>> i'm not marching. >> she's her own parade. >> yeah. >> this has been interesting, sort of unusual and strange. thanks for watching. have a great weekend. boy, i'll miss bob fox news alert out of the nation's heartland where a massive clean-up underway is now going on following a rash of violent storms that ripped through the area yesterday, creating a serious flooding crisis across central missouri, unleashing more than a dozen tornadoes in areas that have already been hard hit, like parts of oklahoma city. hello, i'm rick folbaum, thank you for joining us. >> i'm arthel neville. welcome to a brand-new hour inside america's news headquarters. aerial footage showing the scope of the destruction. last night's outbreak of deadly tornadoes destroying hundreds of homes and killing at least nine people and the threat is not over yet. we're covering every angle of this story with fox team

coverage, janis dean live in fox news extreme weather center. but first, let's send it over to will carr, who is standing by live in el reno, oklahoma. >> the associated express reporting that local authorities have pulled the body of a four-year-old boy out of a local river. earlier today we had been reporting that so far nine people died, two of those actually children. at this point, it's unclear if that four-year-old boy was one of those children. i want to show you the destruction that we're seeing right here. behind my is actually a technology school. take a look at the building behind me. this tornado literally ripped this building to shreds. if you look further to the right, there is the aviation technology department where they learn how to do maintenance on airplanes and you can see an emergency room jutting literally out of that building. there is debris and damage everywhere. take a look at this video. the tornado raced through this area, destroying anything and everything in its path. we actually spoke to one student who was in the building behind me when the tornado came racing

this way. here is what he said. >> heard all the air conditioners coming off of the roof and rain started coming in the building and the walls inside, we could hear them falling. it was kind of a surreal -- hearing all the cows mooing and everything from the stockyards over here. >> last report, there is still 90,000 people in the area without power. there is a silver lining here. we've seen some people coming in from out of state, complete strangers coming to help people who have pretty much lost everything. i just spoke to one man who came all the way from vermont to help out. the people here are telling us that their help is much appreciated. back to you. >> indeed. thank you very much for that live report. >> for more on the dangerous weather still in store for people in the midwest, let's check in with meteorologist janis dean. >> what a volatile evening. this time yesterday we were tracking these storms and taking a look at the satellite from

this time yesterday, we were watching these storms start to erupt along the dry line. that's one of the triggers that we need for severe weather. you can see within a matter of an hour and a half, these storms start exploding not only through oklahoma, but up toward kansas and missouri where we have reports of tornadoes as well. we liken this to a pot of boiling water. you got the lid on the top. you take off the lid and the steam just explodes northward. so that's exactly what happened. ef-3 tornado, ef-3 damage southwest of el reno. 19-minute tornado warning before the el reno tornado developed. so that's quite a lot of lead time in terms of tornado warnings. typically it's around 13 minutes lead time when the tornado warning goes out before the tornado actually hits the area. we're also seeing ef-3 damage in st. louis and charles county up in missouri. so ef-3 meaning winds of up to 165 miles per hour blew through those towns and the radar

estimates really within the last 48 hours are incredibly impresssive. oklahoma now has the wettest may on record because of some of the rainfall totals that we've seen. in some cases, four to six inches, really just in a matter of 48 to 72 hours in some cases. we've seen over a foot of rain. that's why we have flash flood watches and warnings for half a dozen states. here in the maroon color, that's where we have flash flood warnings in effect where flooding is occurring or imminent. taking a look at the radar now, we've got more storms moving eastward, sort of along the same areas where we had the flood watches and warnings. it will continue to move very slowly. your severe threat extends from the big bend of texas all the way up to the great lakes. that will continue and then this time tomorrow, we could be talk being a severe weather threat, including hail, including damaging winds and even isolated tornadoes, very heavily populated areas, from dc up towards new york and even bangor, maine.

