now. bye. >> gretchen: it is good morning. i am gretchen karlson and thank you for spending parts of your day today. governor chris christie and marko rubio given new roles and what they are tapped to do. >> steve: he made the cut but who is paul ryan? a teacher who loves him but will not vote for him. >> brian: another taxpayer funded vehicle up in flames. fox and friends starts right now. ♪ "fox and friends" >> steve: welcome abard. gretch, welcome back. you either been observer

weiner snetzel or been in germany. >> gretchen: i was in off the ria. that is buddha pest and prague and met a lot of great fox viewers. >> happy to see you. >> steve: brian is at the montauk club. stealing towels like normal. >> gretchen: police have identified the gunman in the deadly shoot out one block from texas a&m university. his name is thomas castle. he opened fire from in his home killing 41 year old brian. two other people were killed including the gunman . his mother said her son had

difficulties with his mental health. george zimmerman doesn't plan to use stand your ground defense. he wasacing in self defense in february. omera will try to prove that zimmerman had no choice to shoot. omara is filing an appeal to get the current judge removed from the case. another day, another investment gone bust. a hybrid car up in flames. 200 batteries have been recalled. but said this battery was not related. fiscer received a 500 million loan from the obama administration. a 95 year old world war ii

veteran, lois turner was forced to quit school to take care of her family. just as she completed her education the bombing of pearl harbor. she was honored with a special diploma. >> i feel more complete with the diploma . i should have been able to have it and stay in school. >> gretchen: she's making sure her senior years are full of adventure and next wants to go skydiving. it must be on her bucket list. bucket list is officially in the dictionary. >> steve: absolutely. and meanwhile, we know who the key note speaker will be in the rn c in tampa. it will be that man right there chris christie, the

governor of my homitate of new jersey. he was on the short list. his advice to mr. romney and mr. ryan make the speechhs like a window in has. it is the only way to win if people trust you. you have to level with people and let them know what you stand for. >> gretchen: you want a key note speaker and a guy who will energize the crowd. he's worked on the speech and only has 20 minutes and no doubt people are going to want to hear what he says. this is a fantastic choice by mitt romney to get the people in the convention. >> and first republican elected governor fighting for the union and speaking his

mind. senator rubio will be the man to introduce mitt romney and he's on the third draft of the speech. >> steve: apparently mr. rubio was the first one of the vice-president contenders to complete the vetting process. a couple of people who could have been on the list and be up there as well governor haley will be there . mike huckabee who lives down in florida and john casec couple of speakers. >> gretchen: john mccain and condoleezza rice and rick scott, florida goverr. >> interesting line up. >> gretchen: we'll all be down in tampa for that. paul ryan is making his solo debut in iowa.

why we go to iowa? he went there because president obama is in iowa and did they show a sharp contrast. the key to the discussion who was telling the truth and who wasn't. kelly wright is with us. >> good morning, vice-president candidate paul ryan talked about the vision for america. he faced a enthusiastic crowd some for him and some against. >> it is in the wrong direction and wrong way to go. we want to give people hands up not hands out. >> there was yelling throughout his speech. congressman ryan delivered his argument that president obama is taking the country in the

wrong direction. one thing to get straight. we are not growing the economy like we need to and can in america and that's why mitt romney and i have a plan for a stronger middle class and get the country back on track and get us back on the path of prosperity in this country. >> steve: congressman ryan was in the iowa state fair. the president launched a hope and change campaign to victory from iowa. and now fighting to keep his job by defining mitt romney and ryan as decent men but radical ideas for america. >> their main recipe for solving america's problems is getting rid of regulations on big corporation and big banks and then giving more tax breaks to the wealthiest

americans and their theory is that will lead to jobs and prosperity to everybody. >> later today vice-president ryan will be in colorado . discuss how the romney-ryan administration would pursue. and how to be energy independent and have jobs and travel to nevada where he will discuss campaigning. >> gretchen: there was a question over the farm bill. >> steve: we have learned more about paul ryan. yesterday he -- we told you he was a prom king and grew up in the same block he currently liched in. and we learned that his high school days and college days were formative for him. we have a sound bite from his brother tobin and a high

school government teacher and they remember him from the early days. here is his brother talking about how impactful it was young rhine worked with jack kemp. >> that was enormous influence for him. i recognized that in the first campaign where jack helped to come and stump for paul . he pulled me aside, look your brother will make a difference in the world . >> you can tell paul was motivated individual back then and you knew he would get involved in some type of service from freshman year on. you know, student council and commitment and clubs. >> we don't see the same way politics but are good friends. we agree to disagree and that unfortunately has been lost in the government.

>> gretchen: a lot of people feel that way. they don't agree but he still talks admirably about his former student. someone else recognized paul ryan might have something and the other person was running for office in the state of ohio. paul ryan was going and here's the speaker of the house. >> 22 years ago i run for congress the first time. i was locked in a difficult primary and a young student in ohio was putting out yard signs for me. paul ryan. >> so you remember him? >> i remember him a long time. >> steve: speaker boehner will rote for -- vote for paul ryan. democrats are trying to portray paul ryan as throwing grandma off of the cliff.

this is a poll of senior citizens and his favorably rating is 46 percent. unfavorable 28 and undecided is still at 26 percent. >> when you look at the women how they are speaking about congressman rhine, favorable 22 percent . unfavorable 15 percent . there is a lot of definition that needs to take place, some folks don't know who he is and some are finding out who he is . folks are pleasantly surprised how the positions are flushed out at this point. >> gretchen: there is only one vice-president debate and that is important for people to know him. that is on october 11th. talking about the issues now, if people don't know who paul ryan is, they will learn about the budget. >> steve: one of the things that democrats are trying to

do. paul ryan will blow up medicare, the two things to remember. with the paul ryan plan. if you are 55 and older, nothing is going to change and if you are under 55, it is not going to be there most of you think anyway. mr. romney is not running on the ryan plan, he is running on the rom no plan. >> he has his own five point on that issue. >> steve: she -- he does. >> gretchen: eric holder said being forced to show id discriminates with minorities. and our next guest said that will cause a florida state melt down. >> and stunning investigation finds charities are helping themselves sometimes more than they are helping our heroes,

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>> in our everies to protect voting rights and fraud we will be vigilant and strong but let me be clear. let me be very clear we will not allow political pretext to disenfranchise american citizens of their most precious rights. >> gretchen: that is attorney general eric holder. invisting there is no such thing as voters fraud. our next guest said that voters fraud is no joke .

that led to al franken in minnesota and joining me is the co-author of the new book "who's counting". >> good morning. >> gretchen: talk about that senate race. you say that felons voted which is illegal and they helped al franken to become a senator. >> that race was decided over 300 voters and 1100 felons voted illegally. 66 cases are pending. >> gretchen: it was a close race and one of the important factors and ramifications, is that 60 democrats in the senate and that's why obama care passed. it was more than a single race. >> that was the 60th vote when they crammed obama care through in the middle of the

night in christmas. al franken cast the 60th voters. you say voters fraud could have a bigger impact. in what way. >> florida has a new program they started to find a lot of noncitizens on the voters roles. they found 50 with a prelimary program of not citizens who voted in the election. whether they will get the voters registration cleaned up by november that is unclear. >> gretchen: they have been sued by the department of justice. i want to point out in the state of georgia, what happened with voters id law. >> it is in place for five years. turn out of africa-american and hispanic went up after the voters id law went in place . increased than in states

without the law. we know that all of the claims of suppressing the voters minorities is not true. in indiana, strictest law and who won the state? barack obama. >> gretchen: check out the new book who's counting. hance van presoky. >> thank you. >> gretchen: the number of doctors saying they will not accept patients. and then the accused fort hood shooter refused to shave his beard and the trail was delayed and now there is word of another problem.

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♪ >> steve: we have quick headlines. nadal has an's trial was delaid because he refused to shave his beard. the lawyer wants more time to sort through evidence and the judge will decide whether to delay the trial for a third time. the shooting that left 13 people dead including a pregnant woman happened in be you. a teenager hailed a hero after his leader was attacked by a rabid leader. 16 year old nick hedges pulled the 51 year old from the water. the scout leader is from the hospital but expected to be okay. over to you. >> thank you, steve.

will a jump in medicaid patients under obama care spell a disaster. a new study shows more doctors are refusing patients on medicaid. what impact will that have on your medical care. we'll find out from the doctor seagull. we love watching it. tell us, it is it a real, real problem in the united states. about doctors who are not taking medicaid and the crisis that is now created as a result of that, tell us. >> peter, it is a very sensitive topic and a difficult one to deal with. this is a study they have done and over400,000 doctors will you accept medicaid and went from state to state and the state of new jersey was the worst over 60 percent of the doctors refuse to take

medicaid and on and on. and they looked at medicare. 18 percent don't want to accept ongoing medicare and otherings don't want private insurance. we have a huge problem over here. most discussion is about the insurance companies and patients. no one looked at the doctors and what are their plans and how they will go over this. over the past decade or so. reimbursement for medicare and medicaid went down. running the hospitals have gone up. that is an example. third of the doctors are not accepting medicaid. >> patient care is affected by the inability or unwillingness by the federal government to recognize the costs that doctors face and as a result of that a lot of poor people will not get access to the health care they need because

there is not a federal government recognition of those costs? >> well said. i have had a lot of discussions with other doctors and they care about their patients and reach out and do whatever they can to make sure they give the best care. but they are limited. reimbursements have gone down and medicaid is an open ended blank check. patients can go to emergency room and next day go through another test somewhere else. it is not sustainable. >> i know you help everyone you can. thank you. >> we have to come together to solve problem. >> good to see you. >> nice to see you. >> next on the run down what happens when illegal immigrants come here and take crime . their home countries will not take them back. we keep them? he is the olympics diver who

