to you unless you're on welfare. >> chad says don't forget the purpose of sports at that young age isn't victory but teaching kids hard work. >> thanks for your responses. "fox & friends" starts now. bye. good morning. it is thursday, october 14, 2013. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. the american people have spoken. obamacare is a joke. and we are not kidding about that. and now even democrats are jumping ship. >> it should be a transition year for one year. there should be no fines. >> could an obamacare delay be underway? >> meanwhile, a kennedy cousin behind bars could walk free today. the reason why? could shock you.

>> this player got kicked off the team. we'll tell you the details and ask you is that fair? then we'll read his poem out loud. "fox & friends" starts now. >> the kid was following instructions. did what the teacher told him, and now he got canned. a crazy story. >> you know what else is crazy? what's going on with obamacare on both sides on the aisle people are wondering do we need this? how much is it going to cost? why can't we use it? we did a poll a short time ago and we want to reveal the results. here's the question. how do you feel about the implementation of obamacare? here's what you said. >> 60% of you say it's a joke. 30%, about a third of the country, say it is going just fine. but most of you feel like

it is a joke. of course very famously now there have been all the website delays, and there's also going to be -- and this was announced late yesterday -- there is going to be a six-week extension where people are going to have six extra weeks to get the insurance before the penalty kicks in. extraordinarily says the white house says this has nothing to do with the website failure. but there was confusion because the law reads you've got to be covered by march 31. or do you simply have to be signed up by march 31? they're going to give you six extra weeks. you simply have to be signed up by march 31. >> they continue to step back saying the website isn't connected to the obamacare implementation. that poll is interesting because it's from august. you had almost 60% in august thinking things were going fine. yet now the 60% think obamacare and the practices are a joke. the more information that comes out, the more the american people are hearing, the more they're realizing this is a ridiculous process they're

about to enter into. >> for the first time since this thing passed on all democratic votes, no republican support at all, we're seeing democrats step up and stand up and say we have to delay this, we have to relook at this. this is getting embarrassment. they were silent during the shutdown, all except joe manchin. now it is too obvious to ignore. look at this growing roster of democrats, lawmakers, many up for reelection, who are saying i think we should delay the individual mandate much like we did the corporate mandate. if you're listening on radio, senator joe manchin has his own plan. debbie wasserman schultz, representative barrow, senator senator marry landrieu and senator pwe tkpweurb. with senators landrieu, begich and shaheen are up

for reelection. >> senator joe manchin is asking for delay. he's saying let's fix this while we can. take a listen. >> it should be a transition year for one year. there should be no fines. let's work through the problems. we've got a lot of problems. they have been identified. i think everybody's recognized them. but let's fix it. >> they're going to fix it a little bit. they're going to extend it for six weeks. once again, it has nothing to do with the website. the website was emblematic. the website was supposed to be the easy thing. everybody can do a website; right? maybe not, as we're learning. senator ted cruz from texas says the tide is turning and it is not just as republicans and independents see it. it is hard-line democrats as well. >> i think it is ironic, all the people who a few weeks ago who were saying there is no way you can win this fight, no way you can stop obamacare, we're starting to see democrats

flip. it's a train wreck. it's not working. in any political fight, when the truth is on your side, you're in a good situation. here the truth is this thing isn't working. >> that's true, it isn't working. but it also backs up republican critics of ted cruz who said this could have been the major story in september, october, from the 21-hour filibuster on down. the republicans became the story instead of the unworkability it seems of obamacare. also adding to that list, senator mark pryor. you can put him in there, of arkansas. he says, i believe given the technical issues it makes sense to extend the time for people to sign up. senator bill nelson, same thing. >> it seems almost criminal to ask people to sign up and force them to do so with the penalty if they can't when they literally can't. >> another question on our poll, should implementation be delayed while it gets ironed out? a majority of you say yes,

57%. it's interesting, we touched briefly yesterday on the number of people who have gotten notices that their coverage is -- they're losing coverage. 300,000 people in florida, 160,000 in california. john boehner said yesterday that it's a sad state of the affairs when more people have lost their coverage under obamacare than have actually been able to sign up under the website, according to the numbers we've seen so far. >> hearings begin today, led by darrell issa and company to try to get answers on why is this so poorly executed? how come we didn't know ahead of time? and maybe what did the president know? and who should pay the price for this -- not politically. maybe with their job? >> kathleen sebelius under h.h.s. may be coming under fire too. reports are out today, i think the daily caller had something, lawmakers in kansas calling her out for being in charge of web-run

practices there that failed. so why didn't anyone look in that beforehand? >> apparently today in front of the house energy and commerce committee four contractors are going to talk. one of them, i believe contractor c.g.i. is going to accept partial blame. then they're going to turn around and blame another health care company that did something else. and they are also going to talk about how the government changed the standard. they moved the goal post. they had wanted you to be able to shop anonomously and then at the last minute, apparently they had a two-day meeting and they said we're not so sure about that. republicans have said they changed the goal post because people would see the sticker shock and go i'm not going to do that, so they changed things and that's created the bottle neck and that's the reason millions of people went on-line. >> they also said no amount of testing could have replicated the live environment. it is not a matter of us going through enough dry runs. we need to see people to

sign up to see if it works. heather nauert is working and she has the latest news. >> we're the test case, the public. all right. good morning to you. hope you're off to a great day. seven minutes after the hour and some headlines to bring you now. another problem for the bart train system in california. this time we're talking about a fire. take a look at this brand-new video coming into "fox & friends." it shows smoke pouring out from under the cars of the train. all of the passengers made it out safely. investigators believe that this fire started after a semiconductor box shorted out. the station will be open later this morning. the fire happening just days after the death of two bart workers and the strikes going on there. here on the east coast, kennedy cousin michael skakel in prison for killing his neighbor in 1975 could walk out of prison today. he was convicted in 2002 of murder with a golf club.

he is serving a sentence of 20 years to life but a judge just ruled his lawyer failed to adequately represent him. skakel's new attorney says he plans to file a motion today. the so-called white widow giving birth to her fourth child and now we know where she is for sure. samantha luthwaite is the wife of one of the bombers of the boston marathon. she delivered the baby in a private clinic in johannesburg, south africa. she reportedly used an alias, a false address and paid for that birth in cash. the country nearly $17 trillion in debt, so should we really be buying new hats for the marines? the marines apparently transitioning to a new unisex hat. the traditional hat is on the left and the new hat is

on the right. sort of narrower and taller a little bit. some people think this hat looks a little too girly. the price tag to replace these hats more than $8 million. what do you guys think of these hats? >> it would be great to have folks from the marines actually weigh in because they have worn these hats for years. do you like the new hats or do you like the old hats? e-mail us now at friends@foxnews.com or go to facebook at "fox & friends." >> a special headline for people that are serving or have served in the marines. now let's talk about high school. an assignment for a football player in season. he was creative. he had to write a poem. it was a poem he would eventually pay the price for. pay the price for the remainder of the season because he was honest. >> nick is 16 years old, and he said the poem is called "stupid." a teacher asked him to write it about being angry. we actually have it here.

losing season, favoritism, nonstop passes from best to best friend, continuously doing what doesn't work. the inability to separate being a father and a coach, dropped passes. >> it gets worse. >> yet still the superstar -- yeah, right, where's my scholarship? i can drop passes from backwards and tackles and be afraid to take a hit. top of the line division 1 material. that's what they wanted. definitely got it. this town will be glad when he's gone for anyone who doesn't understand what i'm saying. >> in the composition class the assignment was write something that makes you angry. well, he did. well, he got suspended for four days and the rest of the season, two more games. here's one of the reasons why. the principal nick evans says he wrote a mean poem about another student and our athletic director head coach. so he did that. >> he said i never named anybody. i was doing my assignment.

since when can't i be honest? if you are honest and do your assignment and if you did everything to the letter, your homework, you cannot suspend that kid. >> this was making him upset. the assignment is to write about what's making you upset. he makes the honest decision to write about what's making him angry and upset. now they're using it against him in some people's opinion. we want to know what you think. what if your kid or you were asked to write a letter about being angry. send those opinions into facebook. if you're asked to opine about your emotions and you do, you don't do it? now you're being suspended for your work? >> he's getting a lawyer now. >> they are saying his rights are being violated. here's the thing. i think the assignment has been given for years. you get a lot of teen

angst. my parents annoy me. this kid was being honest about something that bugs him. it seems a little severe he would be suspended and knocked off the team. but the record is public. they were one and seven. the team was not do sog well. >> and the a.d. and coach are the same guy. why is the english teacher running to the a.d. saying look at my composition. can anything be confidential. i think he should be put on the team. do you guys feel the same way? >> yeah. maybe there should be fine print. tell us what makes you angry but don't tell anybody in the school. >> how about a same place to vent? coming up in other areas, incredible video of a state trooper coming to the rescue in the nick of time, and the entire thing caught on camera. >> she's accused of paying

