"fox & friends" starts right now. have a good one. >> good morning. it is wednesday, august 28, 2013. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing part of your day with us today. the u.s. military tells fox it's ready and waiting orders from president obama to strike syria. this morning the white house leaking a lot of details, so we will let you know what we know. >>steve: some things just never change. actor alec baldwin on the attack again, it appears. what sparked that -- >>brian: upbgz? -- you think so? >>steve: are you heckling me? we're going to tell you what he did yesterday. >>brian: he does not represent all of mass pea pea -- massapequa.

you can thank miley sires for this. twerking just made it into the dictionary. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >>gretchen: wow. i watched that video for the first time yesterday. sorry i did. it's pretty graphic. >>steve: it's amazing. she does something on saturday night. next thing you know, it's in the dictionary. short turn-around. >>gretchen: this is obscene. if kids are watching you don't want them to see this right now. >>brian: i personally blame the vma for having that and not rehearsing. >>gretchen: they didn't rehearse? >>brian: i don't think they rehearsed that. can you see checking the box after these two got out there? looks good to me. >>gretchen: i think they liked it because it is pushing the envelope and unfortunately that is where they are in society. >>brian: when lady gaga gets swamped by miley

cyrus. >>steve: for a white house that hates leaks, seems like there's another one each and every hour. the latest one is apparently, probably as early as tomorrow the united states is going to release information, intelligence from the director of national intelligence that proves syria did store, assemble and launch chemical weapons that killed many, many people on the outskirts of damascus. this the white house feels is the necessary final step before we rain down cruise missiles on assad. >>brian: one of our sources is the israeli spy service. evidently they sold to the n.s.a. what they had. we have pretty good proof the last time they had a chemical attack and we did nothing, and it took weeks for the u.n. to get on board and it kind of went away. now we're set to do a sraoeubg. i'm a little concerned about the level of detail

released. we're talking about two to three days tops, 50 sites. we made it clear regime change is not the goal. do we have to tell them that? >>gretchen: you were talking on your radio show yesterday, brian, is this the way we've always done war where you give advance notice so assad knows on thursday on his calendar get out of dodge because that is when they're going to have the tomahawk come in? it seems this new way of doing wars that you tell the person what you're going to do before you do it. it seems like something they're going to do because they feel like they have to do as opposed to making any difference. >>steve: here's what's been leaked. he knows this, we know it. likely use tomahawk missiles. it looks as if that is the reason we've got four destroyers parked in the eastern mediterranean. also the mission is not regime change. simply to punish them for using chemical weapons and

no plan for regime change and it is likely to last hours, not days. the big question is if it's not regime change and it's just punishment, should we be doing this at all? lieutenant colonel ralph peters was on with bill o'reilly last night. listen. >> as we speak, the two sides -- one side you have assad has bought iran, horrible people. on the other side it is increasingly documented by al qaeda and other extremists, the team that brought you 9/11. right now in syria, our enemies are killing each other. why on earth -- where in our constitution does it say we should stop our enemies from killing each other? >>brian: i do believe, though, and this is where we differed yesterday, i believe we have to make a stand when it comes to weapons of mass destruction. we warned them to get it. they have done it twice.

what does that say to iran? what does that say to north korea? americans make these kinds of a stand, it means nothing. even the next president. general keenan has done wonderful work, he said they have 20 airfields, about 100 aircraft. we can take down those airfields instantly. within two to three days you can do massive impact. guess who is flying in and out on a daily basis? iran. what a message for iran. you can bring your plane in, you have no place to land, nowhere to drop off, no air force to reenforce. >>gretchen: the reason i think you see this differing of opinion among many military experts is because we've been involved in these other wars in the last 10 to 12 years. i think there is a sense of exhaustion with afghanistan and iraq. if you look at this independent you might have a different viewpoint. secondly, i think a lot of these military experts are frustrated because they believe this action, if it was going to take place,

should have happened last year when the first red line was drawn and president obama made that statement. now it seems as if really we're going to, america is now going to get involved in this situation? if you look at the recent polls, and i think the most recent ones we have are in june, they show massively the american public does not want to get involved in this conflict. >>steve: if you look at the way ralph detailed, it's like a bunch of bad guys are killing each other. what is the matter with that? why is the u.s. national interest getting involved over there? is it simply we are the world cop again? e-mail us at friends@foxnews.com. >>brian: remember when nancy pelosi went over there when she became speaker and said president bush doesn't speak for us. remember senator kerry said he was a partner for peace and hillary clinton indicated the new assad would be someone, a partner for change. here he's thinking there is

a partner over there on the democratic side. and now that there is power, they see it differently. >>steve: it's a worrisome if we're going to do what clinton did and throw cruise missiles into an aspirin factory. seven minutes after the top of the hour. fox business alert. wall street already under attack from just the mention of a strike on syria. we're watching the markets. it was a crazy ride yesterday. >> good morning. that's right. trading in the premarket is currently up just slightly actually, but there is no question a possible intervention into syria rocked the markets yesterday. here in the u.s. and all around the world for a second day in a row. investors were treated as violence in syria continued with wall street worrying the conflict could spill over into oil-producing countries. we're looking at a potential very tough day today. right now the premarket is currently up.

it is adding to jitters to the fact that the market is already very fragile. we're looking at an earlier deadline for the debt ceiling. we're looking at traders bracing for another potential contentious debate in washington over the debt limit. on tuesday the dow closed down for a two-month low, down 170 points, the s&p 26 points and the nasdaq closed lower by 79 points. >>gretchen: thanks for that update. let's bring you other headlines for your wednesday. one of the teens suspected of killing former veteran dellbert belton because he shorted them in a drug deal. both teens are facing life behind bars if convicted.

hundreds gathered to say goodbye to murdered baseball player christopher lane killed in oklahoma by teens allegedly who claimed they did it by fun. doctors released a final autopsy. it reveals lane was killed by a single bullet that collapsed his lungs and fractured his ribs. new information about edward snowden. turns out the background check done on him in 2011 wasn't very thorough. a federal review shows officials did not look into his history with the c.i.a. they did not investigate a questionable trip he took to india because he never reported it. when it came to checking his credibility, the private contractor charged with speaking to snowden's family and friend only reached out to his mother and his girlfriend. alec baldwin involved in another violent temper tantrum involving a photographer. here are the photos. brian is exasperated. the cameraman apparentlily tried to snap -- >>brian: why isn't he

happier? >>gretchen: tried to snap the first post pregnancy picture of baldwin's wife. the 51-year-old grabbed him, pinned him against the car. both men called the police but decided not to press charges. last month baldwin punched a photographer outside the marriage license bureau. >>brian: he called him a crack head, a former nypd. >>steve: plus he got thrown off an airplane because he wouldn't turn that thing off. the oxford dictionary comes out with new words a lot of people are using. they want to reflect what's going on in culture. ladies and gentlemen, it does appear to some that the first time anybody ever heard of the word twerking was on sunday night at the vma's. miley cyrus is twerking there. that's sexually provocative move. now we find out the twerk is in the oxford dictionary.

>>brian: try to use it in a sentence. >>gretchen: i'm scared to know which part of the act is actually the twerking. the whole thing was i was looking for the actual definition of what twerk was. any way, a selfie, when you take a picture of yourself. >>steve: with your smart phone. digital detox is time spent away from facebook or twitter. you feel like you're going through something crazy. bitcoin is virtual currency where you don't actually use money. >>brian: you asked for it, we got it. here's how you define twerk. it is a verb. it is an action word. dance to popular music in a sexually provocative manner. let's look. looks like it to me. involving thrusting hip movements and a low squatting stance. >>steve: it did -- you could use the definition of

twerking for what elvis presley did back in the day, down to the squatting part. >>brian: he was alone usually. >>gretchen: luckily he didn't have one of those massive fingers. >>brian: what are the rules with oxford? if four new word are added, do four have to be dropped? >>steve: i think it gets bigger and bigger. >>brian: we used to have just 12 word and put suffixes on. >>gretchen: don't you remember when we looked up things in encyclopedias. i remember my family, they had them all lined up on the bookshelf. those were the good old days. >>brian: a man would come to your door and try to sell you one? >>gretchen: i made my son go to the library to look up a question the teacher thing about technology. you can look things up and have it in five seconds. >>brian: or get a smart guy and say you be my best friend. coming up. it is supposed to honor the

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perspective. jeremiah, this one to three-day response, is that enough? >> no, sir, not at all. i speak to you this morning as a strategist and not a diplomat. what i'm about to say, an american official could never say on camera, be it republican or democrat. we need to look at the long-term strategy and threats in the region. and the long-term threat is iran. this administration did not take advantage of bringing down the iranian mullahs with the green revolution, helping the students in 2009. what i would like to see happen is a no-fly zone put into place in syria. i would like to see, of course, tomahawks used to take out troops where it can occur. and then something that's rather controversial perhaps, but the introduction of drones to begin killing, decapitating syrian military leadership. and at the same time,

simultaneously begin communication with other syrian officers, telling them listen, you need to turn on assad, your leader, hand him over to us, put him on trial at the hague. if you're not willing to do that, at minimum kill the guy. okay? after that is accomplished, you've got to take a look at the weapons of mass destruction sites. those same syrian troops have to help secure them along with free syrian troops, and at the same time those syrian troops have to understand they have to lay down their arms elsewhere in the country. and we begin the very difficult process to some sort of a democratic syria with an understanding among the alawhites and sunnies they have a place at the table. >>brian: let's look at reality. we first saw two to three days. fox news is now saying it is going to be a one-day campaign to blow up some sites. we're not targeting assad so we're not looking to

overthrow the regime. what do you think that will do in terms of changing the calculus. your point of view is as syria goes so goes iran and iran is the real problem. >> one-day, two-day strikes is going to accomplish nothing. we have to decapitate the leadership of syria and be ready when the time comes, take advantage of that covertly and support the students and merchant class and bring down the mullahs. israel recognized it, saudis recognized it, we have recognized it that the iranians are fast coming down the path with a nuclear weapon. and what better way to prohibit that than taking them down now over the next couple of years. >>brian: you get rid of syria, you get rid of a cheap ally. it might be the dominoes we need. however, the other guys aren't good guys. it's complex but thanks for breaking it down for us. we'll see what happens in

the post-analysis. maybe as early as next week we'll have you back. ahead, rolling stone made the boston bomber terror suspect look like a rock star but this morning we have a totally different look at him. john lennon, can you imagineñiñi that? is it medically possible to take a rotted tooth and make a new man? ♪ ♪ ♪

