>> gone are the days of the stay at home for most so equally dividing the household duties is the right thing to do. thank you to everyone who responded. >> have a wonderful day. see you back here tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. "fox & friends" starts right now. bye. good morning. it is wednesday, february 12. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. the south is under siege this morning as a strong winter storm heads their way. schools and businesses closed and emergency dispatches across the region. what this means for you coming up. >> he's got a pen and today he will use it. president obama to ink a minimum-wage increase into law. but is he abusing his executive power? we report. you decide. >> and take that name off your valentine. you could be hurting somebody's feelings. one teacher says valentine's day, there is a mandate that has parents and many others scratching

their heads. we'll scratch your head if you promise to watch because we start tphoufplt tphoufplt -- we start now. >> this is regis phillbin. you're watching "fox & friends." >> and that was regis phillbin. he's doing a daily show on sports net. >> what a guy, wherever he is. always excellent. good morning, peter. >> valentine's day mandate, we're going to have to get to the bottom of that. but in the meantime? >> very skpaoeugt he can -- very exciting day. that is sky. he has been on our show. he'll be appearing live with his wire hair. part of the judging is the bond between the trainer/owner and the pet.

>> they look at the connection. >> there has to be a connection the way they walk together. that's a smart-looking dog. that's a dog that has intelligence. look at that. >> determination, poise. >> because of the way he wears his beard? >> very dignified. >> in the meantime, want to say good morning to heather. >> i always love hearing how the dogs were raised. this one was meant for chasing rats. >> not necessarily heartwarming but informative. >> good morning to you guys. got news to bring you. san diego now has a republican mayor. kevin falkner won a special election to replace bob zillner. falkner is the only republican to lead a major city in california where democrats hold all statewide offices. san diego because the largest city with a republican mayor and that is big news because it

doesn't happen too often. two national guard helicopters will attempt another rescue of two skiers following an avalanche that killed two others in oregon. low clouds and poor visibility preventing helicopters from getting to the injured skiers last night. 12 people have died from avalanches so far this season. a drug bust spanning two continents. the f.b.i. arrested 24 people in a massive heroin and cocaine smuggling ring. seven were arrested in new york and the rest were taken into custody by italian police. the defendants had ties to a powerful italian organized crime family. police say that the group planned to smuggle drugs in frozen fish and pine apples aboard container ships. should felons have the right to vote? the attorney general of our country thinks so. eric holder wants states to give them that right -- to give them back that right once they served their time. listen to this. >> i call upon experts and

legislators to stand together towards turning a dated status quo. >> felons lose that right permanently in 11 states. and those are your headlines. peter, what do you think of that? should they get back their right to vote? >> i think it is deserving of debate but i'm not inclined at this point. i'd like to look hard at it. don't want to sound like a politician but i'm not inclined off the bat. >> good to get your opinion. thank you. >> i like that. there's no hesitation today. the pen is ready. there is ink in it. the presidential power grab about to take action right now. remember the pen that president obama said he was about to use? he certainly will. today he's going to use it and sign minimum-wage executive order into action. it affects about 250,000 federal workers, raising their minimum wage to

$10.10. >> basically symbolic. 250,000 people throughout the country, the president is going to use executive order. every time you do it, you take the risk of alienating the thing called the other branches of power. the congress says why is he doing that? just to show the power that he has and the frustration he feels. $7.25. it goes up to $10.10. it is a small portion of workers but it is symbolic. it says private sector, follow me down the line. $10.10, not a ton of money. but if you have a minimum wage here and a level here that is $2 above minimum wage across the country, if you have a company that says i'm going to hire you $2 above the minimum wage or $3. now that minimum wage moves up $2 and everybody else has to move up. >> it is designed to create pressure publicly and privately in this country to say to manufacturers, to say to big companies, you need to increase the minimum wage. i saw one economic study that says it has no effect in terms of the economy,

the increase to $10.10 by executive order. but here in new york city, for example, mayor de blasio, wants to pass a minimum-wage law and governor cuomo, the governor of new york state is saying i'm not so sure i want to have one rule in new york city and another throughout the state. so this is creating a lot of internal pressure. >> who could be more liberal, the democratic mayor or the democratic governor? and so far governor cuomo comes off as the conservative. >> governor cuomo made some very strong comments about conservatives in the state, basically didn't want them -- >> not really welcome here. >> pack up and get out. but it is a bit of a duel. >> they would like a grab at the political pressure pen too. the proposed legislation to increase the minimum wage across the board in the private sector is there and certainly as you alluded to, brian, this may be a way to light the fire under that as well. >> another day, another delay. we're talking about the 27th delay of obamacare.

the president of the united states says the more i think about it, four years to get ready for the implementation of obamacare was not enough, so i'm going to delay the mandate that makes employers who have between 50 and 99 workers give health care or give health care to their employees or suffer a $2,000 fine which more than likely is going to go up. he said i've been thinking about it. it has nothing to do with the election in 2016 but i'm going to give it another year delay which is making people who spend their time in law a little aghast. >> cafeteria constitutionalism, pick and choose the law that you want to apply. this is the second delay. the obamacare law doesn't say the president can kind of begin it in 2014 and maybe begin it in 2015. it says it shall begin. and so now we're talking about a two-year delay in a law. >> after two elections. >> and executive fiat.

>> andrew mccarthy, the former federal prosecutor, says not so fast. listen to him. >> it's not his money, by the way. in theory, if you wanted this law to work properly, and whether it's a good idea or bad idea, the people who are implementing it should want it to work properly, that money is the public's. it doesn't belong to the president. he doesn't get to say i don't think i'll collect this three years' worth. that belongs to us. it doesn't belong to him. and it is a law, again, that he has no constitutional qualms with -- and obviously this is one -- he must implement it as written. he does not have discretion not to do that. >> there are complaints from critics. they are saying wait a minute, can you force this law, can you push this through and then get to the line of scrimmage and call omaha, omaha? can you do that? charles krauthammer takes

it one step legal. he says this isn't audible. this is delay of game. >> this is the 27th time that obama has unilaterally amended a law that has already passed congress. you're not allowed to do that. they delayed for the second time the employer mandate. now how are you going to pretend that that's a way to better implement the law? that's a way to not implement the law. >> and i agree with that. >> it is a contradiction of the supposed excuse for why it -- this is not an adjustment. this is not sort of a gradual entering into this thing. this is not a way to improve the employer mandate. this is a way to negate the employer mandate. >> senator rubio said yesterday, the whole law is unimplementable. by the way, the sports references throw me off. please try to limit them, elisabeth. >> i try whenever i can. >> i'm begging you, please.

it's always sports with her and i'm tired of it. mental note after the show. >> all right. >> what i was trying to say -- and i totally forgot -- mitt romney put together romney care, which is the prototype for obamacare and president obama says it all the time. and they have made changes to romney care. but guess who did it? the legislature. you cannot be serious, to quote john mcenroe. that is why the president has not been referring to romney care lately. let's talk about something else always controversial. >> senator tim scott firing back at the naacp's so-called leaders for calling republicans racist and labeling him a ventriloquist dummy. >> remember this incident, naacp quote from mr. barber saying a ventriloquist can

always find a good dummy. the extreme right wing in south carolina finds a black guy to be senator and claims he's the first black senator since reconstruction and then he goes to washington, d.c. and repeats the agenda of the tea party, referring to senator tim scott. >> and then responded with this. >> if you are looking for examples of the diversity of the tea party. think of ted cruz, think of myself. the great diversity of the conservative movement doesn't know color. what we know are principles that guided this country for 230 almost 8 years. this gets under my skin a little bit. it is the fact that we have kids all over this country that are listening to these so-called leaders talking about other leaders. and unfortunately, what those kids walk away with is that if i step out of line, if i think for myself, if i i'm not part of a monolithic community i'm somehow ostracized and not part of the community.