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the trial for a former bell, california, city official underway. she is accused of a scheme that stole millions of dollars from taxpayers. for almost a decade angela spaceshod and her colleagues set ridiculously high salaries as assistant city manager. not even city manager. assistant. she collected over half a million dollars in 2010. so how did they get away with it for so long? stuart varney here po weigh in. stuart, this story got started on fox and this kind of got the whole ball rolling about how can you believe how we're getting

soaked by these municipalities. >> it was "fox & friends" that opens everybody's eyes to the level of corruption you can reach in some municipalities. first of all, let's see how good the city council and city leaders have it in bell, california. the lady who was on trial, assistant city manager, as you pointed out, $564,000 per year. and her boss, the city manager, $1.1 million. and it goes on from there. services director $400,000. >> look at the top line. the median income in that town is $40,000. so that person is -- that's quite a gravy train. >> how could that happen in a city of 30,000 poor people. how could that happen? by the way the assistant city manager got a pension of 7-8 million dollars. it was kind of a conspiracy

to vote up their salary and pensions. they voted themselves. nobody was looking. this is an example of what can happen in a small municipal government where you've got extremely low turnout for election dominated by special interests and a conspiracy to vote yourself all the money available in that town. >> ever since this story first hit the fan over a year ago, people all across the country have started to scrutinize their own local governments. >> that is absolutely true. i think that detroit is a direct descendent of bell. you've got -- >> or maybe the role model. >> you've got corruption at the local level, one-party dominance for decades, very small turnout for elections. it's tailor made for this. >> is this woman going to wind up going to prison? >> probably yes. her boss, mr. rizzo did a deal at the last minute. he'll go to prison for ten years but get out after

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quick headlines. the love do have elliott spitzer may not be done with politics. "the new york post" reports he has plans to run again. he was overheard saying his failed bid for new york city comptroller may pave the way for an easier way next time. at 11 a.m. eastern a major milestone here in new york city. a walk way underneath the world trade center is set to reopen for the first time since september 112001 and those terror attacks. hey, elisabeth. >> brian. looks like a scene out of a movie. >> it's the cops! >> teen girls throwing a

booze-filled party busted by the police. guess who called the cops? their parents. certainly there is a lot of controversy surrounding this. thank you for being with us, sir. >> thank you. >> a lot of people are saying this seems a little over the line for the parents to call the cops on their own kids. what do you say? >> i think it went a little bit further than that because actually the parents actually called the police because they needed assistance. they didn't actually call the police to report their children were having underage party. when they were -- came home from being away for the weekend, they found an underage party was happening at the house. there were so many kids there, they needed assistance. as a result of the investigation is why the children got arrested. >> for safety reasons and making sure it was handled properly, they called in a set of hands to help them with that from the police. do you believe that they feared some sort of liability? and do they face culpability when it comes to having their home be the site of this party?

>> the parents did the right thing in this situation. it is the liability issue. if you have kids that are at the house and consuming alcohol and they flee from the house, we don't know if there is someone in the woods that is intoxicated that needs medical assistance, somebody is driving a car. they did the right thing by calling the miss because they couldn't handle it -- by calling the police because they couldn't handle it themselves. >> they had the girls there, 15 and 16 home for themselves for almost three days. i know connecticut doesn't have a latchkey law. do you think that's okay? >> it depends on the actual child, maturity level of the child. i'm not questioning that in this particular situation. unfortunately when you have an open house like that and kids find out there is an open house, things like that happen. >> i understand you have two teenage daughters. would you have left them in the house overnight for two or three days? >> me personally, i would

not. my mother never left our house, so i would never do that. >> the two girls, will they face the consequence of having a permanent record at this point? >> no. juvenile court is really meant for corrective action, not so much punitive. they're going to go to juvenile court. actually they already went on the 22nd of october. there are all kinds of things the juvenile court can do to correct the behavior. >> sir, we thank you for joining us this morning and all the updates. >> you're welcome. thank you. >> up next, grab an extra cup of coffee this morning. it just might save your life. his father has one of the most famous faces in hollywood, but scott eastwood didn't always have the legendary last name. he'll tell us why he changed it, coming up next. ♪ ♪

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going viral. the footage is michael timbee performing all sorts of moves while on the water. that guy is the boss! look at that. >> that's exceptional. >> i have tried that. >> ouch. that hurt. >> very nicely done. >> is that real? >> that is real. i think it's real. i vote real. >> real quick, a lot of people, while you guys were talking, are weighing in on-line on twitter on the marine hat. and nobody seems -- our marines are for this. they need to leave our marines alone, our traditions alone. the new covers look feminine, semper fi, and something else. >> keep them coming. >> a lot of people are saying that. >> heather nauert has been perusing the e-mail and saw a lot of those. she joins us now. >> a lot of e-mail about that one. this is an interesting

story. anybody in the air force or in the services, for that matter, may want to listen. the united states air force academy is now under attack by atheists. they want to remove the long standing phrase from their oath that every single cadet takes. it reads in part, i resolve to do my duty and live honorably, so help me god. the group claims that mention of god is a violation of the separation of church and state. the academy superintendent is working on a solution that, quote, respectful to all prospectives. what do you think about that? we'd love to hear from you on that issue. in new jersey a trooper makes a lifesaving rescue and it's caught on camera. a new jersey state trooper was waved down by a frantic mother. her 13-year-old son who had special need was choking on a chicken mcnugget in the back seat. the officer performed the heimlich maneuver and the boy is now okay. >> good news for coffee

lovers. research in italy says could have me faye re -- coffee may reduce the risk of live cancer by up to 60%. it is the third leading cause of cancer deaths. >> the male lead of 50 shades of grey is going to jamie dornan. this after the kofrl first choice to play the role of charlie. he dropped out of the film because of money reasons. the other guy dropped out because of money reasons. and elisabeth and i, i think, are the only women in america who have not read that book "50 shades of grey." >> maria too, she has not. but she's going to talk about the weather. >> joel tells us that it's a very good book. he's up to the third book in the series. >> meanwhile, you alluded to maria molina. >> i did. the other nonreader of "50

shades." >> should we do sports first? >> maria is in the prompter before you are. >> i vote maria. >> all right. there you go, maria. >> thanks, brian. let's look at the weather conditions across the country. i do want to start out across parts of the east because we're talking very chilly temperatures. some of these current wind chill temperatures are only in the 20's across sections of the great lakes. in detroit it feels like 25 when you head out the door. it feels likes 38 when you head out the door in new york city. great lakes, northeast, we're heading into winter soon, it's already fall, but parts of the southeast, you're waking up to very cold wind chill temperatures. in atlanta 39 degrees and it feels like 37 degrees in the city of raleigh, north carolina. a little unusual across parts of the southeast. we have a number of frost advisories and freeze warnings also in effect throughout the early morning hours. out west, beautiful

weather, in the 60's. in phoenix, temperatures into the 90's by this afternoon. across sections of the great lakes, not only the cold but lake-effect snow. as much as 18 inches of snow off lake ontario possible and up to 6 inches off other lakes. >> 24 minutes before the top of the hour. let me tell you what's happening in game one of the world series. it took place in fenway park, a rematch of 2004. this game was all about costlier rors. look at that. -- costly errors. john lester was stellar. he scored before coming out of the game. david ortiz tends to hit with a long ball. belting this one out of fenway in the seventh inning. red sox win by a score of 8-1. game 2 tonight 8:00 on fox. john lester is also a cancer survivor. he was on our old couch

talking about that earlier this year. last night announcers gave him a special shoutout for his work with peed i -- pediatric cancer patients. >> the idea of the foundation is to raise money for the pediatric cancer research foundation. >> he went ton talk about some of the kids he works with. lester does meet and greets with kids who are members of the foundation. john daley made a come back in shanghai after undergoing elbow surgery. he shot a bogey 3, 4 under par at the bmw masters. he says he feels great and drank a ton of vitamin milk to help him heal, unlike what he used to have.

>> oscar winner clint eastwood is one of the most legendary actors in hollywood. but what you may not know is that his son is also in the business. michael tammero stepping into the fox light with more on that. >> it seems like he came out of nowhere but he didn't. scott eastwood formerly known as scott reeve has working behind the scenes quietly working the craft. i asked him why he didn't want to work on his scott's coat tails. >> scott eastwood decided to blaze his own trail, first using his mother's name to show that he has what it takes in hollywood. now that he's put in time and work, he goes by eastwood. >> everybody wants to represent scott eastwood but nobody cares about

scott reeves. to find out if i could hack it in the business, i wanted to prove it to myself. >> at first he landed small films and even played opposite his father in grand tor i in o. >> you did a couple of movies with your dad. you had to try out like everybody else. what was that experience like? >> great. how you cut your teeth as an actor. run around town and audition for everybody. clint eastwood is known for playing a tough guy on screen. it doesn't matter if scott is his son. the oscar winner always demands the best. >> he's tough on me. he's very old-school. he doesn't want anyone to think there's anyone getting special treatment. >> right now scott is focused on the future, and for good reason. he's the lead in the upcoming movie dawn patrol and then fury starring brad pitt. >> what's it like work w-g

brad pitt? >> he's very good. as you guys know, he's very talented and he's very humble, which is really nice to see in the business. >> these days the 27-year-old is making headlines for showing his good looks. >> that's not what i'm about. i'm an actor, but there's a lot of [inaudible] people. >> for now scott is enjoying his father and what it means to be an eastwood. >> my old man is a man of a few words but he would probably say it is integrity. regardless of what you do in this world, you do it good. you do your best, and you show up on time and you leave, and you do a good job and you treat people the way you want to be treated. >> it's evident they're very, very close. we asked you to tweet us your favorite clint eastwood movies. at butter glove says fist

full of dollars. candice posted bridges of madison county. at rgm-3, for young clint, good, bad and ugly and grand torino. be sure to turn in on monday for part 2 when i ask scott about turning to politics like his father. >> thank you. earlier i mentioned a poll about obamacare think it's a joke. 60% think it's a joke. >> the key is a majority of the country think it's a joke. >> 19 from the top of the hour. later in the show hundreds of dogs dead. later on a warning every pet owner need to hear. >> did hillary clinton's state department purposely