slow moving storm that will bring perhaps a lot of damage really in the next 24 to 48 hours and catch my breath, can you believe it? hurricane season has begun as of today 'til november 30. we are watching a disturbance here in the gulf of mexico that could develop this week. rick, arthel, back to you. >> busy time at the weather center. thanks very much. we are also getting a look at some new stunning images from last night's deadly tornado outbreak, including this one taken by a storm chaser showing the dramatic moment when two lightning bolts struck the ground at the same time. another chilling photograph captures the actual tornado that reportedly caused some of the most damage near oklahoma city. look at that thing. it was reported to have been a mile wide and packing winds of up to 80 miles per hour. another all too common image of the storm, cars trapped in muddy flood waters, apparently abandoned by drivers who were

trying to flee the area. and in a heartbreaking moment, one woman is captured standing in the spot of what used to be her kitchen. now grappling with having to pick up the pieces and start all over. of course, we will continue to cover the latest developments on the storm and keep you posted throughout this hour. we're also getting some new information on another big weather story, the rash of wildfires burning out west. first southern california where a brush fire tearing through parts of the angelous national forest and san clarita doubled in size. meantime, crews battling a pair wildfires in santa fe, new mexico, trying to keep the flames from moving towards the city's more populated areas. officials say a blanket of smoke traveled as far as 60 miles away. the f.b.i. is investigating

three separate cases of letters laced with ricin. they've seen an uptick in these attacks over the past six weeks. the poisoned letters have been sent to several politicians, including president obama and new york city mayor michael bloomberg. molly line is live now from our new york city news room with more. molly. >> the f.b.i. and the u.s. postal inspection service are working several different cases trying to track the deadly poison, ricin, that's being sent right through our mail system. numerous public officials and government offices. let's start with washington state. five different letters were sent, four confirmed to contain active ricin toxin. they were mailed to the president, a federal judge in spokane, a local post office, the fairchild air force base near spokane, and the central intelligence agency. the letter addressed to the c.i.a. has yet to be found, but authorities are actively searching for it. this man, matthew ryan buket, 38

years old, has been arrested and charged by a one count grand jury indictment for mailing threatening communications. he's been arrested in the past, convicted of a sex crime in 1998. and in texas, federal law enforcement officials confirmed to fox news that a new boston man has been questioned in connection with three letters sent to the president, new york may michael bloomberg, and the gun control advocacy group, co-founded by bloomberg named mayors against illegal guns. f.b.i. officials say the three letters tested positive for the presence of ricin, but at very low concentrations. the man is not in custody. he has not been charged, but officials confirm that they were acting on a tip from the man's wife alleging suspicious activity. these two investigations follow the arrest of a mississippi man in april. he was charged with mailing ricin-laced letters to the white house, a senator, and a mississippi judge. arthel? >> molly line, thank you.

serious new questions about the attorney general eric holder right now as the calls grow louder for the nation's top law enforcement officer to resign. this as the justice department is vigorously defending his testimony before congress last month when he gave apparently contradictory explanations about his own role in a leak investigation targeting fox news reporter james rosen and now lawmakers on two powerful committees are gearing up for new hearings on all of this next week. molly henneberg is live in washington. good to see you. one of those committees trying to determine if holder told the truth under oath last month. what can you tell us about that? >> rick, attorney general eric holder told a house judiciary committee on may 15 that he did not and would not favor going after reporters in leak investigations. this is what he said. quote: with regard to the potential prosecution of the press for the disclosure of material that is not something that i've ever been involved in, heard of, or would think would be a wise policy.

but a 2010 search warrant into a leak investigation names fox news correspondent james rosen as a co-conspirator and the search warrant is signed by holder. the justice department says it never tried to bring charges against rosen and therefore, quote, the attorney general's testimony concerning the potential prosecution of a member of the press was accurate and consistent with the facts. but two republican members of the house judiciary committee want holder to testify again and clear up how he was involved in this leak investigation. rick? >> molly, how serious could this be? >> political analysts on both sides say this could be trouble for holder. >> it's either ignorance or mal feesance. you have to choose one or the other. neither is a good story for the attorney general. >> if he did not tell the truth in congress, i don't see how the guy survives. >> politically she's talking about. congressman told the hill

