is related. >> ends up being the word. >> simpson? >> home run is two words? >> yes, apparently home run is two words and our system would only make it one word. so gretchen carlson, have a great show. >> thanks, you have a great day. >> something to think about. >> thanks, "fox & friends" starts right now. >> good morning, everyone. today is tuesday, july 10th. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time with us today. a major setback in the war on terror with usama bin laden's advisor just released from prison for promising he wouldn't attack again. huh? >> no kidding. the president says raising taxes on wealthy will stimulate the economy but the numbers simply don't add up and there's more he's not telling you about this tax hike. we will tell you. come in, brian kilmeade out in kansas city. >> all right. i'll do that for you, steve. and mr. president chris christie has a message for you. keep your stimulus. >> please, don't send me anymore

money to hire more public employees. please don't. >> "fox & friends" starts right now. >> yep, tonight is the all star game and brian kilmeade is at the site of it today. kaufman stadium in kansas city, missouri. hello, it's a very sad thing. i don't have time to stieb truman's house. everything is truman flew here, truman walked here. harry truman dominates this state. how did you know that? >> because the buck stops there! >> i understand. >> i thought you were going to say home runs dominated because wasn't it the home run derby last night? >> yeah the home run derby was

last night. it was a lot of fun and the place was packed. you thought last name was the big game. i saw your husband and your son in the third row by the third-base line. as i made the move to the left, they realized i had the wrong credential. i got tossed in the move to get them out. i wasn't on a team because evidently baseball doesn't think i'm good enough. >> maybe you'll see them today. >> we'll check back in with you as we continue to talk with you now because we have to talk about politics and the news of the day. other day, the president said he wanted to continue the bush tax cuts for people who make under $250,000 a year, a family. there's certain things that he's not exactly sharing about this particular tax hike for other people. >> for instance, he's not cutting taxes. all he's talking about doing is just extending the cut for some people who make less than $200,000 a year or couples that make over $250,000 a year, he would like their taxes to go up.

so that's who he's talking about and brian, the incredible thing is while this is going to be a major campaign issue between now and november, you take all the money that the president would raise with this tax hike on america's job creators and small businesses, it would only cover the debt for 8.5 days. that's it. just barely a week. >> because no, this is just a wedge issue, steve. i'm not telling you anything different, gretchen, what we're talking about, this could have been a speech from 2010, could have been a speech from 2009. the bad guys are the people making so much money, the country is going bankrupt because the rich have had it too good for too long. it's the same line. here's the scary thing. 60% of the country think the rich aren't paying enough and that's the major problem as guys like bob shrump point out on the democratic side, this is a wedge issue and a strategy that the obama camp thinks will sell,

it's scary to think it might sell. in fact, charles krauthammer heard this whole thing before. let's listen. >> the fact that he's now pivoted back to this old issue that he's been touting for at least the four years, it's a declaration that he's surrendered to the state of the economy and on the issue of the stewardship of it. this is a white flag. there's no way he can defend it. so he knows this is over and there's no way if the numbers are like this now, there's going to be any substantive difference between now and election day. that's not an issue that he even wants to talk about. what he's doing is trying to shift subjects to say look at the shiny object over here saying that's the fairness equity issue and that's what he wants to run on. >> that's what he ran on as a candidate. remember joe the plumber? the whole fairness issue really came up four years ago as well. i find it interesting, also, that he talked about the clinton -- let's go back to what the clinton taxes were. i think it's interesting that he brings up bill clinton's name

because bill clinton remains popular and a lot of people would probably say oh, yeah, we kind of liked him. maybe we should go back to those taxes and he also says that small businesses who the republicans say will take the hit from this, that only 2% to 3% of small businesses actually make more than $250,000. so really, 97%, according to the president, will benefit from this. >> where does the state of the race stand at this point? "the washington post" poll called a whole bunch of people at separate times over the last couple of days and it is a dead heat. it's tied at 47%. what's interesting when you look behind the numbers, you'll see that 74% say they definitely support either candidate. only 12% say it is unlikely they'll switch which means that for 9 out of 10 candidates -- 9 out of 10 voters, brian, the race is settled for them and what it will come down to is turnout. who can get the most people to the polls on that first tuesday in november? >> and the big story today, as

mitt romney continues to outraise president obama is he's ready to attack boack and some f that fire that you saw to take down newt gingrich and rick santorum will come into the campaign where he'll leave that phrase, president obama a good guy over his head is going to be down to, by the way, he's a liar so they are absolutely going to kick it up a notch and expect to see that as early as today from governor romney. >> it's going to continue to get nasty. he'll pit the republicans in congress to have to vote on this tax cut. if they do not vote on it if it doesn't include everyone, he'll make them look unreasonable. put on your seat belts. it's going to get a little nasty. >> f.b.i. offering a million dollar reward to track down four suspects in the killing of u.s. border agent brian terry. kelly wright is live for us in washington, d.c. with the bureau report. good morning to you, sir. good morning to you as well.

the justice department is charging five people in connection with border patrol agent brian terry's death and i should mention, it's also offering a reward up to a million dollars for information leading to the arrest of four other suspects that remain at large. weapons from the botched fast & furious program were found at the murder scene of border patrol agent brian terry. in a statement, attorney general eric holder said the justice department is committed to finding and arresting the people responsible for terry's death calling it a horrific tragedy, holder added "agent terry served his country honorably and made the ultimate sacrifice in trying to protect it from harm and we will stop at nothing to bring those responsible for his murder to justice." republican congressman darrell issa, chairman of the house oversight committee questions the timing of the justice department's announcement. >> i applaud what they're doing but i condemn the timing. it's clear that the timing has

to do with the house of representatives holding eric holder in contempt for not turning over information. this should have been done. the terry family should have seen this attempt to go public and try to get the murders of brian terry, they should have seen it happen a year ago. >> and the family of brian terry issued a statement through their attorney. they believe the prosecution of brian's killers are moving forward but they want more information adding "however, the accountability aspect of operation fast & furious, the flawed doj gun tracking operation that put weapons into the hand of the men that killed brian terry remains stalled." the terry family also adds they want all documents pertaining to this case, they believe it should be released. all americans, they add, should know who approved fast & furious and who should be held accountable for that decision. steve, back to you. >> all right, kelly wright live in the bureau. thank you very much. it does kind of look political considering that now they've come out with the reward money even though they knew the names

of these guys a long time ago. >> continue to follow that story for you. now the rest of the headlines and we begin with another developing story. overnight, one of usama bin laden's closest advisors freed from prison. the terrorist known as mr. theology was freed from a jail in africa after renouncing his ties to al-qaida and condemning the september 11th attacks. it's a far cry from why he was jailed in the first place. mr. theology credited with forming the modern al-qaida by merging usama bin laden's operation with islamic jihad. out on capitol hill a few hours from now, house republicans will move one step closer to a vote to try to repeal obamacare. there are several debates before tomorrow's vote. >> it's like groundhog's day around here. i'm tired of it and i think the american people are tired of it. i have to be honest in the time i was home over the last 10 days, not very many people mentioned the affordable care act. >> we want to repeal so we can, in fact, replace. there's a need, we can recognize

the need but this is a need that has to be addressed. >> democrats who support the law say the vote is nothing more than political theater because the repeal has no chance of passing in the senate. one of the most promising celebrity chefs found dead in his own home. he was just 29 years old and the canadian who started his restaurant career as a 13-year-old busboy won the food network's superstar chef challenger and went on to host the main and family cook-off. his family said he died suddenly from a previously undiagnosed medical condition. straight talking new jersey gov chris christie at it again. here's what he thinks about the president's plan to defend stated's another round of cash to hire police officers and firefighters. >> have more government police to any square mile in america. don't send me more public money to hire government employees. i don't need anymore. they're extraordinarily

expensive. and extraordinarily difficult to manage. >> governor christie says temporary aid to hire workers only leads to huge budget shortfalls when the stimulus cash runs out and then the states are responsible for picking up the tab. >> all right. let's go out to one of the states, the show me state. brian kilmeade once again at kaufman stadium, site of the all star game tonight on fox. brian? >> sounded very much like a running mate according to "the new york post." very much like a number two. we'll talk about that later, gretchen. i'm over here in kansas city. this is the third time, as you know, the all star game has been here. kansas city when i grew up, the royals were great. and they have not had a world champion since 1985, winning season since 1994. here's the amazing thing of the people of the midwest, they keep showing up because it's about baseball. it's about seeing their young talent who sadly they can't hold on to for more than five years because sooner or later, they'll come to a pay day and guys like carlos beltran have to go

elsewhere. i talked to the people of kansas city about all that and also about what it means to have the all star classic here. > >> what does having the all star game here to you guys? >> it's in our backyard. this is a dream come true. this is a dream come true. we can't do it bigger than this. >> it's very important. i will remember it forever. >> it's huge. everybody in the midwest is a family. it's great to show up in our town. we love it. >> you have to have a certain amount of character to enjoy baseball in kansas city. we love it, you know, those guys on the east coast can't take the heat out here. >> we're here. we're watching it live. let's have a good time, kansas city! >> and you know, it's a good time forbaseball, too. there are 30 players here, 26 and under. you got two sensational kids in mike trout as well as -- as you got this 19-year-old bryce harper out of washington.

by the way, washington is one of the great stories right now in baseball and in sports. and you have a lot of people pumped up for the next generation. i think it's going to be a great game tonight and keep in mind there is something on the line. the national american league, whatever team emerges will have the home field advantage come world series time so they are indeed playing for something, guys. i'll have c.j. wilson, tim mccarver and joe buck within the next two hours. >> look forward to it. thanks so much. here's what's coming up on "fox & friends" as well, the president claims his tax hike won't hurt taxpayers where they hurt. charles gasparino is here to clear it up. >> brad pitt's mom getting death threats because she spoke out against the election and the liberal left. guess they're not feeling tolerant on that side. t