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state fair . the congressman stayed away from the fried food. >> gretchen: nothing like the state fairs. >> steve: chocolate flavored bacon. >> and beer together. >> steve: we did have the beer. >> gretchen: and few other thingings. the rest of the headlines it is important to kick it off. obama administration and congressional democrats are accused of looking the other way. republican congressman from texas ted powith holding visas to the nation that will not take back their own. >> i don't know why the state department takes the side of other states. look take them back or the consequences will be no visas for your nation. >> gretchen: cuba has over 25,000 criminals and vietnam

with 7000. >> steve: mayor booker will not have a speaking role . regulated to an off camera for the president's reelection campaign. booker critized the tax on mitt romney's success on bain capital and called them nauseating and booker and obama claim that is a thing of the past. but he doesn't have surrogate work right now. >> cutting ties with a veteran's charity after it was accused of helping less than half with the veterans it is sued by the california attorney general who claimed they spent millions on golf club membership and she had no idea that the charity was being investigated and not used a video of her appealing

for donations. >> gretchen: jennifer aniston's father was asked about the engagement but always the actor. jennifer said he was not sure when the newly engaged couple wanted to go public. >> steve: her dad what a kidder and used to be a soap star. he did what no american man was not able to do. capture the gold in the 10 meter platform dive. gold medalist david is here. you brought the hardware. >> i brought it. >> steve: tell us what it is like. >> they are heavy. and they're the heaviest

medals that are produced. >> steve: how much gold is in it? >> i have no clue. >> steve: there is more bronze in this. >> these are incredible. i never expected to walk away with two of these let alone a gold one it is a dream that i am living right now. >> gretchen: take us back to that night. you don't look at the scores of your dives and you were not doing so well and you dad last. >> how about that for drama in the story. i never expected it. i found myself on the bubble 18th and then you know, i had to get a wake-up call. i had to change the routine a bit. but diving is 60 percent mental sport and all about

your mental preparation . i was relaxed. >> talk about the mental state. have you been afraid of heights. >> ironic. a 10 meter diver 33 feet up. >> and i am afraid of heights. you stick a kid up there and three story building. >> you overcame it and how did you do it. >> so much support is poured out in my diving career . my gym nastic coach suggested me to draw them out. y would sit down with a note pad and figures and dives and i had done it in my head. >> gretchen: you hear successful people see themselves doing it before they do it. you still have to have skills

to do the rotation. >> your body has to do it physically. a lot of athletes work on their mental game and some go above and beyond and it is special to have that sort of the support for that. >> steve: i like the way when you are talking you can hear the jingle. it sounds like ice in a glass when you talk to someone on the phone. you also had a mentor and knew what it was like to be on top of the 33 foot platform. >> he knew. greg, legend 1980 olympics and won double golds in both. what an honor to have greg and an olympics legend and gives us the wisdom to his experiences . no better mentor. >> steve: didn't he hit his head on the platform. >> yes, he is the one who hit his head.

talk about adversity. he hit his head in the prelimaris and came back to win the olympics goal. >> gretchen: you are still a young man and 23 years old and at perdue . now getting married. >> this is an incredible year. olympicss and now marriage. that is awesome. >> steve: you were afraid of heights before and now marriage. congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> you climbed the heights. >> steve: you think you will be in the water in rio. >> i am predicting i will take a come back. i will take four months off. i will get married and enjoy my married life with sunny and reevaluate and maybe see rio in the future. >> steve: congratulations. you done us proud. >> thank you.

>> steve: good luck. please try not to jingle in the advertise. >> keep jingling. >> gretchen: that is fantastic. a new lawsuit could force eric holder to turn over the fast and furous even surpassing the president's order to keep it under wraps. judge napolitano is here. >> if you don't have much hair. best city for bald men to score a date n the judge doesn't need that but i might need that. i don't need a date. i have a wonderful wife coming up. >> steve: and the chin heaven swimmer who broke the world record and some accused her of cheating. i don't know if she did or not. you look at the tape. take a look. it is under the line.

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you and your attorneys produced internally the federals responsive for the subpoenas? >> we have. >> no mr. attorney general, you are not a good witness. a good witness answers the question asked. let's go back again. >> attorney general will not hand over the documents related to the gun running scandal. >> now because of a new lawsuit a federal judge is to step in. and judge andrew napolitano who is here. we talked about the long complaint and you study today. what does it say and will they win in the end. speculation obviously. what will happen here. >> i could speculate if i knew what the judge was. >> he is a democrat. >> what they asked the court to do is inval date the

president's invocation of executive privilege. this happened to president george w. bush after he left office. then they ask the court itself to review the documents. 78 or 80,000parages and decides which one stays in justice department custody and which one goes to the congress. if the judge does that, that will negate eric holder's wishes to keep the document to himself. >> this was done by congress because the u.s. attorney in washington failed to act on the criminal contempt. >> correct. the complaint indicates that the house of representive asked the united states attorney to prosecute him and he said no. the complaint said if governor

romney indicates and a different u.s. attorney is in washington d.c., they, and the republicans still control the congress and they will ask that u.s. attorney to prosecute eric holder who will no longer be the attorney and no longer have custody documents. >> darrell issa was in california and he was on greta trying to see who lied. >> they lied to congress and covered it up for 10 months and they are claimming privilege. we are asking who lied to us and produced the documents and did or didn't they know they are providing that. that is a simple standard. >> here's what he's saying and got a good point. they offered. the justice department offered documents to congress in the course of negotiation and then suddenly said those very documents were to executive

privilege and justice department can't have it both ways. >> eight months later, after the documents were asked for. no, executive privilege applies? >> it will never be resolve would before election day. >> even if the judge spent hours a day he will not be finished. >> as we go out the door, executive privilege. no state secrets are involved. and neither seems to be the fact? >> executive privilege applies to military, diplomatic or sensitive national security secrets that are intended to inform the president himself. is that why eric holder is holding on to the documentings. what did the president know and we will not know that until after election day if ever. >> gretchen: you and i were in vienna and prague and not together.

>> correct. we missed each other. >> gretchen: we could have had a espresso together. >> thank you. >> gretchen: coming up. david brock has a new enemy in his cross hairs. congressman paul ryan and funding opposition research. should he get a pass on taxes? >> forget the concord. you may be able to fly from new york to london in one hour. we'll tell you how to do that without a jet pack.

>> turns out the man behind media matters and try to take down fox news has ties to the presidential campaign. david brock is part of the a super pack that is digging up against paul ryan. they join us live from dc. >> good morning to you. >> steve: we have talked about media marris and how they are out to destroy fox new contort things to make it look like we a doing something wrong. media matters is right there. and now a super pac in the same office you are reporting trying to get president obama reelected. >> that's right. american bridge which is opposition research group. they started out as a group trying to run advertisements against the right and take

down mitt romney and they flopped. david brock to the new york times about how much money they would take in. and so now they have the backing of george soros about a million dollars and they are pursuing opposition research and political research that they send out to the media political operatives on the left to take down conservative in this case mitt romney and paul ryan. david brock is running media matters for matter and american bridge with the same funders and same manager, david brock and so it is looking like a suspicious pattern when it comes to how a political opposition can operate. >> steve: american bridge came out with a 290 page bag of dirt on paul ryan. it is opposite research.

i don't see how this is legal? >> rightt. you would have to be meticulous about how you clock in and out of both organizations. they may be doing that. but the reality is, it is almost impossible and david brock is dual having. we talked about this before. daid brock is wearing the hat, and he's delivering dirt on paul ryan. they are bragged about how much influence and got into the new york times and mvnbc and politico and washington post and across the board influence they are claiming intentially. if they bring out research by american bridge with paul ryan they have a shot of getting into the main stream media. >> they probably do. they have had success in the past and able to penetrate.

they have admitted it internally. >> steve: i know there was a move afoot six months ago or so to revoke media matters tax exempt status. they were going against the intention. do we know where that is with the i.r.s.. >> there are effort to go after fox news and declare war against the new's organization and the way they carry themselves caused congressional republican to raise questions. we haven't seen it go anywhere from thatthere. that is the lastt thing that happened. >> steve: thanks for keeping us up to date with what the super group is doing on paul ryan. it is from the daily caller. read it there. thank you for joining us from washington. >> steve: what about that e-mail. friends of fox news. did it sound legal to you? coming up.

