is great because of simple pleasures like fishing with the kids. >> heather nauert in montana took this picture of an old schoolhouse. >> michael said old glory is what makes america great even when it's frozen outside in the winter. >> we hope you had a great day. "fox & friends" starts now. >> good morning. it is monday, july 1. i'm alisyn camerota in for gretchen. thanks for joining us. it is the deadliest fire the u.s. has seen in decades. this morning 19 elite fire fighters are dead. >> we're devastated. we just lost 19 of some of the finest people you'll ever meet. right now we're in crisis. >>alisyn: what went wrong? how did this happen? breaking details ahead. >> this cirque du soleil performer dead this morning. how she fell 50 feet in front of a live audience.

>>brian: it is the first day of july, which means a slew of new laws take effect. i know what you're thinking. finally we've got some laws to keep us in line. where it's now sexist to call first-year college students freshman and where it's against the law to drive too slow. we'll reveal those two cities. now you can avoid jail when "fox & friends" starts now. ♪ ♪ >>alisyn: good morning. thanks so much for joining us bright and early. pleasure to be here with you this morning brian and eric. >>brian: have you been off the air at all? >>alisyn: no. i've been on 24 hours a day. >>brian: special thanks to the neighborhood who is raising your family in your absence. >>alisyn: today is my friday, my last day on the air for awhile. >>brian: we have a huge

show. >>alisyn: 19 fire fighters are dead. they were killed while battling a massive blaze in arizona. it is the biggest loss of life for fire fighters since 1993. what went so terribly wrong? let's turn to ainsley earhardt for some answers. >> good morning to the three of you and you at home. these young men, part of an elite fire team, 18 members of the press cot granite hot shots and one other fire fighter dead this morning, died battling an out-of-control fire in yarnell, arizona. the fire started after lightning struck that area on friday and quickly spread to at least 2,000 acres amid extremely hot and dry accounts. this morning we're learning the crew was killed as they tried to protect themselves from those flames under fire-resistant shields. >> we grieve for the

families. we grieve for the city. we're devastated. we just lost 19 of some of the finest people you'll ever meet. right now we're in crisis. >> let me tell you a little bit about that team. hot shot crews, elite fire fighters who often hike for miles into the wilderness with chain saws and backpacks filled with heavy gear to build lines of protection between you and the fire. they removed the brush, they remove trees and anything that might burn in the direction of houses and cities. president obama called them heroes who selflessly put themselves in harm's way to protect the lives and property of fellow citizens that they would never meet. speaking on the phone, arizona' governor jan brewer said it is a dark day for the state. >> it's just such a tragic and dark, horrible day for arizona and its heartbreaking. i just would like to say that i hope everybody in arizona tonight remember those brave fire fighters that died and their family

and their prayers. >> at this hour 200 houses have been destroyed. the fire is still zero percent contained. coming up at 6:30 we have an inside look at the granite mountain hot shot crew that was shot earlier last year. you get an inside look at these guys, what they're doing to protect all of us. >>alisyn: thanks for that update. >>brian: four minutes after the hour. triple-digit temperatures are fueling that deadly fire around the country and throughout the west. maria molina joins us with that part of the story. >> good morning. we're looking at extreme heat out here across parts of arizona, parts of nevada and also into california with temperatures that actually set records over the weekend. take a look at the current temperature right now in needles. 101 degrees. we're not cooling either.

vegas 98 degrees of current actual temperature. phoenix in the 90's. incredible stuff that we're not cooling off. take a look at yarnell, arizona, where that wildfire occurred that killed 19 fire fighters; very devastating situation out here. we have that wildfire continuing. we have a chance for a shower or thunderstorm. that seems like good news because we need the rain but we're not going to be seeing a lot of rainfall. some of these thunderstorms will have lightning with them so that could spark a brand-new wildfire. we're looking at gusty winds possible with some of those storms which will hinder wildfire efforts out here. temperatures remaining hot over the next several days into the 90's across that particular area of arizona. throughout the rest of the west, montana and missoula, 99 degrees for your high. seattle, highs into the 90's. widespread tipple digits across states like utah and nevada and arizona. very dangerous. we want to tell everyone things to do to stay safe.

stay inside in air conditioning and also drink a lot of water throughout the day. >>brian: going to work outoutside, going to be at night, not during the day. >> we saw temperatures hot during the overnight hours. dangerous stuff out here. >>alisyn: thanks, maria. let's get to the rest of the headlines. an unbelievable tragedy in las vegas. a cirque du soleil dancer falling to her death during a performance of the show ka. sarah guyard seen on the left. she slipped out of her safety wire and fell more than 50 feet. witnesses say they could hear screaming as other performers looked on in disbelief. she was the mother of two and had been performing for more than 22 years. this is the first death in cirque du soleil's 30-year history. the show is canceled until further notice. police in florida identifying a man killed in a shooting on a busy interstate.

fred turner was driving when shot and killed by another driver. he was able to call 911 moments before he died. >> we know at one point in time this person did pull up beside him and showed him a handgun with the control. they heard the shooting. >> investigators are still looking for the suspect. he is believed to be traveling in a gray ford taurus. this afternoon texas lawmakers return for a second time to try to pass a tough new abortion law. the bill was defeated last week after a democratic lawmakers led a 13-hour filibuster. this time, though, it is expected to pass. >> we're going to make sure that we've got plenty of time and no human being can talk for two weeks. so this bill is going to pass. >> i don't think that we'll concede that the battle is over. even if this bill passes, obviously there will be challenges to it going

forward. >>alisyn: the bill outlaws abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy. in just a few hours week two of the george zimmerman trial gets underway. the judge is scheduled to meet with attorneys before the jury arrives in an effort to settle dispute over zimmerman's past statements. they are expected to call forensics, experts and investigators to the stand. >>brian: with edward snowden holed up in russia, that seems to be a bad plan. russia saying wait a second, do we want this guy any more? this is more trouble than it is worth. we'll see where that goes. more revelations seem to be coming from edward snowden. it came in a weekly copy of der speigel. it says more things about our clandestine network

that we probably didn't want the public nor the european union to hear. >>eric: probably nothing they didn't already know. maybe you didn't read your copy as accurately -- but a lot of stuff he's been leaking is stuff that has been coming up -- >>alisyn: did our allies, france and italy and the greek embassy know that we were bugging their rooms and tapping their phones and tapping their fax machines? if so, i mean, they haven't let on. >>eric: we're going to hear from general hayden in a second who basically says, really? the fourth american applies to americans. it doesn't necessarily apply to other people in america. non-americans in america. >>brian: in 2007 we planted this crypto faction in the e.u. embassy in washington, d.c. that essentially gave copies of all cables sent from foreign ministries to foreign capitals. details there. now it turns out the e.u. is flatout furious with

this. and they are demanding explanations from our state department. here is the president of the european parliament. then you're going to hear michael hayden who is actually running the n.s.a. originally. then he went to the c.i.a. listen. >> i'm shocked in case that it is true, i feel cheated that the european, representative of the european union like the representative of enemy. >> number one the united states does conduct espionage. number two our fourth amendment is not an international treaty. number three, any european who wants to go out and rend their garments with regard to international espionage should look first and find out what their own governments are doing. >>alisyn: probably a good tip but it is a bombshell because it is our allies. obviously we do conduct international espionage but these are our allies. i'm not sure they knew we were listening in on their

phone calls. you think this is an open secret? >>eric: i think whenever we have our ambassadors in foreign countries, including countries that are allies to us, assume they're listening. it's always safe to assume they're listening no matter where they are. guess what? when you send your ambassadors over here, you want to have discussions, assume we're listening as well. hayden said exactly that on camera. finally someone admits to what we know has been going on. i'm proud of him for saying that. >>brian: you're proud of edward snowden -- >>eric: no. i'm proud of him for saying that. i'm proud of snowden for shining the light -- >>brian: he's such a clown and despicable. >>eric: the n.s.a. can actually go back and listen to your phone conversations, that violates the fourth amendment. no reason for them to be doing that. >>brian: what great

courage he shows going to hong kong and hiding out in the airports and going to wikileaks for advice, who is serving him well. evidently he did have legal advice in hong kong. for some reason after reaching out to wikileaks they are advising him to go to russia. russia is saying he has no passport. he can't get to ecuador where julian assange without an answer of integrity is holed up in a military regime. >>alisyn: meanwhile let's talk about -- it's july 1 -- >>eric: can i point something out? we have to at least say, whether or not you like the way ed snowden carried out what he did, he brought something to light that most americans didn't know what that was, what was going on. you're being watched and snooped upon against the fourth amendment. they are breaking the fourth amendment -- >>brian: you cannot reveal clandestine behavior of our c.i.a. and f.b.i. it doesn't work in the best interest of this country. >>eric: i'm not saying

revealing clandestine information or putting anyone at risk is the right thing to do. >>brian: do you think he has done that? >>eric: i don't think he said anything that put anyone at risk. but i do think that what he did tell us is very alarming. he told us that the n.s.a. is using a fisa law that wasn't intended to be used this way in a way that gathers information on americans. >>brian: anyone in the intelligence committee, anyone who wanted to be briefed in cock could have gotten briefed -- in congress could have gotten briefed. in the program has gotten too big, it could be reined in. >>eric: you mean like clapper at the top of the n.s.a. saying -- >>brian: do you like michael hayden or not? >>alisyn: i think you guys very well articulated both sides of the argument. we would love to hear from you, where you fall on the edward snowden debate. you can find us all on twitter. meanwhile the nfl said

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obamacare and they landed a team of recruits. librarians report for duty. >>alisyn: charles payne joins us now. people go to their public libraries for information, clamoring for information about how their health care is going to change. they don't really understand obamacare. the libraries make more sense than celebrities; rights? >> maybe they have more credibility as an intellectual group as celebrities. in some ways it's probably as troublesome or you could even say despicable. in their release they say 28 million people go to the libraries a year to learn about health care information via computers, et cetera. it is one thing to say you can come to the library to look things up. it is another thing for the libraries to promote this health care law. everything we're seeing has seem to be targeting young people. very young people, whether it's trying to woo

athletes, woo a librarian, celebrities. it's all about can we influence them? the younger the better. this is the kind of propaganda machine we haven't seen for a long time. >>eric: this is a good reason. they need for obamacare not to implode. they need them to sign up. >> young people often aren't the ones concerned about the real economic impact of it. this thing looks like a disaster. it's coming fast. in four months. it's nod ready. health care exchanges aren't ready. the information isn't ready. they have got an army of i.r.s. agents ready to go enforce it and health care navigators help you also. >>brian: the one thing that comes to mind about young people, they gets out of college, they can stay on their parents' health care until 26. they might be good foot soldiers. >> for the most part they will be sitting in the basement playing video games until they're 27.

they may be able to tweet things about it but not hit the bricks. >>brian: very hard to get a tweet out from the basement. >> since you were in your mother's basement, things changed a lot. you were using the old one. >>alisyn: charles, thank you. we'll be watching you on varney this morning. >> a big week. the jobs report on friday and the markets look like they might be up today. >>alisyn: drivers beware. authorities are turning a blind eye to drunk drivers because they don't have enough resources. >>eric: a brand-new ban that keeps smokers out of the running for all kinds of jobs. a fair and balanced debate a fair and balanced debate coming up. what are you doing? oh, hey. using night-vision goggles to keep an eye on my spicy buffalo wheat thins. who's gonna take your wheat thins? i don't know. an intruder, the dog, bigfoot. could you get the light?

