>> good morning to you. i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather nauert. it is wednesday july the 18th. thank you for watching "fox & friends first". >> middle of the week. it is now 5:00. time for your 5 at 5:00. the top five stories making news at this hour. two missing cousins from iowa might have been abducted. fbi dogs detected the girl's scent. family members say they are fearing the worst.

my daughter swims. it's not a river. there's no current. i don't think they are in the lake. not at all. it is just like a dead end as far as we know so far. i wouldn't be able to function if i think about what could be going on or what happened. 8-year-old elizabeth collins and 10-year-old lira cook were last seen leaving their grandmother's house on friday. a pilot for sky west airlines scaling a barbed wire fence and boarding one of the company's planes as he tried to steal it. brian hedge land was on the run after being accused of killing his former girlfriend. at the plane's controls he clipped the stolen 50 feet passenger plane into the terminal in utah. he later killed himself before the plane was able to takeoff. >> he knew exactly what he was going for he knew how to get into the cab and how to operate

it. >> the scary airport aross the country on the show. major changes at the scandal plagued gsa. bonuses for employees now canceled. there will also be a hiring freeze there. this after widespread criticism which cost taxpayers cost you more than 800 dhoul lars. several top officials were fired or forced to resign including this guy hot tub jeff neeley who planned the bash. >> hot tub joe. law to fight illegal immigration launching another bid to stop police from checking the illegal immigration status. >> the groups including at-batting caclu are trying to top it. they say it will causes racial

profiling. these pictures out of this world. stunning new images of saturn. you can see the rings and mini moons. the planet 3w4r50e6 it or not h -- believer it or not has 60 moons more than any planet in our solar system. those my friends are your top 5 at 5:00. >> looks so good. looks like our graphics department made that up. right? >> talk politics now president romney -- excuse me president owe bam mhio bam m -- president mitt romney. >> strongly criticizing the president for what many say was an insult for successful business owners every where. hey, peter? >> good morning ainsley and heather. when president obama said if you have a business you didn't build that on friday. republicans and mitt romney tried to capitalize saying president obama wants americans to be ashamed of their success. president obama doubled down

last night in texas. >> i believe in entrepreneur ship and i believe the market is the greatest system on earth to create wealth and prosperity. but just like abraham lincoln said there's some things we do better together than on our own. >> as president obama say those who start businesses succeed because of individual initiative drive hard work and creativity. there are critical actions that we must take to encourage new ones. that means we need the best infrastructure education system and affordable domestic sources of clean energy. the rnc is making fun of the president's comments now with photos like this one laughing

and telling the wright brothers they didn't build their plane. mitt romney is hammering away as well. >> the idea to say that steve jobs didn't build apple, that henry ford didn't build ford motor tors, that papa john didn't build papa john pizza, that ray crock didn't build mcdonald that bill gates didn't build microsoft. you go down the list. that joe and his colleagues didn't build this enter prides. to say something like this is not only foolishness it is insulting it to every entrepreneur in america. >> the coo blogged about risk takers remember than denigrate what they have done we need to encourage more people to be like them. thank you, peter. this is exactly what people are talking about this morning. >> last night on "hannity"." romney surrogate and john sin

knew knew went with raum wion williams. >> all the president has been doing is condemning success. how can you be president of america. how can you be president of this country if you condemn the success that america is noted for. when you de mean the business people diparticularly the small business people that you hope some of the jobs this administration hasn't been able to coax out of the private sector, when i you insult them they are not going to make investments here and create jobs with a president like that. i guarantee you what we are seeing in the private sector is a hoarding of capital. they are wait to go see the result of the presidential election.

is >> in other words, the people of america are being punished by the rich who you say are hoarding capital. >> no. >> they don't care about making money k this don't care about providing jobs to the people. you are hurting your argument. >> they are scared stiff of the xi t incompetence of the white house and hopolicies which policies a being touted as we want to punish you for your success. we are going to tax you more and regulate you more and i am pose obama care on you more, we are going to cut your ability to create jobs and we are not happy with an american agenda success. >> i think there's a distinct difference in viewpoint here between the president and mitt romney between liberals and conservatives on how central

government is to the success of our economy and success of the businesses. the president was making a perfectly understandable point over the weekend that the government plays a role, the government creates an infrastructure roads and bridges in our legal system and copy right laws and so on and national defense that help to make possible things that go on in this country. then he took it a step further when he said look if you build a business, if you got a business you didn't build that someone else made that happen. he may not have meant to go quite that far. he suggests a view that he holds the government is sort of the nerve center the point of inspiration, the key to our success as a nation and our success as an economy. i think republicans and conservatives strongly disagree with that and i suspect most american disagree. tax return as big talker today in the white house. democrats and team obama over