newspaper earlier this week that holder should resign or president obama should fire him because of this and other scandals. rick? >> molly henneberg live for us in washington. thank you very much. shocking new developments concerning the irs. the embattled tax agency turning over this video to congressional lawmakers on friday featuring a dozen of its employees line dancing. the video apparently produced for a training conference back in 2010. the cost, about $1,600. but there are two more of these videos. the irs also turned over to congress that you might remember, one, a star trek video that was produced for the same 2010 conference, and a gilligan's island video produced for a 2011 training conference. together issues those films cost taxpayers a whopping $60,000. the treasury inspector general is expected to release a

scathing report on the spending abuses any day now and the house oversight and government reform committee will also take up the issue in a hearing next week and we will have a fair and balanced panel on the issue coming up later in this hour. stick around for that. we are now hearing from the family of a michigan woman who was killed in syria. nicole mansfield. we'll show awe picture, she was 33 years old. syria media claims she died while fighting with the rebel forces. some of her family members say they had no idea she was in syria. >> i was stunned, totally stunned that she went over there and she got herself into what she got into and ended up away from us. she had to be -- she either had to have been brainwashed. she had to have been intimidated. but that was not nicole. nicole would never hurt nobody,

never. >> no matter what she did, i will always love her. i think god will forgive her. >> mansfield had converted to islam. her relatives say she went to the middle east because she wanted to learn more about arab culture. some sad news to report this saturday. we are just getting word that jean stapleton, who played one of the most beloved roles in television, has decide. stapleton played edith bunker on "all in the family." one of the biggest hit shows of the 1970s. edith was the long suffering wife of archie bunker, the bigoted character played by the late carroll o'connor. he often addressed her, his wife, as a ding bat. but there was a lot of devotion between the pairs well. stapleton received eight emmy nominations for her role as edith and won three. jean stapleton was 90. according to her family, she passed away of natural causes yesterday at her home here in

new york city. >> i will always remember sitting down with my parent and my grandparents and watching "all in the family" at a time when families used to watch shows together. >> we watched it in our house for sure. we loved that show and god bless her and her family. >> absolutely. ♪ boy the way glenn miller played ♪ ♪ songs that made the hit parade ♪ ♪ guys like us we had it made ♪ those were the days ♪ [ male announcer ] running out of steam?

♪ now you can give yourself a kick in the rear! v8 v-fusion plus energy. natural energy from green tea plus fruits and veggies. need a little kick? ooh! could've had a v8. in the juice aisle. and so too is the summer event. now get an incredible offer on the powerful, efficient c250 sport sedan with an agility control sport-tuned suspension. but hurry before this opportunity... disappears. the mercedes-benz summer event ends soon. ♪

♪ hodoes your dog food have?s 30? 20? new purina one beyond has 9. the simplified purina one beyond. learn more about these wholesome ingredients at purinaone.com even in stupid loud places. to prove it, we set up our call center right here... [ chirp ] all good? [ chirp ] getty up. seriously, this is really happening! [ cellphone rings ] hello? it's a giant helicopter ma'am. [ male announcer ] get it done [ chirp ] with the ultraugged ocera torque, only from sprint direct conct. buy one get four free for your business.

more now on one of our top stories this saturday. we're learning disturbing new details concerning the irs, specifically this video just turned over to congressional investigators. it shows irs employees line dancing. it was produced on the taxpayers' dime for a training conference that took place back in 2010 and it's just the tip of the iceberg. inspector general's report is due out at the beginning of this coming week and it's expected to show that the irs spent almost $50 million on conferences over a three-year period, starting in 2010. this as the obama administration is trying to overhaul the agency

