instead, many of those weapons got lost and at least two of them were used in a shootout that killed u.s. border patrol agent brian terry. the justice department claiming top officials did not know the details until it was too late but house lawmakers say they have evidence proving otherwise. police and fire unions in san jose, california, now suing over the city's new pension reforms. the cost-cutting plan won overwhelming support among voters on tuesday but city workers say the measure which calls for them to pay more to keep their current retirement benefit plans amount to broken promises so in response, the city of san jose launched its own lawsuit asking a federal judge to step in with a quick decision. coming up at 8:50 a.m. eastern time, we'll talk to the mayor of san jose, chuck reed. just call her the queen of country! carrie underwood, the big winner at the cmt music awards last night in nashville. >> all right. and so the buckle goes to miss

carrie underwood. >> the buckle? is that what you win? underwood picked up two awards, video of the year and collaborative video of the year with brad paisley. >> ♪ a little crown in a dixie cup ♪ ♪ get the party started ♪ girl you make my ticker go boom-boom ♪ ♪ dancing on the tailgate in the full moon ♪ >> i like that. you make my speakers go boom-boom? luke bryan took home buckle for male video of the year. here's how he celebrated his win. >> i have a lucky charm. i have some lucky camouflage underwear. tom, would you like to do the owners? -- honors? >> wow. that guy has some good things going on there. even president obama and mitt

romney made an appearance. are you kidding me? >> do you have a decision? >> this is one of the toughest decisions i've had to make since i've been in office but i think i've decided. i want them both. >> i thought the presidential election was a tough race. but it's nothing compared to the politics at the cmt music awards. i think i have a solution, though. i propose toby and kristin co-host the show. see? i put two people back to work. you're welcome, america! >> the two playing off the skit pitting the night's co-hosts toby keith and kristin bell against each other. >> it was a very good show. >> all right. let's talk a little bit about what's going on on capitol hill later today. there's going to be bipartisan news conference from members of both parties. also, the f.b.i. has opened a probe and there are calls for a special council. they want to investigate who is leaking some of our national security super secrets to the

press to apparently make the white house look good. >> two articles in particular and we've gone over them here. kill list, the president went out in a "new york times" story and a 16-page story goes into great detail about al-qaida terrorists, how he kills them and how he disseminates who dies and who doesn't and where they're shot and people in this article are quoted like tom donnelon are quoted, national security advisor talks about the whole thing and they say that three dozen current and former advisors are also on the record with this reporter talking and this really bothers people who are concerned with winning long term the war on terror, unravelling our strategies. >> so why would they do that? why would they leak this stuff? well, the accusation goes on to say that they're doing it for political purposes. that they feel like this is one thing that the president can hang his hat on as far as foreign policy and taking out usama bin laden and continuing to kill terrorists. and so instead of focusing, some say, on the economy and other things like jobs, this is one thing that they want to tout

that the president has done. but at what expense? when you have a democratic senator like dianne feinstein who is very high ranking in investigating this type of thing saying this, i'm convinced what we need to do is codify a process and that the process that exists now is totally inadequate. when you have her asking for an investigation into the leaks, you know that it's a big deal. because it's crossing over political lines. >> when you look in the last year or so, when did president obama get his highest ratings? right after the killing of usama bin laden so he's got, you know, he's got some traction there. lindsay graham was on with greta van susteren last night and took aim directly at the white house for the leaks. listen. >> i'm suggesting somebody in the white house is orchestrating an effort to leak classified information and programs to make the president look good. to think otherwise is just absurd. these three stories within 45 days of each other or less than

that, paint a portrait of an administration defining terrorism, talking about disrupting a bomb plot that would have put us all at risk and a cyber attack on iran trying to build a nuclear weapon. >> the director of national intelligence, james clapper will be thursday morning, that's today, on capitol hill trying to explain to everyone how "the new york times" knows more about our intelligence operation that maybe the senate select intelligence committee and that's the chairperson, senator dianne feinstein. meanwhile, senator john mccain and senator graham are leading the charge to find out who leaked this and the accusation is it came from the administration. here's what jay carney said yesterday. any indication that they've leaked this information for political gain is grossly irresponsible. >> mccain was one of the first person that came forward and

said something doesn't smell right. let's move on to the other big political story this morning which is the continuation of democratic surrogates coming out against president obama's plan. >> then walking them back. >> well, but it's very interesting because first, of course, we had former president bill clinton in a myriad of examples, more specifically and recently about tax cuts, whether or not they should expire come january. now you have larry summers issuing a clarification on what he said about the bush tax cuts. remember, he was one of the original economic planning guys for president obama when he first came into office. here's the original thing that larry summers said. the real risk to this economy is on the side of slowdown. certainly not on the side of overheating. that means we've got to make sure we don't take the gasoline out of the tank at the end of this year. that's got to be the top priority. >> so he -- >> yeah, people concluded that he meant by that, don't raise taxes. let the bush tax rates remain. >> so he -- somebody got to him. and he had to back track. and he said "i fully support"

this is completely different. i fully support president obama's position on tax cuts extending the high income tax cut does little for demand and poses substantial problems of fairness and fiscal prudence as well. i'll tell you what, congressman paul ryan was on with hannity last night and had a little bit to say about this spinning. >> last thing you want to do in a bad economy like this is crank up tax rates so that's where we actually agree on that. people from the left and right on economics agree don't raise taxes in this kind of an economy. the president, though is so into this class warfare, pitting americans against each other that he's willing to trash all the advice he's getting from people in his own party about what it is to do to prevent us from going into a recession. >> the phone calls and the forced back tracking began publicly with cory booker when he made the statement about being nauseated by the bain attacks and mitt romney and then you have bill clinton, the former president of the united states gets a call to walk back

what he said about the bush tax rates. he has to do it in a written statement and larry summers according to the insider books that are out, he was the most powerful advisor in the administration. >> he was absolutely. >> i love the fact that one of the advisors for president clinton or somebody else said that maybe it's his age that he's suddenly speaking out of turn. he's been out of politics for 12 years. come on! president clinton is one of the smartest politicians ever and by the way, he's only 65 years old. younger than president reagan before he even ran for office. i don't think it has anything to do with his age. that excuse isn't going to get past the smell test. >> does this smell ok to you? talking about class warfare at the new nets arena over in brooklyn, the amount of money you spend on your seat is going to determine whether or not you can buy just one more round of alcohol. for instance, the proposed alcohol guidelines. sales of beverages will end at the start of the fourth quarter.

that's standard in a lot of places. >> if you pay between $15 and $55 for a ticket. >> that's right. if you have the regular seats. or an hour before end of other events. here's what you're talking about. premium ticket holders can drink after the cutoff and that has some people going wait a minute so the people who are up there in the ritzy suites get to drink until closing time? yeah, well past closing time. >> i agree with that. you know how much they're paying for those suites? if you have $260,000, up to $550,000 a year to put into the economy and put into the suites, you can drink 24 hours a day as far as i'm concerned as long as you don't drive. >> that's the problem. people in the neighborhood are saying, wait, those are the people that don't take mass transportation, they're driving themselves. and drinking until 2:00 in the morning with jay-z hanging out, you know. >> it is transportation. >> people who can afford the fancy suites are the people who can afford the expensive parking

so 2:00 in the morning, they get in their car and they've been drinking for 12 hours, that can be a problem. >> i think you've been watching too many rapper videos. >> that's good. maybe this can happen. maybe the people in the suites can toss beers to the people in the regular seats and they can bring fishing nets to the arena. >> not a bad idea. >> the people in the regular seats can still go to the restaurants that will remain open at this new arena so it's not like they're not allowed to get drinks. they just have to go to a different place. >> they have to pay for the new arena in brooklyn and it's got to be shined up every day. >> one cocktail inside. we're about to get new jobless numbers this morning but the administration maintains they are creating jobs, especially green jobs like this. >> garbage men have green jobs. >> yes. >> does a teenage kid who works full time at a used record shop count? >> yes. >> yes, those are all green jobs. is the labor department fudging employment data for political reasons? we'll talk about that.

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>> welcome back, everyone. the next time you hear a politician saying they're creating green jobs, just remember this. >> do garbage men have green jobs? >> yes. >> does the teenage kid that works full time at a used record shop count? >> yes. >> wouldn't an oil lobbyist count as having a green job if they're engaged in advocacy related to environmental issues? >> yes. >> and that admission makes the number of green jobs created look even worse when you realize that's the category. here to react, tennessee congressman guy dejarley, welcome. were you surprised by those answers? >> yes, a little bit. it seems harder and harder to categorize what exactly a green

job is. >> i'm still trying to figure it out. the kid who is working at the record shop, why is that a green job? because you're throwing away old l.p.'s? i don't know, they're recyclable? >> right, i guess. you know, if you're a plumber, it's a green job. if you move porta-potties, it's a green job. if you drive an electric bus, it's a green job so it's just a myriad of things that become very confusing and hard to count. >> so when the department of labor comes up with statistics like they did in 2010 and say there were three million green jobs created, not only do we have to wonder where those jobs came from, we have to wonder where the criteria is. do you not trust those numbers? >> i'm very leary of the numbers. the one thing that we keep looking at is the shifting unemployment numbers. is it 8.7, is it 8.1, is it 8.2? and really the american people are looking hard at these numbers. you can't look at a poll that doesn't say the number one thing on voters' minds is jobs and the

economy. so at the very least, the american people deserve the facts when it comes to the actual job numbers. job creators look at these numbers in making their investments and clearly it seems like there seems to be discrepancies on what the numbers actually are. >> and most importantly, coming up in november, voters look at the unemployment number to decide which name they tick off, either obama or romney. this green job discussion is really the tip of the iceberg. what you're really concerned about is how these numbers have come out in the last couple of months, the unemployment numbers and then they look pretty good and then they're revised later on and you're wondering why is that happening? because that really doesn't get any press when they're revised on the downward side, right? >> that's right, gretchen and really, if you want to look at employment, why don't we look at the employment rate? employment rate is at one of the lowest in the past 30 years. it's somewhere around 63% of people that are actually employed so if we look at a number of 8 or 8.2 or 8.4, what happens to those 26%, 28% in

between that aren't being counted anymore. are they underemployed? are they just not looking? so it's clear to see the numbers could be skewed but if you actually look at americans that are employed, maybe that would be a better barometer. >> you're concerned, too, that the department of labor statistics although there might be a lack of integrity there and that's what you're examining. thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> yes, sir. thank you. >> coming up on "fox & friends" -- did you know this? kids' birthdays parties are now taking place at the gun range? one texas range letting kids as young as 8 shoot as long as they're old enough to see over the counter. is that a good idea? the owner here will defend his position. that's coming up next. >> we did laser tag, is that allows? the white house thinks you shouldn't have show to an i.d. to vote. to get your book signed by the first lady, you'll need an i.d. and a whole lot more. our cloud is not soft and fluffy.

