>> two minutes till the top of the hour. let's look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. first the good. it's prince william to the reyes u.k. as a pilot with the search and rescue force, the prince helped save a couple overstanded overnight on a freezing mountaintop. he flew them to safety in his helicopter. they are expected to be fine. the bad -- the harlem shake on a plane, and that led to an f.a.a. investigation. colorado colleges frisbee team if the latest craze during a flight to san diego. a student says the flight attendant says it was og. the ugly: a deer crashes into a mountain biker during a race in virginia knocking the biker over. neither he nor the deer was hurt. he even got back on the

bike and finished the race. >> two minutes till the top of the hour. earlier in the show we remember showing you -- we were showing you viral videos this week. jennifer lawrence falling for the oscars, an uninvited guest at a house in texas and a chinese official throwing a tantrum after missing his flight. >> your favorite? sleepy says the guy who missed his flight. we feel that way sometimes but it is funny to see someone do it. >> erica says the car in the house was funny. everyone should leave jennifer lawrence alone. she says we all trip. >> i agree. our web poll shows 63% of you are stproergt -- voting for that airport tantrum. 23 for jennifer lawrence and 17% for the car on the roof. >> we'll see you back here monday. >> happy march.

>>gretchen: that's right. it's the start of a new month today. bright and early, march 1. i'm gretchen carlson. good morning. thanks for sharing your time. tgif. has the sky fallen yet? obama-geddon. it's here and there is no deal in place to avoid the sequester. >> this is pathetic leadership by the commander in chief. this is an abandonment of the republican party's belief in peace through strength. this is the low point of my time in the united states congress. >>gretchen: can this morning's last-minute meeting do anything or is it just a presidential photo op as some people speculated? >>steve: woodward gate gets bigger. other liberal reporters saying the white house threatened me too. we're going to talk about that. >>brian: owe dated madonna. he married car men elect tra.

his newest bizarre friendship: the leader of north korea and they pledge friendship forever. >> human sack tpaoeurbgs dogs and cats living together. that is exactly what the white house has been building toward today because the sequester kicks in at midnight, although the president backed off a bit about it. it was kind of like what they said in ghost busters with cats and dogs living together. that's hysteria when these 2% cuts go into effect. >>gretchen: there is a meeting today at 10 kaofpl a.m. -- at 10:00 a.m. with top four congressional leaders. e-mail us. do you think anything will get done. >>brian: we'll find out. i think it is kind of an interesting tactic to wait till the very last day when

the deadline is hours away as opposed to wednesday, thursday? tuesday, your schedule available? >>steve: joe biden grounded himself. he's going to take the choo-choo. >>gretchen: other headlines. developing stories in california. look at this new video, a man trying to save his home from a massive fire standing inches from the flames trying to put them out with a house. fire burning throughout the night in riverside county. the flames destroying 150 acres. a mobile home was burned to the ground. luckily no one hurt. >> a woman who works for the state department is dead murdered on vacation in brazil. the 38-year-old was found in a hotel strangled in rio de janeiro. a man admits being in the room with her but police say he denies killing her. a setback in the bell city, california, corruption trial. after a wao*eb of

deliberations a juror has been dismissed accused of looking on-line for what would constitute juror coercion. she claims she was being harassed by fellow jurors. members of the city council are accused of inflating their part-time salaries up to $100,000. hernandez claims he was too uneducated to know his actions were wrong. the jury must start deliberations over again. >> talk about an unlikely pair. dennis rod man is no stranger to the spotlight but this time it isn't for his wild behavior. as you can see, he's sitting court side with north korean leader kim jong un. rodman is there filming "basketball diplomacy." >>brian: you know what kim jong un said?

he believes it can bring our countries closer together. they hit it off. they had that magic. >>steve: can we live without him? >>gretchen: he's been out of the news for awhile. i think we can hand him over there for a couple of years. see if he can get something done. >>brian: we'll follow dennis rodman. also if we have time, sequester talk. no deal as of late. the deadline without lawmakers reaching a deal. at 11:59 tonight it will kick in. >> remember, large majorities of both houses of congress voted in favor of the budget control act knowing that if the debt-reducing super committee failed then sequestration was possible. that super committee did fail back in 2011 and fast forward to yesterday when congress adjourned for the weekend with no deal in place to avoid the automatic cuts that go into effect by midnight. republican senator lindsay graham said the white house

and congress share the blame for what's coming. >> you've got one obligation that nobody in this body has. you're the commander in chief of the united states. they trust you. they need you. how any commander in chief could have been comfortable with the idea that if the super committee fails we're going to gut the military, and you haven't lifted a finger in the last year to do anything about it, this is pathetic leadership by the commander in chief. this is an abandon. republican party's belief of peace through strength. this is the low point of my time in the united states congress. >> but president obama doesn't think any of the pain caused by sequestration is his fault. he released this statement last night that placed the blame squarely on the shoulders of republicans in the senate saying -- quote -- "republicans in the senate faced a choice about how to grow our economy and reduce our deficit. and instead of closing a single tax loophole that benefits the well-off and well-connected, they chose

to cut vital services for children, seniors, our men and women in uniform and their families." the president will meet with the leader of the republican senate he blames for sequestration -- mitch mcconnell -- four hours from now. speaker boehner will join them as well democratic leaders harry reid and nancy pelosi. but remember, congress is presently adjourned until monday. >>steve: peter, thank you very much. we've heard charles krauthammer say the thing the white house is worried about is the sequester happens and america doesn't really notice beau the changes are -- notice because the changes are so minute. but maxine waters said up to 170 million people will lose their jobs. we're going to have a lot of people from other countries come in to lose their jobs for that number to work outs. i ask you a question. who said this yesterday: rise up, oh god, and save

us from ourselves? >>steve: dennis rodman. >>brian: no. barry black, the house chaplain, said can we please stop the sequester and save us from ourselves. because that is what is happening. aufplt cuts are -- automatic cuts are going to kick in. what do you think about controlling the spending? fox news did a poll. where do they find the time. they asked this questions: voters were asked is sequester needed to make congress cut back on spending? most of you said yes. 57% only with automatic cuts. 29% lawmakers can do it on their own. they never have. 14% unsure. >>gretchen: these are educated people answering this question because they realize the senate has not passed a budget in however many years. to an extent they're correct. they need help to do this. is this the beginning of the help or is it going to happen in the wrong way?

here is another question: prefer new budget deal? what would you prefer the new budget deal to focus on? only on cutting spending? 33%. mostly on cuts, some taxes. 19%. an equal mix of cuts and taxes. that is what the president is banking on, that 36% number. he keeps talking about fair share, equal balance, a mix of cuts and taxes. that competes directly with only cutting spending. >>brian: we opened up phones yesterday on the radio. people were saying why don't they give the president more power. they tried to give the president more power. their last suggestion was let's give the president power to put sequester aside and let him cut where he needs to cut to get to the $85 billion. that got voted down 62-35. the democrats wanted to replace cuts with higher taxes on millionaires. that won 51-49 but you need 60 votes. >>gretchen: the president himself said two days ago he didn't -- amazingly so

he said as the leader of the free world that he did not want the power to have to make these decisions, even though he could have had the power in an executive order and chosen which way these cuts would actually happen. >>steve: because he wants to blame the kwepbz. -- republicans. meanwhile the "wall street journal" says bob woodward has been -- quote -- "ex-communicated from the revelation church of obama. why? because he simply dared to tell the truth in his book and in a column in "the washington post" this past weekend he said the sequester was the invention of this white house and it came down to revenues and the sequester, they have moved the goal post." yesterday we talked about how he was in a tussle with gene sperling, one of the president's economic guys. and gene sperling yelled at him for about half an hour and wrote him an e-mail where he said you're going to regret doing something you believe in. some thought that was a threat. last night with sean hannity he explained

exactly how he did feel. >> it was a half-hour in which he was shouting at me. i've known him for 20 years, and i e-mailed back, i don't worry about shouts, but he was really worked up. and then he sent me that e-mail apologizing and saying i'm going to regret taking this stand. the problem is there are all kinds of reporters who are much less experienced, who are younger. and if they're going to get roughed up in this way -- and i flooded with e-mails from the press saying this is exactly the way the white house works. they're trying to control and they don't want to be challenged or crossed. >>steve: he's concerned about the intimidation, and he does say that this is not the way to operate. >>gretchen: when something like this happens, usually it's the tip of the iceberg. now we're hearing from other people who say they also have gone through the

same kind of treatment. specifically manny davis, another democrat. you remember his name because he worked within the clinton administration. he says that the "washington times" -- that the white house threatened "the washington times" because he had a column in that particular newspaper. he claims that they would suffer limited access to white house officials and might have white house credentials revoked if they didn't change and take his column basically out of their newspaper. he talked about this for the very first time yesterday. >> received a phone call from a senior obama white house official who didn't like some of my colleagues, even though i'm a supporter of obama, i couldn't imagine why this call was made. and he did threaten. what i was told was the word threaten by this editor, that if he continued to run my columns, he would lose or his reporters would lose their white house credentials. >>brian: lani davis yesterday. he went on o'reilly and said could i release the name of the person who offered the threat. the guy said i rather you

not because i don't want to cause a dust-up with the white house. i want to keep my access. lanny davis said i looked at my writings. 90% of it was complementary towards president obama and was shocked. >>steve: roger goodell was a reporter for carter in the 1970's. he wrote a column called woodward versus the white house. he says this president is the closest thing to richard nixon we have seen in something like 40 years. he says while obama may not share the nixon pedigree, he and his white house are the closest thing to the nixon regime of anything we have seen anything since then to the extent of their paranoia and their willingness to push the boundaries of the law. >>gretchen: he says he was on nixon's enemy list

so he's particularly sensitive to the white house, same threats. he said he wishes woodward would have listened to the benghazi situation as deeply as he is now. >>brian: we're going to talk about is the commander in chief -- does president obama have a responsibility to keep the sequester from hurting our nation's military? a majority of cuts coming at the pentagon. then take a look at this video. >> i'm breaking up with you! >>gretchen: you heard it right. she said she's going to break up with that guy. did she? the story behind that amazing video. look what mommy is having.