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>>eric: while you were sleeping transit workers in california go on strike. thousands of bay area rapid transit workers are picketing increased health care costs and having to settle for a 1% wage increase, among other things. at the same time oakland city workers went on a one-day strike. the first strike since 1997 is expected to have a massive impact on traffic in the area. interest rates for government-subsidized student loans double today to 6.8%. senate democrats plan to vote july 10 on a short-term fix to retro actively change the rates. house republicans want a long-term solution. aly. >>alisyn: thanks, eric. smokers need not apply. starting today the university of pennsylvania's health system, which includes two of the country's most prestigious hospitals, will no longer hire smokers even if they do not smoke at

work. is this the right move or is it over the line? joining us for a fair and balanced debate, family practice physician and cardiologist and author of every woman's guide to a heart-healthy life. doctors, thank you for being here. let me start with you. you don't think this is a fair rule by the university of pennsylvania. why? >> i think we understand where the line needs to be drawn. i am so against smoking. i've talked about this publicly over and over again. smoking is the best way to reverse the risk of heart disease and cancers, yet it is not illegal. so when something is not illegal, we can't say to employees who are competent and qualified that you cannot work at this institution if you are smoking. it's not right. >>alisyn: dr. london, your response? it is legal to smoke. >> it has effects on other people. this is not just something

you're doing to yourself. even the smell on clothing can harm people who have lung conditions, and children. one of the children's hospital is one of the hospitals in this system and they're particularly vulnerable because they are still developing. we have a responsibility as people in health care. we're in the front lines. to be the example. in a situation like this, how is it consistent to say it's okay to smoke even though it's the number-one preventible cause of death. >>alisyn: dr. steinbaum that doctors and nurses who smoke are not setting a good example for patients? >> people are not allowed to smoke around other people when it affects other people. that is the law in new york. you can't spoke in public places, in front of buildings. at the end of the day when you come to work, there is no smoking at work, and that's clear that smoking cannot happen at work. it is important that we as health care professionals set an example. >>alisyn: i want to bring

in dr. london for the last word. what about what you do at home? shouldn't you have privacy? >> in your home, yes. there's over 4,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke and that secondhand smoke is not innocuous and that smell of it will trigger asthma in children who before didn't even have asthma. that is not acceptable. period. >>alisyn: thanks for the debate. we will see how this goes as this policy starts today. thanks so much for coming in. another miracle on the hudson. this time a young helicopter pilot saves four tourists. hear from him next. today marks a critical day in our nation's history. the battle that changed the civil war. we are live for the big reenactment in gettysburg. fighting constipation by eating healthier, drinking plenty of water, but still not getting relief?

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>>alisyn: fox news alert. overnight 19 fire fighters were killed while battling a massive fire in arizona. this is the deadliest night for u.s. fire fighters in 80 years. ainsley earhardt is following the story for us. what more do we know? >> new information this morning. these young men, part of an elite fire team. 18 members of the precott granite hot shots and one other fire fighter died battling an out-of-control fire fighter in yarnell,

arizona, about 85 miles northwest of phoenix. the fire started after a lightning strike on friday and quickly spread to at least 2,000 acres amid extremely hot and dry conditions in that area. those 1 victims were -- those 19 victims were not new to the dangers of battling fire fighters. last april they provided an inside look at the daily battles of the hot and dry wilderness. take a look. >> if anyone is taking the heat, it is these guys, the tkpwrapb net mountain hot -- the tkpwrapb -- granite mountain fire fighters. daniel mccarthy says it is only training. >> when we get out there, it is a different ball game. it is the real deal. we have to look out for each other, have accountability. we have to trust each other. >> the crews practice shelter drills. if they are caught in a fire, they must wrap themselves inside the shelter in under two

minutes with their feet to the fire. just as important as the training is the camaderie they build. it keeps them going, and in some cases alive. >> are you there? >> yeah, i'm here! >> any other job, you don't have to worry about your life day in and day out. but this job you have to watch your buddy too. you end up creating a certain bond with certain people, relationships that last a long time. >> that fire is still burning this morning. it is zero percent contained at this point. alisyn, brian, eric, back to you over there on the sofa. chilling to watch those guys and know 19 individuals on that team are now dead this morning. fighting fires for all of us to stay safe. >>brian: knowing they are the most fearless and also the most experienced, what actually happened must be truly unique. >>eric: say some prayers for those families.

>>brian: another miracle on the hudson. a sight-seeing helicopter makes a crash landing. everyone made it out alive. didn't even get wet. on board, a family of four from sweden about 12 minutes into the flight the engine conched out. the pilot on the job for a year kept his cool and deployed pontoons just before hitting the water. >> people are calling you a hero. >> just doing my job. >> whoever that pilot is has to be a remarkable pilot with nerves of steel because clearly that helicopter was in complete distress. >> boaters rushed to help taking the pilot and family back to shore. that pilot just 23 years old. >>alisyn: drivers might want to steer clear of new york city's bridges and tunnels. law enforcement tells "the new york post" that tipsy motorists are being given a free pass. the reason? budget cuts. sources say cops are being told to overlook drivers

who appear to have only had a few drinks. and they are discouraged from running checks on license plates which could lead to arrests. what is that? >>eric: what else are they going to do? remember this dramatic video out of russia the exact moment a meteor hit? well, we just learned that meteor was so strong the impact circled the earth not once, but twice. the blast left more than 1,500 people hurt. >>alisyn: an unusual moment at the u.s. women's open. golfer jessica corda not only fires her caddy in the middle of the a tournament, she replaces him with her boyfriend. the boyfriend happens to be a professional golfer. >> i knew i needed to switch and have a little bit more fun. it is the u.s. open, tough out there and it wasn't working out. that's all i'm going to say to that. >> she said her boyfriend is not a long term option.

but she is in the market for a new caddie. >>brian: honey, i need you. grab the bag. all right. it's july 1 which means three days from the 4th of july and many new laws go in effect today. finally we'll be a nation with good laws. >>alisyn: hundreds of new laws are going into effect from state to state. they are from the serious to the ridiculous. here's one. in washington state lawmakers will strip the state books of language that could appear sexist that could apply to just men. for instance, you can no longer say college freshmen. you now must say first-year students. you may no longer say penmanship. you now must call it hand writing. >>brian: because the "man" in the middle of penmanship? >>alisyn: yeah. >>brian: i had no idea

between ship and pen there's a man. >>alisyn: and persons -- >>brian: you have such a natural proclivity for the law. let's go to florida now where -- actually let's start in maine. they are now required to plant edible landscaping such as fruit trees, berry shrubs around the statehouse. >>alisyn: if you're ever hungry while waiting in the state line, there's lunch. >>eric: i had an apple tree in my backyard. the first thing we learned was don't eat the apples. we had berries in the front yard, we always tpelts we couldn't eat -- we always felt we couldn't eat them. they are poisonous. >>alisyn: that is the upshots of the garden of eden. >>brian: maybe i overlearned the garden of eden. >>eric: i think this is a good one. in florida they banned left-lane drivers from

going more than ten miles per hour under the speed limit. >>alisyn: fantastic. >>eric: this is a good law. >>alisyn: a great law. it's dangerous when somebody gets in the left lane and parks it there at 45 miles per hour. a great law. >>brian: there's seniors in the community who only feel comfortable going a certain speed. >>alisyn: then get in the right lane, grandma. >>brian: you're not being intolerant. you're telling them where to go. let's talk about something very significant. 150 years ago our country stood divided. during the four years of the civil war 620,000 americans were killed. today we mark the anniversary of the largest battle of that war, the battle of gettysburg. anna kooiman is in gettysburg, pennsylvania, with more. >> good morning. although it's a solemn time the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg is a great opportunity for folks to get excited about

learning our history and teaching it to our children. we got an up-close with some of the 10,000 reenact tors for the event. >> it is the biggest battle on this continent. it was the biggest amount of loss of life as a whole. and the inspiration that it brought to the north for winning this battle helped them win the rest of the war. >> why is it important for kids to learn about the battle of stkpwetsburg? -- battle of gettysburg? >> a lot of honor. they knew their chances of living were slim. but being dutyful and honorful and trying to protect their homes and families to get this war over, they did what they had to do. >> many are buried right around here? >> yes, they are. >> despite the bloodshed on the battle field only one civilian was killed, a woman struck by a stray bullet while baking bread. all the other townspeople lived in fear. how much damage was left after the battle of gettysburg?

>> crops, homes, the pages, the listing of damage ran hundreds of pages when the citizens made claims to the federal government. >> although the civil war did drag on for an extended two more years, the battle of gettysburg is seen as the major turning point leaving 51,000 people dead, wounded, missing or captured. this area really is seen as a solid ground. we're at the memorial here. seven million bullets were fired during that three-day battle. if you look at the differences between the union bullets and the confederate bullets, you can see. we'll be talking to president lincoln and robert e. lee. >>alisyn: quite a gift, anna. >> they are rising from the dead and putting their differences aside for us. >>alisyn: fantastic. great reminder of gettysburg and the

staggering number. >>brian: i was reading an account of that. they were saying one of the big things robert e. lee, lee made a mistake. reconnaissance about where the union was coming from. he made key mistakes because he didn't have great surveillance. a segue to our next topic. eric and i disagree about edward snowden. people who follow you for the most part on twitter are usually supporters. every single person except maybe one or two has taken eric's side with me. >>eric: want to read them. >>brian: k.c., say it's okay to throw the constitution out the window? time for brian to leave the country. >>eric: he wasn't reading. john says bring power today, please, you idiot. you have a brain. yeah, i have a brain.

i also have a constitution in my pocket. >>brian: you're ad libbing. >>eric: kilmeade hates fellow americans. >>alisyn: i have some from both sides. eric, thanks for being on "fox & friends" and schooling brian kilmeade on the n.s.a. leak fact. then i have eric bolling, snowden is nothing more than a common thief and should be treated as such. >>brian: eric bolling is correct. brian is incredibly naive. infidel justice says stop feeding snowden. >>alisyn: from mike roberts. alisyn, it looks like you were trying to make yourself disappear during that debate. i actually, mike, was trying to back up in case fists were about to start flying. >>brian: here's this one. brian, you're making no sense today, as usual.

love mom. i didn't know she was on twitter. it kind of shocks me. just signed up. >>alisyn: keep them coming. we love to read them. a never before seen look at the marines on the front lines in afghanistan. >> compound are empty. if the enemy was here earlier, they're gone now. >>alisyn: one of those brave men is here. >>brian: americans are doing what the government cannot. how one group is phraeubging -- making sure the military groups are getting the sky-high salute they deserve on this 4th of july. ♪ ♪ i think she tried to kill us. oh, i can barely move a muscle. i don't have any muscles left. [ sighs ] [ chuckles ] you should really clean your ceiling fan. are you kidding me?