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>> wake up. put something on. here are your headlines. florida's election chief insisting the state is not violating any laws by trying to remove ineligible voters like dead people, like felons and noncitizens from voter rolls. he also says the d.o.j. more concerned with protecting potentially illegal voters than legal ones. and some are smelling hypocrisy! first lady michelle obama's security detail requiring photo i.d.'s for a book signing. this despite the president's strong opposition to voter i.d. laws. he claims they are discriminatory. steve? >> thank you, brian. critics are fired up protesting a new gun range in texas. it lets kids learn how to shoot as soon as they're old enough to

see over the counter. david prince is the co-owner of the gun range. it's just north of dallas, texas, and joins us live from the metroplex. good morning to you, david. >> good morning to you guys. >> it's great to have you. you know, for a kid, this has got to sound great because not only do they learn how to shoot guns at your facility, but you're now opening it up for birthday parties. and you say that kids can start shooting guns at age 8. david, why age 8? >> well, first, we want to make sure that everybody knows that the children when they come in and their parents are going to be giving us 30 minute instructional by a certified n.r.a. instructors that are trained in handgun safety and shooting accuracy and they're going to have that before they even get into the range but once they get into the range, you know, the guns will be there waiting for them. they're not going to be running around shooting at pinatas. this is to be a well orchestrated, carefully -- >> no, i understand that.

>> designed program. >> i was reading some of the news accounts. i saw one mother was worried, oh, you know, you're going to have birthday parties there. i'm worried that my son won't be able to tell the difference between, you know, a video game that he's played a lot at home and, you know, holding a real .22 or a b.b. gun out there. >> well, that's why it's so important to train the children from this age. you know, throughout the decades, boy scouts of america have been letting children and every summer, there's summer camps for boy scouts and girl scouts at age 6 start with b.b. guns and .22's and we're providing families a place to bring their children and learn how to safely shoot a gun. and that's -- that's our goal. and at our range, education and instruction are our paramount mission statement. so age 8, we chose it just because our shooting tables are a certain height and we just don't -- we thought it would be safer if the kids can be able to reach over and shoot over those shooting tables. that's our biggest reason.

>> well, i took an n.r.a. class when i was a kid as well and the boy scout training and the cub scout training with b.b. guns and then .22's but i think the number one reaction for some parents might be, david, my kid is going to go to this birthday party at this place. i'm worried that horsing around, they might shoot somebody else or hurt themselves. >> that's the instructions. when they go into that range, there will be parents there but especially there will be enough range safety officers that are going to be within arm's reach of every child and they'll be shown how to always point the gun downrange and keep their finger off the trigger until ready to shoot and the guns won't be loaded until ready to shoot so the children aren't going to be running around with guns. they'll be standing in the stalls. individual stalls built for one person to be standing there shooting at a time. so -- but once begin, none of this is going to be happening until these children and parents are properly trained on handgun safety. >> it sounds like you've thought of everything.

if i'm an 8-year-old kid, what's better than birthday cake and shooting guns? >> well, our design was to get people into our range and develop shooters that are done safely and the kids will be around guns no matter what. like you said, they're into video games. why not show them the difference between toys and real guns? what toys and real guns will dooshgs the difference and that's what the education instruction and if the birthday party gets them in there to train, then that's even better. the birthday cake and the sugar is all coming afterwards. we promise. there's not going to be any sugar hopped up kids running around the gun range. >> that's good to know. david prince, co-owner of eagle gun range north of dallas. thanks very much for joining us live. >> it's an honor to be on your show. >> honor to have you, sir. folks out there in tvland, what do you think of that idea? let us know, friends at foxnews.com. we're trillions in debt. why is the senate spending hundreds of thousands of dollars of our money on thijs like national safe digging month? huh?

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>> the government may soon yet have another way to squeeze more money out of it. this is what they want to do here. several states are now conducting pilot programs testing cars equipped with g.p.s. tracking devices in hopes they can eventually monitor and tax us for every mile we drive. you would get taxed by the mile. you know what we should do? let's put a tracking device on the money we send to government. how much goes to hookers. >> how about the smoking clowns? >> the people booing that plan should make sure they know what the people they're voting for, what policies they agree with. >> sure. jay leno, one of america's biggest car collectors and did you realize, folks, as we look ti big screen over there. we're coming up july 13, 2012,

will be collector car appreciation day. that's one of those, you know, one of those special days set aside. also, october of last year, national wildlife refuge week and then you've got the year of the family caregiver was last year. >> you have national chess day. national safe digging month. you have year of water. >> safe what? >> safe digging month. >> for what? >> probably power lines, water lines, stuff like that. >> but this proves that these days, i'm not against chess or digging or whatever else we put up -- caregivers especially, not against that. but come on! you know how much money we're spending denoting all these days as special? >> you have a figure? >> yeah, $3481,000 in the last year because for everyone of these declarations it costs the taxpayer $1,200. >> right. >> is this lobbyists behind this? that's what i'm wondering. >> no, it's members of congress. >> senator frank lautenberg. >> the $381,000 is just on the

senate side. you know, they do that at the house as well and it's a bipartisan thing. not just democrats. it's republicans as well. >> i'm wondering how do they get the ideas? is their constituents coming to them saying we have to have a safe digging day? you know, or is it the lobbyists who work for safe digging who are saying we need to honor these people? >> could be a little of both. something from column a and column b. nonetheless, they do it and it costs a lot of money. that's a lot of ink. >> the rest of the headlines for a thursday. at least 55 parents and students from kentucky were on this bus heading to washington, d.c. it flipped over, a witness snapped this picture. the accident happening just minutes into the trip. right as the bus driver was turning the curve, dozens of people taken to the hospital. thankfully, none of the injuries are life threatening. >> just a couple of hours, john pistole, the head of the t.s.a. will be on the hot seat on capitol hill. the subcommittee holding a hearing on ways to improve the agency's customer service. yeah. good. and restore the public's trust

in it as well. many lawmakers have criticized the agency for numerous security lapses, improper patdowns and, of course, just blowing taxpayer dough. >> many lawmakers and religious leaders outraged after a same-sex wedding ceremony took place in the base chapel at fort polk in louisiana. john fleming says the state does not recognize same-sex marriage or civil unions. some calling into question the legality of the ceremony. a spokesperson for the american veterans for equal rights say gay personnel should receive the same rights as military troops. roseanne barr out of work again. she says this time the liberal politicians are to blame. barr claims her new sitcom got shelved is because -- the reason is because her politics are simply too liberal. too progressive. barr says "they don't like the things i say" so it's kind of like black listing or something. but the fact is i still think

it's weird to black list or whatever you want to call it. barr currently running as the green party candidate for president of the united states. good luck, roseanne! >> speaking of green, i think brian is outside and going to be talking about something green underneath -- >> grass. >> in just a moment. first, the sports. >> if you want to build on that premise. let me talk about sports. great playoff year in the nba. san antonio looks like they're going to coast to the finals. they are out now, bounced from the playoffs by the oklahoma city thunder and now they're on their way to the finals for the first time since 1996 when they were the seattle supersonics. they beat the spurs 107-99. the spurs had won 20 in a row but suddenly forgot how to win. lost four straight. kevin durant fantastic. this is why he's m.v.p. let's talk hockey. devils denying the kings a shot at the cup. cup was in the building. it did not get delivered because jersey down 3-0 games won this game 3-1.

now forcing a game -- a game five in new jersey. 21 saves for martin brodeur. we'll see if they can extend it a little bit more. l.a. seems to be the best team. the new york giants want to show brandon jacobs the money. this boy wanted him to. he left. boy's mom mailing a letter with $3.56. part of the note reads "so you can go to the giants, here's my money." they thought big blue was short on money and couldn't afford the big giant running back. he said he almost cried when jacobs went to the 49ers and you know what? he may pay the boy back as a surprise. jacobs is now with san francisco. and keeping with the giants theme, tom coughlin scoring a major contract. the super bowl winning coach has got a three year deal. he's the third highest paid coach now in the league. by the way, you want to hear more about sports?

keeping score at foxnews.com to write and fox and friends.com/keepingscore to get my video column. what about your sports life and backyard? america spent nearly $30 billion on lawns and gardens in the past year. what if i could tell you that you might not never have to mow your lawn, seed your lawn again but yet, it's always green? even in the winter? jennifer of at global sports and dave sternberg of perfect turf is here to tell us how and we're actually on your material. welcome, david. great to see you again, jennifer. >> great to see you guys. >> what are you holding in your hand? >> we're holding landscaping turf. this is a great option for your backyard to help you save every square foot you install saves 65 gallons of water. >> first time i saw turf in the backyard, brady brunch and it looked not very green and this looks very real. >> they've developed realistic looking turf that feels soft and become very well accepted. >> is this something that i would get in a stadium?

>> no, completely different. the stuff in the stadium does not have this layer but it has rubber. you've seen that rubber come up. this has a thatch layer that holds the blades up and looks like dead grass at the bottom of your lawn. >> this seems like a great idea. how pervasive is at this point? >> it's very easy to install by yourself. you can do it yourself. it's easy to maintain. you have limited maintenance. you can put just -- >> i don't know how you could do it yourself. don't you need a certain rock and soil? doesn't it have to be graded perfectly? how can do you it yourself? >> we're telling people if they're doing a small job, 200 to 300 square feet, they can do it over the weekend. >> do it over the weekend? >> exactly. >> isn't it like carpet? it's got to be flat. you don't need a back hoe? >> nope, it's much easier than that. just a sod cutter and putting down some crushed rock and then the turf on top of that. anything over 300, 400 square feet, people usually get a professional.

>> i've had a chance to talk to cory booker in newark, new jersey and other places, when they can get turf on the park and the kids come out instead of getting into trouble, they're playing in the park. playing all types of games. soccer and football and everything. >> a lot of home restrictions in neighborhoods right now. we're encouraging municipalities to look at this as an option for offering rebates or incentives to install this in the neighborhood. >> thanks so much for coming. >> thank you. good to see you. >> providing this for concerts. >> thank you, no problems. >> great atmosphere. >> back to you guys inside. >> great idea. >> you don't ever have to mow it. more time with your family. >> all right. sounds good to me. >> that's either good or bad. >> parents, sit down for this. planned parenthood setting shop inside of high schools now. you'll have no say about that. we'll explain. >> then from his vice president right on down to some of his closest confidants, are president obama's surrogates actually derailing his re-election bid? juan williams probably says no and andrea tantaros probably says yes.

