a >> good morning everyone. i am patti ann browne. >> i am heather nauert. it is friday june the 7th. thank you for getting up with us and watching "fox friends first. overnight a medical chopper going down killing all three people on board. this happened in eastern kentucky. as we understand it right now the chopper was on its way back to its base after transporting a patient to a hospital when it crashed. the company confirming that a pilot, a paramedic and a nurse were among those who died. no word on what caused this to go down. we will keep you posted.

one day after sara mernihan petitioned to get her on the drug transplant list another has. 11-year-old javier acosta on the list. they are both dying of cystic fibrosis at the children's hospital. >> a mechanical problem is believed to be the cause of the horrfic limo fire that killed a young bride and her four friends in california. this happened in san mateo a ruptured air spring may have caused a deadly domino effect leading the gas tank to burst into flames. the there was one more person inside the limo than allowed. >> major league baseball wants the phone and shipping records of people involved in the

steroid scandal. they will be mounting an investigation against several baseball stars including alex rodriguez and ryan brawn who are working in the clinics. all players involved denied any wrong doing. a high schooler hot spot sending juveniles to court after they inhaled the fumes. it happened at highland park, illinois. a 15-year-old is being charged with battery after spiking the spaghetti sauce with da bomb. it's like u.s. grade pepper spray. fortunately the three school employees sent to the hospital are okay. they experienced shortness of breath. >> another fox news alert more news about the government invading your privacy. >> it is not just your phone being monitored.

the internet is, too. this is a contrast to president obama's stance before he was elected. elizabeth prann is life with us in washington. >> the surveillance program prison taps into internet companies who post audio video and photographs. it is used to identify suspicious individuals. we heard from james clapper the director of the national intelligence agency releasing a statement saying the program is designed to have foreign ingenls for people who live outside of the united states not to intentionally target any u.s. citizens. we heard from him late last night. they are using a broad selection of electronic surveillance gathering phone records of 100 million people perhaps a very different tune to the highly transparent administration which was previously promised. some like expanded

surveillance balances between our interests of security and values of privacy. >> we don't hold data. let me go to the mission msa does. foreign intelligence with a focus on counter-terrorism. that's our mission is to protect this country from things like 9-11. if you remember back in 2007 obama seemed to have a less expansive view of then bush's use of executive power. >> when i am president i am going to call my attorney general and say to him or her and say i want to to review every order when it comes to wiretaps or detaining people or reading e-mails. whatever it is. i want you to go through every single one of them if they are unconstitutional or encroaching on civil liberties unnecessarily we are going to over turn them. >> there's every reason to

believe thatit's not just veriz they are ordering telephone records for there could be similar orders to internet companies. >> liz breath pra -- elizabeth prann in washington thank you. >> five co host bob beckel is outraged the obama administration is spying on millions of verizon users. >> i think it is serious and one of the most outrageous examples of stepping on the constitution i have heard. they have no rights to phone records. they get both sides monitor how long the conversation takes place. they are not on record for anything. this is the government giving the end to our business it ought to be out. it is illegal unconstitutional and deplorable. i didn't like it when they did it. the bush administration i don't like that they are doing it now. i know they are looking for methods on computers, screw that. they are taking my phone

records. get your hands off my phone records. sometimes i got (inaudible) i don't want you to know about. >> also a talker. it has a scathing editorial in today's paper. it reads quote the administration has now lost all credibility on this issue. mr. obama is proving the truism the executive branch will use any powers given and very likely abuse it. >> the nsa spying scandal we want to hear from you this morning. >> you can tweet us at fox friends first or shoot us an e-mail. we will read them later in the show. >> i am going to get a lot of responses to that one i think. >> right now fox business alert a wild week on wall street. now investors are bracing for crucial job information.