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>>alisyn: welcome back. time for quick headlines. is yoga religious? today a judge in california is expected to rule whether yoga is a religious practice that should not be allowed to be taught in public schools. parents filed a lawsuit arguing the school district should do away with it because the classes are inherently religious and violates the first amendment. >> reality star brooke hogan is engaged but does the hulk approve? while her mom tweeted out congratulations, her famous dad posted a message of

disapproval saying -- quote -- "hogan and vegas doesn't work, brother." >>brian: thanks, aly. the united states military has been fighting the war in afghanistan for over 12 years, but a new series launching tonight gives americans a powerful boots on the ground look at the war from those fighting it: the marines. >> we're going in with 1,000 marines into this place. they are not going to be able to handle the kind of [bleep] reenforcement of the united states marines going into here. [bleep] they can't. i'm looking forward to this fight. >>brian: here's a reality series we have to see because it's real reality. here's marine corporal younis. what is your reaction when you see that? >> brings me back there. we were there a little over

six months. it brings me back. it's nice to watch this on tv. >>brian: tonight at 9 on nat geo. as we put it together, do we get a sense of what you're going through? >> you do. it's a modern look at what the infantry man goes through every single day on the front lines. it is an interesting thing because you don't see that very often. >>brian: why don't we see this very often? >> i don't know what the reason is. you get documentaries occasionally, one-hour long. it's interesting to see a show, a five-part series. >>brian: what's it like engaging the enemy regularly? will we get that sense? >> yes. i guess you won't be getting shot at but you'll see what it feels like to be shot at? >>brian: now you're in the civilian world. here's a quote from the guy you know, sergeant brian

barrows says if we die it doesn't matter. put in your head you're already dead. that will take away the fear of dying. that is his method of surviving while engaging the enemy regularly? >> it made him comfortable to do that. personally, i don't know. you always have to have that fear. if you don't have fear, there is no courage. i always wanted that fear. i always wanted to know i could be dead. if you feel like you're invincible, you're going to do something dumb, i feel like. you've got to have that fear, i feel like. >>brian: do you feel like the afghans are ready to take back the country? >> i'll be honest with you, the afghans are probably not ready from what i saw. we can't keep holding their hand. we can't keep running them through this. they have to realize they have to do this themselves at some point. >>brian: do you get a sense they appreciate what you're doing? >> no, i don't. i do not. i feel there are some

people out there, probably in kabul that are very educated, that went to school and stuff, that do appreciate it. but the average farmer where we were fighting, he wants to live his life, pay for his family's food and that's all he wants to do. >>brian: corporal, are you proud of what you do? >> i am. >>brian: did you exceed what you thought you could do? >> i guess. >>brian: how are you doing now? >> doing good. going to college and uncle sam is going to pay for it. >>brian: and you earned it. we're going to watch tonight at 9 on nat geo and find out what it's like to fight the war, not talk about fighting the war. corporal, good luck. what college are you going to? >> point park university in pittsburgh. excited. >>brian: you can see the corporal on campus, give him a salute and say thanks. 12 minutes before the top of the hour. the president refusing to call world leaders over the n.s.a. fugitive. but joe biden is on the

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happy fourth of july. >> eric: it's a fourth of july tradition. folks flocking to the south carolina beaches to salute the troops as air force jets soar down the coast. but this year's sequester cuts could have put an end to all of that until american volunteers stepped up to do what the government couldn't do. andy is the president of salute from the shore. he joins us now. tell us so far years you've had the air force fly by the shores. why did that stop this year? >> that stopped because all military flyovers across the nation were grounded because the sequestration. we found a lot of volunteers that owned vintage world war ii planes and we decided we couldn't let the salute stop. our military continues to protect us, so we felt like we needed to continue to salute them. >> eric: amen. so how did that come about? how did you guys gather the airplanes and who is flying the planes? >> we've made a lot of contacts through the prior four years of

doing salute from the shore. we ran into a guy, barry avet, who is a great american and very patriotic american. his father flew a c-47 in world war ii and he eventually acquired a c-47 and goes to air shows and has a tight knit group of other americans that own world war ii vintage planes. he helped us organize this air parade of world war ii vintage planes and also some other vintage airplanes. the pilots are just regular americans. some have served in the past. others have not. but the other element is we'll have passengers on the planes that will be veterans from all conflicts, going back to world war ii and also active military duty as well.

>> eric: very good. i guess a mutual salute from the shore to the people, to the heros and from the heros back to the shore, right? >> yes. once we're done, we encourage everyone to send video in to our facebook and web site and we take all that video and also shoot video ourselves and we put together a video that we send out to troops all over the country. >> eric: where is the web site? >> it's salutefromtheshore.org. >> eric: don't inject too much politics, but does it make you crazy when president obama spends 100 million bucks to go to africa for four or five days but doesn't have money to do a flyover that's so important? >> we try not to get into the political stuff. our aim is 100% salute to the troops and thank them for their sacrifice.

we try to stay away from that angle. but we knew we couldn't let this great tradition die. >> eric: one last thought. i know a lot of people like to see the fast jets. they're going to be okay with this. but what history, right? >> right. exactly. we are disappointed, too. we love the jets. we have a great relationship with the air force base in south carolina. the good news with the vintage planes is they'll be lower and slower and hopefully the experience will last longer for the folks on the beach. >> eric: thank you very much for what you're doing. >> thanks for having me. >> eric: facing a new obstacle, a dog, the video you have to see to believe. hollywood's top men are the new ten flops -- ten flop, i'm sorry. no one paying to see tom cruise and will smith. we'll explain what the heck i just said in a minute with the spark miles card from capital one,

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>> alisyn: good morning, everyone. it's monday, july 1. i'm alisyn camerota in for gretchen this morning. it is the deadliest fire in two decades. 19 elite firefighters are dead this morning, killed in the line of duty. >> we just lost 19 of some of the finest people you'll ever

meet. i mean, right now we're in crisis. >> alisyn: what so what went so terribly wrong? we'll explore that. >> brian: plunging 50 feet to her death in las vegas. we have the shocking details coming your way. >> eric: jennifer lopez in hot water over this performance. >> i'm very happy this birthday. ♪ happy birthday to you >> eric: the controversy she's wishing happy birthday to a dictator. what she's saying this morning. "fox & friends," we'll explain, right now. >> alisyn: fox news alert. we want to get to our top story. 19 firefighters are dead. they were killed while battling a massive wildfire in arizona. this is the biggest loss of life for firefighters since 1993.

so what went so terribly wrong? we turn to ainsley earhart for more details on what happened. >> such a tragic story. i emphasize young. an elite fire team, 0, 21-years-old. 18 members of the hot shots and one other firefighter died battling an out of control wildfire in yarnel, arizona. 85 miles northwest of phoenix. it started after a lightning strike on friday and spread to 2,000 acres amid extremely hot and dry conditions. this morning we are learning that the crew -- here is their picture -- the crew was killed as they were trying to forget themselves from the flames with fire resistant shields. >> we grief with the families and the department. >> we're devastated. we lost 19 am some of the finest people you'll ever meet. we're in crisis.

>> there are more than 100 hot shot crews in the united states. they're an elite team of firefighters who they often hike for miles into the wilderness with chain saws, backpacks that are filled with heavy gear, to build lines of protection between you and the fire. they remove the brush around the area, the trees, anything that might burn in the direction of a house or a city. last year this unit had been profiled as they were preparing for fire season. >> when we get out there, it's a completely different ball game. it's the real deal. we have to look out for each other. we have to have accountability. we have to trust each other. >> the other job, you don't really have to worry about your life day in and day out. but this job you have to watch your buddy, too. you really end up creating a certain bond with certain people, the relationships that last a long time. >> president obama remembered the victims, calling them heros who selflessly put themselves in harm's way to protect the lives and property of fellow citizens that they would never meet.

at this hour, 200 houses have been destroyed. fire guys, 0% contained. back to you. >> alisyn: just terrible. thanks so much. let's get to some of your other headlines. there was also a terrible tragedy in las vegas. a dancer plunge to do her death during a performance of the show. sarah was seen on the left in this picture. she reportedly slipped out of her safety wire and fell more than 50 feet. witnesses say they could hear screaming as other performers looked on in disbelief. she was the mother of two and had been performing for more than 22 years. this is the first death in cirque de soleil's 30-year history. the show has been canceled until further notice. also while you were sleeping, one of the large he is transit unions went on strike. thousands of bart workers are protesting increased health care costs. they're also not happy about a 1% wage increase. this is the first strike since 1997 and it is expected to have a massive impact on half a

million riders in san francisco and oakland, california. this afternoon, texas lawmakers return for a second time to pass a tough new abortion law. it was defeated last week after a filibuster. this time the law is expected to pass. >> we're gonna make sure that we've got plenty of time and no human being can talk for two weeks. so this bill is going to pass. >> i don't think that we'll concede that the battle is over and even if this bill passes, obviously there will be challenges to it going forward. >> alisyn: the bill outlaws abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy. and new overnight, violent protests erupt not guilty -- erupting in egypt. they stormed and ransacked the cairo headquarters of president mohammed morsi's muslim brotherhood group. millions across the country are taking to the streets to protest

morsi. at least five protesters were killed in the violence. those are your headlines. >> brian: that was insane. millions of people in the square with nowhere to go and they just know they don't like the muslim brotherhood. man, have changes changed. donald trump is here. it's got to be monday. good morning. >> good morning. >> brian: first off, edward snowden, it turns out he reveals more information about the u.s. that we have surveillance equipment on allies in new york. how do you feel about these revelations? >> it's a disaster. i'm watching my good friend, eric, who i like and respect tremendously, but i don't think he's coming down on snowden so hard. snowden is making us look very, very bad to other countries, other allies, even the enemies. what he's revealing is incredible. they got to get him back and i know eric's point of view and i understand his point of view, but they got to get him back. he's doing tremendous damage to this country and he is a traitor. >> eric: okay. let's take that, donald, i

respect your opinion completely. by the way, i have three -- i want to feel like beckel right now. what has he leaked that we didn't already know? number one. if it's stuff we already know, how is that treasonous. and number two, aren't you concerned what the nsa has been up to that they've been data mining innocent americans when the 4th amendment to the constitution says in order to do what they've done to americans, they need probable cause and they certainly don't have any of that? >> well, i'm most worried about terrorism and the threat of terrorism and sometimes you have to do things that aren't -- i don't believe they are doing that, by the way, but sometimes they have to do things that aren't so appetizing. frankly, the threat of terrorism is the single biggest threat that we have. you're talking about potentially nuclear, you're talking about things that will make the world trade center look like small potatoes. i really am concerned with that. second of all, our country is looking very bad to people that used to like us, used to respect

us and didn't think this stuff was happening. i don't know what we're gaining by it and maybe we're gaining nothing. but now every country that we deal with thinks we're spying on it and they didn't think that, many of them, before. so it's very bad. third, we have to add in all fairness, they do the same thing to us. what you think russia is sitting back and not listening to us and not? they're doing far worse to us than we're doing to them. i think snowden is a terrible threat. i think he's a terrible traitor and you know what we used to do in the good old days when we were a strong country? you know what we used to do to traitors, right? >> eric: you killed them, donald. but i'm trying to figure out what did he leak -- listen, all bets are off if he starts leaking information that puts americans in harm. so far everything i've seen, we're listening to foreign diplomats in america, that's not a revelation to put anyone in harm. >> brian: michael hayden said he hurt the program irrelevant repairably and -- irrepairably.

