remorse so frustrated with his $161,000 bmw, he took a sledgehammer to it. couldn't get it fixed at the mechanic's. >> "fox & friends" starts right now. >> have a great day. >>elisabeth: good morning. it is wednesday, september 1. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. we begin with a fox news alert. we're hearing a motive or several motives behind the navy yard shooting. we'll look at aaron alexis's job reviews and how warnings go him -- how warnings about him weeks ago were missed. >>steve: people to the white house may be closed to people like you and me but the doors are propped wide open if you're a lobbyist. hundreds get access in just days. so what happened to this promise? >> i don't take a dime from washington lobbyists and special interests. they do not run my campaign. they will not run my --

>>steve: that was then, and this is now. a look at one of the most disturbing broken promises of barack obama. >>brian: imagine waking up to this. a man found this crocodile under his bed. [screaming] >>brian: and he had a high voice, a really high voice. wait to hear how long it had been there and what his reaction would be. "fox & friends" starts now. ♪ ♪ >> this is kelly osbourne and you're watching "fox & friends." >>steve: thank you, kelly. how many times when your kids were really little did they say, i'm telling you, there's a monster under the bed? >>elisabeth: they were right. i should have been believing them all along. scary. >>steve: i read in one book that what you're supposed to do is have a squirt bottle full of water and say let me get the monster control juice and the monsters would go away.

>>brian: everyone knows there is a crocodile under your bed. what they hate is ignore it. they hate being ignored. we're going over all the things to do if you find a crocodile under your bed. first we've got a fox news alert. this morning new details about the navy yard shooter. he was reportedly visiting a shoot range, bought a shotgun with ammo two days before killing 12 and shooting others. they say alexis has been suffering from serious health problems and now president obama ordering an examination of security standards from government contractors and federal employees. stoeuf live at the -- >>steve: we're live at the navy yard. >> newport, rhode island, police officers tried to get in touch with the local naval base because they had been in touch with aaron alexis and reportedly had

notes and documents of his very bizarre behavior as early as august 7. police say they told other officials that alexis was hearing harassing voices, he couldn't sleep, going from hotel room to hotel room to escape these voices he said wanted to harm him. despite this there was no effort to strip him of clearance and weeks later he arrived to begin work as an information technology employee. he then began reportedly seeking treatment. we know days before he bought a gun and took target practice. what's the fallout? we know one senior pentagon official saying yesterday secretary chuck hagel will be reviewing the clearance process not only here but at all d.o.d. installations. releasing a statement in part it reads, the secretary is collecting inputs from senior leaders today to define the parameters of this review which could formally be

announced as soon as tomorrow. tomorrow obviously being today. we also know the white house is reviewing its security guidelines not only for contractors but also for staffers. brian, elisabeth, steve. >>steve: thank you very much. a live report. >>brian: one of the questions on the background check would be how many voices are talking to you through your mike -- microwave. this guy obviously had problems. he was talking to a therapist. >>elisabeth: it is reported he was talking to someone in newport and then was spoeftedly -- supposedly prescribed medication and then went to d.c. we're wondering if there was follow-up. it does shift the focus of the discussion to mental illness. now we're right in the middle of this talk. >>steve: he did seem crazy. if you remember the story about the guy who shot up the theater in aurora, colorado. we found out later he was

seeing a therapist just like this guy was seeing a therapist. but also this guy was on the radar of the police just a couple of weeks before things happened, and brian alluded to this. he called the cops a couple of times. i just switched hotels again. this is the third time. by the way he was a heavy drinker and he loved haoeupb kin, as -- heinekin. he said i'm hearing these voices. they're coming through the ceiling, the floors and the walls. there are three people following me with a microwave machine. police said okay. they're thinking this guy needs mental health. supposedly they reported it to the navy but it sat on someone's desk. >>brian: from what we know now, if i'm the therapist treating this guy and clearly he's military trained, he's got this access, you find out about him, you should be by law, it should be demanded of you that you report this person. nothing against you, i'm

glad you're seeking help but i cannot trust you with your top-secret clearance. you are not safe to be outside. >>elisabeth: i think the difficult thing is we're looking at a system that absolutely needs work here. we have experts coming up to talk to us about what went wrong. i was thinking this morning we cannot forget also this man does not define our nation. he is the exception to the exceptional nation in which we live. we're exceptional because every single one of those precious lives that were lost on monday -- taken, i should say, and those injured mean something and mean enough to us to do this investigation to make sure it doesn't happen again. we are exceptional. this man with that gun is the exception to how we are exception. >>brian: think about aurora, think about gabby giffords, what do these guys have in common? they have serious mental illness. >> this nation would have been different yesterday had people stepped forward and said this is another instance where somebody with a record of mental

illness has been able to purchase a gun, so maybe we ought to focus and find common ground on what can we do as a society. we have these prohibitions called the health insurance privacy act to keep people who have mental illnesses from being tagged and kept from the purchase of weapons. we've got to stop having ar-15's. when an ar-15 was not involved. >>steve: do you remember after newtown, the president of the united states said his administration would, quote, bring mental illness out of the shadows. so far the white house has had one conference in june. and there was bipartisan support. left-hand is -- lindsey graham had a bill in the senate. it moved nowhere. >>elisabeth: bipartisan support means it is not going to happen right now unfortunately. >>steve: focus on the important stuff, getting those people help and

keeping the guns out of their hands. seven minutes after the top of the hour. look who's in studio e. heather nauert. >> we told you about that young girl abducted from her home in georgia. this morning there are two men wanted for kidnapping that young girl for her home and we are hearing they are demanding a $10,000 ransom. the family struggling to raise that money. the armed men broke into her home demanding money and jewelry last night. when her mother told them she didn't have any, they took off with her daughter. police say the abductors were strangers to the family. >> the man who confessed on-line to driving drunk and killing a 61-year-old veteran expected to finally plead guilty today. >> my name is matthew cordell and on june 2 # --

june 22, 2013, i hit and killed vincent. >> in that video, he told the world he would take full responsibility. but then in a surprising turn, he pled not guilty to try to get a new judge to hear his case. it's believed his legal team got spooked after the original judge said she didn't know how she would sentence him. it could be an explosive day on capitol hill because congressman darrell issa's panel will not hesitate to recall the most senior witness who testified about the terror attack in benghazi. this includes patrick kennedy. he's the under secretary who approved substandard security at the post in libya. but what about hillary clinton? >> we can certainly have mrs. clinton, you know, back. our view is that we need to get to the facts. >> issa says the state department's investigation was deeply flawed and a new republican staff report says senior officials were let off the hook.

the next time your kid claims there is a monster under the bed, you may want to actually check it. a man in zimbabwe slept the entire night, eight full hours without noticing there there was a crocodile under his bed. that crock, eight feet long. that guy didn't notice until the maid walked in and started screaming. animal control workers roped and dragged that 330-pound beast back into the wild. this happening in stkeupl pwab wait a minute i don't know what -- zimbabwe. i don't know what's worse, a crocodile or chuckie. >>steve: that is a real thing. you mentioned the maid. was that in a hotel? >> it must have been. >>elisabeth: i slept with crocodiles in australia and i would say definitely the crock. >>brian: you're talking about in "survivor." >>steve: were there people around you watching, hey, let's make sure the crocodiles don't eat the

customers. >>elisabeth: i don't know? i don't think anyone is trained in crock. >>brian: "survivor," there are no rules. there are people that get eaten there. >>steve: -- has not lost a single person to crocks. >>brian: if you're the typical family, you're middle class. when you go to check your bills, check your income, not much has changed. could you just copy off your tax returns since 1989? is it the same total? >>elisabeth: it's less; right? the average family is making less than they did. i actually knew i hofd the 19 -- i loved the 1980's for a good reason. this is no chaka khan. i think this is devastating when you think about that. prices are going up, inflation. then you have income coming down where people have more than one job to pull in less money every year. >>steve: it is jaw dropping that the average family in the united states

makes less money today than they did 25 years ago by something like 600 bucks a year. we were supposed to go the other way. colonel alan west was on with tkpwra at that last night -- greta last night. he doesn't like this disturbing trend sweeping the nation. >> the problem is that the american people have to make a philosophical decision. the expansion of the dependency society is not working. we're going in the wrong direction. we have to trust the people out there in america to create the jobs, and we have to have the right type of policies. tax policies or regulatory policies that enable them to get americans back to work. on the republican side we've got to make more of an emotional connection because the democrats have been able to make that connection saying we're going to take care of you, provide you all this largess from the public treasury and it doesn't work. >> republicans are looked at as cold, poor and don't care about the poor. >> because they are being defined by the other side. >>steve: so many are saying there is a lost

decade because of the wages lost. it is not a decade. we're talking about a generation. >>brian: let's look at how the president's approval numbers have been affected. >>elisabeth: approval ratings 47% across the board. disapproval 47%. this is not good. the lowest he's had in the last year. >>brian: independents, paying the price with 47% approval. it's higher than i thought. when you look nothing has gotten done on gun control, i'm surprised it's 47%. >>steve: he's got a high number,55% of americans support him if they are between the ages of 18 and 29. >>brian: the white house supports arming the rebels, but our next guest returned from syria and says it's a really bad idea. the general is next. >>elisabeth: have you seen this video? total strangers going to extraordinary lengths to save this man from a fire. stay tuned.

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senator mccain and others is supporting adris and supported by qatar. the true opposition forces are 80,000 to 100,000 of the syrian army under colonel riad. >>brian: tell me about this general riad that you are in contact with. >> he was actually one of the first defectors from the assad government that formed the free syrian defected, many of the higher-ranking civilians and generals -- and i met over 400 of the defectors that have come across to join the free syria army. when you vet them out and find out they are true secularists, not radical islamists but they are fending their way trying to make things happen on the ground but not getting the support they need.