that is just ridiculous. >> that ladies and gentlemen we heard from the reverend is part of the racially charged language in part of the country invoking stereotypes that i think are destructive and tim scott responded eloquently to what was said. that is destructive to say that about any person in this country that by virtue of their race they're saying one thing or doing something for another person of another race. it's really weird stuff, bad stuff. >> the pressure and scrutiny on young individuals who want to be who they are politically and the punishment that comes with stepping out -- >> to be ostracized. if sean hannity is watching now, thanks for letting us use your clip. >> coming up, remember this? >> i don't think you can tell what will happen next year, but i will tell you this. democrats stand tall in support of the affordable care act. >> now campaigning democrats doing just the

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that moment you enjoy it at home. stouffer's. made with care for you or your family. another name to the list of senate democrats distancing themselves from the president. now senator claire mack cass skill saying she wouldn't campaign with the president, saying i'm trying to be really candid and honest. the president's numbers are not strong in my state or in arkansas or louisiana or north carolina. but will running from the president save vulnerable democrats from election defeat this year? joining me is the former chief of staff to democratic senator joe

manchin. good morning, chris. how are you? >> good morning. i'm good. >> is there this mass exodus of democrats and senate democrats from the obama band wagon this year because of obamacare and falling popularity numbers of the president? >> to some extent. i mean, this is kind of a norm in presidential second terms. you have the second-year itch. the average loss for a second term mid term is about six seats in the senate. part of this is to be expected. the other part to this that makes it a little bit difficult for democrats is you're talking about a lot of red states when you're talking about west virginia, louisiana, alaska, states where the president's numbers ar't necessarily the strongest. but at the end of the day the reality, and i know this from we ran a tough race when i was advising senator manchin in the mid terms in 2010. you have to distinguish

yourself, establish your own identity in terms of what your vision is and how you're going to establish yourself in the congress and the senate. hugging yourself with a particular president or party does not necessarily help you or hurt you. it just depends on the particular race. >> it helps you if the president is wildly popular. would senator manchin stand with president obama at a campaign rally this year? >> we didn't stand with him in 2010. not speaking for senator manchin but he has kind of established his own identity in terms of where he agrees and disagrees with the president. i think what is going to end up happening here is there are going to be democrats that will be more than willing to stand with the president, where the president will be helpful, whether that's states like minnesota, north carolina, pennsylvania, whatever it might be, some of the governors races, in particular senate races. but in general when you're talking about states where you have a really tough race, whether it's arkansas, louisiana, it is tough, i think, if i was advising for those senate

candidates to say stand with the president because i don't think it is about the president. at the end of the day you've got to establish what your vision is for the country relative to your point go out there and communicate that as best you can. if you sit there and make this about the president's agenda or the president -- your opposition to the president, that doesn't necessarily guarantee you victory or defeat. >> senate democrats, are they going to be successful this year or not? who is going to take the senate as we go out? final question. >> it's a great question. it's a little too early to tell. right now the wind are kind of tkpwepls -- against us in terms of dems. part of the thing i think that's up in the air you have a few republicans that should have won arguably but didn't because the candidates that went into the primary were weak. right now i would say we're

in the three to four seat loss but it all depends. >> let's see what happens. we appreciate your insight. we'll have you back again soon. good to see you. next on the rundown, a one in a million chance an incurable brain disease may have just infected 18 people. how does that happen? plus, a major milestone for elvis this morning. we'll tell you about that. ♪ ♪

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headlines now. a new and real threat to our security. afghanistan saying they will release prisoners with blood on their hands. this violates the agreement between the u.s. and afghanistan. those two iranian war ships heading toward u.s. waters are a couple of rust buckets tehran is using to try to prove its power. iran says the move is in response to the ongoing presence of the u.s. navy fleet across the persian gulf. the u.s. says if the ships make it into the maritime waters they wouldn't be a match for coast guard cutters. elisabeth? >> 18 patients at a north carolina hospital may have been exposed to a deadly and incurable disease. >> i'm angry. very, very angry that something so little could cost me my life. >> i apologize to the patients and their families for having caused this anxiety. >> based on medical literature, we believe the risk of transmitting c.j.d.

to other surgical patients is very low. >> a neurological procedure was done last month on a patient who was later confirmed to have a brain disease. since the other 18 patients were exposed to the same surgical equipment, they may also be at risk. joining me is a disease specialist. how does that happen, doctor? thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. usually what would happen is the patient would have to be exposed to a contaminated instrument or tissue that is contaminated with this disease. >> but if you're having surgery, the assumption is everything is sterile. is that not the correct. the standard of care, sterilizing it in a normal way if you will. the only reason to eradicate in a more rigorous way is suspicion of the disease. >> the hospital has

apologized and reached out in terms of the anxiety they caused but they have said there was suspicion that this could be this disease. we have a quote here. they said there were reasons to suspect this patient might have had c.j.d. as such the extra precautions should have been taken but were not. culpability is what i think many people are thinking exists in that statement. do you? >> the standard of care would be to either sterilize that equipment more rigorously or to dispose of it altogether and discard it after use if there is a suspicion for it. there should be a lot of networking and communications between the clinician seeing the patient, infection control which would then tell the operating room, et cetera, how to manage this instrument. but that's usually what is done is a communication between all the parties. >> the people affected, this can take someone's life quite quickly. they may not even know they

have it for a long period of time. are there other things -- if you're going into surgery, are there other diseases that you could come out with just because something wasn't cleaned properly? how common is this and what else could we be exiting a hospital with when we're going in to get better? >> there are many things that can happen in a hospital obviously. usually we're talking about resistant bacteria or bacterial infections, et cetera, and this can happen with any instrumentation if it is not properly taken care of. this is correct. >> we'll hear a lot of instruments being, with the scope we heard last week, now we're hearing about the 18 victims here who could possibly be infected. doctor, we thank you for being with us. coming up, he tried to make a get-away on his bike, but he never expected this takedown. what caused cops to jump, literally, into action. and take that name off your