and secretary of state said people could do because of this. >> eric: you can say that. they're from the administration. they're going to defend the practices that the administration has been perpetrating on the american people of the of course they're going to do that. secretariry kerry is. >> i'm the last person to ever defend this administration. the last. i think you will admit that. >> eric: absolutely. >> look, this guy is a tremendous threat. he's a traitor. he's got to be captured. he's got to be gotten and if they don't get him, they're making a big mistake. he's making us look at a minimum, like total fools and he's got to be stopped. he's revealing very, very important information. >> eric: yet president obama says i'm not going to scramble a yet for a 29-year-old hacker. >> alisyn: what do you think about that, donald? what do you think the right response -- what do you think the president should be doing about knowing that edward snowden is now holed up in some sort of transit zone at the moscow airport? >> i heard him make that statement. i think when he made that statement he's really trying to just make it all look better

than it really is. now, he doesn't believe that. that's like if i lose a deal, i say oh, i didn't want it in the first place 'cause it makes me feel better. i sleep better that night. the factaid that. nobody believes that. this guy is really doing damage to this country and he's also making us look like dopes. >> brian: yeah, he's also showing we should not give access to people with light background checks. i'm worried about other edward snowdens out there who are incapable of or should not be getting that top secret clearance. >> brian, that's the next question. here you have a guy without a high school education who got in there, who takes everything he wants to take, every conversation he can listen to. he can do whatever he wants. here is a guy, what about other people? what about the thousands and thousands of other people that we have watching our top security stuff? >> brian: they admit there is a problem. and they admit haven't fixed it

yet. the president called ecuador and said don't take him. it looks like we might have gotten through. does it look like we're weak to have the vice president call ecuador? >> no, not at all. i think frankly, whether he calls or the president calls. but i would do the opposite. i would say please take him and immediately turn him over to us. what's the purpose of saying don't take him? you're getting nothing from russia. putin is so much smarten than our guys, it's almost an embarrassment. you're getting nothing. let him go to ecuador and tell ecuador, listen, folks, get him to us as soon as you get him. that's a lot better than saying don't get him because otherwise we're never going to get this guy. we have to -- we love eric, but we have to get this guy and get him fast. >> eric: i love you and i respect your opinions, however, you bring up russia. you bring up putin. we talk about china. >> brian: that's where he goes. >> eric: these are the things that goes on in those countries where the state, the government listens in. >> eric, you don't think they're listening to us? i guarantee you, anything we've

done with respect to listening to them, you can magazine any tie it 100 times -- >> eric: hold on. i'm not saying that. i'm saying chew it to innocent americans where there is no probable cause to listen to phone conversations, that goes across the line. >> brian: eric, you have to also understand that the people here that want to be the next times square bomber, or the next people to take down the next world trade center or the next fort hood shooter are using these same venues. so the nsa is tasked with a way to stop it before it happens. >> eric: there is no court in the land that allows that to happen. >> brian: they're not targeting innocent americans. >> if somebody listened to my calls, they'd be very bored. eric, we have to find out, we have to protect our country from terrorism. we have to do it. we have no choice. we can't have this guy without education, without anything, how he got this job is a miracle.

we can't let a guy let this revealing to enemy these are enemies. but we're also hurting our friendships. but we can't allow this guy to go out there and give out all our secrets and also embarrass us at every level. we should get him back and get him back now and if we don't have the people that can get him back, they shouldn't be leading this country. >> alisyn: donald, very quickly, we understand that you are going to iowa next month. is it safe to assume that this is the start of a presidential campaign? >> no, it's not. but i was asked to do it by bob sander blat, a fantastic friend from iowa. i love the people of iowa and they asked me to make a speech and i hear they have record attendance, when makes me always very happy and i will be going out there. but i'm doing it for friendship. >> brian: what's your message? >> my message is make america great again. we're a country that is just falling apart. when you look at snowden, that's

not, to me, i think it's a big thing. but that's one of many things. we are a country that soon will not be a very great country. we're going to be surpassed economically in 2016 by china. if you would have said that ten years ago, that would have been impossible. by 2016, they will surpasses as the great economic power. my message always is make america great again. we have such incredible potential. we don't use it because we have people that don't know what they're doing. >> brian: i just got word now that china is listening to us. >> eric: we know that already. >> brian: outraged. >> eric: i'm the 727. assume they're listening to you. >> alisyn: thank you. >> thank you very much. >> alisyn: the first day of july means a whole bunch of new regulations. for instance, it's now sexist to call first year college students freshman. >> brian: finally. >> alisyn: do we really need a rule for that? we report, you decide. >> eric: fourth of july celebrations canceled for our nation's heros. those details coming up

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>> brian: new regulations go into effect. as of today, it's now sexist to call first year college students freshmen. illegal to drive too slow in the left lane. is there more proof that we're living in regulation nation than

this? joining us now, republican strategist nicky neily. i guess you're not surprised by this. let's dig into this right now. first off, when we talk about sexist language, we can no longer say freshmen. it's first year students. why do we have to say penman -- why do we have to say handwriting? >> because the lawmakers of washington state have decided that everything else has been taken care of. they don't need to worry about budget did he haves or anything else. they need to worry about sexist language. they have been rewriting all of their books. all of the state books to remove anything that might be deemed sexist. so penmanship, that could be offensive to a woman. so we have to replace it with handwriting. >> brian: that's incredible. that's like a word search. i didn't think there was a man in penmanship. let's go over to maine. they're required to plant edible landscaping, like fruit trees, berry shrubs around the state house. must we snack?

>> exactly. i think what i'm curious about is if i were to go occupy and maybe eat the blueberries, am i stealing from the state? is that a crime then? that's unclear to me. >> brian: it's unclear the reason behind that. is it supposed to set a standard? are we tired of stopping off at grocery stores? do we want to be living off our own property? i'm not sure. now we if to florida. you try to go in the fast lane, but a lot of people are in that left lane and not going fast. what are they doing? >> if you're going 10 miles an hour or under the speed limit, so if you're going super slow in the fast lane, you are opening yourself up to a fine, up to $500 or community service. the judge has discretion on that. but if you're in the fast lane, you must be going fast and again, that's something new on the books. >> brian: here is the good news, the it will be a moving violation but not criminal. it's unclear the exact fine.

judges will have leeway to sentence people to as much as $500 fine or possibly community service, although both are unlikely. in florida alone, 150 new laws into effect. does anyone get commission on these? do they ever go out of effect? >> no, i don't think so. you think about how difficult it is for the people of florida or washington or any of these other states to know what's going on because these are not posted. so your making a lot of people criminals. >> brian: i think also you should fine people for leaving the blinker on 'cause that really bothers me. thanks so much. we look forward to talking to you again. >> thank you. >> brian: 19 minutes after the hour. another miracle on the hudson. this time he's a 23-year-old chopper pilot. he realized he had an engine malfunction. what he does next will astound you. he doesn't even get w. there is your clue. and jennifer lopez under fire for singing happy birthday to a man that does ugly things. this morning she's saying i'm

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>> alisyn: time for news by the numbers. first, 19 weeks. that's how many weeks of unemployment benefits workers in north carolina now receive. that is seven less than they did before. it's being cut to reduce the state's $2.5 billion debt. next, 6.8%. that's the new interest rate for government subsidized student loans. this just doubled. the rate applies to all rates taken out or renewed. 6, that's how many military bases canceled military fourth of july celebrations because of

sequester cuts. >> brian: shocker at the box office. the blockbuster kind of flops. instead, female comedy, one in particular, took the top spot. >> are you about to go rocketed by an officer? >> i am an officer and that's my perk. >> can you lay down here? put your slam it in the door. >> girl, you better run. [ laughter ] >> alisyn: it opened with $40 million in sales, while " white house down" fell with low expectations. >> eric: any surprise there is? >> yeah. "white house down" was hugely anticipated. apparently it didn't do that well. the big story here is that "the heat," from "bridesmaids" director, 20th century fox, came in at number two. it's a career high for both sandra bullock and melissa

mccarthy. the poll over the weekend said 88% of audiences want more movies like this. >> alisyn: we're winning. >> women had driven come december. i almost walked out because it was a hollywood wish list. defense contractors, disenfranchised veterans. it was like, really? >> brian: so i understand, too, is that i'm shocked by this because you had channing tatum, the hottest actor. he's a huge draw. i thought people would go because he was in it. >> it's all about the story. people want to laugh. fox believes so strongly in this movie that they ored up a sequel before it came out thursday night. we sat down with both melissa and sandra bullock and asked them what they could potentially call the sequel to it. >> we've already come up with 2. "heat, the menopause." >> we have reheated. >> i was thinking the heat getting hotter.

>> or "heat retirement in miami." [ laughter ] >> alisyn: that's great. it's very interesting what's happening because the biggest marquee names, tom cruise, will smith, brad pitt, they're not selling as well as some female stars now. >> back in the day was, to minimize the risk of a movie, they put in a big star like brad pitt or tom cruise to kind of sell it. now it's not the case so much. with these budgets over $200 million, a movie like "world war z" can have a multi-million-dollar sale before it hits the budget. now you have story driven, character driven, like "twilight." >> alisyn: oh, good, more vampires. >> and marvel comics. >> brian: let's talk about j-lo. over the weekend she was booked for a major concert in a country, we don't usually know much about.

>> exactly. apparently she didn't either. she's taking a lot of heat for singing and doing a concert in the country called turkministan. it has a horrible human rights record. she claims she didn't know. >> eric: how much did she get paid?least a very high six figures, low sevens. they don't know. >> alisyn: but in the past, she's done a million dollars in appearances. >> exactly. all expenses paid and everything. admit it. they did it for the money. >> alisyn: of course. >> brian: she does have a family to raise. she doesn't have the "american idol" paychecks rolling in. she has to go to turkministan. >> alisyn: thanks.