>> good morning. it is jobs friday. the jobs report is always the most important report of the day the week and often times the month. this may data has been so highly accepted. the expectation is 20 a month and unemployment 11 and a half percent. that's a four-year low but it is historically very high. you want a goldilocks situation going on. you don't want to see too many jobs created like 200,000 for instance. then the federal reserve might say the economy is strong let's turn back the stimulus. you don't want a low number. then the economy is weak. >> econ fists are worried about

a bubble. >> many are concerned we are in a bubble but three quart ires of economists say that's not the case we are not in a bubble and stocks are not over valued. stocks hit a new low point for the month they are at 19 percent this november and most of that happened this year. strong on consumer spending. >> still a quarter not so sure. we have to wait and see. >> it feels like a lot more than that. a quarter not so sure. >> lauren simonetti fox business network, thanks. >> extreme weather alert this morning. we are getting flash flood warnings. they are expenditending along t east coast. andrea is drenching millions of americans who live from georgia up to maine for the next few days. we are hearing that rain -- feeling that rain in new york.

pounding with 60 mile per hour winds and estimated 10 inches of rain. 19,000 cloud to lightening strikes also reported in one day alone. that is considered 19 strikes per minute. it is responding to 12 tornadoes. a real mess but thankfully no reports of any injuries at this point. >> a shocking report despite the major fan shall woes the nation is facing. they swept out millions of dollars of bonuses. >> a frightening new study for women. did you just wake up from a bad nights sleep you could be putting your heart at risk. tropical storm andrea threatening the east coast. how will you be impacted?

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>> good morning to you. here's a look at what you missed while you were sleeping. a new report shows workers earned $330 million in bonuses last year. 330 million? oh boy a lot of money. the biggest payouts going to agencies including fema that handles national disasters. fema dishing out 10 million in bonuses up from 1.3 million the

year before. that's because the health administration and the faa. new found hope for the family of america's only prisoner of war from iraq. army sergeant beau bergdol sent them a letter the letter was scripted and then redacted. he was alive and well two months ago. he disappeared from his base in afghanistan -- i said iraq earlier, it is afghanistan. june the 30th, 2009 and is believed to be held in pakistan. more on that as we get it. >> new details on the irs scandal. turns out officials in washington knew about the agency's targeting of tea party groups a year earlier than previously acknowledged. all thanks to a misfired e-mail from a worker in cincinnati. chief congressional record mike

emanuel has the latest from capitol hill. >> the investigation into the irs shifted to focusing on extravagant spending on the tax collection agency. the deputy irs commissioner who played mr. spock in a star trek spoof video was at a conference in anaheim, california. >> anarchy is fight age cross the planet. >> i will start with mr. fig, what were you thinking? >> the fact of the matter is, it's embarrassing and i apologize. >> the top democrat asaid he watched the video a hundred times. >> i have looked at that video over and over again i swear i do not see the redeeming video. >> he hesitated when asked to explain who authorized spending in the $4.1 million on one conference. >> i did not become aware of the mass spent until much later. i didn't know what the extent

the it was at the time of the conference. >> after it was revealed by another witness he had signed a document with the estimated $4.3 million cost on it before the conference. >> you signed off on a routing slip. you participated in meetings understanding the costs before the conference happened. are you here claiming no responsibility at this point? >> absolutely not. i was aware of the costs when we did the estimated cost of 4.3 when we did the briefing for the two deputy commissioners. >> on the investigation elizabeth hofe finger told congressional investigators an irs lawyer in washington carter hull closely over saw her work and suggested questions to ask applicants quote i was essentially a front person because i had noah ton me or no authority to act on applications without the influence or input.

the agent said she was angry when lois lerner the head of the irs was scapegoated in cincinnati. quote i was furious. it looked like lois lerner was putting it on us. >> she pled the 5th in a congressional hearing after trying to identify herself. it claimed the target on a couple agencies in cincinnati going rouge. capitol hill, mike emanuel, fox news. a major warning for women to listen to. we have more proof as to why it is important for us to get a good night's sleep. there's a study that finds a bad night sleep can make heart disease in women even worse. fox's marianne rafferty has the details. >> good morning heather and patti ann. this is the first study to have low risk of coronary heart disease and death. researchers at the university of california, san francisco found

older people over heart disease over five years. they found less than 6 hours of sleep a night and waking up too early plays a big role in unhealthy levels of women in coronary heart disease. women who reported sleeping poorly 2 and a half times more inflammation than men. it is a well-known predictor of cardiovascular health. researchers suggest that lower levels of estrogen could explain the link between lack of sleep and inflammation. the journal of psychiatric research could provide information on heart disease and women. >> good information for the ladies out there. it is 19d minutes after the hour. we have an amazing water rescue after a car plunges into the creek. if this happened to you would you know how to get out alive? do you ne>> se oo

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each one of the panels on the outside is going to be exchanged with any of the panels you see around the building. >> it might be a helicopter or plane or normal car or truck. >> exactly. >> you take your left hand this is a reference point to finding the door handle. oo radio release the seat belt with rur right hand and begin getting out. >> when do i take my breath? >> the water will come in from the bottom and rapidly. when it is chest level that's the time to take a breath. >> are you ready to go? >> ditching ditching ditching. >> get a good breath.