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>>gretchen: 23 minutes after the top of the hour. if you're just joining us, quick headlines. lawyers for new york city asked a judge to freeze her ruling about the nypd stop and frisk policy. the city is appealing that

decision saying it was unconstitutional. it says the judge should wait until that appeal is decided. the city says changes will put the public at risk. in a few hours closing arguments will begin in the penalty phase for major nidal hasan. he gave up his last chance to defend himself yesterday resting his case without speaking. the trial resumes at 10 a.m. eastern time today. ♪ ♪ >>brian: he's one of the world's most legendary performers. now a man hopes to bring john lennon back to life. >>steve: a canadian dentist paid more than $30,000 for the beatles' tooth and plans to use d.n.a. from that molar to clone john lennon. but is that even possible? >>gretchen: joining us now dentist and founder of rejuvenation dentistry dr. jerry. good to see you. it's a fascinating story.

can you actually clone a person from a tooth? >> first of all, human cloning is about half a century away. even though we did clone a sheep in 1996, there is a big gap there and of course there is a lot of ethical questions. when i heard about this canadian dentist wanting to clone john lennon from a bombed out molar extracted 50 years ago is a little bit of junk science. what type of john lennon would we have? would it look like beatle joyce? the science of cloning is taking genetic information from one cell, putting it in another cell. you need pristine, healthy live tissue. >>steve: that's one of the reasons why a tooth is a good place because your teeth have stem cells in them as opposed to regular cells? >> exactly. that's the corner stone of one of the most exciting areas of medicine, regenerative medicine. regenerative medicine --

>>brian: can grow a liver orchid ni out of a body -- or kidney out of a body? >> these are building block cells. >>steve: where are the stem cells? >> the richest source is in the pulp, nerve, that red section you see there. the hard outer coating which we know of as the enamel is not going to have much organic matter. the best is the pulp and nerve which in john lennon's dead tooth from 50 years ago that his housekeeper had -- and you can see the size of the cavity. it was probably extracted because he was in a lot of pain. >>gretchen: the chances of cloning john lennon from this 50-year-old tooth, zero? >>steve: this is a publicity stunt? >> what he is attempting to do, trying to get to d.n.a. sequencing, but he's really going to have a snowball's chance in hell of really, i

believe, of getting that. what's interesting is i in my office now have a system where i encourage all of my teey rich source of stem cells. we have extracted bicuspids, wisdom teeth. we have a system called, there is a company called provia labs, they have a system called store a tooth. they do a qualitative and quantative analysis of the stem cells. >>gretchen: i banked the umbilical cord of my son because the same thing is said about the stem cells. >> excellent. >>gretchen: my kids, when they write a note to the tooth fairy, they say please let me keepñri teeth. >> every viewer should be asking their dentist about banking their stem cells. that's one of the good things that came out of the story. >>brian: if we're going to work on cloning, it's going to be ted williams'

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>> it's kind of a fun story. you've probably been following this. the state attorney general of new york is suing donald trump for $40 million claiming that donald trump university is not a real university. well, the state claims it is not a real college because students get very little education and were unable to find jobs after they graduated. sounds like a real college to me. i don't get it. >>steve: none of those colleges come with a guaranteed job at the end of a tunnel. >>brian: isn't it amazing out of everything going on in new york state the attorney general is focusing on donald trump's university which no one is forced to attend. they can do whatever they

want. they can go to the new school, go to n.y.u. >>steve: we had donald on a couple of days ago. he is a little suspicious of what's going on. >>brian: because of the timing. >>gretchen: we'll keep you up to date on that story. we've got headlines. >>steve: brand-new photos released of one of the accused boston bombers. take a look at dzhokhar tsarnaev climbing out of a boat with his hands up. here is another shot with his arm over his face. this one shows the moment boston police took him done. these are dozens of new photos published in boston magazine taken by a photographer in the police department. he releasedz27wñ after "rolling stone" magazine put tsarnaev on the cover, made him look like a rock star. >>brian: whole wheat pizza coming off the menu this school year. school districts cross the country are quitting first

lady michelle obama's healthy lunch program. students do not want it. many school districts say schools are losing money, one lost as much as $100,000 because kids are bringing food from home. >>gretchen: a memorial honoring men and women who died in the 9/11 attack coming under fire. an atheist group suing princeton university if the memorial goes up. they claim it violates church and state. >>steve: a new report revealing anthony weiner is having a hard time attracting supporters. >>brian: why? >>steve: it's gotten to the point where weiner apparently is paying people to attend his campaign events. the source claims some of weiner's biggest supporters are really actors being paid $15 an hour to look

like new yorkers are interested in what that weiner has to say. all right, mr. kilmeade. >>brian: by the way, you need to be a great actor, a fantastic actor, in order -- to support anthony weiner. a new report about aaron hernandez, the tight end of the new england patriots according to the rolling stone, the former patriot tight end was a regular user of p. kr-fplb.ui -- p.c.p. and carried a gun wherever he went. the player's union trying to get him paid while he is in prison. patriots owner says he's rooting for tim tebow to make the team. there are only 53 spots. tebow survived a cut from 75 players. the owner says he is in tebow's corner but the

coach will make the final decision. the ultimate high for a red bull stunt jumper. that is a man leaping from the roof of a four seasons hotel in denver. evidently they were sold out. the roof 500 feet high. he planned to jump in the hotel swimming pool but that looked too risky, sew landed in the parking lot instead. coming up on radio, alan west will be with us, martha maccallum and mike baker on "kilmeade & friends." >>gretchen: most people think it will never happen to them but what if you were attacked, what would you do? a series called survival evil tonight is telling the am mading stories --

amazing stories of survivors. >> it scared me because i knew we were going away from everybody. like if something was going to happen, he could have shot us and no one would have saw it, heard it. nothing. so i remember thinking, you know, this could be it. >>steve: anna kooiman, our own daredevil jumper attended a class to figure out how to fight back. >> i caught up with a woman who teaches everybody how to escape from an attacker. here's what i learned. >> nice. do it one more time. yes! good. >> the numbers are overwhelming, and everyone thinks it's not going to happen to me. but the numbers are one in five. one in five women will be assaulted or sexually assaulted. >> that's why wwe diva eve

torres is empowering women through self-defense classes. >> either you have to bend at the hips or do the beyonce hair whip. step back. nice. hand is down low. hand is down low. you're going to drive off that back leg and slap, swing your arm through here. this is an ear. palm to the ear for a strike. this is completely to put them on the defensiv to stun them to give you the moment to create get-away. >> one of the worst places to be is on your back below your attacker. use your back muscles. that's all the strength i've got. this goes behind my arm so i can't pull out. trap that leg. lift your hips up straight to the sky and, yes, exactly. >> any of the moves surprise you on how simple

they seem? >> it's just about ankles. we learn about that all the time if fitness class and using our muscles but youñi don't think just a quick, you know, drop of an elbow can actually free you and completely change his power over yourçó power. >> this was great. it doesn't matter after the fact. if more women were empowered with this type of thing, rates of attack will go down because men will be more intimidated. >> you know what eve told us? we all walk around like this all the time. the biggest thing we need to worry about is just being aware of our surroundings so we don't end up in that position in the first place. >>steve: who knew the beyonce hair whip could save your life. >> it's all about angles. if somebody is holding you like this, get your elbow to theirñi elbow. >>steve: very helpful stuff. >>gretchen: so much of it is having a plan.

people don't think about being in those situations. >> exactly. if you take one of those classes, you feel better. if you're in one of those swayings you're able to -- in one of those situations you're able to get out easier. >>gretchen: the sequester having a bigger effect on our military than anyone could have predicted. details next. >>brian: the man behind 50 yearsñiñr later? judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. i have a dream today. [applause]çó ♪ turn around barry