not releasing the funds yet. >> debbie watts man schultz says mitt romney is running for president of the united states he and his campaign team need to put big girl or boy pants on to defend its record. they have the most secretive campaign in the major party in history. john mccain striking back about those attacks. take a listen. >> there was something wrong with the tax returns with no factual evidence with no basis whatsoever is the kind of chicago sleez style campaign being run by the obama campaign. somehow intimate there was something wrong with someone's tax returns without any basis of fact whatsoever is really low, it's gutter politics and they should be ashamed but they will

never be ashamed. >> he also rejected the idea he didn't pick mitt romney for vp president because of something in his tax returns he picked sarah palin because she was simply the better candidate. >> time for the first degree weather update with maria molina. the heat wave is across most of the country. it is really hot. >> good to see you. basically we are still talking about this heat wave going across parts of the midwest mid at ln tick. once again we have heat add viedz ryes in place for missouri eastern portions of kansas and nebraska. you have another area with philadelphia, new york city, down into the dc baltimore area. this is the area where we could see heat index values easily over 100 degrees up to 110 degrees will be heat index valleys across portions of these areas. today's high temperatures will be getting very hot out there. 94 new york city.

94 in stick. triple digits across parts of the planes 105 is the high temperature we are expecting in kansas city. you factor in the humidity of course it feels even worse. dc you could see the heat index value of 106 degrees 101 nashville and 104 in new york city. as we head into the afternoon hours we will see sours and storms coming up that will be bringing in relief from the hot temperatures very shortly. before it does so showers and storms across parts of the northeast, philadelphia, dc we will be seeing some of the showers and storms later on today. some could produce large hail and damaging wind gusts. keep that in mind if you have warnings issued across the area especially in the yellow zone make sure to seek shelter immediately as we could see strong storms rolling through. otherwise the frontal boundary will bring in the hot temperatures. by friday some areas could be below average this time of year. big relief philadelphia friday

friday you could have high of 78 in new york city friday 74 degrees. it will feel a lot cooler ainsley and heather. >> we could see a nice swing in temperatures. >> yes. >> maria, tnk you. 11 minutes after the top of the hour. coming up a diver having an all too close encounter with a great white shark and it was all caught on camera. what government agency says hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment bought with stimulus money now it can't be found. this is stuff we pay for. >> as we head to break let's take a look at jay leno. >> president obama told cbs news the biggest mistake of his first term was not being a good enough story teller. i got to disagree. i think he told some great stories. remember the one about cutting the deficit in half? that was a great story. closing guantanamo bay, i love that one. that was fantastic.

>> quick headlines for you. it is being called one of the largest drug teams ever. it costs taxpayers up to half a billion dollars. medicaid patients in new york city use pills to treat hiv asthma and schizophrenia which wound up being resold to drug stores across the country. getting an up close and personal view with a great white shark. the man and three friends taking part in a speer fishing tournament. he spotted it 30 feet away. the 71-year-old stayed calm

before booking it back to that boat. i should say so. now stories you can bank on this morning. ben bernanke making a strong caution to members. lauren simonetti joins us now of course taxes are supposed to go up. senator chuck schumer put it directly back on the fed chairman saying mr. chairman get to work. hold on a second. isn't congress responsible here? >> inflation is in check. chairman said the u.s. economic recovery was being held back by anxiety over job market and fiscal policy. he provided very few clues over whether the central bank was giving a fresh round of stimulus. the dow gained 78 points up for

only the third time this month and bernanke gets it again today first time in the house. >> a new stimulus would just be a drop in the bucket. stores can charge us when we use our credit card extra fee. explain when it this supposed to start. >> do you have carbon you right now? >> no. who does, right? >> you may have to start using your cash taking it out and having it wouith you. >> last week's settlement with visa or master card will abow merchants for using the credit cards as long the charges are broken out clearly. it's a power shift going on the grocery store the jewelers. they are in power the merchants and it could transform the credit card industry as we know it so eventually we could be charged to swipe the credit card but also retellers might lower their price. >> you would be charged a

dollar? >> it would be clearly broken out so customers understand it. but the states have a say in this. >> here's a real bummer as we got tour in the united states canadians got richer. i want richer. >> canadians are nearly 40,000 dollars richer than americans. the figures from this is a tongue twist. placing the value at the typical canadian household at 363,000 dollars verses 319,000 dollars in the u.s. the cheaper canadian dollar is not a factor. they are at par right now. a strong real estate market. their jobless rate svent isn't h as us in the united states. bring us good news. it is 20 minutes after the hour. if you are looking to lose weight. we have just the thing you want. there is a new pill that could have you losing 10 percent of your body weight and now it is fda approved. we will tell you about this one.