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>> peter: president obama coming out swinging against newly picked vp candidate paul ryan, claiming ryan blocked the farm bill. but the congressman helped pass that bill two weeks ago. is lying the new campaign strategy? >> steve: there seems to be a lot of that. then, gone in 60 seconds, like a scene out of the movie, fast and furious. thieves swipe a $150,000 copy of hamas ratty from under the owner's nose. just about two blocks from where we're sitting now. how did they do it? you'll find out. "fox & friends" fast and furious starts right now. >> gretchen: welcome, everyone. hope you're gonna have a great tuesday. peter johnson, jr. sitting in for brian. >> steve: peter worked this weekend as well. we've been waiting for a couple of months to figure out who the

vice presidential pick for mitt romney would be and you had the big news. >> peter: it was the big news over the weekend. >> steve: way to go, scoop. >> gretchen: this morning, police are trying to pig out what sparked yesterday's shootout in texas that left three people dead, including a constable and the gunman. it all happened in a neighborhood just off the texas a & m campus in college station. casey stegall is live from our dallas bureau with more details. good morning. >> good morning to you. very dramatic. this all unfolded live on studio b yesterday afternoon. this gun battle lasted for up to 30 minutes and we now know the name of the suspect. take a look at his picture. 35-year-old thomas caffall. police say he opened fire on a constable after noon local time and just blocks away from the texas a & m campus. the constable was serving him eviction papers. 41-year-old brian bachman was killed. he would been with the sheriff's department since 1993. a 51-year-old civilian, chris northcliff, also died in the gun

fire. the gunman eventually died at an area hospital after responding officers shot him. very confusing here action but a total of three people, including the suspect, dead. another bystander, 55-year-old woman, was shot, but is okay. then three other college station police officers also hurt, but their injuries not life-threatening. clearly the law enforcement community in college station rattled. >> as you can imagine, as close as he was to all the officers in this area, these are the officers that are having to work this case and work through not only the emotion, but all the details that are required to make sure we have a good understanding to why this occurred. >> at this point, it is not clear what the motive was behind this shooting. the suspect's sister did speak with my producer yesterday who said that he was intelligent,

gifted, and soft spoken. but inex olympicably quit his job in january. she wouldn't tell us what he was doing. no doubt more information will be coming out in the days and hours to come. >> gretchen: casey stegall live in dallas, thanks so much. the other stories making headlines. the accused fort hood shooter's trial was delayed because he refused to shave his beard. now word there could be another snag in the case. one of his lawyers now asking for more time to sort through the evidence. later today a judge will decide whether that request can actual lea be granted. if approved, justice for the shooting would be delayed even more. the shooting left 13 people dead, including a pregnant woman. george zimmerman's lawyer says he doesn't plan to use florida's controversial stand your ground statute in his defense. instead his attorney plans to argue he was acting in self-defense, meaning he was forced to shoot trayvon martin because he have being attacked and couldn't get away.

stand your ground allows people to use deadly force if they believe their lives are in danger. if self-defense can be proved in a pretrial hearing, the judge could drop the charges. the other side has filed an appeal to get the judge removed from the case because he feels he can not be objective. the military will be testing the x-51 a wave rider jet today. check out this thing on your screen. going to be launched 50,000 feet over the pacific ocean. it's expected to reach mach 6 speed, faster to fly from new york to california in less than an hour. the military says it will fly for five minutes before breaking up and falling into the ocean. the pentagon says these flights are crucial to the next generation of missiles and military aircraft. gabby douglas admits eating fast food to the wrong person. healthy eating advocate and first lady michelle obama were both on the tonight show.

>> after the competition, i splurged on egg mcmuffin. >> egg mcmuffin. >> gabby, don't encourage him. i'm sure it was on a whole wheat bun. >> yes. >> you're setting me back, gabby. >> sorry. >> gretchen: the first african-american to win gold for the united states in gymnastics. those are your headlines. she has an infectious smile and personality. >> steve: she's just being honest. all right. yesterday it was the iowa state fair and paul ryan was there and he spoke. also simultaneously in the great state of iowa, the president of the united states was there and iowa, just as much in the midwest, going through a terrible drought. at one point, barak obama said that, you know, a bill to help you farmers is being held up by paul ryan. he said that the bill giving aid to the farmers hurt by the drought, said quote, he, paul ryan, is one of the leaders of

congress standing in the way. the problem for the president is paul ryan voted for the farm bill two weeks ago. it's currently being held up in the senate by the democrats who have not passed the budget in three years. >> gretchen: it is a slightly different bill than what the senate had originally. they wanted a five-year farm bill. the house bill that paul ryan did vote for is narrower than that. it's 383 million drought and disaster relief bill. but it is a farm bill. so is it being disingenious to say he's actually holding up the process? >> peter: there is these charges of lying on both sides now. the president accuses the romney folks of lying about welfare reform in this country. now the romney folks are use using the president of lying about the farm bill. i guess technically, the president might be correct in terms of the larger 957 -- >> steve: the five-year bill. >> $957 billion. but there was one bill that was

passed for about a third of that for immediate relief for farmers across the united states. but the charges of lies and counter lies go back and forth. >> steve: yeah. because look on its face, paul ryan voted for a farm bill and it's languishing in the (so it does look to many like a lie. then you look at last week, the ad where essentially joe soptic talked about how his wife died from cancer and it was the message of the ad was mitt romney killed my wife. then you look at the details and realize there were some misconceptions and things were not presented straight away. plus you had stephanie cutter, the high ranking campaign official for the president, she was out there and she denied that she knew details and then you got debbie wasserman-schultz saying she didn't know the political affiliation of the super pac. you've got all these what appear to be lies floating around, and ann coulter talked about this

with sean. listen. >> republicans always win on issues that get elevated to the national issue. democrats win when they can call names and create and tell lies. conservatives can't respond to the little young of lie -- little young of lies coming from every main stream media. you can get some of the truth on one cable station, a few conservative magazines. you can't respond to it all. by elevating this to a national conversation, of course we win. the same way ronald reagan won. this is going to be an election about ideas. >> gretchen: it's interesting because even being overseas and not able to get all the different cable channels, i did see that the main stream media seemed to question a lot the administration about that particular ad with regard to cancer. it seemed like even that may have been a little bit too far over the top for most media outlets. >> peter: yeah. i think it was condemned in a lot of quarters to say mitt romney was somehow responsible for the death of a laid off

steelworker's wife. i mean, it was beyond -- >> steve: it was the president himself who would benefit from the ad. he never came out to condemn it even though mitt romney said it's despicable. there is an ad -- rather there is a lie floating around now and that is that paul ryan, with his medicare plan, he wants to blow up medicare. that is a flat out lie because if you are 55 years or older, nothing would change for you. if you're on medicare right now, nothing would change. so that's something that you see floating around. then the romney people say, don't forget, if there has been anybody who has blown up medicare, it's been the president of the united states because he took $700 billion out of it. >> peter: i think stuart varney will be talking about some of these kind of myths, urban and rural myths that have popped up. >> steve: good! >> gretchen: going to be next. governor chris christie of new jersey is going to be delivering the republican national convention keynote speech now. he has been selected for ultimately the most important role other than that, of

governor mitt missile he'll be giving a 20-minute speech which he's been working on, several drafts already. then we also know that senator marco rubio will now be actual lea introducing mitt romney at the convention. both of those gentlemen probably on the short list to be vp pick. they were not the vp pick, but now she'll be front and center at the convention. let's look at some of the other speakers. governor nikki haley of south carolina, governor mike huckabee, has a show here on fox. major john kasich of ohio. martinez from new mexico, mccain, condoleeza rice, and governor rick scott of florida. >> steve: i think chris crist gee a great choice because he's a straight talker. people love to hear him. he's got a great sense of humor. he will be a great keynoter. he says that what he's gog do is make the case for electing mitt rather than the case against reelection of barak obama. >> peter: i think it's a lot of pressure on him. i think we'll see an electrifying speech by christie

'cause he's a good speaker. he has a lot to say. >> gretchen: you never know what he's going to say. >> peter: yeah, and he's got a reputation for significant things that sometimes people don't expect, as you say. some folks like it or don't like it. he doesn't care. he says, this is what i think it is. >> steve: apparently what he's going to do is cite what's going on in new jersey under his governance as an example that the people of the united states are ready for big change. you're right, he does say things just out of nowhere like, hey, you. get off the beach! that was last year. >> gretchen: that was during the hurricane when he wanted people to be safe. coming up on "fox & friends," have you heard seniors will lose medicare under paul ryan's plan? don't believe everything you hear. stu varney separating fact from fiction. >> peter: then gone in 60 seconds. like a scene right out of the movie "fast and furious," thieves swipe a $150,000