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>> the sequester will weaken america's economic recovery. it will weaken our military readiness. and it will weaken the basic services the american people depend on every single day. >>brian: while president obama warning voters that without the deal on sequester massive budget cuts will jeopardize our massive r national security and military. we have no deal so far, so what should we expect in the military? joining us is the senior enlisted advisor of the civilian joint chiefs of staff. welcome. how does th-fl inside -- how does this feel inside the pentagon? >> there's worry and concern. we're all sitting on the edge of our seats. if sequestration is triggered, we're all going

to get stung as the department of defense. >>brian: do you ever say to yourself how do you get us involved in this? no matter what the costs are, why is the military forced to shoulder 50% of those cuts? >> we are part of america. over the past decade we were fighting a conflict in iraq and afghanistan. as you've heard maybe the saying freedom is not free. we have an obligation to our country. i think there's an obligation to its military as well that we have to remain ready. so despite whether skraeugs is triggered -- sequestration is triggered or not, we have an obligation to our nation. >>brian: this could happen at 11:59 tonight and you guys are known as planners for all contingency operations. what changes monday? what changes in two weeks? three weeks? >> there's planning in place. we're going to keep our fingers crossed and hopefully an agreement is reached before 23:59 tonight or just before midnight. if sequestration is avoided

and we have as a military department the $468 billion over the next ten years, we have a pretty good plan for that. it's going to hurt, but we can do that and maintain some degree of readiness for our nation to protect our homeland and borders. >>brian: when they don't bring the aircraft carrier into the persian gulf because of dollar concerns, people think that's political posturing. is the pentagon involved with political posturing? >> well from my standpoint and my perspective, i don't get involved in the political posturing aspect of it. and so the decision, one made by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, secretary of defense and chief of naval operations, to delay the appointment of that carrier and its accompanying ships, not necessarily a political decision but the best interest of our force. >>brian: right. and what do you have to say to the american people when they talk about readiness to fight two wars at one time? is that now off the table after decades of being ready to do just that?

>> it can't be off the table, brian. again, i hope that our congress works feverishly in finding a plan to avoid sequestration. >>brian: sergeant major, i hope it works out. thank you for your service. look forward to talking to you to find out how you will adapt. 20 minutes after the hour. did you see the movie "limitless"? >> it's f.d.a. approved. >>brian: we showed you enough there. can a pill make you super smart? dr. marc siegel is here to tell us. hybrid cars promised to save you money on gas, but are they really going to save you money on gas? we have a brand-new we have a brand-new investigation. my wife takes centrum silver. i've been on the fence about it.

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>> 24 minutes after the top of the hour. if you're just waking up, quick headlines. hybrid cars may not be getting the gas mileage they advertise. consumer reports says ford's new sea-mac hybrid falls short of its estimates. it is being tested to see if gas use predictions are accurate. >> they are the most feared fish in the ocean but now the great white shark is being protected, added to california's endangered species act which says they can't be hunted, pursued or killed. >>steve: we've seen them in the movies. meanwhile, medicine in the movies has always kept fans on the edge of their seats. but how much of what we see on the big screen actually translates into real stuff in the real world? >>brian: i know one thing is real, the harry potter stuff, the flying.

today we're tackling medical movie myths with dr. marc siegel. welcome to you. first off, where do you want to start? one of your favorites is diseases. here's a clip. >> the average person touches their face three to five times every waking minute. >>steve: the worry is after seeing "contagion" and it scares the daylights out of our family, is if you touch something like a contaminated doorknob, your face, it could kill you. >> it's accurate. it's true. but i'll tell you the part that is inaccurate. you can get diseases this way and "contagion" and other movies remind you of that. the problem is you're not going to get that kind of killer virus that way. it is true it is transmitted that way but the chances of it mutating,

that part is fiction. >>brian: is it true mat damon should survive if something like that happens? >>gretchen: whap -- what about"limitless" about a magic pill that makes you perform to an amazing ability. watch this. >> you know how they say we can only access 20% of our brain? this lets you access all of it. they've done clinical trials and it's f.d.a. approved. >>gretchen: can that happen? >> we all drink caffeine every morning. we all can speed up our brain. speed can do that. there's drugs working that at johns hopkins. it improves learning for people with neurological diseases. but it is not going to happen like that. that's fiction. we have nothing on the market like that. >>steve: kids in high school and college take

aderol at final time because they think that is going to give me the edge. >> that improves neurological function, but not to the extent in this film. >>steve: this is a comedy movie starring goldie hawn, about a woman who hits her head. then it is like who am i? where am i? why am i married to curt russell? >> am amnesia. seems a mystery woman was picked up by a garbage truck shortly after midnight. >> welcome home, baby. >> now look, there are cases of retro grade amnesia which are severe, but i don't believe it would be to this extent. maybe she wanted to be married to kurt russell. the chances of it getting to this extent are almost nonexistent. now in "the vow" where she forgets her boyfriend but remembers her parents, that

is more medically accurate than this. >> what about adam sandler where every day he gets up and doesn't remember the day before. >> that's over the top. you have selective memory loss and usually it only lasts for 24 hours. >>gretchen: the next question is -- >>steve: does santa have a brother and is he very tall? >>gretchen: thanks dr. segal. have a good weekend. >>brian: kevin mccarthy, you do the doctor segment. we just did the movie segment. >>steve: it's the video you're going to be talking about all day. >> i'm breaking up with you! >>steve: he pushed her, and she said i'm going to break up with you. did she? the story behind the video coming up.

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>> your shot of the morning. 22-year-old jennifer lawrence is smoking a little pot. hitting hawaii just hours after winning the oscars, she's doing some -- dyed her hair quickly. it turns out that it looks like she got spotted there. it doesn't look like a cigarette. lawrence was there with a friend of hers, with a -- >>steve: we don't know that it's pot. it looks like a home-made cigarette. >>gretchen: she's not known to be a cigarette smoker. what was also brought out in the article along with the picture. >>steve: it would be unfortunate if she went to hawaii and started smoking. >>brian: at 22, it's hard to start smoking. >>steve: to your headlines, he is accused of shooting up vegas strip outside a hotel. now omar harris is under arrest charged with murder. cops nabbed him in l.a. they say he fired at a car,

killing the driver who crashed into a taxi. the two people inside that cab also killed. >>brian: how do you keep students safe at school? have the police move in. that's what a town in minnesota decided to do. officers are setting up satellite offices in jordan. the hope is armed officers will scare off attackers. the city council and school board voted to approve the plan. >>gretchen: he carried a gun in vietnam but now the vietnam vet is being denied the right to own one? jeffrey schrader got into a fight with navy buddies before being shipped off to war in 196. he was charged a misdemeanor. 45 years later he wants to buy a gun but that misdemeanor landed him on the firearms ban list. >> i looked at everything trying to figure this out because it didn't make any sense. >> he says he's an avid fisher man and a hunter. >>steve: it's the video

everybody is talking about. >> wait! [screaming] >> i'm breaking up with you! >>steve: sounds like she was wearing a microphone. she did say i'm going to break up with you. her boyfriend giving her a push off a 400-foot cliff in utah. but all the buzz is not about whether she dumped him or not. skeptics say the girl was in on the stunt and wasn't scared at all. >>brian: you don't know what to believe anymore with all these videos. >>gretchen: what if something would have happened? that could have turned into something totally different than a fun little i'm going to break up with you. >>brian: that looks like greg norman. >>steve: when i was writing a happy handbook, i talked to a number of people who said when the wife was in childbirth the

wife would say i'm going to kill you. >>gretchen: it's been another fun-filled week opbd curvey couch -- on the curvey couch and on the road. >>brian: here's a look at the week that was. >> there's a little train going around the track to the junction. >>gretchen: we've already derailed. >>brian: a gold medalist is here and apparently she's going to teach me how to walk on my hands. >>gretchen: oh my gosh. >> it just got real. >>brian: linda evans teaming up with gretchen. vernon davis, there he is. >> a bill kwrapbt bill, our -- a brilliant bill. our congress at work. way to go.

>> don't fall. almost. >>gretchen: oh my gosh, that's so much more than i thought. >> what is that? >> i'm a big fan of nicole petallides stalk walk. it's going to be cold. here's my weather walk everybody. >>brian: i'm thinking about selling some of gretchen's head shots for extra money. >>gretchen: they wouldn't go for much. i have jewelry i'll give you instead. >>steve: hannah is on the road today at busch gardens. >>brian: here's something we have in common. i'm a soccer player, you're a football player. we also have the same definition in my shoulders. why are you laughing? >> because you don't have the definition. >>gretchen: here we go!

one-way street. here we go. whew! >>gretchen: last night i met somebody at an event who wanted to know if you actually did a head stand yesterday. >>brian: after everyone left. >>gretchen: he was listening on the radio, so i had to explain to him that you had two spotters for a head stand. >>brian: i focused on my head. >>steve: last week i saw her, she was driving off in a honda accord. >>gretchen: i almost kept going. >>steve: how are you on the streets of new york city this friday? >> it's a little chilly out here. i'm going to be doing a little bit of this. much of the country is going to be in the deep freeze as we head into the weekend. i want to show you our countdown to spring map because it is the first day of march. february is over. 19 days until the official start, calendar start of spring. bring it on.

because right now it's 25 in minneapolis, 27 in chicago, 29 in k.c. 36 in atlanta. taking a look at what it feels like with the winds, it feels like 17 in cleveland and 15 in minneapolis. it's going to remain cold through the weekend and into early next week. freeze advisories in place for georgia. that is going to spread eastward and southward. 32 in atlanta for low tonight. it is going to dip as far south as miami. 15 to 20 degrees below average. we don't have major storm systems right now. just lingering snow across the ohio river valley and in towards the interior northeast. we've got a system moving into the pacific northwest. that will be our next weather maker as we head into next week. we are tracking the potential for maybe a mid week nor'easter. winter not over yet, but spring is just around the

corner. >>steve: like march is coming in like a lion. >> today like a lamb unless you talk about the temperatures, yeah, maybe you're right. >>brian: sunday will be like a lion. >>gretchen: you have to teach me that lamb-lion stuff later on. >> easy. in like a lamb, out like a lion. >>brian: if it's rough in the beginning, it will be soft at the end. straight ahead, another major league university paying for sex changes. that story ahead. if you're a man or woman you want to pay at t-pbgs t-pbgs -- attention even if t-pbgs -- attention even if you switch during the show.