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>> 6:45 on this thursday. quick headlines for you. controversial move in california, some high schools there in california now allowing planned parenthood to set up shop at some high schools. they'll provide students with free birth control, counseling and pregnancy tests. at the high school. critics say this should be done by parents and not through the school. and the house ethics committee moving ahead with the ethics case against congressman of the democratic party from california, maxine watters.

if found committee missteps had not denied her a fair hearing. watters accused of pressuring the treasury department to provide government bailout money to a bank that her husband once owned stock in. oops! gretch. >> first, it was president clinton coming out in support of the bush tax cuts tentatively and then did you hear this? >> what i think we need to do is to find some way to avoid the fiscal cliff, to avoid doing anything that would contract the economy now and then deal with what's necessary in the long term plan as soon as they can, presumably it will be after the election. >> all right. so president clinton is not alone. now, economist larry summers issuing a clarification on statements that he made also in support of the bush tax cuts. so are these surrogates helping or hurting the obama campaign? joining me now for a fair and balanced debate, juan williams and andrea tantaros. both co-hosts of "the five". good to see you both this morning. >> nice to be with you. >> juan, let me turn to you.

you're on the democratic side. it appears that the laundry list continues to grow of these surrogates who are speaking out against president obama's policies. what's going on? >> well, i don't think that president clinton is necessarily speaking out against his policies. he's saying there should be a temporary extension of the bush tax cuts and as you know, president obama said no. he wants to negotiate a long-term deal with republicans even going back to the grand bargain but i think president clinton is saying, you know what? if we just had a temporary extension, then we can get a budget deal. president obama has been trying to hardball negotiations with republicans by saying no deal. and so, you know, on one level i'll say this -- it comes across to me on -- this is not the first time, gretchen, for clinton. he also said that romney had a sterling business record. >> no, this has become daily. >> right. so i think -- my theory is he wants to be the big dog in the democratic ranks and he doesn't want anybody to mistake the president obama as the true -- >> that could be one theory or he's just speaking his mind and

what he believes to be the truth. >> yeah, and i think that's exactly what clinton is doing. this happens too frequently to be a minor disagreement and look, i think the clintons if you read the back stories, and there's been tons of pieces and if you talk to a number of democrats and juan, you know better than i do, they don't like obama. they don't like mr. and mrs. obama, they had a tough primary season and i do think he thinks he's the big dog. this goes beyond clinton. this is now larry summers and before that, it was cory booker, duvall patrick, dianne feinstein. eventually, people say this points to obama's weakness. a lot of democrats think he might lose. when people think he might lose, the dissent starts flowing. >> you're talking about david axelrod who should be back plotting a campaign strategy, they're sending him out now as a surrogate on tv. not the most gifted speaker and i'm trying to be kind but he's no president obama behind a

microphone. what does that say to you? >> i think david is the strategist and the most celebrated episode was the one in boston where he went out there to try to make evidence to try to draw attention, i should say, to romney's lack of job creation when he was governor of massachusetts. >> he's not even a politician. >> what happens was romney sent his guys, his ringsers out to the campaign headquarters to heckle axelrod so it didn't go well. but let me just say -- nobody thinks that anybody knows which way this election is going and in fact, if you look at the polls, obama -- it's not that the democrats are running away. i think when you talk about a lot of these surrogates, sometimes they have their own agenda. some have their own relationships with wall street, for example, they're not going to say anything negative about wall street because wall street is putting money in their pockets. >> they don't want the negative economic data to wash over them, too. they don't want to be associated with president obama because of his job performance. i've worked on a number of campaigns. your top political strategist is

never out on the campaign trail. they are behind the desk. they are work the phones and mapping out the strategy. the fact that he's on the trail, again, points to weakness and the fact that i think they had surrogates they can't trust. >> it's better than donald trump, you know? >> i don't know about that. >> better surrogate than him. >> i disagree with you there. trump gets more attention and looks more sharper. >> the hair. i think that's what it is. it's the hair! >> from you, juan, he needs some styling. >> no doubt, juan and andrea will be dressed sharply for "the five" today. you can catch them there as they continue this debate. thanks so much for getting up early. >> good morning. >> president obama out with stunning new fundraising numbers this morning. apparently it's not enough. why he chose fundraising over commemorating d-day? that's coming up. wake up!

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>> all right. in regulation proposed by the federal government to protect endangered sea turtles is prompting a bitter battle. the government wants every shrimp boat fisherman to have a device on their boat that would allow sea turtles to escape if caught and maybe arrows so they know where the hole is. some fishermen say the cost could put them out of business. you were talking millions of dollars. this next fisherman who you're eventually going to meet said over the years, he's only got maybe two or three sea turtles caught in his net and peter gersia is with us right now. a fisherman who is proud to say he trolls for shrimp with skimmer trolls and traps blue crabs. how is this going to affect you? >> it's going to really, i mean, put a final nail in our coffin, i believe, because, you know, we've been exempt with the smaller rigs and, you know, rightfully so because we shut

those down, there's nothing that's going to get in the net because we actively work the nets. once you put these devices in these smaller rigs, the rigs are, you know, close to the boat. it's going to be a hazard. we're going to get them in the wheel. it's just not going to -- when you pick everything that's above and that point, we're going to be dumping it out. you'll probably lose about 60% of your catch. >> who is making up these rules? in 40 years, you've only got about two or three turtles caught up in your stuff. >> that's it. i mean, the one of them i caught was by one of the universities, they had a fiberglass pitch on his shell and they had another one that was basically in the same area. so i mean, before this one point, like about say five, six, 10 years ago, we never caught any of them, so to me, you know, either release the injured ones or the population is that big that we're seeing them now. because, you know, i'm a shrimper since the early 70's and, you know, a lot of shrimp

up to 75 foot boats and i never caught any. >> the sea turtles have some strong advocates. device would be between $300 and $400 per net. what about these stats? the noaa estimates that 28,127 sea turtles are captured by shrimpers or killed by shrimpers over the course of a year. is this true? >> i doubt it seriously. i mean, you know, you ask them for the proof and they don't have no paperwork or no, you know, statistics to prove what they're saying. to me, you know, if they say we got a problem, prove that it's us causing the problem. a lot of this stranding the stuff that they might be seeing could be adverse effect of the spill. >> i hope this works out. another example of small business being strangled by washington. pete, thanks so much and good luck today when you're on the water. >> thank you. >> straight ahead, a change of heart? nancy pelosi gushing over president bush. >> president bush really a lovely man. really. and we disagreed in terms of

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>> good morning, everyone. today is thursday, june 7, 2012. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time with me today and steve and brian. and brian is looking at me with a grin and i'm not sure why. >> happy. that's all. >> all right, good. >> a guy can't be happy? >> steve is, too, mr. happy. investigating the white house. today, senior members of congress from both sides now calling for a probe over some serious leaks. >> i'm suggesting somebody in the white house is orchestrating an effort to leak classified information in programs to make the president look good. >> this morning, the white house is now responding to that claim. >> attorney general eric holder on the hot seat again after months of stonewalling congress on the fast & furious investigation. well, new documents force holder to fess up? a live report from washington. >> and nancy pelosi reflecting upon some of her most memorable moments in congress.

like her great time with president bush? >> president bush really a lovely man. no, really, we disagreed in terms of policy. >> that's what she's saying now. what did she say then? we've got the tape. and the transcript. "fox & friends" hour two for a thursday starts right now. >> maybe nancy pelosi simply forgot. >> forgot what? >> all the bad stuff she said about him. >> that stuff doesn't matter to me. what matters to me is why she's praising him now. >> not president obama when she talks of looking back in her career of 25 years, you'd seem she'd bring up health care. >> she's remembering the stuff that happens when she was speaker, sans health care. >> we'll talk about why she's talking about it now. is there anned yurn lying meaning in that? overnight, u.s. defense

secretary leon panetta making a surprise stop in afghanistan. he was greeted by the u.s. ambassador to afghanistan ryan crocker. in a news conference a short time ago, panetta talked about the progress that he sees from the war. >> complete the transition, complete the effort of moving operational capabilities into afghans and continue the drawdown towards the end of 2014 and then the effort to dissolve in the presence of 2014. >> secretary panetta saying the u.s. is losing patience with pakistan. this a day after he said u.s. drone strikes will continue in that country. pakistan, of course, is demanding those strikes stop. president obama skipping remarks on the 68th anniversary of d-day to hold fundraisers for his re-election bid in california instead. we're learning that the president raised $60 million last month. he'll finish up his west coast tour today in las vegas. meantime, mitt romney heading to the midwest today.

he'll be in st. louis at a factory to talk about jobs and hold a private fundraiser. he just wrapped up a two day swing through texas. a massachusetts teenager sentenced to 2 1/2 years behind bars for texting and driving. the 18-year-old is the first person in the state's history to be convicted of that crime. prosecutors say he sent four texts before killing a father of three in a head-on collision. his mother is extremely emotional after the verdict was read. >> he was also ordered to perform 40 hours of community service and surrender his driver's license for 15 years. just call her the queen of country. carrie underwood, the big winner at the cmt music awards last night in nashville. >> all right. so the buckle goes to -- miss carrie underwood.