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♪ ♪ your harmonic shot of the morning, a pre- valentine treat. the musical group vocal point serenades unsuspecting ladies and even offers them flowers. that video is going viral. >> how sweet is that? >> let's talk about that. let's talk about valentine's day and let's talk about it is a great day for relationships and also a sad day because

sometimes you don't get the valentines you want or you watch somebody else hook up with somebody you had your eye on. and that breaks heart. because of that we have a lot of love songs and country music songs. that is part of life. sometimes you get accepted. sometimes you get rejected. >> like in fourth grade. >> you recovered from that. it made you a stronger person. >> sort of. >> you still remember it; right? one kindergarten class, they have done something extraordinary. >> this is a kindergarten class we're going to show you an excerpt from a letter. two parents. if your child chooses to exchange valentines cards in school, he or she should have one for each classmate. this will avoid hurt feelings. >> they say don't put names on the envelopes. buy generic cards for generic people. talk about capturing the spirit of valentine's day. >> i will capture of the

other side of this. in kindergarten perhaps they are not old enough to understand how they can hurt somebody's feelings. have you tried to have a bunch of kindergartners, 20 kindergartners sort through cards with names they maybe didn't write and put them in somebody's cubby? that is a disaster. >> do we want five-year olds crying in a classroom when everybody has a card except them? that is not a good thing, brian. >> you have to get used to rejection in life and in kindergarten. >> how early? >> very early. >> when was your first rejected moment? >> i have not been rejected yet. i've been insulated in life. i got everyone i wanted. >> you're talking about hooking up. >> isn't it okay, peter, to target somebody? >> we could be going back

on this all morning. >> is this political correctness gone amok or is it necessary to protect our kid at that tender age? should they be taught to believe they really like everybody in that class? >> let us know on facebook. go to our facebook page. >> because you have certain people in the class you don't really know, but you've got to invite everybody to the party. >> i wouldn't do that. >> sometimes it's mandated though. we want to hear from you. >> why buy a card if everybody is going to get the same card. did you like stepford wives? >> heather, how would you handle that? >> my boys are so little, it is the nice thing to do. if they are in my -- in high school, maybe that is different. >> what if they have a special friend? spoeub maybe they -- maybe they should get the bigger teacher card. >> brian is a bit of a

predator, let's keep everybody away from him. >> you sound like one this morning. >> no, that's a joke. >> let kids be kids. >> i'll take it away from here. sorry, brian. 35 minutes after the hour. i have news to bring you. veteran news anchor tom brokaw revealing he's been secretly battling bone cancer for the past six months. the 74-year-old said he immediately started treatment when he got that diagnosis in august. doctors say they are pleased with the progress he's making so far. brokaw has continued to work throughout his treatment. a brand-new report and disturbing one at that showing children who can't afford lunch are being denied food in the majority of school districts in the state of minnesota. to make matters worse, some kid are given a stamp on their hand so that the cafeteria workers know not to serve them. >> it's a stigmatizing practice. i think some districts think when they stamp a kid

with an animal or smiley face it is a reminder to parents. but when you get a stamp that says money or lunch, it's embarrassing. >> the governor is now asking for additional funding in the upcoming legislative session to ensure that every child has access to lunch. this is what happens when you try to run from the cops. a police officer in sacramento, california, taking down a guy on a bike who is trying to run away. he was suspected of trying to break into a nearby home. the police establishing a perimeter around the area. they used a helicopter and canine dog. when the guy tried to make a break for it, they nabbed him like that. ouch! three officers were hurt in that. >> it looks like a neighbor helped. >> that was brian. here's a pop quiz for you. what do these three things have in common? ♪ ♪

>> here's the answer to that question. they were each written by new members of the song writers hall of fame. this year's new inductees include donovan, the guy wearing my kids' pajamas and mark shane. those are your headlines. >> thanks, heather. it is said to be cold outside and dangerous across the nation, particularly in the southeast. maria molina has all the details. >> good morning. i'm outside here in new york city where it is currently 14 degrees. we have cold temperatures in place ahead of snowstorm that, like you mentioned, is impacting parts of the southeast right now. approximately 2,000 miles worth of winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings stretching from eastern texas to parts of maine. the storm today really will

take aim across parts of georgia and the carolinas. it is out here where we have ice storm warnings because we could actually see ice accumulation exceeding a half an inch of ice, locally more than an inch of ice. we're already seeing reports of that ice accumulating out here in portions of georgia and also south carolina. residents are being urged to stay off the road. and the concern out here is that we're going to be seeing a prolonged paoefrd time, possibly -- period of time possibly more than 12 hours of winter weather. these states typically don't see that type of weather to begin with. temperatures will remain cold as we head into tonight and thursday morning. this is going to be a big concern because power outages are possible. as far as how much snow we're expecting across parts of the northeast, 6 to 12 inches widespread across the region and more than a foot of snow expected in portions of new england. let's head back inside. >> i got cold this morning at about 2:20. jetblue called. they already canceled my

flight tomorrow with 23 kid. hopefully they will step up and get us another flight. how do you change flights for 23 kids? >> i don't think a lot of is going to be going out. that is the problem. >> they are anticipating a lot of treacherous driving. >> or the kids won't get their valentines cards. >> they're not going to get them now. >> coming up, here's the question of the day. is erotic dancing an art? believe it or not, a judge just had to rule on that question. we'll tell you what he said and why it could cost you -- you. >> she was just named top dog at the westminster dog show and her first stop this morning, the curvy couch. ♪ ♪ (meow mix jingle)

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bravest congressmen this country has known and it is very likely you've never heard of them until now. >> the country's first black congressman took on washington during the reconstructioner i can't fighting for reforms and equal rights all while battling racial prejudice and overcoming personal stories of oppression. their stories are told in "capitol men," through the lives of the first black congressmen. joining us is the book's author phillip dray. good morning. thanks for being with us. what originally was your inspiration for the book. >> that image on the cover of the book of the first black congressmen looking so dignified. i wondered who they were. it looked sort of incongruous, a mid 19th century image like that and when i learned there was not much information at all, no one had written a book about that, i decided i would undertake that. >> take us through three of these incredible

congressmen. let's start with robert smalls his story may be the most fantastic. >> robert smalls was a slave in south carolina. he came to be known as the boat thief to the southerners who came to dislike him. he worked on a boat in charleston harbor as a slave and con knifed to steal the boat and deliver it over to the union navy. and for this, he was honored by being made the captain of the same boat and went on to then help win the argument for enlisting former saves in the union army. >> he convinced president lincoln that they could go into the army? >> that's right. at that time it was a matter of debate of whether it should be done or not. his example helped to put that over. >> tell us about robert brown elliott. >> he's kind of mysterious. at that time there wasn't the kind of research that went into finding out who politicians were necessarily. his background is a little murky but he was a

brilliant orator from south carolina. they called him the african because he was very dark complexioned. you have to remember at that time most white people were unaccustomed to hearing black people speak especially in public and they were arrested by what they called the african cadences. in other words, his ability to speak -- we're familiar with it from the black church or martin luther king jr. which people at that time, whites were blown away about it. >> finally blanche k. bruce. >> he was from mississippi, weighed about 300 pounds. he was this incredibly powerful presence, very arrest rhys tow cratic. they -- arrest -- aristocratic. he traveled with former president grant and his wife. he had been a slave.

worked his way up, became a sherrif in mississippi. remember at that time, because of the 15th amendment which allowed black men to vote, you had about 2,000 black elected officials throughout the south and 16 of whom like bruce, elliott and smalls served in congress. >> "capitol men" is the book. thank you for being with us. >> thanks so much. >> incredible book. good luck with it. >> coming up, don't mess with the clintons or you could find yourself on their hit list. we talked to a democratic congressman who said going against hillary cost him his job. >> he's the most winning breed in the history of the westminster dog show. up next, meet this year's best in show. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] a classic macaroni & cheese from stouffer's

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nearly 3,000 dogs went nose to nose at the westminster kennel club dog show. there can only be one best in show and here it is. >> best in show this evening is a wire fox terrier. >> yep. sky is the winner and joined by handler now is sky himself and gabriel, who is back with us. and the spokesperson for the kennel club, david fry is back with us as you are every day, the day after. we appreciate your first stop. this is your second visit to us since 2010, you were here first, right? >> right. >> you had a wired haired terrier then, same dog and that was sadie. now you're back with sky. why did you win? >> i think she's a beautiful dog and she's the most beautiful face.