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>>brian: after many delays, the man accused of killing 13 people at fort hood will stand trial. a judge ruled major hassan will appear in court march 29 for jury selection. yale is considering paying for students' sex changes. it already covers changes for faculty members. authorities say the lack of coverage makes transgender students feel unwelcome. i'll think about that. steve, change the subject. >>steve: the weeks leading up to the sequester have been filled with fear and panic especially from, sadly, the commander in chief. take a look. >> federal prosecutors will have to close cases. air traffic controllers and airport security will be cut back and that will mean more delays at airports across the country. tens of thousands of

parents will have to scramble to find child care for their kids. hundreds of thousands of americans will lose access to primary care for medicare. these cuts are wrong. they're not smart. they are not fair. they will hurt our economy. they are a self-inflicted wound that doesn't have to happen. >>steve: during times of trouble, isn't the president supposed to try to keep the country calm rather than scare people? joining us to look at how this president measures to his predecessors of the past, historian and friend of the show, nick gragone. good morning. >> i did see a headline somewhere that referred to him as president panic because rather than reassuring people it's only a 2% cut, we're going to try to move things around so nobody gets hurt, we hear a lot about pain. >> i think it goes to show how desperate the situation has become.

i think it's a combination of these cuts are really worrisome for a lot of people in the establishment, plus it reflects the kind of poisonous nature of our politics now. everything gets magnified. everything becomes hyperdramatic. it is symptomatic of that syndrome. >>steve: when franklin delano roosevelt was at his inauguration in 1933, the country was in deep financial trouble, and he very famously said this: >> the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. >>steve: nick, i think a lot of people who are listening in on the radio and they're in attendance in washington, d.c. felt reassured and said we're all in this together. >> that was f.d.r.'s inaugural speech in 1933. it was one of the great lines of the presidency. and he chose to talk about conquering fear and

relifting the american spirit rather than getting into policy or blaming hoover and it worked. he got the american people on his side. he got the new deal program. it is kind of the memorable line from his presidency. >>steve: yesterday on this program we had phil gramm who rephraoeupbded us in 19 -- who reminded us in 1986 there was a sequester that kicked in. he was pretty much the guy who wrote the bill. the government did close down when bill clinton was president and he said this. >> we can balance the budget without doing what they seek to do. we can balance the budget without deep cuts in education, without deep cuts in the environment, without letting medicare wither on the vine. what's your analysis of what he was saying right there? >> and he took a lot of heat for that. you remember speaker gingrich and others on the right said you're scaring older people about the wither on the vine about medicare. that was pretty dramatic language for back then

which if you compare to the rhetoric now it seems tame and mild. he was making the case that these cuts will be unfair. they'll hurt people unfairly. was it effective? president clinton won that budget showdown. the government closed down. he sort of came out of that unscathed. he went into reelection and won big. one could say that worked. whether it was politically correct or fair is a different story. >>steve: nick, it does seem like it's kind of a 180 from what this president is doing. and this president has got a compliant mainstream media that isn't really questioning what he's saying. >> i think bob woodward tried to question a little bit. that's turned into a story. i do think as we get closer to the deadline people are taking a closer look at what the white house is saying, what the congress is saying. i think this is a reflection of how poisonous our politics have become. >>steve: i think you're right. nick ragone, thank you for dropping in. have a great weekend. it's now 11 minutes before the top of the hour.

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>>gretchen: welcome back. some parents in massachusetts are upset after receiving so-called fat letters from their kids' school system. the controversial letters are sent to the homes of kids who are deemed to be obese by state standards. tracy watson received one of the letters about her ten-year-old son. she joins me along with letter son cameron. good morning to the two of you. >> good morning. >>gretchen: i'm looking at you cameron and you look like an average fourth grader to me. i don't see anything obese

about you. in fact you were born a preemie. tell me about this letter. >> it says i fell into the obese category. >>gretchen: mom? tracy, how could that be? >> hi. it's -- the letters are mandated to the school systems by the department of public health here in massachusetts. and they're based solely on b.m.i. testing. b.m.i. testing without a doubt has its flaws. so cameron ended up falling into the 95th percentile which puts him in the obese category. >>gretchen: let's take a look at how you break down b.m.i. that's body mass index. it's the amount of body fat based on your height and your weight. if you're less than 5% you're underweight and then so-called normal, even though i hate that word, 5% to 84%. overweight, b.m.i. of 95 to

94%. obese, 95% and above. tracy what was your reaction when you found out the little boy you live with every day is obese? >> when we first received the letter, my husband and my initial reaction was to laugh because we live with cameron every day and we know how active he is. my second reaction, though, was where is this letter exactly coming from? why is it coming? and how much does it cost us to send these letters? >>gretchen: good point. it actually comes from the government. i understand that parents in your school tkreubgt, you're supposed to have the abiy to opt out but you say you were never given that notice? >> i don't recall receiving the opt out letter. with all the parents i've spoken to, and we've spoken to a lot of parents across the state recently, everyone remembers getting the letter but no one remembers getting the

opt-out letter. >>gretchen: what kind of impact can this have? the other side of the argument is some kids who are overweight, there is a problem in our country and so maybe some of those parents arguably could be getting letters, maybe that might be a good thing. so what happens in this case when it is inaccurate? what does that do to the psyche of the child, to the family, et cetera? >> we're not fighting the fact that we're a fast-food nation and there is a weight problem with some children. but what bothers us most is that all of these letters and all of these statistics in massachusetts are being based on b.m.i. only. any good doctor, any good nutritionist, any good trainer will tell you that you can't base someone's health on b.m.i. only. what we saw was that it really affected some children in a detrimental way. >>gretchen: i can imagine. cameron, how did it affect you? >> well, it didn't really affect me because i know

i'm not obese. but it affected some of my friends. >>gretchen: i can imagine. tracy watson and cameron watson, thanks so much. this is a huge topic up for debate. we appreciate your thoughts on it this morning. have a great weekend. >> thank you so much. you too. >>gretchen: still ahead, what's life like after running for president? mitt and ann romney, we have the exclusive interview at the top of the hour. >> the president says today's budget cuts will cripple our ability to keep america safe. senator john mccain joins us at the top of the hour.

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new month, march 1. i'm gretchen carlson. i hope you have a fantastic day and weekend. no deal and today is the deadline as you all know fort sequester cut. so what will happen? >> the city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions. >> what do you mean? >> old testament, real wrath of god type stuff! [ laughter ] >> gretchen: that's what you might think if you've been listening to the president this week. but what is the reality? wait until you see all the waste that could be cut instead of what he's threatening. we're live in washington. >> brian: what's life like after running for president? mitt and ann romney know and they're speak being it for the first time. we have the exclusive interview and the most important clip coming your way. >> steve: plus, cats and dogs living together. no. just dogs. how about if you have a stressful life, how about stopping for a little doggy break at work? the latest craze sending the

studio to the dogs. that dog right now looking at senator john mccain. you don't know this, but that is absolutely true. >> brian: really? >> steve: yep. "fox & friends" hour two for friday starts right now. ♪ everyone. >> steve: you see anna kooiman playing with a dog screen left and another dog, screen right, catatonic. can you imagine bringing your gigantic burmese mountain dog to work, because this is all about bringing your dog to work, u.s. good for you. >> brian: i think we would see the overall weight limit for an organization if my dog came in. but when you see your dog, you feel better, you feel more at home and you can be more

productive. that's the theory that anna is bringing out. don't be surprised if original ayles decides everyone has to bring a dog to work monday. >> gretchen: then i have to make mine poop proof. come o we all know dogs give us unconditional love. when no one else is giving you love, the dog still loves you. >> brian: how many times you walk up to people and say, give me a lick and they don't? dogs give them to you. this dog does not drop a disk. >> steve: i'm sure somewhere some tv producer says who handles that dog? >> brian: i think this is anna kooiman's dog. >> steve: very nice. we're going to learn more about this and so much more on this awfully busy friday coming up. >> brian: meanwhile, they may not be -- this may not be the way to get things done or moving in the right direction. but just in three hours, president obama will finally meet with congressional leaders about the deadline that has come

and is about to go, the sequester gets rung in at 11:59 tonight. but he's blaming congress at the same time. peter doocy life in washington. >> by the time congressional leaders meet with president obama at the white house this morning at 10, sequestration will be 14 hours away, but these automatic and across the board cuts and the rate of spending growth have been a possibility for 18 months ever since overwhelming majority of both houses in congress passed the budget control acts with the understanding that if the debt reducing super committee failed, sequestration would happen. that committee did fail and lindsey graham is now saying everyone in washington is at fault. >> you've got one obligation that nobody in this body has. you're the commander in chief of the united states. they trust you. they need you. how any commander in chief could have been comfortable with the

idea that if the super committee fails we're going to gut the military and you haven't lift add finger in the last year to do anything about it. this is pathetic behavior by the commander in chiefment this is the low point in my time in the united states congress. >> today's meeting at the white house will include senator harry reid, congresswoman nancy pelosi, speaker of the house john boehner, and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell whose caucus is being blamed by president obama for not voting on a bill to replace sequestration. president obama said last night republicans in the senate faced a choice about how to grow our economy and reduce our deficit and instead of closing a single tax loophole that benefits the well off and well connected, they chose to cut vital services for children, seniors, our men and women in uniform and their families. president obama says today's meeting at the white house will be to talk about a path forward. but it will be tough, not impossible, but tough to turn any sort of agreement they make

into law because congress has adjourned until monday. >> gretchen: thanks very much. we asked you this question, i think this is very significant. what do you think about whether or not congress could trial do these cuts on their own? do they need something like southwest tore get the ball rolling? you say yep. that the only way you'll get cuts on capitol hill is with automatic cuts. 57% of you said that appears to be the case. lawmakers can do it on their own, 29%. unsure, 14%. >> steve: keep in mind, we've been reminding you that we're talking about cuts -- not really cuts per se, but rather a decrease in the increase in what they're going to spend going forward, is just about 2.3 pennies on the dollar. and the administration actually does have some wiggle room on how to move things around in different accounts so things aren't as painful. but right now to many on the right, it looks to them as if this administration is trying to do is exact maximum pain for

political gain. >> brian: what congress tried to do yesterday is give the president power to minimize that pain, get rid of some conferences, get rid of some leases and maybe minimize the pain and maybe not cut to the bone the transportation or departments of interior, the president didn't want it. his party didn't want it. 63-35 the democrats said no. so they said let's raise taxes on millionaires. let's see how that goes over. that did not get close to 60 votes. so the president teed off on republicans and we have the stand-off. goudie, who likes to weigh in, weighed in last night on greta. >> finding $85 billion in a budget this size? you ought to be able to find that in the extra tray in your car of a budget this size. you would think that the sky was going to fall tomorrow and that we won't have air traffic controllers and we won't have tsa agents and f.b.i. agents. what's gog happen is people are going to wake up and say, you

know what? it's uncomfortable, but that's what happens when you get $16 trillion in debt. >> steve: you could find the money in the ashtray of your car or perhaps here in the cushions of the curvy couch. >> brian: which we are going to check. >> gretchen: be careful. there could be other stuff back there. >> brian: clayton left a laptop back there. >> gretchen: and other things. senator tom coburn from oklahoma, remember, he comes out every year with this book of what he deems to be a lot of waste that's going on in the u.s. government. some of these ideas, maybe some of these. should we be cutting some of these things instead of some of the more drastic things like military and air traffic controllers? how about the climate change musical for $697,000? instead, you can argue, they're freeing illegal immigrants in the at $164 a day. >> steve: also our government spent $325,000. this was really needed.