>> ♪ good girl >> underwood picked up two awards, video of the year and collaborative video of the year with brad paisley and even president obama and mitt romney made an appearance during the awards ceremony? really? >> mr. president do you have a decision? >> this is one of the toughest decisions i've had to make since i've been in office but i think i've decided. i want them both. >> i thought the presidential election was a tough race. but it's nothing compared to the politics at the cmt music awards. i think i have a solution, though. i propose toby and kristin co-host the show. see, i just put two people back to work. you're welcome, america! >> well, the two playing off the skit pitting the night's co-hosts toby keith and kristin bell against each other. at least it was bipartisan. >> you notice when they played those two clips the amount of

applause behind mitt romney. maybe they just opened the microphone up a little bit more. also, i really enjoyed willie nelson did a song last night along with toby keith. "roll me up and smoke me when i die." >> that's fitting for willie nelson if you believe all the stories about him. >> i don't know what you're referring to. >> let's go back to capitol hill because there's going to be a big bipartisan news conference today on administration national security's leaks. and the allegations now are coming out pretty strong from republicans. even some democrats, high ranking senator dianne feinstein, she is now wondering how the heck some of these leaks appeared in "the new york times" as well as in the new book that's coming out by a "new york times" reporter. >> and remember the movie, too. >> yeah. >> the movie that's coming out, gave incredible access to. all these things are leading to one conclusion. that for the administration, akorpgd to the-- according to te

politicians, is the administration leaking this in order to look good? is our national security? senator lindsay graham. >> i'm suggesting somebody in the white house is orchestrating an effort to leak classified information and programs to make the president look good. to think otherwise is just absurd. these three stories within 45 days of each other or less than that. paint a portrait of an administration effectively fighting terrorism talking about disrupting a bomb plot that would have put us all at risk. and the cyber attack on iran that's trying to build a nuclear weapon. >> i'll tell you what, the f.b.i. has now opened a probe into the leakage from the white house or wherever it's coming from. and also, they're calling for a special counsel. john mccain made the claims that it's coming directly from the white house to make the president look good during this election year. jay carney yesterday on air force one said this. he said any suggestion that this administration has authorized intentional leaks of classified

information for political -- political gain is grossly irresponsible. >> so why do people think that? it's because there's been so many high profile articles about this wonderful foreign policy that the president has. how he has his drone strategy, how he killed usama bin laden and many people believe he's hanging his hat on foreign policy because he doesn't want to talk about the economy and jobs and the unemployment rated going up. >> if you look at this "new york times" story, they quote they say three dozen current and former national security officials talk to them for this story. why would they do that without the white house's permission and tom donnelon is quoted in the story. these are intentional leaks and people talking about stuff that took place. >> secretary of defense gates went to see the national security guy after brennan had given that big briefing about the usama bin laden raid where they felt that the pentagon did that he had leaked operational secrets and gates said to him. i have a new strategic

communications approach to recommend. he said what is it? he said shut the blank up! this is in the new david sanger book that's coming out soon called "confront and conceal." >> in just a few hours, attorney general eric holder will head to capitol hill again to testify on operation fast & furious. will new documents force holder now to fess up? peter doocy live for us in washington with more on this story. good morning, peter. >> good morning, gretchen. you remember back in november before the senate judiciary committee and then in -- and then in february before the house oversight committee, we heard attorney general eric holder say gun walking tactics were not mentioned in any of the wiretap applications connected to operation fast & furious but now the chairman of the house oversight committee darrell issa says that's just not true. >> the white house is spinning that somehow we're misleading what's in these documents that they know we can't make public because they're under seal, but they've read, we've read and it's very clear plenty of people who work and continue to work

for eric holder and are not being held accountable knew they were gun walking and knew they were continuing to gun walk. >> chairman issa got a chance on six wiretap applications that are still under wraps because they're sealed by a federal judge but he says they show that back in 2010, senator -- senior d.o.j. officials knew about "irresponsible tactics" but they let it slide that let a spokesperson deny it all on tuesday saying "senior justice department officials were not aware of the tactics of fast & furious until they became public in early 2011. and "the claims that wiretap applications prove the criminal division or anyone at the department of justice approved these tactics remain inaccurate as they were when they were first made over a year ago." so 9:30 this morning here in washington, we're going to hear from the attorney general and he'll testify at a house

judiciary committee hearing regarding the oversight of the d.o.j. we're expecting to hear a lot about fast & furious. stay tuned for that. >> we're talking about nancy pelosi yesterday looking back at her 25 years in the house of representatives. and interestingly enough, a lot of her conversation and recollections involved her days squaring off against george bush. i'd say squaring off sounded more like this yesterday. >> president bush really a lovely man. really. we disagreed in terms of policy. we worked with president bush on many issues. we worked with him on what his version of the stimulus package, we worked with him on a great thing that president bush did and we worked with him on probably the most unpopular bill that anybody will ever vote for ever, tarp. >> huh?

>> come on! is this yet another obama surrogate who is now coming over to the other side? she doesn't have to say this right now. she doesn't have to call george w. bush a lovely man. and more importantly to me she doesn't have to go on for 20 more seconds at least talking about how wonderful he was in bipartisan efforts with democrats on capitol hill. is that a stab at president obama who hasn't been able to bring the two parties together? is that a stab from nancy pelosi, one of the highest ranking democrats? >> i'll tell you what, if i was president obama, i'd be highly insulted because he basically gave the stimulus package to her. he basically gave the health care package to her and this is the thanks he gets? i didn't see the same thing. reportedly he cheated -- the former speaker did not bring up president obama much if at all. some of the things she's said in the past. >> about the lovely man? >> she said yeah, the lovely man had a different -- had a different take on him in 2005. she said "you know, god bless him.

bless him. president of the united states is a total failure. he's losing all credibility with the american people on the economy, on the war, on energy. you name the subject. she also accused him of fear mongering when it came to wiretaps and lately, one of the last comments she made about him is called him an incompetent leader. in fact he's not a leader at all. >> why is what she said yesterday so important? because it's the exact opposite. why would she say he's a lovely man? you'd expect her to say those things when george bush was actually in office. >> roast. >> but to now say that he's a lovely man, i think speaks much more to her relationship with president obama than has anything to do with president bush. >> see, i think she's just having a flashback to when she was speaker and when i was speaker, we got so much done. this guy who i blame for everything, i reached across the aisle. i got stuff done! >> more of a hit on boehner, you think? >> you want stuff done? it's more about her. you want stuff done? i should be speaker! >> all right. talk about what's coming up straight ahead. let's talk class warfare. want to get loaded?

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is to find some way to avoid the fiscal cliff, to avoid doing anything that would contract the economy now and then deal with what's necessary in the long term debt reduction plan as soon as they can which presumably be until after election. probably put everything off until next year, that's probably the best thing to do right now. >> on the heels of president clinton voicing support for extending bush era tax cuts, one of president obama's former economic gurus larry summers is echoing a similar sentiment. >> in a recent interview summers said "the real risk to the economy is on the side of slowdown, certainly not on the side of overheating. that means we have to make sure we don't take the gasoline out of the tank at the end of this year. that's got to be the top priority." >> joining us right now with his reaction is the host of "varney & company" stuart varney. stuart, these two democrats, big democrats, make these comments about the bush era tax cuts and then have to walk them back. what's going on?

>> total split within the democratic party about future economic policy. january 1st, everybody's taxes go up because the bush tax cuts disappear. the president wants to keep those -- he wants to raise taxes on the wealthy. and the moderate democrats want to get rid of all tax increases come january 1st. there is a total split. this is not the first split on a particular item of policy. ed rendell, former governor of pennsylvania, steve ratner, the guy that did the g.m. bailout, cory booker, mayor of newark are all moderates within the democratic party and all have been critical of the president's stance on private enterprise. all of them have been forced to walk it back, clarify, so to speak, but the split is there. it's obvious. >> why are they walking it back? that's my question. why did cory booker walk it back? now you have larry summers -- >> angry phone calls! >> does anybody tell president clinton what to do? apparently so. he had to walk it back. here's larry summers clarifying his comments. i fully support president obama's position on tax cuts.

extending the high income tax cut does little for demand and poses financial problems for fairness and fiscal prudence. that's not what he said initially. why do these high ranking walk it back? >> they've been taken to the wood shed and who knows what they've been threatened with. another explanation is we don't want to be too obviously splitting the democratic party. we don't want to be too obviously in opposition to president obama. take your explanation. i don't know what it is. the split is there. >> you don't think as i think charles krauthammer suggested that bill clinton is a double agent and he wants barack obama to lose and he wants hillary clinton to be the president in a couple of years. >> i don't know about hillary clinton being the president in a couple of years but he is a double agent because i don't think -- >> he's playing both sides of the game? >> he's saying president obama's leftist stance on economic policy is not playing well, change it. that's what he is saying. and you know, this -- i got to tell you, gretchen, this puts the ball in president obama's court. we've got a weakening economy,

massive tax increase coming. what is our policy? we all want to know. >> president obama had a chance to act like president clinton before he got a second term and moderate himself or to go more to the left and he has chosen to go more to the left. >> jay carney spelled it out yesterday. they are still going to raise taxes on wealthiest americans. no change from there but the moderates are still out there saying don't do it. >> exactly two hours from now, that man right there will be on fox business talking about all sorts of stuff. >> with gretchen, by the way. >> fantastic. >> i'll look forward to it. 9:15. see you then. >> coming up on "fox & friends", voters overwhelmingly agreeing the pension system in one city needs a serious overhall. now they'll sue to be able to keep those pensions. >> of course they are. >> this will make you proud to be an american. world war ii vets arriving on a flight get a spontaneous greeting from hundreds of people at the airport. the vets join us live with their reaction to that as we roll on. [ male announcer ] what's in your energy drink?

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>> got some news by the numbers for you right now. first, 60. that's the new retirement age for people in france. it used to be 62. oy! going the wrong way. critics say it could have dangerous consequences on france's economy. do you think? next, $89,100. that's the going rate for a new sneaker designed by kanye west. are you kidding me? the shoes out saturday but preorder prices on e bay have skyrocketed. and $3.36. that's how much a 6-year-old sent former giants player brandon jacobs, the boy hoping the money would cover what the giants couldn't to keep him on the team.

jacobs now with the 49ers. wonder if he kept the $4, brian. >> always talking sports, steve. now it's about patriotism. here's proof that patriotism never fades. it's stronger than ever. a group of world war ii veterans arriving on an honor flight in d.c. were shocked when they were greeted by an enormous crowd of supportive strangers. [applause] all right. two of those veterans are my guests this morning. ed cavanaugh and brooks holder. these honor flights is really a nonprofit organization who brings veterans back and forth to monuments and to washington, d.c. basically for free. ed cavanaugh, brooks holder, thanks so much for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> hey, is that you -- that's ed, first off to you. could you tell me -- you get on

this flight, u.s. airways brings you here. and as you land, what did you see? >> it was just an outstanding day. it was the day of a lifetime to be honest with you. the people that run the honor flight, honor flight myrtle beach, the finest group of people i've ever had the opportunity to work with. the trip that day was unreal! >> so u.s. airways, you're on the flight, you're flying basically for free for your service to the country, world war ii, and brooks, when you land, you expected just to go about your day. but what you saw, too, can you hear brooks? >> i'm not getting anything. >> he's having trouble hearing you right now. >> all right, ed. so you know what? i'll ask you and you can ask brooks. so ed to you, you went in and you said when you started shaking the hands, you were hit by a flash mob of patriots and especially the children. what was it about the children that got to you?

