>> good morning to you. i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather nauert. thank you for watching "fox & friends first". >> let's declare it. it's going to be an awesome day today. top five stories making news at this hour. airline food causing a scare in the air. sewing needles in turk kie. they were in the flight from amsterdam. two people suffered minor injuries from biting down on the injuries. it took immediate action from

the caterer and removed it from flights. those companies are cooperating with the fb aishgs current investigations. >> one of the busiest bridges between united states and canada is open again after a bomb threat shut it down. bomb sniffing dogs not finding anything suspicious on that bridge. 25,000 vehicles use that bridge each and every day. the threat came from the u.s. side of the bridge there was a similar threat four-days ago to a tunnel crossing. the fbi was sending in tracking dogs as police were draining the lake where the girl's buys siblings were found. the 8 and 10-year-old were last seen leaving their grandmother's house on friday. the family is determined to find the girls, though police say they are grasping at straws with no clues in this case.

i have run over nevering my mind a thousand times and it's impossible. you just try to hold on whatever hope you have. a tip line turning up multiple reports articles of clothing found but none be long to go the girls. >> a prosecution scandal is brewing for the government. a retired treasury department employee allegedly used office computers that you pay for to contact prostitutes on the web site's craig's list. he even used his work e-mail to human resource employee accused of meeting various prostitutes three times in 2001507bd also using government issued id to pay for the hotel rooms. the employee retire later. >> oo country music first female super star kitty wells is dead.

>> she passed away from complications of her stroke. in 1952 her song was a number one hit first by a woman. the second female ever inducted into the hall of fame. the queen of country music was 92 years old. >> what a name of that song. >> that's what we are calling you honky tonk hazel. republicans are accusing democrats of recklessly toying with the economy. a senator is threatening to let taxes go up for millions of americans on january 1st. kelly rice joins us with more. over the weekend president obama recently challenged congress to skip what he calls

quote the unnecessary drama of needless delays and all of the partisan posturing. aside from congress to do the right thing for the american people. at this point you have to wonder if anything on capitol hill leading democrats are at least threatening to take the country over the fiscal cliff. that translates to allowing $600 billion for spending cuts to take effect next year. >> if quaint get a good deal a balanced deal that calls on the wealthy to pay their fair share i will absolutely continue this debate into 2013 rather than lock in a long-term deal that throws middle class families under the bus. >> republican leaders say they

worry it would though them back into the economy and democrats would get their way. make no mistake. what the dem rats are proposing today is a highly avoidable high stakes game of chicken with a single minded goal of taking more money from those who earn it for governments to waste. >> then there is concern the tax cliff will hurt the american people killing economic growth and jobs in a wall street journal op ed economist and analyst claims if they take place united states faces an economic site mass i have tax hikes and spending. they expend all of the bush tax duts. but they support the tax cuts

only for individuals making 250,000 dollars. as you heard mitch mcconnell say it's becoming like a game of chicken between the democrats and republican lawmakers. >> now it is time for a look at the newest who is talking. >> the president's campaign launching a full out attack on romney's time at bane capital accusing romney of jobs. last night on the factor bill o'reilly said he has done the same thing. >> they are for out sourcing when he did the exact same thing. the obama administration continues to make tax payer dollars available to the general electric corporation. there was lance for green energy projects.

ge ploys 300 thousand people. fewer than half are working in the usa. less than half of ge's work force are employed in america. they keep heavers prophets overseas. there by avoiding the u.s. income tax. they pay 0 federal income tax in 2010 in the new york times. >> here is what brit hume has to say about that. this has been going on for some peeweeks now. they have spent a lot of money hurling these charges for bane capital and mitt romney. it doesn't seem to have moved the needle of public opinion much. they are looking at this making cal laces and how much sfoend in treert to this and how much to p

respond to all of this. they are taking the view they are better off keeping their powder dry holding their fire until later. that's what seems to be happening. my guess is they are looking at the same pole the rest of us are looking at and saying this isn't working zel. >> 8 minutes after the hour. check in with maria molina. it has been so darn hot all across the country. what are we expecting today? >> we are expecting another scorcher out there today. even as we head into tomorrow widespread temperatures in the 90s and across the northeast mid atlantic into the great lakes another taking shape. indianapolis 85 degrees. 101 in kansas city.