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>> i'm not proposing anything radical here. i just believe that anybody making over $250,000 a year should go back to the income tax rates we were paying under bill clinton. back when our economy created 23 million new jobs, biggest budget surplus in history and plenty of millionaires to boot. >> president obama yesterday back to one of his top campaign issues, raising taxes on the so-called richest americans. are those the same americans that create businesses and hire workers? >> fox business senior correspondent charles gasparino joins us live. >> i like the way you equate someone who makes $250,000 a year family of four on long island to warren buffet. if you think about it, that's what he's doing here. i just never met a family of five making $250 that is living like a billionaire but i think

what's interesting about this is the deceptive of it. he says 98% of small businesses will get a tax cut. if you look at the small businesses that create jobs, they're getting hammered he.re 90% of that income gets taxed in this plan. heritage foundation crunched the numbers. it is a deceptive sleight of hand masquerading a massive tax increase on small businesses. >> let's take a look at the bullet parts of this plan. extends cuts for those making under 250, a family. hikes upper rates to 36% and 36.9%. i thought it was interesting that he evoked clinton in that. clinton was a popular president. raised capital gains rates to 20% and reduced corporate taxes -- >> he didn't invoke clinton in that one. >> are you kidding? >> cut the capital gains. >> reduced corporate tax rate and reinstate top estate tax rate to 45%. >> you know, the clinton analogy

is interesting. we should point out that bill clinton came into office and then came a republican congress. he raised taxes immediately and then came the republican congress so the economy wasn't doing that great until 1996. think about that. tech bubble. and capital gains taxes. exact thing he's looking to raise. it's another interesting deception here. bill clinton cut taxes with a republican congress. >> the thing is this has zero chance of passing the congress and the other thing is while we're talking about the middle class will wind up with a tax break, their taxes are set to go up after one year. >> listen, chuck schumer, i believe, and nancy pelosi say you can't do this. you should only raise it on people making more than a million. there's a problem here. it's called an economic slowdown, maybe a recession. the last thing you want to do is this -- >> but he can blame republicans when they stop this and install this in congress. they'll say he's out working for the middle class. >> you know, i'm just a simple country reporter. i'm just laying out the facts

for you. economically, this is insane! ok? if you want to -- >> there's the headline from charles. >> politically maybe it works. i don't know. i kind of doubt it because i think there are good numbers on the other side but economically, this is nonsense. >> well, bill clinton himself said not too long ago they should extend it temporarily. and then he got -- had to come back. >> we have an economic slowdown going on. look at the g.d.p. numbers. they're going down. this is not a good time. we have problems in europe. we have a real economic problem here. >> we have a great problem having you on the show. >> thank you. >> thanks so much for getting up early. appreciate it. coming up on "fox & friends", one little boy would have lost his father if he didn't do this. >> 911, what is your emergency? >> my, my dad is sick. >> your dad is sick? >> that quick thinking only 5-year-old straight ahead. >> but first, you've seen this cape cod kayaker pulling alongside a great white shark. that guy here next to share what

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your chance of being attacked by a shark 1 in 11.5 million. that's why this kayaker couldn't believe his eyes when the fin of a great white surfaced just feet away from his boat. >> yep. walter daltz jr. joins us live from boston this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> first of all, we understand that you went out, it was a family affair. your daughter was there. she didn't want to get in the water because why? >> my sister was warning us of the sharks that were spotted around the cape. and we basically made joke in light of it and i more or less explained to her the chance of that happening which your announcement just said. and i guess i was wrong. for me. >> i guess. >> so you decided to go out in the kayak and by the way, this is only your second time ever in a kayak. last time was when you were a kid. and you looked behind you and you see what? >> i saw the fin of the shark and then i looked down and i saw

the body. i didn't see the head so i would assume the head was underneath me. yeah, so i turned and paddled. >> and it was about -- we're looking at the image right here, they estimate it's less than 10 feet away from you. how close did that thing get to you and what do you think it was doing? >> i was -- it seemed closer than it was to be honest with you. i mean, i looked at it quick and obviously, a fin out of the water in any case is going to -- >> yeah. >> change the way you look at anything. but what was the second question? sorry. >> just what do you think the shark was trying to do? out to eat you or just to play with you? >> i'm guessing at this point that he was just playing with me because he had every opportunity to do what he wanted right then and there. >> oh, my gosh. >> you said that he followed you, he or she, we don't know but the shark followed you until you got close to shore. what is this going to make you do and the members of your

family about going in the water again? >> we've already gone back in the water. it's not going to deter me from that. i may be a little cautious about it. i've been going in the ocean since us a kid. that's not going to change. >> how many of your friends, walter, have called you up and haven't said anything on the phone. all they've done is sing the theme song to "jaws." >> none actually. i haven't really been taking calls. my phone has been ringing off the hook! >> i bet. >> we're glad that you took ours and we're glad that you survived with the shark that close. walter, thanks so much for joining us! >> thank you. >> i don't think i'd get back in the water for a little while. >> maybe not in a kayak. >> i'd need a bigger boat. >> yep. coming up next on the rundown, brad pitt's mom getting death threats now. well, she dared to talk politics and go against her left leaning son. she wrote an editorial or she wrote a letter to the newspaper in her hometown. >> she's pitted against the

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gas station than i talk to my entire family. number two, there's a lot of big people here. they have like 6 inches on the east and west coast. it seems like the tall people decided to stay in the middle of the country and marry other tall people. >> really? >> i didn't know any of this. you got to let me travel more! >> i'm not sure, gretch! you're a little up here and like up to the middle of the country, they're just sitting there. if anything should happen, don't worry. >> they grow them big right in the middle. i don't know how that happens. are they eating right, going to bed early? i know they power wash after the home run derby, that's the clicking in the background. >> there is something to be said about that whole midwestern niceness. glad to be a byproduct of that and i'm sure you are as well. all right, brian, we'll move on to talking a little politics and we'll be back with you in a minute. president obama blasting tax cuts for those making over $250,000 saying they hurt, not help our economy. >> these tax cuts for the wealthiest americans are also the tax cuts that are least

likely to promote growth. so we can't afford to keep that up, not right now. so i'm not proposing anything radical here. i just believe that anybody making over $250,000 a year should go back to the income tax rates we were paying under bill clinton. >> but critics say the president is off base. reince priebus, chairman of the republican national committee is my guest. good morning, bright and early to you, mr. chairman. >> good morning, gretchen. thanks for having me on. >> i guess that you had an early wake-up call anyway because you're heading off to iowa to do what? >> i'm heading off to iowa to talk about barack obama's record and outsourcing jobs that should be going to middle class families in iowa and places like iowa and wisconsin but i'm going to iowa today to talk about that. and certainly, if this comes up as well this first topic on raising taxes again in america, it's a bad idea. it's a bad idea because 840,000

small businesses are going to have to pay more money under barack obama's plan now at a time that they can't afford it. so there's more to this than this divisive rich vs. poor game that the president wants to play. this is about raising taxes on small businesses and that's why a lot of democrats don't agree with the president either. and let's face it, he knows exactly what's going on. he knows this isn't going to pass and he also knows that this is going to cut off 1% of the gross domestic product in this country when we're only growing at 1.6%. he's a smart guy. he knows this is all a sham and we need to call it on him. >> here's the thing. as you know, so much about politics is messaging. >> sure. >> and it appears at least in the last couple of months that the president is out in front of the messaging and mitt romney is responding to those messages. how can the republican candidate and the republican national

committee change that? >> well, for one thing, gretchen, i'm not sure i agree with the premise but certainly some of those things have been out there. i think mitt romney has been very aggressive on barack obama's promises, the words that come out of his mouth, the results of his actions, the upside down nature of our debt and deficit are -- now he wants to increase taxes. our economy is not working. people know it. you just released a "washington post" poll that shows that we're in a dead heat. you know, four months ago, i was doing these shows and people were asking me whether we're going to have a brokered convention. are we going to fight all the way to -- now, here we are tied in national polling. we have almost twice the money in the bank that the democratic national committee has. we're going to unveil a messaging plan now today in iowa on barack obama being the outsourcer-in-chief taking taxpayer money, sending it overseas, not to working families, so we're getting aggressive and i think we have been aggressive but i guarantee you, we're going to do it times

10 before it's all over. >> but the outsourcing response today to be fair is in response to the president calling mitt romney an outsourcer of jobs. and i just want to weigh in on that a little bit. because i think some of the critiques against republicans in the last couple of weeks have been why has mitt romney been more passive. will he change now today? you're going to unveil this web site. do you think that romney's surrogates now will become more aggressive against president obama as well? >> well, gretchen, i just -- i think we've been extremely aggressive about this president. this sin the first day that we've talked about that electric car company in finland where we sent half a billion dollars over there and never came back here and never opened the plant in delaware. this is not the first day we've talked about this. i've talked about this six months ago and so has mitt romney and we've talked about battery companies in south korea, l.e.d.'s in china. windmills in denmark. i think what you're going to see, though, is that through the summer and fall, things are going to ratchet up and talk

about president obama's record and you'll see an aggressive front raised up and i think you'll see that we're raising the money that we need in order to launch the attacks that president obama has been launching for three years now. it takes sme time for the party coming as a challenger to raise the funds necessary to get out there. we're going to be out there today, gretchen, and i guarantee you that this thing is going to ratchet up through summer and also the fall and we'll make barack obama one term president and save this country. >> so the new web site you're revealing today is obama-nomics outsource.com. >> that's right. we'll be in iowa today talking about it and unveiling it and talking about the president taking taxpayer money, not here in this country but sending it overseas and it never came back. >> all right, reince priebus, thanks so much for your time. have a great trip. >> thanks, gretchen. let's do some headlines now. >> indeed, gretch. a federal judge slamming the

brakes on lance armstrong's lawsuit against the u.s. anti-doping agency. armstrong wants to stop the agency from stripping him of his seven tour de france titles. the judge dismissing the suit because of procedural issues. his lawyers will refile it later on today. they have 20 days to do it. they're getting in early. agency claims that armstrong took performance-enhancing drugs for years which lance says he did not. >> brad pitt's mom now says she's receiving death threats for her comments published in a missouri newspaper. jane pitt reportedly making controversial statements on the president's stand on abortion and same sex marriage saying failing to vote for republican presidential candidate mitt romney constitutes a vote for the president. the op ed sparking a number of media reports and some criticism on social media sites. meantime, the actor continues to defend his mother saying she is a loving person. she is his mom, right? >> that's right. lay off her. quick actions of this brave little boy in seattle helped save his father's life.

