statements as he tried to open up a plane's emergency door in the air this happened. one passenger on the alaska airline flight said he was sleeping he woke up to a loud hissing noise and screaming. >> somebody was yelling stop him stop him and i turned around and saw a large man trying to open the emergency exit. he was just yanking on it and just this house hissing noise. his clothes were not buttoned correctly and he was very disheveled. i don't know what situation this man had gone through but perhaps should not have been seated in the emergency exit row. >> passengers jumped on to remember ee herrera and held him until they landed. there he is taking away by handcuffs. they are praising crew members

for how they handled the scary situation. >> it is now time for your 5@5:00. the top five stories making news at this hour. an oregon teenager will be in court today to be charged as an adult plotting a bomb attack on his high school allegedly. police found 6 homemade bombs along with a detailed checklist for that attack. expert police will be on patrol as students are heading back to class this morning. >> there will be a lot of fear and anxiety along parents, school members, officials, people that are there. we will be there as a visible presence we need to be able to work with them in unison if they hear anything don't hesitate to call. >> a woman released a statement saying:

>> back in court today a pretrial hearing set to begin at 9:00 this morning. a judge must decide if the testimony of an audio expert can be used. that expert claims he heard trayvon martin begging for his life in the back of the 911 call that were made the nieftz killed. prosecutors are expected to site to keep martin's drug use and social media history from being discussed during the trial. that is set to begin june 10th. >> it could be a big boost for revels in syria for their two-year long civil war. >> the european union lifting a ban on weapons they are able to send weapons to the rebels. it comes as john mccain makes a surprise visit to syria to meet with the rebels. he's the strongest advocates for

getting involved in syria. he will help them ga no-fly zon. hackers of our nation's security. a new report says hackers gained access designed for many of the you united states most advanced weapons systems. it involves missile defenses and combat aircraft. it could help china accelerate the development of its own weapon system. honoring two navy seals killed in the benghazi terror attack were unveiled to thousands at the veteran's memorial. the families of glen daughterty and tyrone woods attended the ceremony and remembered the fallen heros. >> it is with a sad and heavy

heart i humbly accept this on another on behalf of ty myself and most importantly our son. >> it is a great honor for me and my family. it help that is he died a hero. it gives us -- it mitt gates the grief. >> two other americans u.s. ambassador to libya christopher stevens and information officer shawn smith also died in the attack on the u.s. consulate. that is your 5@5:00. now over to an extreme weather alert. overnight reports of a tornado in edgar, kansas. no word of any injuries or damage, though. earlier a wild storm tore through the town of riverton, illinois. trees were knocked down the roofs of dozens of mobile homes ripped off by winds up to 70 miles per hour. >> saw it shaking at first and sdfrnt know what was going on. i looked out and everything was

tore all to hell. >> tore up but fortunately no one was hurt. >> over to cherokee, iowa where residents are dealing with record flooding there. it is so bad residents are actually using kayaks to get around the neighborhood. the little sue river poured over its banks after more than 8 inches of rain fell in that area. on that note let's head over to maria molina to get a check of today's forecast. >> i don't really have good news across the center of the country places like iowa parts of illinois even as far west as colorado are going to deal with showers and thunderstorms possible flooding and also that severe weather potential. just yesterday we actually received over 100 reports of severe weather. 14 of those were tornadoes stretching from parts of colorado into sections of illinois. a very widespread area dealing with the severe weather in the form of damaging winds large hail even tornadoes and flash flooding. take a look at how much rain in the past 48-hours in the state

of iowa has picked up. that shading in purple is more than 8 inches of rain. there are spots of lighter purple that means rain. flooding potential really in place across the state of iowa, northern parts of missouri and into the state of illinois. the ground is already saturated and the forecast over the next several days through out friday is for more showers and more storms. that is associated with the large storm system as they continue to fire up storms across iowa and the dakotas and parts of the northeast. across parts of the i 95 corridors places like another ci new york city you will be seeing it through the afternoon. the severe threat potential with the storm system stretching through parts of texas into parts of wyoming north dakota and as far east as interior