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morning. skefrt cuts taking -- sequester cuts taking a bigger toll on our country's military. this morning we learned that more than 3,000 military civilian medical workers quit because of furloughs. those who left? doctors, nurses and scientists from army medical centers. and a judge slapping girls gone wild founder joe francis with a 270-day jail sentence. francis convicted of picking up three women at a nightclub in 2011 and taking them home against his will. now he's in trouble. joe's going to jail. gretch? >>gretchen: thanks, steve. the man behind this iconic image of dr. martin luther king jr. reaching his right hand out during his i have a dream speech celebrating this 50th anniversary with a commemorative photo journal of the historic march to washington. well, in i have a dream, a 5th -- 50th year march

that changed america. i'm joined with the photographer that took those pictures, bob adelman. great to meet you. i feel like we should gather the kids around and listen to what you have to say about history today. you followed dr. martin luther king jr. you took many of the photos we now see as these images. why is it so important to capture history in a photograph and what does it tell us? >> well, in our case, we had a system of organized terror. it was called segregation. it separated the races. the photographing of the process of protests unmasked and revealed the cruelty, insensitivity and the horror and awful pain

that segregation visited upon us. so we should never forget that our brothers and sisters were used in this terrible way. and the civil rights movement systematically really removed this terror. i mean, those colored and white signs were the outward manifestation of rules where the people in power told blacks that they could not vote, they could not eat, sleep certain places. >>gretchen: sit on a bus. the list went on and on. almost every aspect of society, there was a separation. did you know when you were taking these photos, did you know that you were chronicling history that would be so important? >> yes. i did it because i knew how

important it was. the thing we don't remember is the country was frozen at that time. congress was controlled by the southern dixiecrats. the courtçó had spoken but little changed. it was because of the genius of the young people and the black demonstrators that we were able to challenge the system. black bodies had been enslaved, had been beaten, and they had the genius to take theirñi bodies and sit someplace, you know, try to vote. >>gretchen: in a peaceful way of protesting. >> that was very important because had they been violent and provocative, they would have been exterminated. >>gretchen: i know it must be so difficult to watch time go by so quickly

and imagine now here we are 50 years past these photos. when you look at present-daytime, do you think we've come far? >> well, first of all, we should never forget the civil rights movement was the template for women, for gays, and for hispanics really to try to break down the barriers that they have. "time" recently called that the founding father of the 21st century. many gains have been made in the african-american community. however, there is still widespread poverty and unemployment which we're not doing much about at the moment. >>gretchen: bob adelman put together "i have a dream: a 50-year testament to the march that changed america." great to meet you, sir.

thanks for that historical perspective. i think we're going to have a live picture right now of where -- yes, this is where the walk will take place and the speeches today to commemorate 50 years. beautiful shot there coming out of washington this morning. >> you know, his arms crossed like that showed how determined he was. he died at 39. he had a 13-year mission which he, you know, almost completely covered. >>gretchen: hard to believe he was only 39. thanks so much, bob. coming up on our show, creeps caught on camera stealing school supplies from a church. we need your help to make this wrong a right. think you've got to spend big bucks for luxury, safety and reliability? think again. how you can cruise in a new car without busting your budget. ♪ ♪ [ woman ] dear chex cereal, you've done the impossible.

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rematch, according to reports. we'll see who is crying after titus and i go one on one and we hope will end up good. titus in town. you're watching "fox & friends" and it starts right now. >> gretchen: did you book that, brian? >> brian: yes. >> gretchen: you actual will he want a rematch? >> brian: i'm looking forward to seeing titus 'cause i did see the video afterward that shows how traumatized he was. >> steve: the poor kid can't sleep at night, wakes up in the middle of of the night with nightmares of you. >> brian: there is a documentary out. chronicles his struggle back to normalcy. meanwhile, let's take a live look at the martin luther king, junior memorial. today marks the 50 years since the historic milestone for civil rights, the day martin luther king, junior, marched on

washington and gave his iconic "i have a dream" speech. in a few hours, tens of thousands expected to gather around the lincoln memorial and that is where kelly wright is right now this morning. kelly, it's going to be a big moment. >> brian, indeed it will be a big moment, reminiscent of what took place 50 years ago. it's very difficult to duplicate what dr. martin luther king, junior did on that particular day. the reverend speaking to the nation actually starting off with a very stump speech basically for the rights of everybody in america, particularly black americans. but then he started preaching and he turned this lincoln memorial into a church service for the world to see and to embrace his dream. let's show you some video of what was taking place this day. more than 250,000 people marched in washington for jobs and freedom. they marched with a sense of urgency, to embrace the dream of dr. martin luther king, jr. his daughter, bernice, talked to me about the essence of her

dad's message. >> he was really speaking to us about our humanity and understanding our interconnectedness and interrelatedness. that's why he talked about sitting down at a table of brotherhood. in other words, us understanding that we are one huge human family. yes, there are a lot of different races, but we're a human family. that's why he talked about not judging by the color of the skin, but by the content of the character. >> bernice king reflecting on her dad's legacy and also stating that she believes that ccomplished, but there isasn't still a lot of work ahead for people to do. reverend jesse jackson also echoed that when he talked to me in my special "beyond a dream: how far are we come." >> two things, it was not but one dream, the dream unfolded, but the day he gave that speech we were in the racial anarchy. >> so that's reverend jesse jackson.

we'll be hearing more from him, as well as reverend bernice king, the only minister in the family of children that dr. king had. this will be a momentous day, things getting underway at 9:00 o'clock with a church service. they will march from that particular church service at shiloh baptist here to the mall. they'll make stops at the department of justice and the department of labor because this is a march 50 years hence, calling it a march for jobs and justice. brian, a lot going on here today. we'll be right here to bring it all to you live of this momentous, historic occasion. >> brian: all right. kelly wright issues thank you very much. big speech for the president, historic as the first african-american president to see how far we've come and see what we'll be doing next when it comes to syria in the middle east. >> gretchen: that could take place in the next 24 to 48 hours. some sort of strike number now. why are we knowing so many details about what will happen?

we're learning how it may play out, likely using tomahawk missiles. the mission will be to deter them prosecute using chemical weapons again but not replace the regime. that's not likely going to happen. it will last hours. not days. so is this the way now in which we do war, in which we tell the enemy, this is what we're going to do to you, so prepare for it? i'm a little quizzing how we're giving out all these details this morning so they can prepare for it. i don't really know what the impact of it is. >> steve: we certainly are telegraphing what we're doing. we've got four destroyers parked in the eastern mediterranean, all equipped with the tomahawks at $1.5 million. so it looks like they're going to rain down on syria shortly. what's interesting, though, is apparently as early as tomorrow, the director of national intelligence is going to release a report that shows we've got

positive proof -- >> brian: empirical evidence. >> steve: well, they're not presenting it as that. they got proof that apparently syria not only stored it, but they launched the chemical weapons. now it's not going to be the united states. we've got apparently france and turkey and britain on our side and the arab league has said you guys got to do something. >> brian: right. they told us to do something in libya and did nothing to support us. they're telling us to do something now in syria and do nothing to support us. they're going to wait 'til after the speech today, after david cameron goes to parliament. you would assume after the weapons inspectors get out of there before they go. they're supposed to be out by the latest on sunday. meanwhile, general bob scales talked to greta last night about the point of this mission, what to look out for, what we can do, what we should do. >> acts of war shouldn't be conducted to get revenge, to feel good, to elevate the international gravitas of the

sitting president, to make his rhetorical statements in the past come through. tactical actions have to cull minutate in some sort of end. if we're going to put the lives of our men and women at risk, we need to tell them that the purpose, the strategic end is something else than somehow making the administration feel good about retaliating through this horrible chemical attack by the syrian army. the syrian army is not the libyan army. it's not the serbian army. these are tough, blood thirsty killers who have nothing to lose. >> gretchen: you look at the latest polls, the american public is really not in favor of any kind of military action there or getting involved. is that because we're weary over afghanistan and iraq? i'm not really sure. but i think a lot of times people are also saying, why didn't we do something last year when they first crossed that supposed red line and many people believed they used

chemical weapons as long as a year ago. >> brian: they were just moving them last summer and we thought that was a big deal. then they used them three months ago and we really analyzed it. now this time, according to -- it was israeli c.i.a., their intelligence bureau that told our c.i.a., look, they definitely used them. we got proof. we found out weapons inspectors are saying the same thing, that sarin gas was used. >> steve: here is the thing what, are they going to do? if it's not regime change, they're not trying to decapitate the regime, they're going to teach him a lesson. we've done that in the past and it hasn't always works out well. for example, in 1998, it was the launch of provision infinite reach in response to the bombings he embassies in kenya, which were the first al-qaeda attacks in the united states. you know what? >> brian: we didn't get bin laden and bin laden did the uss cole. >> steve: we got bad intel. >> brian: 1998, president clinton had it, enough with

saddam hussein violating all the sanctions and also the no fly zone. he sent missiles into iraq after saddam refused to comply with weapons inspectors. that really did nothing. saddam was still in power up until 2002. >> steve: we're hearing this operation could be a day or two. back in 1999, the mission was to stop the ethnic cleansing in kosovo. it was expected to be short and decisive and you know what? how short was it? 78 days. so we're going to have to find out because when you look at the president of the united states, he's actually changed his tune from when he was a u.s. senator to his position these days. keep in mind, apparently he's not going to ask congress for approval, per se, but calling up members of congress informing them rather than asking for an authorization. >> brian: speaker boehner says he hasn't been informed. he was called by an underling. they told him what they were doing, but not asking for his consultation. remember, when he was senator, he came to office to end the

cowboy foreign policy of george w. bush, who did go to the u.n. and did go to congress before going to war in iraq. >> gretchen: so congress is on recess until september 9. is that any excuse to not inform them about doing an act of war? if you look at sort of the definition of what the president needs to do, there is some wiggle room in that. but none the less, the president told the "boston globe" in 2007 this quote: the president does not have power under the constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation. the american people sitting around their coffee tables this morning and going to work, they're probably wondering, is syria an imminent threat to the united states of america? you can argue that both ways. you can argue it both ways with regard to america's position as a military force in the world, and for standing up for human rights. when people are killed by their own leader with sarin gas and other chemical weapons.