5-year-old quincy hall saw his dad having a seizure and did what his mom taught him to do. >> 911, what is your emergency? >> my, my, my dad is sick. >> your dad's sick? >> daddy? it's ok. i called the police officers. >> well, quincy did not know his address but the dispatchers used cell phone records and g.p.s. to triangulate and find him. the good news is his father is doing just fine. way to go, son. >> way to go! >> let's go out back to brian at the all star game in kansas city. you have some players on the field or talked to some players on the field? >> basically we're trying to get a feel from the players if they feel like the statistics reveal and that is the state of the game is pretty strong. you know, they were off last year about 1,000 homers and the year before that as well. and people thought if the long ball goes, the fans are going to

run and they're not. they're liking this game and they're seeing the pitching coming up. they're seeing the attendance being strong and there's a whole youth movement in this league. there's 26 players in this game under 30. they got together yesterday for their first batting practice in kansas city. many of them had a sunday night game and they really feel the state of the game is strong and happened to be here at the 83rd baseball classic. >> you know, it's exciting. it's an exciting time to see some of the great players in the game and, you know, see guys like that around, we as players get excited to see those guys, too. >> honestly, we're trying to play good baseball and not worry about what it was, what this could be. we're trying to play good baseball and pretty much beat -- win games and beat people. >> i'm just enyojoying it, you know, at this point, i wanted to be here and be a part of it which is kind of cool and that's it, man. always a fun time. >> it's a lot of fun to be able to come here and enjoy it, you know what i mean?

they should be honored to be here and they definitely deserve it. >> it's super fun! this is an amazing place. >> my favorite ballpark, playing here for so long in the central and being able to come here, you know, for the all star game feels good. >> i hope that all three of us can be on the same team and come to the home run derby and the all star game to be just like my uncle c. >> so there you go. essentially there's a lot of great stories going on and two of the stories that are going to be movies. r.a. dickie, the 37-year-old knuckleballer could be starting today for the new york mets, they're doing a movie on his life. josh hamilton, in the works for a movie on his life. there's a lot of intrigue and some great plot lines tonight as the national league and american league go at it. a little bit later, we'll have joe buck, tim mccarver, c.j. wilson, outstanding pitcher with the angels. all coming up here at kansas city where basically steve used to live. >> pretty much right there on

the third baseline. that's why they call it the all star game, all those big games. 18 minutes before the top of the hour. coming up, it's warning every guy needs to hear. prostate surgery could lead to more health problems. the doctor is in! >> and the i.r.s. will soon be playing health care costs, how does he crack down on people that don't pay that tax? you don't want to miss this. what can they actually do about it. [ male announcer ] summer is here. and so too is the summer event. now get an incredible offer on the powerful c250 sport sedan. but hurry before this opportunity...disappears. the mercedes-benz summer event ends july 31st.

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we take it on ours. this summer put your family in an exceptionally engineered mercedes-benz now for an exceptional price during the summer event. but hurry, this offer ends july 31st. >> 46 minutes after the top of the hour. a couple of quick headlines for you now. finally paying up for his stupid human trick. the 23-year-old unemployed actor that went on a drunken window smashing spree at david

letterman's studio ordered to pay for the repairs. a judge ruling that james witmore shell out money to avoid a seven year prison stint. check out this incredible photo from the international space station. an astronaut capturing flames and smoke from a wildfire near el paso, texas. steve? >> camera, very good camera. meanwhile, listen to this. a health warning to tell you about this morning for men who have had prostate surgery. alarming new research suggests that it doubles prostate surgery does, the risk for men needing a second follow-up surgery and in some cases, can also lead to more medical problems down the road. joining us right now to shed some light on this is fox news medical a team's dr. david sumadi and prostate surgery is something you've specialized in for a number of years. you're the right guy to use. this is an alarming statistic for a lot of people that if you prostate surgery in the past and it's a number of years before they did that study, you might

need a follow-up surgery. >> this is based on a large population base coming from ontario, canada. this was done during the period of 1993 and 2006 so it really has nothing to do with what's going on in the last decade. i know the new invention with the technology and robotics. what they found was that if you have prostate surgery, you have about 5% chance of incontinence and later on, you might need other surgeries. bottom line is at the end of the day, i always tell the patients just like real estate where you have location, location, location, when it comes to surgery, it's experience, experience, and experience. and you as a patient and a consumer, you have to choose wisely. so if you're diagnosed with prostate cancer, you need to sit down with your doctor and find out what is his or her experience. who does the operation? are you one of these surgeons that goes from room to room and it's like an assembly line or are you going to do my entire surgery and the follow-up so we learned a lot from this study. also what they found was that if you're older and over 65 or if

you are going to have radiation before or after surgery, you may have more of these issues. bottom line is choose these doctors safely. it's very complex operations. >> and you touched on this, the fact that, you know, you are doing a lot of robotics right now which is minimally invasive compared to the old way they used to do this so you got to figure going forward, this number may actually go down. >> yes, it's a very good point that you're bringing up but again, steve, we want to be very careful because technology in the hands of experienced surgeon is an art. you can save those nerves. the patients can have great sexual function and good urinary control. same technology in the hands of somebody who doesn't have experience can result in bad outcome. that's one of the reasons why we have this new site that we can really help a lot of people. >> that's right. if you got questions directly for the doctor about this, go to smart-surgery.com and he will answer it himself. >> it's a free on-line consultation for any patients with prostate cancer and you will hear from us to create --

there has been so much discussion about the p.s.a.'s, etc., so we'll be happy to help. >> once again, smart-surgery.com. >> you got it. >> thank you very much. >> good to see you, steve. >> straight ahead, welfare not just for collecting food and money anymore. we'll tell you about that and the i.r.s. plays health care cop using intimidation to collect back taxes so will they turn to the same tax in enforcing obamacare? fox news senior judicial analyst andrew napolitano raising his arms, uh-oh, he's going to hug me again. ee going to explain if the i.r.s. man is going to welcome you with open arms.

>> the i.r.s. is gearing up for its new role as health care cop.

>> that's right. the agency whose main responsibility is, of course, to collect taxes cheerfully from all of us will soon be in charge of enforcing the president's health care mandate. but how can it police a bill that comes with no civil or criminal penalties for those who refuse to pay? >> a lot of people asking that question so let's ask fox news senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano. >> even when we talk about unpleasant matters, it's good to see you. >> like taxes? >> right. >> how can they enforce this,s the i.r.s. if you choose not to buy health insurance and pay taxes instead. >> the i.r.s. is put a lien on your property and send you a threatening letter saying we're going to put the lien on your property. if the government owes you money, it can deduct from the refund that you owe the government because of your failure to pay this tax. so it has some of the tools available that it uses in the collection of ordinary income

tax. >> there are some things, judge, that the i.r.s. simply cannot do. >> correct. because mrs. pelosi & company wanted unanimity among the democrats when the law was enacted and because some conservative democrats interestingly some of them are not going to the democratic national convention this year. >> they're busy. >> insisted that some tools be taken away from the i.r. some were so they can't seek an indictment, criminal charge for those willfully refuse to pay this. the i.r.s. is not seize bank accounts and dock wages. the i.r.s. cannot add penalties for your failure to pay. only thing that keeps adding is interest. and the interest is established by the statute. >> so some conservative democrats were against those things. are those things -- are the i.r.s. able to do those things in general? >> sure. if you file a tax return and acknowledge what you owe and don't pay it, the i.r.s. can take it out of your bank account

without notice to you. but cannot do this for the so-called tax. >> so if people are looking at this and think, oh, there really aren't many teeth in this law, they can't get my money. they'll eventually get the money. >> sure, they'll eventually get the money. if they put a lien on the house and you don't sell the house for 20 years and the interest keeps building and when you sell the house, a lot of the proceeds from the sale are going right to the i.r.s. and not to you. >> it depends on who the president is. maybe that president would not tell the i.r.s. to do that. >> there are a lot of tools that would be available to a president who disagreed with this law. that could dull its negative effects. one of which would be to say to the i.r.s. go collect income taxes and leave these people alone. here's the scary part. the law provides for 16,000 new i.r.s. agents. >> exactly. >> and funds them for the first four years. >> and they're going to need something to do so they might come back and haunt us all. all right, judge, always a pleasure. thank you very much. >> my pleasure, guys.

>> fortune 500 out with a list of most successful companies and it's not good news for america. >> and a major donor of the democratic party renouncing her u.s. citizenship. is the president's taxmageddon turning against him. we'll be back with her story in a few minutes.

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>> good morning, everyone. today is tuesday, july 10th. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time with us today. back to the future. president obama says his tax plan, no big deal. just a return to the good, old days. >> i'm not proposing anything radical here. i just believe that anybody making over $250,000 a year should go back to the income tax rates we were paying under bill clinton. >> the only problem is -- is he telling the truth? >> all right. her ex-husband ran from the feds to avoid paying his taxes. now denise rich, big time democratic donor says the taxes

are too much and she's giving up her citizenship. how will i go on? steve? >> that's why you've gone to kansas city. he's the world's most devious mailman. >> hello, newman. >> hello, newman. >> hello, newman. >> hello, newman! >> we're going to be saying hello newman because he's back with the new show. he joins us live here on the curvy couch. "fox & friends" hour two from new york city and kansas city starts right now. >> good morning, everyone! thanks for joining us today. steve and i are in new york city. brian is out in kansas city living it up, going to the all star game and hanging out with the big celebs and going to the big home run derby last night and you still look so fresh, i

know you had about three minutes of sleep. >> no, we didn't have much sleep but sleep is a word that we don't even understand, all three of us and everybody in the control room and everybody in the studio. so we've given up on ever giving up enough sleep until we're 80. speaking of 80, the all star game is 83 years old. i don't know if you've been to kaufman stadium. >> here's some trivia. when i was working in kansas city at channel 9, i used to go out to royals stadium and that's where i met a media guy who worked for the kansas city royals by the name of rush limbaugh who used to work in the -- >> get out of here. >> it's absolutely true. >> whatever happened to him? >> i don't know. >> did he go on to do anything else? >> no idea. >> he is a good talker. >> doesn't sound familiar. let me show you what's happening in the stadium, the stadium is 40 years old this year but in 2009 it got a facelift. over to my immediate left shoulder if you've been to these major events every single person that buys a ticket for over $100 gets something on their seat.