correct size and just loves to show. good things going for her. >> set up the final. what was the drama going in that had sky emerge victorious? >> it was an amazing final. the line - up of which you will never see again, i'm sure. but she's a beautiful dog. she stood there. the judge asked her to go out and stand and show sheriff off and she jumped into it. >> i brought this up earlier. you talk about sometimes the tie breaker being the bond between the dog and the owner, right? so gabriel, what about their relationship do you think had them win? >> you can tell they have a total bond like that. the dog looks to gabriel for leadership. sometimes with a terrier, that's a little tough because it's their world and we're just living in it. but gabriel is an expert and master handler and has this great relationship with sky that we've seen before. he's won two other bigger shows, kind of the triple crown,

national dog show and the akc national as well. >> so the other thing is we know that 46 times, terriers have won this. bloodhound has never won. what is it about terriers? you say it's their world, they're head strong. >> they're bred oarlock for trouble, for rats and things like that. and i think they're always out on the end of their lead, standing on their toes looking for trouble i. think that gives them an edge in a show room. when you put them in the hands of a master like gabriel, it's showing in the ring. >> you would be headed home right now if you didn't ring. what were your thoughts when the announcement was made? >> it was really shocking. you can never be prepared. it just blow me away. i won before, but you can never be prepared for it. >> can you compare sadie and sky? >> well, they're both beautiful. they love to show. they have great temperment. they have a lot of drive. that gives you a little

advantage. the other dogs a little more calm, you know. >> should i take personal that while we were talking, sky keeps yawning? >> gabriel and i are working not to yawn because we were up quite late, in the late night diner having a final meal. but it's a long, exciting, tough few days for handles like gabriel and when you go through it, you're working hard the whole time. >> you have 190 breeds, 2845 contestants and in the end, there is just one. what was different about this year is you gave mixed breeds a shot in the spotlight? >> we added an event, agility trial on saturday. mixed breeds are allowed to katy there. that was fun, too. we are a celebration of dogs. that's what we want everybody to celebrate with us, including mixed breed dog. >> what will you walk away from this show thinking about? >> going to think about the great performance had. i'm gog think about that line - up at thend, all

those great dogs standing up there and for sadie stacking up with something for all to see. >> gabriel, thanks so much for joining us. congratulations to sky. i hope you get rest. david, all great to see you. we appreciate you being your first stop. >> thank you. >> let's go over to elisabeth and peter and find out what's coming up. >> thanks, brian. i think you're best in show, peter. >> i think brian is. actually sky. he didn't ask any questions of sky. >> sky is worn out. big day. up next on our show, parents, what's the biggest burden around the house? a new study says it's dad. we're going to explain all that coming up. >> then lois lerner refused to testify about the irs scandal. brand-new developments at the top of the hour. ♪ ♪

good morning. it's wednesday, february 12. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. fox news alert. the south under siege as a potentially catastrophic winter storm heads their way. schools and businesses closed and emergency crews are being dispatched across the region. we are live with the latest on the ground. and president obama may have been joking around here, but -- >> break protocol here. that's the thing about being president, i can do whatever i want. >> but he's dead serious about using his pen and phone on everything from obamacare to the minimum wage. is there a limit to his power? and new report shows more women bringing home the bacon. does that mean dads should be doing the chores? we report. you decide because "fox & friends" begins right now.

>> hi, it's dorothy hamill and you're watching "fox & friends." >> good morning. we had a sweet visitor, sky, fox terrier. he took the prize at the westminster. he was here with us with david fry. >> yeah. what a delicate, strong dog, very calm dog, who is very exhausted after winning the best in show. you can imagine the hoopla. been up all night. >> lot of pressure. >> lot of pressure, but this is gabriel's second win for that dog in particular, over 100 wins in different shows. i've never even seen a wire haired terrier before. >> how many times have they won? dozens of times, right? >> right. >> they gave credit to sky as a great dog and handler. >> as far as we can tell. meanwhile, millions in the south are bracing for that

catastrophic storm that's coming our way. georgia officials not taking any chances this time around after an ice storm crippled atlanta just two weeks ago. everybody apologizing. jonathan siri is live there with how the city is preparing. jonathan, you're getting hit? >> reporter: yeah, we are indeed. we've been getting sleet for the past couple hours right now and as you look behind me, this is atlanta's downtown connector. it's where interstate 75 and 85 meet. and ordinarily you'd be seeing the rush hour traffic just beginning at this time. very little traffic right now and traffic driving slowly. people heeding the warnings to stay off the roads. while most of the snow is concentrated north of atlanta right now, the temperature is right around freezing here. we've been seeing sleet. there is already icing on some of the elevated roads and bridges. dot crews have been out pretreating these potential trouble spots to keep them open for emergency traffic. more than 2500 out of state utility crews are on stand-by to

assist georgia power employees in case the icy tree branches start falling on power lines. there has been a trend in metro atlanta to build new neighborhoods with underground power lines, but in many cases, they're still connected to overheadlines just outside the neighborhood. and are still at risk of losing power during an ice storm. so emergency officials are telling folks to be prepared to shelter in their homes for several days without power. it is a very real possibility in this storm. back to you. >> all right. thanks a lot. so jonathan will be in the middle of that. let's see if atlanta can step up. we're going to be talking more about what's happening in washington. but until then, here is heather. >> got some other stuff to bring you. good morning to everyone. while you were sleeping, san diego electing a republican mayor. the only republican mayor to lead a major city in the state of california. kevin falconer won a special election to replace mayor filner who resigned amid sexual

harassment scandals. they become the nation's largest city with a republican mayor. in oregon, two national guard helicopters will attempt another rescue of two injured skiers following an avalanche that left two others dead. low clouds and poor visibility prehave noting the choppers from reaching them last night. at least 12 people have died in avalanches nationwide so far this season. lawyers working to clear bin laden's son-in-law on terrorism charges. listen to this, are now allowed to interview mastermind khalid sheikh mohammed in hopes of helping their client. they asked the u.s. government to speak with ksm to use his testimony in trial. the only catch is that attorneys for the department of justice and the department of defense would have to supervise that interview. interesting. we'll keep you posted on that. new study finds more moms are the main bread winner of their households these days. in four often households with kids, the woman is the one to bring home the bacon. one of their biggest burdens is

chores. >> kindergarten bake sale, christmas lights birthday party. >> i don't know how you do it. >> i don't know how she does it. all those children. >> i have two. >> you have four. >> yeah, but two are twin. >> that explains a lot. but when asked what the biggest burden is, the survey says dad. even though men think they're doing their fair share, only 60% of moms say that they are satisfied with the division of chores in their house. what do you think about that? those are your headlines. we could talk a lot about that one. >> that could get a little chatty for sure. >> we'll talk after the show. >> thanks. from using the executive order on the minimum wage which we heard today the president may be taking that pen that he has and signing away to increase federal minimum wage to 10.10 by executive order, to change the laws passed by congress, 27 times, specifically speaking, the second change to the employer mandate on the affordable care act, is everyone

wondering how much power is too much power? certainly brit hume yesterday was asking this question. are there limits to a president's power? >> we had an aggressive mainstream media on this story, the question would be put everywhere that what is the limiting principle here? why couldn't a republican president, if one were elected in 2016, simply delay the whole law until 2080, for example, as somebody suggested today? so far the administration has articulated no limits to this principle. they're talking vaguely about implementation authority that applies to tax laws and because the penalty has been found by the supreme court to be a tax that they have some room under that. maybe so for some of these. but not for this individual mandate that's been delayed. >> so if the president keeps delaying these things, keeps making these ammonsments and moving on. so when you do things that are