>> steve: where do you draw the line? >> gretchen: you can also say america should not butt its nose into this kind of business in syria when it's basically a civil war. >> brian: you know what, gretchen? the only thing missing from here in 2005 and 2006 is the sound bite from the president of the united states explaining why syria is important. one thing about president bush and president clinton, they would give speeches and say their position. they would use it for the power of persuasion and the power to inform, to make your own decision. instead, we have analysts looking at this and we have lawmakers who say they haven't been briefed. >> gretchen: that's a great point. you made it on radio yesterday, too. hats off to you for that very good point. >> brian: thank you very much. now it's up to you to bring the news home. >> gretchen: here are the headlines. one of the teens suspected of killing delbert benton admits he beat him to death, but you're not going to believe why he says he did it. 16-year-old boy claims he and another teen savagely aassaulted belton because he shorted them in a crack cocai deal. belton's friends say that's

outrageous and he's never done drugs. both teens could face life behind bars convicted. hundreds gathered in australia this morning to say good-bye to murdered baseball player christopher lane. he was killed in oklahoma by a group of teens who claimed that they apparently did it for fun. the 22-year-old moved to the united states to play baseball. doctors also released a final autopsy. it reveals that lane was killed by a single bullet that collapsed his lungs and fractured his ribs. terrifying moments for this race car driver. the gas starts to leak and the car explodes into flames. it happened at a speedway in pen opinion. the 27-year-old driver managed to escape without any injuries. that's not the best part. believe it or not, he got back into the race and he actually finished in fifth place. >> steve: well, he did have a

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>> i really was surprised because the fact of the matter is, when you look at the truth, at least in south carolina, 90% of black folks have an i.d 91% have. so this is exactly the same. the truth is, if you have to show your i.d. to buy a bar of soap at the store, if you have to show it to get on a plane, why not verify the fact that the person voting is actually the person on the voting card? >> gretchen: but you believe that this is actually going to be a strong point for the democrats rather than a bad thing for republicans. in what way? >> i think they're going to politicize this issue. listen, we're not talking about poll taxes or creating thresholds that are too expensive. we're simply talking about creating more integrity through the voting process. this should not be an issue between the right and the left or republicans and democrats. this should be an issue that guarantees the right to vote for the person who is actually registered to vote. that is a good thing. >> gretchen: you will admit that the republicans have a long haul in front of them as far as trying to get the minority vote, because if you look at the last

election, it was under 10%, i believe. >> i only wish the voter i.d. problem -- >> gretchen: african-american vote. >> i only wish it was the reason why they were voting for republicans or democrats. i think it's an ideological situation where we can go into the communities. the ideas factored that voters are looking for are ideas factors. they want to know what is the future of america and how do we vote for people who understand how to make our lives better through job creation, through improving our economy, through having educational choice? these are issues that resonate with people, period. if we win people, we will win elections. it has nothing to do with the voter i.d. laws. >> gretchen: today marks the 50th anniversary of the famous march and the speech by martin luther king, junior. what do you reflect on as you look at that today and we're look at the iconic video now and the photos. it will be taking place in washington. as an african-american man

today, what do you reflect on? >> i take a step back. my grandfather turned 93 on this past sunday. the world that he remembers and the world that he now lives in is so dramatically different. he celebrates the progress of america. i think about the fact that i was elected to congress at the home of the start of the civil war. it tells me that people have evolved. i reflect on the fact that because of great men and women who put their lives on the line, i am able to stand on their shoulders. i think i have a responsibility to be an educated and as economically viable as possible so as to say those folks who sacrificed for the dream, that the sacrifice is worth it. i am living my mother's american dream today. she worked 16 hours a day to keep us off of welfare and because of her efforts, i was able to succeed. >> gretchen: it's wonderful to see new person and hear your thoughts on that today. >> thank you. >> gretchen: senator tim scott from the great state of south carolina. good to see you. >> thank you. >> gretchen: next up, was your

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good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: i understand that when you heard that this guy broke down the door and stole all those backpacks that your volunteers had put together, you were furious? >> yes, sir, i was. very distraught. >> steve: because somebody would do that with these back packs that were intended for children who are, you know, underprivileged and don't have anything. and that was going to help them go back to school. >> yes, sir. it was. they look forward every year for us to do this. this is a new thing that we decided to take on. this is a way that we kind of give back to the community. but not only that, teaching the children how to work for what they want. unfortunately, this was a distraught to all of us, a big let down to the children because we worked forward to try to get all of this done and get our

little van running to get these kids so we can get out and go other various places so that they can see how to work for what they want. >> steve: right. and i understand, reverend, after you were angry, you realized, wait a minute. there is a valuable lesson here. so you used your last sunday sermon to appeal to people, didn't you? >> yes, i did. spite of it all, we still have to forgive the gentleman. we don't know what he may be going through, but one thing we know for sure is it wasn't part of the dream that martin luther king was intending for. this is about a character thing. so that's something we have to look at, working on the young man's character. but we still forgive him because that's what we're supposed to do is to forgive. the rest of it we'll leave in the hands of the law of the land to take care of. but we're still going to love him anyhow. >> steve: i understand you're not going to forget him because

after this became news in the dallas area, you got so many volunteers to give you new back packs, you actually wound up with more back packs than you had, then the ones that this particular guy made off with. in a weird way, you got that guy to thank for that. >> yes, sir. we really do. what he meant for bad, it turned out for good. so we're very thankful. most of all, we're thankful for those that came from far and near that even gave the donation. our heart goes out and we very thank them from the cavalry philadelphia church. and even that community, thanks to all of them. we can not thank them enough for what they have done. >> steve: i understand. >> we have a few other things that we still have to get done or get our van running and going, but we trust in god that he'll make a way possible for us and get that van up and going

and get to visit the other kickoff parties that we do for the children every year. >> steve: that's right. and i know there are people looking in now who would like to help out. if they would like to go to our web site, you'll find out how you can. reverend charles lawrence down there in dallas, texas, thank you for joining us and telling the story. >> all right. thank you and have a blessed day now. >> steve: god bless you. 28 minutes now after the top of the hour. coming up, senator john mccain is here. why he says president obama gave syria the green light to poison its own people. got to hear this. he's next. take a look, this, it's the hilarious prank that has everyone talking this morning. inspired by perfection.

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♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of craving something that i can't have ♪ ♪ turn around barbara ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ >> little rain on wednesday. some thunderstorms on thursday. sunshine on friday. >> this is how it's done? >> my career might be over. >> that's hurricane janet. >> gretchen: oh, my gosh. i love janis dean and i love when she does that. she's that happy because she has a new children's book out. check it out. this is when she was on channel 5 here in new york city, the fox

affiliate here. she was dancing up on "good day new york." they got a double whammy of her over there. she could do the weather form and talk about her book. >> brian: right. and by the way, one thing about her book is that a lot of people have been forced to deal with crazy weather from the tornadoes to the hurricanes to the super storms and that's a fun way of explaining that it's not as scary as it seems. >> steve: it's not just about the weather, it's about following your dreams. >> brian: and also frogs are nice. >> gretchen: and green. >> steve: it is now 27 minutes before the top of the hour. fox news alert. the united states on the verge of perhaps of another war in the middle east. it looks like it, as the white house leaks details, lots each day, that could force a strike against syria this week. the president's rumored plan to be a limited response. but is doing the minimum in syria worse than doing nothing at all? here to weigh in, senator john mccain. good morning to you. >> good morning. gang of three. gang of three. >> brian: yes. it's enough. it's a majority. >> steve: thanks for noticing.

you say that president obama gave assad a green light to use chemical weapons because he used them once before and we did nothing. >> he did use them once before. in fact, numerous times before there is ample evidence of. but the fact is that the president of the united states said that it would be a red line. he crossed that red line and i think he was then encouraged to do more since he was not held to account for his previous breaches. but all of these leaks, when strikes are going to take place, what's going to be used, if i were bashar al assad, i think i would declare tomorrow a snow day and keep everything from work. this is crazy. these leaks are just crazy. >> gretchen: but is this the way in which -- is this 2013 war? is this the new way of doing war or is it just that the administration is sort of

profiling exactly ha they're going to do for the enemy? >> well, i think that's happening. but the sad part of this is that they keep announcing that this is not anything to do with the regime change. what these strikes should be about is to help the resistance change the momentum which is now not in their favor because of hezbollah's thousands of troops there and iranian weapons and russian weapons and our failure to supply the resistance with the weapons that they need. so therefore, you have a situation where we are basically saying that you can stay in power. now, this is the same president that two years ago said that bashar assad must leave office and so where is america's credibility? where is our ability to influence events in the region

and i promise you that those who say we should stay out of syria, do not understand that this is now a regional conflict. look at the news from baghdad this morning. look at the dislocation in lebanon. look at jordan which is overflowing with refugees to the point where the regime there, the king is very unstable. so this is a regional conflict that's getting worse. what is the president's policy? what is the president's policy? >> brian: you know the pushback on this. by the way, syria is implicated anti-american, just by what they did for the insurgency in iraq. they have killed our guy, maimed our guys. if it wasn't for them, that insurgency wasn't able to flourish. they continued to fight. but what is the perfect scenario, because you know the rebels don't seem to be nice guys and on monday, the general

who you met with, says not a good guy. tied with muslim brotherhood. a lot of people are going, where are the good guys in this? >> well, i know of no ties that general idriss has to the muslim brotherhood. i know there is some islamic influence maybe. these people are islamists. but to call them al-qaeda affiliated, they are not. look, i met these people. i went into syria. i know general idriss. he's not a radical, nor are the people that work for him. yes, there are jihaddists falling in from all over the world actually to fight, but general idriss is a good man. here is the plan that we need to implement. we need to take out his air capabilities. he's operating on a five or six air field. we need to give him a safe zone and get the weapons in to the

people that we know are good people and can use them. >> gretchen: what about libya, though? because many americans are thinking back to that and we trusted the rebel situation there and maybe that didn't turn out so well. aren't americans leery about getting involved in yet another envelope conflict -- international conflict in. >> libya did get rid of moammar gadhafi and yes, they're having difficulties and one of the reasons why they are is we did nothing to help them after they got rid of moammar gadhafi. we just kept our hands off. we knew what needed to be done and what assistance they needed, which they could have paid for. so we are paying a penalty for that. >> steve: all right. senator, doesn't the president need congressional approval? shouldn't he be talking to you guys about this, 'cause we understand they're just informing you on the phone. >> well, they should be consulting. it's interesting to me that both the british parliament and the french parliament have convened to discuss this issue.