you're watching these people get something to put on their seat right now, you got 39,000 seats to cover and it's just beginning. over here, you see the royal hall of fame which is littered with some great players from frank white to george brett to fredry wilson and it goes on and on and on and you have, of course, the fountains. i don't think you've seen this. this is a rare sight. you might want to get out your camera phone because the fountains are flowing but they're not on. normally, every 90 seconds they're shooting up in the air and that's when you try to hit a home run and everybody talks about the foupt ins and that's where they go. i don't know if you can see it over here. but there's a bronze statue of george brett, that's exactly where he used to hit. over george brett's shoulder is dick howser and there's frank white, the hometown boy and second baseman who played for years with the organization. so you have seen a great history with the royals. the sad part about the royals is they got the loyal fans, this place loves baseball but they do not have the ownership to keep

them in town so they get some great players and they have to trade them. i hope to see the day where they can actually hold on to those guys. at the bottom of the hour, you're going to hear from joe buck and tim mccarver, the best in the business. they'll be doing the game for fox tonight talking about the statef the game, the problems that kansas city is having keeping their players and why the power has gone down but the people keep coming. that's all coming up from kaufman stadium where steve met rush limbaugh and everything else takes a back seat to that story. >> exactly right. we should point out that those fountains not own they're on, making a lot of racket for brian out there. >> they're also power washing because the home run derby brought a lot of debris. >> let's talk a little politics because the big story in the last couple of days has been that the president wants to continue the bush tax cuts for people and families who make under $250,000 a year. and small businesses who make under $250,000 a year. but not for people who make more

than that. well, now people are really getting into the details about this. even though it's kind of an old story and they're finding out some new information like he's not going to cut taxes for everyone. just extending the cuts for some. and he's raising the taxes for those making over 250. the amount raised, get this, it would only cover 8.5 days of the national debt. >> that's because when you do the math, you take a look at the tax hikes, it would add up to about $85 billion a year and you know what, the federal government spends $85 billion every 8 1/2 days. what's interesting about what the president did yesterday was he tried to say, look, we used to pay the most successful people in this country used to pay the 39.6% during the william jefferson clinton years, as if, you know, happy days are here again. if we could do that. we've got a couple of soundbites to play for you. first the president talking about that and thoen we've got

one of our analysts talking about how that could be a little deceptive. here's the president. >> i'm not proposing anything radical here. i just believe anybody making over $250,000 a year should go back to the income tax rates we were paying under bill clinton. back when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest budget surplus in history and plenty of millionaires to boot. >> i was so interested that obama spoke about returning the tax rates to the rates that prevailed under president clinton, that's a flat out lie. well, it is true that he would raise the tax rates on the upper bracket to 40% which it was under clinton, which by the way would generate about $70 billion of revenue, not enough to do any significant damage to $1.4 trillion deficit. the thing that distinguished bill clinton's economy from the previous economies was not the tax increases but the tax decreases. >> ok.

so there you got the point and the counterpoint, brian kilmeade. >> yeah, you do. you got both sides of the issue and bottom line is this is something the president should be talking about if he wasn't president but he's actually president and he should be doing things that actually get done. for example, if you really want to turn up the pressure and be president, he would put the pressure on republicans by saying it's time to pass simpson-bowles. there's a lot of things that they don't want. that would putssure on them to come up with the countermeasure because that's a bipartisan agreement. right now, you're looking at something that even democrats are divided on. remember, senator schumer, one of the most powerful democrats there is saying the threshold shouldn't be 250 but it should be a million. i don't know how many people line up behind the president at this point. nancy pelosi as well. there's a problem with that message yesterday and it's not just from the right. >> but it fits in with the messaging with what the president has been saying over the last couple of weeks which is middle class and values come from just thinking that you're

in the middle class, not quite sure what that means about people in other classes but it fits in the campaign strategy thus far of trying to play to those people when the election is only five months away. i think that this messaging, he's going to put republicans in a box when they have to come and try to vote on this. when it gets voted down, he's going to say look how unreasonable republicans are. they only want to give tax breaks to the rich. they've been in that box. >> the president is actually in a box when it comes to jobs because the number one thing that everybody says they're worried about is the economy and the the jobs. when you have the job number coming out, that's not helpful to the president. he'll do anything he can to extract the company from the jobs number and he'll go back to something that's not new policy. he'll go back to the tax fairness thing that has zero chance of passing in the senate. the bill that the house republicans are going to come up

with. it's truly just political. >> it is. i wish someone could lead. you could be president and he could coast to re-election and save a lot of money if he would put the policies in place that would get the economy going rather than coming up with a strategy. i agree with you, there's a strategy in place. you may agree with it or not, but there's definitely a game plan that's been implemented little by little up to the conventions and into the fall, let's see if the republicans have an answer. i know you have an answer to the question of are you ready for headlines? >> are you ready for some baseball and headlines? overnight, one of usama bin laden's closest advisors freed from prison. the terrorists known as mr. theology was freed from a jail in south africa after announcing, apparently his ties to al-qaida and condemning the september 11th attacks. mr. theology credited with forming the modern al-qaida by merging bin laden's operation with islamic jihad. the justice department unsealing

charges now against five men in the murder of u.s. border patrol agent brian terry. and now a $1 million reward is being offered for any information leading to four suspects remaining at large. they allegedly engaged terry and other agents in the deadly gun fight in 2010 using ak-47 type rifles. those weapons later identified as part of the fast & furious gunrunning operation. >> i applaud what they're doing but i condemn the timing. it's very clear that the timing has everything to do with the house of representatives holding eric holder in contempt for not turning over information. this should have been done. the terry family should have seen the attempt to go public and try to get the numbers of brian terry, they should have seen it a year ago. >> terry's family said all documents pertaining to the case should also be released. all americans, they add, should know who approve fast & furious and who should be held accountable for that decision. new evidence that u.s. companies may be losing their dominance in

the marketplace now. 130 american companies making fortune magazine's global 500 list and it ranks the world's biggest corporations by revenue. there were nearly 200 u.s. businesses on the list a decade ago. wal-mart also losing the number one spot on the list. royal dutch shell from the netherlands now on top with $484 billion in revenue. exxon mobile is second followed by wal-mart. britain's b.p. was fourth and china's cinipec group rounded out the top five. huge democratic party donor denise rich one of 450 people to renounce her citizenship this year. her surprising move coming 11 years after her massive donations to hillary clinton and president clinton's library helped get her ex-husband, a tax cheat a pardon. by renouncing her citizenship, she could avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes. those are your headlines this morning. >> wonder where she's going to go. >> not sure. >> all right. coming up next on the rundown for this tuesday from kansas city and new york city, the president's own party turning

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thanks for having me. >>hy are a number of democrats distancing themselves from a fella who was a very popular president a couple of years ago? >> it's not unusual when you have a president that's not going to do well in your district as a member of congress, you want to show your independence. you want to demonstrate to your constituents that your first and foremost -- >> listening to them and not nancy pelosi. >> the first thing in mind will always be your district and i represent the district that the president lost by 11 points in 2008. i was able to win the election by 12 points that year because i was able to show independence and there are places in the country where the president is popular. i do believe he's going to win the election overall in the country but if you represent a district where he's not popular, it's important that you show your independence. >> so you did that in 2008 and in 2010, you also showed your independence and voted against obamacare. now in 2012, you lost in the primary just held in april but now you're not voting to repeal obamacare.

why? >> there's a few things in the bill that are making a difference for people in the district i represent. i have the fourth most medicare beneficiaries of any district in the country. the prescription drug donut hole that we heard so much about for years and years is being closed because of the health care law that was passed. the pre-existing condition ex clu -- exclusion in the bill, where you can't be denied because of a pre-existing condition, that's already taking effect for the children, there are other things in the bill that make a difference. i want to preserve those. those are good parts of the law and fix what didn't work. i voted against the overall bill because you don't get the line item vote. you don't get to say i'll take this and not that. in the repeal, you can too that. you can say let's leave these pieces in place that are making a real difference and overturn what we don't like. >> meanwhile, when we look at what happened in the house two weeks ago when the house found the attorney general eric holder in contempt, you voted with the majority of the republicans by saying, yeah, he's got to cough

up the documents. why? >> well, i'm a member of the house of representatives and we do have investigation and oversight authority over the administration. and whether or not you agree with the investigation, the attorney general was asked to provide documents. he made a decision not to provide them. i was left with no other choice. i'm a member of the house and he didn't comply with the request for documents. >> it was said because you feel that a majority of people in your district feel that way or because you feel it's right? >> i feel it's right. i would also suspect a majority of my district feels that way also. but when you look at the case that we're looking at, fast & furious, that's one issue and i do think we need to get to the bottom of why agent terry was killed and the mistakes made in that program but the vote on attorney general holder was one specific issue. did he comply with the request for further documents into that investigation? he didn't comply. so i had to cast the vote that i did. >> i want to go back to the so-called blue dog democrats that you are one of. the conservative democrats and

in these swing districts so representatives are not going to go to the convention in north carolina. they don't really want to go to events where the president is there. and yet, president obama is neck and neck in the polls with mitt romney. how do you rationalize that? if he's unpopular in some of these swing districts, how is he still neck and neck in the national polls? >> i can't speak for every member, democrats are going to make their own decision. i'm attending the convention. i attended in 2008. >> got nothing to lose! >> well, now, but in 2008 when i was on the ballot and i knew he wasn't going to do well in the district i represent, i went to the convention. he's the leader of the party and i think in the homestretch heading into the campaign, you have an obligation to represent the party. that's what the political operation is all about. other members have made different decisions but again, when you campaign at home, you have to show that your first instinct and first passion will be for your district and not for any other person but the people that sent you to washington in

the first place to work for them. that's the way it's supposed to work. >> jason altmeyer from the great state of pennsylvania, thank you very much for making the trip up to new york. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you, sir. >> coming up on "fox & friends", it's happening more and more. people using their welfare money to buy alcohol and cigarettes and even play poker? who's to blame, the person or states that allow it? >> congressman, can't you fix that before you go? then a teen takes a dramatic leap of faith to escape a lightning storm. would you do the same thing the kid did? details straight ahead. if there was a pill to help protect your eye health as you age... would you take it? well, there is. [ male announcer ] it's called ocuvite.