>>brian: do you think the force is about 100,000? we have this map here that looks at the entire aerowere a and it is over my -- area and it is over my right shoulder, they all want a stake in syria. do you think it is possible for us to write a check, send m.r.e.'s and the guns to the people we want and keep it away from the rebels we don't want? >> absolutely. it could be done through turkey. i went across the border, tried to go across the day that the sarin gas was laid on the districts in did a a -- in damascus, could not go over that day, went over later with the general defectors and then went into aleppo. i went almost 280 kilometers inside syria so i could see on the ground what was happening, who was in charge and what the layout was of the organization. >>brian: it is colonel ryad and there is a different version of the

free syrian army? >> that is correct. i even met with the muslim brotherhood and apblgz, did a press -- and al jazeera. i did a vetting. i went over initially for humanitarian reasons the first time. >>brian: and no one is paying you? >> that is correct. >>brian: has the government reached out to you for some advice in this area? >> i met with several members of congress yesterday and submitted our reports to them, but basically the c.i.a., the department of defense, i also gave them targeting information because the free syrian army need the syrian air force to be taken out because of their capability to mass attacks on the civilian population and the opposition forces. >>brian: general, thanks for doing the hard work and sharing here with us here on "fox & friends." appreciate it. general vallely.

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>>steve: 24 minutes after the top of the hour. quick headlines for you. nypd officers arresting four protesters marking the second anniversary of the occupy wall street movement. look at this. >> what do we want them to do? [chanting] >>steve: yeah. about a hundred people marched near their former home base in lower manhattan. they were kicked out in november 2011. they still haven't gotten over it.

new time lapse video showing the costa concordia cruise liner being raised. the $800 million -- it took about a minute here by a time lapse. in real life it took 19 hours. it started in daylight, ended in moonlight. >>elisabeth: two million americans getting sick each year with bacteria that antibiotics can't fight and it is costing us big time. >>brian: costing in excess $20 billion and the cost to society in lost productivey around $35 billion. >>steve: is the reason we aren't developing modern medicine because of medicine? dr. radcliffe is here to weigh in. the drug companies can make a lot of money pushing certain drugs, but every day the bacteria they aren't focused on it seems. >> where's the money?

it's like jerry mcgwire was asking show me the money. it takes hundreds of millions of dollars to go for research and development, maybe up to $1 billion -- >>steve: you can make more on the cholesterol drug than this thing. >> you could. >>brian: that is affecting our overall health in what way? >> 23,000 people are dying every year, >>elisabeth: it almost seems like negligence to not be working on a new form of penicillin. >> penicillin came out in 1940. the iphone, we've had six versions of the iphone in the last decade. where is it? >>brian: here's the thing, doctor. it seems the situation, i think, with the reason why we don't build refineries in this country. there's not a lot of profit in it. somehow we have to build the profit into bacteria or get grants to be to go in

this area. there is profit in lipitor and thing like that. >> we're going to have to subsidize and do commonsense things. it is like vaccinations. we subsidize in the creation of vaccinations. we also need the f.d.a. to streamline the process, take out some of this bureaucracy. make it come to fruition faster. >>elisabeth: in the meantime, what do we do because we still need a cure. in the moment we get sick we need antibiotics. >> 60% of antibiotics prescribed are inappropriate. we need to pick the right antibiotics for the right patient, the right dose and right duration of time. we need to have doctors say no this is not appropriate to give antibiotics at this time. >>steve: the problem, doctor, and you know this, parents take their kids in to the doctor, they got a runny nose, just give them some of that pink stuff they drink, antibiotics. >>elisabeth: they can't come back without the antibiotics.

>> when day care calls me and i get that urgent care appointment, i want that prescription in my head. i want something effective. i want to do something about it. >>brian: you mentioned some of the drug resistance bacteria, gonorrhea and c-dip all have now resistance to some of the drugs that we're giving because we've been using the same thing for so long. dr. radcliff, thank you. >>steve: coming up, a student tried to do the right thing. he told the school when he realized i brought a pocketknife to a football game. so he told the school. but he was punished any way. >>elisabeth: ordinary people doing extraordinary things. take a look at this. how these good samaritans came to the rescue of a man facing certain death. this story is nothing short of amazing. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] it's simple physics... ♪

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join for free. offer ends october 19th. >> elisabeth, welcome to the curvy couch. if you want to sit in with steve and brian, i would just suggest pretend like their jokes are funny. just imagine whoopi

goldberg telling a hilarious joke and brian is whoopi goldberg, and you'll be fine. >>elisabeth: that is fantastic. thank you, senator. you're so funny. going to take his advice. >>steve: it's working. >>brian: and you can call me whoopi. >>steve: as many do. you just saw our hash tag, hash tag better with friend. there is a special tweet from elisabeth. it comes from her father-in-law. don hasselbeck says elisabeth hasselbeck is responsible for making many people late for work this morning. hash tag great job e. >>elisabeth: ten years for the patriots and winner of super bowl for the raiders. you are hash tag a great father-in-law. i love you. i'll be tweeting you back. we don't talk, we just tweet each other. >>brian: jenna lee's dad played in the same era as

your dad. bob lee, the vikings. this is going to be a great reunion when they come together. >>elisabeth: maybe the two of us could write a play. >>brian: i think you and jenna. >>steve: we've got these physical challenges going on. today we're going to do some jousting. >>elisabeth: are you trying to get out of it? >>steve: no. but it would be nice if those guys all played next generation. >>brian: instead of us. by the way, it's hard to get ready for jousting. we're going to do the wounded warrior thing, the tough mudda. but how do you practice jousting? >>elisabeth: i don't know who thought of this. >>steve: it is a little crazy. >> hello. >>elisabeth: you can joust but you're not allowed in the white house. 200 lobbyists, 344 times in the white house between march and may. remember this? they were supposed to cut

back visits to save about $74,000 for the budget. but some people are coming in and maybe there's other money turning around. >>brian: talk about sequester. on top of that sequester, the first thing they want to do is cut the white house, try to make maximum impact. it boomeranged, blew up. so lobbyists are marching in. the thing so stunning about this, this is a president who said lobbyists will have no role in our white house. listen. >> i don't take a dime from washington lobbyists and special interests. they do not run my campaign. they will not run my -- they will not drown out the voice of the american people when i'm president of the united states of america. >>steve: people, when he was running for president and said that, people thought what a refreshing breath of air. pretty much as soon as he got in the administration asked for waivers. we've got a guy who would be perfect for this job. he is a lobbyist, so we'd like a waiver. there was some push-back but everyone wound up getting jobs.

these are just the people who visited according to visitors log. there are countless other people we learned from, i think it was "the washington post" expose a couple of years ago, instead of going to the white house, they say to the white house person, we don't want to sign in, why don't you meet us at caribou coffee so a lot of official business gets done at caribou coffee. >>brian: an average of five and a half people every day. can't wheat that half a person -- can't wait to meet that half a person. >>elisabeth: we have a lot of news. >> good morning. y'all remember the hiccup girl? she made the round. >>steve: thieves on this show. >> -- >>steve: she was on this show. >> opening statements are set to begin in the opening trial hiccup girl. the 20-year-old was seen on tv because of that uncontrollable hick cupping she had. -- hiccupping. she was charged with murder three years ago after she

reportedly lured a man to a home where he was shot. a 16-year-old student at a high school in pittsburgh voluntarily turned himself in to school officials once he realized he brought a pocketknife to a football game. he had been hunting so it was had a logical explanation. it seems clear he did the right thing. but he was suspended for ten days from that school. that is the exact same punishment students get for trying to sneak weapons into school. his family says it sends a horrible message about telling the truth. an incredible rescue caught on camera. neighbors risking their lives to save a man trapped in a new york city burning apartment five stories high. one of the good samaritans uses a ladder to make a bridge from the window to the fire escape. he quickly grabs the man and he carries him across to safety. how nerve wracking that would be. those are your headlines. thank goodness he appears to be okay. >>brian: what a great

idea to grab a ladder. >>steve: who has a ladder on the fifth floor? >>brian: i have a rope ladder. >>steve: i don't think a rope ladder would go all the way across. it would pretty much go straight down. now let's work on the toss over to maria molina who has assumed a position near heather. >> you're killing the magic. >>brian: this is heather. this is maria. there is a whole foot here between the two. dramatically different. what are you talking about? i just wanted to touch maria. >>steve: you'll get your chance later jousting, trying to knock her head off. >> switching gears a little bit, let's look at this picture that was shown to us from the national weather service office in baltimore. this is not the picture. actually i took this

picture. we want to show you what a roll cloud is from the national weather service. it is so cool. it is tube shaped, very low level. these cloud are actually very rare. they are typically associated with a thunderstorm cloud. these clouds typically do not produce any rain. look how cool that is. i went home for a trip over the summer into south florida, and i was actually able to spot one of these clouds. you can see here in the picture i was in a car. i was a passenger. i was not driving when i took this. there it is, that roll cloud, very, very low level tube-shaped clouds. we'll have more on that later in the show. steve, elisabeth, brian and anna who has discreetly joined the couch. >>steve: how much do you know about the smallest state in the union? >>elisabeth: we sent anna to find out more about my home state, rhode island. >>anna: we tried clam

cakes, johnny cakes, chocolate-covered bacon. take a look. we're at the big e., the largest fair in the northeast featuring all six new england states. since our new leading lady, elisabeth hasselbeck, is from rhode island, we're checking out the replica where all things from rhode island are under one roof. ♪ ♪ >> the industrial revolution got started in rhode island and this grist mill is the oldest manufacturing business in the state. when you come to rhode island you have to have a clam cake. what's in these? >> those are made from flour, cornmeal, clams and salt, pepper. >> these are super good. you even use some of the same original millstone? >> that's right, slow grind

the corn which changes the corn into a meal. >> we have hushpuppies here in rhode island. >> we have johnny cakes. when the americans came, the settlers taught them how to make them. they were journey cakes and the rhode islanders called them johnny. dig in. >> the creamy new england clam chowder, this stuff is delicious. this part of the country is known for this? >> it is. we have our rhode island clam chowder as well. >> this lemonade, the first stuff sold in america. think there is lemon peel in there. all natural? >> yes. >> let's pucker up. not too sour, not too

sweet. when you first hear of chocolate covered bacon, what do you think? this stuff is flying off the shelves. how many did you sell last year? >> i don't want to tell you. we sold over 10,000 slices alone here. >> rhode island is known for making silverware and jewelry. it is nicknamed the ocean state. tell me about bad dog tools? >> it is a tool company that manufactures drill bits, all our tools come with lifetime guarantees. >> i'm going to give it a whirl. rhode island may be our smallest state but it certainly has a lot to offer, especially you, elisabeth. welcome aboard. >>steve: small state, big pants. is that what you're saying? >>anna: i apparently needed something. i think i need to go on a

juice cleanse, maybe have some of this dell frozen lemonade. is this something you grew up on? >>elisabeth: every day. >>anna: we made some for you if you'd like to have a sample. >>elisabeth: was my dream to work at dell to have it every day all day long. >>anna: this came from naples, italy, in 1840. a man would take snow, put it in caves and insulate it with straw and put the lemon and sugar in with it. >>elisabeth: thanks for the taste of home. i so appreciate it. >>anna: welcome aboard. great to have you. great to be sitting on the couch with you. >>brian: coming up straight ahead? >>elisabeth: the navy yard shooter had a history of misconduct and suffering from mental illness so why was he honorably discharged from the navy? >>brian: now you're about to see a whole lot more of