i do think that the president needs to have more consultation which so far has not been there. but they're murky about that. >> steve: plenty of leaks, though. senator john mccain joining us today. thank you very much. >> thanks. >> brian: remember it was supposed to be two to three days of campaigning. now it's one. fox news learning this will be one day. >> steve: how much can do you in one day? >> gretchen: the other stories making headlines. we are now hearing from the teen attacked by a wolf in minnesota. wildlife officials calling the attack freakish, unprecedented. this is the first time in the state's history that it happened. the 16-year-old boy was camping with friends when the 75-pound animal suddenly came at him. >> i was leaning back kind of on my elbow and it came and bit me on the head. of course, i was immediately like jumping, trying to get it off and i couldn't get it off. i had to like jerk my head out. >> gretchen: oh, my gosh. he had to get 17 staples in his

head. the wolf was eventually killed. of course, now being for rabies. brian? >> brian: some school districts quitting first lady michelle obama's healthy lunch program. the reason? students won't eat it. many districts say their cafeterias are losing money. one lost 100,000 bucks. kids are bringing their own food. hello, lunchables. >> steve: call it a crime of fashion. a cell phone crook in brooklyn caught by the cops because his saggy pants tripped him as he was trying to get away from them. cops say he only made it two blocks before an officer tackled hip. when they arrested him, his pants were around his ankles. he's charged with robbery. great job. >> brian: pants on the ground. they sang about it. >> gretchen: it could be the best and scariest prank ever. oh, my gosh.

people running for their lives in japan. all part of a prank by a game show. the dinosaur looks pretty real. i think we had that on the show here. look closely. yep. see those two legs in a pair of jeans? we've had that exact dinosaur on the plaza. >> brian: maya escaped. we can not get a sound bite from her today. >> steve: unrelated to that. >> gretchen: let's start that rumor. >> steve: does this sound familiar? you're happily married, but you can't help think about an old flame. is that normal or is that nuts? dr. keith ablow, who probable will he has old flames, is going to be on deck with his diagnosis. >> brian: we'll find out. if he does, we'll help him. >> gretchen: and it's pay back time. trick shot titus. ready for a rematch. we'll see who is crying this time. >> brian: titus is here. >> gretchen: he wasn't talking to brian in the green room already. >> brian: i know.

notice we're rolling the ball to him. >> steve: game face. >> brian: is he going to shoot? >> steve: yep.

>> steve: quick headlines on this wednesday morning. sequester cuts taking an even bigger toll on our country's military. this morning we're just learning that more than 3,000 military civilian medical workers quit because of the furloughs. those who left, doctors, nurses, and scientists from army medical centers. have you ever had a moment like this because you fear getting older? >> hi. here is what i'm thinking. i want to look younger. i think maybe something like the hair. >> steve: yep. good news for you. turns out 53 is now the age a person is considered middle aged. life expectancy and healthier life styles responsible for pushing back the middle-age milestone by 12 years.

so around 53, you're middle age, according to the latest research. >> brian: who is normal and who is nuts? it's all a question we ask ourselves every once in a while and we ask dr. keith ablow weekly and he answers those questions. welcome back, dr. keith. >> hey, thanks for having me back. >> brian: we got a letter. let's start off with this: my wife panics to the point she can't even talk when she's pulled over by the police. she says it's from when she was a kid and her mom got caught speeding. normal or nuts? >> did mom go to jail? that's a good question. this is nuts because it presumes she's six or eight when she isn't anymore. but she shouldn't settle and neither should her husband for thinking that the cop, the police officer is the problem here. why wasn't her mom, for instance, better able to comfort her? was her mother laced with anxiety? she's got work to do and therapy. >> brian: would you recommend

she watch t.j. hooker at home in order to get used to maybe conflicts with cops? >> that's a great idea, brian. i think i'm going to give you a prescription pad and set you loose on the world. >> gretchen: you never know, dr. ablow. maybe it's her way of not having to get the ticket. she might just have this fear and panic and it might be a really good thing. >> maybe she knows that police officer from another setting. >> gretchen: and speaking of that, here is e-mail number two. i've been married over 40 years, very happy. but when i hear certain songs from the '60s, i think about my old girlfriend and wonder what our lives would have been like. i feel like i still carry that torch in my heart. come on, that's normal. >> of course he does. yeah, that's normal. sure. because guess what? it's like frozen in time. if you try to compare your idealized version of love to all the hills and valleys that go with marriage, of course you have this idealized version in your heart. here is what i'd do.

i'd say things would have been at least as challenging with her, so give her a call. by the way, she's 70 now. in the 22. >> steve: give her a -- >> gretchen: give her a call? >> yes. >> brian: maybe she's on e harmony. >> gretchen: that's called cheating. >> brian: whatever you do, do not tell your wife you're thinking about your old girlfriend. >> gretchen: and giving her a call. >> why not? >> gretchen: oh, my gosh. >> 40 years together, you can sustain anything. >> steve: real quick, final question, my fiance and i are both divorced with kids from those marriages. my ex calls him daily about the kids, but the conversation turns to other topics. her car's noisy, her bf, et cetera. my fiance tells me not to worry, but am i normal or nuts to feel threatened? >> i think she's normal to feel threatened. i understand you can't write somebody out of your life, you have children, you want to talk about them. when it gets into still playing

husband to your ex-wife, yeah, your new wife will feel threatened. he's got to cut back and reassure his new wife that she's his only wife. >> gretchen: if we if to commercial break, we're all going to be making those phone calls to people in our lives. >> brian: under the quise that dr. keith told me. >> i want to meet this 70-year-old on the show and find out why she's so compelling. >> brian: i met somebody in kindergarten and i can't get her out of my mind. >> gretchen: before you met your wife in first grade. >> paula was my kindergarten girlfriend. >> steve: keith, thank you very much. we'll see you back next week. >> take care. >> steve: coming up next, it's pay back time. trick shot titus ready for a rematch. we'll see who is crying after brian and titus go one on one again. o'brien, please, leave the kid alone. >> brian: i'm trying.

i got to beat this thing. >> gretchen: first on this day in history in 1979, "having my baby" by paul anka was the number one song. i wonder what memory that brings up. >> brian: right, and who he was dating at that time [ male announcer ] even ragu users a. chose prego traditional over ragu traditional. prego?! but i buy ragu. [ thinking ] i wonder what other questionable choices i've made. [ pop muzak plays ] [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego.

>> brian: do any of these talented tykes look familiar? they're some of the most popular tv kids on youtube this year. how about this one? it was the shot heard around the world, or the hit heard around the world. the basketball toss that made trick shot titus cry. i was the one who tossed it. titus the one who cried. has he bounced back? are we ready to reignite our relationship? just in case things go wrong, tv friends, steve doocy is here to

broker the peace. joining us is joe and titus. welcome back. >> good morning. thanks for having us. >> brian: this is the first time i've seen titus since the events. >> look at that look! he's so nervous. >> steve: he's a little afraid of you. >> brian: hi, titus. can i say hi? >> steve: that's close enough. that's really close enough. >> brian: yea, i think we made friends. are you okay after our little incident? >> are you feeling better? >> steve: actions speak louder than words. >> brian: steve, i think it's time to do the segment we were supposed to do last time. titus shoots and i rebound. >> steve: okay. >> brian: you want to shoot? >> steve: wait a minute, brian. it was the rebounding part that got you in trouble because you threw the ball in titus' -- >> brian: i'll rebound, toss to you. and you hand it to him. >> steve: i will be the ball hander. >> brian: titus, you want to shoot? >> can you make a shot, buddy? shoot it! >> brian: there we go.