big like he's doing, they require more adjustments in transitions to make sure they're being implemented in as manageable a situation as possible. so i guess four years to get the law ready was not enough. 27 adjustments have already been made. but they're not really change the law. they're delaying portions of it. there is nothing being altered or made better. >> i can't even -- i can't accept this notion of delaying. it's erasing, as you say. it's ignoring. the law is on the books. the president has said, i'm going to engage in cafeteria constitutionalism. pick one from here, pick one from there. maybe i'll adopt it. maybe i won't. we'll do it in the year i want to do it, when it's politically popular for me to do it. so the law is being ignored. plain and simple. >> it seems that the pen we keep hearing about is being used to make changes or try to erase a law that seemed to be written in pencil at this point. where is this law going? this is the same law that

republicans gave harsh criticism >> they're whiting out big parts of this law. no longer legislation. it's law. >> on top of that, they're just doing it to get through 2014 and then 2016. literally the president saying finish it when i'm out of here. this law, i did it, i'll take a bow and leave before it's actually in play. >> the question is, is this being done because the law itself is not working, or is it being done because it's not working for the political agenda? >> bingo. >> let's talk about the irs. yesterday the republicans made a move to make sure that the irs and the treasury is not allowed to implement different rules in the next year that would disallow organizations like tea party groups and social media groups from getting involved in elections and they voted 23-16 to push back against treasury. >> so there has been a huge investigation. it took a while to get going, where lois lerner, we know they

were blocking conservative groups. they're trying to look into the details of that. was it a bone headed decision or was this something more? but now we're finding out that they audited existing organizations that were trying to make it illegal for them to actually apply. >> not just holding new application, the ones that were existing, they were so effective in 2010, they were examining them and thwarting them. >> dozens of groups operating already were flagged for irs surveillance, including monitoring the group's activities web sites and other publicly available information. what the study found. >> congressman tom price also a doctor, says the administration is doing this in a blatant attempt to silence political speech, weighing in now, the chairman of house and ways means, dave camp. >> what this means is treasury was involved as well. it's not just in the irs and this also means it's centered in washington. look, this didn't start in cincinnati. this wasn't based by a few rogue

folks. and this is actually more widespread than was first reported. 100% of the groups that were audited were conservative groups, 100%. look, this is bad from the get go and the fact that they're trying to put into a rule before this is even really fully uncovered is just wrong. >> and what we're finding out, it wasn't fledgling groups, tea party groups that wasn'ted to start up, it was existing groups and congressman price and congressman camp are talking about this notion of silencing speech, silencing political speech in this country. >> we get to the bottom of it, lois lerner wouldn't take the fifth. they're finding out more and more about the trajectory of this. >> she took more than a smidgen of the fifth. she took the entire fifth. >> what's to take the fifth if there isn't anything to take the fifth on? >> there is a lot of smidgen apparently and a lot of fifth. >> ten minutes after the hour, coming up -- >> coming up, don't mess with the clintons or you could find

yourself on their hit list? we talked to a democratic congressman who says going against hillary cost him his job. >> plus the white house must have forgotten about the first lady's let's move campaign. the fatty meal guests ate at last night's state dinner for the french socialist president. ♪ ♪

he was a sought after democratic super delegate in 2008. but after throwing his support behind then presidential candidate barak obama, he found out the hard way what happens when you cross the clintons. what's it like to be a democrat caught in their cross hairs on

their so-called hit list? jason altmire, now in the private sector, really because bill clinton campaigned for your opponent who won, mark crist. welcome. >> glad to be here. good morning. >> the way i understand it, bill clinton approached you and said, you're a super delegate. i need to you kind of switch sides and give hillary a real shot come convention time. can you do that? and you basically said no. i'm staying neutral. i'm not going to do that. >> yeah, that's exactly the issue. the election was near the end. it was very clear where the voters were headed. i didn't feel that the super delegate rule was relevant. i thought i should have one vote like everybody else. i said when everybody has cast their votes, let the people decide and the winner is the winner. i don't think the role of the super delegate should have been to overturn the will of the people. so i decided to just stay out of it and cast my own vote. >> by staying with the will of the people, you entwhistle with against the will of the -- went against the will of the clintons and you believe that's why bill clinton campaigned against you when they redistricted you, you

had to run again and lost the primary. >> yeah. this is something that happened six years ago and my election was two years ago. i'm not interested in really revisiting it. the book came out this week and it's something that i think the story has been told and i just wanted to say that i'm over it and i think it's interesting the way that the clintons approached it and for 2016, maybe there is a lesson to learn. i think hillary clinton would be a great president. i held no grudges in this matter. but as the book tells, there is a consequence to not doing what they want to you do. >> listen, 11 pages you you said were about you and the clintons. so 11 pages about you and your decision within your own party. do you think in politics it's right to have a hit list for those who wronged you? >> i think everybody probably remembers who helps you and remembers who doesn't help you. what's different, i think in this case is you have two people

who have been around for a very long time, who have achieved the highest levels of power and who still are aspiring to do more. so i think there is a story to be told about what happens if you cross that threshold. but again, i don't think that it's unusual in the way that it was handled. the story is told pretty accurately in the book. and again, i've moved on and i think in 2016, secretary clinton is probably going to make a very strong run. >> right. so bill richardson and company should get a food tester, don't expect them to come around. but basically, i'm wondering how people who supported barak obama will feel about the prohibitive favorite, hillary clinton, should she run, what do you think we can learn from looking at what happened to you? >> it's interesting. president clinton has campaigned aggress very muchly for barak obama. he served in president obama's administration. so hopefully this is all behind us now. they clearly keep score. they clearly remember who was with them in 2008 and who

wasn't. i'm somebody who stayed neutral. i didn't even endorse president obama, as i said. so it's an interesting story to tell, but i don't know that what -- what that means for the future. i think secretary clinton will run for president and i think she'll be a very strong candidate. >> instead of being the congressman from pennsylvania, the former congressman from pennsylvania, now living in florida in the private sector because did you what you said you thought was right. jason, thanks for sharing your intimate story, your story about 08 and how it relates to 16. thanks so much. >> thank you, brian. glad to talk to you. >> same here. 18 minutes after the hour. straight ahead on our rundown, a warning for parents. if your kid uses a car seat, you'll want to hear this one. a recall impacting millions. what you need to know straight ahead. plus, the label on your food says it's natural. so it must be healthy, right? the truth about what you're actually eating next. spit it out until we come back. ♪

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welcome back. news by the numbers. first, 3.7 million. that's how many graco car seats are being recalled because children can get trapped in buckles that may not unlatch. the company says it's redesigned the faulty buckle and is sending replacements to any affected families. there are no reported injuries, thank god. and next, $100 million. she's back, y'all. that's how much private equity backing paula deen will be returning with. and finally 2500. that's how many gut busting calories were in last night's state dinner meal at the white house. that's almost triple what the first lady and the usda allows

our school kids to eat in the school lunch program. >> suspicious there, peter. well, think you're doing yourself some good by eating foods labeled natural or healthy? before you fill up your cart with those, listen to our next guests. they are the author of "naked calories" and here to shed light on misleading food labels. we're going to go through sections here. the first foods that have natural on them and what that really means, what's your take on that? >> foods labeled natural are popping up everywhere because consumers are buying it. they think that natural means ingredients are natural. but the f.d.a. says that foods labeled natural can't contain synthetic or artificial ingredients, but very loose on the definition of artificial. so for instance, in this natural whole grain bread, we've got high fructose corn syrup. i don't think grandma was sending grandpa out with that when she made her bread.