listen up to this one. turns out you may not be as cool as you think you are. there's a new survey that says you are actually more embarrassing than moms are. chalk one up to the ladies there. >> as we head to the break take a look at this morning's prices at the pump. national average 3.43 a gallon. we will be right back. ♪

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>> an audit from the inspector general's office says the audit can't find half a million dollars worth of equipment paid for by the energy department. they won't release the name of the recipient saying it would not be appropriate. millions of americans battling obesity have a new drug to help them lose weight. the fbi approving the diet drug to help decrease a person's appetite. research finds the average person taking this los about 10 percent of their body weight. that's a lot. >> it is. >> now it is time for us to brew on this. >> mom and dads listen up. who is more embarrassing. moms or dads? teens say dads are the worst. 6 percent of kids say they were so embarrassed by the dorky clothes to wearing get this, this is the pet peeve.

75 percent said they are mortified by things that he says in front of other people. the worst part they say dads are delusional thinking they are way cooler than they really are. >> how come we think we are cooler than we really are especially as get older and older. who do you think is more embarrassing your mom or dad? send your comments at fox friends first or shoot us an e-mail at foxfriendsfirst@foxnews.com and we will read it later in the show. >> some kids can put up with it. >> i yelled at a kid out of my car saying put up the pants. >> i did it with my car seats in the back. 25 minutes after the hour now. >> a disturbing 911 call as children hear thieves entering their house. >> after the controversy over the made in china uniforms one american company is now stepping up to the plate saying it can

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>> good morning everyone. welcome back to fox and friends first. i am heather nauert. >> i am ainsley earhardt. it is 29 minutes after the top of the hour. let's take a look at the top five stories making news at this hour. kerry kennedy has pleaded not guilty to driving while i am bar impaired days after police say she sideswiped a tractor trailer. they later found him slumped over the front wheel of her car. it wasn't drugs or alcohol that caused the crash but rather a seizure. i want to apologize to the driver of the truck who i apparently hit. i remember getting on the highway and then i have no memory until i was stopped at a traffic light and a police officer was at my car door.

>> she may have accidentally taken ambian sleeping bill instead of daily thyroid pill. chuck grassley says the spying of fda plies went all of the way to the top in what he claims was fda office. the agency not commenting on who authorized that spying. but fda assistant commissioner for legislation gene ireland. >> three children home alone in florida after two men broke into their house and it was captured on this 911 call. >> they first knocked on the door but when no one answered

they left and the guy came back and broke a window. the 17-year-old girl was with their little brother. police raying one of the men but the other got away. >> the outfit could be made in america just in time for the games in london. the apparel company in talks designing uniforms in russia in 2014 now offering to make a whole new back for our country. he told fashion knees taw.com he could start them today and finish them within a week. ralph lauren the current outfit to be made in china at the contract with u.s. olympics until 2020. happy homecoming for these brave members of the u.s. military. look here. >> 11 airmen greeted by signs cheers and most importantly their families. >> they were there 6 months.

they met president obama on one of his trips. welcome home. now time for the top 5 at 5:30. never gets old seeing those. how much d business owners succeed. campaign trail after surprising remarks owe rromney campaign ta about the role government plays in business rules. mitt romney was campaigning in the swing state of pennsylvania yesterday going after the president's record on the economy but also taking issue with those comments with business owners on credit for their success. >> i have to be honest. i don't think any one could have said what he said who had actually started the business or been in a business. my own view is what the president said was both startleling and revealing. this election is to a great

degree of the soul of america. do we agree in an american that was great because of the government or do we agree it is great because of three people allowed to pursue their dream. >> democrats say romney and others have taken the president's comments out of context. here is what the president said in row enokay virginia in an unedited clip. >> somebody helps to create this unbelievable american system we have that allows you to thrive. somebody invested in roads and bridges if you had a business you didn't build that. somebody else made it happen. the internet didn't get it embedded on its own government research created the internet so companies could make money off the internet. >> the president said yesterday that he supports free enterprise of the romney campaign that peeks a fundamental view the