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welcome back. we have scary news for pet owners. the f.d.a. warning about tainted dog treats after reports that jerky treats made in china killed nearly 600 dogs and sickened 3,600. we have new developments. thanks for being here, lydia. what do we need to know? >> we're outside central park. this is something that is

very concerning. the f.d.a. is not going out and issuing a recall just yet. right now they are issuing what's called a warning. they're asking pet owners to be careful, to be suspicious of any symptoms that their dog may be experiencing. this has been going on for quite some time, since 2007 the f.d.a. says the treats have been linked to the illnesses of 3,600 dogs, 10 cats and about 600 pets died. this is very concerning. the f.d.a. is asking pet owners if they notice their pets having any symptoms such as decreased appetite and activity and vomiting to contact their veterinarian immediately. >> thank you. all good information for dog and pet owners out there. brian, over to you. >> a brand-new report suggesting hillary clinton's state department leaked confidential national security secrets to "the new york times" reporter david sanger. these leaks allegedly in

exchange for writings that made the department look tougher. fox news senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano has more, thanks to freedom works and their request from the government to get the works. >> i'm surprised. >> they would have eventually been forced to? >> ultimately, yes, but they could have delayed it until president obama was out of office. >> i should say freedom watch. >> freedom works is the group that asked for this stuff. look, all governments leak information. we know that. but when the government leaks national security secrets in return for favorable treatment in the press, the government is showing its hypocrisy, because it is violating the very same statute that it's

attempting to prosecute edward snowden for violating. snowden has a better defense. snowden's defense was i was a whistle-blower. the government was breaking the law. i felt morally and legally bound to reveal it. their objective was we needed better treatment in "the new york times" so we fed this guy national security secrets so he would write nice things about it. >> there was the perception they wanted to come out that they were tough. here's an e-mail from michael hammer to a colleague, phillipo raines, yes, the white house is cooperating. he spent time with done lynn and others. they know he is looking to meet up with h.r.c., hillary clinton, and support. >> donelon was chief national security advisor. you're talking about people possessing the most

sensitive national security secrets the country has, intention a*lgly leaking -- intentionally leaking them to a newspaper reporter so they can be portrayed favorably. >> james rosen is getting a leak. they have to find the answer. who is the leaker to james rosen? they have to do their covert investigation. meanwhile they are overtly cooperating with david sanger. >> you're exactly correct. again it shows their hypocrisy. they got james rosen's personal e-mails and telephone numbers to try and find out who he was talking to while they themselves were talking to somebody at the "new york times," spilling far more sensitive national security secrets than what james was getting from his sources in the state department. >> where does this go from here? >> it probably goes nowhere. it will be resolved in the court of public opinion. i can't imagine that the justice department is going to prosecute people in their own white house. it doesn't mean that a president -- fill in the blank -- who would succeed president obama couldn't

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good morning. today is thursday, october 24. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. the american people starting to weigh in on the president's flagship achievement and the majority of polls call the implementation of obamacare a joke. >> wow. that's not all. the democratic exodus from obamacare is just beginning and it is growing. speaking out against the president. they've also got something else in common for something different. >> it's been a problem for pregnant women as long as we can remember. i can remember this with my wife. >> really? >> why do total strangers ask to touch pregnant women's bellies? >> all the time. >> at the mall, guys would say, hey, lady, can i touch your

belly. >> i never said that to a woman. >> at the grocery store for you? >> yes. >> it happens. but, it could be against the law. why? "fox & friends" hour two for this thursday starts right now. >> hi, you're watching "fox & friends." >> thank you very much. a total stranger came up to you in the grocery store and said, can i touch your belly? >> all the time. after three kids, i can't take this anymore. >> you mean when you're pregnant? >> not currently pregnant. >> i'm just saying that, would have been strange if that happened yesterday. i don't know where that comes from. i know the studies and i know it's right. i would never go up to a woman or a woman i was familiar with and rub her belly. >> that's good to know. >> i would never feel comfortable doing that. >> of course you're wife always -- like my wife would say, feel that, she'd put my

hand there. >> that's okay. >> wait 'til you hear about that in just a moment. in the meantime, we've been talking here on this program about obamacare and famously, the web site has really stunk up the place. it doesn't work. the government won't tell us how many people have actually signed on. blue cross-blue shield in north dakota was asked by the federal government, don't share your statistics. but a spokesperson did. so far in north dakota, a total of 14 people have signed up for blue cross-blue shield. other insurers for a total of 20 people in north dakota have signed up. clearly to a lot of people, this thing is a joke and we asked you a poll question about that and you agree. >> right now the number is 60%. in august it was 57. it's going fine. 31% thought it was going fine in august. and right now going fine is exactly the same number. >> 60% say it's a joke.

>> here is the surprise that, it took so long. democrats are looking at the numbers, hearing from their constituents, seeing the problem with the web site itself, and then it seems unfixable from the people they have in charge and they're saying, we have to delay the individual mandate. somebody needs to be fired. all this time during the 16-day delay in the lead up to that, the only guy who was speaking out and saying i'm open to negotiating was senator joe manchin. >> and all the republicans. >> and every republican, because there was no republican support for this entire bill which is now a law. but others have joined the fray. >> we have their images here which is great. they maybe on the white house wall with darts flying at them, but at least they're stepping up to the plate. we have along with joe manchin, representative henry poehler, the chairwoman, debbie wasserman-schultz, senator sheehan ray and we have landrieu

of louisiana. begich have a red district, it can easily go to a republican. they say i don't want to be on the wrong side of obamacare. two things, keep this clear, you can't log on. almost impossible. then we're getting the prices out. the prices that we're getting out from people that just want insurance or want to see if they have a better plan or been kicked off their plan and have to go into the general shopping mall of exchanges, they are getting inaccurate information and they're getting more expensive information they ever thought. that's what's going to be the undoing of this. the facts. or it will back up the president and he'll come up like a hero. >> it makes sense why the administration wanted to have everybody sign up right away, because there wouldn't this time delay for people to actually see what happens in the meantime. their premiums are going up. the changes are beginning to happen and they're not working for the american people out there, so they say. and now with this unintended delay with the web site not working, we're seeing what the

reality is. >> he's going to have to respond. easy to tell john boehner to jump in a lake, but how do you do it to your own party? >> now they've got the alpha team. the best and brightest working on this. the president is trying to change the subject. he wants to talk about immigration. the whole country wants to talk about this affordable care act that turns out not to be so affordable. another poll question was should the impolicemennation of the affordable care act be delayed? there is news this morning and that is that apparently the white house is agreeing to a six-week delay. it has zero to do with this snafus on the web site and everything to do with some confusing language. people are wondering, that march 31st deadline, do i have to have signed up for it or do i have to be covered by it? now if you sign up for it by

march 31st, you won't get a penalty. >> right. it was more to clarify some cloudy details, one of the cloudy details in the legislation there. but joe manchin, senator, he wants a delay that's more than six weeks. he said let's just fix it. six weeks is not enough. take a listen. >> it should be a transition year for one year. there should be no fines. let's work through the problems. i think everybody recognized them. let's fix it. >> yeah, let's fix it. senator mark pryor in a statement yesterday, i believe given the technical issues, it makes sense to extend the time for people to sign up. he says let's fix it. here is the problem, people, if they don't get fined, that revenue was counted on, unless people were going to write the checks, those healthy people who didn't want to sign up. those people who aren't going to sign up, that fine money is figured in the balancing of this program. who is make up the cost? >> sure. they're counting on 7 million people being signed up. so those that can afford to pay in are right now thinking the

only ones are signing up. so it's leaving them with a great distance and gap in terms of financing their program. >> absolutely. and so because it was so critical that so many people sign up early and because of the snafu's it's impossible, why isn't anybody being held accountable? sebelius will be testifying on capitol hill next week. she's way too busy right now. >> she has a ball to go to. last night she went. >> she did. i think she's in arizona right now. but it's crazy because nobody is being held accountable. nobody has been accountable for this, the irs thing, benghazi. but the one guy at the white house who had a fake twitter address, he gets canned. rick nolan, a congressman from the great state of minnesota, said it's quite frank. keep in mind, he's a democrat and he had the audacity to tell our president to man up. >> a wonderful old expression, you never get a second chance to

make a good first impression. the rollout of the affordable care act or obamacare, whatever up to call it, has done, in my judgment, great damage and harm to the brand. i think the president should man up and let us know who was responsible, who was in charge here and fire them. >> it's amazing because kathleen sebelius, her confidantes, unnamed sources saying she never really had full control of the process. that program that was hired, that company hired, cgi saying, i was given mandates from the government the last minute i couldn't possibly have figured that into the software. in the end, i believe starting today, we got the hearings, it will be a series of people pointing fingers at other people saying don't blame me. >> i don't know if the american people will stand for that. they're going to demand some answers. >> i hope so. but they didn't demand it on fast and furious or benghazi. irs. >> the white house didn't do anything. how many people do you know want to see somebody held accountable? >> democrats have to demand it. republicans have demanded it and have been called partisan. >> it goes to show, this has

become a political hot potato. while they're delaying things, just as the republicans had wanted to, they would never say that, push comes to shove. now they're getting shoved by the american people. >> heather nauert is here with some headlines. >> speaking of wanting answers, germany wants serious answers from the united states. while you were sleeping, major fallout from accusations that the u.s. spied on german chancellor angela merkel's cell phone. u.s. ambassador is now being summoned to german's foreign ministry so explain what took place. the white house says that the u.s. is not and will not monitor merkel. but they didn't mention what may have happened in the past. we'll keep you posted on this one. another problem to tell you about for the bart train system in california. this time a fire breaking out in some train cars. this brand-new video coming into "fox & friends." it shows smoke pouring out from under the cars. all the passengers made it out safely. investigators believe it started after a semiconductor box