also, the longest ingredient on the list is an asthma causing allergen that's been banned in other countries. it's still in this loaf of bread and it's not natural. subway subs just took it out of their bread because of consumers saying they don't want it. it's not natural. it's also got transfats. this is something that causes 50,000 premature heart attacks a year. >> parents are on the lookout for the transfats. apple sauce is here why? >> it says all natural. looks like a great product. doesn't have extra ingredients. but the problem is that they're coated in pesticide. it tops our list in our book of the terrible 20 or fruits and vegetables that contain the most pesticide residue. average it contains more than two pesticides per apple that you feed your child. rather than the regular kind that says natural, buy organic because they can't use the synthetic pesticide. they can cause neurological damage. >> can you wash it off?

>> it doesn't really work that way. you can use a fruit spray. we recommend everyone use one. but still better to be careful. >> what's this section of food? >> we could have a whole show about this. there will be a big debate in america to whether or not genetically modified foods should be able to be labeled as natural. right now they are. this is corn labeled as natural, but it's genetically modified corn. what happens is this corn, as it grows, it creates its own pesticides to kill all the bugs and who knows what it's doing to us? if you want to protect yourself, organic corn, right there on the shelf next to it, it cannot be genetically modified. >> organic is a fairly loose term. was it the shovel that they used or the truck that carried it? there is a lot of leeway there yet to be defined by some standards. >> there is. >> what about things that contain certain foods? >> usually contains a whole lot of other junk is what it's containing. this says it contains real fruit, but it's fruit concentrate, which is fruit sugar and other chemicals in

there, a lot of artificial flavors to make it look like fruit. >> fruitish. >> more sugar than fruit. absolutely. it has artificial colors and has to have warning labels in other countries. these are not even legal to have and nutri grain in other countries doesn't have the artificial colors. they use natural colors. but here in the u.s. we don't have that legislation. so they put the artificial colors in. >> is there legislation pushing for unnatural colors to be taken out? >> there is a lot of people fighting for that. >> what about the word healthy? what does that say? , this they tut it in their name trying to make the consumer feel like it is healthy. it says zero transfat on there, but that's because the labeling loophole. you can have .5 grams of transfat per serving. problem is, each little bag of popcorn has 2.5 servings in there. you eat a bag of popcorn, you're getting that transfat. certainly not healthy. >> what if it says healthier. >> it may be interesting. >> room for debate there.

same thing with here? >> msg in there. you got corn syrup in there. you've got potentially genetically modified ingredients. people have to read the labels. don't just take what the manufacturers are trying to push on for healthy or natural. >> is healthy defined by the f.d.a.? >> yes, it is. defined as having a lower amount of fat, cholesterol or sodium. that doesn't necessarily mean it's healthy. there is things like salmon and nuts that might not fall in that low fat category that are healthy. >> the definition is loose. >> very loose. >> thank you both so much. authors of "naked calories." >> thank you very much. >> coming up, afghanistan breaking an agreement and letting dozens of terrorists with american blood on their hands go free. so how safe are we here at home? plus, i'm about to grab a slug ger and give a slugger a fresh start to the season.

it's okay, doug. we can do this.

♪ ♪ it's your rosy shot of the morning. looking for love this valentine's day, but still want in on a big bouquet of flowers?

look no further than my fake valentine.com. it allows users to send themselves flowers to avoid the gloom and doom of being single on the holiday and having no loved ones paying tribute. the flower arrangements range in price as well as jealousy level for the people around you when you get the delivery. pretty incredible. >> or if you want to look like you didn't get flowers, you can send yourself some, if you're having a tough day. >> act surprised when they arrive. >> right. >> when the bill comes, act doubly shocked. >> speaking of? oh, thanks. >> what a surprise. >> brian kilmeade, "fox & friends." >> thank you. just like i ordered. >> did you send flowers? >> what a shock. >> did you use this web site? >> i used my sensitive side to order myself. >> did you just say you sent yourselves flowers? >> yes, i did.

>> you order yourself flowers? >> peter is referring to the story where i took the side f you're a kid and you want to send a valentine card to another kid, you shouldn't have to send it to the whole class. >> he took it a step further and sent yourself flowers. >> to that he is are from your beautiful wife, i'm sure. >> now they are. they were once a prop. we're about to do something that boston red sox fans have been expecting in the offseason. one of their world champions is here for a very special reason, for a great cause. >> i can't wait! we had our beard done for the championship all the way through and now we'll take care of that beard. he's looking a little scared. he's ready, he's ready. heather nauert, you have some headlines for us before we got to the trim. >> good morning. that's going to be fun. the u.s. military slamming afghanistan for its plans to release 65 dangerous taliban prisoners, some of them with american blood on their hands. afghan officials insisting there is not enough evidence to

prosecute them. are the he lease violates agreements between the u.s. and afghanistan. release orders for all 65 were signed last night. this is afghan president karzai still hasn't signed a deal that would allow u.s. troops to stay in afghanistan after 2014. we'll keep watching this story for you. then another major chemical spill to tell but in west virginia. more than 100,000 gallons of waste from a coal facility is now leaking into the kanawa river in charleston. it's a grimy by-product of coal production and it's now blackening miles of water there. last month a separate leak from a coal storage tank along the elk river contaminated the water for 300,000 people. the latest leak is not expected to affect the public water supply. we'll also keep watching this story for you. and imagine finding this in your book yard. can you tell what it is? probably not. it's a mammoth tusk from the ice age. construction workers finding it about 30 feet below the ground

on private property in seattle. it will be examined by a museum, but the land owner will get to decide what happens to the tusk. this is such a sweet story. kid in chicago should win son of the year award. his mother was recently diagnosed with leukemia and so he wrote this note for her in the snow on the park garage across from her hospital window. it reads, mom, god bless you. >> i thought it would be nice for my mom to see it and for others to feel happy. >> i was proud and amazed that he could think of doing something as spectacular as that for me just outside my window for everyone to see. it was a big, proud mommy moment. >> proud mommy moment. the garage had to be plowed eventually. but the hospital says the snowplow drivers waited until the last possible moment to wipe that message away. and those are your headlines. what a nice young man he is.

very sweet. >> that's a project to take on, too. good for him. >> 25 minutes before the top of the hour. maria molina is poised to tell us the extreme weather up and down the east coast. >> yeah, that's right. about 2,000 miles worth of winter storm warnings or even advisories stretching from eastern texas all the way up to portions of maine. so all of these areas are expecting some form of winter weather within the next 24 to 48 hours. and i do want to show you the forecast as far as the southeast 'cause this is going to be one of the worst hit areas and that is where we have ice storm warnings in effect because ice accumulation here could potentially exceed over a half inch of ice, some spots the forecast is to exceed an inch of ice. so widespread power outages are forecast and people are being urged to stay off the road. take a look at the feature radar. we're expecting hours and hours of freezing rain, of sleet and also of snow to fall across parts of georgia and the carolinas, possibly over 12

hours. so that's going to allow that snow and that ice to continue to accumulate out there. here is a look at the ice forecast. you can see georgia and the carolinas. snow heavy at times, expected across the northeast as well. tonight into tomorrow, six to 12 inches forecast widespread. parts of new england could actually see more than a foot of snow, especially across western massachusetts. let's head back inside. >> thanks a lot. ♪ ♪ >> world series champs boston red sox proudly showed their shall darity by growing -- solidarity by growing beards. >> as they gear up for spring training, one player is shaving off his beard for a great cause. johnny, thanks for coming here to do this. we appreciate it. first off, you made elisabeth happy by winning the world series. but you also made the country proud when you put that world series trophy at the finish line of the boston marathon. why was that so important?