>> it was so exciting. he asked what the children did. >> it's an amazing thing to be walking -- i lost all now. i hear nothing. >> ok. well, so what happened is they walked out. u.s. airways rallied the people. all the flyers there. anybody in the airport when they started asking a few people. they asked a few more so when the u.s. airways flight attendants turned around, they thought, this is going to be embarrassing. we only have our staff here. they turned around and every single flier, everybody that was there, every pedestrian that was there to greet their family had gathered around and treated these patriots like world war ii had just ended. in fact, brooks or ed as i go back to you, there was even somebody in the newspaper that say nazis quit from 1945. >> well, they could have been. i didn't see it. i heard nothing about that.

it was -- it was pretty wonderful pulling in there. they had the fire ranges giving us an honor order salute and then there's people in the airport when we got there, it was amazing. >> right. and ed, would you just ask brooks how he felt the entire time, what he felt like when he walked out through that doorway? >> how did you feel when you walked out the doorway at the airport in washington? >> if i could communicate, i would tell you. >> he's listening to you. he can hear you. >> it's part of what you just said. it's when these young children, 150 strong and hundreds of kids on the cart paths in the areas down through the memorials, they would come up to you and say we thank you for your service. and i accepted that and really, really got to me when the young ones because it was not maybe all of their idea. this goes back to the parents and grandparents and people who

have told them what happened to us, why we were in war with all of our adversaries going on. but it's a pleasure and really happy moment to go through and visit with people who have been in the wars and the wars that have come and gone and the many, many people, i understand there's somewhere around 400,000 possibly buried in arlington. and areas around it. and it's a matter of really staying at attention and giving a salute to all and that's what we would want to do and we look forward to do. we still are looking down the road and even though we got a little age on us, if we had to do it again, we'd do it right now. >> i know you would. >> these things never go away. >> brooks, i can't thank you enough. >> our lover for -- love for

this country. >> brooks said the only thing this compared to was meeting president truman after the war. thanks so much. and a great job with the honor flight network, nonprofit organization that brings war heroes like this to monuments in special places throughout the country for free. thanks, guys. appreciate it. and thanks for your service. >> thank you! >> thank you. >> we appreciate it. >> and again, we're overcoming everything we can to bring that great story to you. i know you can appreciate it. meanwhile, straight ahead, wisconsin governor scott walker making history this week. the first governor to face a recall and win. but that's not quieting the opposition. they're getting kind of extreme. can you even believe it? death threats. then it is one of the most anticipated blockbusters of the summer. the amazing spiderman and this morning, we are giving you an exclusive look at how you can bring the superhero to life. he's got a great singing voice. listen to him. [ male announcer ] introducing a powerful weapon

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how does he do that? it's one of the most highly anticipated summer blockbusters, the amazing spiderman and marvel and wal-mart are teaming up to bring it to life for your family. right here with the ipad with marvel entertainment joins us right now. spiderman is it coming to wal-mart. >> most definitely. we have this fabulous truck tour coming to wal-mart stores brought to you by sony entertainment and marvel entertainme entertainment. it's fabulous. >> when the truck rolls up, there will be a member of the team there with an ipad and you'll actually bring spiderman live to wal-mart. right? >> well, how this works, steve, is you can download an app from the wal-mart.com, the circular or in store that basically gives you an opportunity to have an in-store activity, sort of an electronic scavenger hunt, if you will only available in wal-mart stores and brought to

you by sony and marvel. >> this is one of the opportunities that you'll have to really have a great activity for people that can be used -- >> look at that. >> great, you have an epic battle on top of there with spidey and the lizard. >> that's cool. that's what you'll see when you go to wal-mart when the truck is there. look at this. that guy walked by and he didn't even know that spiderman was on the roof of the truck. >> yeah. there he goes. >> so there's also a web slinger app that people can get, down load and they can do at their own house. >> exactly. they can download a game that they can take home. really a great value added to the customers of wal-mart. >> very cool. all right. we have a web slinger, right here. right behind us. there he is. >> hi, spiderman. >> i like the way people in new york city, they just walk by him and say yeah, why wouldn't -- >> in new york city, there's a lot of spiders. >> there is indeed. >> we have other stuff over there and all sorts of promotions going on at wal-mart. >> we have a video game from activision and a full line of merchandise. over 1,000 items of wal-mart stores coming to you shortly.

this truck, too, will be kicked off may 30th and run through july 15th. >> all right, very good. more passers-by. good morning, fellas. >> good morning. >> if you're trying to be there by 8:00, you have 22 minutes. very nice. it's coming to wal-mart. >> absolutely. >> all right, mark, thank you very much. >> thank you, steve. >> that's really cool. i like this! >> technology of the young people. >> let's go ahead and take a look at the weather right now coast to coast and find out where it is raining and where it is pouring and the answer is it's raining across a lot of portions of florida at this hour and also, we have a big storm in portions of, as you can see, central texas, some widely scattered showers in portions of new england and the northern plains. the next maps will show you the current readings as you head out the door on this thursday. you know what? if you need your current temperature, walk out your own darn door and figure it out. pretty nice. there we go. unless you're in misoula, we have 56 currently in raleigh.

73 in tampa and 70's across much of texas. and there's today's daytime highs. we're throwing that in. 100 today in el paso. 103 in phoenix, arizona. all right. and that's brian and gretch, a quick look from outside here in gotham city. >> i know spiderman is off but if there's any crime out there, if anything happens, will spiderman spring into action or is he a guy that when he's off, he's off? he just wants to let go! >> i know he's only fighting crime on the top of the wal-mart truck. >> ok, fine. >> want to get some clarification. you're pretty much on your own. >> he's back at fighting crime. >> yeah. >> posing. >> by the way, if you're going to commit a crime, this would make you stop right there. that's -- >> oh, that. >> it was so subtle, i missed it. >> thank you. >> 22 minutes before the top of the hour. now for your headlines. scary situation in wisconsin. police now investigating several threatening tweets against republican governor scott walker, the tweets made hours

after he won tuesday ace recall election and one of the tweets specifically called for his assassination and another violently described how the poster would kill him. did i get that right? >> the tweet poster. >> oh, the tweet poster. now i got it. police say all threats even on a social networking site are handled seriously and could be a criminal act. >> police and fire unions in san jose, california, now suing over the city's new pension reforms. the cost-cutting plan the other day won overwhelming support among voters. but city workers say the measure which calls for them to pay more to keep their current retirement benefit plan amounts to broken promises. the city of san jose responding, though, with its own lawsuit asking a federal judge to step in with a quick decision. coming up at 8:50 a.m. eastern time, we'll talk to the mayor of san jose, chuck reed. >> an embarrassing interruption on the senate floor for republican senator chuck grassley. >> the standards expressed -- >> [phone ringing]

>> for pete's sake. >> just woke everyone up. >> really did. so many people at home just checked their own phone. that's right, the iphone going off during his own speech to the senate. the long time senator from iowa fumbling, as you saw for a minute and then picking right up where he left off. >> hopefully, though, other members listening didn't doze back off. >> not as exciting as president obama. >> i'm just saying in general, anybody speaking on the house and senate floor. >> as soon as you're done, i'll get my single camera back. >> thank you. >> you've got to be loaded to get loaded at the barkley center. the new home of the brooklyn nets giving people in premium seats the added benefit of being served booze up to an hour after the arena event ends. even up to 2:00 a.m. but folks in the cheap seats can only order alcohol until the start of the fourth quarter. we asked what you thought about this class warfare. >> come on!

>> aaron bill e-mailed us and said in america, you get what you paid for. keep going. we should all be aware of this by now. kathy says -- you can't do it. go ahead. >> you're punching me like it's my turn to go. >> i thought it would be nice. >> kathy says people in those seats probably can have their driver drive them home. well, yeah, if you can afford $230,000 a year up to $550,000 a year or you're a company that can afford that, yeah, maybe so. maybe he can afford a cab. >> heres the problem a lot of times when you go to the nets game, the game is over by the third quarter. >> it's my understanding that it's nba regulations that you have to cut off booze at the start of the fourth quarter. >> the research you've done on this story is unfathomable. >> sorry to be informed. >> unbelievable. >> next. >> shocking video, a child dangling from a building four stories up. how he got in this situation and how he got out. >> should talk to spiderman about that.

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it's just 3.5 carats sparkler designed by jeweller neil lane. nicer than anything that cubic zirconium could come up with. she announced her engagement to an australian actor. he's going by the name liam hemsworth. i wish those two only the best. >> thank you, brian. the state of florida announcing yesterday it will not listen to department of justice orders to stop cracking down on voters who may be in this country illegally. in a letter sent to the d.o.j., florida officials stated they will continue to purge voter rolls for dead people, felons and people who aren't u.s. citizens. the d.o.j. insists what they're doing is discriminatory. what florida is doing. joining us right now is fox news legal analyst peter johnson jr. is it discriminatory? >> no, it's -- the department of justice is playing the race card and the state of florida says no, we're playing by the rules.

you need to be an american citizen here untso the state of florida is now saying sue me. that's what they're saying to the federal government. we're doing what's constitutional and proper. the first requirement is you be a united states citizen. the d.o.j. is saying that you are impacting minority voters in the state of florida and you're doing it on purpose. but unfortunately, it's part of the mantra of the federal government, especially in election year where they say listen, if you want to comply with the law, if you want to comply with the constitution, what you're really doing is engaging in racially suspect behavior. and you're trying to disenfranchise african-american and hispanic voters and what the state of florida is saying is no, we have identified about 180,000 people who may not be registered voters properly because they're not citizens or because they're felons or because they have some mental illness or there's some other issue involved. and they said no, the federal

government, they said that janet napolitano, give us the list miss napolitano and the federal government says you can't have the list. so feds say you can't have the list but we're going to sue you and we're going to call you racists. >> ok, this is what the secretary of state has issued statementwise. if the state followed the federal demand, then it would help unlawful voters cast votes which would cancel out the ballots cast by lawful voters. that would violate the u.s. constitution. that is a great point! >> it absolutely is a great point. and i think in the end, there will be a lawsuit because it's politically favorable for the federal government to bring a lawsuit and to cast these disspurgeons in a state with a republican governor. you will see a lawsuit. it will be political in nature. in the end, i believe it will be dismissed and the law is that only five counties are affected in the state of florida with regard to the voting rates act. the justice department is going to actually look at five

counties. what the state of florida is saying is if you're not a citizen, you shouldn't be on the rolls. >> absolutely. >> and we have a right and we're upholding the u.s. constitution by making sure that we take nonu.s. citizens off the rolls. even the day before an election. what does it matter? the day before, 90 days? 180 days? if they're not -- if they're citizens, they can't vote. >> that's right. >> not a political issue. constitutional issue. >> indeed. >> a moment ago, you said so what is florida trying to say to the d.o.j.? >> they're saying so sue me! >> that's the name of his new segment. if you have a question, peter johnson jr. and his now new so sue me segment, go to foxnews.com and e-mail peter a legal question and watch the show see and see if he answers it. >> what about twitter? >> yeah, peter johnson jr. on twitter. give us those questions and we'll answer. >> if you want to sue him -- >> don't sue me. damages, brian.