shorted out. this fire happening just days after the death of two bart workers and also a strike. kennedy cousin michael skakel is in prison for killing his neighbor in 1975. but he could walk free today. he was convicted back in 2002 of murdering martha moxley with a golf club. he's serving a sentence of 20 years to listen, but a judge just ruled that his lawyer failed to adequately represent him. skakel's new attorney says he plans to file a motion for bail later today. skakel is the nephew of the late robert f. kennedy. and take a look at this. hump back whale punches a photographer. the diver takes it to the head. the fin from the whale passes within a foot or so of him. this happened off the coast of africa. those are your headlines at this hour. >> here is a scenario, you're pregnant. very pregnant, you're obviously

pregnant, your belly is protruding. >> yes. but someone touching it could be breaking the law. this has happened. you're talking about men maybe touching the belly. actually i think more women. >> a lot of women touch. >> because some people think it gives people good luck or help them get pregnant. >> right. we saw this story out of ohio in cumberland county, ohio -- pennsylvania. somebody went up and asked for permission and then touched somebody's belly and that was okay. but somebody else kind of went up and didn't do it. ultimately, if you ask permission and you get it, it's okay. but if you do it and you don't ask permission, you can actually get in trouble. >> yes. don't ask as you're touching the belly. you mind if i touch your belly? that's why i only had three kids. >> that's the reason? do you think it's about time? do you believe that you are worthy of prison time if you touch somebody's belly? >> i think it's a little extreme perhaps, unless you're causing

harm. >> yeah. people came up to my wife when she was pregnant. i just thought it was weird. it's one thing if it's a friend or family member. but if it's just somebody walking by in the mall, hey, lady, that's just weird. >> just to stop the touching of other people while you're in the mall, do you believe this state of pennsylvania is on the right track, cracking down on people for touching strangers without their permission? >> i would love to know how many cases are brought in, how many cases they've had? >> your reaction on facebook. i'm going to get your reaction to the fact is who will be held accountable for the mess so far. in fact, i'm gog do it right now. i'll have dialogue on facebook. where is the green room? >> coming up, bob beckel opening up about his battle with alcohol. so get your teen-ager out of bed because what he has to say could actually have a huge impact on them today. >> then do you know what the fed is? most americans don't. john stossel says that's a big mistake because the fed is

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it's almost never talked about because it's so darn confusing, but it is arguably the second most important and powerful job in the world. >> yes. the fed. >> what's the fed? >> the fed? the federal government? >> what's the fed? >> what's the fed? i don't know. >> the fact is, most americans don't know what the fed is, even though has the power to destroy your savings and your ability to

find a job. >> so what exactly is the fed? john stossel, it's the federal reserve and that's about as much as some people know. >> on the street i said yeah, the fed, they didn't know what the federal reserve was either. some people did. but most people have no idea and think, this is a dozen old white people who nearly in secret are spending $4 trillion of our money. that's as much as congress appropriated and at least they vote on that. >> sure. i have a lot of questions. but first, i want to know why this wheelbarrow is here. >> because that 4 trail i don't, they basically printed 4 trillion. miraculously, so far we haven't had rampant inflation. it's been under control. but when it explodes, it happens quickly. after world war i in germany, people had to go to the grocery store with a wheelbarrow full of cash to buy groceries.

that helped bring on hitler, the disruption from that. people would order a meal in a restaurant and pay at the beginning 'cause prices would be higher by the end of the meal. it can wreck your life. >> because the monetary unit for that country is so devalued, you might have to take that to a dunkin' donuts some day if they continue to print so much money to buy a latte. >> all based on the value of a dollar as it becomes increasingly less. >> if you print more of something, generally you have to use more of them to buy the same thing. >> just look at the currency you've got on display here on the curvy couch set. >> you could have this. this is my favorite. this is a 100 trillion-dollar bill from zimbabwe and their government is even worse than ours. this is what can happen. and already we've had 2% inflation, which is pretty good. but that destroys the 0 interest rate policy is very tough on older people.

wrecks your saving. >> i got a question for you, what's on the back of the 100 trillion-dollar bill? >> i don't know. >> a water buffalo. >> learning a lot today. >> good to know. >> john, thank you. >> on that note, we'll be watching stossel tonight, 9 on the "fox business" network. >> always. >> that's great. >> and our own bob beckel opening up about his brattle with alcohol -- battle with alcohol. get your teen-ager out of bed because our next segment could make a huge impact. >> is this the most creative kid's costume of the year? the details on the dad with a bright idea i'm angela, and i didn't think i could quit smoking

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he. time for news by the numbers. first, 700. that's how many fake obamacare web sites have been created in order to steal people's personal information. great. usually company will buy all the domain names associated with their site to prevent this from happening, but the federal government didn't know to do that for healthcare.gov. then, more than 150,000. that's the number of nissan path finders and infinity being recalled. if you're pressing the pedal and it's not slowing down, you're it. the recall affects 2013 and 2014 path finders, plus the 2013 infinity jx 35 and the 2014 infinity x 2 x 6. 57%. that's how many people admit to

lying on their on-line dating profiles. the most popular fibs? height, income, age. the results are from a pew research center survey. we think we're being honest when they answer our questions. >> you're an honest guy, brian. and now underage drinking is a growing problem. the latest studies show its long-term effects are much more dangerous than once thought. in fact, youth who begin before age 15 are more likely to develop dependency in the future. this is national college awareness week and all sorts of efforts are being done to combat underage drinking. dr. mark siegle recently took part in one and he'll join us this morning. >> good morning. >> certainly an important topic. interesting that kids that young are more susceptible. why is that the problem? >> first of all, facebook has something to do with this. social media, because people are more shy, they're not used to talk to each other. then they start talking to each other and they need a social lube can't, which is alcohol,

or they're insecure or they want to be like their friends. we spoke to dr. samuel sham who wrote a play about how aa started and he has some keen insights into how this addiction starts. let's have a look. >> another minute, i was going to jump. >> why don't you just stop! >> i don't know! >> the biggest problem when kids get to college is they start to get isolated. it's a whole new social network they have to get into and they're not used to it because they've done all this dating on screens and so to break down the social barriers, they start to drink. alcoholism is called a disease of isolation and the connection is the healing. >> this is one of the greatest chance meetings of the 20th century. bill w, a stockbroker, and a surgeon operating drunk, made a chance meeting and it leads to the buddy system where they teach each other how to stop drinking, which led to self-help

groups. >> still there is more stigma at times associated with alcoholism than people really thinking that it's a disease and having more sympathy and willingness to help. what's your take on that? >> i spoke to bob beckel about that. alcoholism is a disease. alcoholism is genetic oftentimes. it's contagious, it destroys almost every organ in the body. i see it every day in my office. let's hear what bob beck has to say -- beckel has to say. >> binge drinking, where kids on college campuses drink only on weekends and a lot of them die. the only thing people need to remember about this disease of alcoholism, it will kill you. it is not a benign disease. it's not something that you can laugh at or people say oh, they're just another drunk in the gutter. it kills you. >> it kills you. he escaped it and he talks about it all the time. >> so honest and truthful. night watch is designed to help, right? >> there is now programs on college campuses coming to the rescue. they have an enormous problem. 25% of kids on colleges impairs

how they function on a day-to-day basis. trinity college, where we within, is off the party list of top party schools and it's because of a program you just mentioned. let's have a look. >> so night watch here, this program that they're implementing is work. trinity at one point was on that list for partying and drinking, et cetera. but because of this program, what does it do to get kids to stop drinking? >> i spoke to a kid up at trinity who actually talks about this program where buddies go around who are not drinkers and they make sure people don't drink. let's watch. >> no one is going to get you in trouble. there is no names. they just want to keep you safe. that's their first priority. no one is out to get new trouble. they want to make sure you're safe and your health is the number one concern. i found that even classmates of mine that might have drank too much at night, people definitely take care of them and make sure everything is done safely. >> not only trinity, it's all

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it's your shot of the morning. this could be the best halloween costume ever. a dad made this led light suit for his 22-month-old daughter, then posted this clip on you youtube. the bar for home made kids' halloween costumes has officially been raised. come on, beat it. >> i don't know if i can. that does raise the bar. that's a tough act to follow. >> you don't want to put on a costume that scares you. that kid looks in the mirror, she's going to run for her life. >> i love it. the stickers on the back, that could be fun, too. that's a good idea. >> that's a little too much information, by the way. hey, heather nauert, you have the rest of the news. >> elisabeth, i love that one. let's see your family doing that one for halloween. we've been looking around for halloween ideas. >> november 1, we'll have the video. >> that's so cute. if you saw your kid running down the hallway in the middle of the night with that, that would be scary. got some headlines.

in chicago, crews from several cities working to gain the upper hand at the citgo oil refinery. no reports of injuries or evacuations. the fire started in the crew unit, but the cause is under investigation. we will continue to watch this throughout the morning. mitt romney is building a mystery mansion outside of salt lake city. the floor plan for the new house in utah show a hidden room. the only way to get through it is through switchling bookcase. it's 5900 square feet. when nbc broadcast bob costhas launch into that rant against the washington redskins during sunday night football. >> redskins can't possibly honor a heritage or a noble character trait, nor can it possibly be considered a term. it's an insult, a slur no matter how benign the present day intent. >> we all remember that one.