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>>brian: quick headlines. a big day for apple users. you can now download apple's ios-7 software. the company says the look is a little different and done away with unnecessary bars and buttons and you're about to see a whole lot more of her. ♪ ♪ >>brian: 21-year-old emily rowdowsky was filmed in the best selling book gone girl. she will play ben affleck's miss stress. we'll follow that story. hi, less betting. >>brian: -- hi elisabeth

hasselbeck. >>elisabeth: there are reports saying the navy tried discharging aaron alexis without honor. how did he still have building clearance sph we're -- building clearance? there is new information which seems to say the proper steps were taken. where in your mind was the crucial misstep here? >> i don't think proper steps were taken. if they were going to try to process him out with an other than honorable discharge there is a process they have to go through. from what i've seen of his record and i have not looked at his entire record, that process was not followed. it would require them to serve charges on him and go to an administrative separation board if they were going to discharge him with an other than honorable discharge. or they could have provided him with a notification.

instead they gave him an honorable on an early out program. it appears what they did is we've got a problem here and we're not going to spend a lot of time or money on it. we'll use the most expeditious way of getting him out. i suspect when that happened, they did not revoke his security clearance. that would have allowed him to get the job with the h.p. subcontractor as showing he had a security clearance. of more concern is the incident that happened in newport because in this situation the newport police department -- and i've served in newport which i realize is your neck of the woods, and they've got a very good police department there. they notified the base police of the problem. they told them this individual is a contractor. and what the base police should have done was notify navy criminal investigative service, mcis. somebody dropped the ball. either the base police dropped the ball or mcis dropped the ball. >>elisabeth: in terms of

tracking mental illness, that becomes difficult; correct? what's the future here in terms of reevaluating the system? >> we need to bite the bullet and come up with a centralized data base for mental health. i'm not talking should be limited access. it should be access for people that are doing security clearances, law enforcement employment, and also in gun checks. if that had been the case, then this individual might have been stopped from giving a -- getting a gun. another problem is he got out in january of 2011 and only began treatment with the v.a. last month. now, again, i don't know all the circumstances, but that's 32 months from discharge to treatment and makes me wonder if he was caught in this 350,000 backlog.

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>> steve: what do you think about this? a high school in nashville, tennessee, took students on field trips to a mosque, and a hindu temple, but skipped a church and synagogue. why? they say most kids need to need about other religions more. but what happened when one parent wouldn't let his daughter go? here to tell us is mike conner. his daughter, jessica, is a freshman at henderson in nashville and he joins us from there. good morning. >> good morning. >> steve: i understand you were outraged had they didn't go to

church or synagogue. they just went to the mosque and temple. but tell me about the assignment, the number of pages dedicated to each of the religions. >> well, it was heavily skewed toward mohammed and islam. one page on bible verses, quotes from the bible and two-thirds of a page of quotes by gandhi and five pages on mohammed that was actually from islamic tolerate web site and the quotes that they actually referenced in there weren't even accurate from the koran. so it was heavily skewed toward islam. >> steve: that was the assignment your daughter got because she wouldn't go on the field trip. why wouldn't she go on the field trip? >> she didn't want to. she actually brought that to us and felt like it was unfair if you're not going to give equal time to all five religions outside the classroom, why go to any of them? >> steve: so the school says a lot of our people already know about christianity. they don't know about the muslim

mosques or hindu temples. what do you think about that argument? >> that's an assumption. our daughter was confirmed last year through our church, so she studied the five religions and they're not supposed to assume of the they're supposed to treat the students like they're an open book. so that was an assumption made by them. >> steve: okay. so she didn't go on the field trip and then the assignment, she would you know up getting a zero on that, didn't she? >> exactly, yes. >> steve: so what's going to happen? >> well, since then we had a meeting with the principal and the two teachers. that obviously didn't go very well. dr. phillips, board of education director of schools, since intervened. the zero has been dropped. she got a new assignment which is a fair assign the, we're okay with. she did it, turned it in and we're moving on from here. they're also no longer taking trips to religious venues. >> steve: this has been quite an education for your whole family. mike conner, we thank you very

much for joining us live today. >> thank you. >> steve: what a story. coming up, starbucks wants to stay out of the gun debate, but just got the ceo into the middle of the gun debate. what he's saying about your second amendment rights [ both ] chicken pot pie diet! me too! [ male announcer ] so indulgent, you'll never believe they're light. 100-calorie progresso light soups.

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>> elisabeth: today is wednesday issues september 18, i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. brand new information this morning on a possible motive for the navy yard shooting. the surprising information from inside the shooter's private job reviews. >> brian: starbucks stepping into the gun debate. how the ceo plans to overrule your second amendment rights. it will be interesting. >> steve: #burned coffee. one bride figures out a way to get brad pitt to take pictures at her wedding. excellent. "fox & friends" hour two for wednesday, hump day, starts right now. >> this is bob eubanks from the newly wed game. you're watching "fox & friends."

whoopie, my favorite word. >> steve: whoopie. funny. reference. that geico ad is hilarious with the camel. >> brian: right. >> elisabeth: we're going to get right to that fox news alert that we brought this morning. we are learning new details about navy yard shooter aaron alexis. investigators say he had serious mental health issues, hearing voices in his head during a stay in rhode island the month before the shooting. >> brian: this is the gunman reportedly visiting a shooting range and bought a shotgun with ammo just two days before killing 12 and wounding others. president obama ordering an examination of security standards for government contractors and federal employees. >> steve: for the very latest, let's go to elizabeth prann live at the washington navy yard in southeast washington. >> good morning. because the gunman left no manifesto behind, authorities are working now to trace his foot steps. we know the newport, rhode

island police department reportedly did contact or try to contact the local naval base there. they said they were in communication with the 34-year-old, aaron alexis, and earlier in august, around august 7, police told those officials that he was hearing harassing voices, that he couldn't sleep at night. he was going from hotel room to hotel room and he said he was feeling microwave machine pulse-like vibrations through his body through some of the voices. despite those warnings and by him himself, there was no effort to strip him of clearance and weeks later he did arrive here at the naval base in washington. here is one f.b.i. official said about that. listen. >> as previously mentioned, mr. alexis had legitimate access to the navy yard as a result of his work as a contractor and he utilized a valid pass to gain entry to the building. >> what's the follow up? we know the department of defense releasing a statement, one senior pentagon official

says that chuck hagel will be reviewing the clearance processes not only here, but also at all d.o.d. installations, releasing a statement in part. selecting input from senior leaders today to define the parameters of this review which could be formally announced as soon as tomorrow. we know the white house is reviewing security guidelines not only for contractors, but also for federal staffers. here seemingly trying to get life back to normal, we know there are missions essential, staffers getting back to work. we also know some of the parking garages where people haven't been able to get to their cars since monday will be opening for people here in this part of d.c back to you. >> steve: all right. thank you very much, elizabeth prann. he bought that shotgun two days before the massacre there at the navy yard at a place in virginia. there is a story out there, he did try to buy an ar-15.

in fact, the story out there a couple of days ago was that was the gun that he used to kill a bunch of those people. he did not actually buy one there. he apparently tried to, but they did a background check and it rejected him because he was from another state. that's one of the requirements. but now given all this stuff we've heard this morning, the guy should not have been able to get a gun because he was clearly mentally ill in so many ways. >> elisabeth: of all things, it was a state line that prevented it. >> steve: yeah. it was his return address. >> brian: right. here is what made it difficult. he at one point had a great review from his military. he had a get it done attitude. they really liked him. they said he was an eager trainee, talented technician, community minded and dedicated. later he would go off the rails to the point where they almost gave him a dishonorable discharge. they wanted to give him a general discharge, that would have prevented him from getting the access into that naval yard automatically. but in the end, they didn't.

what's crazy is, and i should probably use a different word, but i find disturbing that he met with a therapist. at that time he tells the therapist that his toaster is talking to him, he's getting these waves through his body making him stay up at night, that people are following him. clearly paranoia. there should be some system in place where that therapist, psychiatrist has to tell the authorities about that. >> steve: like james holmes in colorado. >> brian: the same thing. who is that therapist? >> elisabeth: will the buck stop there? there seems to be a lot of steps that weren't taken here. certainly going back to, we talked to commander john wells who indicated even the honorable discharge long ago could be the starting point in terms of why this all happened. someone eventually is going to have to pay the price for what went down here and not really throw ago red flag. >> steve: a lot of people in the medical community, because of the hippa requirements, they can't reveal to police, all right, he has this problem.

however, we've heard this story today that just a few weeks before he actually committed that slaughter down at the navy yard, he called the cops in newport, rhode island, and said all this crazy stuff about there are these three people, they're following me. i changed hotels three times. they're talking to me through the walls and through the roof and through the floor, and they've got a vibration machine. the police came and investigated and then they went ahead and sent word over to the navy and as the fellow you were talking to, sounds like the navy probably should have done more than just put a report on somebody's desk because it didn't go any further. >> elisabeth: they certainly are going to follow a tough examination now and in the future, we may be looking at a whole different picture here in terms of mental health and how it's documented. >> brian: we'll see if gun control starts there. heather nauert is poised to give us the rest of the news, including a kidnapping and the latest on the 14-year-old girl.