how many times have we said, we really need robotic squirrels on this planet? instead of cutting that, they're cutting medicare. >> gretchen: instead of cutting the taxpayer funded vodka -- this one i might have to say we need. just a little. vodka, whiskey and gin, $99,000. instead of that, they're going to furlough one t.d. a worker. >> brian: instead of cutting nasa develop mars menu, they don't go up there hungry, we're furloughing border control agents. charles krauthammer says there is 44 overlapping job training programs. 18 different nutritional programs, 82 teacher quality programs, all of these agencies are duplicates. they could be folded in. they could be paired down. 56 different agencies on financial literacy and that adds up to between 100 and $200 billion. so you can cut them. >> steve: it should not be hard. >> gretchen: let's get in some other headlines.

senator john mccain is -- >> brian: how do you know that. >> gretchen: fox news alert. a sink hole opened up under a house. it's believed a man was sucked inside. the man's brother says he heard a loud crash last night around 11:00 p.m., then heard his brother screaming for help. he says the bedroom completely gone. there is just a mattress sticking up. it's not known how deep the sink hole is, but we do know it's about 100 feet across. screen left f you're looking there. camera and listening device were sent down into the hole. another developing story, this out of california. look at this brand-new video. a man trying to save his own home from a massive fire. he's trying to put it out with a hose. the fire burning throughout the night in riverside county. the flames already destroying 150-acres. a mobile home was burned. no one hurt so far. setback in the bell city, california corruption trial after a week of deliberations, a

juror was dismissed, accused for look on-line for juror coercion. ex-mayor and five other members of the bell city council accused of inflating their part-time salaries up to $100,000. fernandez claims he's too uneducated to know that his actions were wrong. the jury must start their deliberations all over again. hair stylist battling over a massive lottery jackpot could find out today who is going to take home all the dough. indiana hairdresser claims she bought the winning ticket to a 9 1/2 million dollars jackpot. her co-workers, though, say they all agreed no individual tickets could be bought at the same place. the office did the pool where the pool ticket was bought. today a judge will decide if the stylist gets it all or if the workers can work out a possible split. what do they see about a pool? sign on the back of the ticket. >> steve: the employees just

hope they don't get clipped. meanwhile, fox news sunday this weekend is going to feature mitt romney who ran for president of the united states. he sits down exclusively, along with his wife, ann. they talk about what it was like after running for president and when they got home and it was all over. >> brian: security is gone. there is no hoopla, probably no messages on your voice mail. you're done, you lost. here is that question posed from chris wallace to the romneys. >> in a flash, it was all gone. secret service, the crowds, the intensity, the minute by minute schedule and suddenly nothing. how tough is that? >> it's an adjustment. it is an adjustment. but it's one that i think we did well. it's interesting, in our church we're used to serving and you can be in a very high position, but you recognize you're serving and all of a sudden you're released and nobody. we're used to that. it's like we came and stepped

forward to serve and the other part of it was an amazing thing and it was really quite a lot of energy and a lot of passion and a lot of people around us and all of a sudden, it was nothing. the good news is, fortunately we like each other. >> it's different, but it's like riding on a roller coaster. we were on a roller coaster, exciting, thrilling, ups and down, but the ride ends and you get offment it's not, can't we be on a roller coaster the rest our life? no, the ride is over. >> steve: the ride is over. and you can see them exclusively on fox news sunday with chris wallace this weekend. >> brian: he better promo our show. coming up, there is no deal on the sequester. will it cripple the country like the president said? john mccain on what it will do to the military and he brought his pets. >> gretchen: he's going to take a doggy break and maybe you should too. latest craze in our control room. you have a dog, senator

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>> it will weaken our military readiness. jeopardize our military readiness. those couthes forced the navy to cancel the deployment or delay the repair of certain aircraft carriers. changes like this affect our ability to respond to threats in unstable parts of the world. >> steve: president obama says the sequester will hurt the military, but veteran journalist bob woodward says that's madness. >> under the constitution, the president is commander in chief and employs the force. so we now have the president going out because of this piece of paper and this agreement, i can't do what i need to do to

protect the country. that's kind of madness that i haven't heard in a long time. >> steve: john mccain is here. he's a member of the armed services committee. real pleasure. >> did you see me with the dogs there? reminds me of the old harry truman now, a friend in washington, go buy a dog. >> steve: that's so true. what did you think of what mr. woodward said right there regarding madness? >> i think he's got a good point. this is all madness. i'll remind you, in the campaign, the president of the united states said in two sentences, one, sequestration won't happen. >> steve: right. >> obviously that was wrong. and two, he said that it was congress' idea. we now find out from mr. woodward that that was obviously not the case. it was not congress' idea. it was the white house's idea. so we're starting out with a credibility gap, at least in my view, that's rather serious. let me just say that these cuts are half in defense. defense is about one out of

every $5. 19 that we spend, not counting medicaid and medicare and social security. so we are cutting -- make half the cuts in defense of what is 19% of the spending, and they exempted about two-thirds of the programs that like fannie mae and freddie mac, pell grants. >> steve: when you look at the whole piece of pie -- >> but on defense,'s enormous. >> steve: a number of senators and house members say let's give the president the flexibility to figure out, move money around and make the cuts he wants. you think that is the dumbest idea ever. >> i do because i believe that congress constitutionally has the responsibility to authorize and appropriate the funding. the president proposes the congress disposes. suppose that in the name of fiscal austerity the president decides to close bases, decides -- he makes decisions and the congress, under that

scenario, would have required a two-thirds vote to override those decisions of the president. turns the constitution on its head, in my view, and i say that with respect to my republican colleagues. this is a dangerous world. you saw this morning, north korea, the tensions are there. the sent finals are spinning in tehran. one of these places could explode at any moment. we're going to have further cuts? we've already had $487 billion in cuts in defense taking place as we speak. >> steve: we're running out of time, but it looks to some like the republican party might actually have a winner on their hands right here because if you hold on to the sequester, the government would have to pass a bill to fund the rest of the year at the end of the month and if there is no bill, the government shuts down. do democrats really want to have to go out there and say, no, we should shut down the government? >> i don't think so, but i'd like to point out, again, the

most important job of the president of the united states is commander in chief. it seems to me that the commander in chief should be calling people to the white house and say, if this is devastating to our national security, as i, the president of the united states is describing it, then we ought to sit down and -- >> steve: he has been describing it as devastating during the square quester. >> that's right. but the same person who said it won't happen, the same person who said it was congress' idea. there is a credibility problem there. >> steve: senator john mccain, we thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. >> steve: do you have a dog in washington. >> absolutely. >> steve: you have four dogs. >> they're in arizona. >> steve: all right. thank you, sir. straight ahead, the bartender fired for alerting police to a drunk driver speaking out. was she really bad for business? we're going to talk about that. then, do you avoid exercise because you're too tired or don't want to mess up your hair? denise austin says that's a lousy excuse and she has a way to show you how to get in shape in a 7-minute workout

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>> steve: time for news by the numbers. first, $9. that's how much any united airlines passenger can now pay to get through security faster. i'd do that for 9 bucks. next, $3. that's how much subway is charging for a 6-inch sandwich. the 6-inch sub select is the alternative to the popular 5-dollar-foot long. 8.6 million, that's how many people watched the season 3 premiere of "duck dynasty" with a and e. that's the most watched program in the network's history. >> gretchen: congratulations. do you keep coming up with excuses to why you can't exercise? want easy ways to blast your fat?

our next guest has all the solutions. >> brian: she's known as america's favorite fitness expert. denise austin is the author of a new book called "side effect skinny." look at her! >> gretchen: you just burned 200 calories! here is an excuse, there is not enough time. >> everybody says that, but guess what? i've got a workout plan for seven minutes every day to target, tone all the major muscles of the body. it's in the book. they're easy and they're great exercises. grab some weights. you can give it a try. you also can do all these exercises without weights. the first exercise is easy. it's a rear lunge with bicep curls. work those firm arms, sexy arms. step back. it's easier on your knees. step back. good! that's great, gretchen. okay, everybody. this will firm up those bags! >> brian: that kicks out one excuse. here is another excuse. number two, i'm too tired.

i'm too tired. what do we do? >> exercise gives you energy because what you got to do is stand up. if you're sitting, the body actually becomes tired. so stand up and stretch. the first thing do you whenever you're tired, just get up, stretch. did you know that oxygen flows to all the muscles in the body? and that's how you get energy. >> brian: show me a stretch. >> raise up your hands over your head. over the shoulders, gives you oxygen. now side bend for the waistline. work that tummy and your back! all the muscle cells are working here. guess what? the energy needs to flow and that's what makes you feel better. >> brian: i know how to wake up. i'm lazy. >> gretchen: brian doesn't want to mess up his hair or make-up. >> brian: exactly. >> i've got easy exercises you could do anywhere, any time. the best thing about it is your muscles don't know if you're in a fancy gym or right here in a

kitchen. so do outer thigh toner. this is -- let's say you're cooking your favorite meal. i do lots of recipes in the book that are easy. and you're slimming your thighs. why not? working outer thighs. plus you're tightening it up. something you can do in the car. >> brian: how does my hair look? still okay? how is my make-up. >> walk something so good. so get out and walk. >> brian: your focus in this book is understanding that excuses that you hear everyday and overcoming the excuses to get skinny? >> that's right. the average person lost 4 pounds in one week because i put them on an eating plan. i tell them exactly what to eat. that's what side effect is all about. food. >> steve: i hear from a lot of guys that go, look, give to the gym and then i have to go home and eat like a pig because i'm starving. >> the key thing is that you eat a good breakfast. first of all, breakfast is so important. it starts your day off right. protein and a little bit of carbs. every single breakfast i show you in the book is something that's going to give you energy! then also nuts is so important.