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>> alisyn: fox news alert. the deadliest fire in two decades. 19 elite firefighters are dead this morning, killed in the line of duty. now more from outside a red cross center. what do you know this morning? >> people in this community are completely devastated, like you said, 19 members were killed yesterday. we want you to look at the fire they were fighting. this is an elite unit. they basically go to the front lines to fight fires like these. it's unclear exactly how this happened. we do know that the conditions, there was absolutely no humidity, it was hot. at some point the fire took a turn nobody anticipated. they deployed their fire

shelters. if you don't know what they are, they're kind of like protective cocoons that are supposed to protect their lives in situations just like this. it's unclear why those didn't work. people are still investigating to see exactly how this happened. at the same time, this community is shocked. we heard from the fire chief. here is what he said. >> emotionally, we're devastated. we just lost 19 of some of the finest people you'll ever meet. we're in crisis. i hope my demeanor now does not represent how we all feel. >> one member of this hot shot crew was somewhere else fighting the fire. we're told he survived. the fire burned 250 homes and hundreds of people have actually been evacuated. but right now all thoughts in this community on those firefighters and their families. guys, back to you. >> alisyn: we all thank you for that update. also triple digit temperatures are fueling that deadly fire. the dangerous heat is being blamed for the death of a man in las vegas and the record-break

temps sent six-runners to the hospital in california. let's find out if there is relief coming today. maria molina joins us now. >> good morning. unfortunately, no relief in sight across parts of the west. we're talking as far north as states like montana, parts of idaho and even in the state of washington. we're seeing those very hot temperatures. yesterday we soared into the 90s across places like seattle, musoola. triple digits even for some, 115 degrees was the high temperature yesterday in the city of phoenix in arizona. we're still looking at more heat expected today. 113 will be the high in phoenix. kingman, 106. extreme heat across sections of the southwest and up into states like washington and montana. over the next several days, through at least july 4th, temperatures continuing out here. we do have excessive heat warnings out here across parts of arizona, california, very widespread across california.

almost the entire state under some kind of excessive heat warning and into nevada and we also have a number of heat advisories. some of the things you can do to try to stay safe, stay hydrated. drank lot of water. and also try to stay indoors with some a/c. as far as what you can wear, that can play a major role in how you feel when you're outdoors. if you try to wear lighter colored clothing, like white, color the like pastel colors, yellow, blue. try to avoid the dark colors because they absorb more heat. today, expecting more hot temperatures in phoenix. >> alisyn: wow. thank you. >> eric: good advice. you're wearing light colors. >> brian: i d. maria will forgive -- she called me up and said make sure you wear looks light clothing. >> eric: at 3:00 o'clock in the morning? >> brian: yeah, that's how tight we are at 3:00 o'clock in the morning. and i called you at 4:30 and said red dress.

which is more orangey. if it's not orangey -- >> eric: maria called you, you called alisyn. you didn't call me. >> brian: i called and said no time. >> eric: i went without the tie. >> brian: tantaros called said wear the flag pin. >> alisyn: are you reading headlines now? >> brian: no, it says ali on. let's get to the headlines. >> alisyn: another merecal on the hudson. all four tourists and the pilot made it out alive and apparently did not get wet. 12 minutes into the flight, the engine conked out and the pilot only on the job a year kept his cool and deployed the pontoons just before hitting the water. >> people are calling you a hero. >> just doing my job. >> whoever that pilot is, has to be a remarkable pilot with nerves of steel because clearly that helicopter was in complete

distress. >> alisyn: the pilot who you saw previously, mike campbell, he's just 23 years old. he called his boss from the water. he told him he was floating in the hudson. his boss thought he was kidding. >> brian: he also called the air force and said, i know if i got close to the docks, they would come get me. reporter identifying a man killed on the interstate. 47-year-old fred william turner junior of orlando. driving when he was shot and killed by another driver. he was able to call 911. moments before he died. >> we know that at one point in time this person did pull up beside him and showed him a hand gun with the highway patrol. they actually heard the shooting. there were a series of shots. >> brian: investigators are still looking for the suspect, he's believed to be travel not guilty a gray ford taurus. >> eric: surveillance video shows the final moments of a police stand-off.

sammy wallis grab add two-year-old girl at a oklahoma wal-mart, and put a knife to her throat. her mother begged him to let her go. negotiators tried to talk him down for 30 minutes before shooting him. the girl is not hurt. >> alisyn: look at this moment during the tour defrance. one day after more than a dozen riders rash crashed, a dog runs onto the road. the owner racing after it. the bikers missing the dog by mere inches. >> brian: that dog still missing, by the way. no one has seen it. >> eric: look at the owner. >> alisyn: those are your riders. >> brian: i'm going to tell you what's happening. nascar, kentucky speedway, 27 laps to go. let's watch. brian vickars. see him slam hard into the wall. that brings out the caution flag.

can seth leading -- kenseth leading the pack and takes the quaker state 400. nba now, free agency aplentiy. chris paul, already locked up. expected to resign with the l.a. clippers. $170 million. paul is an unrestricted free agent, but made it clear he wanted to stay with the team as soon as they traded with the boston celtics to get their new coach. i got to tell you, coming up on kilmeade and friends, judge pirro, bret baier, james rosen and make sure to listen. >> eric: you have ed henry? >> ed henry. >> eric: i got to listen. >> alisyn: the pc police are at it again. facebook blocking fox radio's todd starnes for posting this message on his fan page. it read, i'm about as politically incorrect as you can get. i'm wearing an nra ball cap, eat

ago chick-fil-a sandwich. reading a paula deen cookbook and sip ago 20-ounce sweet tea while sitting in my cracker barrel rocking chair with the gaither vocal band singing "jesus saves" and a gideon's bible in my pocket. yes, sir, i'm politically incorrect and happy as a june bug. >> brian: facebook has ten rules for anyone who posts a message like that, including no threats, bullying or spam. why was todd starnes blocked? what's going on with that? [ laughter ] >> brian: you were bullying liberals. >> alisyn: what part was offensive to facebook. >> i'm perplexed because i reached out and said did you have a problem with the nra or jesus or the chick-fil-a? and they haven't responded yet. after they blocked us, a lot of our fans got involved and facebook eventually sent an apology. >> alisyn: we have that. let us read that.

arrest our team -- as our team processes reports, in this case, we mistakenly removed content from the todd starnes page and replaced it. >> in other words, they blamed it on low level employees in their cincinnati office. >> eric: what was the thing that put them over? what are you thinking? >> it's hard to say because over the past year, i've been monitoring a lot of these attacks on conservative facebook pages, people have been getting blocked. many people can't even repost things from my site on their pages or they'll get in trouble. and last year we did a story about a group called the chicks on the right, a couple of conservative ladies in indianapolis. they were actually threatened to shut down their entire site because they dared to criticize the white house. so it looks like the folks at facebook have a little problem with conservatives. >> brian: facebook does not have a problem putting up questionable ads. they were advising racy stuff because it was cash in their

pocket. >> yeah. look, there are plenty of terrible sites on facebook right now that disparage conservative, whether political candidates or talk show hosts. >> alisyn: these are their standards and practices, we have them here. they say they're against hate speech. yours was not. they're against hate wear. they are against nudity. were you only wearing the ball cap? >> there were no buck naked people on my site. >> brian: should he have been blocked? >> eric: absolutely not. but i wonder if they have people specifically looking at what todd starnes is putting up. could be. >> brian: todd, you matter. that's all there is. >> alisyn: you're smart enough and people like you. [ laughter ] >> brian: i'm motivated. >> alisyn: the president's new climate change plan not sitting well with his own party. >> this is ridiculous. i should not have to be sitting here as a u.s. senator fighting my own president and my own

government. >> alisyn: is his plan for combating global warming a killer when it comes to jobs? we'll take a closer look. >> brian: who are those other two people? >> eric: not sure. gym class? is it too religious? the ruling today that could change the way some children exercise at school.

>> brian: is yoga religious? a judge in california will answer that question. if it's yes, kids will no longer be taught it in public schools. so they can be tight and not limber. parents filed a lawsuit arguing the school district should do away with it because the classes violate the first amendment. and jessica simpson is a mom again. she and her fiance welcomed their second child, a son. ace newt, or knute. i'll find out in the break? she gave birth to daughter maxwell last may. hope they both get along. eric? >> eric: president obama is asking voters to punish politicians who aren't backing his new green initiative against coal, but he may want to be careful what he asks for. some of those politicians are from his own party. listen.

>> i should not have to be sitting here as a south senator fight anything own president and my own government. that's ridiculous. i want to work with them. i will continue to reach out. but i need a partner here. i don't need an adversary. >> eric: so is the president's war on coal really a war on american jobs? joining us now is chairman and ceo of alpha natural resources in virginia, kevin crutchfield. let's talk about it. the president, before became president obama, was senator obama, saying he was necessarily going to have a war on coal. do you feel it in the jobs in virginia with this war on coal that he's inflicting? >> look, it's absolutely a war on american jobs, american prosperity and it's ultimately going to be a war on the american consumer because under the president's policies, energy prices will go up. he shared in his speech that they would not, but they also said that about the affordable care act as well. but the american -- let the

american people be the judge. >> eric: a couple years ago, maybe three years ago, president obama tried to get a cap and trade bill put into law. it failed. is this just his, i don't know, let's call it defacto cap and trade? >> that's essentially what it is. he couldn't get what he wanted through the legislative process, so this administration has gotten very adept at doing an end around and implementing their policies via regulatory fiat and that's exactly what's occurring here. >> eric: so how many jobs does the coal industry employ let's say in virginia alone and maybe if we can do nationally? >> i'm not sure of the exact head count. but i think nationally it's 80,000 direct jobs. but for every direct job, there are somewhere between 4 and six indirect jobs. coal represents about 40% of the nation's energy grid and under the president's policy, that is at risk. it's a very difficult thing to

imagine 40% of our electricity stat going away as a result of these policies. >> eric: sure. >> because as a practical matter, coal is part of the reason that we enjoy the level of economic prosperity we do in the nation today. >> eric: because coal fired power plants are cheaper. they produce electricity power at a cheaper rate than, say, i don't know, solar power, right? >> yeah, absolutely cheaper than solar. historically, they've been cheaper. cost has been going up as a result of more and more regulatory burden. but it's our view that we should let the free market sort things out and in the meantime, we'll try to work with the policy makers in dc to try to come up with a solution that makes sense for all american people. >> eric: all right. i have like ten seconds left. give me -- send your message to president obama right here, right now. >> we need to have constructive discussion around energy policy in the united states. the timing of climate change

policy is dubious at best and we're open to having that conversation any time the administration would like. absolutely. >> eric: very good, sir. thank you very much. did lois lerner waive her right to the fifth amendment? we're about to find out. bret baier live from dc at the top of the hour. and it was a bad week for prosecution inside the court at the george zimmerman trial. can they turn things around? judge jeanine pirro is here next to weigh in you.