>> good morning to you. police and f.b.i. are describing this as a massive hunt for this girl. the two men wanted for kidnapping a 14 yearly girl from her home are now demanding a $10,000 ransom. the family of the girl is scrambling to try to raise this money of the the two armed men broke into her georgia home yesterday, demanding money and jewelry. when her mother told them they didn't have any, they grabbed her daughter and took off in a gray dodge of the police say the abductors were strangers to the family. anyone with information, please call 911. the man who con necessaried on-line to driving -- confessed to driving drunk and killing a 61-year-old veteran expected to plead guilty today. >> if i hadn't killed him -- i killed him. this video will act as my confession. when i get charged, i will plead guilty and take full responsibility for everything i've done. >> you heard it right there. he told the world he would take full responsibility. then in a surprising turn, he

pleaded not guilty to get a new judge to hear that case. it's believed the legal team are spooked after the original judge said she didn't know how she would sentence him. will former secretary of state hillary clinton be called back to capitol hill to answer questions about the terrorist attack in benghazi? >> we can certainly is mrs. clinton back. our view is that we need to get to the facts. >> congressman darrell issa says this manual will not -- panel will not hesitate the most senior witnesses who testified about that attack earlier. this includes patrick kennedy, the undersecretary who approved that weak security at that post in libya. finally, this might be one of the coolest wedding crashers ever. brad pitt poses with the bride and groom in england. the groom spotted pitt inside the hotel where the resuspicion was taking place. he told his new wife about it, but she thought it was a joke until she walked over and saw it was pitt.

he was in town shooting a new movie. the bride was just gushing after pitt told her she looked lovely. kind of daring for that groom. she might have run off with pitt. >> brian: what about the woman? saying i finally got the best man and in comes brad pitt to give her second thoughts. >> elisabeth: it's happened before. >> brian: really? you know that? >> elisabeth: not personally. >> brian: but you have a story. >> elisabeth: i've only been here three days. >> brian: if you have a story about leaving somebody at the altar. >> steve: don't drive her off yet. >> brian: let's talk starbucks. >> elisabeth: the ceo gets in the middle. he's no long -- they originally were sticking to the policy of the state, saying if the state allows it, then you may. we'll try stay out of it and leave it to the states. but right now the topic is still hot that they're saying, we don't want anything going on in our store. >> steve: that's what they say. so here is part of a letter that

howard schultz wrote to employees. he said, quote, we believe that gun policies should be addressed by government and law enforcement. not by starbucks and our store partners. however, we have seen the open carry debate become increasingly uncivil and in some cases, even threatsenning. for these reasons, today we are respectfully requesting customers no longer bring firearms into our stores or outdoor seating areas, even in states where open carry is permitted unless they are authorized law enforcement personnel. so in other words, howard schultz says, you know, it's so polarizing, we don't want to get involved, and yet they're getting involved. they're deciding that even in states where it's legal to carry a gun, you can't carry it into a starbucks unless you have a badge. >> elisabeth: there are a correlation between caffeine and -- >> brian: i hope not! we saw how wild will ferrell was getting when he wasn't having his coffee. here is the other thing about

starbucks, they're not telling the college kids looking for extra money, go disarm that guy or you're not going to give him his latte. we're going on your word that you're not going to do it. they're just factoring themselves into this debate. i see no reason for howard schultz to be doing this. if you're not going to take action, they're just asking people not to. >> elisabeth: if it's just a pr move, do you think? >> brian: yes. >> steve: we're talking about it and makes it seem like starbucks is not for the second amendment because clearly in some states it's not legal. it could be a publicity thing because it's not like they're going to be installing metal detectors at every door. >> elisabeth: if they can enforce it. >> brian: if you have a gun, go to dunkin' donuts. >> steve: if it's legal, if off gun legally. >> brian: right. >> elisabeth: congratulations, by the way, new hash tag to fergie. >> brian: from brack eyed peas?

>> elisabeth: they revealed their baby on instagram. they said #paparrazzi, you can leave our house now. >> steve: josh shot out the first picture of their little baby, axle jack. the key is -- keep in mind, a lot of celebrities wind up selling their baby pictures to people magazine. >> brian: like alec baldwin. >> steve: anybody who it seems in hollywood who can make cash on their kid's face, they do. but in this particular case, what they did was they had that hash tag where it says, paparrazzi, you can leave our house now. so in other words, we're going to put the picture out there. please leave us alone. >> elisabeth: got in front of it. >> brian: they make money on their own of the that leads to us a perfect segueway. >> elisabeth: jays, oh, my, hey, buddy, actually, "fox & friends" was a pretty good duck caller.

thanks. i like that. next, shooting and cooking. #gifts that keep giving. >> brian: we are going to show you our attempt at shooting. that's going to come up a little bit later. but the other thing w means you've got a great review when you made -- this is the duck caller, you got the gift. >> elisabeth: i know. i think i did. i'm a quick study with duck calling. >> brian: no kidding. >> steve: this is duck week here on "fox & friends." yesterday elisabeth learned how to make a duck caller and today we're going to do something that -- according to the robertson family, has never been done before. we were actually in west monroe, louisiana, on a wednesday. we watched the premiere of "duck dynasty" for that week with the family. you will see it this hour right here on "fox & friends." >> elisabeth: in the home. the president's signature health care law was supposed to help people who couldn't afford health insurance. but the way things are shaping up, it could prevent them electric buying insurance at

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>> elisabeth: the president signature health care law was supposed to help the poor, but the way things are shaping up, the law could actually prevent them from buying any insurance at all and the problem, obamacare blocks lower income americans from collecting government subsidies to pay for health insurance and pushes them toward medicaid programs. this year the supreme court said the states are under no obligation to expands medicaid in order to accommodate all these people. here to explain all this is the president of the institute, grace marie turner.

welcome. >> thank you. >> elisabeth: thanks for being here. talk about this loophole here. i thought obamacare was specifically designed to help people in need, but this is saying the complete opposite. >> it's because, as you said, the supreme court rewrote the law. when the law was written, it basically said that all states were going to have to cover everybody up to, say a family making $30,000 under medicaid. the supreme court said no. that's optional. and so the states are able now to decide whether or not to expand it. i think medicaid is a terrible program. it absolutely needs to be reformed. people do worst on medicaid than they do being uninsured. we've got to reform it. that's what the states are saying. they're saying we're resisting this. there has to be better solutions for people who need coverage, but not putting them on a failing program. >> elisabeth: so you're saying that obviously in the states chooses to opt out, so you can't

blame them for opting out and trying to create their own. correct? >> right. but a lot of states are coming forward with creative plans. the speaker of the house in florida, for example, came up with a plan where he said, we need to see who really needs help with health insurance. we're going to create a state plan with these same dollars. even though this plan is supposed to be -- mostly paid for by the federal government, this expansion population, states still would have to pay $118 billion over this decade. they're saying, we can spend that money better covering people our way rather than all of the red tape and all of the bureaucracy that comes with medicaid. >> elisabeth: you're saying a tailored program for each state may be a better option than obamacare? >> yeah. the expansion of medicaid under obamacare. and they're looking particularly at the population making 70% to 100% of poverty, that fall through the cracks because

obamacare picks up people up to 100% -- over 100% of poverty. but it's under that that we really need to take care of the population. i think that's something the states can do a better job than the federal government with. >> elisabeth: sure. nearly 7 million adults that will be in that gap are not going to be doing well under this. >> that's right. >> elisabeth: thank you for break this all down for us. not good news, but important news. >> we can do better than medicaid. >> elisabeth: up next, a back drop to "homeland" gets a little too real. what happened that forced the cast and crew to pick up and leave? plus, big news from singer jewel. and has everything to do with kiddo. she joins us live next. ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing new fast acting advil.

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>> steve: time for news by the numbers. two cents. that's how much you could be charged for a plastic bag at grocery stores in pennsylvania. state senators in pen he pen are -- pennsylvania are encouraging the tax to force people to opt for dirty bags. 44 days, that's how much sleep new parents will lose the first year with the new baby. crying babies, night feedings and waking up with worry were the top three reasons cited for lost sleep. finally, 10.03. that's how much a ten-year-old wisconsin boy donated to a police department in milwaukee after learning about the heroic actions of police officers and firefighters during 9-11. get this, he tried to make his donation anonymous by dropping

it off and walking away, but the officers used surveillance footage to track the kid down so that they could thank him. >> brian: they have their ways. >> elisabeth: what a good guy. i love that. ♪ >> elisabeth: her heartfelt songs sold more than 27 million records and earned her four grammy nominations. but song writer and singer jewel's latest project is much more personal. it's inspired by her son and celebrities and all of us are loving it because it's all about the mom and the child. >> brian: look at this, here it is. the book is called "sweet dreams." the author is to my immediate right and she just learned how many albums she sold a second ago. jewel, welcome to our show. >> you're much more impressed, aren't you?

>> steve: 27 million, if she made a dime for every record, whoa! >> brian: that kid can retire already. your son is two now and this book is about him and for him. >> it is. i wrote this before i got pregnant. it took me quite a while to get pregnant and i was trying to imagine what it would be like to have this gift in my life and i want sweet dreams for him. that's my hope. so it was really wonderful to take this poem that i wrote for him and what a gift he's been and have it illustrated about what it's like to want to follow your child into sleep. when you watch them sleep, you wish you could follow them on whatever venture they're on. >> elisabeth: you want to be right in them with the sweet dreams. not the nightmares. i've been using your book to get to bed myself. >> it has a cd component, so it has the lullaby as well. >> brian: see that curious george with the magnet in the back. >> steve: this was not only for your son, case, but also your grandma as well? you dedicated it to her?