sections of the northeast. western parts of up state new york could see thunderstorms and could fire up damaging wind gusts in excess of 50 miles an hour large hail and tornadoes will be possible. we do have a severe thunderstorm watch across northern parts of missouri because of the potential. temperatures ahead of the system very warm upper 80s for places across texas and across parts of tennessee. i want to show you ainsley and heather the forecast in new york city. many have been talking about how cool it haevenlt wednesday mid 80s upper 80s thursday and friday. >> thank goodness. get a little summer back. >> no humidity, though. we could do without that. >> thanks so much maria. >> a brand new poll shows more than half of the americans surveyed think the federal government has too much power. >> it comes as congressional aids are pressing on with four different investigations into theic irs targeting conservative groups. kelly wright is live with more on these developments.

>> heather and ainsley good morning to you as well. congressional lawmakers are continuing to focus on the shenanigans of what's going on in washington as it pertains to internal revenue service. free congressional hearings have been conducted so far. there are now reports four more could be forthcoming. there could be more after that as well. news broke out about the irs targeting conservative groups with more scrutiny. demonstrators have been taking to the streets like boston and chicago and here in the nation's capital and other cities across the nation. during the demonstrations people have been raising their voices of protests of the internal revenue service action. while those actions are taking place on the streets members of congress are also voicing their concerns. republican congressman pete king for example says if there is an ongoing scandal within the irs the president needs to put a stop to it. ahead of more investigations which king blaefs would be more

damaging. other republican lawmakers agree including senator rand paul who says the scandal is hurtedliing president's moral authority to lead the nation. congress is taking action to determine just how far and deep and wide this scandal goes. they had hoped to glean information from lois lerner. they did not get anything from her at all. she is the head of the tactic division she pleaded the 5th. as a result members will be looking at it when they return next week. there could be investigations going on at the senate, house and weighs committee the government over sight committee and as well as the internal revenue investigating itself to be sure nothing like this ever happens again. heather, ainsley. >> kelly wright live for us in washington this morning. >> the time now is 9 minutes after the top of the hour. the obama administration facing a 4th scandal.

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over and viciously attacked in an extremist attack. three suspects are in custody and five were released on bail. while the obama administration has been surrounded by scandal involving the irs, the department of justice and the attack in benghazi, arguably the biggest scandal is the one no one is talking about the backlog of veteran's disability claims. jen you have griffin has more. >> the number of veterans waiting for their disability benefits has doubled in the past four years. nearly 600,000 claims are currently backlogged meaning they have not been resolved for more than 125 days according to va statistics. >> you should not have to stand in line for more than a year if you have a disability claim pending with the veteran's administration. >> the average wait time 273 days despite a half a billion

dollar new computer system designed to improve efficiency at the va 97 percent of all of the claims are still filed on paper. two veterans affairs offices in virginia and north carolina are facing structural damage to their facilities over burdened by the weight of the paper claims. the budget increased more than 40 percent over the last 4 years to $140 million. it's budget is second only to that of the department of defense. the president's secretary of veteran's affairs retired gener the american hero award at the night of heros gala. some lawmakers are calling for him to resign his cabinet post. he has headed the va in 2009. >> the va needs to be run like a business, a business that provide services to the customers. >> we are aggressively executing a plan that fixes the decade's

old problem and eliminating the backlog. >> in some cases there are good reasons for the backlog. for one when he took over he removed obstacles for veterans to receive disability benefits for post traumatic stress which caused a surge in claims. the total number of vets receiving va payments for ptsd soared from 27,000 to 196,000 from 2006 to 2012. >> you take care of your people it's that simple. >> one misconception about the va backlog is severely wounded veterans from the current war make up the bulk of the claims waiting action. 37 prers were filed vietnam era veterans 27 percent by post swa veterans. at the pentagon, jennifer griffin, fox news. >> that really is a shame, too.