did you know just a handful of nuts will give you the energy and the good omega 3s for energy for exercise? it gets you going. >> brian: we just gave four reasons to work out. >> no excuse 'cause your health is more important than anything. >> steve: this is the first time in 25 years that we've done something with you where you haven't said, hit me in the gut as hard as you can. >> oh, my god! come on! >> brian: i felt it. >> gretchen: it is rock solid. >> brian: she could stop a cannon with that! >> gretchen: that's inspiration. >> yes. >> steve: side effect skinny. >> brian: coming up straight ahead, we're going to slap around denise in the break. >> steve: no, we're not. >> brian: just kidding. stunning accusation. top obama donor buying up tv shows to destroy them. >> gretchen: "fox & friends" going to the dogs. >> we have six dogs that can be

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>> gretchen: time for our shot of the morning now. remember yesterday we had linda evans, the actress from "dynasty" on the show. she and i were honorees last flight at the national foundation to end senior hunger soul awards and bea smith, a radio host here in new york city. this is an offshoot of the meals on wheels program. i'm sure many of you are familiar with that, growing up, my mom luckily introduced me to that program. it's about giving back to your community. i was so honored to receive this award last night. >> i grew up with a grandfather who was a minister and who believed in giving back to his community and his culture. i benefited from that and i grew up in the church with many programs that helped feed the poor. i grew up with great role models of parents who i think gave me one of the greatest gifts of all that you can give a child, which is giving back and volunteering in your community. >> brian: wow.

>> steve: very nice. >> brian: that was last night? >> gretchen: last night here in new york city. if you want more information, it's nfesh.org. seniors being hungry has gone up astronomically, unfortunately, with the recession and so many more baby boomers getting to that particular age. a lot of this has to do with also delivering a meal to them and having that human interaction. might be the only person they see all day long. thanks so much for that organization. it was an honor. >> steve: congratulations. >> brian: you and crystal carrington. >> steve: no cat fight there. we did have one in the after the show show. we were talking about whether or not they ever landed between joan. no, they never made contact. >> brian: what a shame. >> steve: i know. we got some headlines. it's a major obama administration donor looking to destroy pro-gun media outlets. the daily caller reported this morning that leo henry, junior, who runs intermediate i can't

partners, wants to buy as many pro-gun outlets as possible and strip them down to nothing. part of a business plan that has already led to loss and shut down, he owns most of the top gun culture outlets, and now he's in talks to buy the outdoor chain. he was considered for the post of secretary of commerce. >> brian: christian student group, but it's no longer allowed to have christian leaders, that is. the college in florida, the latest college to infringe on r. the christian fellowship can now no longer meet on campus or be considered an official group because it has christian leaders. rollins college defends the move, citing antidiscrimination policy. members say it's hypocritical. >> you create a policy that effectively excludes students from campus, marginalizes the christian students, a policy failing to accomplish what rollins tells us to do.

>> brian: 14 christian groups left vanderbilt last year over a similar policy. >> gretchen: bartender speaking out after speaking out for keeping a drunk driver off the road. she says she called the police. his blood alcohol was more than twice the legal limit. days later, instead of being committed, the bartender was fired. >> he said, i'm going to have to fire you because it's bad for business to have a bartend that are will call the cops. i stand by what i did and i will do it again. >> gretchen: there is no law in ohio require ago bartender report a drunk driver. really? you think they would be everywhere. >> steve: you heard about steaks on the plane. what about a shake on the plane? ♪ the only problem, the new dance craze was performed on an airplane. now the faa is investigating.

colorado college's frisbee team did the dance during a flight to san diego. the faa is concerned about what phase of the flight it happened during. frontier airlines says the seatbelt sign was off and that nobody was at risk. >> gretchen: they were just doing what denise austin recommended, stand up and bust a move, right? >> brian: in one case w a helmet. >> gretchen: if off august -- >> if off dog handy, you can bust a move with a dog. this is elvis and apparently having your pets at work really helps things out. and elvis loves my make-up and my hair and he's going to do the weather. right? ♪ you ain't nothing but a boston terrier crying all the time ♪ ♪ he's looking at himself. okay, there. elvis, we've got some snow across the ohio river valley. >> steve: he likes your hair. >> across the great lakes, we'll see snow flurries. a new system moving in from the pacific northwest.

i taste good, too, apparently. >> gretchen: i saw your walk yesterday. >> 25 in minneapolis. 26 in chicago. you can adopt this elvis. he's so cute! he's so lovable. he does good weather, too. all right. elvis has left the green room. back to you inside. he's eating my hair! >> gretchen: you needed a trim. >> i did. you're absolutely right. >> brian: it's that kibbles and bits conditioner you use. >> i hope he's going to be okay after this. hair balls for a dog? >> gretchen: no, that's cats. we'll check back in later on. that's hysterical. have you ever wanted to be able to take your pet to work with you? a growing number of companies have tarted to a-- started to allow that. >> steve: studies have shown it reduces the stress of workers. >> brian: anna is with a pet

expert to tell us more. what do you got? >> we have definitely gone to the dogs today. if our viewers are wondering, what on earth is "fox & friends" up to, we've got baxter, my dog. we have russell and we have enron and a pet expert. she's written a book about all of this called "miss fido manners." there is a whole chapter dedicated to bringing your animal to work. there was a study done by the virginia commonwealth, done in north carolina at a dinnerware company and showed pet owners who brought their dogs to work had stress levels that decreased by 11%. so we got to bring in charlotte. governing. >> hello. >> tell me a few things you need to know if you are going to bring your animal. >> the first thing you want to know is make sure that you have an animal that is well behaved, house broken, and flea and tick free, which is really important. while he's at work, he has to have a job to do. very, very important. so you want to keep him busy.

i love these doggy toys because they squeeze. the dogs hear them, but your co-workers -- >> we aren't hearing it. >> it's great because your co-workers aren't bothered by that. also if you're going to bring him to work, you want a bed or you want to have a bag like this from quaker pet group so the dog can stay calm, have a little den and calm down when you're at work. this way the other thing is you might want a pen or gate or puppy gate so if you have a meeting to go to, your dog can stay situated. >> we have all kinds of temper ments hanging around here. we have people with their animals down in the news room, in the green room, in the control room. we certainly have gone to the dogs. you want to make sure you have water, right? >> make sure you have water and take your dog out for a little walk. >> no accidents. >> no accidents. but make sure that you do it and you don't ask your assistant because it's not part of their job to walk your dog.

>> yeah. and you probably ought to ask permission first because there are liabilities associated with having animals around. >> there are a lot of liabilities. one of the first ones is you want to make sure that the office building will allow dogs on the premises. service dogs are always allowed. the other thing you have to really be concerned about is allergies. there are people who can have allergies to dogs. it can be more than just a little runny nose. it could be actually deadly. >> it could be fatal. all the animals here, aside from baxter and rone are from the humane society and they need homes. so business owners, employees who just want to lower their stress levels, contact humane society at humanesociety ny.org. >> you can take home a loved one and reduce your stress. >> are there any certain products that you recommend? >> i like an all natural shampoo, which is always good for the dog.

also i like generic guard plus. it's $25. you can buy it anywhere. that's great. >> perfect. thank you so much for your time. >> thanks for having me. >> back to you on the curvy couch, brian, gretchen and steve. >> steve: and edgar as well. edgar and -- what's your dog's name? >> brian: little man. >> gretchen: it is? >> steve: they're all available. >> brian: they're all available and need homes. >> steve: this one was rescued. >> brian: are we going to leave the dogs in the office until we got homes? >> steve: good question. probably some sort of neglect. not a good idea. an hour from now, you'll find out how you can actually adopt these dogs. as edgar chews one of the buttons off the curvy couch. >> gretchen: be careful, edgar. >> steve: straight ahead on this friday, hybrid cars promise to save you money on gas, but turns out they may not be as advertised. what an investigation has just revealed about hybrids. >> gretchen: mandatory budget cuts go into effect today, but

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as advertised. "consumer reports" saying ford's hybrid falls short of estimates. the epa investigating its own testing method to see if gas predictions are accurate. there is a lot being made about this and regulations on cars. so we better hope that those things are accurate. >> steve: regulation nation. meanwhile, the dow comes within 15 points of it's all-time closing high despite the threat of mandatory spending cuts going into effect tonight. >> brian: does that mean america is not afraid of spending cuts? >> got nothing to do with spending cuts, sequestration or anything else. the high fort dow has everything to do with bennett cunningham better than printing 85 -- ben bernanke printing $1 trillion a year. >> steve: 85 billion a month? that's how much the sequester was. >> over how many years. >> steve: it's going to be 44 billion this year. >> think about it, you print all this money. what happens to it? ben buys down interest rates.

he pushes interest rates way down. so if you or i lend money to the government, we don't even make 1% interest. that's useless! you want a better return than that. so you think about the stock market. you buy stocks instead of bonds. if you buy stocks in large quantities and people are buying heavily, up go prices. that's why the dow is close to a record high. >> gretchen: but why did the dow not go down with all of the talk in the last week that we were going to be walking into, you know, horrible situations? long lines at airports, getting poisoned from meat? >> steve: the sky was falling. >> gretchen: earlier the dow would have an impact. >> it's not a believable threat. did you think sophisticated investors believe that if you cut 2 cents on the dollar, the sky will fall and the economy goes into a dark, dire depression? that's not believable. that is not a credible threat. >> steve: i was talking to a big shot on wall street yesterday

and he said that wall street doesn't care about the sequester. if the dow goes down in the next couple of days, it has nothing to do with the sequester. >> it has nothing to do with the sequester at all. the spending cuts almost certainly will go into effect at midnight tonight. nothing will happen in the immediate future and the stock market will stay -- i don't know whether it's going to stay at 14,000 or go up or down, i don't know that. but ben will keep on printing money, period. that will put a floor under the stock market. >> brian: neil cavuto is a lieud him, saying he was the mvp of this whole thing. >> he's the guy bailing out the economy. he's supporting the economy. it's not congress or the president. >> brian: varney and company on 9:20 on "fox business" network, right? >> that would be correct, brian. >> gretchen: have a good weekend. coming up next, it's friday. but not sure what to do this weekend? kevin mccarthy is here to tell us what movies are opening up today. >> brian: he wants to hang out with us? >> steve: first on this day in