>> yeah. it's wonderful. my grandmother was one of the reasons i began singing. she was an opera singer that gave it up and left europe. >> steve: i didn't know that. >> to tour and come to a homestead 'cause she wanted her kids born in a free country. i owe her so much. she got to see me to be a musician. >> brian: have you stopped performing? >> it changes everything. it changes your priorities so much. it changes how i work. i have brought him on tour with me. he's here with me in new york. he'll be on the road with me for a week. >> elisabeth: he's two? >> he's two and three months. >> steve: where is he? out in the taxi? >> he's still sleeping. he's on mountain time. >> elisabeth: you have a holiday album coming up? >> yes, i have a brand-new holiday record, yeah. >> steve: every year we do a christmas special. you want to come back and sing some christmas songs? >> i would love that! >> brian: don't get ahead of yourself. you're going to have to

audition. perry como could be coming. >> steve: i don't think he's making it this year. >> brian: really? >> steve: tell you during the break. >> took a dark turn. [ laughter ] >> steve: "sweet dreams" is the name of the great new, beautifully written -- >> it's illustrated. >> elisabeth: so successful you are. congratulations. i'm so happy you're here. >> thank you. >> steve: great perspective. you've been a lasting artist here because you've got solid values, which i think everyone can hear it and see it. >> thank you. >> steve: it sounds like part of them you got from your grandma. >> yes. lots from my family. >> steve: terrific. jewel, have a safe trip back to texas. >> thanks for your time. >> brian: 90 seconds before the bottom of the hour, coming up next, real life drama on the set of the show "homeland." what happened that forces the cast and crew to pick up and leave? >> elisabeth: and if there is a bump in the middle of the night, who can be counted on to

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♪ >> steve: it's time for your shot of the morning. today, september 18, 2013, we are celebrating the 66th anniversary of the u.s. air force. here to cut the cake, the most senior and junior members of the air force. we got colonel robert spalding and airman first class jason collinburger. good morning to both of you. >> brian: we're going to be doing jousting later. i'd like to use your real sword. is that possible? >> yes, sir. >> brian: we're going to use big q tips. >> elisabeth: this is going to be our birthday party. >> absolutely. >> elisabeth: happy birthday. >> steve: the air force is only 66 years old. yet, airplanes have been flying for a long time. what did we do before the air force? >> before the air force, big forces clashed against each other, so there are a lot of theorists who said we can go above the armies and attack straight at our enemy's heartland. that's where the air force came in. >> brian: are you concerned

about sequestration? how has it affected you guys to this point because $1.2 trillion has been gutted from the pentagon. >> well, we're definitely concerned about the budget as we all are. but sequestration, why it's so damaging is it doesn't allow us to shift funds where we need to. it's affecting readiness and it's affecting us, as you've seen with the grounding of our squadrons. >> steve: it has not affected catering. >> elisabeth: i love this tradition because it joins rankings. kind of a reaching across. so i can't tell who the young and old are. but go ahead and cut it. >> are you ready? >> steve: this is a tradition. >> all right. so it's going to be three, two, one, bombs away. three, two, one, bombs away. >> brian: whoa. what the heck was that? >> steve: i got to count my fingers. >> elisabeth: i'm glad i'm over here. >> steve: we never had a cake cut like that. >> we actually have a knife to cut the cake in the kitchen. >> brian: the marines do it nice

and gentle. >> that's the marines. we do it this way. >> brian: look what i brought home from work. what does it mean for you guys to be part of the air force? >> it's wonderful. >> brian: to celebrate the birthday? >> absolutely. >> brian: real quick, could we get your names? >> andrew mailer. >> dave wilson. >> allison ethan. >> brian: so these are some hungry people, came to open their day up with cake. >> steve: happy anniversary. >> brian: no more frosted flake flakes. >> pt after this. >> brian: happy birthday, guys and ladies. thanks so much for coming. thanks for your service to the country. >> steve: a round of applause. [ applause ] >> brian: good serving. now over to heather nauert. what do you have for us? >> thank you for your service. we do have a story for you coming up. >> brian: hurry quick 'cause you won't have any cake.

>> opening statements are set to begin this morning in the murder trial of the woman who is known as the hiccup girl. that's not your story. 22-year-old jennifer meh gained national attention in 2007 after she was seen on tv because of this uncontrollable hiccupping. she was charged with murder three years ago after she allegedly lured a man to her home where he was robbed and shot. a real life drama for the hit tv show "homeland." >> could you join us, please? over here. who was responsible for directing the actual search? >> producers plan to shoot the majority of season 3 in israel, but they relocated to morocco. why? possible of -- talk of a possible air strike. the air force proving its bombing is good more more than land missions. they dropped a 2,000-pound laser guided smart bomb on a fake pirate boat in the gulf of mexico. this to show off its pinpoint

accuracy. nice job. the bombs cost us about $20,000 each. those are your headlines. what do you think of that? >> steve: that's good shooting there. and this is actually some pretty good cake. out on our window on the world, i can see that on our plaza, there she is, maria molina with the weather. >> hey, guys. good morning. today we are looking at chilly conditions again across parts of the northeast. temperatures are going to be below average for so many people across parts of new england, parts of the mid-atlantic. here in new york city, low 70s during the afternoon hours. but right now, we are in the low 50s. it feels very chilly out here. you factor in a little bit of a breeze. the wind chill temperatures are a couple degrees cooler than what the actual thermometer leaves. grab the light jacket this morning. you won't need it coming up later on in the afternoon. let's take a look at the current temperatures across sections of the northeast. again, in the 50s for so many of you across parts of the quarter.

interior sections, a little cooler. higher elevations, only in the 30s. we want to head west and check on colorado because like so many of you know, we've been tracking extreme flooding out there. heart breaking story. we're continuing to see helicopter rescue efforts out there in parts of colorado and they are expecting relatively dry conditions for today and also over the next several days. that's a little bit of good news. there is a little chance today to see a shower or thunderstorm. but overall, visibility has improved in parts of boulder area. the national hurricane center is also tracking an area of low pressure that's been producing a lot of heavy rain across sections of the yucatan peninsula. this storm has an 80% chance of becoming our next named storm system. we'll keep an eye on it. look at the computer models, all overt place. by tuesday, the storm system could be over parts of the gulf or even across parts of mexico.

let's head back inside. >> elisabeth: thank you, maria. he's got his mouth full. brian, give us a sports update. >> brian: you almost done? >> steve: i got about half a piece. >> brian: i'll try to cover you. c.j. ross, the judge under fire for scoring the mayweather-alvarez fight a draw, could be calling it clear. ross was dozing off and she's going to take some time off. she's been doing this for 22 years. you think she'd be better at it. check out this incredible goal. >> always on the move. that is stunning! absolutely stunning! >> brian: he had three. just one of his three goals. he's the fourth highest scoreer.

they won 6-1. he makes about $122 million. very similar to the doocy contract. this is why you don't celebrate until you know the game is over. the players at skyline high in washington state learned the hard way. they blocked a game winning kick, but never downed the ball! instead, they ran to the side lines in celebration. the opponent scooped it up and ran for the touchdown the other way. they go on to win the game. >> elisabeth: oh, no. #celebrate too soon. >> brian: whoever celebrated too, so whether it's a marriage or anything else, i -- write us. coming up on kilmeade and friends, karl rove, congressman sean duffy, hemmer and mccallum. they'll be in their robes. they have a tradition of showering right after their show (buzzer). >> steve: that's a visual. 20 minutes before the top of the hour. coming up, the navy shooter peeling back the curtain on security clearances.

is our government giving out way too many without proper screening? we're going to talk about that next. >> elisabeth: and it's the first time ever for the cast of "duck dynasty." what happened when the three of us invaded their home? >> steve: look, i'm eating again. i'm hungry. >> brian: i was a little late. remember? >> steve: first the aflac trivia question of the day, brian. >> brian: born on this day in 1999 -- 1939, this comedian had roles in movies including "anchorman" and" best in show." be the first to e-mail us with the correct answer this is for you. ♪ [ male announcer ] bob's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack, be sure to talk to your doctor

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gold, one of the most famous felines in america signed an endorsement deal with friskies. he was on "fox & friends" two weeks ago. i missed it! who can be counted on to investigate a bump in the night? a husband or wife? a study finds one in five men are happier to send their wives 25% will pretend to be asleep. a fifth of the men even admit their wives are braver than they are. brian is included in that. >> brian: that is not true. >> elisabeth: as a reward for their heroism, women have 11 sleepless nights each month. men, only have eight. >> brian: then there is us who don't sleep at all. >> elisabeth: brand-new details out -- >> brian: i'll take that elisabeth. it's a man's world after all. >> elisabeth: you're so courageous. >> brian: i'm going to take the number one issue in the country on. brand-new details reveal a laundry list of red flags about aaron alexis, including his latest run-in with the police

after the navy raised concerns over his mental stability. he was hearing voices and a whole bunch of other things. let's not forget this guy passed the background check just two months ago. how does this happen? how do we stop it? let's ask former d.a. assistant secretary of infrastructure protection, robert la cowski. what's the problem here or is this just one anomaly? >> this isn't an anomaly in terms of the process. there is a lot of improvement that could be made to the process. what's is the fact that -- what's happened is the periodic process doesn't include a search of information that might have revealed these types of incidents. >> brian: in this case, if he was having a problem where cops were called over and he reports he had been hearing voices and says he's being followed, there should be a system in place where that somehow affects his security clearance? >> yeah. so this is not a technology problem and this is not an information haven't problem. this is a process issue. they can improve the process. they can apply technology to do

continuous monitoring so issues like this can be brought to people's attention and can be red flagged. >> brian: there is 3,000 people in that naval yard, for example. i don't know how many are private contractors, but quite a few. how do you get on top of something like that without building up another layer of bureaucracy? >> the bureaucracy is in place. the processes are in place. i think in this case, people didn't do their jobs. i think when we review what happened and how the information didn't get reviewed, i think that will show not just gaps in the process, but the fact maybe people overlooked they should have done something about this. >> brian: go ahead, sorry. >> i was going to say, the insider threat, the people who have trusted access to the bases and other facilities, whether it's an office building or whether it's a secure facility, the trusted insider here is always going to be one of the biggest vulnerabilities we have in this kinds of process. >> brian: as soon as you get through, you're in. and he had a gun in pieces and he put it together and grabbed another gun when he was inside and maximizeed his carnage.

the problem is this system can be abused. one spouse could call the cops on a particular situation. you could destroy someone's career. do you fear that? >> there is always a fear. if it's applied appropriately, you can take the information, you can act on it. you can make judgments about it and then you can discern whether, in fact, this is something that should preclude somebody from a clearance or it might just be an anomaly. >> brian: do you put snowden in the same category as alexis, just one violent and one is technological? >> again, it points to the insider threat problem. the fact that we give people trusted access, the systems have to be robust enough to be able to identify when people fall outside the bounds. in snowden's case, he had legitimate access to the data that he ultimately leaked. i heard this morning on the news that the nsa made adjustments to that process to no longer allow that type of incident to occur. whether that was something they should have thought about earlier or not is debatable. but the process continually

needs to be evaluated. >> brian: robert, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> brian: next up, we're doing something -- well, we're doing something "duck dynasty" folks never imagined and never been done before in america. >> this morning i'm watching "fox & friends." i'm watching you guys. now tonight you guys are in my house going to watch our show. >> steve: with you. >> with me. that's got to be the first time this ever happened. >> brian: television history. yep. you'll see what happened when we watched and they watched. and we watch them watcthem. meanwhile, first on this day in 1986 "stuck on" by huey lewis was the number one song. by the way that, a -- is that a good wedding song? i think so

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>> elisabeth: we are happy to be back with the answer to the aflac question of the day. fred willard. >> steve: meanwhile, all week we've taken you behind the scenes of "duck dynasty," from touring duck commander to make duck calls. >> brian: we were kids when we did these. this morning we're showing you something that's never been done before. take a look. >> they turned duck calls into a multi-million dollars empire. but running a family business is tough when the family just wants to run wild.