>> it happened a lot faster than i thought it was going to. i forgot to do my shoelter strap first. i had to wiggle out of that. but it went well. it went well. >> shows you how frightening that would be. >> if up want to learn more about how to get out on your own we will have more later. >> 25 after the hour. this morning we are learning the government is spying on more than just phone records and the president is defending the practice. we will have more on that. plus a break through discovery for those suffering from multiple sclerosis. we will tell you about that. graceland opened in the public more than 600 thousand visitors each year. we will be right back.

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>> good morning to you. welcome to fox and friends first. i am heather nauert. >> it is 29 minutes after the hour. now it is time for your fox at

5:30. those are the top five stories making news at this hour. just a few hours president obama sits down with the president to talk about cyber warfare. this comes as a new report shows china was involved in a major hacking situation. they had position papers on china and also private e-mails. one was from mccain and taiwan's president. the fbi learned of this that summer. the hacking continued for months and months. >> a break through discovery for people suffering from multiple sclerosis. they found a way to debilitating the auto immune response to a protein. they were treated with an infusion of their own white blood cells but engineered they were hoping the cells would keep the body from attacking myolin.

they say it was too small for conclusion but optimistic about further studies. >> it is part of the federal government tarp program. we have heard so much about this one. 100 million in taxpayer money is being used to demolish abandoned properties in the city of detroit. that's 20 percent of how much the state was allocated for that program. detroit's mayor says it will help fight life in that city. >> is this new pamela anderson ad too hot for tv? >> yes, we want them to stay on top we have to stay at the forefront of the internet. ♪ >> it's an add for a web hosting service and features the former

bay watch star playing a boss as she talks to her assist tan the co-worker begins to fantasize about the two. they are banning this ad from air saying it's sexist and degrading to women. >> trish stain got the surprise of her life for a half marathon. she thought she was just sore the day after a run but listen to this it turns out she was actually in labor. she went to the hospital for severe back pain and when doctors told her she wasn't injured she was about to have a baby she was really surprised. you know why? she had no idea she was pregnant. how about that. that baby was born five weeks early but is in good health right now. she is named mira, short for miracle. >> thank goodness the baby is okay. >> that is your 5@5:30.

new details this morning on government monitoring of more than just your phone records. >> allotted of people raising eyebrows right now. >> good morning. the administration is defending these program that is appear to be snooping into the phone words of just about every american. the breadth of this surveillance has been stunning. the phone records are placed into a data base of the national security agency. this program first reported by the guardian newspaper. another program is tracking internet use like google microsoft and facebook play along. >> we don't hold data on u.s. citizens. let me go back to the mission

that nsa does. foreign intelligence with a focus on counter-terrorism. that is our mission to protect this country from things like 9-11. >> the programs require political contortions from president obama who just weeks ago spoke of striking a balance. >> they have interest in security and values in privacy. >> back in 2007 candidate obama was not accommodating with the same bush era they support. >> i am going to call my attorney general and say i want you to review every executive order whether it is a wire tap or detaining people or whatever it is i want you to go through every single one of them.

if they are unconstitutional we are going to over turn them. >> there is bipartisan support here in capitol hill by these programs the phone program some are calling a violation. al gore took to twitter to call it outrageous and even one of the republican authors of the patriot act said it was unpatriotic. >> that leaves us to the brew on this question of the day. do you think the nsa practices are fine or is it over the line? send us the comments by tweets@fox friends first or e-mail at fox friendsfirst@foxnews.com. we will hear a lot about that one in the weeks to come. >> flash flood warnings extending along the east coast this morning. it is fallout from tropical

storm andrea americans who live from georgia to maine. this is expect to do happen for at least two-days. estimated 10 inches of rain in some toast tal areas. it spawned as many as 12 tornadoes. dealing with downed trees and power lines it has been a complete mess down there. >> all of the pulping off the pool the bricks are lifted the shed used to be on that slap and it's in the neighbor's yard now. chairs are missing. who knows where they are. top sports story game one of the finals in miami. the heat verses the spurs.