amid the scandal concerning the acknowledged targeting of dozens of conservative groups that were seeking tax exempt status and now according to a new poll by quinnipiac university, 76% of registered voters, all registered voters are calling for a special prosecutor to investigate the irs that includes 53% of democrats. so where is all this headed? jehmu green, former president of the women's media center, she's a fox news contributor, brad blakeman is the former deputy assistant to president george w. bush and brad, i want to start with you because you have a personal story to tell about being targeted yourself by the irs when you were the head of an organization. tell us. >> that's right. i ran a 501 c 4 called freedom's watch in 2007 to 2009. after they ceased its operation, we were targeted. i personally was targeted by the irs, as were the donors to freedom's watch. but we suspected that we were politically targeted, but of course, we didn't have the facts

to back that up until now. when we understand that it was a policy of the irs to go after right of center, political organization and we were caught up in that mess and now it's come to light in the "wall street journal" broke this story today that freedom's watch, me personally and our donor, were targeted by the irs and put through two years of incredible intimidation. and at the end of the day, they got nothing, rick, nothing from me personally. nothing from our donors. it was pure act of intimidation and government leverage over people who were trying to educate the american people on things i guess the obama administration didn't want us involved in. >> hold on. we can't level those charges just yet and there are some investigations that are going on. but jehmu, you hear stories about this, things that happened to brad, thing that happened to heads of other organizations, conservative groups.

why wouldn't the obama administration get more out ahead of this and maybe appoint its own special prosecutor or special investigator to try to figure out exactly who was leading this charge? >> well, rick, i think they have gotten out ahead of this and they are very focused on holding those accountable who are guilty in this situation. but look, it was wrong when this happened to brad. brad, i hope you've been able to recover. i'm sorry it happened to you, but it was also wrong when the f.b.i. spied on peta and greenpeace and antiwar activists in 2001. so this should not be a partisan witch hunt. >> you're mixing apples with oranges. this scandal goes way beyond -- >> the irs, for us to put pieces in place where this won't ever be able to happen again and to also really clarify the activity between nonpolitical and political groups 'cause the "new york times" reported recently

how some of these groups were actually engaged in overt political activity. we know that. >> let me let brad respond. >> the president has a famed response of outrage to this crisis. what does he do to the irs officials who are culpable by admission? he either let's them take early retirement, he let's them resign. but he doesn't fire them. as a matter of fact, in a few of the cases, he promotes the very people who are the most culpable in targeting political organizations. if the president wanted to be a leader on this and show that he rejects this kind of targeting, political groups by government, agency that is under his control, he would have fired these people immediately for cause based on their admission and he wouldn't have let them retire. he wouldn't have promoted them certainly. so this famed outrage by the president is hollow at best. we need a special prosecutor to

get to the truth, to figure out who else was targeted by the irs. why were they targeted? and clean house with the irs and the sooner, the better. >> jehmu, this isn't going to go away. mitch mcconnell is comparing the president to richard nixon. you say he's out in front of this. but could he be more out in front of this? what could he be doing to silence some of the critics who say this goes all the way perhaps to the white house? >> well, he should be doing a serious and a genuine investigation instead of the road republicans want to go down, which is trying to fabricate some type of link to the white house. we do need this investigated, but it can't be done with a political partisan lens because both sides have been victims in situations like this, democrats and republicans. and both sides have been guilty in situations like this. so this is an opportunity to correct the situation with the irs.

but if republicans, and what i'm hearing from brad is it's just really trying to make that connection to the white house, if that is their -- >> look, i'm not making -- i'm not stretch ago connection to the white house. i will tell you as a matter of fact, i was in charge of president george w. bush's schedule. and we didn't have the irs coming to the white house every third day. the fact of the matter is, the irs commissioner visited more than most cabinet members combined. there is no reason when you have a telephone, when you have e-mail, when you have video conferencing, when the guy is in washington to have him come down to the white house unless you don't want a paper trail and you're giving him orders that you're not going to want to see on paper, or you don't want recorded. the fact of the matter is, if the president wanted to get this behind him, release the records other than the waiving of people in the white house. who did he meet with? how long did he meet with? what was the subject matter? the fact that the president hasn't done it and the white house hasn't done it makes me believe they're trying to hide something. >> we're going to have to leave it there. obviously not the last word on this.