♪ >> welcome, "fox & friends," to the house. ♪ >> we have church on wednesday nights. so everybody comes straight from church here. >> elisabeth: every wednesday? >> every wednesday. >> elisabeth: kids and all? >> kids and all, yes. we actually love to watch it together 'cause we laugh just like everybody else. >> elisabeth: if you could just smell what this smells like. it smells good. >> this morning i'm watching "fox & friends." i'm watching you guys. now tonight you guys are in my house going to watch our show. >> brian: with you. >> with me. that's got to be the first time this has ever happened. >> brian: are we going to like this episode? >> i think so. do you like hot sauce? >> what's your budget? >> 200 bucks.

>> $200? >> $200. >> perfect! installed, boys. >> we laugh all the time when we're doing this without a camera. >> steve: you used to do this for free and now you get paid for it. >> my motto, we get paid to be ourselves. >> oh, yeah! >> elisabeth: feel like we're at a friend's house watching tv and eating dinner. what's the secret? >> staying connected and staying together, keeping ourselves in check, keeping each other in check. it's not just one of us that's out there. it's all of us.

>> we've been doing this for years. we're just watching ourselves on tv. >> steve: that was great. that part of the house was willie said it was kind of his man cave 'cause they had the great big television. at the other end he had a great big barbecue that he did all the cooking. that gumbo was some of the best. >> elisabeth: that was cory's grandmother's gumbo. they were so kind. >> brian: si does not watch the show. it's the first time they ever see the show at the same time 'cause they don't see what each other does until they air it. >> steve: two more episodes for us down there in duck week on "fox & friends." you will see us and we will be armed by friday. >> brian: coming up straight ahead on this show in the final hour, you're still not allowed to tour the white house. but lobbyists are coming in through the revolving door. is that breaking the president's promise to keep them out? >> steve: and the ladies may have beaten us on the obstacle course, but we're ready for a rematch. today's challenge?

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behind him. her beauty and brains earned her the crown. >> miss new york! >> brian: not everyone is giving miss america such a warm welcome. she'll explain why when she joins us on our brand-new couch. "fox & friends" final hour for wednesday unless hemmer and mccallum overslept, starts now >> i'm governor chris christie of new jersey and a big fan of "fox & friends." i want to let all of you know out there how lucky you are to have elisabeth hasselbeck on the curvy couch and bringing her unique perspective to the news every morning. i'm a big fan. >> brian: wow. >> steve: thank you very much, governor. >> brian: that is great. >> elisabeth: that's an honor from the governor. thank you.

>> brian: for that you should defect connecticut. that guy has your back. >> elisabeth: he gets it done. thank you, governor. >> steve: coming up this hour, ladies and gentlemen, it's a physical challenge thing. that right there is the jousting ring. it will be boys versus girls, as it was on monday. but i'm announcing right now, i'm taking myself out of -- >> brian: what are you talking about? >> elisabeth: he's afraid of me. >> steve: i'm not afraid of you. >> elisabeth: yes, you are. >> steve: i'm not afraid of maria molina. >> elisabeth: i was a collegiate jouster. >> steve: i have never hit a woman on television before. i'm not going to do it today. that could be one excuse. the other is man, my shoulder hurts from the last one we did. >> brian: you got injured on a blow up slide! >> steve: i've been doing the show 20 years. i've been jumping out of things. we did the tough mudder on that rubber mountain we had on monday, remember, it was raining and it was slippery and i kind of pulled my arm out of my socket. >> brian: walk it off.

i need a teammate. >> steve: i've got somebody planned. >> elisabeth: you need something. >> brian: you have a teammate for me? >> steve: i do. >> brian: do i get -- >> steve: no. >> elisabeth: governor chris christie? >> steve: i get to pick it. he's across the room. >> brian: by the way, governor christie looks fantastic. he must have lost 60 pounds already. >> elisabeth: he does. i had a storm crush on him last year. >> steve: we know he's watching. so we'd love to have him on the brand-new curvy couch. governor, consider that an invitation. >> elisabeth: we're going to get right to the fox news alert. learning new details about the navy yard shooter, aaron alexis. investigators say he had serious mental health issues during a stay in rhode island last months. he reported hearing voices in his heads and said people were following him, sending him vibrations. >> steve: that's not a warning sign, is it? we also know he bought a shotgun in virginia and visited a shooting range just two days before killing 12 people. now president obama ordering an examination of security standards for government

contractors and federal employees alike. >> brian: elizabeth prann is there right at the shipyard where this all happened on monday. hey, elizabeth. >> good morning. in an attempt to get life back to normal, essential employees, as you can see, are heading back to work. some folks who haven't been able to get to their cars since monday are able to do so because they're no longer on lockdown. that being said, investigators are combing through a long list of evidence, although we know there is not necessarily an immediate cause or any motivation for this seemingly senseless act. backing up to early august, we know the newport, rhode island police department tried to tell the local naval authorities the bizarre reports that 34-year-old aaron alexis was volunteering. he was telling the authorities that he had voices coming from all four walls of his hotel room. he said he was suffering from bouts of paranoia and innominee i can't from these -- insomnia from these imaginary voices. but he was granted security

clearance, something leaving a lot of victims' family members outraged. >> the shooter, from what i understand from the news, had some convictions in the past. i don't know how in the world he got a clearance to be able to get into the navy yard with those weapons to begin with. >> the f.b.i. responding and saying alexis did have legitimate access to the navy yard. he didn't break any rules by being on location, but today we do anticipate more from authorities, especially from the department of defense. we know they are looking for loopholes for all future incidents and we know also that as far as security guidelines for contractors and federal staffers, we know that press secretary jay carney says the administration is certainly looking into that as well. back to you. >> steve: all right. we thank you very much. >> brian: there is a big push now for some type of gun control. people are saying this is the time -- >> steve: happens every time. >> brian: if you look at both these cases, and harry reed said

i would bring it up 'cause i know i don't have the votes. the focus really should be on mental illness. what is aurora have in common with gabrielle giffords? what does it have in common with this? mental problems, people who knew these people knew there were issues and let them wild in society. >> elisabeth: sure, we saw the same thing in newtown. and it opens it up, it's multi dimensional what we're look at in terms of these tragedies and why these happen. it's not just about the guns. it's about the mental status behind the person with the gun. >> steve: right. so far we aren't doing a good job at keeping guns out of the hands of people who shouldn't have it. after the newtown massacre, what did the president of the united states say? he said his administration, quote, would bring mental illness out of the shadows. what have they done so far? they've a conference in june. nothing has happened. the emphasis, you're right, should be on mental illness and guns and here is karl rove with

sean last night addressing just that issue which washington has not. >> the conversation would have been different i think yesterday had people stepped forward and said, you know what? this is another instance where somebody with a record of mental illness has been able to purchase a gun, so maybe we ought to focus and find common ground on what can we do in society? we have these prohibitions that keep people from being -- who have mental illnesses from being tagged and kept from the purchase of weapons. but again, we got to stop having ar-15 when an ar-15 was not involved and once again, it happens in an area, part of the country where very serious and severe gun laws are in place. >> steve: he mentioned the ar-15. there are some stories in the "new york times," it said there is -- there is a story that apparently he place where he bought the shotgun, he tried to buy an ar-15, but he was denied because he was from

out of state. there is a story in the washington times that said he never even tried to buy that particular gun. and the ar-15, same gun used in sandy hook and elsewhere and immediately it was somehow got misreported that he had his hands on one of those. he did not. >> elisabeth: interesting. >> brian: we're going to talk more about this because we still do not know the details of it. i thought mark furman last night when he said listen, disney wouldn't have hired him. he wouldn't have passed the background check at disney, but he passed this, a navy shipyard. that's ridiculous. >> steve: a lot of red flags. 8 minutes after the top of the hour on hump day on this wednesday. we'll go over for the news headlines with heather nauert. >> good morning. we have an update for you on the missing 14-year-old girl in georgia. last night a vigil was held and people are praying that these guys will have a change of heart. the two men who are wanted for kidnapping the 14-year-old girl from her home, we hear they're demanding a $10,000 ransom.

the family of the girl scrambling to raise that money. the armed men broke into their georgia home demanding money and jewelry. when her mother told them that she didn't have either of those, they grabbed her daughter and took off in a gray dodge. police say they believe the abductors were strangers to the family. anyone with information is asked to please call 911. the man who confessed on-line to drunk driving and then killing a 61-year-old veteran is expected to plead guilty later today. >> if i hadn't killed vincent, this -- when i get charged, i will plead guilty. >> he told the world that he would take full responsibility. he said that in that video. but then there was a really surprising turn. he decided to plead not guilty to get a new judge to hear his case. it's believed that his legal team really got spooked after that original judge said she didn't know how she would sentence him.

will former secretary of state hillary clinton be called back to capitol hill to answer questions about the terrorist attack in benghazi? >> we can certainly have mrs. clinton, you know, back. our view is that we need to get to the facts. >> congressman darrell issa says his panel will not hesitate to recall the most senior witnesses who have already testified about the attack. this includes patrick kennedy, the undersecretary, who had approved those substandard security measures at that post in libya. an incredible rescue caught on camera. neighbors risking their lives to save a guy who was trapped in a burning new york city apartment building. it was five stories above the ground. you can see it right there. one of the good samaritans grabs a ladder and makes a bridge from the window to the fire escape. he quickly grabs the man and then carries him across to safety. amazing. those are your headlines at this hour. >> steve: mcguy couldn't have done it better. >> brian: by the way, where is the fire department?

why are we doing this with neighbors? >> steve: they were there before thankfully. by the way, heather just talked about benghazi. our friend to this program, victoria tensing, has a great article on foxnews.com that talks about what we want wrong with the arb report, the accountability review board. you'll want to read it. >> brian: hearings on thursday. so we'll find out about it now. let's talk about the white house. earlier the president said when i get this job, and he ended up getting the job twice, lobbyists will not play a role and not allowed in and i will not hire any lobbyists to work. as we've seen, that's been very, very tough for him to hold on to. in fact, you remember this, in 2008, you were still in high school. here is the president talking about his philosophy. >> i don't take a dime from washington lobbyists and special interests. they do not run my campaign. they will not run my white house. they will not drown out the voices of the american people when i'm president of the united states of america.