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>> welcome back. time for quick headlines for you. texas rolling out changes for standardized testing. it will cut the number of tests for high schoolers from 15 to 5 per school year. the reason, standardized exams they say take up too much time during the school year. governor rick perry expected to fi sign the bill within days. the feds in court to fight a new york judge's ruling on the morning after pill. it wants to delay lifting age restriction requirements on plan b arguing the judge over stepped his authority in ordering the drug to be made available to all women. >> thank you, heather. men might make more money but it turns out women are better at managing it. that according to a new study. lauren simonetti from the fox

business network joins us to explain why this is. hello lauren. >> hey there. good morning everybody. women might get in trouble for spending and shopping all of the time, but who knows, we also pay our bills on time. they looked at nearly a million credit reports and found that while women earn less they are better at managing debt. as you can see the average man carries more than 26,000 dollars in debt. that verses 25,000 for women. that does not include mortgage debt. men have mortgage loans that are nearly 5 percent higher but are more likely to be delinquent and women have a slightly higher credit score. >> i believe it. each year 24/7 puts out a list they identify brands companies that might disappear over the next year. what are some of these brands? >> we are going to show you five brands the 24/7 says might not be in existence, volvo, martha

stewart living on the media magazine the nook and j.c. penney at number one, also living social. you have retarryls auto makers and magazines. all of this for changing reasons higher costs. >> how accurate is the list? >> last year some of the brands that turned out to be true based on the call from 14/7 would be current tv that was taken over bial sgl al-jazeera and suzuki. >> which one are you most shocked by? >> volvo. you have the luxury auto americas like bmw and mer sandz multi level auto americas like gm. where does volvo fit? >> hate to see the american companies fail. >> another nightmare at sea, flames destroy the deck of a crude ship. another one now passengers

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>> good morning to you. i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers. it is half past the top of the hour. it is time for the top stories making news at this hour. we are getting our first look from the damage of the massive fire that happened on a royal caribbean cruise ship. all of this started at 3:00 a.m. monday as the grandeur of the seas was saling to the bahamas. they were waiting for hours five life boats crews put out the flames. no one was hurt and the cruise never lost power. the passengers are being refunded. they are being bloflown back to baltimore today. there have been 20 fires aboard cruise ships in just the last 3

months. ainsley? >> today will be the first in court for grant accord for noting a bomb of his school. they found 6 homemade bombs hidden in his house along with a detailed plan for that attack. his court appearance comes the same day as students head back to the high school for the first time since all of this occurred. extra police will be there on hand to help the students feel a little safer. >> this man expected to make his first court appearance today. alexander herrera accused of making unusual statements as he tried opening up a plane's emergency door and he did it mid flight. the sag fa unfolding of an alasn airlines flight 10 minutes prior to landing. >> somebody was yelling stop him stop him. i turned around and saw a large man trying to open the emergency exit. he was just yanking on it.

there was a loud hissing noise. his clothes were not buttoned correctly. he was disheveled. i don't know what situation this man had gone through. perhaps should not have been seated in the emergency exit row. >> the next passengers jumped on her roar raw they restrained him used shoe laces until the plane landed safely in zimmerman's attorney planned to ask the judge and jury of the case can expect the scene of the

shooting. the trial is set to begin on june 10th. so much for the sequester apparent apparently. the federal government has posted 4300 job openings since those budget cuts kicked in march 4th. it translates to more than 10,000 jobs a quarter of them pay 113,000 or more. that is from 71 bartending jobs of the defense department the job will pay nearly $800 million per year. >> it's a sobering statistic. a new study finds college aged women are the worst culprits when it comes to excessive drinking. researchers found that females went over the recommended limit of 7 alcoholic drinks per week more often than male classmates did. this puts them at a higher health risk including live disease and breast cancer. that's your 5@5:30.