>> steve: thank you. >> brian: this kid is amazing! >> steve: he's on fire! we only have one ball? >> brian: what has this last year been like with you and titus? >> we're about to go to spain next week. we're all thinking, what is this tv operation? are they going to leave us stranded at the airport. they said he would have a shooting contest against three celebrities. we're thinking, somebody in spain. i get an e-mail back from the producer and they say they're jamie fox, channing tatum and one other. >> brian: is there any doubt tiger woods was hitting golf shots at this age. >> heard a lot of tiger woods comments. don't you have to be at least 6'

4. his mom is 6' 1. there is some genetics here we haven't sorted out yet. >> brian: he landed at 11:30 last night. he's back here at 6. how does he do it? >> you can tell the grumpy look is i shouldn't be awake for two more hours. >> brian: this is what he loves to do. >> i know. he still makes his shots. >> brian: there you go. >> steve: do you give him like a buck a shot, 'cause he's awesome? >> it's funny. you gave us the ball. he got hit by last time. we got rerouted to the tulsa airport. he shot that ball into a trash can for four straight hours. >> brian: are we friends? >> steve: give him five. >> brian: all right! there you go. thanks, titus. one more shot. all right! >> gretchen: he sinks it. hey, brian. >> brian: if we can stop with the chemical weapons, the world will be a better place. >> gretchen: hey, i got a tweet from dennis. why is the kid not wearing a

helmet? [ laughter ] >> brian: they want to know why the kid is not wearing a helmet. >> i thought we should come with a football helmet in case. >> brian: this went well. >> gretchen: we got to go. we're back with our final hour right after this ♪ let's do our homework. ♪ let's look out for each other. let's look both ways before crossing. ♪ let's remember what's important. let's be optimistic. but just in case -- let's be ready. let'go places, safely. ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of craving something that i can't have ♪ ♪ turn around barbara ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪

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>> gretchen: good morning, everybody. today is wednesday, august 28, 2013. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time today. fox news alert, the united states military awaiting orders to launch a brand-new war or an attack in the middle east and the white house leaking a lot of the details to the press. >> if i were al assad, i would declare tomorrow a snow day, keep everybody from work. >> gretchen: are we making a mistake by showing our hand before the actual attack? we'll talk about that. >> steve: there is no place like home, especially for this little girl who fought our health care system and won. an exclusive first interview with sarah murnaghan and her family that you'll see only right here on "fox & friends".

>> brian: peter johnson, jr. is here. she's only four years old and already hitting a high note. ♪ god bless america ♪ land that i love ♪ stand beside her >> brian: wow. that amazing performance you just have to see. you'll hear the entire song because "fox & friends" final hour unless hem examiner mccallum oversleep again, starts right now. >> it's "fox & friends". >> steve: today it was the gang of three is what john mccain called us. it was great to have him here on the show a half hour ago. what's interesting is the white house has not yet asked for any sort of congressional approval and he said, john mccain did, that probably should get it, but the war powers act is murky. >> gretchen: it is murky. we're going to talk about the

serious situation as soon as we get through some of your headlines. one of the teens suspected of killing world war ii hero delbert belton admits that he beat him to death, but you won't believe why he says he did it. 16-year-old keen a.m. adams kennard claims and he another teen attacked belton because he shorted them in a crack cocaine deal. belton's friends say that's outrageous, that he's never done drugs. the bail was set at $3 million. both teens could face life behind bars if convicted. hundreds gathered to say good-bye to murdered baseball player christopher lane. he was killed in oklahoma by a group of teens allegedly who claimed that they did it just for fun. the 22-year-old moved to the united states to play baseball. doctors also released the final autopsy. it reveals that he was killed by a single bullet to his lungs and it also fractured his ribs. new photos released of one of the accused boston bombers. this is dzhokhar tsarnaev climbing out of that boat with his hands up. here is another shot with his arm over his face.

this one shows the moment police took him down. these are some of the dozens new photos published in boston magazine. they were taken by the photographer with the boston police department. remember he released those photos in anger after rolling stone magazine made dzhokhar tsarnaev look like a rock star on the cover. god bless america like you've never heard before. ♪ god bless america ♪ land that i love ♪ stand beside her and guide her ♪ ♪ . >> gretchen: she's only four years old. darla before the red sox and orioles game, she's undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia. the crowd gave her a standing ovation. wow. >> brian: that's great. >> steve: that is wonderful indeed. >> brian: we're talk being the strikes imminent. we know it will happen.

>> steve: how too we know they're imminent? >> brian: we find out that the administration officials have said it will be two to three days. then there is going to be tomahawk attack, maybe some of those stealth bombers. now we find out it will be less than that. it will be possibly a one-day campaign, tomahawk missiles sent out of warships in the mediterranean. we even know the target is not going to be the chemical weapons that caused the conflict that caused us to act in the first place because they said we have to get on the ground to do that. you can't blow up chemical weapons in the air. >> steve: they've been hiding the chemical weapons depot among the people. but brian was able to detail effectively what we know. and everybody knows it because while this white house goes after leakers, this white house is leaking like a sieve. that really bugs senator john mccain who knows a thing or two about national security. >> all of these leaks, when the

strikes are going to take place, what's going to be used, if i were bashar assad, i think i would declare tomorrow a snow day and keep everybody from work. this is crazy. these leaks are just crazy. the sad part of this is that they keep announcing that this is not anything to do with the regime change. what these strikes should be about is to help the resistance change the momentum which is now not in their favor. >> gretchen: is it just an act of punishment or will it actually make a difference? i think that's what the question is today. if it's just an act of punishment, will it actually change anything that's going on in syria? will assad just go back to his old ways? specifically because he knows exactly when this is coming, he can just go as john mccain says, take a snow day or pull himself -- hole up in a safe place so he is not affected by this. >> brian: meanwhile, he's not going to be the target.

the administration said it's clear even -- regime change is not on the agenda. it was. what happened to the agenda? the other thing is if assad does go, if he loses the battle to the rebels, who are the rebels? are they good guys? john mccain says hey, i was there. i talked to general idriss. he's good enough. colonel ralph peters says, i don't think so. >> in syria, now, as we speak, the two sides, one side you have assad, hezbollah, iran. horrible people. on the other side, increasingly dominated by al-qaeda, al nusra and other islamic extremists, those who brought you 9-11. right now in syria are enemies are killing each other. why on earth -- where in our constitution does it say we should stop our enemies from killing each other? >> steve: exactly. why are we doing that? is it because we're the world's super cop and we got to do that? are our national interests at

stake over there? is that why we've got it move right now? one of the reasons tomorrow sometime the director of national intelligence is going to reveal positive proof that apparently assad stored, assembled and launched chemical weapons is just to make the final case to the people in the united states and around the world. look, this is a bad guy. i've got to do something. but does he really have to, if regime change is not the end game. >> gretchen: i think what's troubling to the american people is that nothing was done a year ago and then now to have something done, it looks like it could be more of a pacifying kind of reactionary attack instead of one that's really a well-thought out, sticking to foreign policy. it leads people to question what the foreign policy really is when you had a different approach to libya than you do to syria, than do you to iran. that's, i think, what's troubling to the american people. not that america shouldn't

remain as a super power and believe in human rights of other people across the world. i think america still has that position. i think it's a little bit more muddled than that as far as the foreign policy force area. >> brian: i thought this official said this classic, the response has got to be just muscular enough not to get mocked, but not so devastating that it would prompt a response from syrian allies, iran and russia. you're not going to be mocking, burr not necessarily satisfied. >> steve: the president sounds like won't get congressional approval, although back in 2007 he said absolutely you would have to. >> brian: when he was senator. >> steve: and also joe biden said back in 2007, the president has no authority to take the country to war unless we're attacked or unless there is proof that we are about to be attacked and biden then suggested the president war making was an impeachable offense. meanwhile, take a live look right now on this wednesday at the reverend martin luther king, junior memorial on the mall in our nation's capitol n. a few hours o'clock thousands will gather around that to mark 50

years since reverend king's iconic "i have a dream" speech. kelly wright is live at the lincoln memorial with more. we can hear you. >> steve, good morning to you as well. it was on that particular day that martin luther king, junior delivered a dream that became iconic, up with of the most powerful seasons in american history. actually what took place here 50 years ago actually changed the way americans think about race. on that historic day, 25,000 people marched in washington for jobs and freedom. they came to call for an end to racial inequality and embrace the dream of dr. martin luther king, junior. congressman john lewis of georgia was a 23-year-old college student who spoke on that historic day. he says we still have a lot of work to do. >> some people tell us to wait, tell us to be patient. i say 50 years later, we can not wait.

we can not be patient. we want jobs and we want our freedom now! >> congressman john lewis talk being they still need jobs today. that's one of the principle issues to why they're also commemorating this 50th to talk about jobs and justice. his daughter, bernice king, talked to me about how far we have come in realizing the dream and the election of president obama, the first african-american president. >> he would be glad that the country was able to elect an african-american president; however, he would be disappointed in those who believed that what he spoke about was merely about a man. it was about a people. it was about a nation. >> bernice king also told me her dad would be disappointed with the way some people have kind of regressed in terms of the dream. she talked about the crime element that exists in america today.

she also talked about the self-centeredness of americans and the materialism of americans. she says we must go forward to do a lot more to make his dream fully realized. steve? >> steve: all right, very big day on our national mall today. 50 years later. thank you. >> gretchen: all right. you might want to know today that new words have been added to the dictionary. i have to admit that three of these i had never heard before in my life. i have heard of selfy. that's when you take a picture of yourself with a hand held device. twerk. that's a dance to popular music. this is the definition. in a sexually provocative manner in a low squatting stance. we probably don't need to show you. >> brian: the thing is, you might have been twerking in the past, but didn't know what to call it. >> gretchen: there we go. >> steve: the whole country was talking. think back to -- remember when the movie "dirty dancing" came

out? >> brian: yes, like yesterday. >> steve: people were outraged at that. and now it seems so tame in comparison. this is miley cyrus, the once upon a time hannah montana making her father proud. the other words, digital detox, when you're away from your facebook or twitter and you start to itch 'cause you got to go on-line. and bit coin, which is a paperless currency on the internet. it's a virtual currency. >> gretchen: did you know those? did you know all four of those before today? >> brian: selfy i got. >> gretchen: what about the crew? come on, guys. you're so up to date, right? you all knew it. just me, wow. >> steve: bit coins. a lot of people use that on-line now, instead of money. >> gretchen: okay. let us know if you knew ha those were. >> brian: also, what word would you add to the dictionary, because they might be taking a suggestion. meanwhile straight ahead, have