>> i mean, that was a tragic event that happened in boston with the northeast. but then again, the whole united states and it really wasn't a tragedy more as an attack. very rarely do we have the opportunity like right there to place the world series trophy within feet where the bomb went off. definitely doesn't erase the memories, but at the same time, makes us believers as turning the page and keep moving on and you can't mess with that boston area. >> no, you cer boston strong all the way. i wrote it across my jersey with a sharpie not too long ago after that happened. you lived a lot of life. you've had tragedy of your own. at 16, lost your best friend, made it through a car crash. at 22 you suffered a heart attack. almost took your life. you were no stranger to some challenges here. and what you're doing today actually kind of brings all the

worlds we're talking about together. you're working with the foundation, working with norelco, they're going to did he nate $10,000 to what? >> jumping on board with the travis roy foundation, which is local and out of boston and travis roy, pretty amazing story with where he's come from and where he is now and the tragedy he's gone through. what i'm doing personally is trying to raise as much money as i can and what we want to do is just buy like a fleet of wheelchairs, hand carts, and buggies to give people that are unfortunate to not be on their two feet and active as they once were at some point. >> johnny, it can't happen unless you shave your beard. you ready to do it? >> i guess i'm all out of options. >> come on, baby, sit down! >> here we go. doing a great job. noreclco is dedicating that money. if you want to help out, go to your foundation, right? >> yes, please.

proudrise/jonnygones.com. >> i put in a solid three minutes of training. >> did you even watch a video? >> i can't believe this is happening. do i go right up to the chops? >> you can do whatever you want. >> is this the most pain you're ever in. >> boy, ouch! >> for a great cause. >> yeah. for a great cause. >> this is like my prom picture in high school. >> is your family happy about this new look you're getting from elisabeth? >> yes, yes. my wife, she's got dragged through the mud with this poor beard. >> she got a lot of looks with you. does she like the beard? >> she likes winning the world series. but i think she could have gone without the beard. >> did you ever work in the military before, shaving? >> i'm pretty efficient here.

that is not how i want to treat a champ. >> do we have a mirror to see if johnny approves of this look? >> what's this thing called under the lip? >> well, i don't know. we could name it after, i guess. >> how do you feel? >> naked. >> you're not done yet. i've got more work to do in the break. >> the boston red sox have done something else great for a great cause and elisabeth, you now have a resume builder. >> look at this. i am so talented here. great cause, we're thankful you're here. we'll show off the results pretty soon. >> all right. >> peter, you're next. >> don't go elisabeth that. coming up, veterans waiting more than a year for the government to process the benefits they deserve and thenned. our next -- they earned. our next guest is fed up and says he has a solution. congressman duncan hunter on that next. then, check out this pot head.

really, he tried to use a flower pot as a disguise. how that worked out for this man. ♪ ♪

just about 15 minutes to the top of the hour. florida man busted by the cops after he's caught smoke pot in the maternity ward. a nurse called police when she got a whiff coming from his girlfriend has hospital room. and now a completely different kind of pot head. the rubber use -- it's using it as a disguise. he put on his head as disguise and tries to rob a gas station in australia armed with a chain saw. cops say he was wasted.

thankfully, no one got hurt. peter, i can't figure that one out. listen to this, please. u.s. veterans waiting more than a year for the government to process the benefits they deserve. our next guest is fed up and he says he has a solution. california congressman duncan hunter is a member of the armed services committee. he's also a veteran of the iraq and afghanistan wars. good morning, congressman, how are you? >> doing great, thank you. >> this is quite incredible to me. is the veterans benefits web site as bad as the obamacare web site? that's what some people are telling congress. >> it probably is. you know what this is, this is sad. the fact that we have over 400,000 or just under 400,000 backlogged cases, we got to make heads roll in the veterans affairs department. this should be run like a business. people should be fired. people should be held

accountable and the problem is because in the bule of big government and bureaucracy, it's not happening. there is nobody held to account. there is nobody who has been fired yet. the ceo is still there. things are breaking down. but it's okay because it's big government and we're supposed to accept that. that's the problem here. so jeff miller, the chairman of the veterans affairs committee, has a very good bill. it says if you don't do your job in the veterans affairs, we can fire you. and things like that need to start happening. so we start running this like a business. even at & t, look at any of these companies who have millions of customers and you can change your plans, you can get new health care, you can sign up for a refi for your mortgage. >> let me ask you this question you're a young, strong, idealistic congressman and a lot of our viewers have heard from other congress people in the past, heads got to roll. whose head should roll today?

who should be fired because veterans are waiting 400 days? >> the secretary of veterans affairs, general shinsecky. you would fire the ceo if it was fox news or any other company and work your way down. shenseki has been a great american, but it's time to go. it's time to clean house, to be in charge. president obama needs to fire people from the top down, start over. treat this like a business and treat us, the veterans, like they're customers. that would make this work. >> does our government, as go out with this final question, does our government really value our veterans? if you have to wait almost 400 days to get benefits and we expose this recently, if you can get welfare quicker than veterans benefits, does our government really value our veterans? >> yes, i do. but you're stuck in this bubble of inefficient city, of

bureaucracy, of big government. hey, i can sign up for a new refi on my mortgage in five minutes on-line, we can fix the veterans department. but it's got to start at the top, heads have to roll. you got to treat this like a business and hold people accountable. >> we'll leave it there. congressman hunter with a strong message, we appreciate your strength. good to see you. >> thank you. up next, does your husband constantly leave the door open after you tell him to close it? we're asking dr. keith ablow if this is normal or nuts. i think i know this particular issue. and on this day in history in 1978, the bee gees had the number one song in america with "stayin alive," one of my favorites. ♪ ♪

who is normal and who is nuts? it's a question we ask dr. keith ablow every week. and if he refuses the answer issues it's three minutes to silence. so far you have answered. let's begin with our first how are you? >> asked and answered. i am fine, how are you? >> good. >> we're good. >> bracing for the snow. >> we're almost ready here. so i want to go to this first one. my husband won't close anything, especially doors and drawers, car doors are often not latched and bathroom doors are left open. what's the deal? normal or nuts? >> he's nuts. okay, look, i'll say this, this could be a real problem that he hasn't shared with his wife. a phobia or obsessive compulsive disorder, to leave all these

things unlatched, all these doors open. you want to tell him listen, there is one door to open, it's a door to a psychiatrist's office 'cause why are you suffering like this? therapy, medicine could change your life. >> what about somebody who is compulsively closing those things all the time? needs to close all the doors, close all the drawers? are they equally nuts? >> i like that, you're throw not guilty a ringer here. i would say it's a little odd because what are you worried about? it sounds overwrought. >> okay. the door should be sometimes open and sometimes closed. >> number two, a teen daughter gets home sick is the title, now here is the letter. my daughter is 14 years old. she gets homesick and has managed three sleepovers. she just left on a two-week trip with her class and she has been begging to come home. is this normal or nuts? >> look, i'll call it normal, but concerning. she's anxious and the primary lesson here at normal or nuts