thank you both very much. tomorrow can't miss fox news sunday when republican national committee chair reince previn joins chris wallace to discuss the state of the gop. check your local listings for the time and channel in your area. it is one of the most iconic meat companies in the u.s. but next, find out why this american sandwich staple could soon be in the hands of the chinese. plus, sold out. why you might be having a hard time finding tickets to some of the summer's hottest concerts e verizon share everything plan for small business lets you connect up to 25 devices on one easy to manage plan. that means your smartphone, her blackberry, his laptop, mark's smartphone but i'm still on vacation. still on the plan. nice! the intern gets a tablet? everyone's devices.

his, hers-- oh, sorry. all easier to manage on the share everything plan for small business. connecting more so you can do more. that's powerful. verizon. get the blackberry z10 for $199.99. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again. and now i've got to take more pills. ♪ yup. another pill stop. can i get my aleve s ♪ for my pain, i want my aleve. ♪ [ male announcer ] look for the easy-open red arthritis cap. from capital one... boris earns unlimited rewards for his small business. can i get the smith contract, ease? thank you. that's three new paper shredders. [ boris ] put 'em on my spark card. [ garth ] boris' small business earns 2% cash back on every pchase every day. great businesses deserve unlimited rewards.

read back the chicken's testimony, please. "buk, buk, bukka!" [ male announcer ] get the spark business card from capital one and earn unlimited rewards. choose 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase every day. told you i'd get half. what's in your walle [ male anuncer ] osteo bi-flex helps revitalize your joints to keep 'em jumpin'.° like calcium supplements can help your bones, osteo bi-flex can help your joints. osteo bi-flex... now available in all major retailers and warehouse clubs.

thanks for spending part of your saturday with us. the arizona woman who spent more than a week in a mexican prison

after authorities say they found drugs under her bus seat says she'll return to the country some day. but as of next time, she'll drive her own car. >> arthel: officials in houston say the four firefighters killed in a massive hotel fire took aggressive steps in putting it out because they believed there were people inside. they have released pictures of three of the firefighters killed in that fire. captain matthew renaud and two others. >> rick: historic virginia town of smithfield is divided about a chinese bid to buy smithfield foods the largest pork producer in the world and the maker of the smithfield ham. >> arthel: back to our top story now, in the extreme weather in oklahoma, a series of deadly storms and tornadoes cutting a path of destruction, killing at least nine people and injuring

more than 100 others. emergency officials are setting out to -- on the ground with the grim task of assessing the damage. patrick is live with more. >> yes. the destruction is just unimaginable. where i'm standing at is a technology school for this community and just take a look at the destruction of the wall here. you can see office chairs blown out into the outside area of the school, bricks and other school computers, everything just spread out. if you take a look to the other side of the building, this is also an aviation technology school, and look at this airplane. it was literally lifted out of the school, looks like that was a garage and pushed out to the front area where i assume mostly trucks and other vehicles for the school are normally parked. as you drive into the town, you will see many utility poles knocked over, trees uprooted. people here are actually quite quick to come in and take a look at the rest of the damage, including their cars which were

totaled, coming into claim what is left. the mayor, however, does say people in this town of 20,000 will have no problems coming together as they hope to put things back to normal. >> the bottom line, there is just a lot of people, most of the people were devastated, we all know from this community and they're going to pick up and we're going to rebuild. >> the mayor also says he would like to start working with other lawmakers to make sure that everyone in this town has the protection they need so that when the next tornado comes through, everyone will have a safe place to take cover. >> i think the next step is probably trying to get legislation to help us get some storm shelters, to make sure everybody, whether you're rich or poor or indifferent, you have a place to go to. >> yesterday's storm left nine people dead in oklahoma and more than 100 were hospitalized here in oklahoma city area. arthel? >> arthel: patrick manning, thank you very much for that live report.