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>> time now for your news by the numbers from the control room, first $905 billion. that's how much the united states is expected to be in the red for the first three quarters of the fiscal year. great. the congressional budget office reports it's $66 billion less than this time last year. next, 83. that's the percentage of doctors who have considered leaving their practices over obamacare. 83%. the new study done by the doctor-patient medical association. and finally, $10 million. that's how much a farm in japan spent for i'll have another, the horse that won the belmont and preakness but pulled because of an injury. horse going to japan. >> cracking down on welfare fraud. a growing number of states are working to ban welfare recipients for spending your tax dollars on their vices.

in at least 11 states now, check out this map, there are restrictions in using the so-called ebt debit cards in casinos, liquor stores, and strip clubs! but in massachusetts, a judge just ruled places like nail salons and jewelry stores are ok. should that really be covered? joining me now for a fair and balanced debate, u.s. state senator george meziras. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> george, let me start with you. what are you trying to do in new york to cut down on what some people would deem welfare abuse? >> well, what we're doing is my colleagu introduced legislation which i supported and 56 other members of the 62 member new york state senate supported to basically ban the use of -- of public assistance benefits from being used in -- or accessed at adult entertainment centers, liquor stores, to buy tobacco products,

there would be penalties in place if people were caught doing it. it's the wrong thing to do. nobody wants to prevent the truly needy people from getting benefits that are at a critical moment in their lives to help children. and nobody wants to prevent that. but clearly, there is abuse. when people are accessing their medical benefits at 2:00 in the morning at a strip club, there's something wrong with this system. >> how can you argue against that? >> well, i don't argue against the misuse of the card or misuse of the benefits. but what i do argue against is the fact that not allowing people to have access to cash. i believe that many -- there are many necessities that require that you have to have cash money to be able to utilize so i am against the fact that people should be able to use the cash that the card allows you to do but i'm not arguing against the fact that people are not -- should not be using these benefits at the strip clubs or at liquor stores or places of that sort.

i'm not opposed at that at all. >> the problem arise when you can use these debit cards to get cash at a.t.m.'s and then you go to the store and you have cash and how does the store owner or the clerk know where you got that cash, right? >> gretchen, that's exactly the problem and if you're accessing that cash, as i said, at 2:00 in the morning at a strip club or in a liquor store, you can draw the conclusions and my colleagues, by the way, as i said, this passed with 56 votes of the 62 member senate so actually many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle who represent very urban areas voted with this. nobody wants to see this money wasted. >> uh-huh. here's another problem that i see, miss barrow. in massachusetts that passed this law last year to ban spending cash on alcohol, tobacco and lotto tickets, apparently stores that still go ahead and let people do that type of thing could be fined up to $1,000. but here's the headline. no one has turned in any violators. we all know that it's happening. but is this just part of our

culture now where it's just ok to waste a bunch of taxpayer money. >> you know, gretchen, it is not ok to waste the taxpayer dollars but you're absolutely correct. people are not turning folks in and that is where the problem lies. i believe that enforcement is really going to be an issue with this. not that we should not be trying to enforce it but i believe that the problem is enforcement. how do you regulate that? >> george? >> i don't think it can be any problem at all. i get a lot of complaints and i know when we passed this bill, many of my colleagues that i talked to get e-mails all the time from disgruntled people in a supermarket who is behind somebody who accesses their cash and then they pay for their food with their benefit card and then the cash that they got from the benefit card, that's where they pay for their beer and cigarettes and their lottery tickets. i think you're going to see a lot of people, you know, and i'll tell you, cashiers in a store are feed up with it. i heard from one -- several actually of my constituents who

work in grocery stores. they're fed up with it. they see their tax dollars being wasted. >> interesting debate and one a lot of people want to see resolved. >> thank you for your time this morning. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> coming up on "fox & friends", pigs being allowed to fly. a commercial airline, i'll oink to that. not in cargo. in the seat next to you. huh? why the government is afraid of being sued for discrimination. interesting story, huh? amtrak is more than $1 billion in debt. don't worry, they have plans to spend billions more of your taxpayer money and wait until you hear why. ♪ just one bite opens a world of delight... ♪ ♪ savor and explore, the great indoors ♪

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airplane out to kansas city for the all-star game tonight and he joins us live. right, brian? >> steve, the plane was so small it was one of those planes where i'm wondering to myself, are we supposed to be cargo? do they really want human beings on this plane? so we got there and i sat there, one of those planes that was so small, said you're not allowed to get up, i don't care the reason. i just about two hours ago, i started feeling my butt again. just now! it was a good feeling. it's still exactly the same. no problem. by the way, and yeah, i also had a bag of garbage and the woman kept walking around with a bigger bag. that's usually when i put my bag into her bag. she wouldn't look in my direction. >> why did you have a bag of garbage? did you take enough food on the airplane and stink up the plane? what's the matter with you? >> i had a sense they would charge me for the pretzels and i'm not going to be able to. i cannot pay for pretzels. i bought food on the way in. >> they charge you. >> now you get to smell everyone's onions and chili

tacos and hot dogs and all that on airplanes. >> all right. coming up we're going to tell you -- >> it's ok. i was able to floss in my seat. >> you were able to floss? i learned more about you in the last 10 seconds than i knew. your butt is numb and you floss. all right, thanks very much, brian. we'll be back in touch with you in a minute. here are some of the headlines. amtrak already $1.34 billion in the red. but that's not stopping the government-owned agency from fast tracking a plan to spend more taxpayer money. amtrak announcing a new $151 billion improvement plan to build high speed trains by 2040. trips from new york to philly would take 37 minutes and rides to boston, just an hour and a half. the cash strapped railroad is funded by congress. >> all aboard! meanwhile, a teenager in new jersey taking a leap of faith when a thunderstorm rolls in. it knocked out power to the chair lift she was riding on. she was stranded up there. what would you do?

four or five witnesses caught this scene on camera. it's the 17-year-old jumped to the ground. she was freaking out about getting struck by lightning. she's suspended by metal cables in a metal chair. i would do the same thing and rather than get electrocuted, she thought worst thing could happen, she's break her leg. she did not. she landed on the beach unharmed. >> wow! that is crazy. former vice president al gore took credit for the internet. now the secretary of transportation trying to take credit for lexus hybrids. >> when you see now a lexus hybrid, no one would have ever predicted that two years ago. every car manufacturer is getting into hybrids. i think we jump-started those opportunities. >> wow. that's good. only problem is lexus started introducing the hybrid in 2004. that's when president bush was in office. you can go with your story.

gretch? >> speaking of airplanes, brian, want to sit next to a pig on your next flight? a real pig? well, that could very well happen. new department of transportation rules say pigs actually do fly. the guidelines say if the pigs are considered service animals, they can fly with their owner. this includes pot belly pigs that can weigh up to 300 pounds. >> that's right. >> monkeys and even miniature horses are allowed, too. the department of transportation wants to ensure no one with a disability is discriminated against. however, if you think about all these delayed flights that you have now for weather and such and you're sitting on the tarmac, you want to be sitting next to a pig for nine hours? >> if it's a service animal, they come in all shapes and sizes. all right. meanwhile, real quickly, let's take a look at the weather coast to coast and let's find out what kind of a day we've got ahead. it looks like we've got some showers activity to the south of kansas city back through oklahoma and texas and portions of new mexico and arizona as well, heaviest stuff on the

storm map right now shows along the gulf coast and from the mid atlantic back to the ohio valley. current temperature as you head out the door on this tuesday. a lot of 60's and 70's across the map. exception, 56 right now in caribou and 92 currently in phoenix. phoenix 113. and in kansas city, where brian kilmeade is today your high will be 94. >> action! >> wow. yeah, by the way, it was 115 and now it's pretty nice considering. the night before the all star game can mean one thing. it's home run derby time. >> oh, man! way back in. >> the tigers' prince fielder winning the home run derby. it was an electric final round. not a great body of work.

he's only the second player to win it twice. the other is ken griffey jr. who is also pretty good. meanwhile, another story that gretchen has. gretchen? >> oh, i just wanted to say hi to my husband and my little boy who went -- this is his first all star game with daddy. there they are in the stands last night watching the home run derby. i'm sure that he got to stay up late and eat a bunch of cotton candy and stuff that i don't want to know about. did you run into them, brian? >> yeah, i'll tell you, i did spot them in the stands. he was standing the whole time. he's absolutely -- he's never going to forget it. that's for sure. i saw them over the third-base line. the guys calling the game, joe buck and tim mccarver for fox, two of the best in the business. for mccarver, he's getting the award for his broadcasting excellence and i caught up with him in the fox lot. watch. > >> it seems like this game with

26 players under 30 is in pretty good shape in the all star game. >> i think that's what makes this year's all star game as special as i've ever done because of this infusion of young talent. when i say young talent, that's the infusion of young talent like joe buck, my partner. but i mean, it's really true. bryce harper, mike trout. i mean, we just interviewed these guys downstairs and i'm telling you, it was fabulous! huh, joe? >> it's great. baseball needed it and, you know, i think it's all kind of come to pass here in 2012 so that's really what we're looking at going into the game and, you know, the old guys are pretty good, too. we'll have fun. >> i love what fox did. they said let's make this game count. winner this game gets the home field advantage. do you and you as a purist -- >> think about it, the way it was prior to fox saying this game -- this time it counts. prior to that, there was a

rotation every other year. national league, american league, national league, american league. now, things make sense. and there is a little extra bite in the game that wasn't -- wasn't there 10 years ago. >> right. >> that's why we like it, you know, managers manage this game to win instead of get everybody in the game. last time they did that, we ended up in a tie and nobody liked that. >> you guys are a great combination. him going into the hall of fame this year? >> i don't want to embarrass him and i don't want to keep saying the same thing but i'm more excited for him going in than i think i was for my dad because back then, it just seemed like it was right and this feels totally wrong. >> i knew that was coming! >> i know how much he loves this game and how much work he puts in and, you know, a guy that caught in the 50's, 60's, 70's, into 80 and the great pitchers that he caught and the championships he won, and he's done it all in the game and he should be in the hall of fame. >> can i be honest about myself? i resent you and you. you were great at 18 and you've

been great in two careers. so i can't even be happy for you because i'm too insecure. >> thank you. >> i know that's not true. >> you do a great job and i watch you all the time and i love msnbc. no, fox. >> thanks. >> and there you go. those two guys will be calling the game tonight and they will have a lot of fun. back to you guys for what's coming up in the next half-hour and all the other chicanery that we have planned. >> use it in a sense. cheryl casone has the top five companies hiring today. get out your pen and paper. >> remember this guy? >> hello, newman. >> hello, newman. >> hello, newman. >> hello, newman. >> hello, newman! >> we'll say hello newman as he joins us on the curvy couch. he's on the leather couch right now. good morning to you, wayne knight. you're coming up next on "fox & friends."