it goes to the spurs. the heat leading going into the 4th but thanks to an awesome play by tony parker the spurs go on toop. tiger woods back on top of the list of highest paid athletes. he went to number one falling to third in 2012. he made a $78.1 million. yankees third base man alex rodriguez speaking out about the doping scandal saying quote myself and others are being mentioned in the media reports before the process is even concluded. i will monitor the situation and comment when appropriate. rodriguez is rehabbing from florida from hip surgery. he could face up to a 100 game suspension. >> we are talking about a new movie coming out. vince vaughan and owen wilson in the comedy the internship. >> it opened up nationwide

today. >> they produced the movie starring in it and a screening at times square where he surprised a theater pufull of interns. >> interesting. >> try to have some fun get your work done but don't forget to enjoy the experience. i always respect people that are wanting to get into something and willing to work for it. >> looks really good. >> what about the screening? >> funny. they were great together. >> you are a gleek. >> really a first season gleek. >> matthew morrison in the fox hit show glee has an album "where it all began" trying to reintroduce standards to a new

generation. i finally made it to studio 54 after 42 years where it is a place for pop culture and history. >> a big disco place in the 70s. >> he allowed our cameras in and we shot him performing some of these songs. >> ♪ >> he is so good he cyou can ges album on itunes. >> speaking of high school. >> speaking of high school. >> you have a reunion coming up. >> 20-year college reunion. i am so torn on whether i should attend. >> you should definitely go. >> we have been catching up all week on facebook. i don't know who that person is.

where are you? >> in the green in the center. oh she did not. >> look how cute you are. >> i am not going to get into the details of that. >> we have any others? >> we have other news. >> we have one of me. >> that's me. yup. the one with the hair and the face. >> fresh face mary tyler moore ready to take on the role. >> look in the background my best friend julia. >> log on to the fox light.com and we will have everything up there. you can find me on twitter@fox michael. lawmakers want answers from the attorney general. they are demanding eric holder return to capitol hill for more grilling. explosive video at the moment the fore wing began navy blew up its ownership.

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>> 5 till the t-- 15 till the tp of the hour. this looks like a scene right out of world war ii. the norwegian navy blowing up one of its ownerships to test the long range missile. it shows the 880 pound muissile hitting the 300 foot long ship with pinpointed accuracy. fitted with gps it can travel ore coastlines oceans and lands and pull off maneuvers to prevent getting shot down. apple is recordedly set to begin its own trade in program for old iphones. the report indicates they partnered with bright star it would allow iphone owners to trade in current phones for discount on new ones. gazelle has turned apple trade into a million dollar industry.

apple has no comment. >> thanks, patti ann. republicans demanding attorney general eric holder return to capitol hill later this month for more questioning over the justice department phone hacking scandal. they are stopping short of issuing a subpoena. holder says he's trying to do better but many are not buying it. >> i hope you would agree that the american people deserve an attorney general who is completely focused on the fair and impartial administration of law and justice not distracted by controversies of its own making. >> eric holder taking heat from both sides of the hill tough questions from senators along with a new demand from house republicans that he return to the hill on june 18th. they want him to testify under poet again about his role in an aggressive leak investigation into phone records and personal e-mails. they say there's a conflict between what he told the house judiciary committee on may 15th

and what they later learned. we do not believe the request to provide an on the record investigation of the on the record testimony is extraordinary. we believe the committee and the american people deserve to hear from you. the justice department is taking a hard look at the policies regarding leak investigations and made this vow. >> the department has not prosecuted and as long as i have the privilege of serving as attorney general in the united states will not prosecute any reporter for doing his or her job. >> critics say that's not the issue. fox's chief washington correspondent james rosen was the reporter based on allegations he had engaged in criminal activity. despite the fact that rose enhas not been prosecuted the chairman bob good las said the doj identified him as a pal is the . >> it has a very chilling effect