it actually turns out that he may have been expressing more than just his personal views. according to a report from the daily caller, nbc recently entered into a partnership with the united indian nation. that's a group that's fighting to change that name. it was a business partnership. we'll keep watching that one as well. it sounds like a joke, but it is not. why did the koala walk into a bar? there was this little guy, he wandered up the hotel stairs in australia and made a bee line for the bar. can't blame him, right? the staff, how did they deal with it? put up some signs to surround the koala, but then he broke free. wildlife crews captured him and released him into the wild unharmed. another crazy animal story out of australia. remember the kangaroo in the drugstore last week? got this one. >> it's a great idea for children's books. >> how to capture animals. >> yeah.

hey maria, i understand you have the weather and it's getting cold outside. 55 degrees. >> yeah. you have to put on a jacket today in parts of the northeast and even down into parts of the south. we're looking at wind chill temperatures out there in the 30s and even 40s early this morning. parts of the great lakes, very cold. detroit, current wind chill temperature, only in the 30s. a pretty chilly morning east of the mississippi river. we have a number of freeze warnings in effect and also several frost advisories. plan to be scraping off some frost off your car windshields even in parts of georgia. otherwise, beautiful weather, temperatures widespread in the 60s. even in the 90s for parts of arizona. because of the cold air going over the great lakes, we're talking lake effect snow, up to 18 inches in some spots. significant snowfall out there. let's head back inside. >> all right. maria molina outside where it's 43 in front of our studio. this emmy and tony award winning actor created a memorable array

of characters and now as the mysterious white rabbit in tv's "once upon a time," john lithgow is stealing the show once again. take a look at this. >> what do you have for me? >> everything is moving along as you predicted. they left this morning to get the genie's bottle. >> they knew what it did then. need i remind you of the consequences if you lie to me. >> no. i know exactly where it is. >> wow. it comes out tonight. john lithgow is also busy releasing his latest children's book "never play music right next to the zoo." we are joined by the multi talented john lithgow now. welcome. >> great to see you all. >> my, what large ears you had there. >> i was delighted when i saw the ears. they weren't my idea. >> were you even wearing them when you were filming that?

>> no. it was just me and a microphone when i saw the show, i saw what the white rabbit looked like. >> who does the other side when you're in the audio booth? >> nothing. i just do everything. >> you do? >> i guess. do they even feed me the lines? no. >> that's some good acting. >> do you picture an attractive queen? >> no, i didn't even know what she looked like. i never met these actors. >> your imagination is unsurpassed. your children's books are fantastic. we love them in our house. obviously your imagination is working in that clip we just saw and in this book. tell us about this. i love it 'cause the little kid falls asleep while the music is playing. >> the text of the book is the narration of a musical suite. it includes a cd. it's a little story about a boy who goes to a concert at a band show next to the zoo.

the animals take over the musicians' instruments and the music is played as if it's animals attempting to play music. >> did you ever play next to a zoo? >> actually i played a kids' concert in columbus. >> next to jack hannah's place? >> that's where i got the idea. >> why try to entertain kids when they could be on-line or playing video games? why have them read? >> first of all, it's a good thing. >> you're pro-reading? >> very much pro-reading. i'm pro giving kids wonderful live entertainment, giving them a great first experience in the theater or a concert hall, or the interaction between kids and parents reading a bedtime story. but beyond that, it's ecstatic fun. i mean, kids are the most wonderful audience. >> but kids like you. there are certain actors where kids are very successful actors.

kids like you. >> i've been at it a long time. my oldest child is 41 years old, which means i've been entertaining kids for 41 years. >> entertaining and raising. >> even when i was growing up, my baby sister was ten years younger than me. it's something i just always loved to do it. we actors, we're all after the suspension of disbelief. you can never completely fool adults. they know they're in a theater watching an actor who knows the end of the play. kids are oblivious. they are just so wide open. >> they believe. they really believe. >> it's just a marvelous counter point to what die in my day job. >> see, i don't like children. that's why we don't have any on. >> it's a great book and it's got a cd inside called "never play music next to the zoo." >> lisa hernandez, marvelous illustrator. first time i worked with her.

>> way to go. >> and bill elliott composed the music. >> it is a beautiful book. if you tell your kids bedtime stories, it would be a perfect one to read. always a pleasure. thank you very much. >> great to see you. >> coming up straight ahead. >> the president said if you like your doctor, you can keep him. well, what if your doctor doesn't want to be part of obamacare? one of the many doctors opting out is going to join us next. >> maybe they want to get into contracting. and it cost more than $17 million to make nearly 50 years ago. someone just bought the navy's first super carrier for a dollar. >> i want that airplane. i'm willing to pay a quarter. >> a dollar? >> yeah.

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just about 15 minutes 'til the tip of the hour. it's time for quick headlines. navy's first super carrier sells for one penny. they sold the ship to a texas recycling center to be recycled. the reason the carrier is into expensive to maintain. major milestone in new york city. a walkway underneath the world trade center is set to reopen at 11:00 a.m. for the first time since the september 11 terrorist attack. steve? >> thank you. we're now three weeks into the obamacare rollout and some doctors are worried sick about its financial impact on their doctor practices. in fact, according to a poll, two out of every five doctors are still unsure about whether or not they will participate in the exchanges at all. so is obamacare driving doctors

out of that part either business? joining us is primary care physician here in the new york city area, dr. donald moore. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> thanks for making a studio call for us today. the federal government has not so far done a very good job telling doctors what's in it for them so far with obamacare, have they? >> well, i wouldn't like to think of it as what's in it for us. we're in the practice of medicine. we are there because we've made an oath and we've made a commitment. that's what we do. so what we do is irrespective of what obamacare or any finances system. >> sure. but ultimately you got to be worried about would i be compensated to a stage where i could actually either make money or break even, 'cause the last thing you want is to lose money. >> well, i already lose money. and i think obamacare will probably make it worse. >> so you're at this point opting out? >> yes.

i am definitely out. the obamacare is really an inadequate attempt to fix a broken health care system. our system of health care financing, it's broken. it does not work for the patient. it does not work for the doctor. it does not work for anybody. doesn't work for the hospitals. doesn't work for the employer. it does not work for the taxpayer. so if we have a system that doesn't work for anybody, then we need to fix it. but we can't do it with a stop gap method. >> for years, there have been people up on capitol hill who have said we've got to do something because there are a lot of people who do not have adequate health coverage and now they've done this. but i don't know that this is such a good thing. >> well, the affordable care act was the patient protection and

affordable care act. we forget that patient protection. the issue is, well, is it going to create better access to care? yes, it will insure more people. but having a card to go and see the doctor doesn't mean necessarily you're going to see the doctor you want. >> sure. one of the other problems is for a lot of particularly young people -- and they're really the ones who have to sign up in big numbers -- when you're a kid, you feel bullet proof. i don't need no stinking insurance. now the government is saying, you've got to have insurance or we're going to penalize you. >> well, i understand that. certainly you want healthy people in any system. now, as you can expect, the people who are gog run to the exchanges to get insurance are the people who really need it. i'll be honest with you, i don't have health insurance. i don't have health insurance because i can't afford it. why can't i afford it? because why can't a physician get health insurance? because the amount of money i get from the insurance companies

do not cover the cost of the care that i give. if you -- >> that's quite a confession, doctor. >> yes, it is. because my patients are not happy with me. the reason they're not happy with me is because i have to tell them at some point, i can't take your insurance anymore because your insurance doesn't cover the cost of the care that i give. >> right. and going forward, you're not going to be part of the affordable care act either. dr. moore, thank you very much for sharing your perspective on this because you're doing it every day and it's good to know your point of view. thank you very much for joining us live. straight ahead on this thursday morning, we got good news. the administration is buying our marines new covers, new hats. the bad news? apparently not many people want to wear them. the controversy at the top of the hour. and call it the kick of a lifetime. look at that. a former high school athlete making this amazing play, but he walked away with a whole lot more than just bragging rights.

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that kick is good. a california high school football game got exciting at half time when one lucky young man got the chance to kick a 40-yard field goal in order to win a huge prize. >> yep. $20,000. he's a former high school athlete, made that lucky kick and won $20,000 in prize money. as a kicker, who is just seven

years removed from his prime, i would think it's beyond luck. you work for that skill. he's with us from los angeles bright and early this morning. how was your name selected for this opportunity to win the money and the car? >> it was actually selected at random. it was a ravel and they said to text a number. i overheard several fans talking about it, so i did it just for kicks. and i got selected. >> just for kicks, that's funny. what's great, it may seem random, but how meant to be is this? you played for the school, correct? did you also coach there? >> i actually did not play for -- i played for the school of john f. kennedy high school in the grenada hills. so i -- i coached only -- i lived in the opposing valley in the san fernando valley. >> what is your story as a player and a kicker? what will do you in the interim in those seven years since you

were a high school player? >> nothing. after i graduated, i worked a lot, made my way to seemy valley. -- simi valley. i coached and that was pretty much it. >> then go line up for this kick. i watched you walk out on the video feed. you did not look confident when you are walking out. what were you thinking before you took the kick? >> well, honestly, the walk was the most terrifying part. once i got in front of the tee, i remembered everything from high school. i was actually very calm. >> you're very calm. you nailed the kick, which is great. they give you the choice of a car or cash. you choose the cash. what are your plans with that $20,000? >> well, i'm thinking after taxes, i'm going to set aside some for tax, of course. i'm thinking i'm going to put some to pay off my debt, credit card debt. and various other debts and things like that. then i'm going to put some aside

for stock and some for my savings account and the rest i'm going to give to my mom. >> that's great. >> now we love you even more. >> i got to, man. she took care of me for years. i only owe her that. >> it's pure sports and performing in the clutch. you now have to not recount your high school exploits. you can now tell your friends you accomplished something after high school. congratulations. >> exactly. thank you so much. >> no problem. >> that is pressure. >> to be able to nail that kick, that's fantastic. >> right. i know hasselbeck would have nailed it, too. >> atheists are fighting to change the oath that every air force cadet must take. do they have a case? >> then this football player kicks off a field for criticizing his coach in a homework assignment. is that fair or foul? let us know what you think.