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>> last week's rotten unemployment report shows that the job growth is still barely going here in the united states. only 80,000 jobs were added in june keeping the nation's unemployment rate at 8.2%. but fox business network's cheryl casone has the top companies hiring this week and by the way, we're also going to give you the e-mail at the conclusion. if you've gotten a job or need more information, we'll do that. >> let's go to payroll processing, so the paycheck that 1 in 6 americans get actually comes from adp. this is one of the companies that help other companies. they have 2500 other job openings right now. chicago, washington, d.c., hartford, augusta, el paso and they process payroll but it's a needed service for other

businesses, it doesn't go away. >> sure. because you need a paycheck and they make a bunch of them. >> yeah. >> let's talk about bandwidth.com. >> they have 30 openings right now but they're an internet based company and they do internet and telephone services for other large companies like skype, like major league baseball, mlb.com, for instance, i know you've been doing a lot of baseball stuff. it's the benefits on this one. they have -- they have openings in denver, colorado, north carolina, if you take a 1 1/2 hour -- you can take a 1 1/2 hour lunch if you agree to go to the gym. 100% of your medical and dental is paid for, 100%, your life insurance as well. there's rock climbing. yeah, they're about lifestyle as well. >> carrie, north carolina. >> beautiful town, too. >> let's talk about team three logistics, what do they do? >> so they support the automotive industry and they are now working with volkswagen because volkswagen is now going to be making 25% of volkswagens at this new plant in tennessee so they do -- it's the production line. so they kind of support the logistics of the production line getting those cars, you know,

you have the engine, you have the tire and you have the console of the car. they do that kind of work. and $12 to $13 per hour if you're salaried. salary -- excuse me, if you're hourly. salaried positions will be a little bit more. >> if you want 90 minutes worth of lunch, you have to join the other company. >> you have to go to the gym if you're going to have lunch. let's talk about g tech solutions. >> so they're a staffing and placement firm. we're finding that because there's so many jobs available that are very specific, engineers in particular are hard to find. so they're staffing. it's basically a really cool name for a job hunt firm, if you will. 45,000, 150,000, it depends on the position that you're going to get. 1,200 job openings right now. they need people in the midwest and southwest. engineers, i.t. professionals, benefit packages and you can be a contract employee, work for g-tech and they can outsource you to other companies, american companies. i have to say that when i use

the word outsource. >> if you have gotten a job through one of cheryl's reports or you want more information, e-mail her at ff as in "fox & friends", ffjobhunt at foxnews.com. >> yes! >> fantastic. >> and you can catch cheryl at noon on the fox business network and once again, that e-mail is and there's casone exchange. >> that's the advice column i'm writing every week. and radio. i got to do radio now. >> you're busy. >> look who it is. newman is back with a new show but he's hitting the curvy couch first. come on, wayne! you're next. meanwhile, historically, back in 1987, "alone" by heart number one. [ male announcer ] what's in your energy drink? ♪ wer surge, let it blow your mind. [ male announcer ] for fruits, veggies and natural green tea energy... new v8 v-fusion plus energy.

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>> hello, newman. >> hello, newman. >> hello, newman! >> hello, newman! >> hello, newman! >> newman, we'll never forget jerry seinfeld's mailman and arch nemesis newman but actor wayne knight is moving on to a new tv show. he joins us live. >> good morning. thank you so much for helping me get away from that character. i really appreciate that. >> you know, did the script look like that, hello, newman? was it, you know, spelled out like that? >> no, it actually evolved into this thing that jerry just had disdain every time -- >> slur. >> hello, newman! >> the fans loved you, though. >> god bless them, yeah. >> you became iconic for that. you were the building snich. that's how it all started, why they kind of had this disdain. was that anything like you in real life? >> well, i'm sure there's a part of me that people really despise. >> i don't mean that. >> but, you know, i -- i think

there's a little something of you in every character you play. and yeah, there was enough -- that was the undercurrent in me, that fearful kind of conniving nasty. but i've gone through therapy and i'm much better now. >> fantastic. you're on a couch right now. >> yes. >> so which part of you is in your new show called "exes" where you played a divorce guy living with another divorced guy and -- >> two other divorced guys. >> two other divorced guys and your landlord is your divorce attorney? a woman? >> the part of me that is most like me is the couch. there's a couch that i seldom leave and as you can see, i'm still on a couch which is comforting. >> couch to couch. >> yes. >> i want to take a look at a clip. here it is. >> thank you. >> this is just buying us time. you got to go back to the park. >> i'm on it! >> there's my boy! daddy's home! >> yes, daddy's home. come to daddy. >> daddy's home. >> go to daddy!

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you should see november! oh, yeah? giving you me. now that's progressive. call or click today. >> gretchen: good morning, everyone. today is tuesday, july 10, 2012. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing part of your day with us today. president obama says his tax plan no big deal. just a return to the good old days? >> i'm not proposing anything radical here. i just believe that anybody making over $250,000 a year should go back to the income tax rates we were paying under bill clinton. >> gretchen: turns out there is a few things he's not telling you about this plan. we'll reveal them moments away. >> steve: developing story three weeks before the democratic national convention. union leaders have announced they're going to hold their own shadow convention in a whole nother town in a whole nother state! what's up with that?

brian kilmeade is in a whole nother state, kansas city, missouri. >> brian: right. i'm sure it will be a right to work state. mr. president, chris christie has a message for you. >> please, don't send me any more money to hire any more public employees. please don't. >> brian: by the way, here is my message to you: "fox & friends" starts right now. >> steve: having grown up in kansas, not far from kansas city, as brian kilmeade joins us from the all-star game there, brian, you are in for a treat. the world's best baseball this week and, of course, the world's best barbecue, always in kansas city. >> brian: you know what i did? with you in mind, i had an option to eat last night. i'm not a big meat guy.

but i had my cobb salad with barbecue chicken. e ashat okay? you'll get. the best two are gates or arthur bryants. >> brian: i went to this place called the hilton. they have a restaurant there. i don't do a lot of traveling. for that 90 minutes i had at that chance. everyone recommended to. >> gretchen: hopefully you'll be able to stay for the game tonight. we'll be looking for you. >> brian: let me show you a little bit of what you missed last hour. the sup is up. over my shoulder, they're still putting the stuff on the seats, at the stadium. there is 39,000 that will be here, paying uppardons of $200 a ticket just to get in to the building. of course, you have over my shoulder here, as we watch one of you guys commit to the fountains, that's where the

fountains will be raging shortly. they're making a lot of noise, the waterfall is. the fountains are not going up. in front of them are the statues. straight over is the hall of fame. it reminds me a lot of city fields. it's this whole trend in baseball, and i love it, to make things smaller in a time in which you want to get bigger and maximize revenue. they realize you need an intimacy at the ballpark and they're trying to get their most money, like boston, new york, city field, off the sweets and not necessarily from all the seats so people have a good feeling here. they say 215 countries will watch. 33 million people overall. and this will bring -- steve this should make you happy, and you gretchen -- there comes the fountains. this just in live. >> gretchen: fox news alert. >> brian: this has never been done before. you have never seen -- this is the first time today it's ever been done. i don't know if that is an

exclusive. but it's going it to bring a residual revenue of $75 million into kansas city. >> gretchen: that's great news. >> steve: just over the fountains is interstate i-70 and just to the east of where brian kilmeade is sit something independence, missouri, the home of harry s. truman. >> gretchen: in the meantime, let's talk a little politics because president obama has revealed that he wants to extend the bush tax cuts for the middle class. people that he deems of the middle class. families making $250,000 and less, single people, $200,000 and less. but there are some things that he's not telling you in this plan. the obvious is he's not cutting taxes for everyone and he's raising taxes for those making over those amounts. but the amount raised -- i think a lot of people are concerned now about where we stand in this country with the deficit. let's look at the chart. the amount raised from doing this will only cover 8.5 days of the debt. the tax hike $85 billion a year

for the people making over $250,000 and the fed spends that in 8 1/2 days. >> steve: oh, man, we're burning through the dough. dr. charles krauthammer was on "special report" last night. we'll have you weigh in after we play the sound bite. here he is explaining why suddenly, given the fact that the president had these terrible job numbers, what's the president up to? distraction. listen. >> the fact that he's now pivoted back to this old issue that he's been touting for at least four years, it's a declaration that he surrendered on the state of the economy and the issue of his stewardship of it. this is a white flag. there is no way he can defend it. he knows this is over and there is no way, if the numbers are like this now, there is going to be any difference between now and election day. that's not an issue he even wants to talk about. so what he's doing is trying to shift subjects to, say, look at the shiny object over here and that is the fairness equity

issue and that's what he wants to run on. >> steve: there you go. brian? >> brian: here is the thing, we all know if the president was being president and was playing the role he was hired to do, he'd be talking about the entitlement spending, getting a plan there, talking about simpson-bowles and moving forward. this year the budget is $900 billion out of balance. we've already spent $900 billion of money we don't have. we're doing symbolic gestures. it's so frustrating. leading democrats are not comfortable with that 250,000 a year threshold. guys like senator schumer and leader nancy pelosi are two people who said, why don't we make it a million dollars? so they're not even on the same page. this is a campaign slogan. which in a scary way, it might work because gallup says 60% of the country want the rich to pay more. so they might like the way this resonates. maybe some democratic strategists know what they're talking about. but i was staggered to see this and i guess mitt romney must be

hardened. despite the good news for the president from the supreme court, despite the president's week last week, mitt romney losing his message last week, look at the poll results overall popularity. dead heat. >> gretchen: to add to that list -- >> steve: 47-47 is the tie, according to the "washington post." and just one other thing is two-thirds of the country, according to the "washington post," feel that we are seriously off course. >> gretchen: and just to add another person into the mix who apparently is against not giving the tax cuts to people, they want to do it under a million dollars, jesse jackson. that's just coming out this morning. chuck schumer may be waiverring now. he initially brought up a million bucks that it should not be below that. but now he may be waiverring to support the president because he doesn't want to see any fracturing within the party. but brian, back to your point about this whole political strategy. this is the same message that the president was talking about in the last couple of years. it's not really a plan because everyone knows it's going to die