administration has when it comes to the role of the private sector. doug zoo ziader. this is exactly what bill o'reilly is talking about this morning. >> he is getting his take on the president's comments about business owners. no man is an island everybody needs help that's true. individual achievement is just that. node rale agency helped me go to college. i paved my own way. i painted houses federal government nothing to do with it. didn't give me the paint or the brush or didn't help me up the ladder. yes the founding fathers gave me the free speech to blow me the year i owe a debt of gratitude. i will pay 40 percent of my wages of procedure. 40 percent. president obama wants far more

than that. i believe that punishes achievement. that is absolutely not what the founding fathers had in mind. because of my personal success i employ a lot of people. because of the fox news channel success it provide jobs for thousands of americans. i pay my taxes and give millions of dollars to charity. i give back. he wants me and other high income folks to financing mass i redistribution of wealth in this country. 36 minutes after the hour before you leave the house this morning let's get your first degree weather update with maria molina. a lot of people are asking this question when is this heat wave going to go away. if you live in the northeast good news is coming. if you live in the central plains no relief in sight with

you soon we are expecting that heat to continue through at least friday. expecting more heat for today. some of the heat and humidity will be firing up with scattered storms in the southeast. there are showers and storms as well. the reason we can see that we will have a front pushing southward we will have slightly cooler temperatures. some of those storms fired up today could produce some severe weather in the form of large hail and damaging winds. dc, as far west as columbus, ohio you are in the zone where you will see some of the strong storms. 98 over philadelphia. cooler temperatures in the 80s. by tomorrow 70s in new england 89 new york city. but heather, ainsley as we take a look at new york city 74 for your high temperature.

again much better through out the workweek. maria thank you so much. just in time for the weekend. tom cruise caught on camera spending time with cute little daughter sewer ry in new york city -- daughter suri. j-lo might believing american idol but she has ideas on who she wants to fill her shoes at the judge's table. they are looking at bono, bon jovi or mick jagger. he wants to build a 12 story wind turbine in the hamptons. the actor proposing to jeopardize the historic new york town scenery so he can change history. >> 38 minutes after the hour. a roundup of the sports stories making headlines at this hour. >> the linsanity is over at least in new york.

the new york knicks deciding not to match the rockets offer to jeremy lin. kobe bryant arriving in england for the summer olympics. he is back pedalling this year's team is better than the original dream team. listen to this. when the usa has the king it has been a great experience. >> baseball's team liter made a hit. the reality star starring pete rose and keanu kim is now in the road. baseball for life because of betting on that game. it is now 39 after the hour. coming up if you are taking a food you have to stick around for this segment. we are going to breakdown the scariest airports in the country for you. some are the busiest as well. a wild ride ending in this

unbelievable crash right here. we will tell you all of the details. >> let's take a look at jimmy fallon from last night.

>> see what stories are making headlines overseas. two nate troe troonato troops w injured after a crash last night. both u.s. led military coalition. we will keep you posted. next north korea where reports of the country's leader kim jong on will give him control of the army the heist rank. the move comes after a major reshuffling by kim jong un to consolidate power. the government just released documents that could have come gre straight out of the "x-files". 6700 pages of data include 10,000 reports of ufo sightings

between 1950 and 2009. from ufo's to airplanes. flying is a way to get from one place to another. not all airports are created equal. air fair watch dog is out with the list of the scariest airports in our country. how does your airport measure up? joining us now the founder of air fair patch dog.com george obsala. >> mainly because of mountains. whenever you are a mountainous airport in colorado or ski destination it tends to be challenging to land that. when we say scariest they are not dangerous but for fearful fliers like lisa in your makeup room. >> your powder looks great. >> this is not natural beauty, this is lisa. it can be a little bit

frightening. it can be a little bit scary. >> scary is objective. it's really thrilling. >> i -- >> you are flying in and you have to land the plane if you are the pilot in between these two mountains. >> you can almost land on auto pilot. it is boring for the pilot. some airports you have to have a lot of skill. that's why these airports made the list. >> chicago always nice midway. some viewers may remember the accident a few years ago. >> 2005. >> short runways. there's no place to build it because they are in the middle of the neighborhood. san diego. >> it's in the middle of the airport. there are mountains that have to be navigated around. >> laguardia. we share our airspace.