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>> gretchen: welcome back. democrats are attacking paul ryan's lbj jet as a plan to end medicare and leave senior citizens high and dry. is there any truth to those reports? stuart varney here to separate fact from fiction. good morning. great to see you. >> good morning. >> gretchen: i missed you when i was away. it's always good when you're on the show, which is daily. >> welcome back. >> gretchen: thank you. let's talk about the first myth. tax cuts only apply to the wealthiest americans. now, i believe that we have president obama saying that exact thing. let's listen. >> you know, this weekend my opponent, mr. romney, chose as

his running mate, the ideological leader of the congress, the centerpiece of mr. romney's entire economic plan is a new $5 trillion tax cut, a lot of it going to the very wealthiest americans. >> gretchen: fact or fiction? >> misleading, i call that. the fact is that governor romney's proposal is to cut the tax rate for everybody and history teaches us that when you cut tax rates, the richest people actually end up paying a whole lot more in tax and a greater proportion of the tax. for example, the richest people paid 18% of all taxes in 1980. ronald reagan cut tax rates. george bush cut tax rates. and now that richest group of people pays 40% of all the taxes raised. so the tax cutting of rates creates more tax payments by the rich. fact. >> gretchen: let's move on to

number two. seniors will completely lose medicare coverage. specifically under the paul ryan plan, i believe they're talking about. let's listen to one of the chief advisors to president obama, david axelrod. >> the fact is that we took that money and we extended the length of medicare by eight years. if that was part of the affordable care act, we expanded prescription coverage. make no mistake about it, these republicans don't believe in medicare. they want to turn it into a voucher program and slowly all the burden will shift to seniors themselves and that is not an answer to entitlement reform. >> flat out wrong. it does not entirely go on the backs of seniors. the ryan plan keeps medicare as is for anybody 55 or older. and then come the year 2023, the younger people when they get to be senior, they've got a choice. they get government money, they

can spend that money on medicare plans anywhere they wish, including on medicare itself. it can stay in medicare under the new ryan plan, period. >> gretchen: number 3, the result of the ryan plan, according to debbie wasserman-schultz, congresswoman from florida, will be this. >> as a member of the budget committee myself, i really had front row seat to witness the architect of the romney-ryan budget, suggests we should end medicare as we know it, shred the safety net for seniors and health care that we've had in place for more than 50 years, turn medicaid into a block grant and accept it to the states which would jeopardize seniors in nursing homes, potentially take 10 million students off of pell grants, cut health care, cut education. >> gretchen: it true? >> she has long been challenged by the facts. no. there is no shredding of the

safety net here. no shredding of medicare at all. the ryan plan would save it. if you go on as we're going on now, we're bankrupt. we're totally run out of money on medicare and other safety net elements. we just run out of money. that's if you continue to do what we're doing now. that's what the administration wants. the ryan plan saves it. reforms the safety net and therefore, saves it. so i think you've just given me three myths. >> gretchen: don't be angry at me! >> no, no, but it's appalling that the presidential election has fallen to these depths of miss leading statements. >> gretchen: what about spin? it's about how you interpret things and it's up to the other party to defend their position. >> look, we're in serious financial trouble. we should have a serious debate about what we're going to do about this. not this demagoguery. >> gretchen: maybe it will move to that once we get to the debates. >> wouldn't that be nice? >> gretchen: we'll see you at

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>> gretchen: time to do a little math. news by the news. $25 billion, that's how much the obama administration estimates the auto bailout will cost u.s. taxpayers. that's up from the last estimate

of $21.7 billion. next, the average price for a gallon of gas has climbed in just the past week, putting gas prices nationwide higher than last year's level. $4.9 million. that's how much taylor swift paid for a beach home right next to the kennedy compound in hyannis port, massachusetts, reportedly to be closer to new beau, conner kennedy. really? steve? >> steve: love is a many splendor thing. they put the pedal to the mettle testing out an arepair of cars, the men from "top gear." check it out. >> okay, here we go. in three, two, one. go! second gear, here we go! straight at it. here we go!

>> steve: that is so cool. adam and rutledge wood, the hosts of "top gear" join us live. what were you doing in that? >> that was a test of the convertible test. we had to see how fast we can go, outrun a gulf drive and not lose the wig. >> steve: who won? >> at this not win. my head poked out a little bit higher out of that than everybody else's. but that's the kind of things we think of. think of how you can test cars in crazy ways. >> peter: what are you going to show us this morning? >> we have both ends of the spectrum for you, my friend. take a look at this. empty 412 c, 0 to 60 in 3 seconds and how much is this? >> just a hair over $234,000. >> what's it going to take to get new this car today? >> steve: just the keys. >> peter: i want to see the manager. what kind of price can we work out here? >> steve: can you possibly open

up the back end of this? because there's a gigantic motor there. it goes from 0 to 60 in 3 seconds! >> 3 seconds. >> steve: it's street legal. is that right? >> sure. >> steve: if you can't find the button, i've got a crowbar. doesn't matter. >> peter: that's okay. it works. >> steve: let's talk a little bit about this. it's called the trident and it looks like it's from the jetsons. >> yes. i drove this thing. >> steve: peter, hop in there. >> no, i'll hold the mike. go ahead, steve. get in there. >> steve: it's probably battery operated? >> it came with a 49 engine and now has a 1 -- >> peter: how is that? >> steve: like a golf cart. >> i drove from atlanta around my hometown.

>> peter: is this 0 to 60 in 3? >> this is 0 it 60 in three days. >> steve: look at the size of these tires! this thing is going to go really -- >> it was designed to get through london quickly. made in the u.k. they had a smaller version a one seater. we got to drive this. we drove the small cars that are out. right now the scion, the smart car. we took them into a swamp, went alligator hunting. >> steve: that's not so smart with the smart car. >> no, it's not. >> steve: i love the fact you'll do things with cars and occasionally things go haywire. >> adam is known for his aggressive driving style. they call him the wrecker. >> steve: you should have plenty of fun in new york city. there are plenty of people just like you. >> can i get this just for the day? >> a choice between this? >> this is fine.

>> steve: check it out. history channel tonight, the season premiere, "top gear ." >> peter: thanks, guys. >> peter: all she wanted to do was give food to kids that might not have any. but the town is shutting her down. why? she has got no permit. >> steve: then he within to take pictures for his grandkids when he fell and lost his memory with no one around but this guy eventually found piece of his memory and his family again through an amazing journey. that story, the incredible journey comes up next. >> if you get in there, i'll push you. >> steve: all right [ pilot ] now when you build an aircraft,

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mitt romney taking a shot at a time honored campaign tradition, called airplane bowling. he launched an orange down the aisle to the cheers of the press as senator marco rubio gave the fruit a roll as did attorney general, pam bondy. >> steve: funny stuff. today mr. romney will be in the critical battle ground swing state of ohio. that's where steve brown is standing by with a preview of coming attractions. good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. as you can see, the front end loader over my shoulder, you can probably guess we're going to be talking a little bit about energy and specifically about coal. it has not been the best of times for the coal industry in this country. in part because of the natural gas industry boom and also because of tighter regulations into the obama administration's epa environmental protection agency and its regulations. coal production nationally, according to the energy department, is down by about 2 or 3%. coal jobs are also off.

again, not a good time. so the romney campaign likely to make hay out of this particular issue in a battle ground state and the campaign saying in ohio and around the nation, the president's energy policies have resulted in fewer jobs and higher costs at home, as president mitt romney will reverse president obama's disaster ous policies, vis-a-vis coal. i had a chance yesterday to talk with former ohio governor, a democrat, obama backer, and a friend to union labor and certainly the coal industry. he is from eastern ohio. he notes that in the past, mitt romney has referred to at least one coal fired energy plan in massachusetts as a, quote, killer. governor strickland also told me not only are you getting a pig in a poke where romney is on coal, but when he comes it social security, medicare, and a whole host of other things, essentially what the governor told me was that in regards to mitt romney and coal, you really

can't trust what it is that he says and he believes that coal folks, coal miners are better served by the obama administration. it's important to note that the united mine workers association which did back obama in 2008, decided not to endorse any candidate in this year's presidential election. back to you in new york. >> gretchen: very interesting. steve brown thanks so much for that report out of ohio this morning. >> peter: the rest of the headlines. house oversight committee delivering this message to attorney general eric holder, see you in court. lawmakers filing suit against holder over the botched fast and furious operation and urging a judge to make him finally turn over the documents. holder found in contempt of congress in june for refusing to submit documents, claiming executive privilege. earlier on "fox & friends," senior judicial analyst, judge napolitano, said it may indicate the president knew more than we know now. >> executive privilege applies to military, diplomatic or

sensitive national security secrets that are intended to inform the president himself. could that be why eric holder is so tee initially holding on to the documents? what did the president know? >> peter: the justice department claims it submitted more than enough documents. >> gretchen: a machine who disappeared on vacation in new hampshire turns up two weeks later and 1,000 miles away. 72-year-old hugh armstrong was out for a walk when he fell down a ravine and hit his head. when he woke up, he didn't know his name, but he thought he would know someone in asheville, north carolina. he walked over 1,000 miles. hitching rides and doing odd jobs along the way. he would hear familiar names and start getting pieces of his memory back. police picked him up 240 miles from home and identified him by initials on his wedding band. luckily he's now back home with his family. what a story. >> steve: no kidding. a pennsylvania town warning one of its residents to stop feeding hungry children in the

community. angela says she started the free meal program at her house with the help of the archdiocese as a way to give back. she makes no money from it, but the town is still forcing her to shut it down. >> what can do you to help me, to continue to feed the children, instead of telling me to shut it down? >> what did they do? >> sent me a letter telling me to shut it down. >> i don't think it's my responsibility to go to her to say, why don't you come and talk to me. so if there is something we can do to help your program. >> steve: what about the hungry kids? the town's business manager says she's violating zoning codes and could face up to a fine of $600 per day. >> peter: now you see it, now you don't. hamas ratty off in a -- maserati off like a scene in "fast and furious." $150,000 car like this one parked his car in times square to talk with a friend, leaving

the cart running. that's when two men posing as photographers started shooting pictures of the car. after a few minute, they jumped in and took off. the cops still looking for them in the very expensive ride. it just inspired steve outside. excellent. >> steve: yeah. >> peter: we had to jump start it. >> gretchen: why would you leave it running? why would you do that? >> peter: i don't know. >> steve: left the keys in it. let's find out where it's raining and where you'll have to slow down your maserati today. portions of the mid atlantic, rain, storm cells through portions of dixieland. the drought in kansas and oklahoma and north texas getting a little relief now. we've got some heavier weather moving through portions of north central kansas and i'm sure they're standing outside looking up saying thank you. meanwhile, a lot of 70s and 80s in the northeast. then it gets hotter. these are today's daytime highs.