>> rick: switching gears, the height of the summer concert season around the corner. if you had hopes of scoring tickets to see artists like taylor swift or justin bieber or one direction, you may be out of luck because according to a new report, 20% of all available tickets are put up for sale to the general public. the rest are spoken for by industry insiders. gary is a fox news contributor, the president of capital management company and some of my favorite summer memories of all time involve going to these rock concerts in these stadiums. now you got to be a big money guy like you to be able to afford it. >> yeah, like me. things have changed. i think what happened is performers saw that they put out tickets for 150 bucks, $200 for the best seat, and all of a sudden, they saw them in stub hub for $1,000er and losing money. i went to a mccartney ticket, you could have bought for $1,500

a seat to go to a concert. but also do the sound check before hand. they just basically got senator. the rest of the tickets goes to friends and family and all that fun stuff. >> rick: explain how this works. we're seeing pictures of taylor swift there. she recently came down and performed in orlando where you are. they put the tickets on sale except only 14% of all the available tickets for the venue actually were available to the general public. so you mentioned these vip packages. where are the tickets going? >> it was a big local story here. what it goes to is the music people, vips, a lot of these people, especially taylor swift and by the way, i'm not part of her fan club, but she has a huge fan club and people can go on the site before hand. there is a presale that goes on and they get snapped up very quickly and then when they come out with the regular sale, there is not much left. it was a real big story in orlando. >> rick: nothing wrong with being a taylor swift fan. i happen to be one.

>> she's terrific. >> rick: she's great. you mentioned stub hub. how does that work? this is a fairly new thing where people can sell tickets on-line. is it legalized scalping? >> it is big time scalping. it's a huge business, whether it's for concerts, sporting events. what happens is if you try to get tickets like with ticket master who does the first selling and you try to get on there and buy quickly, the seats are already gone in three seconds. then go on stub hub and all of a sudden, all the seats for the whole arena is on there and you got to be paying up. and for like mccartney, as i was saying, the $200 tickets were going for 6, $700 and the vip stuff, up to a huge, huge bd the performers realize it. >> rick: what's a fan to do, a fan who can't afford to shell out that money but who wants to see their favorite performers? >> i would tell you there is a couple of things. number one, a lot of presales

through visa, mastercard and american express. a lot of the credit card companies sponsor these things. so if you have those credit cards, look up the presales. number two, join one of the fan clubs. i'm a big fan -- in the fan club of the who. they sent an e-mail before the who came to orlando and i got seats. there are ways around it. but if you're not in the know and you're trying to get tickets, you'll be paying up big time. >> rick: what did you pay for mccartney? >> i paid six. >> rick: six. nice. >> and i like mccartney. >> rick: $600. >> i know. >> i'm not that crazy. >> rick: did he do the whole end of abbey road? did he give you that? >> let me say that, 38 songs in three hours for a 70-year-old man was incredible. that's the best way i can explain it. >> rick: i have seen him a couple of times. he does put on a great show. good to see you. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> arthel: i've seen mccartney live, too. he's still got it for sure.

two things, young kids don't have credit cards. >> rick: mine do. >> arthel: you do what i do, is hang with the band. >> rick: exactly. helps if you're related to them. >> arthel: we're going to get you caught up on more news when we come back. president obama is preparing to nominate a form bush administration official as the next f.b.i. director. james commie built a reputation of putting the law over politics. >> rick: also, if the warm weather has you thinking about hitting the road, a convertible may be the way to go. look at these beauties. if you're getting ready to pick up a new set of wheels, "consumer reports" is here with the best convertible for your money, straight ahead. [ ice freezing ]

[ wind howling ] [ engine revving ] ♪ [ electricity crackling ] [ engine revving ] [ electricity crackling ] ♪

she pretty much lives in her favorite princess dress. and she's not exactly tidy. even if she gets a stain she'll wear it for a week straight. so i use tide to get out those week old stains and downy to get it fresh and soft. since i'm the one who has to do the laundry. i do whaany expert dad would do. i let her play sheriff. i got 20 minutes to life. you are free to go. [ dad ] tide and downy. great on their own, even better together. i honestly loved smoking, and i honestly didn't think i would ever quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, . . . . . . . . [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depresd mood and suicidal thoughts or actions