>> a weather alert for you this morning overnight reports of a tornado in the town of edgar, kansas. so far no word of any injuries or damage. looks pretty scary. earlier a wild storm this tore through the town of river ton, illinois where trees were knocked down and dozens of mobile homes were ripped right off by winds of up to 70 miles per hour. >> started shaking at first what was going on. it can't be a tornado. i looked out and everything tore all to hell. >> good news unfortunately no one hauz hurt in that incident. over to cherokee, iowa record flooding. it is so bad they are using kayaks just to get around. how the little sue river poured over the banks after more than 8 inches of rain fell. maria molina and getting a check

at what's going on today in the forecast. is it getting any better? >> unfortunately it is not across the state of iowa. take a look at the forecast coming up over the next several days today, wednesday and also on thursday. you are looking at areas of heavy rainshowers and storms rolling through and several more inches as possibly more than 5 inches can fall across this area. we have flash flood warnings in effect out here even flash flood watches through out the entire state. this is basically showing you how much rain has fallen approximately across the entire state of iowa parts of missouri and across portions of nebraska. red shating -- -- purple shading over 8 inches of rain. some of you picking up over a foot. significant accumulations over iowa and the midwest. that we have the flooding phonings the ground is already saturated. after the severe weather we had 100 reports of severe storms across the plains states. 146 them were tornadoes.

today again we have the severe weather risk the same storm system producing a threat across parts of pennsylvania up state new york and as far west and south of parts of texas. take a look at that eastern parts of wyoming could be looking at damaging winds large hail severe thunderstorm watch in effect in northern parts of missouri. ahead of this system it will be a hot day. 91 for your high in dallas. today not a hot day in new york city but we will be warming up over the next several days well into the 80s. >> thank you very much maria molina in the weather center for us. >> growing irs scandal as four different investigators are underway to find out exactly who knew what, who knew what when and peter doocy is live for us in washington. he has all of the answers for us in washington. right? >> i think so. i will start with saying over at the capital presently two investigations in the house and one investigation in the senate

seeking to determine how and why conservative groups seeking taxes and status were unfairly scrutinized. the new acting irs commissioner is leading his own probe into the scandal some law americas don't think those four investigations will find all of the answers for the questions american taxpayers deserve which is why some including republican senator lindsay graham are calling for an independent special council. >> i beliemy belief about the i scandal is the culture of going after tea party groups that were on about obama care did not accidentally happen. i think it comes from the top in terms of homes. >> there are some lawmakers on capitol hill who don't believe the irs was completely out of line in singling out groups that were seeking tax exempt status. >> citizens united unleashed hundreds if not thousands of

organizations seeking tax exempt status to play in political campaign. the law we wrote as congress said they had to exclusively be engaged in social welfare and not politics and campaigning. >> 54 percent of americans now think the federal government has too much power that's according to a new gallup poll. even though the news has been jam packed with stories about the irs and justice department secretly searching journalist's phones and e-mails said the 54 percent number according to gallup is in the same general range as where it was back in 2005. heather? >> thank you very much. peter doocy with all of the answers for us from washington. >> it is time to entertain this. fast and furious 6 fuelling the box office record sales over memorial day weekend. took in $122 million and falling way behind that the hangover part 3 opening second place with 51.2 million. star trek into the darkness

finished third with 47 million. a music star takes on a music legend. this is jewel as june carter cash in the lifetime movie "ring of fire"" showcasing june in the roller-coaster of a relationship. as you know she has johnny cash and this is told tlau her eyes. tiger woods taking his girlfriend lindsay von and his children over the water over memorial weekend. they left the greens and slopes behind and went jet skiing in jupiter, florida. >> they would be so athletic. >> speaking of athletics it was a clean sweep for the sterns they beat the grizzlies to return to the nba finals. tony parker had 37 points into the first conference title since 2007. the new athletic director for

scandal plagued rutgers refuses to resign. julie her man facing calls to step aside after of course she humiliated and verbally abused players in tennessee. her man admits she may have made mistakes with the team. >> terry bradshaw hitting up lows vegas. the sunday commentator will star in a one man show next month at the mirage casino. it is called a life in four corners. it will have comedy singing and reselling. >> he is a favorite of all of us. >> he can sing? >> i am sure he will try. 38 minutes after the top of the hour. coming up, she needs a lung transplant to live but her parents say unless the law has changed she won't. >> the only thing standing between my daughter living and my daughter die something the fact that she is 10 and not 12. >> the law that is leaving this little girl fighting for her