in congress and then the president will probably be able to message that the republicans are the obstructionists again for the middle class. we'll have to see how it plays out. >> steve: they're giving a clear -- in november, this whole tax thing will not be solved until after the election. so the choice is do you want to elect -- relie detector the president -- reelect the president who does want to raise taxes on some people, or the republican who wants to lower the taxes for everybody? >> gretchen: one of the most important things is who can raise the most money. everyone knows it takes a boat load to become president. look at this. they said president obama would be the first billion dollars president. he'll probably still get there. but right now $71 million in the bank, mitt romney, $106 million. some people argue start spending some of that dough on more attack ads against president obama. >> brian: or more spending the

message what he will do when president. i think as much as people say what he disagrees with the president on, they want to know something less than the 59 points that he wants to do, something clear. are the governors showing the right way here? the governors are making the tough decisions. you have governor kasich who took a beating on his popularity poll to get his budget in balance. and mitch daniels. governor cuomo took on the unions himself, a democrat, isn't that the way forward? aren't those the leaders america is ready for rather than those looking for a quick slogan in order to get the majority in the ballot box? i think it's extremely frustrating. >> gretchen: maybe that's why it's just announced that three weeks before the democratic national convention takes place in north carolina, in august, on august 11, the union also hold their own shadow convention. they say it's because there is not enough attention on labor

issues right now. so very interesting that they're going to hold their own convention coming up in august. >> steve: right. it's going to be august 11 in philadelphia. brian you mentioned this, they are upset that the dnc is being held in a right to work state. so they're going to pennsylvania, which is a gigantic labor state. >> gretchen: sit tight for a minute, brian. we have to start with a fox news alert. u.s. military source telling fox news american base in eastern afghanistan known as fire base shank hit by indirect fire. it's in logar province. we're hearing at least three american soldiers are hurt. we'll continue to monitor this story and keep you updated as soon as more information becomes available. a teen-ager in florida losing part of his right arm in a horrifying attack by an alligator. the 17-year-old was swim not guilty a river near moorehaven when he was attacked. friends say the alligator swam right toward him, bit his arm, and pulled him under the water. he was air lifted to a hospital in fort myers, is now

recovering. his arm could in the be reattached. officials say it's alligator mating season and attacks are not uncommon of the the alligator was hunted down and killed. the justice department unsealing charges now against five men in the murder of u.s. border patrol agent brian terry and now a $1 million reward being offered for any information leading to the arrest of four suspects who remain at large. the suspects allegedly engaged terry and other agents in the gun fight back in december 2010. the weapons they used later identified as part of the fast and furious gun running operation. they're doing, but i condemn the timing. it's very clear that the timing has everything to do with the house of representatives' holding eric holder in contempt for not turning over information. this should have been ton, the terry family should have seen this attempt to go public and to try to get the murderers of brian terry, they should have seen it happen a year ago. >> gretchen: terry family says all documents pertaining to the case should be released and all

americans should know who approved the operation and who should be held accountable for that decision. new jersey governor chris christie at it again of the here is what he thinks about the president's plan to send states yet another round of cash to hire teachers, firefighters and more police officers. >> i have more government police per swear mile. please, don't send me any more money to hire public employees. please don't. i don't need any more. i got plenty as it is. i don't need any more. they're extraordinarily expensive. and ex extraordinarily difficult to manage. >> gretchen: he says temporary aid to hire workers only leads to huge budget shortfalls when the fed money runs out and the state is responsible for picking up the bill. >> steve: holding the bag. that's right. straight ahead on our tuesday telecast, can an illegal immigrant become an american lawyer? you'll hear from somebody who says yes and he credits the president. >> gretchen: brad pitt's mom getting death threats now?

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>> gretchen: 16 minutes after the top of the hour. shouldn't illegal immigrant be allowed to practice law? born in mexico, came to the u.s. with his parents when he was nine. he graduated law school and passed the bar exam. florida refuses to issue him his law license. now jose argues the president's recent immigration announcement gives hip the right to be a lawyer and he's filing suit in the florida supreme court.

joining me now for a fair and balanced debate, federation for american immigration reform and immigration attorney. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> gretchen: ira, give me your case about why he should not be allowed to practice law in the united states. >> well, he is an illegal immigrant. that's the first thing. more importantly, what this is is part of a concert effort to break down any barriers and delegit maze any immigration law itself. this has been going on and being led by the president of the united states. what they are trying to do is make it clear to the american public that the american immigration laws don't mean anything. that coming to the united states is knobbier yeah to do anything. this is really what it's about. it's not about one individual in florida trying to practice law. it is about an effort to undermine these legitimate laws that are there to protect the interest of the american people and the florida bar association or the supreme court ought to prehave not that from happening.

>> gretchen: francisco, isn't this exactly the type of person that the president's new plan, obama's dream act would cover? >> this is the poster child for the dream act. absolutely. i'm sure he qualified for it. this is really about politics. god bless him, don't you think he ought to be deserving of a law license? the guy was brought over here through no fault of his own. grew up here, got an education. isn't that what america is all about? he had all the chips stacked against him and he went through, got his law degree. senator rubio could fix this by filing a private bill and go this man residency or citizenship. he deserves it. god bless him. shouldn't every single american parent whose child is saying, i can't get a job or i can't go to school, i can't make it, they ought to look at him and say, if he can do it, everybody can do it. >> gretchen: ira, if you disagree with that, what should happen to jose? >> first of all, he may not have volunteered to come to the united states illegally, but he certainly volunteered to be a

poster child. he is making himself a martyr for a cause. this is a cause that affects the american people. it's not just about the illegal aliens. the reason we have immigration laws is because illegal immigration harms the basic interest of the american people. it affects jobs. it affects billions of tax dollars every year. that is why those laws are in place. that is why we have to draw clear boundaries and say, this is not permissible. we have immigration laws to protect us. >> gretchen: francisco, ten seconds, isn't one of the main criticisms about illegals they cost taxpayers money and in this case, this person may not? >> i think in this case he's going to be contributing to our tax base and yours and my social security system. i think this is what we want to promote. he is the poster child. this is what we want to happen, ladies and gentlemen. this is not about breaking immigration laws. this is about what america is all about. god bless him, encourage him. >> gretchen: i got to wrap it up there. thanks so much for your time.

interesting discussion. coming up on "fox & friends," so many experts think they know who romney will pick as his running mate. but our next guest says not so fast. he was a campaign director for president reagan who surprised everyone by picking george h. bush as his vp. then he's breaking hearts all across the country and not even areal guy? do you know who that is? i don't know if i like that depiction or not. i'm going to tell you who that is coming up [ humming ]

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130 american companies making fortune magazine's global 500 list. that's down from nearly 200 a decade ago. wal-mart also losing the number within spot on the list. sorry. and the same guys who produced the social network movie, winning the bid to bring the book "50 shades of gray" to the big screen. this as scientists have come up with their own computer generated image of main character christian gray. they based it on descriptions of famous actors and sports stars that readers thought he look like. so i guess the book is about 50 shades of him? is that how it works, gretch? >> gretchen: as a female, that's not how i depict christian gray in my mind. >> steve: all right. >> gretchen: i'm going to keep depicting who i see in my head. not that guy. the clock ticking until the gop national convention, less than two months away. that means in the coming weeks, mitt romney will select his running mate.

how important is the vp pick and when will that decision be made? let's ask fox news contributor and republican strategist ed rollins. you know something about this, ed. >> good morning. >> gretchen: good morning. so you were part of the reagan campaign. >> yes, i was. >> gretchen: he surprised everyone, didn't he, with who he picked? >> he did. he went to the convention. he basically didn't want george bush. he never met george bush other than one debate. he was very interested in senator laxall, chairman from nevada. jack kemp, former congressman who went through two-day drill with gerald ford and at the last minute he made the decision based on the recommendation of his pollster for george bush. called bush and bush said, you agree with everything that i agree with on the platform? bush said yes. they sat down the next day. they had their first real get together. >> gretchen: wow. fascinating. have times changed now in 2012? >> there is more scrutiny. obviously the vetting process is far more extensive. there is an old rule, used to be vice presidential candidate can

help you a little or hurt you a lot. i think that rule is still there. i think at the end of the day, romney won't win or lose on who he picks, but he can give his campaign a real excitement if he picks someone -- >> gretchen: what about the timing? some are saying, well, he should wait until the convention, 'cause that's when people really start paying attention. >> the conventions are way too late this year. the last week in august is the republican. right after labor day is the cap you're really into the campaign. you've got the olympics that start in a couple weeks here. he's going off to europe and israel. i would argue either you do it in the next week or ten days or you wait 'til that august break after the olympics. you get it done before the convention. >> gretchen: interesting. let's take a look at some of the people who have been talked about and i want to show first the females who we have on this particular graphic right here. so you have everyone from condy rice to nikki haley to governor of south carolina. what do you make of the fact that there could be another female named after sarah palin?

yes or no? >> i don't think it's likely. i think each and every one of those people have unique skills and are good talented people. i think at this point in time, romney is going to do what's safe. it's a very, very close election. you don't want to basically put someone threw that nobody knows anything about and you have to make them a national figure. >> gretchen: some people say that condoleeza rice is not getting enough attention, that maybe she is in serious consideration. would that be a good choice? >> she has got the foreign polacre consciences. nobody know what is she stands for on the domestic front. she's a good academic. she's never been tested in the political arena. >> gretchen: i want to talk about chris christie. rob portman, in politics in ohio for a very long time. what about those two? >> christy, obviously is -- a lot of people like him, he's tough. i think he's kind of a loose cannon sometimes and i'm not sure i would want him out there. we're not going to win new jersey anyway. portman is a different story.

he's a state, ohio, we have to win. if we don't win ohio, we don't win the presidency. >> gretchen: what about marco rubio? >> he's an extraordinary candidate for the reason he does a double for you. one, he helps make up the 250,000 gap that obama beat mccain by in florida. his home state. equally as important, he's a young, dynamic hispanic, cuban american who basically could help with the constituency group we don't have today. >> gretchen: if ed rollins were sitting on the mitt romney team, who would you select? >> rubio. >> gretchen: you would? >> i think that would be a very exciting choice and would certainly -- we dewpoint win florida, we don't win the game. >> gretchen: is that a way you get away from, with some people who critique the republican party, they say it's a bunch of old white guys? >> it is a bunch of old white guys and unfortunately a lot of them are fat like me. we need to basically broaden the base. we need to have more women. we need to have more latinos examine more african-americans. >> gretchen: i didn't notice that part. i'm usually interested in what you're talking about. thank you for being here.