>> steve: that's quite a high bar to set. how did he do? >> elisabeth: i don't know because first of all, the lobbyists are the only ones allowed in the white house right now. we can't even go. i thought it was just me. but no, no one can go unless off special interest. we're seeing broken promises again and again. >> steve: apparently during a three-month period, 200 lobbyists met 344 times with white house officials. so you can't go to the white house because the sequester. but lobbyists, it looks like a revolving door. >> brian: considering the trouble the president had getting off the ground in his first year in the second term, his approval rating is at 47%. a two-year low, but higher than i thought it would be. but coming up, how is this for a field trip? students taken to a mosque and a hindu temple, but no christian places of worship. wait until you hear what they had to do for homework. >> steve: then meet today's rising star, not only did he come up with a plan to help soldiers boat while overseas, he cut taxes in his state by more than 20%.

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>> steve: all week we've been introducing you to some of the nation's rising political stars and our next guest is one of them. before serving in the ohio state senate, he was speaker of the house and led the charge to slash the state's income tax by 20%, which was, as you can imagine, very popular. he is currently serving as ohio secretary of state. please welcome john kusik. tell us about your accept. you were named by the "washington post" as one of the top ten rising stars in america. >> wow. that's quite an honor. but actually i'm just a small

town guy from ohio who lived there my whole life and really have been focused on the issues that affect the buckeye state and i really enjoy my job. >> steve: i can understand. what would you consider one of your major accomplishments as secretary of state? >> you know, we did a lot of things. we have a simple philosophy, make it easy to vote and hard to cheat. >> steve: i like that. >> yeah. it's simply with a we're about. we've really tried to clean up the voter rolls. we removed over 240,000 deceased votes from the roles in anticipation of the presidential campaign in 2012. when you're secretary of state of a swing state, you're under all this scrutiny. probably the thing i'm most proud of is what we did for military voters. i remember being at a vfw with a mom who had a son in afghanistan and iraq and they couldn't get access to their ballots in the 2008 election. they were very torn up over

that. that's one of the things that i decided we need to fix. i hired an iraqi veteran to come on staff and help build our military ready to vote program and it's been recognized as one of the best in the country. people, if you're an ohioan, you're stationed anywhere in the world, we're making it easy for you to vote. >> steve: that sounds terrific. i would imagine as you try to clean up the voter rolls, you were probably accused of voting suppression at some point, weren't you? >> we always get accused of voter fraud, voter suppression. but instead of it ending on election day, i ask all 88 county boards of elections in the state to do a review, top to bottom of all substantiated claims of fraud and suppression and what we came up with were around 270 cases of alleged fraud or irregularity. zero cases of suppression. these are not my numbers. these are the bipartisan boards of election. there have been a number of convictions on the fraud cases. we want to send that message to the voters that are doing it right. your vote is not going to be

diluted by people who cheat. if you cheat, it's really not worth it. we're going to catch you and hold you accountable. >> steve: there you go, john kasich, your governor, he's done a lot to try to make ohio more business friendly. i know before you go, you probably would like to talk a little bit about what you have done for taxes and business. >> yeah. we've cut taxes in the state of ohio and made it more business friendly. we're seeing results. we had about 150,000 jobs created since the republicans took control. as the secretary of state, we process new business filings. we're having a record year in the state of ohio. two careers in a row. 2012 west the best we ever had. 2013 is ahead of that pace. we're putting people back to work in our state. it's great place to do business. if you're looking to expand, ohio is the place to be. >> steve: secretary of state of the great state of ohio, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> steve: good luck to you. tomorrow we're going to meet a political rising star hailing from atlanta, georgia democrat mayor kaseem reed will be joining us live. hope you tune in for that.

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>> brian: quick headlines. great energy, fisker automotive getting a second chance. the department of energy set to award a new loan even though fisker hasn't made a car in more than a year and owes taxpayers

$168 million. it also got $529 million back in 2009. and the powerball jackpot drawing is tonight and the estimated payout, $400 million. the odds -- >> steve: is that the guy who is going to win? >> brian: the odds of winning are 1 in 175 million. there have been 11 drawings since august 10 without a winner. >> elisabeth: oh, my. our new miss america was crowned sunday night. >> ladies and gentlemen, your new miss america is miss new york! [ cheers and applause ] >> brian: wow. 24-year-old is the second consecutive winner from new york to win the pageant and the first of indian descent. >> steve: joining us with newly -- our newly crowned miss

america. good morning to you. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> steve: congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> elisabeth: good job with brian's wave. >> steve: what is the correct way? >> there is no correct wave. >> brian: yet she said i waved. >> i just wave. >> steve: the way the queen does it is kind of... . >> this is just more natural. >> steve: i think that's right. >> elisabeth: all smiles obviously on the night of the win, right? twitter had good and bad. you actually were at the center of a twitter tirade by some. one of the first, what's your take on all that? >> it was an unfortunate experience. but for one negative tweet, one negative post, comment, there were dozens of positive remarks and support and -- >> elisabeth: you're of indian heritage, correct? >> yes. >> steve: and your religion and race. >> it all stems from ignorance. that's why my platform is so timely right now. i'm promoting the cause celebrating diversity through

cultural competency and it's so relevant and i'm so proud to have this amazing microphone to be about that. >> elisabeth: you said this is what it means to have cultural understanding? >> yes. >> brian: what does it mean in terms of pride in your background? when you got named, you represent your heritage. what kind of response have you had? >> it's been amazing. so positive. i have always viewed miss america as a girl next door. but for me the girl next door is evolving as diversity in america evolves. it's not ho she was ten years ago and she won't be the same person ten years down the road. to be that face and reach out to younger demographics and let them know they can become anything they want, not only miss america, regardless of their race, their socioeconomic status, religion, because i'm living my american dream right now. >> elisabeth: on a path to be a cardiologist? >> i'm not sure yet. my undergraduate degree was in brain behavior and cognitive science and i really loved it.

psychiatry is on the radar, but i'm sure it's going to change once i actually start rotating and being exposed to different fields. >> steve: you're from a family of doctors. >> i am. >> steve: so you have many flavors of jobs to choose from. >> that's why it was so important to me to be involved with the miss america organization because going to med school was something that was expected. all of a sudden almost taking the easy path in my family. and being miss america was something that i did on my own. it gave me that sense of validity that i had never had before. >> brian: what's your family's reaction when you told them you wanted this? >> they were so supportive. they really were. they've always encouraged me. but it really was something that i did on my own. >> steve: do you think you're the first miss america who is a complete nerd? you described yourself as nerd. you love "star wars" and nerdy things. >> i do! >> steve: you're nerdy and you're proud of it! >> yes. i love that stuff. no, i don't think i'm the first miss america to be a nerd. i think we all are so different.

but we definitely have similarities. >> elisabeth: a lot of people look at pageants and say this is not about women being strong. but i think the opposite. you look at what you've done in terms of education, you're future and now embracing a cultural differences. >> i just won $50,000 in scholarship money funded by joseph. >> brian: for a year do you the tour and then go back to the scheduled life you had? >> then back to reality. >> steve: you'll be in med school a year from now and people will be going, that lady, she looks like she used to have acron -- a crown. >> steve: congratulations. ladies and gentlemen, our brand-new miss america. good luck to you. >> thank you. >> brian: you're in control of the country now. barak obama answers to you. coming up straight ahead on our show, a student tried to do the right thing, telling the school when he realized he bought his

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>> let's see what's going on in washington. joe biden has got people talking that he'll run for president after he was spotted at a fund-raiser in iowa this week. unfortunately, he missed giving his speech 'cause he spent four hours trapped in a corn maze. [ laughter ] >> steve: that's not true. >> brian: if it wasn't for hillary clinton, he'd be leading the democratic side right now, don't you think? >> steve: maybe. >> brian: no one told him that hillary might run. >> steve: it's crazy. lot of news happening. let's go on over to heather nauert. >> good morning. opening statements set to begin in the florida trial of the woman who is known as hiccup girl, it's a murder trial. 22-year-old jennifer me gained national attention in 2007 after she was seen on tv because of

her uncontrollable hiccupping. she was charged with murder three years ago after she allegedly lured a man to her home where he was robbed and shot. the trial is expected to wrap up by the end of this week. starbucks says it wants to stay out of the gun debate, but the ceo just jumped right in the middle of it. howard schultz releasing an open letter and it reads in part, we think the gun policy should be addressed by the gun policy and law enforcement. not by starbucks and our store partners. however, we've seen the open carry debate becoming increasingly uncivil and in some cases threatening. for these reasons, today we're respectfully requesting that customers no longer bring firearms into our stores. he says more people have been bringing guns into starbucks over the past six months and it's been troubling to some customers and employees. i'm sure we'll hear more about that. parents in nashville, tennessee are outraged after their high school students were taken on a field trip to a mosque and a hindu temple, but not to a church or synagogue. this was part of a class on

world religion. then on top of this assignment, they had to write a single page on christianity, yet five pages on islam. the school district said that students didn't need to visit a church because they already knew about christianity. one parent disagreed. listen to that. >> that's an assumption. our daughter was confirmed last year through our church, so she studied the five religions and they're not supposed to assume. they're supposed to treat the students like they're an open book. so that was an assumption made by them. >> that school district now says it won't take any more field trips to religious venues. finally, teen-ager who is being punished for trying to do the right thing. a 16-year-old student at a high school in pittsburgh, he voluntarily turned himself in to school officials after he realized that they brought his pocket knife to a football game. he had just been hunting and that was his explanation for it. he was then suspended ten days. that's the same punishment for students who try to sneak

weapons into schools. his family says it sends a horrible message to other teen-agers about telling the truth. so we asked you if the punishment fit the crime. we got a lot of e-mails and tweets. they're pouring in. amy tweeted, did he break the rule? yes. consequences follow. but why punish him the same as a kid who lied and got caught? jim lindley tweeted, excessive? how about stupid? when i was in school, every boy had a pocket knife. i got my first one in the cub scouts. lot of e-mails about that one. those are your headlines. back to you. >> steve: it was in the scouts where i got my toting chip 'cause i knew how to handle a knife. meanwhile, she's prepared, she's out on the streets of new york city. she's maria molina. >> good morning, everyone. today we're looking at the weather conditions across the country. let's start in the northeast. specifically in new york city where temperatures today are well below average. it's still summer. fall doesn't officially start until this sunday, but it is feeling very much like fall.