it should be 103 today in dallas. 101 in san antonio. 80s across much of dixieland. 90s from rapid city right down through old el paso. 81. a high in chicago. >> gretchen: drew peterson trial entering its third week of testimony near chicago after last week's jury heard danieling testimony against him. now prosecutors expected to call a forensic pathologist to shed light on his third wife, kathleen savio's 2007 autopsy, which he ruled a homicide. >> peter: the host of "justice" on fox news, judge jeanine pirro. you've been following this case since the beginning. let us know, what's going to be happening today and how does it look? >> week 3 of the drew peterson murder trial begins with some critical testimony regarding the cause of death and the manner of death of kathleen savio, wife number 3. it's expected that the forensic

pathologist will take the stand. the pathologist where the body was exhumed for him to do a second autopsy, the critical issue, of course, is whether or not she died as a result of a homicide or household accident. in the beginning initially, it was determined that it was an accident by the coroner's jury. then, of course, with the disappearance of the fourth wife, the body of this victim was exhumed and the critical testimony today will be about whether or not she died as a result of a household accident or the result of something more sinister. and we know that the doctor is one of the most noted forensic pathologists in the country. he will say several things, although both sides agree she drowned. the question is was she -- was her head held under water, and the position of the body that was on its lots with both knees kind inform a bent position. and the toxicologist as well will testify, this toxicologist will identify what was in

kathleen's system. there is talk by the defense that she was dizzy, that she was on all kinds of medication and we'll find out today what exactly, if any, medication was in her system. >> steve: right. before you go, we understand there could be testimony that apparently drew peterson was spotted in the laundry room with another woman's clothes about the time kathleen, you know -- that happened. >> the issue here is whether or not the judge is going to allow hearsay testimony that stacy peterson told someone that drew was washing another woman's clothing around the time that kathleen died. the inference, of course, suggesting there was blood on kathleen's clothing when he killed her and that's why he was in stacy's laundry room washing another woman's clothes. so what we've got now is, first of all, established it was a murder. then try to connect drew

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>> obama has a dream, a dream from his father, that the sins of colonialism be set right and america be downsized.

>> been a long time coming. but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to america. >> steve: he has helped make hit movies, but his new film about president obama is already being criticized by the hollywood left as, quote, feature length obama hate. even though it hasn't come out yet and they hadn't seen it. poses a question, if president obama wins a second term, where will america be? here to answer is co-writer and director of "2016, obama's america" examine author of "obama's america on making the american dream." good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: your producer, who has been in hollywood a long time, made a bunch of really big movies. is he surprised that those on the left have taken such shots at him over this movie? >> he's a long-time partner with steven spielberg and he's got academy awards.

i think he's a little taken aback not just that hollywood is liberal. i think he knows that. but the intolerance, the attitude that is actually tougher on young film makers who are trying to get their start. >> steve: right. there is quite a double standard, isn't there? >> absolutely. >> steve: no kidding. let's talk about your book. it's called "2016" because what obama's -- what would the country look like at the conclusion of a second term? >> well, the thing about obama to realize is he's not a traditional democrat. i almost think of him as -- it's almost as if america is the lakers and we've hired a coach and the coach is calling plays for the team to lose. now, well, not because obama hates america, not because he's a traitor. he thinks it's good for america to have smaller economy and a more modest role in the world. so he is actively pulling back america's influence in the world in a way obama is a global

redistributioner. he wants america to have less so other countries can have more. >> steve: there is only one super power right now and because we are a super power, we're able to help other countries. if we reduced our footprint around the world, you would think that we wouldn't be able to do as much good. >> exactly. so the hidden assumption here is that america is a force for good in the world. that's been something that traditionally republicans and democrats both believe. i think obama comes out of a tradition that is left that, is anticolonial, that sees america as a force for oppression in the world. that's why he did the apology tour, remember. >> steve: i know you've written a number of books about president obama. if he does want to reduce our footprint around the world r does that come from? >> well, i think his ideology traces back to his father who was an anticolonialist. but he has been tutored in that by a -- what i call obama sounding fathers. he had a whole bunch of guys throughout his career that have educated him. frank marshall davis, the communist in hawaii.

his professors at columbia and harvard law school, very radical. and then later on gay like bill ayers. this is a domestic terrorist, his close buddy for a decade. obama has been hanging out in a way with a crowd that sees america as a bad gay in the world. >> steve: -- bad guy in the world. >> steve: go to the movie "2016, obama's america." how do you find it? >> the move gee in about 100 theaters. gog several hundred theaters by the time of the republican convention, it will be all overment the book also lays out chapter and verse of where we're going. >> steve: all right. thank you for joining us live. >> pleasure. >> steve: ten minute before the top of the hour. like a good neighbor, state farm is there for our veterans. next on the run down, cheryl casone has the top companies hiring right now. good morning to you. first on this date in 1968, "people got to be free "by the rascals, number one [ male announcer ] what's in your energy drink?

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>> peter: the number of americans applying for unemployment benefits fell by 6,000 last week. "fox & friends" wants to help bring that number up. that's why we have the "fox business" network's cheryl casone come on every week with the top five companies hiring this week. she's been very successful. thanks for doing this. let's talk about the first company. state farm. >> okay. you know this. this is the insurance company. they're one of the biggest insurance companies in the united states and canada, auto, home and life. they've got 100 job openings --

1200 job openings. they need agents. you can do an argonneship. they are working with 1,000 military benefits to get veterans into the agency. they're doing a shadow program, wanted to bring that up. they're in texas, california, pennsylvania, illinois, michigan and indiana, the main states right now that they're looking to expand. >> great company. novo one. tell bus that. >> -- tell us about that. >> they're trying to bring back customer agents to the united states. for years and years, you call up a company, try to get help and the person is in india. they want to bring those types of jobs back. a lot of them are work at home type of positions. the base pay, 23,000, to 35,000, mainly the jobs are in dallas-fort worth and western michigan. and it's 600 jobs now. customer service. they also got management type positions. again, the thinking is, bring them back. >> peter: hostess brand? >> we all know about twinkies and hostess cakes and wonder

bread. they're hiring 580 jobs. they've gone through a big labor dispute. that was a big news story on the "fox business" network. they have 580 positions. they've got people that -- they either need people to drive the trucks, you can be a maker. you can bake twinkies. that sounds kind of fun. because then you can taste them. then they need people that can do delivery and like route managers. that's hostess. >> peter: taic. >> science applications international corporation. they provide i.t., engineers, systems integrators. they mainly work with the u.s. government. they mainly work with the department of defense, department of homeland security, the u.s. intelligence community. they've got about 3,000 openings. one of the things about this job i want to point out, you will most likely need security clearances. that is a tough process. it takes months. but it's worth it if you can get it. >> peter: our final one. you're encouraged by it, tradesmen. >> this is construction jobs!

we've been getting better news on the housing front at the business network. these are construction positions. craftsmen. this is one of the construction industry's largest employers of skilled craftman. 34 sales jobs, across the country. they need electricians, you can be a carpenter, pipe fitter, turbine mechanic sales or work in management. but i think that does kind of give us a little signal that we're seeing some expansion in the types of jobs. by the way, tradesmen reached out to "fox & friends." >> peter: great. catch cheryl at noon today? >> yeah. "fox business" network. >> peter: we'll be watching you there. thanks. >> thank you. >> peter: here is a way to give kids to show up to school. bribe them with a free pair of ex opinionsive nikes. right? is this a good lesson? celebrities reporting for duty. no steadman allowed. dean cain, one of the contestants on "stars earn stripes" here on "fox & friends" n and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit,

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>> gretchen: good morning. it's tuesday, august 14, 2012. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time with us today. while you were sleeping, big breaking news from the campaign trail. they didn't make mitt romney's cut for vice president, but these two guys, governor chris christie and senator marco rubio, both busy writing big speeches this morning. find out why. >> steve: and he did make the cut, but who is paul ryan? you're about to meet his brother and one of his teachers, a teacher, by the way, who loves him, but won't vote for him. the first tuesday in november. >> peter: then celebrities are reporting for duty. >> ly la ali, we have reached the drop zone. dismount is three, two, one. drop. >> peter: in the drop zone, dean cain is one of the contestants on "stars earn stripes." he'll join us live on "fox & friends" which starts right now.