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>> iowa, police shut down three lemonade stands because the children did not have the necessary licenses and permits to run the lemonade stand. boo. of course, neither did the people who pick the lemon, but of course, nobody bothers them. >> steve: whole nother story. a split show. we're live in new york and kansas city. we're going to talk to brian kilmeade about the all-star game in just a moment. first, the headlines. we start with a developing story overnight, one of osama bin laden's closest advisors has been freed from prison. that guy right there, a terrorist known as mr. theology, was freed from a jail in africa after renouncing his ties to al-qaeda and condemning the september 11 attacks. that's a far cry from why he was

jailed in the first place. mr. theology credited with forming the modern al-qaeda by merging bin laden's operation with islamic jihad. >> gretchen: one of the most promising celebrity chefs has been found dead in his own home. anthony said lack was 29 years old. the canadian who started his restaurant career as a 13-year-old busboy won the superstar chef challenge and hosted "the main" and family cookoff. his family said he died suddenly from a previously undiagnosed medical condition. >> brian: brad pitt's mother said, well, she's been receiving death threats for her comments published in a missouri newspaper. she made controversial statements to some on the president's stand on abortion and same sex marriage, saying voting for mitt -- the op ed spark ago number of media reports and criticism on social media sometimes the actor continues to defend his mom,

saying she is a loving person. you believe that? >> steve: she looks loving. >> gretchen: of course, it's crazy she's getting death threats because of her political opinions. house republicans pushing ahead with their efforts to repeal and replace obamacare. ed henry live now at the white house with more big day on capitol hill, right? >> that's right. good morning. republicans certainly think this is an important vote. democrats on the hill have been criticizing and it's just something for political posturing before the election that it's not really going to go anywhere. the president's been out on the campaign trail. he was on that bus tour late last week in a couple of battle ground states. he's been making the case that the supreme court has already spoken, said that the law is constitutional and everyone should move on because he believes the law is already being implemented and helping people around the country. republican lawmakers, though, say that congress is the last chance to get rid of a bad law. take a listen. >> i've got a vision that

believes that everybody, all families who are responsible should be able to have the basic security of health care. [ cheers and applause ] the supreme court has spoken. the law we passed is here to stay. >> the president's law takes us in the wrong direction. it violates all of the principles we hold dear in healthcare, whether it's affordability or accessibility or choices or quality. the supreme court said it's constitutional. that doesn't make it good policy for the country. >> brian: that is really -- >> that is going to be the question, whether voters decides as the democrats charge this is an overreach by the republicans on the million we've been debating healthcare for a couple of years, move on, get back focused to the economy and jobs or whether voters will listen to republican lawmakers who like tom price who have been making the case that the president's

healthcare law will be a big tax increase and that congress is really the last line of defense here, guys. >> steve: all right. ed henry on the noisy north lawn. thank you very much. the big question is, you look at the papers every day you read about another democrat who is not supporting the president and the party as well. we had jason altmire on this program two hours ago and he had this to say about why democrats are turning on their leader. >> it's not unusual when you have a president that's not going to do well in your district as a member of congress. you want to show your independence. i represent a district that the president lost by 11 points in 2008. i was able to win the election by 12 points that year because i was able to show independence and there are places in the country where the president is popular. i believe he will win the election overall in the country. but if you represent a district where he's not popular, it's important to show your independence. >> gretchen: all right. but those blue dog democrats giving few and far between.

i think 20 some of the 58 in 2010 either left office or were voted out of office. jason altmire himself just lost in the primary in pennsylvania in april. brian, what's going on out in kc this morning? >> brian: a lot. the 83rd all-star game is taking place at kansas city. the third one for the royals. stadium redone, ready to go. sadly, cj wilson, one of the came's finest with the los angeles angels, has a blister on joining us. you're not going to be pitching tonight. are you okay with that? i know you're disappointed. >> one of the things about being a starting pitcher is you only pitch every five days. i get to watch the best guys in the game tonight. hopefully my teammates have a positive impact. >> brian: you mentioned today. for players, you play 162 games, you like to see different things at the stadium. you like with they did here, revamping it with the big screen and everything? >> yeah.

the jumbo tron that we like to call it, i think it's the tallest jumbo tron in all of baseball right now. it's really neat. we have a chance to travel all the different parks. we see the commercials, the end game entertainment. and everything looks good in h. d. it's really cool. >> brian: you're 9-5. angels in second. very much in the hunt against texas. let's talk about the game and big picture. you got mike trout on your team. tell me what he's brought to your franchise. how can a kid this young do so much for a veteran team like the angels? >> that's a great question. make is 20 years old. and we scratch our heads thinking about what were we doing at 20 years old 'cause definitely not hitting .345 and being an american league all star. he's one of the most impresssive players i've seen of the he can do it all. throws, hits, and he can change the game at any point. having him as the leadoff guy really sets the tone for our game right out of the gate. he reaches base like 40% of the time. so almost half the time he's on

base and creating havoc right away fort other team. >> brian: i think a lot of people know how well you did and the contract you signed and how well your career has gone of the they don't know how diverse you are. some of your interests, you love to race cars. you own a dealership. you're very in tune with the economy. where does that diversity come from? >> lack of sleep is really important. >> brian: i know that's right. >> the less you sleep, the more time you have during your day. i'm up on-line trying to keep up on everything. i'm on auto blog seeing what the auto industry is doing. i'm really into the economy. i like foreign currency and foreign policy. i'm always trying to figure out what's going on with that. make sure america is doing the right stuff. with everything else, it's really cool. as a kind of pillar of the community as a baseball player, off chance to be a positive influence, give back. i have a children's charity called the c.j. wilson children's charity. we have an event coming up in july, the 26th, a bowling

ehave not which is an all ages thing. we have kids that come out, grandparents that come out and try to throw a strike. it's when i do and what we do. >> brian: how do we find out more about it. >> my web site, leftylefty.com of the we'll have a schedule and everything. if you're local in anaheim when that's coming out, try to come out and support the charity. >> brian: and find out when you're pitching. coming out early for u knowing your finger was bad you and couldn't pitch. we truly appreciate it. >> thanks a lot. >> brian: back to you guys in the studio. remember tonight, everything begins at 7:30 and watch it on fox. that's where the all-star game can be found each and every year. >> gretchen: thanks very much. why are we hearing about the indictments in the fast and furious scandal just now? were they held back on purpose to reduce the media exposure on the story? peter johnson, jr. is on that case. >> steve: then, "the hunger games." archery is more popular than

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down, it would have shown even greater light on the fast and furious scandal. was the federal government at that point saying, listen, let's tamp this down, we don't want -- >> steve: maybe it will go away. >> maybe it will go away. there is no evidence on that. but you look at the different possibilities. we've talked about three. what's also disturbing when you see this indictment and you see what happened with regard to the death of borrowed patrol agent terry, they were using bean bag ammo. bean bag ammo. >> steve: our guys? >> yeah. which is used in riot situations. it's used to stun people to disable them, and not kill them. so we're fighting these ripoff artists, who are ripping off the mexican drug cartel on our border and terry and six or seven others of the so-called swat team were first responding with bean bag ammo which is nonlethal and they're responding

with these assault weapons that were part of the fast and furious scandal. >> steve: they didn't have a chance. >> they really didn't have a chance in that sense and it's really disturbing. the other thing to think about, now is there a race between the f.b.i. and the mexican authorities, if they're helping, we really don't know -- and the mexican drug cartels to see who can get these guys first, because they were there ripping off mexican drug cartel people. so a lot of questions. delighted that there has been an indictment and hopefully these people will be brought to justice. the question is, why wasn't it done earlier? >> steve: exactly. so the indictment happened last year. >> november. >> steve: has there always been this reward? >> no. >> steve: that's brand-new. >> no, this reward is brand-new examine this reward is kind of very, very high in terms of the f.b.i. most wanted list. >> steve: that's good. >> the white house is saying we're trying put a premium on this. we're trying to show that we're putting our money where our mouth should have been maybe

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>> good morning. >> steve: you're going to the olympics. i understand this will be the first ehave not. you have the focus to win the first gold medal of the olympics. aren't you glad you didn't quit back in 2006? >> yeah, i am. definitely glad. so more than excited for this event. >> steve: in fact, you've got a tattoo on your left hand that i'm looking at here that says, i am -- what does that mean? >> it was an affirmation that i came up with before i knew exactly what it meant, per se, because of it just a motivating factor for me that i knew i could do it and continue on and go for my dream. >> gretchen: how did you get into archery? >> i grew up in a small town and my dad was the chief of fire and they raveled off a bow and i ended up winning the ticket and kind sparked my interest and started shooting in my backyard as soon as possible now you practice 12 hours a day? >> give or take. i get up very early in the morning and start about 8:30 in the morning. then around 5:00 o'clock, but there is always stuff to

continue, work with sponsors or mental game, anything like that. >> steve: jake, this is a completely tricked out bow and arrow you've got here. would you like to -- it cost 30,000 bucks. >> three thousand. >> steve: i just bought ten of them. you're going to show us how you're going to do it at the olympics, right? >> gretchen: is this the distance? >> no. this is about 18 yards. we'll be shooting 77 yards. >> 77 yards? >> probably past the flag pole back there. >> gretchen: wow. >> steve: look at that little arrow. that's different than the one i had at camp. >> it's a little more advanced than that. >> steve: all right. that's about as perfect as it gets. >> gretchen: what makes somebody good at archery? >> lots of mental acutity. it's very mentally taxing. at this level, it's almost 100% mental because it's such a unique sport and the fact that it's only you and yourself with the bow. there really isn't anybody else.

>> steve: i'm going to try. >> gretchen: i got a bit of tennis elbow. >> steve: i need a dumb dumb arrow. where do i put it is this. >> on this. >> gretchen: steve, you're supposed to go from 76 yards. >> steve: good one. this up with cost -- >> i'll help you. put your finger down. go for it. whenever you're ready, go ahead and let go. >> steve: that's not bad! >> doesn't take much practice. >> steve: i think i'd be hungry if i were in "the hunger games." fantastic. good luck to you at the olympics. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, the guy going to the olympics for us! [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. >> gretchen: we'll be back -- we want to talk about kelloggs when we come back. more jake building pass, corporate card, verizon 4g lte phone. the global ready one ? yeah, but you won't need... ♪ hajimemashite. hajimemashite. hajimemashite.

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