>> alisyn: the george zimmerman trial continues today and after a week of explosive testimony, which side has the upper hand? here with a breakdown of the case gripping the country is judge jeanine pirro. we've had one week of witness testimony. what do you think has been the most compelling? >> i think the fact that nobody is really sure who is on top, who was screaming. the judge, and rightfully so, did not allow any analysis saying that's george zimmerman' voice or trayvon martin's voice. it's going to be up to the witnesses. and what we initially thought was that clearly zimmerman is injured, but the question is, was he on top? was he on the bottom? now it seems that it was trayvon that was straddling him. i don't think that resolves the whole issue. i really don't. i think the issue will come down to trayvon is saying get off, get off, according to his girlfriend on the phone. and a lot of people don't believe that girlfriend, rachel.

except she's got the telephone records. it's not like she's making this up. >> alisyn: right. let's listen to a couple of moments from this week' testimony. >> the person who you now know how trayvon martin was on top. correct? >> correct. >> and he was the one who was raining blows down on the person on the bottom, george zimmerman, right? >> that's what it looked like. >> what did you hear? >> i heard trayvon saying get off, get off. >> then what did you hear in. >> suddenly the phone hung up. >> alisyn: if you had a predict, can you? >> whenever there is a question to which of the facts are and they're during the prosecution's case, it's not good because we have to prove beyond a really doubt to the satisfaction of all of these jurors unanimous. but i think the question will come down to the judge's charge. was george zimmerman reasonably in fear of his life, such that he had to take that gun and kill

trayvon, who is played out with a -- splayed out with a bag of kittles next to him saying there is a cracker follow meg and it's a question of the charge and not so much the facts. nobody can tell us the facts. one guy is six feet under and the other is fighting for his life. >> alisyn: let's talk about your book. you have a new book out called "clever fox." very juicy read. so this is interestingly about a district attorney and the criminals that she fought. how thinly veiled is this, judge, about your own life? >> it's about danny fox. this is a sequel to "sly fox." she's torn between two men and what she doesn't know about them can be dangerous to her. in the middle of her being a prosecutor, trying murder cases, you kind of get an insider view of what goes on. crime is not always about who done it. it's more about the politics of

what goes on in the office. and we're not really sure of how this thing is going to play out, but dani is this person who is into truth and justice and there are these forces above her. and the dirtiest secret in law enforcement is the turf war between the feds and the locals. i know it firsthand. and dani does as well. the problem is, she has this tension with this f.b.i. guy that she really likes and she doesn't like the feds. >> alisyn: that sounds juicy and a subject you know well. how much of this is real life and how much is from your imagination? >> well, i lived a lot of it. so i can tell you that i'm very familiar with it. you know, as d.a. and assistant d.a., i give you an insider view. people love and they hunger for crime, they want to know what goes on of the what are the resources? who decides what goes on? if you read "clever fox," you'll get an inside issue's peek. >> alisyn: thanks so much. judge, thanks so much.

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making this the worst tragedy for a fire department since 9-11. the latest on the mission that went horribly wrong. >> eric: and she's the irs official who is getting paid to do absolutely nothing. lawmakers have a plan that could end lois lerner's silent treatment once and for all. bret baier here soon. >> briane itu only see if you fight theour way a soldier, defusing an armed terrorist with an armed suicide vest he was wearing. the real life hurt locker straight ahead. by the way, "fox & friends" starts now. >> alisyn: rewe begin with a fox news alert. it is one of the deadliest fires in america's history. it is responsible for the deaths

of 19 firefighters in arizona this morning. those firefighters were part of some of the region's most intense fires. and we have more from outside a red cross center. what do we know, will? >> right now this community, really this entire state is devastated. i can tell you like we said, 19 members of the prescott fire department were killed yesterday. they're an elite fire unit called the granite mountain hot shots. they go to the front lines and battle the front lines. they do this all the time. so it's unclear exactly how this happened. we do know the conditions played into this. there was no humidity. it was very hot and there was a lot of wind. at some point, this fire took a turn for the worse. we're told the firefighters actually carry what they call fire shelters. they're kind of like protective cocoons that they're supposed to deploy if the fire jumps on top of them. we're told they did deploy those fire shelters, but it's unclear

why they didn't work. while authorities continue to investigate exactly how this happened, this community is simply shocked. we heard from the fire chief. here is what he said. >> our entire crew was lost. we lost 19 people in this wildfire. one of the worst wildfire disasters that's ever taken place. right now we're an organization and a city in grief. >> to put this in perspective, this is the most deaths of firefighters since 9-11 and the most deaths of firefighters battling a wildfire since 1933. that's when 25 firefighters died in a fire in los angeles. if there is any silver lining here, it's that one member of this crew was actually battling the fire somewhere else. we're told he survived. rye now 250 homes have been burned in this fire. hundreds of people have been evacuated. again, this community really the state, all their thoughts are on the firefighters and their families. back to you.

>> alisyn: thank you so much for that update. those emergency shelters, they're supposed to zip themselves in and hope the fire passes over them. but obviously lingered too long. >> eric: that's a tremendous loss for the state and the people battling fires. >> alisyn: we have more news for you. unbelievable tragedy in las vegas. a cirque de soleil aerial dancer plunging to her death during a performance of the show. she was seen on the left here in this picture. she reportedly slipped out of her safety wire and fell more than 50 feet. witnesses say they could hear screaming as her performers looked on in disbelief. she was the mother of two and had been performing for more than 22 years. this is the first death in cirque de soleil's 30-year history. the show has been canceled until further notice. also while you were sleeping, one of the largest transit unions in the country went on strike. thousands of bart worke protesting increased health care cost and not happy about a 1% wage increase. this is the first strike since 1997 and it is expected to have

a massive impact on half a million bart riders in san francisco and oakland, california. this afternoon, texas lawmakers return for a secretary time to try to pass a tough new abortion law. it was defeated last week after a democratic lawmakers held a 13-hour filibuster. this time it is expected to pass. >> we're gonna make sure that we've got plenty of time and no human being can talk for two weeks. so this bill is going to pass. >> i don't think that we'll concede that the battle is over and even if this bill passes, obviously there will be challenges to it going forward. >> alisyn: the bill outlaws abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy. promoted for poor performance? bernard zaphar oversaw a botched operation. it found agents lost government guns during the operation, sounds familiar. and arrested at least four of the wrong people. but zapor got promote to do run

the atf office in phoenix, the same office that let more than 2,000 guns reach drug dealers in the botched fast and furious operation. can't make it up. >> eric: when you do something that -- whatever. we better move on. >> brian: right. >> eric: wow. promoted. lost guns. we botched fast and furious. that guy is good at doing it, let's bring him in. >> brian: what are they going to be talking about? only one man to go to to talk about that, bret baier. welcome back. >> good morning. >> brian: by the way, good move wearing the purple, the gray suit with the purple. >> i got the memo. >> brian: me and you have been faxing back and forth. but nsa must have picked that up. >> eric: they were listening, yeah. >> brian: let's talk about what's happening now. the latest revelations with the nsa. now turns out, thanks to edward snowden's interview with a german magazine, that it looks like we've been listening to our

european allies, european union embassy in washington, d.c. and in the u.n., in new york city. now we understand the german chancellor has summoned our ambassador. this is a pretty big deal. >> it is a big deal. angela merkel is livid, according to outlets in germany. you have not only allegations according to what snowden's leaked that it was here in the u.s., but also in brussels listening in and bugging the e.u. and their conversations. this kind of mirrors the g-20 release about listening in and tapping into conversations by g-20 summit members back in 2009. also a release from snowden. this is causing a lot of embarrassment and a lot of u.s. officials having to respond on

the road. >> alisyn: senators john mccain and chuck schumer were on fox news sunday and talked about what should happen. let's listen. >> i don't know whether the president should be picking up the phone or not, but i do know that this is a direct slap in the face to the united states of america. >> do you agree with senator mccain that perhaps we need to up the pressure a bit? >> i do completely. i'm not sure it should be done publicly at this point with snowden still in russian hands. but they should pay a price, either diplomatic, economic, geopolitical, for doing what they did. they always are putting their finger in our eye and i say one other thing, we ought to be very clear with ecuador that if they take snowden, they're going to pay a price. >> alisyn: russia should be paying for either diplomatic or geopolitical. that's awfully broad. has anybody in washington talking about what we should be too long with russia? >> yeah. on both sides of the aisle, there you see an example of it, there is this concern that the president, the administration is not doing enough to push back against president putin. and here you have snowden in

this airport. he doesn't have a passport. he doesn't have travel documents. we understand him to still be in the moscow airport, yet russia is not giving him back to the u.s. and not moving him off. so what is going to happen? secretary kerry is overseas. he's going to meet with the russian foreign minister, but whether the full force of the u.s. government is there behind forcing russia to do something, there is no indication that's the case. >> brian: i get the sense, that the russians are saying to themselves from hey, this is kind of cool to do this to america to, what have we gotten ourselves into? because they can't move him and they don't want to give him back. they sold him as a hero to the russian people and stuck with him in the airport because they don't want to damage relations so bad that they welcome him in. but let's talk about the irs scandal. lois lerner, we were talking about her taking the fifth or

did she negate the chance with her statement? >> the house oversight committee voted friday, along party lines, that she did waive her fifth amendment rights. now, what is expected to happen is that committee chairman darrell issa will go forward and try to recall her again. interestingly enough, that committee where she testified at the end of may, that hearing was never adjourned, so they don't is to issue another subpoena. they can try to call her. if she doesn't come up, they would have to go to a judge and get him or her to issue a contempt of congress against her. the big deal is to try to get lois lerner an immunity deal so they will talk and say whatever she knows about what's going on. >> eric: i sat down with darrell issa a couple weeks ago and asked him, how do these people come to congress, they raise their right hand, swear to tell the truth and then they either misrepresent the truth or lie and we don't see any -- they do

that, then they have a period to adjust their statement. then a letter to these oversight panels and the public never sees them, that they've corrected the record so they don't get perjured. it's crazy. >> yeah, mind boggling. you're right. the other thing is mind boggling is that understand, she's still being paid. she's not at work, but she's still being paid by the u.s. government. so that's another aspect to the story. >> brian: for that and "special report" tonight at 6, starring bret baier and other important people. >> alisyn: thanks. >> see you guys. >> alisyn: he's being called the hero of the hudson. 23-year-old chopper pilot makes a splash landing. no one gets hurt. no one even gets wet. we're live with those awesome details next. >> eric: brian, you want to read this one? >> brian: sure. problem driving? no problem. why police officers are letting those drivers just move along.