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>> gretchen: it's nearly a week after the oscars and some big movies are expected to hit the theaters this weekend. i'm tweeting about it right now. >> brian: you are? so get busy. kevin mccarthy is here and joins us with his review of "jack the giant slayer" and other movies coming out this weekend. >> great to be here. >> brian: they don't take any time out? >> no time out for the movies. 365 days a year. >> brian: what's the premise of "jack the giant slayer"? >> the classic jack and the bean stalk story. the problem is, the giant story

does not connect to the human story. so you leave the movie not really connecting with the human characters. the action is fantastic at times. but it reminded me of "avatar." it was a beautiful visual film, but it was nothing more than fern gully and pocahontas. >> gretchen: parents will be asking about this, me included, is this a good movie to take your kids to? >> it has violent elements. there is definitely family vibe. i would say no one under the age of 12. i think it's a good movie for a teen-ager. >> gretchen: thanks for saving me some bucks. >> i'll save you more money because you like this about the 3 d and spending money on tickets. this movie is released in 3 d imax. there's a theater here in new york that's charging $20 to see it in 3 d imax. the 3d is not that great. save yourself $6. the interesting thing about this movie is look at this video. this is the motion capture element. the actors are in this spandex and funny dots on their face. what's happening is those are

the giants. so they take the character, the actor, they perform the character, they digitally make the giant out of the human performance. the human giants end you will being more realistic than the actual human actors in the film. >> brian: and the movie, in your mind, should be rated off a five stars, you give? >> a 2 1/2 out of five. the action is very mediocre. skip it in 3 d. don't waste your money on the imax. >> steve: let's talk about 21 and over. is that a good movie for america's date night? >> this is for the 17, 18-year-old crowd. the hangover. the idea here is the character named jeff chang is turning 21. he has a huge medical exam the next day. his friends take him out to get drunk obviously the night before and the whole idea is getting him back to his house for the medical exam. >> steve: and? >> honestly -- >> steve: he's not going to make it. >> right. "the hangover" was great because you found out what happened through clues.

this is taking place the night of. very unpredictable. not as funny and the characters aren't as engaging. >> steve: how many stars? >> 2 1/2 out of five. teen-agers, don't take your parents to see it. leave them at home. [ laughter ] leave them at home! don't take your daughters to see this one. this is definitely not for the adult. >> brian: parents aren't mature enough. >> steve: you can't handle it! >> exactly. get a baby-sitter. >> steve: kevin showed up in his dress tennis shoes. >> my chuck taylors, that's how i role. >> gretchen: see you next week. the defense department now giving medals to drone pilots that rank higher than the purple heart or bronze star. is that an insult to other troops? >> steve: apparently it's okay for liberals to be racist. they just went after senate minority leader mitch mcconnell's wife. we're going to talk to geraldo about that. he is going to the dogs again. ie

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>> gretchen: good morning, everybody. it's friday, tgif. it's march 1. welcome to a new month. i'm gretchen carlson. i hope you're gonna have a great day and great weekend. has the sky fallen yet? obamagedden here and there is no deal in place to avoid the sequester. >> this is pathetic leadership by the commander in chief! this is an abandonment of the republican party's belief in peace through strength. this is the low point in my time in the united states congress. >> gretchen: can is this thank morning's last minute meeting do anything or is it just a presidential photo op? we're live in washington with all the details for you. >> steve: meanwhile, stuck in a sink hole. we'll take threw live where search crews are look for a man at this hour in florida. >> brian: woodwardgate getting bigger. liberal reporters are saying the white house threatened me, too. geraldo rivera weighs in. who would have the guts to threaten geraldo? no one on earth, i ask you.

"fox & friends" starts now. >> we're americans with a capital a. >> it's "fox & friends." >> steve: in answer to the question, who would ever threaten geraldo rivera? >> andrew cuomo. this is what happened, i swear to god. chris cuomo, wonderful, wonderful young man. you remember andrew cuomo, he was running against a buffalo official. kind of a sent rick. and i was asked on "the o'reilly factor" show who was i backing for governor of new york? and i said, i don't know, but i think i'd rather hang out with palladino. andrew is kind of boring. my agent gets a call. chris said, we remember who our friends are. >> steve: oh! >> brian: wow. >> yeah, really. >> steve: we're going to talk a little about press intimidation and this white house in a little bit with geraldo rivera. but right now, gretch, how about

some headlines? >> gretchen: thank you. fox news alert out of florida. sink hole opens up under a house. it's believed a man was sucked in. the man's brother says he heard a loud crash last night around 11:00 p.m., then heard his brother screaming for help. he says the bedroom is completely gone. there is just a mattress sticking up apparently. it's not known how deep the sink hole is, but we know it's about 100 feet across. a camera and listening device were sent in. we'll keep you updated on that story. take a look at this video. a man in california desperately trying to save his home from a massive fire. he's standing inches. all he has is that hose there. the fire burning throughout the night in riverside county. the flames already destroyed 200 acres. a mobile home burned to the ground. luckily no one hurt thus far. a woman who works for the state department is dead, murdered on vacation in brazil. 38-year-old victoria catchhook was found strangled in a hotel in rio. a male suspect under arrest. he had admitted being in the

hotel with her, but denies killing her. dennis rodman no stranger to the spotlight, as we all know. but this time it isn't for his wild behavior that he's back in it. as you can see, he's sitting court side with north korean leader kim jong-un. they reportedly talked throughout the harlem globetrotters game, he's there filming a documentary for hbo. maybe he can talk him out of firing off the missiles. >> brian: that will be good. >> maybe they can understand each other. >> brian: yeah. does he know english? >> it doesn't matter. >> brian: dennis rodman says they're friends for life. >> gretchen: how too we know he doesn't work for c.i.a.? >> do you talk jive? i talk jive. >> brian: i forgot which one that was. >> steve: let's talk ice. i hold in my hand your editorial -- >> brian: vanilla ice. >> steve: sequestering immigration reform. what we're talking about is that the ice department apparently

released 300 illegals in anticipation of the sequester. and you say? >> what is getting the most news, obviously, is bob woodward, the watergate legend, the correspondent saying alleging that gene sperling told him that he would regret if he continued to push the story line that the sequester was president obama's idea. so that's the biggest national example of the white house strong arm tactics in the press today. >> steve: exposed. >> i submit there is one even more raw than that. what happened a week ago? a week ago immigration customs enforcement released hundreds of illegal immigrants, saying that they were fearful they would no longer, under sequester, have the money to keep them in detention. they cost about 160, 180 per day, per illegal immigrant in detention. we're going to release them.

>> gretchen: crazy. >> this release was way before the cows, obviously took effect. they were targeted specifically to begin in arizona, who presides over the state of arizona? governor jan brewer, who famously scolded the president with her finger, sheriff arpaio. this was, to me, this was the white house saying, you want to see what this is going to do? i'm going to show you and there was nothing predesigned to create a reaction as immediate as visceral -- >> brian: they i don't have -- overplayed their hand. >> this is an example, brian, this is an example, though, of exactly how they declared war on the people of america who are opposing the president. i could see that white house. i think history will come to regard this as president obama's hold your breath tantrum period because he was insisting on taxes, new taxes, and he was

going to get those taxes no matter what and -- >> gretchen: he thought republicans would cave again like they did back in the debt ceiling discussion before the end of the year. but we allege that he overplayed his hand and apparently that's exactly what's happened. but here is my question about that: what if something happens to other american citizens because these illegals were released? what if something happens, a violent crime? >> i am obviously pro, for immigration, comprehensive immigration reform. i want this process to move forward. i hope that as soon as i heard the story, gretchen, that the people who were being released were juan and maria, the apricot pickers and jay carney, the white house spokesman, because of the backlash that brian just described, immediately came out and read a prepared statement, these are the noncriminal immigrants. these are the nondangerous to society. they are being closely monitored. so we take them at his word and

that, i hope. but he certainly scared and upset many, many people. what i hope is what they have done, this spiteful move, doesn't in any way reduce the chances for a comprehensive immigration reform deal as congress finally gets its act back together. >> steve: you started by talking about bob woodward. he was on hannity last night. he did explain his situation. gene sperling called him up when he was doing last weekend, he was writing something for the "washington post" that said essentially that the obama administration invented the sequester and they have moved the goal post. gene sperling yelled at him for a half hour and then wound up sending him an e-mail that said, you're going to regret doing something. on hannity, he clarified, he said he wasn't personally intimidated. he didn't feel personally threatened. that is a worry. when the white house -- i've had somebody from the white house team call me up and yell at me, trying to get me to do something. >> it's a big deal. >> steve: it is a big deal. >> this is a white house, most

powerful concentration of executive power on earth. i mean, they're saying to you essentially -- access is everything to them. if you don't play along, your access will be denied. that's very, very intimidating. >> brian: what about david plouffe coming forward and saying he's washed up. he lost his fast ball. comparing it to mike schmidt. now there is backlash from the senior organization that says no one is helping contribute -- they called david fluff an as -- must have an ass. >> steve: they calculated that they would win this fight, by doing these press opportunities with first responders behind them. i'm surprised they didn't bring in hungry children or head start kids. they really tried their best to mount this enormous pressure because woodward is right, there was the august 2011 deal did not include new taxes. i believe there should be closing tax loopholes and tax revenue, but it shouldn't be part of this crisis.