chicago expecting high temperature at 99 and 95 in new york city. closer look temperature at 101 degrees. heat index values into the northeast. a number of heat advisories are in effect. we have severe storms in parts of new england large hail damaging winds and isolated tornadoes possible. keep a close eye on that. now stories you can bank on this morning in this tough economy don't look for the huge increase when you have your annual review with your boss this year joivenling us with all of the details lauren simonetti with the fox business network. good morning. >> good morning. you have to be thankful for the job that you do have. all of your hard work is worth three percent. consulting firm group finds workers can expect to see an average 3 percent pay increase

next year by comparison salaries increase by 4.4 percent in the year 2000. biggest are in oil sector and luxury retail. >> unless you live in scranton. >> facebook mark zucker berg has refinanced the $6 million morton his palo alto home with a 30 year adjustable rate loan of 1.05 percent. it shows while all lending rates from plunged to record lows they are even lower for the rich or people willing to bare the risk of monthly rate adjustment. it cannot go past 9.9 percent. >> it baffles me a billionaire would even have a port. >> more families eliminating college because of the cost. >> familiar ryes will getting more crafty how to fay tore it. a study by sallie mae finds that families paid 5 percent less for college this year. with parents children lessen the

burden about 6,000 dollars and kids shouldering more of it around 2500. the results of the tab footed by scholarships and rich relatives. what's interesting is 69 percent of families as a record high they eliminated college choices all together because the cost was too high. times are changing. >> thanks so much lauren. it's now 11 minutes after the top of the hour. is the american dream dead? stunning results of a new poll coming up. listen up if you are an on-line shopper. you might soon be paying more the next time you click purchase. as we head to break a quick look at leno. president obama said his campaign is still about hope. it makes sense everything people hoped for four years ago they are still hopeful for right now.

>> it is 15 minutes after the hour. here's a look at what you missed while you are sleeping. the u.s. is bulking up defenses in the persian gulf. increasing tensions with the country of iran. the pentagon is building a missile defense radar station at a secret site in qutar. the u.s. is putti the largest mine in the gulf. a small plane crashing during a landing attempt outside of airport in maryland. the faa is now investigating. if you are an on-line shopper you need to catch this story. the tax break you get for buying stuff on-line may be ending soon. there's a growing support fore sales tax for on-line purchases. san nonbr-- shannon before i hae on what they are shelling out. >> it is a tricky problem that doesn't necessarily have a

simple solution. right now on-line retailers get a pricing advantage. brick and mortar stores say they have to collect sales taxes in the states where they are located. that makes the prices higher. they can search the internet instead so it doesn't force on-line retailers to collect state sales taxes making prices lower. a pass word situation takes amazon.com as an example. it collects state sales taxes in 6 states. over the next four years additional 7 states will be added to the list. a bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation that would give all states the authority to give on-line retarryls to give taxes they are owed. >> marketplace fairness tax are not about new taxes. i have concerns about using internet as a sales tax

loophole. >> sponsors of the bill will also level the playing field for traditional retarryls saying they are being under cut by on-site rials because of the hoop hole. -- loophole. they try on the clothing and shoes just to get fitted just right write down a few members and walk out the door and order the product over the internet at a discount because the internet seller doesn't collect sales tax. these local retailers have to. >> a number of prominent republican governors including chris christie are lining up behind this effort emphasizing it's not a new tax it gives them the right to collect taxes that are already due at a time when many of the budgets are already in trouble. ainsley, heather back to you. thank you so much. if that is leaving you feeling a little bit poor. >> more money out the window. >> the next question is one for you. time for us to brew on this.

here's what we would like you to brew on today. half of americans believe it is impossible for them to become wealthy in the course of their lifetime. according to the new poll about taxes by the hill.com 40 percent of 1,000 people surveyed say they will never get rich. 37 percent of those people poled said they could. >> this leads us to the question of the day. do you think the ability to get rich one day is possible? or is it an impossible dream? send us your comments you can tweet them to us at fox friends first or shoot us an e-mail at fox friends first.com. someone has to win the lottery. >> from using public wi-fi to sharing too much information on-line. how you can be responsible for ruining your own credit. we have tips on how to avoid all that. >> this is stuff we haven't heard of before so stick around. >> talk about a starry night.