>> steve: i wonder when the other contestants are going like, wait a minute. i'm squaring off against superman? that doesn't seem to be a fair fight. >> peter: that's not fair. >> gretchen: todd palin is on the show. he's pretty fit and in good shape. didn't he win "dancing with the stars"? i think did he. pretty fit. >> peter: i think he did. we'll know soon. >> gretchen: but this looks like a cool show. dean cain will be joining us to tell us all that he can just towards the end of the show. >> steve: he'll actually fly in, which i think is really great. we'll fly him in. are we ready with the wire for superman? okay, good. and it's safe, right? >> yes. >> steve: you're sure? don't touch that dial. >> gretchen: we will have dean here in a moment. first, your headlines. police have identified the gunman in yesterday's deadly police shootout just one block from texas a & m university. his name is thomas caffall.

officials were attempting to serve him an eviction notice when he opened fire from inside his home, killing this man, 41-year-old brian bachman. as cops arrived on the scene, they exchanged shots with the man for nearly 30 minutes. two other people were killed, including the gunman. his mother saying her son was having difficulties with his mental health. coming up, a live report from texas. another day, another example of green energy investment gone bust. a man found his battery powered car up in flames. fisker recalled more than 200 batteries because of fire concern, but says in this case, the battery wasn't to blame. karma car being blamed for a house fire in texas. fisker is the manufacturer, received a $529 million loan from the obama administration. >> steve: bad karma. >> gretchen: csi actress walking away from a veteran's charity accused of giving less than half of its donations to veterans. california's attorney general is suing help hospitalized

veterans. the claim? that the charity spent millions on golf club memberships for top officials. the actress said she had no idea that the charity was being investigated and asked that they not use a video of her asking for donations. president obama making an unscheduled stop at the iowa state fair. >> hey, everybody who is over 21, you got to buy a beer. all right? >> is it on you? >> let me see how much i got in my wallet. >> gretchen: you could hear them chanting for more beers. he was allowed to have a beer. but the first lady told him today stay away from the fried twinkies, apparently. and paul ryan also campaigning at the fair. the health conscious congressman stayed away from the fried food.

and those are your headlines. >> steve: some might say there is the president telling people to buy beer the way he tells people they have to buy health insurance. meanwhile, let's talk about the republican convention. overnight we discovered chris christie, the governor of the great state of new jersey, where i live, he will be the keynoter. they have selected somebody who is so dynamic, people love his sense of humor and his point and his point is going to be, look, i am one of the guys who is in charge of a state and in new jersey, we have made some tough choices and the people of america are ready to make some changes. mitt romney is one of the changes. >> gretchen: if you're in the republican party, this is a fantastic choice because he is so energizing. you never quite know what he's going to say, so you want somebody who is going to give you big tv ratings and attention on this particular week for the republicans down in tampa. a good choice. he apparently has been going through his speech and rewriting it several times. he'll have 20 minutes to make

his point. >> peter: i would anticipate it will be kind of a blistering attack on the president's policies. there is always one person at a convention that does that. i believe that it will be falling to him to do that. he's got a magnetic personality and he's known for speaking in ways that will sometimes surprise people and say, yeah, he's speaking truth to power. so it should be an interesting night as well. senator rubio has been slotted to introduce mitt romney, another very important slot in that convention speech line. >> steve: how many times have people who make a speech at one convention wind up getting the top nod -- >> peter: who did that? >> steve: how many times has that happened? >> gretchen: senator barak obama >> steve: and bill clinton as well. in the meantime, vice presidential candidate on the republican side, paul ryan, back on the trail today after going nearly toe to toe with the president who is also in iowa.

kelly wright live at the white house with a peek at what happened yesterday. good morning to youers. >> good morning to you. hope all of you are doing well. you, peter and gretchen. gretchen was talking about the president, of course, being at the iowa state fair. on monday, guess who else was there? not at the same time as the president, but congressman paul ryan who is the newly minted republican vice presidential candidate and he faced an enthusiastic crowd. some for him and some against. >> the wrong direction. that's the wrong way to go. we want to give people hands up, not hand outs. >> a lot of hecklers. they even tried to rush the stage. while another was yelling throughout the speech. but congressman ryan remained focused and stayed on message, delivering his argument that he believes president obama is taking the country in the wrong direction. >> one thing we've got to get

straight, one thing we got to get straight is we're not growing this economy like we need to. we're not creating jobs like we can in america. that is why mitt romney and i have a plan for a stronger middle class, to get this country back on track, get this country growing jobs again, and get us back on the path of prosperity in this country! [ cheers and applause ] >> while ryan appeared at the iowa state fair, president obama campaigned in another part of the state on monday. four years ago, you may recall the president launching his hope examine change campaign then and going on to victory from iowa. now he's fighting just to keep his job by trying to define governor mitt romney and congressman ryan as decent men, but with radical ideas for america. >> their main recipe for solving america's problems is getting rid of regulations on big corporations and big banks, and then giving more tax breaks to the wealthiest americans and

their theory is that somehow that's going to lead to jobs and prosperity for everybody. >> the president will be campaigning again making the second day of a three-day journey to -- tour of iowa. he'll be campaigning in ross coo lieu is a and be campaigning marshal town and waterloo. paul ryan has gone on to colorado where he'll be talk being how to make affordable jobs and energy and try to convert that. he'll also go later on to nevada where he will discuss housing and as i said, president obama will continue to campaign in iowa because he feels this is a very important state. six electoral votes up for grabs. back to you. >> gretchen: a loft people are wondering who is paul ryan? if you're following the news on a daily basis, you know he's a congressman from wisconsin. he's held office for several years. but a lot of people just don't know who he is. now we're hearing from his brother who, of course, is going to support paul ryan when it comes to the election.

and also from one of his high school teachers, who says he's not going to vote for him, but he still holds an immense amount of respect for him. listen to this. >> jack kemp was an enomos influence on him north texas doubt about it. i recognize that in our first campaign where jack had come in and helped stump for paul. he pulled me aside and said, look, your brother is going to make a difference in this world. >> how you could tell that paul is a motivated individual back then and he had ambition and he knew that he was going to get involved in some type of service, you know, from freshman year on. i know student council commitment and clubs and activities at craig high school. >> we don't see the same way politics, but yet we're good friends. we can agree to disagree, which i think, unfortunately, has been lost in the last few years in our government. >> steve: he might not vote for him, but he'll be bragging about

him. yeah, that kid was in my class. one of the things the democrats now are trying to do is trying to portray paul ryan as a guy who wants to throw grandma off the cliff. we've seen that commercial. and he's trying to demonize him by saying he's going to blow up medicare. so the demographic of senior citizens, very important. but shockingly for the democrats, perhaps, he's actually doing very well when it comes to public opinion polls. look at that, seniors for paul ryan, 46% have a favorable opinion. only 28 unfavorable. look at that 26 right there. the undecided people. once those folks decide on a candidate, if they swing toward paul ryan, who insists he's out to save medicare, medicaid, social security, they might go his way. >> gretchen: one of the big issues on capitol hill now is whether or not the bush tax cuts are going to be extended. remember, it's armageddon of sorts, january 1, if that does not happen for everyone basically and for the economy. will speak of the house john boehner was interviewed last night by greta van susteren and

he was asked whether or not the president has been actively involved in trying to make sure that something happens before it's too late. you maybe surprised. >> you get a call from the president let's deal with this tax examine get this done? >> no. >> no? >> no. he's been out campaigning since last labor day. 49 weeks. that's all he's done. campaigned nonstop. he doesn't engage us. he's not leading. he's out there trying to save his own rear end and trying to save his own reelection. >> steve: i think the speaker is a little steamed. >> peter: it's pretty remarkable. >> steve: absolutely. >> peter: the president and the speaker haven't spoken. >> steve: no kidding. >> gretchen: a little different from past administrations. you hear the story about newt gingrich and president clinton and having a decent relationship. >> peter: tip o'neill and president reagan. >> steve: it's exactly 12 minutes after the top of the hour on this tuesday. here is a way to get kids to show up to school.

bribe them with a free pair of expensive nike's. is that a good lesson? >> peter: might work. >> steve: but long-term good idea? >> gretchen: close associates of the president accused of lying to the american people, how can they get away with that? we'll ask former senator and democrat evan bayh this is the plan for back to school.

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>> steve: as soon as mitt romney picked paul ryan as his vice presidential candidate, democrats began making the rounds claiming ryan's budget plan was nothing but a plot to kill medicare. >> make no mistake, these republicans don't bleach in medicare.

they want to turn it into a voucher program and slowly all the burden is going to shift to seniors themselves and that is not an answer to entitlement reform. >> steve: shockingly, he did not mention that if you're 55 or older, you would not be impacted. but did he say what he said. are voters buying that? former democratic senator and fox news contributor, he have been bye is our guest this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. >> steve: down in washington, they referred to it as disassembling. i think most of america calls it just lying. >> well, unfortunately, these kind of claims have become standard practice in politics today, and both sides are guilty. it's one of the reasons that the american people are turned off by politics and politicians at a time when we got to come together to deal with some of these problems. it's become standard practice. >> steve: paul ryan, he's been a very -- he studied economics. he's worked in a think tank. he wrote speeches for jack kemp.

he's been thinking about the debt and deficit and he's a young guy who has been thinking about how to make it work for all of us going forward. that's what we really need, is we need a plan because the president doesn't have one. >> well, both sides down here know eventually we're going to have to deal with entitlement reform because we're onion unsustainable basis, as you point out. in the run up to the campaign, the temptation is to engage in short-term political tactics to try and gain political advantage, particularly in a state like florida, which then makes it hard tore deal with the problem after the election. the real question is, even while the politicians are saying things we don't like and kind of stretch the truth, it's ultimately up to us, are we as the american public ready to have a serious dialogue about getting the deficit under control? if we are, attacks like that won't work. if we're not, then they may very well. >> steve: one thing about the fact that now paul ryan has been named to the ticket, we're going to be talking about big important stuff, i hope, as opposed to the stuff we've

talked about in the past, which seemed like a diversion from what really it should be on the plate right now. >> paul ryan gives us a chance to have that debate. i think mitt romney was beginning to lose the sort of tactical back and forth mud wrestling about bain capital and all the rest of that stuff. so now we have an opportunity to talk about getting the deficit under control and also getting the economy moving. again, it's ultimately up to us to vote for the candidate, the candidates who have a plan, who are serious about it and want to move the country forward. that ultimately takes the result out of the hands of the people running negative ads and stuff like that and puts it squarely in the hands of the american public where it belongs. it's up to us to insist they do the right thing. >> steve: all right. let's hope they do. evan bayh, thank you very much for joining us live. >> always a pleasure. >> steve: all right. 19 minutes after the top of the hour. it's being called a loan, even a subprimer would not make. a school borrowing $1 billion to buy things like green building

materials. then, celebrities reporting for duty. >> lela ali and dean cain, we have reached the drop zone. dismount in three, two, one, drop. >> steve: told you superman could fly. dean cain is one of the contestants on "stars earn stripes." he's in our control room right now heading to the studio. you hear me, dean? go to the studio now. come on, you can go faster than that, superman.