on the first amendment and it's a very serious matter for the attorney general to say he was not aware of this when he improved that search warrant raises additional questions as well. >> we have reached out to the justice department for any response to the request that holder appear on the 18th. so far no record but the committee will subpoena holder if he declines. shannon bream, fox news. 12 minutes before the hour now. it has been a wild week for investors now they have jobs data that could move the markets one way or the other. we will have the latest from wall street to main street. >> many students didn't get their high school diploma after all. see the problem with what they wrote. it is supposed to say senior power you remember writing that, except they misspelled it. >> brian kelly. >> i have a hunch they spelled

junior awrong as well. they should not have been allowed to move forward. >> the valedictorian who through out the script and prayed at his high school graduation is here. i wonder what he will throw out before talking to him. super star broadcaster here life. fake money can't buy happiness. you are wrong. we will prove it to you by giving you cash. and it's national doughnut day. we will give you something that will up your sugar intake. how the army is involved in doughnut day. plus a summer concert series. anybody performs live. he has been per warming up in the rain and never sounded better. this is all coming up on "fox & friends" friday. please put something on. the kyocera torque lets you hear and be heard

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>> good morning. it's now 53 minutes after the hour. the courtyard outside a north florida courthouse will soon become home to a monument to atheism. bradford county reached a deal to let the national organization of american atheists install a 1500 pound granite bench near this existing ten commandments monument. wonder who paid for that? in russia the president vladimir putin out on the prowl. ladies look out. putin and his wife just announced that they are getting divorced after a 30-year phaeurpbl. -- marriage. his wife says he's hardly ever at home so there's already speculation he's planning to debut a new wife. not a girlfriend. a new wife. we'll keep you posted. >> it's been a rough week on wall street and now

investors are bracing for what is certain to be a market-moving jobs report one way or the other. >> all eyes are on today's jobs report due out this morning at 8:30 eastern. expectations that the labor department will announce 170,000 nonfarm jobs were created in may. the unemployment rate is projected to stay at 7.5%, a four year low but historically high. the federal reserve says this jobs report serves as a key barometer of economic health and will be used to decide when the feds start scaling back its stimulus program that's been a critical driver of the stock market since the financial crisis. markets are expected to move after the reports come out. over the last couple of weeks the stock market has fallen on words the stimulus may be pulled back. job growth has been relatively steady. through april, the economy added about 196,000 jobs per month, better than

2012. overnight there has been a global impact markets in south korea, hong kong and shanghai finished the day down more than 1%. japanese stocks down for a third day as well. >> thanks. it is now about five minutes before the hour. coming up, we'll tell you about this one. a major spelling mistake on some diplomas. the teachers are to blame here. >> it's your last chance to answer your question of the day. the n.s.a. monitoring your phone records. is it fine or over the line? line? your e-mails next. i'm tony siragusa and i'm training guys who leak a little, to guard their manhood with new depend shields and guards.

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>> the the good, the bad, and the ugly. the graduation edition. first the good. a crowd of cheers when this valedictorian rips up his preapproved graduation speech and begins reciting a prayer. next the bad. they're supposed to be graduating in just weeks but one student may need to retake spelling. see this photo right here? "senior" is spelled wrong. they say it was part of an apparent senior prank. finally the ugly. a major spelling mistake on hundreds of diplomas. in ohio the city's name is spelled wrong. the company who made these promises to replace these by the end of the month.

time for your brew on the question of the day responses. we asked if the n.s.a. spying scandal is fine or over the line? michael says it is pefbgtly fine. >> josh says it is way over the line. the government has enough power without the need to have our phone records. >> thanks to all of you for responding. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> tgif everybody. good morning. it is friday, june 7, 2013. i'm gretchen carlson. i hope you're going to have a great day. call it the share everything plan. it is not just your phone records the government is grabbing. they are watching your credit card purchases, e-mails, on-line videos, photos and more. the white house says it is the right thing to do. it's patriotic. what do you think? >>steve: don't worry. the guy in charge of our national secrets and national intelligence says they aren't coming for you. but he hasn't always been on top of everything. remember this. >> how