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from indiana's plan and is this a sign the federal government needs to leave health care up to the states? indiana governor mike pence joins us. tell us about the indiana plan. >> hi, brian. >> brian: tell us about your plan and what we can learn from it. >> we call it the healthy indiana plan. it's what experts call consumer-driven health care. back in 2008 as we faced the rising cost of medicaid, which right now consumes about 25% of our two-year budget, we moved in the direction of a lot of private sector industry and we offered people a program on top of traditional medicaid that created these power accounts. they operate like health savings accounts. the state makes a contribution. the individual makes a contribution, and then there is a high deductible that backs it up. it's been incredibly successful, incredibly popular. most people know, consumer

driven health care getting people to take more ownership of their health care is the way that we bend the cross curve and provide better health care coverage. >> brian: let's get to the nuts and bolts. for example, i'm an indiana resident. i get $1,100 into my account. now that's not money that i can go spend on razzles or beer. that is money that goes only towards health care. almost like the coupon. >> yeah. indiana got the freedom back in 2008 through a federal waiver to allow the state to contribute -- and frankly, people that are enrolled in this program make a contribution as well to these power accounts. then they pay their first dollar benefit out of that. they have an incentive to be involved in preventive health care here because we allow them to roll over their contribution to next year if they go through a wellness program and health checks. >> brian: there is a way of verifying that i'm eating right?

>> absolutely. >> brian: there is a push for that. now let's see the -- let's put that up. freedom of flexibility. you also have doctors reimbursed at 100% of medicare rates. doctors i didn't think loved the medicare rates. >> well, look, what we're doing is one of the problems that you see in medicaid is a lot of doctors are actually not taking medicaid patients. some that see medicaid patients don't turn it in because of the reimbursement rate. part of the wisdom with our plan, part of the flexibility was say let's reimburse at the medicare rates. so there is more primary care available. the way you really bend the cost curve is you encourage people to take ownership of their health care, brian, but then encourage them to get out of the emergency room and go to primary care physicians. we're seeing that. >> brian: real quick, if obamacare is forced on you tomorrow, healthy indiana plan dead? >> well, look, i made some comments this weekend in a national radio address.

there is no question that obamacare is stifling our economy here in indiana and all over the country. i think the answer is to give states more flexibility and more freedom to innovate in a broad range of areas, including health care. we're working right now, right through today with the federal government to get our flexibility, our waiver renewed and we hope to have news in the coming days. i really do think this is part of the long-term solution. give states more freedom, more flexibility. allow them to compete for the best ideas and you're going to see ideas like the healthy indiana plan pop up all over the country. >> brian: right. so much you can learn from indiana. they were one of the first to balance their budget in the roughest times. governor, thanks so much. >> thank you, brian. >> brian: coming up straight ahead, remember when the government spent millions of your tax dollars to study shrimp on a treadmill. their latest project might top this. then why did he give away all of his money and move into a mobile

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>> steve: quick headlines on this wednesday morning. in just under two hours, closing arguments will begin in the penalty phase for fort hood shooter, army major nidal hasan who yesterday gave up his last chance to defend himself, resting his case without speaking a word. military jury will determine if he gets life or death. remember when the government sent your tax dollars to study shrimp on a treadmill? now the department of defense plans to spend nearly $26,000 to count giant fairy shrimp,

butterflies, it claims, the government does, the census is necessary to protect them. you got to know where they are and how many there are before you can protect them. 26 grand. >> gretchen: this hollywood director is known for some of the all-time favorite comedies, from "liar, liar" to" bruce almighty." but he says the money from the success did not make him happy. so he donated his millions to charity and moved into a mobile home. >> steve: tom, hollywood's director and author of a new book "life's operating manual" joins us now. good morning to you. >> good to be here. >> brian: what was the accident? >> bike accident. i got a concussion, one of many i had in my life. my concussion chips were out and i delivered post-concussion syndrome, a condition where the symptoms don't go away. football players get it. you have to isolate yourself. it was tough. >> steve: they all added up and led to what? >> it led to me facing my own

death essentially, and when i looked at death and thought this might be my last chapter, i made this film "i am," which talked about the journey where you're saying i wanted to share my story. as i accumulated more stuff and didn't find the happiness, or what we call true success. i started sharing more and more of my life and i found true happiness. >> gretchen: you say in your book that it really doesn't include anything new. the principles have been written about, but that people, when they read it, should be asking this question: who are you? >> yeah, who are you? we give our power away. we think that everything is corrupt on the outside. there is selfishness and greed in the corporation when we don't realize that we have our own healing to do. >> brian: right. >> the true revolution is thomas merton said it's the personal revolution. who are you? what kind of world are you creating in the world that ripples around you. >> brian: you wrote the book and right now you're living a life

in malibu, but in a mobile home? >> yeah. >> brian: which is beautiful. >> it's simple. it's outside the paradigm. when i first moved there, my friends thought i was crazy because leaving the mansion lifestyle, 17 bedroom, 13 bathrooms. >> brian: that jim carey brings with him. >> yeah. jim and i were not on the map when we started. we were ace ventura. i remember when jim was like, do i buy these $250 sunglasses or not? this is all i have. but because of the success of those films, we did really well and -- it's what many people experienced. >> steve: you dropped out essentially and looked at life and you realized, wait a minute. i was chasing the wrong thing. >> yeah. it was not really a chase. it was just sort of what i was co- opted into. we just sort of accept -- >> brian: more is good. >> more is better, and more community is better. more family, more relationships, more love, more service. that's all better. more creativity. but the stuff after a certain point, after it pays for basic needs, it doesn't make us

happierful we have the studies to show that. >> brian: you still have more money to give away and you haven't bought clothes in how many years? >> ten years. >> brian: ten years! >> you see my dress sweater. >> brian: you wash it by the stream? >> i haven't washed it in ten years either. [ laughter ] >> gretchen: that's why you keep your distance over there. just kidding. you say you're going to go back to doing some movies which a lot of people will be happy about 'cause they love the ones you've done. check out the new book "life operating manual" by tom. great to see you. >> thanks. appreciate it. >> gretchen: you can lead your kids to vegetables, but you can't make them eat them. brand-new details about the healthy school lunch program and how it's not working. parents, give us your advice. how do you get your kids to eat them? >> steve: the crisis in syria affecting your bottom line. lauren simonetti live at the new york stock exchange. good morning. >> good morning. stocks are sliding. oil prices are spiking. it's labor day weekend! what does that mean for the prices that you pay when you hit the road this weekend?

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♪ >> gretchen: time for your shot of the morning. i love this tune, by the way. will smith, remember? alec baldwin involved in yet another temper tantrum involving a photographer. the he tried to take the first post-pregnancy picture. it was in new york city and it got a new york city. >> brian: they went out to breakfast. they're going to take your picture in new york city. >> gretchen: for more on the latest brawl, we turn to robert moses, who just spoke to him out on the street? really, robert? >> yeah. good morning to you. you'll hear what alec baldwin said to me in just a second. first of all, we've been camped out pretty much all morning long waiting to get a glimpse of baldwin and we got one at about 7:30 this morning. let's show you that video. he came out here to walk his dog. he got some ice coffee.

he picked up after his dogs. he spoke to a couple police officers in the area. so he appeared to be in fairly good spirits this morning when we saw him. let's talk about what happened yesterday. police say he and his wife were walking down university place here in greenwich village yesterday afternoon when a photographer got a little too close for baldwin's liking. he took exception, began scuffling with the photographer and in one shot, it appears as though he threw the photographer on the hood of a car. that's nothing new for the star, but he may be even more territorial now that his wife has just recently given birth to the baby girl. now, you mentioned that i spoke with alec baldwin this morning. here i to say. >> any response to what happened yesterday? >> step back with that mike. step back, would you? >> was he the aggressor

yesterday? so as you can see, i probably won't be getting invited to any of his dinner parties any time soon. yesterday neither person filed a criminal complaint. so no arrests, no injuries. back to you. >> brian: he's really tightly wound, isn't he, robert? he looked like he was -- he was like gritting his teeth yelling at you. >> yeah, he wasn't thrilled. even gave me a kind -- kind of dipped his elbow to edge me out of the way there. he said to his doorman, make sure he closes the door right away, which he did. you can understand he's probably sick of all this, but i think as long as he continues to react, people are going to want to try to get a reaction out of him. >> gretchen: yeah. that's the good point that you said at the end. i do think when there are kids involved, it's a whole different story. then the paparrazzi should stay away. but robert, you get in there, get the answers for us. >> brian: don't worry, a little later, how i got blown off as well, pretty much the same way.