while taking or after stopping chanti if you notice any of these stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of depression or otr mental health proems, which could get worse while taking chantix. don't take chantix if you've had a serious allergic or skin reaction to it. if you develop these stop taking chantix and see your doctor right away as some can be life-threatening. tell your doctor if you have a history of heart or blood vessel problems, or if you develop new or worse symptoms. get medical help right away if you have symptoms of a heart attack or stroke. use caution when driving or operating machinery. common side effects include nausea, trouble sleeping and unusual dreams. with chantix and with the support system it worked for me. [ male announcer ] ask your doctor if chantix is right for you.

i

>> arthel: welcome back. president obama is set to nominate former acting attorney general james comey as the next f.b.i. director. comey built a reputation for putting the law above politics while working in the george w. bush administration. would his nomination be a sign that president obama is also looking to place the law over politics or is this move purely political? susan estridge is here. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> arthel: okay. so which is it, susan? >> it's both. all of the above. i mean, sometimes doing the right thing really is good politics. i think in choosing someone like

mr. comey, who has got a reputation for integrity, who stood up to the bush white house on the eavesdropping program, he's found a way to communicate clearly that at least on this particular issue, the f.b.i., that we're not going to be divided on partisan lines and that he's putting in somebody who is known for integrity and for mr. obama's point of view, that's good politics, unlike having eric holder investigate himself, which is not good politics. >> arthel: which brings me to the title of your column this week, which is "eric holder cannot investigate himself." so i ask you, can congress or the american people feel confident with mr. holder in charge of the investigation regarding the warrants for james rosen here at fox news and other journalists records? >> of course not. i mean, look, i don't know eric holder personally. i know a lot of people who do. they tell me he's a person of great honor and integrity and intelligence. but you can't investigate yourself and expect to have

anybody believe that you've done a good job. and for the life of me, art, i don't know why the white house doesn't get that. no matter what eric holder does, no matter how tough he is on himself, it's not going to be credible. and the right thing to do and the political thing to do would be to bring in somebody independent, a guy like james comey, there must be more than one -- and have that person investigate the justice department policies. not the guy who approved the warrant. >> arthel: in the meantime, he is in charge of this investigation and you know that mr. holder had a request to keep meetings of the news organizations off the record. i want to get your take on that and also speaking of news organizations, do you believe that mr. holder signed off on the rosen investigation because he doesn't like fox news? >> no. i actually don't believe that. i mean, i really think -- there was another investigation of the ap. i really think that there is a

hard, delicate balance to be drawn between the first amendment, which i'm a staunch supporter of, and national security concerns. and i think eric holder didn't do the right thing in signing that warrant. but i think he was motivated, as other administrations have been in the past, by concerns with very sensitive national security leaks. but the way to address the situation, art, as you point out, is not to invite the news organizations in for an off the record conversation. i mean, we're at the point with this one where everything has got to be on the record and you really do need an independent person who takes a second look and reports to the congress and to the people and to the justice department on how we should deal with these hard issues that come up. >> arthel: yeah. susan, let me pop a full screen of a poll recently taken here. rasmussen poll. the question is, should eric holder resign? you've got 42% of those saying he should resign and 24% say they disagree with that.

and 34% are just not sure. so i ask you, what do you think? do you think mr. holder should resign? do you think that there should be a thorough investigation into department of justice policy? >> i don't know if he needs to resign or not. if they continue down the path they're on, with him saying i'm going to investigate myself and i'm happy to talk to you off the record, his days will be numbered. and ironically, the only way eric holder i think can save himself and save his credibility and protect himself is by giving up some power right now and having somebody else come in, a nice, smart republican come in and say, you know what? maybe they did the wrong thing in the james rosen case. i think they did. but we do have these hard issues to grapple with when there are serious and sensitive national security leaks and we got to find a way to draw that balance. i remember sitting here and having folks say to me, the "new york times" was guilty of being traitors for wikileaks.