this crisis should have been dealt with in a more sane way, that was more businesslike where you could use a scalpel instead of the blunt ax. it's painful, yes. >> gretchen: it was a game changer with woodward because i believe the administration never thought he would come forward with that e-mail and talk about it publicly. it's now the tip of the iceberg. >> now in the way he has. >> gretchen: because he's not about conservatives. he's not about conservatives. so they never expected he would do this. tip of the iceberg. now you have a lot of other people coming out and saying they faced the same type of behavior. >> what is interesting is what happened at 10:00 o'clock eastern time. is it a photo op as you suggest or is it really, they're going to say finally, listen, we got a few hours before this thing hits. can we do something to mitigate some of the pain and suffering that's going to come down the pike? there are going to be military families affected. >> gretchen: why now? >> steve: because they're trying to mitigate the blame. >> why too we care what their motivation is, as long as they do the alleviating of the suffering, that would be fine. >> brian: here is the problem,

if you wanted to do it, why not try it on a thursday? >> what a concept. i totally agree. >> steve: all right. let's talk a little bit about this. there was a tweet that was sent out by a progress ken condition on -- kentucky and said this woman has the ear of senator mcconnell. she's his wife. may explain why your job move to china. >> brian: his wife is elaine cho. >> asian, secretary of labor. i think that really is a racist crack. it really is. this is why your jobs moved to china? maybe if it was seth macfarlane, you could gift away with telling that joke, or joan rivers because people whose job it is to really be -- to provoke and stick the sharp object in someone's eye, but to do it in a political context, it really is racist. it really is. it boils down to just unacceptable, if it was on the other way around and it was a

liberal doing that or -- i mean a conservative doing that, like the guy that was in the new york local politician went in black faced for the forum. there is some stupid things. there are some lines you can't cross and that's one of them. >> steve: like you said, if a conservative had said that about a liberal, there would be great big headlines in the "new york times." nothing. >> racist. well, that's why we have "fox & friends." >> steve: and the fox news channel. >> brian: this is your most intimidating experience. we've agreed with everything you've said. this has never happened before! [ laughter ] >> brian: incredible. >> i'm done. my career is over. i'm going to do jody arias. >> steve: she was crying yesterday. >> the conclave to select the next pope, we are obviously all over that. it's a very historic occasion, first pope in 600 years to resign. there is a back story and there is a famed priest in south

florida who was famously excommunicated or thrown out of the catholic church to marry the woman with whom he was having an affair and the question has to be raised, is sell ba city part of the problem underlying weakness within the catholic church? is this conclave and is the new church and the new pontiff going to reassess some of the rules that were not gospel, that were not biblical, but rather were dogma, adopted in the middle of the -- medieval period of the church and is it time to reassess dogma -- >> brian: you're going to need an extra hour. >> gretchen: that is a very controversial debate right there. >> steve: all right. >> gretchen: have a great weekend. >> love your earrings. >> gretchen: thank you. now he's a fashion guy. >> steve: straight ahead, that's a controversial story. should drone pilots receive medals on par with a purple heart, even though they never set foot on the battle ground? up next, somebody who has a

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it's set to be award to do cyber warfare experts like pilots of unarmed and armed drones. is this a sign of the times or an insult to those who fight in combat with face paints on? let's ask retired colonel dan hampton. he's retired air force and has a new novel out called "mercenary." lieutenant colonel, what's your reaction to giving maybe guys in las vegas the same medals that a guy like you would get? >> you know, brian, i think it's ridiculous. there are other medals that exist that they could give to these guys. there is an air and space campaign medal. an aerial achievement medal. all sorts of medals that recognize their efforts and contributions. but have nothing whatsoever to do with combat. and to pin something on a guy's chest that ranks higher than the purple heart like you mentioned for sitting in an air conditioned trailer playing with a joy stick doesn't sit well with me.

>> brian: i imagine it's skill. i've never done it. but you always point out your neighbor and game boy should not be in the same category as the guy now in somalia or afghanistan. >> yeah, that's exactly right. again, i'm not denigrating the effort and the dedication of those people. but you got to draw the line somewhere. and not everybody in the military is a warrior. a guy out there on the front lines in whatever branch and whatever service deserves different recognition and treatment than like you said, somebody sitting in las vegas or california in a trailer. >> brian: in a way, you point out that the defense secretary panetta had two years of military service. he's trying to look progressive perhaps, and in turn this comes across and for guys who fight, it really is a fork in the eye. >> yeah. and the other thing that you got to ask the question of is, if billions of dollars in cost overruns, systems that aren't working, divorce rates and suicides that are up, doesn't

the military have anything better to do than to design another piece of colored cloth among the 60 that we already have to hang on somebody's chest? as i said, there are others that serve just as well. >> brian: his quote is i have seen firsthand how modern tools have changed the way wars can be fought. we should also have the ability to honor extraordinary actions that make a true difference in combat operations even those removed from the fight. he's not fighting you in your description. he just has a different idea wildfire it ranks. >> right. and i think most people would agree. if they want to waste the time and money by promoting this thing, that's fine. but it doesn't rank up there with the distinguished service medals like the silver star or the flying cross and certainly not above the purple heart. >> brian: and by the way, go out and get the lieutenant colonel's second novel about an air force officer betrayed by the military. it is now out, came out last week. congratulations on it.

thanks so much. >> no problem. thanks again for having me. >> brian: no problem. 20 minutes after the hour. up next on our rundown, a wild sight inside of a wal-mart all caught on camera. you got a shoplifter taking down woman as he runs out the door. but moments later, a fellow shopper tries to take him down. how it all ended coming your way. then look at this video. >> screaming) >> i'm breaking up with you! >> brian: yeah. you heard it right. she said, i'm going to break up with you. did she? the story behind the video coming up. >> i'm breaking up with you! (male announcer) hunt, farm, or trail, polaris has what you want: legendary atvs led by the powerful sptsman 850 h.o.,

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>> steve: we got quick friday morning headlines. california governor jerry brown will decide today if one of charles manson's followers will be released on parole. bruce davis has been behind bars for more than 40 years for the murder spree. he would be the second man given parole. and yale is considering paying for students' sex changes. the school's health care already covers sex changes for faculty members. supporters say the lack of coverage makes wanna be transgender students feel unwelcome. there you go. gretch? >> gretchen: parades, memorials, and medals are one way that we honor our military heros who lost their lives in battle. but many say those aren't enough. our next guest just won the 2013 rare life award for her efforts to establish a different memorial to our fallen military personnel, one with pictures. joining me is tonya evans, founder of the american fallen american warrior foundation. what an accomplishment and

honor. >> thank you. >> gretchen: great to meet you. >> thank you very much. >> gretchen: congratulations. you became passionate about building a memorial. why? >> well, i made a promise to six fallen warriors and their families that we would build a memorial to honor their fallen warriors. i grew up with a very patriotic background and a life long family and family friend, jordan matthew bird, lost his life october 10 of -- october 13 of 2010. and he was an inspiration, along with five other fallen warriors in utah. >> gretchen: you made this your passion. >> it's my passion. >> gretchen: and your mission to get this done. >> my life mission right now. >> gretchen: what do you want to do? you're holding a picture. what do you want to do that makes this memorial different? >> our honor is preserve and protect our warriors. we will build a memorial that will contain photo plaques representing the faces of our fallen warriors. included on the plaque is a qr

code that allows not only for us to honor our fallen warriors, but celebrate their lives. >> gretchen: you have already identified the 20-acre plot of land in kansas city where you want to build this. it's going to cost $30 million. i know you're a mom to three children and they sometimes say to you, mom, how are you going to do this? >> yes. this is a faith-based project for me from the very beginning. over the last two years, we have just seen miracles happen. one thing unfold after the other. getting land, walking in as a single mom and getting land, to be donated to the fallen warrior foundation. so my children, of course, say, wow. and gee, can you stop talking about this for one minute? but $30 million is not a lot of money when you're talking about a national historic project. it really isn't. one major corporation or individual could write that check for us. but we need a nation.

we need america to honor these fallen warriors and their families. i mean, we can not forget them. i am the voice of gold star families, thousands across this country who plead with our nation to not forget their loved ones. >> gretchen: it's such a wonderful project that you're doing and many times we do stories about people and how important it is to follow your passion. you are a true example of that. if people want more information, they can go to our web site. if they want to donate money, dollars 4 fallen.com. all the best. i know you're doing to do this. i can see it in your eyes. >> i know i do. >> gretchen: thanks so much. >> thanks for letting us be here. >> gretchen: coming up on "fox & friends," our country was more than happy to have him fight the vietnam war. but now this veteran is being denied the right to own a gun. >> this is my guy, baxter. we've half dozen other animals from the humane society up for

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♪ . >> steve: it is your shot of the morning. we showed you this video last hour, a bunch of passengers doing the new dance craze, the harlem shake. rather than on a dance floor, they were dancing on an airplane. >> gretchen: all right. >> steve: the faa is actually investigating it. now harlem is moving to egypt. ♪ >> steve: 400 college kids doing the harlem shake in front of president mohammed morsi's headquarters in cairo. the students say since their protests aren't working, they decided to send a message. >> brian: to dance about it. >> steve: by shaking their booty. >> brian: right. >> steve: let's see if that gets something done. >> gretchen: it looks like anybody can do it. >> brian: do you wear a helmet for frisbee? is frisbee contact? >> steve: it's on the airplane. >> brian: right, do you wear a helmet for that? >> steve: i don't think so.

>> gretchen: i don't know. we'll have to figure that out. let us know if you know the answer. a couple headlines for friday. what's it like after running for president? the romneys are speaking out for the first time in a interview with fox news. >> it was really quite a lot of energy and passion and a lot of people around us and all of a sudden, it was nothing. but the good news is fortunately we like each other. >> we were on a roller coaster, exciting and thrilling, ups and downs but the ride ends and then you get off. it's not like oh, can't we be on a roller coaster the rest of our lives? no, the ride is over. >> gretchen: you can see chris wallace's full interview with the romneys this sunday on fox news sunday. >> brian: chaos breaks out in a florida wal-mart and it's caught on camera. watch. take a look. accused shoplifter runs out of a store, knocking a woman to the ground. he runs into the parking lot and that's when other shoppers start chasing him. the guy jumps into his car and peels out.

and it doesn't stop there. one of those shoppers even pulled out a gun and shot the car! no one was hurt. both men are facing charges and that's a mini movie. >> steve: no kidding. he carried a gun in vietnam, but now this vietnam veteran is being denied the right to own one. jeffrey schrader got into a fight with some navy buddies in maryland a few months before shipping off to the war back in 1968. he was charged with a misdemeanor and paid a fine. now 45 years later, he wants to buy a gun. right? one problem, that misdemeanor so long ago, has landed him on the federal firearms ban list. >> the atf officer was apologetic. he said i couldn't believe it 'cause it didn't make sense. >> steve: it doesn't make any sense. by the way, schrader, as you can see there, is an avid fisherman and hunter as well. >> gretchen: it's the video everyone is talking about. how would you react?