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>> family members celebrating as hostages are released from egypt. >> 61-year-old pastor meesh shell lewis and 39-year-old lisaal fan zoe you see here getting first days of freedom after three tense days. the kidnaper was holding them to get his uncle out of jail he

finally hands them over after they promised they would work on his relative's release. they have a major tool to crack down on voter fraud. the states will be able to check if registered voters are actually citizens and remove any one who is not. ainsley thank you so much. 22 minutes after the hour. identi identity thieves are constantly trying to steal your credit. the consequences can pursuahurt credit score. we are making it easy for hackers to get our information. over sharing on the internet. they are saying whar on vacation. just checked into a fancy hotel. you are giving the information for the would be leavthieves th burglars. they are piecing it together. 12 million cases of identity theft up 13 percent from the previous year in large part just

because we are sharing information. >> we are on vacation that means we are wealthy enough to be on vacation. >> everybody knows you are at a five star hotel. bad idea. >> not protecting our data. >> at the very least when it comes to electronics you have to make sure you have the virus protection spy ware protection. you have it installed. pass word protection. 62 percent of smart phone users don't have any pass word protection whatsoever. bad idea. also if you are doing mobile banking you have got to find out from your bank what protections do you offer me in terms of virus protection things of that nature. otherwise you could get that. >> how do you know if software protection is safe? >> up want to make sure it is from norton for example. >> there are some clones. >> there are some clones. you have to be careful of that. >> you are giving the would be thief all of this information the mother's maiden name the

street you grew up on. they are pasting this information together bit by bit and stealing your identity. you lose your identity all of a sudden these accounts are open in your name you are delinquent in your payments. it comes back to hunt you even though it is not your problem. >> they may not get it from one small swoop but they gathered it over time. >> don't shop haphazardly. >> secure sites only https. at the bottom of the screen you will see a lock you can click on that from a company which is a reputable true. tried and true sites only none of the fly by nights. >> limit your time on wi-fi. a lot of people are doing that in public hot spots, airports lounges. these are not protected sites. these are not secuite. if you are are on paying your bills doing on-line shopping really bad idea. thank you so much. good information there to keep us all safe.

it is 25 minutes after the hour. coming up a frightening scene and it is all caught on camera. a 7-year-old girl calling frfala window. tell you how it all ended. it is not a bad story i have to tell you that so you are not too worried. >> a wire on an airline flight. this morning we will tell you what it really is. 1955 disney land opens in anaheim, california. [ manager 1 ] out here in the winds, i have to know the weather patterns. i upgraded to the new sprint direct connect. so i can get three times the coverage. [ chirp ] [ manager 2 ] it's like working in a giant sandbox with all these huge toys. and with the fastest push-to-talk... i can keep track of them all. [ chirp ] [ chirp ] [ male announcer ] upgrade to the new "done." with access to the fastest push-to-talk and three times the coverage.

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>> more bad news for the economy. two new jobs created this month both of them on american idol. only two new jobs created. >> those are high paying jobs, too. how about that. >> good morning everyone. welcome to "fox & friends first". i am ainsley earhardt. >> it is 30 minutes after the top of the hour. a dry spell fell across more than half of the country is being called the worst drought disaster in more than 50 years. july is usually the hottest month of the year and things could get a lot worse through out the month. farmers are being hit the hardest. current conditions are being prepared in a dust bowl of the

1930s and 1950s. >> scary moments in the persian gulf for a ship. forced to fire at a small fishing boat from due by after coming too close. one person dead three others wounded. it only fired after verbal warnings and warning shots were ignored. they are investigating this incident. >> he is being charged in the biggest leak of classified information in u.s. history. now bradley manning's attorney is renewing a fe to harequest te two of the charges dropped he claims allegations his client exceeded authority to access a defense attorney computer network are improper. his trial is set to begin in november. a united airlines plight dumped about 20 seats sending the crew running up and down the isles. one passenger they could see on the monitors in the seat np front of them they were losing

altitude and they were turning around. the plane had to make an emergency landing in canada airport officials say it was due to an engine malfunction. >> 20,000 feet. image how frightening that would be. the northern lights taking over. it shows brilliant images caused by a solar system. one of the most powerful sun flair to occur this year. it strikes the earth's matt magnetic field. that is your 5 at 5:30. the president taking serious peace after suggesting business owners owe all of their success to the government. doug luzader is live in washington with more on this. when the president raised a lot of eyebrows with this the romney campaign was quick to boun pounce as this comment gets wider and wider exposure. he spoke at an event in roanoke,

virginia on friday he wentstray bit in his stump beach when he talked about the role businesses play. >> somebody helps to create in unbelievable american system we have that allows you to drive. somebody invested roads and bridges. if you have a business you didn't build that somebody else made that happen. the internet didn't get it on its own government research made companies could make money on the internet. >> he went further saying successful people shouldn't give themselves all of the credit. i am always struck by people who think it must be because i was so smart. it must be because i am smart or worked harder than anybody else. there are a bunch of hard-working people out there. >> that drew this from the romney campaign. president obama's comments