>> peter: quick headlines. a hearst driver taking a body to a funeral didn't make it there herself. officers discovered the driver

slumped over the wheel dead in beverly hills, california. it appeared she died of natural causes. and a teen-ager being hailed a hero after his boy scout leader was attacked by what? a rabid beaver. it happened while he was swim not guilty a river in pennsylvania. 16-year-old nick hedges jumped into action, pulling 51-year-old norman from the water. he's in the hospital, but he's expected to be okay. thank god. gretchen? >> gretchen: thanks a lot, peter. talk about kicking the can down the road, southern california's unified school district is taking out a $100 million loan, but here is the catch. over time, that loan will grow to a $1 billion bill made out to the taxpayers. so how did such an outrageous deal slip through the cracks? joining me is a 13-year resident of that school district, clarice, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> gretchen: i understand this vote for citizens of this part of california was back in 2008.

one of the reasons that it passed by 55% was because there was a promise that you as a citizen would not have to pay increased taxes. am i correct? >> yes. that's part of it. they didn't actually disclose to us how they intended to raise the funds. they just asked for a general bond. so to many tax paying citizens, that seemed like a good idea, so modernize the schools examine help out the students who go to those schools. then what did you find out? >> what we found out is that it really wasn't for the children. it was for the investors. this is a nine to one payoff. $800 million could have been used to actually benefit the children. what this is going to do, though, is benefit those that invested in them. >> gretchen: and also put a huge tax burden on the next generation. so let's take a look -- >> it is. >> gretchen: i want to show the

numbers. the san diego unified and union of the loan, 164 million. but the debt, 1.3 billion. explain that in the short-term, the taxpayers won't have to pay anything back. but then what happens down the road? >> what happens down the road is the first year, which will be, i believe, the year 20 of this bond, there will be a $50 million payment due and then the next year, another $50 million. what that comes out it is about a fifth of the budget. the board members at the time, there are three that are running for election. two as incumbents. we only have one challenger for those. jeff manningam is running for city council. he was the board president when this went through. we need answers. shame on them. they're our neighbors and they did this to us knowing that we

were going to have -- >> gretchen: you believe they should not be reelected, but the truth is -- >> oh, no. >> gretchen: that citizens would have never known about this had it not been for reporting, right? >> right. the article was awesome. we were asleep at the wheel. there was no disclosure made to the voters. the ballot measure was very generic and we're used to this from washington. sad to say, we kind of expect this deception, this level of deception at a higher level. but this is put on us by our neighbors. they did this to our grandchildren. and shame on them. they knew better. we trusted them. >> gretchen: it sounds like a huge mess and for the upcoming generations, a huge big bill. >> we can't refinance out of it. >> gretchen: that's right. there is no way to get out of it either. very important point. thanks forgetting up early and explaining a complicated story to us. >> thank you. >> gretchen: coming up on "fox & friends," the soap you use might

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>> i had just walked in and sat down and i just saw my face on the jumbo tron and i'm still a little embarrassed. i didn't see the kiss cam part. so i didn't know we were supposed to kiss. then malia came over after we got boo'd for not kissing and she was just disgusted with us. >> really? >> she said, why didn't you kiss? and i was like, kiss what? what are you talking about? >> peter: it's your shot of the morning. the first lady setting the record straight about the kiss cam incident during the basketball game. malia arranged for her parents to get a second chance. there we go. there is the bust. it's nice. >> steve: now you know. >> gretchen: we heard from the first lady of her explanation. meantime, fox news alert, new details about why a gunman started a shootout with police near texas a & m, leaving three people dead yesterday afternoon.

casey stegall live in dallas with the very latest this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. three people killed and four were injured in this shootout that happened during lunchtime yesterday, just blocks away from the texas a & m campus. some students moving back in because classes start soon. although no students were involved. here is how it went down. a constable went to serve eviction papers at the single story home when the suspect reportedly met him outside with a weapon and then a 30-minute gun battle ensued. eyewitness jumped into bed of his pick up truck to hide and describes the exchange like this. >> i started to listen and count the number of shots fired. from what i heard, i heard 30 shots fired. they sounded like semiautomatic rounds, rifle. i heard a lot of people saying reports it was a straight shot. from what i heard, it was more

of a tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap. >> can you imagine? now, the 41-year-old constable, brian bachman, seen here, died at the scene. he leaves behind a wife and small children. he had been with the sheriff's department since 1993. the suspect, 35-year-old thomas caffall was injured when officers returned fire. he died a short time later at an area hospital. his mother saying her son had been having difficulties with his mental health in recent years and the minute she saw this on tv, she tells that newspaper, she knew it was him. three other college station police officers were also hurt. but they are doing okay this morning, guys. >> steve: all right. casey stegall live in the metros olympics, thank you very much. some other headlines. is the mayor of newark, new jersey still paying the price for saying this about president's attacks on mitt romney?

>> it's nauseating to the american public. >> steve: that's what he said. following those comments, there were reports that the obama campaign said booker was, quote, dead to them. now months later, we're learning that the mayor is not getting a major speaking role at the democratic national convention. he's also been relegated to a mostly offcamera role for the president's reelection campaign. booker recently approached the president at a fund-raiser to clear the air and was told, quote, it's all small potatoes. the moment has come and passed. in terms of the campaign, it's not today's issue. >> gretchen: your soap may be hold ago secret. a chemical used in antiseptic soaps has now been linked to muscle weakness. new study on fish and mice found exposing muscles to the chemical caused them to stop working properly. in mice, their heart function dropped 25% in 20 minutes. experts say while the study was done onen mals -- animals, it may still affect humans.

>> steve: that's bad. >> peter: don't use some on your heart. show up for school and get a free pair of nike sneakers. that's the deal in the detroit school district. local shoe store will give away a free pair of black leather sneakers to every kid who shows up to class on october 3. that's the day attendance is used to determine state and federal funding. the more kids in class, the more money the school gets. the school district will hand out vouchers to every child in every grade. that can add up to 17,000 pair of shoes and more funds for the detroit school district. >> steve: they should give one shoe out that day and a week later if they're still? cool. >> peter: you're right. >> gretchen: david brack, the founder of media matters has a new target, helping run a democratic super pac, one with very questionable ties to the current presidential campaign. part of american bridge 21st century, a super pac trying to dig up dirt on republican vp

candidate paul ryan. releasing 290 pages of opposition research. earlier on "fox & friends," senior on-line ed tore says it's an attempt to achieve its liberal objective. >> media matters has bragged about how much influence they have in the main stream media. they've gotten content into the "new york times," they claim, msnbc, politico, the "washington post." this is across the board influence that they're claiming internally. so what we know is that if they bring out this research by american bridge against paul ryan, they seem to think they have a pretty good shot at getting it into the main stream media. >> gretchen: so we asked you to e-mail us about this story and here is what you had to say. terry from north carolina said, quote, as a taxpayer, i would like to see an investigation into why my dollars are funding this organization. and tim from orange park, florida, e mailed us and said you know what they say, those live in glass houses should not throw stones. >> steve: they should dress in the basement. meanwhile, let's look at the day

ahead weather wise as we take a look at the 48 connected states. storm system all the way from the banks of erie and ontario, through the mid atlantic and tails out, the panel handle florida. also they're getting some rain in the central plains state. man, do they need it. looks like the heaviest from concordia, kansas, through emporia. also some rain moving through the panhandle of oklahoma and texas. man, do they need it. the current readings, as you can see, lot of 50s and 60s in the north. already 75 here in new york city. 80s along the gulf coast. later on today, 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon, it will be 112 in phoenix, arizona. going to be 103 in dallas. 101 in san antonio. lot of 80s with high humidity in portions of dixieland, through florida. 80s throughout the northeast. back through the northern plains, and 90s along the front range of the rockies. that's your fox travelcast for this tuesday. >> gretchen: okay.