>> steve: that's right. mr. alec snaps at the snapper. thank you. now at 25 minutes before the top of the hour, a fox business alert. we are less than an hour away from the opening on wall street. the markets yesterday took a tumble because of syria. so are things going to get worse today? as we get close to some military action, let's go to the exchange and lauren simonetti. >> good morning. for the futures, they're looking flat. not sure how this day is going to go. but yesterday, stocks hit their lowest level since june. your investments didn't do so well yesterday. the dow is down 170 points. it was a sharp decline. typically when we have geopolitical fears, they're by the playwouldn't we know how to look at the board and read the numbers. there is something called a fear index. that spiked 13% yesterday. we saw oil prices climb to their highest level since 2011. they're up again today, past $110 a barrel. i just want to show you.

this is monday, this is oil and this is today. look at that rise in just the past couple days. eventually that hits you in the gas tank. the good news here is that as we head into labor day weekend, 34 million americans hit the road, gas prices are 20 cents less than they were last year. but all that could be in jeopardy. back to you. >> steve: lauren simonetti on the floor of the new york stock exchange. thank you very much. >> gretchen: other stories making headlines. whole wheat pizza coming off the menu. several schools districts across the country are quitting the healthy lunch program. the reason is students don't want it. many cafeterias are losing money. kids are bringing food from home. >> brian: we are now hearing from the teen-ager attacked by a wolf in minnesota. wildlife officials there calling the attack fresh i can, unprecedented. this is the first time in the state's history it has happened. the 16-year-old boy was camping with a group of friends when the 75-pound animal suddenly came at

him. >> i was leaning back kind of on my elbow and out of the blue it came and bit me cross wise on the back of the head. then i was immediately like jumping up, trying to get it off and i couldn't get it off. so i had to jerk my head out. >> brian: oh, wow. he had to get 17 staples. staples in his head. the wolf was eventually killed and being tested for rabies. >> steve: now to a story sure to make your heart melt. peanut, one of the family's five dogs, was thought to have died when their house in texas went up in flames. more than 24 hours later, an insurance inspector came across something inside that gave everybody a glimmer of hope. >> i heard him trapped and i said where are you? she was standing there out in the hall holding him. i can't replace my children. i can't replace peanut. but when we found him, it makes it easier knowing that we lost

everything we own. >> steve: they are so lucky. peanut suffered some smoke inhalation, but is absolutely fine this morning. >> gretchen: some 11-year-olds are in the fifth grade. this one is in college already. >> i would ultimately want to be a quantum physicist. i really like math, science, physics, anything in that wide, wide spectrum. >> gretchen: carson started last week at texas christian university. the 11-year-old was reading book at the age of two. by five, he was in the eighth grade and his sat scores, 1770. wow. that is fantastic. those are your headlines. almost a perfect score. >> brian: very similar to my childhood. eerie. >> steve: speaking of young men. >> brian: remember this? when i inadvertently hit trick shot titus with a basketball trying to keep him rolling as he had hit six shots in a row?

the producers convinced him to fly back from his home, come back this morning and see if we could make up and put the past behind us. here is how it went. >> steve: brian, that's close enough. that's really close enough. >> brian: yea, i think we made friends. titus, are you okay after our little incident? >> are you feeling better? >> steve: he was throwing doingers. >> brian: we also did what we planned to do last time, and that is play basketball! steve brokered the peace and i was able to get rebounds, but still afraid to toss directly to titus. i would toss to steve, who would toss to titus. steve, you got the assists. >> steve: the key is, you just said it, you were to do toss the ball to him. he's a good basketball maker, but he's not -- >> brian: right now. >> steve: but he can't catch the ball. >> brian: he's like bob from the

'70s. >> steve: a good sport to come back. >> brian: i'm tweeting out a picture that shows how friendly we are. i might end up raising him. >> gretchen: i think he has business in making sports helmets after that. >> brian: i think so. >> gretchen: you could be called the titus. next up, there is no place like home, especially for a little girl who fought the health care system and won. peter johnson, jr.'s exclusionsive -- exclusive interview coming up next. >> steve: it's supposed to honor those who were killed on 2001. one group says it's offensive. do you think that cross is offensive? the boys used double miles from their capital one venture card

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>> gretchen: quick headlines. memorial honoring those who died in the september 11 attack under fire. an atheist group threatening to

sue the city in new jersey if it puts it up. they claim it vital the separation of church and state. bald eagle shocked the crowd and crashes into a window, but don't worry. he's okay. wow. it happened at oral roberts university in oklahoma. again, the eagle is okay. >> brian: wow. he didn't know that was a window. >> steve: the eagle landed hard. >> brian: three months ago there were desperate words of janet murnaghan whose daughter was in great need of a lung transplant tote. >> they can't measure how sick a child is. you know what? come to my hospital room and you will see how sick sarah is. she is dying. she is dying. >> steve: since then, because of

the family's battle that changed an unfair transplant policy and a child's courage, she is waking up this morning at home. >> gretchen: our own peter johnson, jr. had a big hand in the effort to save sarah and went and visited her and you have an exclusive interview. >> thank you. yesterday the family of newtown square, pennsylvania, asked me and you, the "fox & friends" audience, to join them as they celebrated the happiest day of their lives. and sarah showed why she's a survivor in her very first interview. you have a tiara on today. that's very pretty. you look beautiful today. >> thank you. >> are you the queen for the day here? >> uh-huh. yeah. >> it was a royal welcome home for sarah murnaghan today, complete with tiaras, toys, and a ton of family and friends. >> welcome home, sarah! we love you!

>> awaiting her return after two double lung transplants and 189 days at the children's hospital of philadelphia. when you see her today, what are you going to say to her? >> i love you. >> i love you. will you give her a hug? >> yes. >> how big a hug? show us the big hug. i want to see what kind of hug she's going to get. show us. you love her, don't you? you love her so much. how much have you missed her? >> 100%. [ cheering ] >> you should be so happy. >> i'm crying happy tears. >> sarah's battle with cystic fibrosis sparked a national debate regarding organ transplant policy and her fight for lungs and life and the courts, congress and media overturned a rule in the united states that discriminated against children under 12 who needed lung transplants.

sarah has been in the hospital since february and children's hospital in philadelphia, she will die unless she gets a lung transplant. >> a federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order that will allow sarah to get on an adult transplant list. >> there is a reprieve on her life at this point. >> overwhelmed with emotions, those words coming from sarah's mother. this morning the ten-year-old has a new set of lungs. >> but now it seems sarah is ready for her new life outside the hospital with her newly adopted sister, ella, and brother sean and fin, whom she can't wait to start playing with. >> we made up this one game. it was where we try to chase everyone. >> it was called evil fin? she's also looking forward to fulfilling her dream to become a famous singer.

♪ >> i think love can do a lot of things. love is very powerful. >> you can never give up and just persevere and really push forward. it's amazing the strength you can get from everyone around you to achieve what needs to be done. >> sarah will likely be home schooled for the next year. she breathes with the help of a tube and she is still on a variety of antirejection and steroid drugs. but surrounded by the love of family and friends, the one word that seems to capture her is strong. >> she's a strong girl. she's a fighter. >> what would you say to all the people who tried to help you and believed in you? >> thank you. just remember this, if you're ever in trouble and i'm strong, you can be strong.

>> if you're ever in trouble and i'm strong, you can be strong, too. those are great words as we go forward in the middle of a week here. >> brian: it's amazing, that child -- sarah needs so much help, and yet they adopted another child? >> they're an incredible family. they adopted kids from around the world and they do need the help after 189 days in the hospital. and folks, if you want to help, go to gofundme org back slash sarah murnaghan to support sarah. >> steve: nobody did more -- >> we doll it together. >> steve: yesterday was your birthday. >> it was the best birthday present. we all have daughters and we understand how important that is. >> gretchen: well done. thank you so much. parents, have your kids been up late all summer long? coming up, how to get them to bed on time. you know why? 'cause school is starting. can you say, give them some sugar to make it work? i don't know. we'll find out. >> steve: hemmer, what's coming up? >> good morning.

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♪ >> seriously. right now. not kidding around. >> we're not tired! >> i am tired. >> gretchen: how many parents feel that way? are you struggling to get your kids on a sleep schedule for school? you're not alone. here to help us is dr. sean talbot. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> gretchen: let's start with something people will be like, are you kidding me? sugar will help put my kids to bed?

>> right. you say sugar and people automatically think it will make the kids hyper. i have to avoid that before bed. but actually a little bit of sugar, the right amount, can improve the brain's ability to take up an amino acid that can make us sleepily. these all represent about 20 to 25-grams of sugar. if you ate these crackers or this cereal or chocolate covered pretzels, that would be enough to relax you and give you a good night's sleep. >> gretchen: interesting. pepperoni, not on the list. why? >> 'cause it contains a different amino acid. cheese and almonds and pepperoni contain this amino acid that stimulates the brain. we want the tryptophan. eat the carbohydrate food and avoid these -- >> gretchen: you can't counteract with dairy? >> you can. there's a peptide, a protein chain in dairy. milk or yogurt can counteract that effect. we've all heard the story of a nice glass of warm milk helps you relax. it's because of that protein in the milk. >> gretchen: there is truth to that. what are all these herbs?

>> these are beautiful herbs. i was at a botanical garden yesterday. they've got an exhibit going on right now called wild medicine that's all about how we can use herbs to help treat ourselves. so this is fennel. this is something that they use in brazil to help relax children before they go to bed. this is an antistress herb. lavender, just the smell of it, you can smell that. that helps relax us. >> gretchen: you put these in tea? >> you can make them into a tea. this is an example of a product that they have in brazil that grandmothers give to the children to help relax them. it's got all of these herb, plus a little sugar. >> gretchen: all right. feed your kids candy tonight. great advice. thanks so much. more "fox & friends" three minutes away [ male announcer ] running out of steam? ♪ now you can give yourself a kick in the rear! v8 v-fusion plus energy.

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