reflect how unqualified he is to read us to a real economic recovery. they are also insulting to the hard-working entrepreneurs small business owners who are the backbone of our economy. the white house standing by the president's remarks saying everyone benefits from government investment. >> all righty, doug. thank you so much. >> a lot of people may disagree with that one but you never know. time for another look at who is you can talking. >> a lot of chatter about the running mate. senior campaign advisor refeeling he could announce who the vp runner is. mitt romney has not made the decision for the vice presidential spot just yet. the republican convention is more than a month away and that's when they usually announce their running mates. experience will be the top

factor. >> this is not the time for romney to make his pick. >> most important thing is the convention. you get a 10 point bounce off the convention. in 1992 clinton got the 10 point bounce and bush didn't. that gave clinton the election basically. >> obama's biggest problem is nobody will watch his convention because there's no drama there. only way to get people to watch it for romney is the vp pick. he should not make that pick now he should make it later and he should not choose conndi rice because to do that it will relitigate iraq. >> you are a book advocating for iraq. >> i think she should be president but it will make the run against the war again. it should be marco rubio. the only one is the latino vote is rubio.

everybody else is nice. biden didn't mean anything to obama's ticket. vice president's usually don't. marco rubio would. >> there are a whole lot of names floating out there right now. one of those rumored bp picks senator rob portman of ohio. he will join us 8:30 a.m. you want to tune in for that. before you leave the house let's get the first degree weather update with maria molina. we have had heat wave in so many parts of the country. are things going to get any better for people out there? >> they will be getting better. in new york city we could have relief from the heat and humidity by thursday into friday. first we have the hot temperatures today and tomorrow. triple digits for tomorrow some. across the southeast showers and storms today. it is impossible during the afternoon and evening hours as we get that daytime heating that

showers up the storms. we are also seeing showers and storms today. some of those could produce severe weather. north of bostonal bonnie you are under the gun. stay ahurt if you get any warnings into your area. we have a risk for more severe storm for tomorrow. new york city, philadelphia and also areas further off to the west in pittsburgh. quickly take a look at numbers. triple tig digits for dc. 95 in new york city. high temperature of 99 in chicago. you add in the humidity it feels even hotter. triple tig gets st. louis and louisville same for you.

>> members of fleetwood mac won't be going their own way any more. ♪ >> stevie nicks confirming the band will go on tour. the last time that happened back in 2009. >> charlie sheen pledging to give a million dollars to the uso. it is one of the largest individual donations. he will give 1 percent of the profits to the tv show to the nonprofit organization. >> hollywood stars were out in new york city last night for one super hero world premiere the dark knight rises is the final chapter of the batman trilogy. >> this is a trilogy that ends everything so it has to be with a bang. can you give us a hit? >> no, i can't give you a hint. i can't give you anything. >> there's a right time for it.

>> the dark knight rises in theaters this friday. if you have been out seeing the details. >> let's take a look at sports now all of the stories making top headlines at this hour. cowboys receiver jed bryant arrested for domestic violence. got oo an argument with his half brother and pushed his mother. he could face 18 months in jail. >> a they can decide if they want jeremy lin back. there's a 9:55 did he do line to match houston's $25 million offer. they got raymond shelter considered assignment lynn won't be back. president obama of course a big basketball fan but his other game may need a little bit of work. he was turned down by the first lady when they were caught on one of those kiss cams. it earned some boos. an update at the men's olympic

hoops team. the lucky guy got a second chance at redemption there. he was able to score that kiss. >> a long one. >> to the cheers of many. the u.s. team brazil. can't we are who that was. >> going back to 7th grade. >> we love the case. 20 minutes to the top of the hour. coming up we told you about the 9th circuit court for the bash. >> you were done of course. this morning we have an update on the lavish conte. >> we will tell you the surprising reason behind the delay. >> as we head to the break a look at fallon last night. >> jason kidd was arrested for drunk driving. he had a blood alcohol level of higher than.2. not bad for a ipass.