>> brian: move over, sully. meet the next hero on the hudson. a young helicopter pilot with tourists in his cab. he made a crash landing on the

hudson river in new york city, saving everyone on board. the way we understand it, nobody got wet. >> alisyn: hudson hero, the cover of the new york post. they say that because of his heroism, no one even had to go in the drink at all. they just went right from the crash helicopter to the dingy. >> brian: and didn't land on land because he was afraid he would hurt some people. >> alisyn: reporter is live in front of that chopper right now. robert, tell us everything. >> hey, good morning to you. yes. sully would be very proud this morning. we can show you the chopper right now as it's still here at the wall street heliport. but probably not for long. workers are loading it onto that flat-bed truck. as we speak, they're securing it to make sure that it makes it to its final destination just fine. keep in mind, they want to keep this chopper totally intact so they can preserve evidence and make sure they have all that evidence for this investigation.

the sightseeing chopper took off shortly before noon yesterday with a pilot, along with four tourists on board. about 12 minutes into the flight, the pilot reported that he lost engine power. one witness on shore says that he saw the chopper traveling northbound over the hudson river and descend very quickly. but enter in pilot michael campbell. he was so cool under pressure. he deployed those pontoons, which are the floatation devices. and landed this thing safely. he shrugged off any talk of heroism shortly after landed -- after he landed. >> people are calling you a hero. >> just doing my job. that's all you do at the end of the day. >> but you saved a lot of people. >> it's an emergency in flight and i just did what i had to do. thank you all again. have a good day. >> boy, the picture of cool yesterday in those sunglasses. he just shrugged it off, just another day at the office. here another live look at that chopper. again, being loaded onto the

flat-bed truck. right now the investigation into what caused this chopper to go down is underway. we're happy to report there were no injuries. these tourists from sweden made it out, again, as you guys talked about, without even getting wet. that is the latest, live from lower manhattan this morning, back to you in the studio. >> brian: i understand, too, that this guy has been responsible his entire life. his grandmother, who raised him, said he was so disappointed when he told her, i'm going to quit to be a helicopter pilot. she was so distressed, she said now i guess he knew better than i because look what he's turned into. >> yeah. this guy is 22, 23 years old. he's young, but so cool under pressure. actually we heard his mayday call right before he went down and you could hear the nerves in his voice. understandably. but he just did what he had to do and remember, too, you saw those pontoons that got deployed. he had to deploy those. that's not an automatic

response. he actually had to make sure those got deployed and just touched down beautifully in the hudson river. this is being called a mini miracle on the hudson, or part two. it was spectacular. >> alisyn: thanks so much for the update. >> eric: two big hospitals will no longer hire smokers, even if they don't light up at work. is that fair? >> alisyn: anna kooiman is live in gettysburg with a pivotal day in our nation's history. anna. >> good morning to everybody. quick, come to the television. we have president abraham lincoln and general robert e. lee talking about the 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg coming right up. don't go anywhere the thing is bee,

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>> alisyn: we have quick headlines for you because violent protests have erupted in egypt. protesters stormed and ransacked the cairo headquarters of president mohammed morsi's muslim brotherhood group. this on the one-year anniversary of morsi taking power. >> brian: how has that been going, by the way? >> alisyn: apparently not well. police in florida identified the man killed in a shooting on a busy interstate. this is 47-year-old fred william turner, junior, of orlando. he was driving on i-4 in tampa when he was shot and killed by another driver and the shooter is still on the loose. investigators are looking at this as a possible case of road rage. >> brian: today we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg when brothers were fighting against brothers in the american civil

war. >> eric: after three days of battle, more than 51,000 wereed. anna kooiman is live on the battlefield where that historic showdown took place. who do you have there? >> good morning. 51,000 actually killed, wounded, missing or captured. we're standing on the pennsylvania monument here. behind us is where the actual battle of gettysburg took place. it is considered sacred ground. so nothing is behind us. the memorials are all spread out through here. there are 130 of them. but history really coming to light this morning. we're joined by president abraham lincoln. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> alisyn: representing the union. and representing the confederacy, general robert e. lee. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> alisyn: they're putting aside their differences and coming to life for us this morning. why was the battle of getters burg continued the turning point? >> things were going terribly bad. people who supported the war were losing that support and encouraging their representatives to divide the country. >> it really gave the north the

belief, the inspiration that they could win the war, right? >> this victory happened, their attitudes changed. we had more support. it was a turning battle. >> and general lee, initially you were asked by president lincoln to lead the federal army, but you said no, i have to be true to virginia? >> i'm loyal to everything i had. duty and honor demanded that i join the cause of the confetti a city. i believe in the concept of states' rights, specifically the 10th amendment, one of the most sacred of all, the amendment, the bill of rights, which basically stipulates that any power not delegated by the constitution to the united states or the federal government, nor denied to the states becomes the sole purrview of the states and more importantly, the people. >> the reenactments are going o the battle of gettysburg was a three-day battle, in 1863. we have a reenactment from

yesterday. president lincoln, after the war, more than 600,000 americans were dead. and what was that like to be the president after the union was once divided and back together again? >> 600,000 americans. that's exactly what they were. they were more than southern, but all americans. we had to rebuild the country, keep this union together as the victories had proven we could, and now have liberty and justice for all, emancipation was in place. >> getting rid of slavery. thank you so much. and to put this all into perspective, that was 2% of the american population. this is the most mind boggling statistic that i've come across. if you put that into today's perspective, that would be 6 million americans. can you imagine 2% of our population just gone after fighting one another. mom and dad, if you missed the battle of gettysburg commemoration, there is another ceremony in november. it's a great way to get people excited about history. back to you.

>> eric: lincoln has to get back to the white house. >> brian: it's amazing, he would go to the battles. unbelievable. >> alisyn: and the numbers, again are staggering. thanks so much. he's trying to broker a deal to get edward snowden back home but he wants him to be free until he goes on trial. that attorney is here next. >> eric: drunk driving, no problem. the stunning reason why police officers are letting those drivers just go home i'm here at my house on thanksgiving day, and i have a massive heart attack right in my driveway. the doctor put me on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. go talk to your doctor. you're not indestructible anymore. here to take your lettuce from drab to fab with lean cuisine salad additions. just byol. first, thaw your dressing. next, steam your grilled chicken and veggies.

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>> brian: top story, 19 elite firefighters in arizona dead, killed in the line of duty. making this the worst tragedy for a fire department since 9-11. the victims, young men in their 20s, granite mountain hot shots known for fighting some of the most intense fires. this fire in particular started after a lightning strike on friday and quickly spread to at least 6,000 acres. >> we grieve for the families and the city. we're devastated. we just lost 19 of some of the finest people you'll ever meet. i mean, right now we're in crisis. >> brian: last april the team provided an inside look at the daily battles in the hot and dry wilderness. we want to know you know that the firefighters in the video

you're about to see are not among the dead. >> if anyone is taking the heat, it's these guys. the granite mountain hot shots. firefighters sent to fight some of the worst fires in the nation, wildfires. they're swinging tools, digging dirt lines and running saws. but daniel says it's only training. >> when we get out there, it's a completely different ball game. it's the real deal. we have to look out for each other. we have to have accountability. we have to trust each other. >> the crews practice shelter drills. if they're caught up in a fire, they must wrap themselves in a fire within two minutes with their feet to the fire. just as important as the training is the camaraderie they build. it keeps them going and in some cases, alive. >> you there? >> yeah, i'm here. >> any other job, you don't really have to worry about your life day in and day out. but this job, you have to wash your buddy, too. you really end up creating a

certain bond with certain people, relationships that last a long time. >> brian: real sense of team work. the next press conference is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. eastern. at this hour, the fire is still burning and considered 0% contained. >> eric: that fire only being intensified by triple digit temperatures spreading across the southwest in the united states. maria molina is here with what that means today. any relief at all? >> unfortunately, no relief in terms of the hot temperatures. we're still looking at those in place. you did mention that particular wildfire actually was sparked up by lightning and we could actually see more isolated thunderstorms today across parts of the southwestern u.s. and they're dry thunderstorms because we might actually not really see any needed rainfall from the storms, but more likely could spark now wildfires. that will also help spread the flames already in place out here. not good conditions in terms of wildfire fighting effort out

here across sections of arizona and also looking at hot temperatures not just in arizona, but parts of nevada, california, all the way up into montana and washington state. widespread high temperatures, well above average. so making it into the 90s. triple digits, and even above 120 degrees in some sections of southern nevada. so we do have excessive heat warnings in effect out here. almost covering the entire state of california, very unusual to see this in place. it's really because we have high pressure out here that's suppressing the air mass, bringing a lot of sunshine and that's what's allowing the temperatures to continue climbing out here. in yarnel, arizona, we have anticipated showers and isolated thunderstorms here, temperatures staying hot, into the 90s. the one little bit of good news in terms of the weather conditions really is that we're not looking at strong winds continuing throughout the day, gusting over 40 miles per hour. just a devastating situation and a devastating event that occurred out here in yarnel,

arizona. >> brian: thanks, maria. 28 minutes before the top of the hour. more news coming your way. >> alisyn: here are your headlines. cautious driver steer clear of new york bridges and tunnels. law enforcement tells the "new york post" that tipsy motorists are being given a free pass. the reason? budget cuts. sources say police are being told to overlook drivers who appear to have had only a few drinks. and they're discouraged from running checks on license plates which could lead to arrests. and smokers -- >> eric: need not apply. university of pennsylvania's health system, which includes two of the country's most prestigious hospitals, will no longer hire smokers even if they don't smoke at work. this move relighting the debate over cigarettes. earlier on "fox & friends," two doctors weighed in. >> something is not illegal, we can't say to employees who are competent and qualified that you can not work at this institution if you smoke.

it's just not right. >> alisyn: your response. it is legal to smoke. >> but it has effects on other people. this is not just something you're doing to yourself. even the smell on clothing can harm people who have lung conditions. >> eric: dozens of other hospitals across the country have similar policies, including the cleveland clinic which has 42,000 employees. >> brian: remember the dramatic video out of russia at the exact moment a meteor hit? now you know how the dinosaur felt. we just learned it was so strong, its impact circled the earth not once, but twice. the blast left more than 1500 people hurt. >> alisyn: and it was a gripping scene in the movie, "the hurt locker." >> we don't got enough time. >> we got a minute and a half,

man. we got to get out of here. >> alisyn: courageous u.s. soldiers racing against the clock to disarm a homicide bomber. take a look at this real life hurt locker in afghanistan. that is an afghan soldier approaching the bomber. the suspect was wearing an employee vest. his target, afghan security force. the bomb squad hog tied him and tossed him to the ground next to his rifle. afghan force then defused the bombs and no one was hurt. >> eric: the father of edward snowden desperately wants to see his son come home, even if it means arrest and prosecution. but another notorious leaker julian assange, has a better idea. he resurfaced over the weekend, encouraging snowden to keep on running and keep on leak. listen. >> there is no stopping the publishing process at this stage. great care has been taken to

make sure that mr. snowden can't be pressured by any states to stop the publication process. i mean the united states, by canceling his passport has left him for the moment marooned in russia to take a passport from a young man in a difficult situation like that is a disgrace. he is a hero. >> eric: bruce fein now represents edward snowden's father, lon snowden, and trying to broker a deal with the doj. thank you for joining us. i wanted to run that sound bite first, bruceers because that was julian assange. a lot of americans don't have a lot of -- they have a big distaste for julian assange. you're going to say that doesn't represent your opinion, is that right? >> we are trying to reach a common objective, i believe, with the department of justice of creating information directly

to mr. edward snowden that would enable him to make an intelligent decision of what's available back in the united states with regard to due process. mr. assange really is a side show to some degree. we're still working for a direct communications link between lon, his father and edward snowden. we don't have that direct link yet. one thing i want to clarify, however, at the outset when you suggested that the father would like to have his son return for a full trial, i think that's a little bit misleading. the father wants to make certain that the son knows all of his legal options, what is available back here so it's fully informed. his father respects the fact that edward is 30 years old now, he's an adult. he has to chart his own destiny and his father is not going to dictate that. >> eric: right. but you wrote a letter to the department of justice, eric holder specifically, last week. we talked about it. can i show the conditions -- let me show the conditions.