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good morning. it's thursday, october 24, 2013. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. the american people have spoken. obamacare is a joke. now even democrats are jumping ship. >> it should be a transition year for one year. there should be no fines. >> so could an obamacare delay be underway? >> meanwhile, forget about the administration's slashing our military budget. there is good news. we've still got enough money to buy new covers, hats. only problem, a lot of marines are going to refuse to wear them. we're going to tell you about that story. >> so many are weighing in on twitter on that. this player criticized his high school football coach in a class assignment and it got him suspended and kicked off the

team. yet he did exactly what the assignment called for. is that fair or foul? you side with the coach or player? "fox & friends" sides with you and it starts right now. >> hi, this is kathy ireland, you're watching "fox & friends." >> turns out she's not actually from ireland. >> i had no idea. i still like her, though. and very successful. and very attractive. and not aging, which bothers me. i resent that. let's talk about what matters most to the president, obamacare. he fought so hard for it, wanted it to impact so much, he was willing to not negotiate with republicans, not acknowledge there were any problems, allow the government to be shut down for 16 days, and let's listen. the republican party paid a price for that. the debt ceiling debate, for the 16-day shutdown -- >> that's in the rearview

mirror. >> now we're out of it and see on october 1, it was a terrible launch that got plowed over because we're all talking about the shutdown. now here we are at the end of october and it's been a flat out disaster and democrats are jumping from the ship. look at this poll that just came out. asked, how do you feel about the implementation of obamacare so far? it's a joke, now. 60% said yeah, it's a joke. 31% say it's going fine for me. that means you either have insurance or not tried to log on or call in. >> that original number is interesting because you have the american people now with a chance to see what is going to happen and the administration was not banking on that. they were hoping that 7 million people would sign up, start paying for the system and blindly we would go into this not understanding what was going on. but with this pause in between, because of the delay on the actual web site, no one will be able to get on, we are now seeing the realities of what obamacare is going to be. >> absolutely. later today they'll they're

going to -- they're going to start hearings up on capitol hill. four contractors will be in the hot seat. they're essentially going to blame the federal government and turn on each other as well. >> i love this quote from cgi, no amount of testing could adequately have replicated a live environment of this nature. really? how do the other companies manage to do it? there are private industry -- they're a private industry company. this is not the government. they should know better. >> they certainly should. we're asking, how did this happen? senator mike lee out of utah, he questions the team creating obamacare and certainly had something to say about that. >> not only did they not bring in the a team initially, but they didn't bring in the bc or the c team or d team. they brought in a team that by all accounts, according to any objective measuring stick, failed miserably and they really have a lot of questions to answer in connection with this. how was it that the bidding

process resulted in this award going to a canadian company that was going to do such a horrible job on this? we have sophisticated bidding processes set up within the federal government, why didn't they follow those? >> i was talking to a guy yesterday who voted for president obama and he said to me, extraordinarily, well, neighbor is what we get when you elect somebody who, before he was president, had never actually run something. and i know mitt romney had talked a lot about that in the last election cycle. but when you look at it, if you run a company before, you know whether or not you've hired the right people. you figure out whether or not you're asking the right questions, and in this particular case, the buck stops with the president, although you would never know that listening to jay carney. but he did not apparently hire the right people and he did not ask the right questions. and now here we are. and extraordinarily, and unfortunately for him, even members of his own party, who have backed him without fail, are starting to say, you know what? you got to delay this because

it's not working out right. in fact, they're siding with the republicans. >> the only one with any guts is joe manchin. during the big debate when everyone was refusing to negotiate, he's the only one who came forward and said i have some problems with it. you have the others now who say yeah, i have a huge problem, but you're gutless. during the debate when you could have helped the country and helped the program that your party put forward, you did nothing. now you see it as a disaster and you're trying to save your own butt. here is senator joe manchin. >> as it should be a transition year for one year. there should be no fines. let's work through the problems. we got a lot of problems. they've been identified. i think everybody recognized them. let's fix it. >> right. as it turns out, there is going to be a delay of six weeks. it has nothing to do with the stink bomb rollout regarding the web site. because there was some kind of beg language in the original law, now what they're going to do is if you buy insurance up to march 31st, you won't get a

fine. there was some question about whether or not if you bought it around -- you had to buy it around i think valentine's day. now they're going to be very clear, giving people another six weeks to buy it. >> steve, look, how many do we have? six congressman, three senators. that's after one day. what about the end of the week? they could lose total momentum. the president might have his hand forced by someone like debbie wasserman-schultz, somebody that's a leader in the party. even nancy pelosi said this is unacceptable. how could the president hold up his own party much longer? >> i don't know if he can. i think he made a valid point. i would suspect we're going to be seeing perhaps what joe manchin is requesting, a delay coming up. >> keep in mind, a number of those are u.s. senators, democrats, up in tough reelection battles. so you can see why they would be doing that. but ultimately, if a number of democrats switch to the other side, they're effectively saying, you know what? the republicans were right. the republicans wanted to delay

things because they hadn't worked out the bugs and now we're going to have to go over to their side, their way of thinking. it's all political. >> it is. we're going to keep tabs on that. now heather nauert has headlines. >> good morning to you. i hope everybody is off to a great day. 7 minutes after the hour. while you were sleeping, we've got major fallout from accusations that the u.s. has spied on german chancellor angela merkel's cell phone. this is the latest ally that's now asking for answers from the obama administration about this. the u.s. ambassador is now being summoned to germany's foreign ministry to explain what has been going on. the white house says the u.s. is not and will not monday tore merkel -- monitor merkel. but it did not mention what may have happened in the past. another problem for the bart train system in california. this time a fire igniting in train cars. take a look at this brand-new video that's just in to "fox & friends." it shows smoke pouring out from

under the cars. all the passengers were able to make it out safely. investigators previous it started after a semiconductor box shorted out. this fire happening just days after the death of two bart workers and also a strike there. kennedy cousin michael skakel in prison for killing his neighbor in 1975 could walk free as early as today. he was convicted in 2002 of murdering martha moxley with a golf club. he's serving a sentence of 20 years to life, but a judge just ruled that his lawyer failed to adequately represent him at the time. skakel's new attorney says he plans to file a motion for bail today. skakel is the nephew of the late robert f. kennedy. a lot of people are talking about this morning, the department of defense is thinking about spending millions and millions of your dollars to buy our marines new hats, or as they call them, covers. here is the problem, apparently not many want to wear them. take a look at this. it's a new unisex cover on the right and the traditional one is

on the left. some people think the new hat looks far too girlie. a marine source saying, quote, we don't even have enough fund to go buy bullets and the d.o.d. is pushing to spend $8 million on covers that look like women's hats. a lot of response this morning. what are folks saying so far? >> i'm glad you asked. sandra tweeted us, change the women's, but leave the men's covers alone. >> that's right. david tweeted, love and respect the traditions. dan, but the current cover stays. >> yeah. jesse says this, only one word from a marine vet: disappointing. >> what do you think? keep of the comments coming. you could twitter us or go on our facebook, not only can you leave a comment, but you can also see what the viewers of this program are talking about. something else that you're talking about is this, at one high school in ohio. the kid right there in his

composition class, the teacher said write a poem about something that made him angry. his football team is 1-7. that makes him angry, including the management of the team. so what he did was he wrote this poem you're about to see and he got in big trouble. first, we're going to read it to you and then let's see if you think he should be suspended for it. >> okay, it's entitled stupid. losing season, favoritism, nonstop. continuously doing what doesn't work. the inability to separate being a father and a coach, dropped passes. >> yet still the superstar, yeah, right. where is my scholarship. i can drop passes and be afraid to take a hit. that's top of the line division one material. is that what they wanted? they got it. the whole town will be glad when he is gone for anyone who doesn't understand what i am saying. a couple of things here. the statement from school principal on his two-game suspension, quote, he wrote a mean poem about another student

and our athletic director who is also the head coach. but that doesn't matter. that should have nothing to do with english class who assigned this. we used to have a journal in english class for people who were told just write is ever on your mind because he didn't believe people wrote enough. can you imagine someone saying, this guy is mean to his other sister. >> brian, in your journal, and i think we wrote one, too, we never read it out loud. the assign the was write something that makes you mad and you're going to read it out loud. the kid was writing about something that makes him mad. he was following instructions. did the teacher say, okay, don't defame anybody or make anybody who works here at the school feel bad? they didn't say that. just said, write something that makes you feel angry. >> they didn't say that he seemed to be posing any threat. certainly from the poem, it didn't indicate to them that he was dangerous. but are you able to ask a student to vent. when they do, if he didn't

follow the assignment, what was he facing, suspension for not doing his work in school? >> you ever hear of sports radio? they're getting personal comments every single day. you're entitled to have an opinion. that's an opinion about something that he's involved in. you should not be suspended. the coach can take this any way he wants. number one, was he too close to being correct? is that what really cut against the bone? i just don't think these two things should mix. i think the kid deserves credit for being honest and i wouldn't be surprised if he had voiced that opinion already to his coach and was ignored. >> they're 1-7. go on to our facebook page and go ahead and like the story and leave a comment so we can see it. >> what i'm doing now is i'm going to interact with you on facebook. >> we'll be reading and interacting. coming up, the air force academy under fire for a phrase that's decades old. should they remove "so help me god" from the oath? peter johnson, jr. on the case. >> and hey you, strange person,