(screaming) >> i'm breaking up with you! >> gretchen: yeah. you heard her. and you saw what he did. would that guy still be your boyfriend if he pushed you off a 400-foot cliff in utah? there is some ladies in the studio shaking their heads no. it's all the buzz this morning. it's not about whether she dumped him or not. they're saying the girl might have been in on the stunt and wasn't actually scared at all. >> steve: wouldn't it be funny if the guy, when he laid down to laugh, rolled off the side of the cliff. >> gretchen: yes. unless he was not tethered. >> steve: unless it's just a stunt. wild weather making homes nearly disappear. check out this video out of oregon. powerful storms push sand dunes on roads and driveways and up to the houses and that's not the only wicked weather across this nation. on the first day of march, janis dean is tracking all of it.

it looks like she's in the control room. >> i am. 19 days until spring and we saw that video earlier on of the people on the airplane doing the harlem shake. i need a viral video to happen in the control room. are you ready, guys? harlem shake! wooo! ♪ okay. how was that? was that good enough or did we need more rehearsal time? we need more rehearsal time obviously. i tried. let's take a look at the weather map, shall we? all right. yes. here we go. 19 days officially until spring. winter is almost over. but we're still cold. cold across the country. 24 in minneapolis. 26 in chicago. 29 in kansas city. with the wind chill, what it feels like, the real feels temperatures, it feels much cooler. it will be so cold, it will sink as far south as florida. orlando, 44 overnight. freeze advisories across georgia, atlanta, macon and

columbus. extended length of time of below freezing temperatures. satellite rather car imagery, you see where the snow across the ohio river valley and the great lakes and the northwest. and it's going to be a quiet weekend in weather, which is great. travel forecast looks pretty good. we've got one more chance to do this. harlem shake, come on! wooo! we're going to rehearse that a little more. we need a little more rehearsal time for that. maybe in the after the show show. >> steve: you know what? i think you should call it the janis jump! you're pioneering it. come on, baby! >> gretchen: the dogs are doing it. let's have little man do it. >> steve: do what? >> gretchen: the shake. >> steve: okay. can you please add music? the dog is asking for music. >> gretchen: very cute. it's take your daughter o workday. what about take your dog to

workday? brian? >> brian: yep. you got a growing number of companies that are allowing employees to bring their pets to work, like iguanas, monkeys and dogs. for example, these dogs are all available and reduces the stress. anna kooiman is in the news room. >> we're talking about dogs. we heard about therapy dogs, very often they're animals like labs. like my boy, baxter. we heard of therapy dogs being used to help veterans or nursing homes. but what about bringing your dog to work to lower your stress level? there is a new study that was just done out of the virginia commonwealth university and it was conducted in north carolina among a dinnerware company and realized employees who brought their dogs to work had 11% lower stress level by the end of the day. and dogs who didn't bring them to work but had dogs apparently had 70% higher stress level. so we decided to go to the dogs

here on "fox & friends." we have dogs here in the news room. we have dogs in the control room of the we have dogs on the curvy couch. they're everywhere. we've got a writer here from "fox & friends," jesse. good morning. >> good morning. >> how are you feeling with the doggy around? less stressed? >> a little bit. they're a sight for sore eyes. you work hard. you come in. you do your job and you got these little guys running around. >> with are they stressing you out? >> this little guy is pulling on my chair and spun me around, but not too bad. he's a cutie. >> at least he's a little bit smaller than my baxter bear. how about you, how are you feeling? >> steve: we're feeling okay. these dogs are great because they just let you sit there and you just love them. >> brian: here is the thing, these dogs need homes. so what is the web site? humane society? humanesociety ny.org. we got to end the story in a

positive way. >> absolutely. the ones that you have there, we have about a half a dozen and they're all from the humane society. we've got some tips for you if you are going to bring your animal to work. i want to bring in charlotte reed. good morning. >> good morning. >> you brought your baby ronie. you are the author of "miss fido manners." there is a chapter about bringing your dog to work. >> if you bring your dog to work, make sure you have a well mannered, house broken dog that's parascythe free, very, very important. bring sherpa bag, a bed, a crate. you want the dog to have a job to do with some toys. i love these here doggy toys because you can't hear them, but the dog can. >> very nice. you want permission because businesses could be liable. >> absolutely. you want to make sure that there are no allergies. people who suffer from dog allergies on the premises 'cause it could be fatal. >> be sensitive to it. >> absolutely. >> charlotte, thank you so much. >> thanks so much. what a great day. >> back to you on the curvy couch.

>> steve: adorable. thank you very much. >> brian: okay. by the way -- ♪ born free ♪ . >> brian: no expensive equipment here. >> gretchen: coming up, brian, what do we have? >> brian: no deal and today is the deadline for sequester cuts. we'll find out if there will be a last minute deal starting at 10:00. big meeting in the white house. >> what do you mean? biblical? >> what he means is old testament. real wrath of god type stuff. >> brian: so that's what you would think if you listen to the president. what's the reality? wait 'til you see all the waste that could be cut, like climate change, the musical. >> steve: i love that show. and that doesn't look like a cigarette. maybe home made. we'll tell you what actress could still be high on her oscar win. look is in the studio. >> gretchen: we're still high.

>> unrelated, of course. >> brian: coming up this weekend, this story has gotten a lot of controversy. yahoo's ceo cause ago firestorm after telling employees they could no longer work from home. so is this working mother herself a friend or enemy to working parents everywhere? we'll debate this. marissa myers' story. >> listen to this story, the rise in obesity is being blamed on women doing less housework. who wants to call foul on that study? so can dusting really help you drop the pounds? our medical a team will break it all down. >> get to work. plus, no punishment for bad behavior. doctors group wants to put the brakes on suspending and expelling+a0 this say it's counter productive. we report, you decide. that's all coming up this weekend on "fox & friends" starting at 6:00 a.m. eastern time. join us. the show has gone to the dogs

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unrelated, here is steve. >> steve: it isn't related. the sequester ax gets ready to swing tonight at midnight. well maybe. wasteful washington spending remains untouched. florida congressman, chairman of the national republican congressional committee, joins us right now. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: why aren't you down in washington? the big leaders are going to meet today in about an hour and 12 minutes. >> search that the amazing thing. the president's never ending campaign came to an abrupt end today so he could meet with congressional leaders. the sequester is supposed to take effect tonight. we're talking 2% of overall federal spending. we can't sustain this. >> steve: it's a decrease in the increase. we were supposed to spend that much money next year. it will be like that much money. >> i think you overstated it. and the federal government is going to have more revenue next year than this year. and it's going to spend more money than it did this year. look, for the next generation, if we can't get this under control and do away with some of the wasteful stupid washington spending, the next generation is

doomed. and so is our economy. >> steve: did you say wasteful spending? folks at home, this is what our government is spending money on. as you can see, almost $700,000 on a climate change musical, instead of we spent money on that -- >> they're freeing up the illegal aliens and turning them loose before the sequester takes place. >> steve: they spent $325,000 creating a squirrel. instead congressman, what are they doing? they're cutting? >> medicare. i mean, if you think it's a squirrel looking for a nut in washington, they're now inventing robotic squirrels at your expense. >> steve: i know it. instead of cutting taxpayer funded liquor vodka whiskey and gin, that cost us almost $100,000. instead they are? >> they're laying off the tsa workers. if they want to inflict the most pain possible on the most people possible rather than go after this wasteful washington spending. last year alone, according to a gao report, government overpaid

various people and contractors $115 billion. that's more than the sequester. this could be resolved and managed. having been a small business owner for 22 years, there is a way to do this. >> steve: i think the white house is worried that if people see a little 2% cut in federal spending is possible without a catastrophe, they might -- the people of america might realize that we don't need a government as big as it's growing. >> yet, this administration wants a bigger government. it wants higher taxes. yet, it hasn't even submitted its own budget. four out of five years, the president has not submitted a budget on time. this is the next year, it's supposed to be february 4. here it's almost the 4th of march. they say, maybe middle of march. come o. get off the plane. if you grounded air force one, you would save 180,000 bucks an hour. how many tsa workers wouldn't have to be furloughed if you just didn't go on the never ending campaign? >> steve: wouldn't that be a refreshing question, if somebody asked that in the white house briefing room? >> it could happen. >> steve: you never know. all right.

congressman greg walden from oregon, real pleasure. >> thank you. >> steve: all right. coming up, it's a story that's going to warm your heart. a first grader raised tens of thousands of dollars to help hits best friend who is battling a rare liver disease. they both join us after the break. first, martha mccallum joins us right now. >> hello there. good morning, everybody. so mitt and ann romney speaking out for the first time since the election. a sneak peek of their sit down with chris wallace and their surprising comment. and jan brewer, the governor of arizona, is fighting mad about janet napolitano and the feds releasing detained illegals in her state. she's with us. and a dog poisoned at westminster? the owner says yes. all that coming up. bill and i will see you at the top of the hour hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios

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>> gretchen: california first grader decided that he wanted to raise money to help find a cure for his best friend's rare liver condition. and even though he's just a small boy, he came up with a really big idea to raise big bucks. you're about to meet them. this is six-year-old dylan, he wrote a book called "chocolate bars" to sell and raise money. he joins me from los angeles today with his best friend, jonah, who was diagnosed with a rare liver disorder that still has not been cured. good morning, guys. >> good morning. >> gretchen: i want to make sure if you're here, just like school. so jonah, raise your hand. there you are. and let me find out which one is dylan. dylan? all right. dylan, you are the guy that came up with the idea to write this book. tell me about the book. >> i wanted to help my friend, so i wrote a book.

>> gretchen: and it was about a chocolate bar. and you would say that, is so chocolate bar. kind of like that's so awesome. we just saw a picture of the book. it looks great. why did you want to help your friend? >> because i'm really sad that he had a disease, so i really wanted to help him. >> gretchen: and jonah, tell us a little bit about the disease that you're battling. you're only seven, and sometimes you have to go to the hospital, right? >> yeah. >> gretchen: tell me about what it means to you that your friend cared about you. >> i feel happy that other people know about it. >> gretchen: it's a rare liver disorder. there is no cure for it right now. so you need money, right? >> yes. >> gretchen: okay. so far -- folks will be amazed at this. dylan and jonah, how much money

have you raised to fight this disease? >> $92,000. >> gretchen: wow. $92,000. just a few days ago, it was only in the $32,000 range. if you want more information, go to chocolatebarbook.com. i love your spirit, dylan. wow. what an entrepreneur for six years old. you're best friends. have a great weekend. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> gretchen: all the best to you, both of you. three minutes, back with "fox & friends". how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you nutrition, energy, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do.

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