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>> peter: mitt romney finishing his bus tour in the swing state of ohio. one of the top issues on the trail today will be coal. steve brown live with more.

steve? >> hey there. mitt romney doesn't like to talk a lot about producing energy, american energy. we're going to be talking about coal today. it's not been the best of times for the coal industry, according to the energy department of figures. coal production is down in a couple of key battle ground states, ohio being one of them. pennsylvania being the other. and coal jobs are off. down slightly from 2009 to 2010. if you're wondering why that might be, well, the natural gas explosion here in this country, the exploration production of that has really put a crimp in coal. also there have been additional regulations put in place by the epa that the coal industry has strongly not been fond of. and on this note, the romney campaign is taking aim. we expect the candidate to be speaking about it saying in ohio and around the nation, the president's energy policies have resulted in fewer jobs and higher costs. as president mitt romney will reverse president obama's disasterous policies.

on the other side on this particular issue is ted struck lain, the former democratic governor of ohio, eastern ohioan, a guy who really loves coal miners, depended on them in his congressional races that he won out here and in his gubernatorial race that he won back some six years ago. ted strickland told me by phone yesterday that mitt romney on the subject much coal is not somebody that you can trust. he pointed to a youtube clip posted by think progress, which shows mitt romney describing a coal burning energy plant in massachusetts some ten years ago. him describing it as a killer. ted strickland further went on it say not only are you getting a pig in a poke where romney is on coal, but also when it comes to social security, medicare, and a whole host of other things. interestingly, one of the obama union allies in 2008 was the united mine workers of america. they endorsed obama for president. this go around, they decided not to endorse any candidate at all.

something of a bit of a protest about epa regulations and the perception that mine workers have about the obama administration's feelings about the coal industry. back to you in new york. >> gretchen: steve brown live in ohio. thanks very much. it's a test of mind, body and spirit for the eight celebrities tackling the military style missions for the nbc reality show "stars earn stripes." take a look. >> lela ali, we have reached the drop zone. dismount in three, two, one. drop! >> my god, i am in this right now. this is not a joke. i know there is a chance i could die. >> i really wanted to get to that boat and the longer you stay in the water, the more tired you're going to become. >> gretchen: wow. one of the contestants on "stars earn stripes," actor dean cain, who we just saw. good to see you again. >> thank you. good to be seen. i'm glad i'm out of the water. >> gretchen: that looks tough. >> it was really tough.

you're laden with 75 pounds of gear, your rifle and helmet, it's really tough to swim in those conditions. our guys can do it and they do it every day. >> steve: while you're famous for tv's and movie, that they pretend. in this series, you actually use real ammo. >> yes. there is no pretend in this show. there is no pretend. it's the real deal. we have real guns. we're shooting real live ammo. it's very, very dangerous. it's a whole different ball game when you walk in the room as an actor and you shoot the room up. it's a piece of cake. when you're really firing, it's a whole different thing. they taught us how to fire and how to be safe. it's a whole thing was amazing. >> peter: are you rappeling? jumping? in the water, live fire? >> yes. >> peter: explosions? >> yes. everything. >> peter: so one of the real folks that do it all the times, what do they say to you? >> relax. i was always so hyped up. when you jumpoff a helicopter 400 feet in the area, it's really daunting.

you know you can screw up and know something can happen to you. when you're in the water and swimming like that, sure, there are divers out there and last night's episode, two guys were drowning and they were saved, but not until they got to the point that they were going glug. >> steve: so they gave up? >> yeah. i didn't see the frog men, i didn't know i could be saved or maybe i would have been saved as well. it was something. >> gretchen: you're partnered with a special ops person. >> yes. >> gretchen: and last night, la lalaali was on your team? >> yes. it's a timed trial. each person has their own responsibility. so if we were a squad, everybody had to perform their duty and i can't take your targets out, for example. and that's how that works. we can't move as a squad until each one of us has done our job. so doesn't matter how strong you are as an individual, you're only as strong as your team members. that's the whole deal. >> steve: so at the conclusion

of the six or eight episodes -- >> it's six. >> steve: you'll have a big winner. i get a feeling that after you have done this and the episodes are already in the can, so you can't tell us who won, i bet you get a real appreciation for what the real special ops guys do, don't you? >> that's the whole thing. this whole show a love song to our men and women in uniform. it's showing what they do every single day and how difficult it is the things that they do. and they're amazing. it's not trying to glorify war. we're glorifying service. that's people are amazing. they're all volunteer, armed forces. they're incredible. our military, first responders, our law enforcement guys, we got everybody on the show. >> peter: what surprised but doing it? what didn't you expect about yourself in doing it? >> i didn't expect my fear and anxiety level to go so high. i also didn't think i would jump out of a helicopter 400 feet in the air. >> steve: just another tv show. >> no way. no way. >> gretchen: what does the win get? >> the winner gets nothing of the all of our money goes to

charity. >> gretchen: good. >> they're all first responder, law enforcement and military charities. i played for the wounded warrior project. >> gretchen: good. we can catch it monday nights, 8:00 p.m. eastern on nbc. >> yes. >> steve: dean cain, man of steel, we thought. as it turns out, real star in every way. thank you. >> gretchen: coming up, you have things like this laying around the house? >> steve: i bet dean cain does. >> gretchen: lunch box worth hundreds of bucks. the man who travels the country tracking these toys. >> peter: let's check in with martha mccallum for what's on at the top of the hour. >> i have a robin hood lunch box which i think could fetch a lot of money. >> gretchen: bring it down. >> thanks. good morning, everybody. what we've got coming up for you on "america's newsroom," karl rove. he's got a brand-new electoral college map. it is changing, according to karl rove. he's going to show you what he means. and president obama's debt commission chief, big fan apparently of paul ryan. we're going to show that you video. bob and andrea are here to duke

that out. a big show coming up at the top of the hour. stick around. we'll see you then great grains. great grains cereal starts whole and stays whole. see the seam? more pcessed flakes look nothing like natural grains. i'm eating what i kn is better nutrition. mmmm. great grains. search great grains and see for yourself.

>> gretchen: let's go back in time because we're going to talk about memories from childhood that can be worth tens of thousands of dollars today. on the new travel channel show "toy hunter," jordan scores the country for the most sought after toys and collectibles. >> peter: he meets a biker guy with a bizarre barbie obsession. >> steve: i got to see that. >> in the past 25 years, burger king toys, i was a fanatic. me and the wife would go by just to pick up barbie cars. before you know it, i've got this whole box of barbie collectible cars. >> steve: biker loves the barbies. we're joined by the hunter

himself. >> gretchen: he was great. >> steve: you were a little uncomfortable, weren't you? >> a tad bit. but he was fantastic. >> steve: you're about to present the reason we should all be keeping our children's toys, which we have done all of our toys. we don't still have them in the wrappers. >> i know. that's why these things are so valuable now. not a lot of people really saved them. everybody played with them. when you find them now in your attics or basement, it's like hitting what i call toy gold. >> gretchen: let's start here and tell people how much their stuff might be worth. starting with star wars. >> this is a classic darth vader figure. stuff that i grew up with. i was a huge fan of "star wars." if you've got one of those bad boys sitting around your attic or basement, you're looking at around $500. >> steve: got to be in the cardboard. and the plastic, right? >> packaging is everything. try to keep it in mint condition and don't open it. >> steve: batman lunch box. >> classic 1960s from the adam west series. batman lunch box. >> peter: i had that. >> do you still have it?

>> my mother might have that. there was a robin one, too, i think. >> call your mother because if you have this, it's about $400. >> steve: let me ask you about something, if you have a celebrity who signs something, like let's say adam west signed the batman one, does that increase the value or decrease? >> it's an interesting question. sort of this great debate among collectors. some people actually feel it decreases the value because -- >> peter: no, sir bought of adam west, but just because he signed it. >> they're purest. they want the collectible for itself and they feel the autograph will diminish the value. >> gretchen: strawberry short cake. what i remember is they had a scent. >> they did. they smelled. they were really, really popular. this is lemon meringue. she goes for 40 to $50 in the box. if you had it in the box, you're look between 75 to $100. >> steve: toys, vintage toys have value if they're outside of the box, just not as much. >> peter: and has a scent today. >> a little lemon in my

basement. mixed in. >> gretchen: what about the fonz. >> "happy days," this is done by mego corporation. fifty dollars in the package. >> steve: these packages are pristine and they still have the price tags for 2.49. each of the members of "the love boat." >> fantastic series during the 1970s. aaron spelling had the whole crew. those are done by mego corporation. if you had a complete set today, you're looking about 75 to $85. >> peter: and gopher is here, too. >> gopher is here. >> steve: how do you figure out what the things are worth? you go on-line and tap it in? >> you know, you can do that. i really encourage people to use the internet and actually research as much as they can. but i also encourage people to watch my show every week. >> steve: absolutely! >> take the journey with me. >> gretchen: besides the biker barbie, what's the weirdest encounter for you? >> probably one of the weirdest was digging around a barn in tennessee and finding a four foot rat snake looking back at

me. >> gretchen: instead of a toy? >> he was actually kind of protecting the toys. so i had to reach over him to get the toy. >> steve: you should team up with dean cain. it would be a heck of a show. >> i should. >> steve: can you stick around? we want to talk more to you. >> i'm here. >> steve: "fox & friends," we'll toy with you in two minutes ♪ just one bite opens a world of delight... ♪ ♪ dreams of land meet sea, liciously ♪ ♪ friskies surfin'and turfi ♪ feed the senses.

>> steve: from characters like hans solo. tomorrow we'll have hope sew will he. >> gretchen: plus two members of the rowing team will teach us how to row. do you know who this is? e-mail us. let us know. log on for the after the show show. let us k