number one, that ed snowden won't be detained before trial. two, he wouldn't be subject to a gag order. three, that the trial would occur in a venue of ed snowden's choice. first of all, have you heard back from the department of justice, eric holder? >> not yet. but i want to underscore these were not ultimatums. remember, these were conditions that the father, lon, based upon his knowledge of edward, thinks would enable him to make an intelligent decision and decide to come back and receive a fair trial. and so i don't want anyone to suggest that we are trying to dictate the law. no one gets to do that in the united states. the rule of law trumps. but this is what we're suggesting that would be a collaborative effort to try to provide the conditions that are not at all irregular to enable there to be a full and complete trial, exposure of what was done, what was the motivation and otherwise. there have been other instances where those accused of espionage have not been detained prior to trial. daniel elseberg, samuel

morrisson, things like that, remember that timothy mcveigh was tried in denver because he thought he couldn't get a fair trial in oklahoma city. we just want to make certain that any decision that was made was by a fully impartial jury, impartial judge, not biased because of the circumstances or location. we don't think we're suggesting that the conditions are all irregular, but again, they're not ultimatums. they're saying if you want to go forward, here is a way to do it. >> eric: the concern is that some of the things that were going on under this administration were illegal. you want to talk about the form amendment very quickly? >> exactly. we need to underscore that in a dem cutaneous anthrax you don't have secret law that was going on for seven years. when we had so-called secret law in an earlier administration, it was disclosed, ultimately by the "new york times." congress, the american people delivered it. they come up with a new statute. the idea that this particular program that has the nsa

collecting me meta data on every single american is truly frightening because it's based on the assumption that we're all suspected terrorists and all of our communications are relevant to a terrorist investigation. that's not how we do things in the united states. in a republic, the people censor the government. the government does not censor the people. we are already thinking of creating a statute to address some of these problems. that's the focus that edward snowden wanted to get the country on. that was forced upon him because congress was irresponsible and not disclosing this to the american people when they have under the constitution, what's called the speech or debate clause privilege, to enable disclosures of even classified information when necessary to call government wrongdoing to account. and this was done years ago with regard to the pentagon papers, senator ravel read 47 volumes of classified information into the public information. that helped expose the government lies that brought the vietnam war to a speedier and more just conclusion.

it's in that spirit, i think, that edward snowden did what he did, it's what his father wants to make this a case not about edward snowden, but who we are as a people, the right to be left alone from government snoop something a cherished right. >> eric: you used to work for ronald reagan. what would he do? >> i like what he did in iran-contra, he had all the waiver, privileges gone and he had a full, complete investigation by congress. i think that woos the most fully cooperative executive we've had in the last 50 years. >> eric: bruce, thank you very much for joining us this morning. 29 players arrested. nfl players arrested since the super bowl alone. these four, just the last -- in just the last week facing charges to everything from gun possession to murder. is it just a fluke or is this a disturbing trend? hall of fame quarterback tran tarkenton here says what happened inside the nfl will stun you. he's coming up next. then he lost 250 pounds in 18 months by only eating food from

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>> alisyn: time for quick headlines.

two apartment buildings come tumbling down. [ cheering ] it took 10,000 deton ators to bring them down. a church was wedged between the two. it survived with only minor damage. unusual moment at the u.s. women's open. golfer jessica korda not only fires her caddy in the middle of the tournament, she then replaces him with her boyfriend, who also happens to be a professional golfer. it turns out she played better with the boyfriend and finished tied for 7th. brian? >> brian: too tack some guts. -- took -- that took some guts. on the field, they're part of the most successful league in all of sports. the nfl. off the field in many cases they have not been role models. in this offseason, in the nfl, 29 players have been arrested

since the super bowl. seven of them this past month. these four in the past week alone, they're facing charges for everything from gun possession to murder. isn't the offseason supposed to be a quiet season for the nfl? fran tarkenton played in a time in the nfl when you had to have a job in the offseason because the money wasn't good enough. what's happening to the league you dominated, fran? >> it's a mess. 29 people arrested. there are no adults in the room. they're making billions of billions of dollars. the owners are rock stars, they're billionaires. the players are making tens of millions of dollars a year. so much money and college football and pro football, they're overlooking the principles. there are no standards of who they allow to play in colleges or in professional football. aaron hernandez, they knew who he was back in high school. the security systems in the college football and pro football are such, they know what these guys are eating for breakfast when they're 15 years old.

they knew he was a member of a gang in high school. they knew he had problems. but florida, they take him on because he was big, fast, strong and a great athlete. you don't think belichick -- they knew what they were getting. they knew the background of this guy. they drafted him. they gave him $40 million contract. they don't -- if you're big enough, strong enough, mean enough, and can hurt people, you're going to play in college football and professional football and they're going to look the other way. >> brian: i think about what you guys do now, what they do now before they draft a player. the competency, all the interviews, it's because it's a huge investment into a player, let alone success on the field. you're saying it's not transferring to actual security and abiding by the law. >> no. they don't look at what kind of character the guy has or what kind of background he has. if they did, they wouldn't have 29 people arrested for crimes since the super bowl. then you've got -- here is the

biggest cover-up of all, they talk about safety in the national football league. how can you have safety in the national football league when you have performance enhancing drug, you don't need tests for them. and they're all over college football, all over professional football. it makes these guys bigger, stronger, faster, and also makes the collisions more violent. this generation of players -- my generation are suffering from dementia and from head injuries and all kinds of brain damage, alzheimer's and lou gehrig's disease. this generation of player, when they get to be 50 years old, is going to be devastating. >> brian: i would say this, fran, you don't want to overemphasize -- i know you know this to be a fact, there is a lot of players in the locker room. this is only 2% of the 900 that play, are great people. wonderful people, great success stories, many case, true rags to riches. they worked their way to success. >> no question about that. but we still have to have standards. we cannot let thug, criminals,

come into play college football or come into our professional teams. but what are we going to do about the performance enhancing drugs? they're all over college and pro football. every president of the university, every coach in college and the nfl knows it's there and it's the biggest cover-up in sports today. >> brian: there is something else, you're also helping out business. you thrive more in business as much in business as did you in football. small bizclub.com, you're helping people who want to be small business owners succeed? >> we partner with office depot and we put up a great content web site free. smallbizclub.com, where the 540,000 people who start a business every month in this country can go there and get all the information they need to have a more successful start of their business or grow their business in a successful way. we're very proud of what we've done there. >> brian: i will say this, i cannot speak for football, but when it comes to the couch, all

anchors, performance enhancing drug treatment what you see is what you get. we are not using any type of medication. all right, fran. go get them. >> thank you. >> brian: fran tarkenton, also has a radio show on the weekend. nfl hall of famer. coming up straight ahead, he lost 250 pounds in 18 months by only eating food at his local dollar store and says you can do it, too. papa joe is here with his weight loss secrets. but first let's check in with bill hemmer. what's on your show? >> we're working on it. caffeine is not ruled out in our job. tarkenton so right about the testing. the testing helps these guys get back on the field after they get injured. >> brian: hgh already passed. the union already passed it. >> good morning to you. big news morning. devastating story to wake up to. 19 firefighters dead, a blaze,

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>> alisyn: you are looking for a little weight loss inspiration, check out this story. papa joe aviant shed 250 pounds in just 18 months. his dramatic weight loss is thanks to his local dollar store. >> brian: papa joe now a health and wellness expert and here to share his cheap and affordable weight loss story and his life transformation. what led you to the dollar store? >> basically for losing the

weight, i saw myself in my first music video and i just couldn't believe how big i had gotten. 450 pounds in the video. >> alisyn: 450 pounds. >> it became a dance music -- dance billboard hit. number 6. but what led me to the dollar store was i had to survive. i was unemployed, couldn't afford a fancy gym, diets or anything like that. i said, what was the easiest way to lose this weight? so my friend told me about the 99-cent own store. i went there and saw everything. >> brian: what did you find? >> eggs, oatmeal, tuna, package of m and m's, keeping it real. [ laughter ] i like to snack. banana, fruit, vegetables. >> alisyn: you can get a dozen eggs for 99 cents. >> yeah. all at the dollar store. i'm sorry. the 99-cent only store. yes. >> alisyn: can you show us what your shirt and pants looked like before you lost it? >> sure. >> alisyn: when you were

450 pounds. oh, my -- that was your t-shirt? >> yeah. i even left the food stains on so you could see it. [ laughter ] >> alisyn: wow. so you couldn't afford to go to a gym or fancy food. so what did you do for exercise? >> eric: all that stuff as much as you want, there must be a portion control, right? >> no. look. i pushed off the bag. i lost it with 18 months by walking. >> brian: fifty dollars a week in food, that's it? >> that's it. >> brian: they also spell sponges and also dinner. we'll talk about that after the show. >> alisyn: so you did it with just eating good food and walking. what was the breaking point for you? why did you decide to turn your life around? >> like i said -- >> alisyn: when you saw yourself. >> i've been heavy all my life. there was a point where i

couldn't look at myself in the mirror. i hated my own reflection. so i understand where people may be bigger and i understand where they've been. but i said, i've got to turn this around. i got to wake up. so seeing myself in my music video and i had an opportunity to have a dance billboard hit at number 6, top ten, that was my wake-up call. >> brian: for those who say you can't afford to eat right, they're lying because you have shown you can do it cheaply and affordably. >> not only that, as far as exercising. >> alisyn: check out joe walking.com for how did he it. great to meet you. >> thank you. >> alisyn: congratulations. >> thank you. >> brian: good luck. >> alisyn: we have amazing video of a baby swimming all alone in a backyard pool. is this real? stay tuned

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>> alisyn: oh, my gosh. wow. >> brian: why not the diving board? why are they coddling that kid. >> alisyn: thanks so much. log on to the after the show show. bill: good morning, everybody. 19 firefighters are dead killed in the worst fire we have seen in decades. the fires took the lives of 19 elite firefighting unit. martha: this group was known as the hot shots and they are all but gone. they lost 19 of their 20 very close members. bill: it happened in a small town in arizona, population 600, 85 miles n