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>> welcome back, everyone. with rising national debt and seemingly bad news everywhere you look, it's easy to think that the u.s. is in decline, right? well, take a look at what some familiar faces have said. >> and i think when they see a declining, weakening america, it's simply encourages them morally i think we are in

trouble because our system is pushing the opposite direction of what made us great. what made us great was merit. individual merit. >> well, our next guest says don't pay any attention to ambassador bolton or glenn beck because the u.s. may be stronger than ever! joining me now is the host of "stossel" on the fox business network, john stossel. you're going toe to toe with bolton and beck? >> i don't say don't pay any attention to them. i just disagree about us culturally going down. >> why? >> because there's been all this complaint about the new violence the kids are exposed to on the video games and the pornography and all the stuff they see on the internet but i look at the data and the crime rate is dropping. the school violence rate is dropping. teen pregnancy is dropping. so despite all this wild stuff and freedom, things generally get better. >> ok, i'm going to get back to in a minute. i want to take a look at this poll.

a rasmussen poll. is the u.s. on the right or wrong track? 31%, only 31% believe the right direction. 61%, stossel, believe the wrong direction. a bunch of people out there don't agree with you. >> that doesn't mean that they're right and i'm wrong. things generally get better. i think glenn beck is right about we're changing the country. we do have this huge debt. we're teaching people to be dependent and it's going to be harder to grow our way out of the debt because they keep passing new rules all the time. so we have real problems. >> what about the cultural aspect? for example, more and more and more kids are being born into single parent households at an alarming rate. i would call that a cultural decline. >> i would call that a cultural decline and a tragedy, too. but what's the result? the result that was predicted was more wild boys who would be committing more crimes and being less responsible. we haven't seen that. and that rate of unwed pregnancies, i don't think it's

continuing to go up. i think it's now starting to turn the corner. >> what about poverty? there's strong links between kids born into single parent households and increased poverty. right now, we don't know what the long range effects are going to be. what about prescription drug use? >> but there's no evidence that more people are being hurt by it. we're living longer than ever. we're healthier than ever. yes, some people are abusing prescription drugs. but some people have always abused something. and we forget the lousy parts of the good old days. >> all right. john stossel is going to take on this topic tonight on "stossel" on the fox business network. be sure to tune in 9:00 p.m. eastern time. thanks. listen to this radio host's interpretation of our national anthem. >> and the home of the brave? are we the only ones that are brave in the planet? all the brave people live here! i mean, it's just stupid, i think. i'm embarrassed -- >> stupid? what do you think? is the national anthem stupid? michelle malkin weighs in on

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>> gretchen: good morning, everyone. it's thursday, i hope you're began have a great day. it's june 7. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time with us. less than thundershowers from now, attorney general eric holder in the hot seat again on capitol hill over the botched fast and furious operation. will he finally have to admit that somebody may have lied? >> steve: that should be good. we're about 30 minutes away from brand new jobless numbers for this country. remember the administration said it's create not guilty particular green ones. but what's a green job? >> do garbage men have green jobs? >> yes. >> does a teenage kid who works full time at a used record shop count? >> yes. >> brian: ha, ha, ha. >> steve: because it's a used record shop. like the kids listen to those. makes you wonder how accurate are the jobs numbers.

are they being fudged to make somebody their boss look good? we're going to report and you decide. >> brian: since i have my close in play. then, insulting our national anthem? >> and the home of the brave? are we the only ones who are brave on the planet? i mean, all the brave people live here. it's stupid. i'm embarrassed every time. >> brian: michelle malkin weighs in. "fox & friends" starts now. >> gretchen: fox. >> steve: and friends. >> brian: starts now. >> steve: yep. >> steve: there are a lot of people ho still have records and albums. >> brian: get those old records off the shelf. >> steve: did you they didn't have the ton table to play them. >> brian: right. they do sell turntables in major

electronic stores. >> steve: they do? what do you hook it up to? >> brian: write us right now, are you having trouble still let going of records? a lot of people still are. >> steve: they're great. >> gretchen: i hate to interrupt i think the headline of the story was that that's considered a green job. >> steve: because they're used. it's a recycle thing. that's the message now we're using. >> brian: the good news is, kids don't get in trouble for not putting records away anymore. >> steve: that would mean someone in a consignment shop or used clothing store, that would be a green job. >> brian: i used to put my beach boys records together without sleeves. they got scratched. >> steve: it was faster to play them. >> gretchen: let's get to your headlines and a fox news alert. we're learning the presidential secretary in chief body guard of saddam hussein was executed by the iraqi government. he was sentenced to death in

2010 for genocide. he was number four on the list of iraqi officials targeted by american forces hyped only saddam hussein and his two sons. u.s. defense secretary leon panetta making a surprise visit to pakistan. he was greeted by general john allen and the ambassador to afghanistan. in a news conference, he spoke about the progress of the war. >> complete the transition, complete the effort of leaving operational capabilities in the afghans and continue the drawdown towards the end of 2014. and then the effort to develop a presence beyond 2014. >> gretchen: he also said the u.s. is losing patience with pakistan. this a day after he said u.s. drone strikes will continue in that country. pakistan is demanding that those strikes stop. two hours from now, john pistol, the head of the tsa in the hot seat on capitol hill. the house homeland security subcommittee on transportation

security holding a hearing on ways to improve the agency's customer service and restore the public's trust in it. many lawmakers criticized the agency for improper pat-downs and wasting taxpayer money. he was exonerated for a sexual assault he didn't commit after spending five years behind bars. >> i may not ever get the answers to why i went through what i went through. but i know i'm here today and i remain unbroken. >> gretchen: so it's a big day for brian banks and his newly found freedom. the former high school football star getting a tryout with the seattle seahawks. the coach says he may be invited to mini camp and deserve has, quote, second chance at his dream. hats off to them for believing in that guy. >> steve: that's great. a little over an hour from now, attorney general eric holder back on capitol hill to testify on operation fast and fewious. will new documents force the attorney general to fess up?

>> brian: william lajeunesse is live in loss also and has that story. >> brian, today's house judiciary meet will go be critical in if republicans will hold him in contempt of congress. i'm told that will happen in the next four to five weeks or not at all. the attorney general will testify today on a variety of topics. the most contentious will be his repeated claim that neither he nor senior members of his staff in washington knew about the so-called wreckless and unacceptable tactics involved in operation fast and furious. >> i think first off, there is no indication that while mr. brewer or my former deputy were aware of the tactics that were employed in this matter until everybody i think became aware of them, which is like january or february of last year, the information -- i'm not at all, at this point, aware that any of those tactics were contained in any of the wire tap

applications. >> oversight committee chairman darryl issa claims he's being false and misleading, that things written were approved by holder's closest aides and they did spell out in detail the tactics awed that sent 2500 guns from the u.s. to mexico with washington's knowledge and consent. >> he has been thwarting any attempt by congress to get this investigation going at a quick pace and so if he doesn't actual lea cooperate with us at this hearing or in the next few days, i think contempt of congress is the way to go in the oversight committee. >> now, by law, these wire tap applications must be reviewed and approved by top criminal division staff in washington. not a u.s. attorney in phoenix. holder's staff claim they only read the cover sheet or a summary and not the entire application itself. investigators in washington believe they have a problem. here is why. number one, this is the first

wire tap ever used in atf case. secondly, either you read the document which means you would know the details of the operation, or if you didn't read it, you only read the cover sheet, how can you attest to a federal judge that you reviewed and approved this and basically it met the legal requirements of the wire tap application -- if you did not read the supporting documents. that is likely what he will be grilled on today. >> steve: william lajeunesse live in los angeles. now to michelle malkin. today is the big day. our number one lawman is in the hot seat, michelle. >> yeah, that's right. and i think it might be, we hope it is -- the final showdown of eric stonewall holder versus these very vigilant gop investigators. i don't think it's going to be a shock or surprise to people who followed the scandal from day one because there has always been a very justified suspicion

given eric holder's past record of politicizing the justice department that there was this kind of obstructionism and cover-up going on. i think the main question for the american public now is this enough, in all of these washington scandal, the question is, who knew what and when? this is merely confirmation that people at the top knew every last detail of this operation. >> gretchen: let's move on it the labor department story because how did they jeopardize of employment data for political reasons? forced to admit certain kinds of jobs are being classified as green jobs, jobs that you would never think are green jobs. listen to this. >> i asked you a question, you know the answer. would you please answer it? if you sweep the floor in a solar panel facility, is that a green job? n yes. >> thank you. if you drive a hybrid bus, public transportation, is that a green job?