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>> 15 minutes to the tonight of the top of the hour. we begin with a very scary moment in russia. that's an apartment complex a construction crane crashing down on top of it.

destroyed balconies several cars, 250 people live in that flex. no one was hurt, though. strong wind gusts may have caused the collapse. it should grow at any moment. that is the warning with officials from chili and argentina. that is one of the most active volcanoes in the region. it started spewing gas. 4,000 people forced to leaf their home. where the country's train operator is planning to use drones to stop graffiti. the drones will shoot images of the train depots at night to catch the vandals. they will not use the drones in any public areas. >> doctors say this little girl only has a few weeks to live. the only thing that will save her life is a lung transplant. one problem ven, she is not old enough to have one.

they are vowing to fight the rules blocking her surgery and dave kitchen has the emotional story. ♪ >> she sings her own song of hope and strength and her family says she needs both now more than ever. >> the fact that she may not make it and we are sitting here with leaks. >> she is fighting cystic fibrosis and her lungs are failing. >> this is awful. >> she needs the transplant soon to have a trance at survival and a chance at her dream. sara and her family thought that chance came when she made a list of adults waiting for transplant because pediatric lungs are rare. they found a national organ rule in her way. her parents say they learned she needs to be 12 to compete with the adults on the list even if her cases aren't as serious.

they insist hers is. >> the only thing standing between my daughter living and my daughter dying is the fact that she is 10 and not 12. that is unreal to me. >> we have gotten to understand the roles of all of this in the last week or two. it has really driven us to sepek out. >> family and friends are fighting for her circulating this petition on friends.org. it is growing in social media, too. every bit can help. >> it's an impossible place to be you have so much hope and it feels like everything was short of shattered last week when she got so much worse. >> the family says they are hoping to appeal to regional medical centers that can make an exception to that rule. surely they would do that. >> gis she is so young the problem she is not able to take a lung. that's better than the alternative. at least try it.

>> quarter to the top of the hour. still ahead we told you about yet another disaster. this time a fire ending a cruise early. next we are telling our travel expert if it's still okay to sail and now is the time to get a good deal. >> plus why grilling is going to get a lot more expensive this year. first let's check in with steve doocy to see what's coming up on "fox & friends" and a massive griller. right? >> indeed. boy meets grill. indeed ladies. thank you very much. coming up on fox and friends. rocker brett michaels is here. he is giving me a tour of his really big bus. he calls it an rv, though. ricky schroeder is teaming up with the army. he's here to tell me about his new reality show and the dos and don'ts about interviews, like why you shouldn't reveal your weaknesses. plus it's national hamburger day, smash burgers on our plaza. if you are in town drop by. we are going to drop by your house 13 minutes from right now

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>> it is now 11 minutes till the top of the hour. here are quick headlines. a u.s. military fighter jet went down off the coast of japan and the pilot survived. the american pilot ejected into the pacific ocean after the f-16 developed a problem. u.s. and japanese crews were able to safely rescue that pilot. no word on exactly what went wrong. prices will be heating up your grill. they have hit a record high. driving them up? last year's drought. the high beef prices will be here through at least labor day in september. 50 people rescued after getting trapped in two elevators at an atlantic city casino.