for some sections of the interior northeast and parts of new england, it's feeling a little more like winter with some of you waking up to temperatures only in the 30s. by now, temperatures have warmed up into the 40s across interior sections of the northeast and we're talking middle 50s in new york city. you factor in a little bit of a breeze and it feels cooler than what the thermometer reads. grab a light jacket as you head outdoors. by this afternoon action many people will be looking at temperatures well into the 70s across northeast, even up into sections of new england. the center of the country, you're talking heat. a return of hot temperatures, very summerlike conditions. upper 80s for so many. low 90s across central parts of the country. and upper 90s in sections of texas. otherwise parts of colorado drying out. expecting dry conditions. that's some good news to that area that's been impacted so hard by those flood waters. now let's head over to brian who has a look at the world of sports. >> brian: by the way, i'll be jousting you later. look out. go get ready. >> you be ready. >> brian: all right, fine. don't answer me back in front of

everybody, please. thank you. i got to tell you what's happening in the world of sports, then we have a great interview. c.j. ross, the terrible judge under fire for scoring the fight, a draw. could be calling it quits. the two other judges gave may did weather a clear win, so did every other sober american. ross says she's not sure she'll be able to judge again next year. she's been doing it 22 years. she also screwed up the pacio decision. now watch this incredible goal. >> always on the move. that is stunning! absolutely stunning! >> brian: he did it a couple more times. he's the fourth highest scorer in championship league history. that's why they pay him $120 million. >> steve: just to kick a ball? >> brian: yes. to do it very well. now we're fine -- don't celebrate before it's over, right? there it is. the game is overment the players at skyline high thought it was over in washington state.

learned that the hard way. they blocked the game-winning kick by columbia river, but never downed the ball. instead they ran to the side lines to celebrate. columbia river says i have an idea. i'm going to run it in for a touchdown. they did and won the game. >> elisabeth: oh, no. precelebration. >> brian: yes. >> elisabeth: bad. >> steve: don't do that. >> brian: that's it in sports. >> steve: you know our next guest as one half of the hit show "sister sister." ♪ >> steve: she thought she was past that. but now at tamara mowry has gone from there to mom with her husband adam housley by her side. >> this is so much fun. >> it was good. he talked to me for a while. i didn't understand what he said, but we had a good conversation 'cause he got everything he needed to say out. >> all right. oh! >> it's not my fault. it's mommy's. >> sorry.

>> elisabeth: i heard that before. joining us now on the curvy couch is tamara and fox news correspondent adam housley. loved you on "sister sister," now you're here on" mommy mommy." biggest change for you? >> being in a career and everybody watching. the coolest thing is -- this is what i love about doing a reality show. i feel that people relate to you more when you actually show your flaws and you're really vulnerable and being a mom definitely does that. >> brian: is it revealing adam's flaws, 'cause we have a whole list. >> oh, really? >> brian: yes. >> elisabeth: how is he with diapers? >> fantastic. you're faster than i am. >> absolutely. >> i like to be meticulous. >> i just want it covered. >> he peed on me. >> not on me yet. >> he's never feed -- peed on you. >> steve: in the first year of new parenthood, you lose 44 days

of sleep because of worry, crying, things like that, feeding. >> i am a worrywart. i think i worry more than adam. but for the most part, aidan has been an amazing baby. he is sleeping 11 hours now. ten or 11. >> as long as he has a pacific er, he's good. >> brian: adam, are you used to the cameras? >> i'm used to being on the other side. >> steve: he's talking about the reality show! >> it's kind of cool being with you side by side. >> elisabeth: this is your home base, kind of. >> yeah. the cameras, yeah. they have a set schedule. i know when they're going to be there and usually after i get off work, i'll come home. hi guys. >> you do a great job with hiding sometimes. >> steve: reality shows,

invariably you have to do something that's a little crazy from time to time and we watched the show at our house. >> oh, lord. >> steve: my girls go, do you think adam will do that? no, he would never do that. next thing you know, he does it. you do have a line of professionalism. >> we have the same bosses. make sure, adam. i guarantee you i will be out of the way. >> elisabeth: i love seeing clear and vulnerable moments. >> i'm really excited about working with clear blue because they have this really cool pregnancy test called clear blue advanced pregnancy test. >> elisabeth: i'm hoping i don't need this any time soon. >> i hope i need it. i think it makes figuring out -- finding out if you're pregnant so much more fun because there is two indicator windows. one that shows you that you're pregnant and if it does, it tells you how many weeks you are. >> steve: it gives you a number? >> yeah. it gives you one to two weeks. >> elisabeth: are you trying

tore number two? >> we are planning. we are planning. >> steve: is that a reality show? >> elisabeth: this is why you're excited to be working with clear blue. >> yes! i feel like when you know how many weeks you are, for me, it just takes that thing off of the uncertainties because usually that's the first question you ask yourself and not only that, that's what your ob asks. >> elisabeth: that is fantastic. >> yeah. i can't wait. >> steve: the season finale for the show is? >> it's this sunday. >> steve: we'll be watching. >> thank you. >> elisabeth: maybe we'll see the results of that test. thank you. good luck. >> thank you. >> elisabeth: imagine, a man found this crocodile right under his bed and wait 'til you see and hear how long it's been there. >> steve: they sent adam housley out to cover the story. plus the ladies may have beaten us on the obstacle course. but we're ready for a rematch.

today's challenge, jousting. i'm hurting. >> brian: you have a replacement? >> steve: we'll find out.

>> good morning to you. it's 13 minutes before the hour. we've got quick headlines to bring you. new time lapsed video showing the costa concordia being raised. the $800 million operation, seen here in just about one minute. in real life, it took 19 hours. the next time your kid claims there is a monster under the bed, you may want to actually check that out. a man in zimbabwe slept eight hours without noticing this crocodile under his bed. he didn't notice it until a maid walked in and started screaming. it was more than 300 pounds.

now a fox news alert to bring you. developing overnight, two men wanted for the kidnapping of a 14-year-old girl from her georgia home yesterday are now demanding a $10,000 ransom. joining us live from allenwood, georgia with the details is reporter carolyn ryan. good morning. we know that federal officials, as well as state officials, are young taking a massive manhunt. what have we been told so far this morning? >> first, there have been various news media reports circulating out there that these suspects perhaps had demanded a ransom. however, i just got an e-mail from an f.b.i. source that is saying he is not confirming that at this hour. however, i'll continue to follow that angle. if anything develops, i'll pass that along to you. in the meantime, 14-year-old avani perez still missing more than 24 hours after being kidnapped from her home in the middle of the night. her mother telling police that two suspects broke in through the back door. she hid in the closet with her

two teen-agers and the family dog. police say the intruders discovered them hiding and demanded jewelry and cash. when the mother didn't provide those items, apparently they shot the dog and that is when they kidnapped the young girl. sketches have been released. they want you to take a close look at them as they are desperate for leads this morning into the whereabouts of this young girl. mean while, friends and family of that young girl held a very emotional prayer vigil last night, praying for her safe return saying they know with every hour that passes by, this situation becomes more and more dire. again, that young girl still considered to be in extreme danger this morning. that's the very latest from georgia. carolyn ryan. back to you. >> thank you so much. coming up, steve bowed out. he claims he got hurt competing in the object 125cal course on monday. which fox news permanent will step in to take his place? competing with the ladies?

they're going to try to beat the ladies. who will win that one? first let's check in with hemmer to see what's coming up at the top of the hour. >> doocy is going to hurt his shoulder. >> that's what he's saying. >> good morning to you. big morning here. hearing all the big issues, benghazi, obamacare, we're watching all of them. new details on the disturbed mind of the suspect in the washington massacre. we have that for you this morning. on a lighter note, felix baumgartner is back. and meet miss kansas. boy, does she have a story to tell. martha and i will see new ten short minutes here on "america's newsroom" some not so giant. when managing your weight, bigger is always better. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant

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♪ i will survive ♪ ♪ as long as i know how to love ♪ >> elisabeth: today we continue our week long battle of the sexes and the girls are up 1-0. >> brian: it's your team bonding

idea. >> elisabeth: we whipped on the boys on monday, right? >> yes. >> we're going to do it again today. elisabeth and i beat the boys on monday and they'll have a shot at redemption. >> brian: it's a new day and i need a new teammate because my teammate got hurt losing to the girls. >> steve: standing in for me today, adam housley. >> brian: good job! >> steve: you get up there. maria, you get over there. >> you have to keep both hands on your lance and it's going to be one round each and worse case scenario, best out of three. let's get it on. you have to stay on. anybody falls over -- >> steve: ready, set, get on!

come on, maria! >> stay on! oh! rematch! get back on there! hit minimum in the legs! oh! >> steve: adam, you win this. >> that's all right. you did good. you tried. you try. it was good. >> steve: adam won this one. brian, if you can win this time, we will be redeemed! >> it's about your balance. >> brian: what is the key to winning this game? >> i have a weight advantage. >> it's balance. >> steve: action! >> brian: there you go. >> he's going on the defensive.

>> steve: elisabeth, poke him come on! >> there go, on the feet! >> she fell over first. >> steve: boys win! adam housley, brian kilmeade, congratulations. our thanks for the jousting. >> elisabeth: good job. >> steve: live from joust city. ♪ the humble back seat. we believe it can be the most valuable real estate on earth.

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>> go ahead. hit me. >> bam! bam! >> not in the face! >> steve: that could be trouble. see you tomorrow. alexis, calling him a ticking time bomb. that was a month before he killed 12 people monday morning. i'm bill hemmer. welcome to america's newsroom. martha: we are learning about multiple incidents that should have raised a red flag. but for some reason these were ignored. police reported him to military authorities last month after they had