>> according to our definition, yes. >> thank you. how about employees at a bicycle shop? >> i guess i'm not sure about that. >> the answer is yes, according to your definition and you got a lot of them. [ laughter ] >> brian: it's comical. >> it is. saturday night live cannot top that. and this is just the latest manifestation of environmental fuzzy math and we've seen a lot of this green math and monkeying around with economic numbers from the time that the stimulus law was signed by this administration. what isn't a green job? i guess that's the question because now everyone, including lobbyists, have put in this definition. i think there is a more serious question that darryl issa raised about what the officials might have known and particularly the role that hilda soliz, the

politicized department of labor secretary who made this whole green jobs thing an agenda since her days in congress. >> steve: sure. now michelle, you were very patriotic person. i'm sure you know all the words national anthem. there is a very progressive, very liberal radio host named bill press out there and he was on his radio show and he revealed he hates our national anthem. listen to this. >> abomination. first of all, it raises two octaves most people can only do at one octave. when you think about it, it's bombs bursting in air, all kinds of, you know -- a lot of national anthems are that way. all kinds of military jargon. the land of the free, which is kind of nice. and the home of the brave? are we the only ones who are brave on the planet? i mean, all the brave people live here. i think this is stupid. i'm embarrassed every time i hear it. >> brian: he's embarrassed about the war of 1812 in which fort

mchenry was able to withstand the bombardment from the british and save us. a short time before washington was burned, we shouldn't account for that? >> yeah. i didn't realize he was still on the air. i think the last time bill press was relevant was when bill clinton was in office. so i think this really is just a desperate attempt at attention and congratulations, you've got it now. and especially attention from veterans and everyone who in this country who celebrated and marked d-day yesterday. what's most telling to me is just the radical progressive rejection of american exceptionalism. the musical critique, fine. he can't sing more than an octave, wha. but it's this idea that he rejects that america has exhibited more bravery than other countries on this planet. i think there is a teachable

moment there about how much hostility, hostility these people have towards patriotism in this country. >> gretchen: also a teachable moment for our young people in this country because you know, when i teach my kids the words it this song or when anyone else does, i'm not thinking in the back of my head, wow, let's make sure we tell them that all the oaries think they have brave people, too. no. i'm thinking, wow. we are so lucky to live in this amazing country and let's say and sing these words with dignity. that's what i'm thinking. >> yeah. that's right. exactly. and you know what? bill press, go ahead and compose the moral equivalency, apologist, citizen of the world anthem and see how many people will sing that at the next baseball game. good luck with that, man. >> steve: and play ball. michelle malkin joining us from colorado springs every thursday, thank you very much. have a great weekend. >> you bet. take care. >> steve: what do you think about that? e-mail us. >> brian: coming up straight

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now we've turned the page again with the all-new rx f sport. ♪ this is the next chapter for the rx. this is the next chapter for lexus. this is the pursuit of perfection. >> brian: last week we told but chapter 7 bankruptcy and the process of filing if you're having trouble paying off your home loans. what do you do if you don't qualify for that? are there other options? fox news legal analyst and real estate guru bob massi is here to explain. chapter 7, how do you roughly define that? >> 7, like we talked last week,

is basically when your assets are far below your liabilities. you only make a certain amount of money and go to the court and say listen, judge, i just can't pay these bills and i want to complete discharge of my liabilities. that's the chapter 7 we spoke about last week. >> brian: let's move to something else and that is chapter 13. could that be an option? >> yeah, it is. what happens is if you have too much disposable income every month, let's say you make $5,000 a month, your expenses are $4,500 a month. you have $500 left disposable income. you may not qualify for the 7, but you may qualify for the chapter 13. what happens is if you have a certain amount of debt, let's say you have 30 or 40,000 in unsecured debt, credit card debt or otherwise, they take that $500 and there is a way to plan this out over several years to pay back the small percentage of that debt. what i want our viewers to understand is just because you may be out of a 7, a 13 is something you should always look at. >> brian: what are we going to

be left with after we call in chapter 13, are we eventually going to have to repay all that? >> this is the good thing about 13. let's say you have this debt, unsecured credit card debt, maybe second mortgages that are going after people and they've been turned into the collection, when you pay that certain part that's been approved by the court -- that's what's important for our viewers to understand. you actually file a plan, good bankruptcy lawyer will put this all together for you. you file a plan with the court. court then will approve that plan. you usually have either 36 months or 60 months to pay that back. when that percentage of debt, brian, has been paid back, after three to five years, your debt is discharged. so it's gone. it's over. so you get the relief, different from a 7 -- but you still walk away with paying less. that's different than chapter 13. >> brian: i like the formula you spelled out.

you said if you owe $40,000, no matter credit card bills or whatever, you have $300 of disposable income, you work out a deal that pays $18,000 back of debt over 60 months that should be feasible and workable? >> absolutely. that's why ultimately what the court will do, it's sort of like a spreadsheet. you give the expenses, income, the court says you have my blessing. you pay back this over the three to five years. one quick thing, brian, the only down side to a 13, it's based on your present income. if for some reason your income changes and goes down, many times you have to go back to court and ask the court for a new blessing to pay different than what was approved originally. that's the only down side. but that's part of the teal with a chapter 13. >> brian: all right, bob. thanks so much. bob massi. >> okay. >> brian: you can e-mail bob with your questions by logging on to our web site and click on shattered dreams. how to put your life back together. president obama out with some fundraising numbers this

morning. apparently it's not enough. why he chose fundraising in los angeles over commemorating d-day. parents, do you think summer camp is about camp fires and bunk beds and sing alongs? think again. >> oh, look! a deli meat. >> anyone brings candy into this camp is not your friend. he's a destroyer. >> brian: now real kids speaking out about what really happens at camp. ♪ i went hike ♪ i ♪ and i switched to one a day women's active metabolism, a complete women's multivitamin, plus more -- for metabolism support. and that's a change i feel good about. [ female announcer ] from one a day.

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>> brian: quick headlines. controversial move in california. some high schools allowing planned parenthood to set up shop, providing students with free birth control, counseling

and pregnancy tests. critics say this should be done by parents, not through the school. the house ethics committee moving ahead with its case against congresswoman maxine waters. she complains her rights to due process, closed quote, were violated, but the committee found no evidence of that. waters is accused of trying to get bailout money for a bank her husband owned stock in. gretch? >> gretchen: thanks, brian. are your kids headed to camp this summer? if so, you might be having discussions like this one. >> i don't want to be one of those pushy parents. >> it's too late. >> what is that supposed to mean, young man? >> what if i don't want to go to computer camp? >> morris, there are plenty of things i'd rather do with $3,000. >> me, too. >> steve: no kidding. even once you drop them off, it doesn't mean you've heard the last of them. diane is the author of the new book "ps, i still hate it here." she joins us live from chicago. good morning to you.

>> good morning. thanks for having me. >> steve: so a couple of years ago, you sent your eight-year-old daughter to camp and you figured you'd wind up with gushy letters. mom, i love it here. you didn't get that, did you? >> no. no. we got the absolute anti-thieves of that. she had convinced us with everything just shy of the power point presentation on why she was ready to go and we somehow took it hook, line and sinker and shipped her off and then the letters started to come in. they were crazy. >> steve: get me out of here! >> you got it. can't stop crying. they're making me sweep and clean the cabins, that kind of thing. >> gretchen: the lovely thing about sending them off to camp is that they actually do these old-fashioned traditional things where they don't allow text messaging and phone calls and that includes from the parents. so you rely so heavily on hearing from them by the old-fashioned written note. now you've come out with another

book from other campers and families. let's look at some of the letters. here is the first one. dear mom and dad. i love everything about this camp, except the campers. >> steve: oh, man. >> right. you have to love that one. it's that high and the low of the parents getting that letter and oh, she loves this camp! then it's the immediate drop down. except the campers. >> steve: sure. here is another one, don't waste your money, mom and dad, by leaving me here any longer. not happy! [ laughter ] >> there is a captainer in this book called "can you get a refund." so i love that even the kids that are miserable, they're still sensitive enough that they understand this did cost a lot. we want to come home badly, but can you get a refund? >> gretchen: yeah. to save mom and dad a buck. here is another action i want to go home, i want to go home. i want to go home. i want to go home. i want to go home. i want to go home. p.s., me and bobby have been crying during this letter. oh, that's heart breaking.

>> it is. and even the letters that are heart breaking, i think there is something, at least the ones that i was attracted to and i read through 5,000 letters, i culled through to pick the 150 that are in this collection and were in the first book, ps, i hate itly. but there is something that you feel, there is a ray of hope out there. so even the little bobby who wrote that, you know, i'm crying when i write this, it's still xoxo. love bobby. little hearts. so you still get the sense that there is something somewhat optimistic. >> steve: this one we're going to excerpt doesn't sound optimistic. hi, i'm stuck in hell. and they won't let me call for you to pick me up. so when you get this, pick me up! week two, hi, i'm having the worst time of my life. they won't let me call for you or my parents, so when you pick this up, pick me up. week 3, getting a little better time. can't say how many friends, but a few.

week 4, having a little better time. still not heaven, but it's okay fun. terrible, great, all mixed together. fantastic. >> there is that optimistic little twist at thend. that child worked it out. >> gretchen: i hope in the summary of this book you come to the conclusion that camp is a good thing for these kids because the letters sometimes don't seem to say that. >> yeah. absolutely. i think camp is the ultimate rite of pass annual. it's when they're living independently fort first time. mom and dad aren't around to soothe and pacify the kids. so it's really their time, when they take pen to paper, it's that ultimate self-imposed time out. i think it's a great gift. >> steve: we've come a long way from camp grenada. diane, thank you very much for joining us live from chicago. >> thanks. >> gretchen: big breaking news on the economy coming up. eric bolling is here to ten explain them right after the

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>> gretchen: fox business alert. the labor department releasing brand-new weekly jobless numbers. 377,000 first-time unemployment claims were filed last week. that's down from 383,000 the week before. economists were expecting exactly that number. eric bolling is here to analyze. how often are they right on the exact number? >> we don't even know if that's going to be the actual number. of two wait 'til next week 'cause last week it was 380 they revised that up to 383. look, 377, 380, last friday we got unemployment rate going up. only 62 or 67,000 jobs created. that should be creating 2 or 300,000 jobs. jobs picture isn't looking good. this isn't fantastic for jobs. look at the four week average, you're 375 or so over the last four weeks. wrong direction. >> steve: there were some numbers out yesterday, the so-called beige book. i heard in the radio drive it in, well t does show growth, but

it's very slow growth. beige book manufacturing. >> manufacturing in the u.s. is growing. it's growing at a slow pace, but if you look back 20 years, we're nowhere near where we were in manufacturing 20 years ago. we're down probable lea 500,000 jobs in america versus even ten years ago. manufacturing is going overseas and there is a reason for that. companies can do business overseas. they can hire for what they want to pay and keep their money there. we're at the highest corporate tax rate in the developed world now. we exceeded japan, which brings -- can i preempt this with, you remember this? remember this envelope? i said i can get gasoline down a dollar. >> steve: you're recycling an envelope, that's green job. >> let me tell you something, governor palin and i went on air on this network. we did a special on gasoline that was april 13, a friday. we opened the envelope and we talked about speculation in the oil markets. four days later, april 17, president obama went to the podium and said you know what

we're going to do? we're going to tackle speculation in the oil department. that was the high price for oil in the last two months was $104 a barrel. it's $85 a barrel today. get no credit for it. doesn't matter. fine, it's going down. i got an idea for jobs. i can create a million jobs in two years. full screen. here it is. take a corporate holiday. any company -- there is $2 trillion overseas sitting in overseas bank accounts right now. allow them to bring that money back. repatriate it. because if they do it now, this get charged 35% tax. corporate tax rainfall they've been charged taxes in those various tax. let them bring it back for free, but that bottom part right there, 25% of whatever they bring back has to be earmarked through the irs and used towards u.s. hiring and u.s. capital investment. you will create jobs. you will have hires. you'll also have companies putting on more workers to create the things that companies have been reluctant to buy over the last three years because