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we are asking fox news legal analyst, peter johnson, jr. that very question. >> good morning. nice to see you. they don't have a case if they want to be hostile to religion. they don't have a case if they want to knock religion out of the oath for everyone. they don't have a case if they say christianity should not be allowed to be practiced by people in the air force academy. they do have a case if they say, no one in this country, and case law makes it clear, has to swear to god if they don't believe in god. atheists, humanist, folks like that. they don't have to swear to god. but don't take that right, that ability from others to do the same thing. >> exactly. megyn kelly posed a question last night on the kelly file and she said, why not just opt out and the military religious freedom foundation member actually had this to say. >> why can't they just opt out? if they don't want to say so help me god, they don't have to say that part. >> it's like saying, why don't you opt out of not robbing a

bach because robbing a bank violates the law. let me say it again in words of syllable, it vital the law. no religious test clause which says we will never have a religious test for any position in the federal government. >> we all understand the constitution. we all understand the establishment clause and the free exercise clause. what we don't understand is that kind of overblown rhetoric that compares an oath to god to robbing a bank. the two are not synonymous. when you get into that kind of rhetoric and you demonize folks who do believe in god, and that's most of the american people -- and there have been all kinds of constitutional decisions that say under god, in god we trust, that those are secular messages. they're not necessarily religious. they're based upon our history in this country. that's where we get into trouble. that kind of rhetoric is important to insure constitutional limits. but it's not right in terms of

keeping us together. it sends the wrong, wrong message. >> you reminded me before we started of ronald reagan. he had something to say on that notion. >> ronald reagan had it best. it wasn't the constitutional argument, but it was a moral argument. if we ever forget that we're one nation under god, then we will be a nation gone under. it has a lot to say on this day and every day. respect the constitution and in respecting the constitution, respect people's ability to worship god, to swear an oath to god. don't take that away from them. respect everyone in this country. >> taking away maybe just -- that may have been ronald reagan's tweet. we asked you what you thought and carolyn tweeted, why? what is wrong with pledging an oath to god? what would they prefer? so help me obama #liberty. that certainly put the button on that. >> a lot of tweets on that. one person tweeted that their daughter was going to go to the u.s. air force academy, but they said no, they don't want their

daughter to apply any more because of this. let's see what the air force academy does with this oath. they're going to make their decision soon. >> we'll keep an eye on that and send your tweets and posts to facebook. >> great to see you. >> peter johnson, jr., love talking to you about all this. coming up, hundreds of dogs are dead and this morning we have new details about a warning every pet owner needs to hear. and you know him as the captain of the love boat. but this mornings gavin mcloud is taking us on a different journey. one thing that kept him alive, up next farmer: hello, i'm an idaho potato farmer.

and our giant idaho potato truck is still missing. so my dog and i we're going to go find it. it's out there somewhere spreading the good word about idaho potatoes and raising money for meals on wheels. but we'd really like our truck back, so if you see it, let us know, would you? thanks. what?

scary news for pet owners this morning. the f.d.a. warning about tainted dog treats after reports that jerky treats made in china killed nearly 600 and sickened 3600 others. good news is, my dog never does anything good, so i don't give him any treats. but reporter lydia joins us now with some new developments on this. >> reporter: good morning. we're here in central park. the doggy area right here, talking to dog owners who are obviously concerned and worried about this. now, the f.d.a., this is not an actual recall. they're calling it a warning because right now they know that the doggy treats are making the dogs sick, but they're not exactly sure exactly what toxins or what's in these treats that is making them sick. since 2007, the f.d.a. says the treats have been linked to the illnesses of 3600 dogs, ten cats, and about 600 pets have

died. so the f.d.a. is putting pet owners on notice and is asking them if you notice your dog having any type of gastro intestinal illness, contact your vet immediately. that's the latest here in new york city. back to you in the studio. >> thank you very much. switching gears now. rolling out the red carpet. our next guest kept us laughing in the '70s on my favorite show "the mary tyler moore" show, then he sailed through" the love boat". >> of course, we're talking about actor gavin mcleod. he has a brand-new autobiography out that's excellent called "this is your captain speaking." he joins us right now. gavin, how are you? >> what an honor to be on this couch with you. >> something i was struck by is the hat on the cover of your

book and the book is great. we were doing the story about how the marines reinventing the marine cover. as you can see, screen left, that's the original. now they've slimmed them down to make unis hats. >> spending a lot on it, too. >> sure they are. >> what do you think? which one day like? >> i like the old-fashioned one. i just think it's got a history to it and i think it's more applicable. >> let the girls have a smaller one. cut out the big brim if you want. i don't want to get involved with that. >> let's talk about your book. we were just talking to john ratzenberger about this. >> name dropper. >> like the mary tyler moore show, we can still watch it today and laugh. >> i tell you what, the times have changed. it was more innocent then. it was more trusting then. people cared for each other a lot -- >> you mean in life or

television? >> i mean in real life and they're exemplified with what you see on television. mary did more for women's lib than any other television show around. especially at that time. everybody got their own show after those great seven years of "the mary tyler moore" show. chuckles bites the dust has got to be one of the funniest shows in the world. i ended ted's eulogy that way. >> you did? >> i will always remember you. in real life, when ted died, i ended after this fabulous story about how he came to the lord and everything else. i said, but we'll always remember you, little song, little dance, little salsa down your pants. >> you just touched on it. you've got faith in the title of your book. ted knight on his death bed, he made a conversion. >> he sure did. that's one of the great moments of our life, to be used that

way. really humbled me. >> he accepted christ into his life? >> he sure did. i got to stop -- i'll start cry not guilty a minute. we were very, very close. >> you broke into hollywood together. >> he was there a little before me. he was seven years older than i. he was a -- thaddeus knapko was his real name. >> it takes courage at that point when someone is about to go. >> i had finished "the love boat," marion ross and my wife and i were going on the road and -- >> from "happy days"? >> yes. i married her on the last "love boat." she's one of my best friends. >> what's going on! richie might be watching. >> he might be. >> how much time do we have? i can tell you stories that you

won't believe. >> the good thing is, the stories are in the book. this is your captain speaking. check it out. gavin mcleod, a real pleasure to have you. >> i love being with you guys. >> why don't you stay for the after the show show. i'm going to talk to you on radio for a long time. i promise. we'll get it all out. >> all right. >> thank you. >> i love tom bosley. >> i know. you're having fun. >> yeah. >> thank you very much. in the meantime, 29 minutes after the top of the hour. a fox business alert. brand-new jobless numbers due out any minute. actually very shortly. nicole petallides is live at the new york stock breaking news on the economy. >> and grab an extra cup of coffee. why? it might save your life. do it for the country. ♪

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we are back with a fox business alert. brand-new weekly jobless numbers just released. nicole petallides is live on the floor of the new york stock exchange. good morning, nicole. >> good morning. we got in our weekly jobless claims and they came in, they dropped from the prior week. so they came in this week at 350,000 claims. however, that was not good news 'cause the estimate was for 340,000 claims. so obviously we still have somewhat of a problem and that's

an understatement. when we on wall street look at the numbers that come in not only for the monthly report, which we gave you earlier, the weekly numbers, they really turn right to the fed papering story. as they come in and we come to see weakness, it only supports what ben bernanke and his team have been doing and we know janet yellen is coming in in the new year. more and more traders believe that the fed will not change the money printing that they've been doing. >> here is the problem, that might be a good policy and might keep us afloat, but it's fake, it's phony. it's a fraud. at some point we got to stop making phony money, don't we? >> we start to see -- there is some people who joke on wall street and say, qe forever. right? because what they're doing is buying 85 billion each month and certainly doesn't seem like they're going to be tapering that any time soon. i'm not sure that ben bernanke will want to do that ahead of janet yellen's incoming role. >> wall street is relying on all that pumping of the money into

the economy, just as it turns out a new survey from the census people reveals half the country relies on some sort of government benefit. that is making us a real entitlement nation. >> it's pretty unbelievable. as we have the free money being printed and you're watching the dow, people think the dow will continue to move to record highs, you have entitlement nation. that's absolutely true. you're seeing 49% of americans receiving benefits from one or more government programs. when you're talking about even medicaid, you're seeing 82 million people, that's 27% of the population who live in these households who receive medicaid. there is other programs, women's, infant, children program, supplemental security, unemployment which has been extended, railroad retirement benefits. they go on and on and on. of course, we all know and have covered this story, food stamps galore, more than ever before. >> sign of the times. nicole petallides down at the new york stock exchange where

she's going to be hanging out all day, thank you for joining us live. >> thanks. heading over to heather nauert for headlines. >> good morning to you. the folks behind the faulty obamacare web site are in the hot seat today. they're testifying before congress later and they're expected to say that the web site issues were inevitable and they're going to point the finger right back at the administration. this thing could get pretty ugly. in prepared testimony later today, one of the lead contractors says the government was quarterback on this project and is the ultimate responsible party for end to end performance. a trooper in new jersey makes a life saving rescue and it's all caught on camera. new jersey state trooper was waved down bay frantic mother. her 13-year-old son, who has special needs, was choking on a chicken mcnugget in the back seat of the car. when they pulled her, he performed the hiemlich maneuver and after several attempts, the food was dislodged and the boy is okay and they're grateful