>> again short runway. they look like one of the aircraft carriers. i hear they had to build the runway into the water. they created them. >> some may remember the 99 u.s. airways boarded takeoff when the plane went into the ocean. i don't want to scare people from flying. those watching this this is not directed to you. flying is safe. >> washington, d.c. >> we have the white house and cia and any one -- the pilot is supposed to fly. you can avoid these natural treasures. it really is safe to fly. >> in your expertise i know you watch air fair are we up or down? >> if you can fly august onward to august 4th there are deals on jetblue northwest and other a airlines. they are lower than they were

20-years ago. >> if you want to buy a ticket middle of the night on tuesday night is the best time. >> any moment of the week. sign up for air fair alerts. google air fair alerts a lot of people will send you free air fair alerts and bounce when t-- pounce when the fare goes down. thank you so much. good to see you. >> it is now 46 after the hour and lying on the sofa is it just as bad as smoking? surprising news research that may get you up and about. details of a head-on crash. it is the last chance question of the day. a new survey says dad is more embarrassing than mom. what do you think? is your mom more embarrassing or your dad? check in with steve doocy. that's not the case in your household? >> oh, yes, it is. i am more embarrassing than my wife. i could and don't.

>> ainsley kicking off about a dozen minutes from now. >> the comments in virginia where you have a business you didn't build that some con sefb tives said hit mimitt hit the president yesterday. media matters is teaming up with barack obama's super pack. tucker carlson has observations about what that means for the political race. find out when gretchen interviews a mother why a single mom is better off on welfare than taking a 69,000 dollar job. what is that about? you will find out as fox and friends kickoff live right here on "the fox news channel. [ female announcer ] with the e-trade 360 investing dashboard.

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of the hour. a driver's wild ride ends in a crazy crash and it is all caught on camera. take a look here. >> no. >> oh my gosh. there it went. there it went. >> the driver had been going the wrong way for miles and miles on this busy mississippi highway. amazingly the two women inside the suv that he hit walks away with just bumps and bruises. thank goodness there. >> he was taken to the hospital with a broken shoulder and charged with reckless driving. >> if you are a couch potato this might get you moving. a lack of exercise may be just as bad for your health as smoking. the study found those who failed to spend 150 minutes a week doing moderate physical exercise increase chances of breast cancer heart disease and type ii diabetes. 20 minutes a day. a top secret federal case a big fight between the fbi and unknown phone company.

they demanded phone records earlier last year but ia shocking move the company fought back with a civil complaint. diane macedo has the details. it is very rare a company challenges national security letter or itself from the fbi. but one phone company according to the cawall street journal is doing just that among other things the gag orders associated with these letters improperly restrained speech without approval. they are legally barred from discussing a letter with any one but company lawyers for potential terrorists being vest gated. as long as the head of the fbi field is relevant to counter sertism they can send an snl request without backing of a judge and januaried grgrand jur. the supreme court judge ruled they don't need a search warrant to get information people store withed a third party like bank or phone company on the

principal they have already willingly given up that data. they don't request information on the don't of e-mails. diven than the information you would get in a search warrant. the patriot act was passed and congress have tried to figure out how to protect first amendment rights of nfl recipients without jeopardizing government interests. may force an answer to that question if it goes forward to the government's part. the civil complaints claiming that by not handing over smiles by enter fearing quote sovereign interest in national security. security officials had said in the past these letters were critical to keeping the numbers safe. this is a tough one. interesting to see how it comes out. earlier in the show we asked you to brew on this. it is a really good question. who in your family is more embarrassing? is it your mom or is it your dad?

teenagers are saying that their dads are simply the worst. >> in a new british survey 60 percent of kids say they are embarrassed by their dads wfrom the clothes to high wasted pants wearing socks with sandals. 70 percent say they are fortifi mortified by what they say in public. they are delusional thinking they are way cooler than they are. >> the question is who do you think are more embarrassing moms or dads? >> charles tweeted saying i am dad i put the c in school styling and profiling. whoa. >> richard e-mails saying i used to think my mom was so dorky until i grew up and started acting just like her. >> alexander e-mailed saying the study is surprising, my mom is way more embarrassing than my dad. thank you for everybody who responded keep the comments coming. very, very funny.

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>> first the good. a man taking his love to new heights and proposing to a girlfriend on a bill bird in fort worth, texas. she said yes. the bad. suv plunged four stories down the elevator shaft. good news is the driver survived. >> smash mob causing chaos in a walmart. more than 300 teenagers stealing things and causing $1500 worth of damage. at one point gunshots were heard. time now