>> it is about 15 minutes before the top of the hour. first we go to egypt. that is where former president mubarak is back in prison. he was in a military hospital for nearly a month. reports say he was in a coma and on a respirator after suffering a stroke. doctors say he is in stable condition. japan is racing today. they have been devastated by massive flooding there. at least 28 people have died so far. it has hundreds of land slides damaging thousands of homes. go to london now where athletes are arriving for the olympics. a special olympic lane that was

meant for making traveling easier for athletes apparently not helping them out at least. u.s. runner koran clemens tweeting we have been lost on this road for four-hours now not a good first impression, london. it is now 44 after the hour. shocking allegations from the senate. they say hfvc banks might have sent drug money to mexico. fox business network diane mess doe is here to explain. >> executives are testing before the senate today to use findings of a year long investigation which alleges for years units around the world gave terrorists drug cartels and criminals a portal into the system. the subcommittee on investigations released the report yesterday detailing a decade of lack of control and accusing them of ignoring links to terrorist financing including

customer banks including saudi arabia alraji banks. they should have been more worrisome in part because it continued to do business with currency exchange firms even after the u.s. treasury department warned they were hubs for laundering drug money. the report also says hsbc bought mexico's 5th largest bank in 2002 despite acknowledging it had no recognizable way of guarding against money laundering. the division shipped 7 million to u.s. banks in 2007 and 2008. that is more than others combined. it had a branch in the cayman islands that had no office in their staff but held 15,000 client accounts and billions of dollars. the report goes on to accuse the bank of violating u.s. tankses against iran north korea and sudan. they said they made changes

to the corporate structure in response to the court. it plans to apologize for failing to meet regular story and standards and organizers could and should have been more expected in order to stop unacceptable behavior. see how it goes over on capitol hill but it is set to kickoff 9:30 eastern. 7 minutes after the hour. a frightening scene caught on camera here in new york. a 7-year-old girl, look at this. falls from a window. we will have a live report on -- it's a good ending. we want to tell you that. it is an amazing story. tell you about it coming up. >> last chance answer for the question of the day. half americans believe it is impossible for them to become healthy. we wanted to know what you thought about the big dream is it possible or impossible? first let's check in with stoev doocy to see what's coming up on "fox & friends".

>> i am in studio eastbounding we ha -- studio e. we are getting ready for a big show. five companies would like to hire you. cheryl casone knee is stopping by today. a father and s are 18 years apart but they have enlisted together in the u.s. army. they will fight together for our freedom. you will meet both of them. also mike huckabee is going to be with us laura ingram. how many times have you heard that's a chance he may take him as his running mate. senator portman from ohio. guess who is with us? guess what we will ask him? fox and friends starts in 11 minutes.

>> maui here they come. they are still planning the controversial trip to hawaii. they criticized them for going to hawaii was it is expected to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> we are getting our first look at the device that caused a square. this picture of the mystery wire which was found by one of the air marshals in one of the bathrooms. it could be part of a device that converts ac to dc. >> that would make you nervous, though. >> it was a super save. there's a little girl in new york city who is alive today thanks to the watchful eye of one of our neighbors. she fell from a 3 story window out of her apartment building. we are live in coney island with

more. she is apparently fine. she was on top of an air-conditioner? >> the little girl jumped from the third story of this apartment building behind me in coney island and survived thanks to a guy waiting on the ground to catch her. that guy is being called a hero. yesterday afternoon off duty mta bus driver steven saint bernard noticed a 7-year-old girl standing on an air continuing unit outside of her third story apartment. when the little girl jumped he was there waiting to catch her. >> i ran over there hoping that i would make it before she falls hoping she don't jump. when i got there she was still up there and i am just looking and praying if she do fall or jump let me catch her. >> what is truly amazing is saint bernard and the little girl both survived only with minor injuries. both taken to a local hospital treated and released the little girl is 7-year-old kela mccreed.

she is autistic. we talked to the nypd and no charges will be filed against the little girl's mother. truly amazing both walked away unharmed. >> back to you inside heather. >> what a lucky little girl. how lucky to have the man standing right there. >> he is a hear row. >> we asked you to brew on this. nearly half of you now believe it is impossible to become wealthy in your lifetime. 47 percent saying that you believe you will never get rich. so we wanted to know if you feel the ability to get rich one day is a possibility or is it an impossible dream? here's what some of you had to say. brian e-mailed us saying the american dream is still alive and well if you have an idea for a business you can cultivate it and produce profit. also chuck e-mailed us saying one can always dream but the reality to becoming wealthy is an increasingly difficult goal

to obtain. >> when you say i won't you closed your mind to the possible. stop making excuses and get on out there. >> i like that one. thank you to everyone who responded. keep the comments coming in to us. >> it is 54 minutes after the hour. there is a judge right now who is accommodating terrorists at gitmo. the trial of 5 men accused of killing thousands of americans in the 9-11 attack. we will tell you why. >> it is the word of the day can you figure this one out. there's a v in it a y in it. that is why we need a commercial break.

bush. why? it conflicted with the muslim period of rama dan. >> you jumped out of an airplane. >> i did. and i felt safe. >> it is time to get scrambled yup gretchin karlson is here