this morning. >> here is another reason to enjoy a cup of coffee. researchers say in italy, drinking three cups of coffee per day may reduce the risk of liver cancer by up to 50%. scientists are still unsure why. they say the research confirms that past claims that coffee is good for your health. i like that one. has this ever happened to you? touching someone's baby bump be against the law? police in pennsylvania are looking into a case where a man may have touched a woman's pregnant belly after she specifically told him not to. under pennsylvania law, touching someone for any reason after being told not to is illegal. experts say in general, it's best to always use good manners and ask first. elisabeth, i don't know about you, but when i was pregnant, this happened to me a lot. even in a gas station, a guy said, let me touch your belly. >> total stranger. >> the guy working there. >> it did happen. >> here is what you are saying about this very issue in

pennsylvania. >> theresa from florida e-mails us, how is it different than going up to a strange and touching any part of their body? being pregnant is not an invitation to touch the belly. >> good point. jay m. royalty. >> i love these handles. >> they tweet, belly touching, friends and family only. here, here. >> okay. here is maria, unrelated. she has the weather. if we touch her, there is going to be a problem. >> yes, there is. >> security around her outside. we know that. >> she has a touching telecast with high temperatures. >> yes. we're going to well up around the country. >> you may want to touch someone and give them a hug today because it will be a chilly day across parts of the east, anywhere across the great lakes, the northeast and down into parts of georgia and even alabama and mississippi. waking up to temperatures, very chilly, in the 40s and even 30s for many of you. it feels like in the 20s across parts of the great lakes. feels like 37 degrees in new york city and over in atlanta, take a look at that current wind

chill. this is atlanta, georgia. it's not even halloween yet. wind chills in the upper 30s. we do have a number of frost advisories in effect. freeze warnings and watches because it's going to stay cold over the next several days. grab that jacket and hang on tight over the next couple of days. otherwise high temperatures in the 40s across the great lakes. out west, it is going to be beautiful. temperatures in the 60s. a lot of sunshine. arizona, you're talking highs into the 90s for some of you, like in phoenix and cold air over the great lakes means lake effect snow. steve, elisabeth and brian, we're looking at up to 18 inches of snow in some spots. actually brian with sports. >> thanks a lot. we'll look for that. they'll play outdoors in boston. how will it be tonight? the red sox got to feel good after game one against the st. louis cardinals. a few costly errors gave this game to the red sox. unbelievable. i guess it's a little nervous playing in the fall classic. seven scoreless innings before

coming out of the game. david ortiz goes along. this guy was done a few years ago. the red sox go on to win by a final score of 8-1. game 2 is tonight, 8:00 o'clock on fox. i say might just be a must win for st. louis. are you rooting for boston? >> of course. i'm a big red sox fan. don't make me wear my jersey tomorrow. >> get beard. >> everybody looks like duck dynasty in the coliseum. >> 20 minutes before the top of the hour. coming up, no one is being held accountable for the disastrous obamacare rollout. benghazi or the irs as well. but a low level official was just canned for some negative tweets and a pick twitter account. a complete double standard and that is next. and running up the score considered bullying? are we turning our children into wimps? we asked john mcenroe when he joins us live next. >> you can not be serious!

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welcome back. it's time for quick headlines. the government elliott spitzer may not be done with politics. a bizarre scene at the utah state capitol. a man drives his truck up the capitol steps, parks, and then tries to break into the supreme court chambers. police think the man may have been under the influence of drugs. brian? >> all right. thanks. 16 minutes before the top of the hour. the white house is taking a lot of heat for the obamacare web site debauchle. that's not the only thing giving

the administration headaches. josey joseph, a white house insider, has been tweeting derogatory tweets under an assumed name dating back to february 2011. when they found out, they fired him because his twitter account was discovered. so why were they quick to act then? negative tweets get you fired, but the benghazi screwup doesn't? botched obamacare rollout, not a thing. does that sound strange to you? let's ask our next guest. if you tweet poorly about valerie jarrett, you're gone the next day. but not with this rollout, which could destroy the president's legacy? >> brian, surely you're not shocked by all this. not only did he tweet negative things, brian, he also tweeted something about benghazi. i think that's probably what got the guy fired. he said that while darrell issa, the guy leading the charge on benghazi is an ex, his words, he's, quote, on to something

regarding the white wash that hillary clinton has laid down about her noninvolvement in benghazi. that is a hell of a thing to say. that's not just some isn't that correcty comment. that is a shot at the foreign policy of hillary clinton. this guy also said negative things about john kerry. he said negative things about susan rice, the national security advisor. he made some very pointed critical things, statements about the obama administration foreign policy. he had to go! >> yeah. and also valerie jarrett. that's the one that did it. her growing influence on the administration has many people uneasy. so what an idiot to go tweet this out. go to a therapist if you're having trouble with the administration. don't go on twitter. overall, where does the administration go from here? they won the battle with the government lockdown, shut down the debt ceiling. no doubt. but now they're stuck with this program. >> i'm not sure they have won the battle. i think they saluted a little too quickly. remember the house agreed to fully fund the government, except for a delay in the

individual mandate. now guess what? even democrats are talking about a delay in the individual mandate. so i think we declare ted cruz a loser maybe too quickly. >> possibly. so we are saying ted cruz went out there, but we weren't even talking about the troublesome launch. now, what do you expect to happen in terms of somebody being held accountable? the hearings start today. they begin with private industry, the company hired to put this web site together. how is this going to play out? >> it will be a big circle jerk. somebody is going to say, you told me to do x and they'll say, no, you told me to do y. nobody will ultimately be held accountable. the problem isn't the computer or the web site. the problem is the policy, brian. there ain't no such thing as a free lunch. you put on 25, 30 million people on insurance, tell insurance companies you have to take way, youth preexisting can't kick off anybody, and you're going to keep my son on my policy who is 26 and we're not going to charge more money. are you kidding me? it's not going to happen. it has a fundamental contradiction. it relies on young, healthy

people who right now don't buy insurance because they think it's so expensive and they want them to buy it at higher prices when they don't think right now because it's too expensive. it doesn't make any sense. it will collapse of its own weight, brian. >> we'll have you back because we saw all the democrats coming forward and they were quiet for so long. i think it will be a much different situation when we have you back next week. thank you very much. >> all right. >> up next, are we turning our kids into a bunch of wimps? tennis legend john mcenroe is here to weigh in live. let's check in with bill hemmer who has been told that he could have taken mcenroe in his prime. >> i think i could have scored a point off him. maybe an entire game. you ask him. he'll tell you. brian, good morning. big hearings start in ten minutes. the computer company that set up obamacare healthcare pain gov is about to be called on the carpet

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he was known as the bad boy of tennis with the skills to match his no nonsense attitude. how does john mcenroe about what many people are talking about the woosification of sports. we've been talk being it all week. >> we're talking about schools banning tag, high school football game, coaches being accused of bullying for running up the score after a lop sided victory. >> wait until your intro is done! >> he's the greatest guy ever.

>> and he's here. let's discuss, are we losing what is a competitive edge and how to teach it to kids properly by taking away games -- >> you tell me. >> i'll tell you. i happen to be a huge dodge ball fan, for example, when i was a kid. so i love that game. >> 'cause you were good at it. >> well, i was good at it. some kids are good at other things. the people that gravitate towards sports usually are pretty athletic. that's part of why i'm here, because i'm here promoting the dove care. but as far as this goes, i read into this a little bit 'cause -- >> you prepared. >> the 91-0, the coach claimed it could have been 150-0. >> 70-0 at half time. >> he's won by an average of 70 plus points. maybe they should put that team in a tougher division where they

belong. and keep it competitive because i have six kids. i've watched all my kids all through the years at basketball games. i'm tearing my hair out, or tennis, which is even worse. i hope they're not watching. you see times where there is mismatches and i said to my daughter the other day, this is going to hurt you guys, because she was up with her doubles partner. she's in ninth grade, which is great. she missed the ball. her and her teammate, and they started laughing. so i pulled them aside after the match and i said listen, you don't necessarily -- no, i never rubbed anything in anyone's faces. but this particular time, i said to her, these poor little girls are out there, so i have sympathy for the other side 'cause you don't need to mock them with the equivalent of 91- 91-0. just handle it more subtly. there is a combination of both. >> i'll bring back to -- i got

friendly with jean mayer. i said, what was it like playing with john mcenroe. he said he was a great partner. he always blamed himself if something went wrong. >> tell me another story. >> you're not like that? >> you're compassionate. >> you're nice. >> tell us the thing about the marathon. you partnered with dove and deodorant. >> anti-irritation deodorant. >> fighting chafing one body at a time. >> god bless you. and so it seems like it's a match made in heaven, right? then i'm a big marathon man 'cause i live on the upper west side, i always go there. after what happened last year, it seems like who better to coach a team of six guys and go out and try to pat them on the back and say listen, if you're crazy enough and whacky enough to run 26.2 miles, i'm going to be there tend for you.

we have the six guys. >> dove is lucky to have you. the week you're on the cover of "sports illustrated," this is unbelievable! look at you with your head band. >> god love that hair. i don't know what i like more, the shorts or the hair. the only thing is the woosification of these sports of these athletes that have those great figures have to wear those shorts that are so baggy. >> steve was saying, you had a great body. he was glad you wore tight shorts. >> we'll be back in two minutes. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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after the show show. >> you're sticking around for it, am i right? >> am i? >> yeah, why not? >> i am. mr. dove man. >> go on twitter. should john mcenroe fill in for us when we're sick? >> one week. we are only seconds away from a hearing on the botched rollout of obama-care. several democrats are breaking ranks, calling for a delay in the individual mandate. if that happens, that could be significant. i'm bill hemmer and welcome to america's newsroom. martha: i'm martha maccallum. you have got the head of the company tapped with creating the web site called to