this happened at revel. two incidents an hour apart. in both rescues fire fighters cabled down the elevator shaft, attached ropes to the guests in the elevator and helped them climb up a ladder to safety. i would be terrified. >> we're going to talk about hotel deals in a minute. first we want to talk about this, yet another disaster at sea. a massive fire -- we told you about this -- on board a royal caribbean cruise ship sailing to the bahamas on monday. no one hurt. the ship tkobd in the about a -- the ship docked for inspection. there have been 20 fires on board cruise ships in the past month. with the recent cruise mishaps are we going to see cheap deals? claire newell is here. >> the cruise industry has been hammered. in the past 15 months we're

still seeing un rates. since the concordia went down off the coast of italy we have been seeing amazing deals because people are still hesitant to go on board those ships. after the carnival triumph, people are worried. this ship luckily didn't lose power or any of its major systems but people are afraid. if you've never cruised before, this might sway you from never cruising. or if you may have been on the fence, you may not. if you're still in the time period of a cruise booking and you decide you may not want to go, you may decide to cancel. people who won't be able to cancel may be the ones who are really nervous and they are the one who probably paid their full payment, which is usually 70 to 90 days out and they will have to go on board. people who are leaving in the coming days to go on board the grandeur of the seas will be moved because they won't be able to sail on board that ship with other -- >> i wouldn't want to.

>> that is the thing. they are going to be offered the chance to cancel or to move ships. they ultimately will have to decide what they want to do. >> all those people deciding not to chance it and take a cruise right now, if you decide to fly for your summer vacation, how can you get the best deal on a flight? >> the sweet spot in looking for sales is between 35 and 40 days out. i recommend you go to websites to look for sale alerts. people don't realize there are a couple of really good sites. they tell you about the sales and tell you where to book. kayak.com does this and so does airfarewatchdog.com. the key is be flexible. look the day prior or the day after the peak day you want to go. also time of day because people don't think if you actually look at a few hours out you may find a better deal. >> tuesday mornings specifically for some reason? >> tuesday morning is a

good day to look. you can look any time, but tuesday morning there seems to be almost like an air fare war. the smaller carriers put out the sale rates. so the big dogs, the big airlines try and match it. often there are some very good bargains and the time to look, tuesdays when they put them into their system at midnight. the wee hours. >> get up early, watch "fox & friends" and then surf for a good deal. hotel tips? >> the biggest one is to look at the big sites to find out which hotel they're interested in and what particular area. trip advisor is a good site to go to, hotel.com. but then go to the hotel directly. this is for a couple of reasons. they have the most up-to-the-minute available. if you're not seeing availability on big ones, you may by calling get space. they have up to the minute specials. not the 1-800 numbers. the actual hotel itself. if you're celebrating something, tell the hotel

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>> welcome back. time to look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. first the good. a night at the ball game turns into one that these parents will never forget. >> we've been waiting. he hasn't told us exactly. [screaming] >> that's army lieutenant brandon neil surprising mom and dad. they weren't expecting him home for another week. next the bad. an entire wedding party falls into a lake in georgia when the dock suddenly gives way. luckily the bride and groom, they jumped on to the dry land just in time. the ugly, a series of photos in "the new york post" showing union leader mark rosenthal sleeping on the job. he makes $156,000 a year as the president of the municipal workers union. rosenthal says it is part of a care campaign. before you leave the house here's what's happening today. royal caribbean passengers will be flown back to baltimore after a massive fire damaged their ship.

an oregon teenager will be in court and charged for plotting a bomb attack on his school. he was arrested last week after police found six home made bombs at his home. >> that's going to do it for us. "fox & friends" starts now. >> good morning. it is tuesday, may 28, 2013. i'm gretchen carlson. hope you had a great holiday weekend. now it's back to work. >> call it a royal mess. a dream vacation quickly turns into a nightmare when a royal caribbean cruise ship catches fire on the high seas. over 2,000 passengers feared for their lives as smoke filled the ships. state right here. we're going to have a live report in a few minutes. >>steve: this man was making hissing noises and tried to open the exit door at 30,000 feet. but what the passengers did next actually helped save the day. his story coming up straight ahead. >>brian: are you having trouble landing a job? maybe it's the interview holding yo