i didn't think that was true, but it reflected the same concerns. so eric can save himself, mr. holder, but only if he steps out of the way right now. >> arthel: susan, i have to leave it there. thank you very much and i want to remind -- good to see you. i want to remind everybody that you can read susan susan's colun every wednesday and friday. take it outside to rick now. >> rick: i found my new car. when we come back, the hottest convertibles from "consumer reports." don't go away [ male announcer ] progress isn't about where you've been. ♪ it's about where you're going. the new ram 1500. best-in-class 25 mpg. ♪ north american truck of the year. ♪ the truck of tas. better residual value than ford and chevy. it's the fastest-growing truck brand in america. guts. glory.

ram. woman: everyone in the nicu -- all the nurses wanted to watch him when he was there 118 days. everything that you thought was important to you changes in light of having a child that needs you every moment. i wouldn't trade him for the world. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. if you're caring for a child with special needs, our innovative special care program offers strategies that can help.

there's a new way to fight litter box odor. introducing tidy cats with glade tough odor solutions. two trusted names, one amazing product.

zo summertime cruising means it is time to put the top down. >> consumer reports letting the

wind blow in by showing some of the hottest convertibles. you brought some of the hottest cars with you. >> we brought some toys out on his hot summer day. >> should we get to the cars? >> tell us about this one. >> the masda miata, this is a great, fun affordable convertible. >> this is a two-seater. >> can you open the door for me here? >> so this is a roadster. and the personality of this is it is designed to be fun and engaging. this car loves a twisty road. >> this is a fun modern sports car. it has a retractible hard top. and it gets 28 miles per gallon overall. >> how do we look in the car?

>> we have one more to try out, too. >> this is the chevy camaro, this is the car that are i ogre up with wanted. boys in jersey love this car. >> chevy did a good job bringing the boyhood fantasy we had into the chef gy camara. this is a 426 horsepower v-8 engine. it has the power to give you the entertainment and the rumble that you want. >> i was revving the engine earlier. it is quiet but it feels powerful. >> it is a dual personality. around town it can be mind mannered. but when you want to play, it is ready to go. >> this has a power top right? >> it has a power top and it a cloth top.

they are multilayers and it is fairly quiet compared to years ago. >> how do they do as far as retaining their value holding up to other non convert able vehicles? >> there are certain depreciation risks and if you buy now in the spring and summer you will pay a premium. if you buy ip the fall and win der you will save quite a bit of money. >> speaking of money, how much does this one cost? >> well loaded it stickers at $45,000. >> how about that miat txmiata? >> $41,000. >> i remember that is like from the '80s. >> absolutely.

it has become more mature and sophisticated vehicle over time. >> jeff, i love the cars that you have brought and they will accommodate this man right here big daddy rick because he has a new son. >> that is right. i want to say hi to my new boy cash. there he is. he entered our family on the 15th of may. i took a couple of weeks off to spend time with the family. >> he looks so beautiful. >> i married well. my wife chelsea has done a great job. and he is happy and healthy and so are we and now i want to get one of these cars and drive him around town and show him off. >> thank you jeff, good to see you. that is going to do it for us. howard is coming up next with the fox report. enjoy the weekend. >> all right. ♪

[ female announcer ] doctors trust calcium plus vitamin d to support strong bones. and the brand most recommended by... my doctor. my gynecologist. my pharmacist. citracal. citracal. [ female announcer ] you trust your doctor. doctors trust citracal.

[ agent smith ] i've found software that intrigues me. it appears it's an agent of good. ♪ [ agent smith ] ge software connects patients to nurses to the right machines while dramatically reducing waiting time. [ telephone ringing ] now a waiting room is just a room. [ static warbles ]

this is the fox report tonight a television icon has died. she was on a show which drew millions of fans and seemed to be a head of time. and if extreme weather has not touched your area you are among the fortunate tonight. your neighbors in the heartland are feeling the deadly punch of nature again. major metropolitan city and suburbs taking a direct hit. >> it is going to come right at us. >> even the stormchasers got chased on his one. touching down at the height of rush hour and those who were home found themselves trappedin