they were uncertain about the economy. >> gretchen: i've heard you talk about this plan before, but maybe they'll listen now 'cause it's in the envelope? >> yeah. the envelope is out there now. but look, the best part of the plan? you might bring $500 billion back in. not one red cent from the taxpayer. not a penny. and you know when doesn't like it the most is it those overseas banks. >> brian: let's talk about what larry summers said. much like bill clinton said. we think he is telling us not to raise the bush tax rates when they are about to expire. and immediate hee just like bill clinton, they are asked to walk it back. the administration asked to walk it back. >> first you have cory booker say hey, i'm okay with bain capital. a couple hours later today walk it back. bill clinton makes comments about ex attending tax cuts for everyone. not just people make under 2250 -- $2,250,000 bucks. i guess he was asked to walk that back. now larry summers. larry summers was one of

president obama's first high level economic advisors. the guy has his finger on the pulse of what's going o. he was right the first time and for some reason, here it is. the third time -- >> gretchen: why do they walk it back? when you're a form president of the united states, why would you walk back anything you say? >> he puts it out there because he really -- >> brian: wants his wife to be president? >> steve: no, chelsea. >> whatever. the interesting part is, how quickly these comments are walked back. it's not a week later or couple days later. it's within hours they're clarifying a comment they made just prior. it's crazy what's going on. the administration really, really must have their thumb on these people saying, hey, you don't want to do that. that's not very friendly to the cause, the democrats, so they may talk them into walking things back. the original thing out of their mouth at first, bill clinton, don't raise taxes for anybody. larry summers, let these bush tax cuts extend going forward.

these are the right ideas. bain capital, not a bad thing. these are the right ideas for business. >> steve: if you're not doing anything at 5:00 o'clock eastern time, you are got to watch "the five." five people sitting around a table talk being all this stuff, the day events. between now and "the five," you're going to assemble a whole bunch of stuff. >> we got crazy uncle bob back today. my good friend, i mean. >> gretchen: thanks. we got to do headlines. >> brian: now here are those headlines that gretchen talked so highly about. president obama skipping remarks in the 6th anniversary of d-day to hold fund raisers for his reelection bid in california. we're learning now the president raised $60 million last month. he'll finish up his west coast tour today in las vegas. meantime, mitt romney hangs in the midwest. he'll be in st. louis at a factory talking about jobs, followed by a private fund-raiser. >> gretchen: embarrassing interruption on the senate floor for republican senator chuck

grassley. >> are there standards expressed -- (phone ring). >> gretchen: his iphone going off during his own speech. the long-time senator fumbling for a moment and picking up where he left off. >> steve: bring home a quart of milk. singer john mayer lashing occupant at taylor swift. he says she humiliated him with her song "dear john" which came out shortly after the pair split up. their feud nearly coming to a head after they ran into each other at a hollywood restaurant. awkward. onlookers say she took the high road and asked to be moved. swiftly. >> brian: why does he think it's about him? >> steve: dear john, john mayer. >> brian: country sweetheart carrie underwood, was the big winner last night at the cmt music awards in nashville. >> all right.

so the award goes to miss carrie underwood. [ cheers and applause ] >> brian: she wins all the time. she picked 2001 awards, video of the year and collaborative video of the year with brad paisley. even president obama and mitt romney made cameos. >> mr. president, do you have a decision? >> this is one of the toughest decisions i've had to make since i've been in office. but i think i've decided. i want the boat. >> i thought the presidential election was a tough race, but it's nothing compared to the politics at the cmt music awards. i think i have a solution. i propose kristen co-host the show. see, i put two people back to work. you're welcome, america. >> brian: loud cheering there, the two playing off the skit, pitting toby keith and kristen bell against each other. >> steve: why was the president signing a memo from biden?

>> brian: by the way, where is joe biden? >> steve: yeah. take a look. extreme weather in colorado. check out this funnel cloud spotted in ponderosa parks, colorado. tornado watch was issued in the state throughout the night. right now the national weather service says no tornadoes actually hit the area thankfully. >> brian: sounds like there is. the music is scary. >> steve: meanwhile, severe thunderstorms producing heavy rains and hail, pounding parts of the state. that hail the size of ping-pong balls. it piled up so high in some areas, it nearly covered cars. more rounds of thunderstorms expected throughout the day. let's take a look where it's raining right now. as you can see in portions of texas and oklahoma. a whole bunch of rain. had a bunch of rain move through portion of florida overnight, lingering showers there. a little in new england and the northern plains and pacific west storm is moving in. current temperatures as you head out the door, lot of 60s and 70s on this thursday in june. 75 right now in tampa. about the same for --

>> brian: we're going to tampa. >> steve: indeed. and charlotte for the convention. meanwhile, you're making it sound like we're the griswolds. >> steve: 67 in caribou, maine. 77 in rapid city. are we going to go it rapid city? >> brian: no. we're work. >> gretchen: coming up, the white house thinks you shouldn't have to show an i.d. to vote, but to get your book signed by the first lady, you'll need an i.d. for that? huh? we'll explain. >> steve: then san jose, california's voters overwhelmingly agreed to cut pensions to save their city. but some workers not giving up. now they're suing. san jose's mayor not so happy with that. he's going to join us next. did we mention he's a democrat? >> brian: but first, here is toby keith performing at last night's cmt awards.

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laws he claims are discriminatory. >> brian: is the white house intentionally leaking national security information to make president obama look better? that's what congress and the f.b.i. now want to find out for themselves. >> gretchen: wendell goler is live at the white house with the very latest on this growing story. hi, wendell. >> gretchen, leaders of the house and senate intelligence committee today plan a news conference early this afternoon to launch a push for new laws against leaks of classified information. lawmakers in both parties, concerned about stories recently with details about the u.s. drone campaign in yemen, the president's role in approving kill lists and the use of cyber weapons against iran and perhaps the biggest frustration involves the details about the bin laden raid. the white house provided assistance to a film crew making a movie about the raid. officials here insisted they didn't reveal classified information. they said their goal was to insure historical accuracy, but arizona republican senator john mccain accused them of trying to make the president look good.

>> there has been a disturbing stream of articles in the media in common among them is they cite leaked classified or highly sensitive information and what appears to be a broader administration effort to paint a portrait of the president of the united states as a strong leader on national security issues. >> the president traveled to the west coast yesterday. his spokesman didn't hold an on camera briefing, but i told reporters, quote, any suggestion this administration has authorized intentional leaks of classified information for political gains is grossly irresponsible. jay carney says the administration takes all appropriate and necessary steps to prevent leaks of classified information. in the last bush administration, the white house was accused of leaking classified information about iraq to discredit a critic who was disputing claims that

saddam hussein had tried to buy uranium from niger. in that case, officials argued, the president was within his authority to declassify the information. gretchen? >> gretchen: wendell goler, thanks so much. >> brian: san jose residents voted to cut pensions to save their city and is that the end of the story? it's in california and they voted it down. it's not over. big labor already has a man to overrule the majority. up next, the democrat working to make sure the voters come out on continue. >> steve: let's find out what happens at the top of the hour. bill hemmer will preside over that. >> good morning to you. we are minutes away from eric holder before a house committee. steve king's one of those asking questions. we'll talk to him live. you just mentioned this, two of america's biggest cities vote for major changes in pension plans. we'll talk to the mayor of san diego. listening to the voters today, we go to the suburbs of orlando that tell quite a story about middle class america today and

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>> gretchen: this week california voters sent a strong message to the city's union. overwhelming 70% saying enough with the big bloated pensions. if police and firefighters want to keep cashing in, they have to cut back or pay more. now those city workers are firing back, claiming that's not fair. they've already filed a lawsuit and all the voters, they will have to wait to see what happens. joining me now, the mayor of san jose, california, chuck lee. good morning to you, mr. mayor. >> good morning. >> gretchen: now you are a democrat. but you are in favor of these cuts. correct? >> yes, i was. i led the effort to make sure we

can survive as a city and deliver services to our residents by getting control over these skyrocketing costs. >> gretchen: one of the reasons is you're in debt in your town. is it correct, $115 million deficit just last year? >> that was last year's gap in the general fund budget. we have millions created by our retirement system. that's a pretty big number for a city of a million people. >> gretchen: here is what you told vanity fair. our police and firefighters will earn more in retirement than they did when they were working. there's a corruption here. it's not just a financial corruption, it's a corruption of the attitude of public service. can you expound on that? >> public service shouldn't be just about the money. it ought to be about serving the public, delivering services to the public. unfortunately, many people have decided that the money is more important than anything else and that's what the unions have focused on in negotiations and that seems to be the most important thing to some people. but most of our employees are

committed to public service. but the cost of the benefits has gotten so extreme that taxpayers can't afford it. the employees can't afford it and these things are extraordinarily expensive. >> gretchen: now the voters in your city, 70% to 30%, said they thought that these pensions should be curtailed. now there is lawsuit already. the unions are now going to go to court to try and make sure they can keep those pensions where they are and now you are countering that lawsuit with what? >> this is california. nothing important happens without litigation. so we're not surprised by litigation. in fact, the city filed a declaratory relief action in federal court on election day to seek a validation of the charter changes that we're make to go insure that we're following the law. but we've planned for it. we are ready for it and i look forward to getting a court decision to help clarify the law in this area so other cities can move forward to deal with this terrible crisis that's plaguing cities across the state and the

country. >> gretchen: real quick, do you think the law is on your side? >> i do. we have a california constitution that gives charter cities complete authority over compensation. our own charter allows us to dial back on pension benefits. we have an ordinance that allow it is and we've been doing it. we've made our employees pay more for their pension benefits. two years ago the unions asked to us do that. i think we're on good, sound legal grounds. >> gretchen: all right. very interesting discussion. the voters know what they wanted. let's see if that actually plays out. the san jose, california mayor chuck reed is my guest. thanks so much, sir. >> happy to do it. >> gretchen: more "fox & friends" just two minutes away that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. fohalf the calories plus vgie nutrition. could've had a v8. starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve,

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>> steve: well, we got three more hours tomorrow. >> brian: i thought you were going to say today. >> steve: no, no, you do when you go to the radio. >> brian: that's right. you can follow me there and hopefully -- oh, turns out we're there. that's from 9 to noon. but tomorrow's show, you did a great job booking this. >> steve: way to go. rick santorum will join