headquarters is that things are often not what they seem. so don't accept that she's simply anxious about sleepovers. dig deeper. did something happen at home that she's worried about? did something traumatize her when she was younger that now has her rattled if she doesn't have everything around her to reassure her? dig deeper. another reason to go see a therapist. >> you're rough today. two weeks away for a 14-year-old never been away from home and not anxious? >> that's why i said normal -- >> i don't know, you're tough today. >> something is bothering her we always dig deep here at normal or nuts. >> this is someone who will not accept any help. it says, i hate when someone helps me do a job that is supposed to be done on my own. i feel as though they're helping me because they think i'm not capable of doing the job. your thoughts? normal or nuts? >> that's what you think. it's normal, but you're on that spectrum. normal, but concerning because look, here is the thing. they may just be helping you out to be nice. it might be because somebody

realizes, god, you got five things to do, i got one. this is just fair. it's a self esteem issue. why do you think someone is accusing you of not being good enough? again, dig deep. it's not about today. it's not about your job and people helping you out. it's what happened to you years ago that convinced you you're not good enough. >> all right. keith, you're more than good enough. just for the record. thank you. >> i feel better already. >> we needed that reassurance. until the next time, enjoy the snow. >> thanks, my friend. coming up, the naacp called him a ventriloquist dummy. but today senator tim scott is getting the last word. >> great diversity the conservative movement doesn't know a color. it knows principles that guided this for many years. >> the rest of his message for those critics coming up. >> plus, the major milestones for elvis this morning. wherever he is.

♪ with suspicious minds ♪ and we can't build our dreams on suspicious minds ♪

good morning. it's wednesday, february 12. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. he's got a pen every child in kindergarten to hand out the same card on valentine's day to everybody, no names on the envelope.

so nobody feels rejected. i'm trying to give my opinion, but it's not working out. "fox & friends" starts right now ♪ >> abraham lincoln would be 205 had he lived. he'd be 205 today and that's probably a famous quote. happy birthday. do you know if it wasn't for lincoln's birthday, we would have a voice overfrom somebody famous. last hour was regis philbin. says welcome to "fox & friends." starting a new program where viewers can put their own entry in, go to our facebook page. there is instructions there. and you can actually might hear yourself. >> i didn't know about that. >> sam from wisconsin. >> how much fun. >> when are we going to start playing those? >> we'll see how many we get in.

>> good. >> start sending them now on facebook. 26,000 people across georgia already going without power as an ice storm that's being called catastrophic bears down on the south. jonathan serri is live in atlanta. how is it looking there so far? not so good, right? >> reporter: yeah, not so good. you mentioned the 26,000 without power. that figure has gone up dramatically. look at atlanta's downtown connector. ordinarily we would be at the height of rush hour and as you can see, just a half dozen vehicles at any time you glance at the downtown connector. most people heeding the warnings to stay off the roads. although the dot has done a great job pretreating these roads and keeping lanes open for emergency traffic. take a look at the georgia dot web site. it shows large stretches of interstates highlighted in red where traffic is moving much slower than usual with the threat of ice on elevated roads and bridges.

but power outages really remain the big concern as ice weighs down utility lines and nearby tree branches. although many new atlanta area neighborhoods have underground cables. they're often connected to trunk lines that are overhead on traditional utility poles. so they still face the risk of power outages. most of the snowfall remains just north of atlanta, but as we come back to our live shot, you can see and hear the sleet coming down. that's causing icing on the roads, especially elevated roads and bridges, including the 17th street overpass that i'm standing on right now. back to you. >> all right. get a chance for redemption down south. let's hope they can step up to the challenge. thanks, stay warm. let's talk about what the president did yesterday. or he'll make it official today. >> that pen that we keep hearing about will be used to sign an executive order on minimum wage, increasing the minimum wage to 10.10 for about 250,000 federal

employees so far. >> basically this is it. symbolic. he's trying to say rest of the country, follow me. i can't get congress to support me. how is it going to affect business? think about this. if you want to elevate everybody's minimum wage to 10.10 from $7 and something else, you have to say, those people who are make $2 above minimum wage, whatever it was, they're going to go, excuse me. could i have a raise because the whole country has a raise? then you got to ask every business owner, can you handle that? will it affect hiring? so there is going to be a ripple effect, but the president is trying to show that he's not going to be ham strung by a legislature that does not get along. >> you're absolutely right. in the wake of bad job creation numbers, the president saying, i'm for the working man and working woman in this country. although really won't have much effect at all on trying to send a signal, as brian says, that i'm the guy. i'm your guy. i'm for you. let's stop income disparity in this country. >> also making it clear,

official this week, the president of the united states yesterday declaring i'm going to make it easier on businesses. i'm going to further delay the implementation of the employer mandate for those businesses with 50 -- between 50 and 99 employees. >> right. it's a second change to the employer mandate and delay there. 27th change to the law overall that the president has gotten in there on. andrew mccarthy, former federal prosecutor said he can't just do this. it's not his money. >> it's not his money, by the way. in theory, if you wanted this law to work properly and whether it's a good idea or bad idea, the people who are implementing it should want it to work properly, that money is the public's. it doesn't belong to the president. he doesn't get to say, you know, i don't think i'll collect this three years worth. that belongs to us. it doesn't belong to him. and it is law, again, that he has no constitutional qualms

with and obvious three is one, he must implement it as written. he does not have the discretion not to do that. >> by the same token, obamacare bears the president's name. that expression. but the law is america's law and it's not up to the president to decide when it should be implemented if the law has already been signed and passed by him several years ago. dr. charles krauthammer weighed in on the obamacare delay, or the obamacare ignoring the law. >> this is the 27th time that obama has unilaterally amended a law that has already passed congress. you're not allowed to do that. they delayed it for the second time the employer mandate. now, how are you going to pretend that that's a way to better implement the law? that's a way to not implement the law. >> and i agree that. >> and so it is a contradiction of the supposed excuse for why

it's -- this is not an adjustment. this is not a sort of gradual entering into this thing. this is not a way to improve the employer mandate. this is a way to negate -- >> and of course, charles krauthammer was on bill o'reilly last night. just add to that the president is coming off a democratic summit, where he probably got an earful about people saying thank you for obamacare. and now he's going to these other augmentations and guess what happens? that means it's going to miss the 2014 elections, the 2016 elections. by the time this thing is fully installed, the president of the united states will be back in hawaii. >> sure. charles krauthammer last night also alluded to the fact that the question is being asked if this is decision being made for the people and businesses and the goodness of our nation, or is it a decision for the goodness of the midterm elections? >> what is the rule of law? >> another debate going on right now. senator tim scott actually firing back at the ncaa -- naacp leaders who called him ventriloquist dummy. remember this quote?

it said, a ventriloquist can always find a good dummy. the extreme right wing down here in south carolina find the black guy to be a senator and claims he's the first black senator since reconstruction. and then goes to washington, d.c. and articulates the agenda of the tea party. certainly upsetting many, especially the guy they were talking about, senator tim scott, who fired back with this. >> if you were looking for examples of the diversity of the conservative movement, think of ted cruz. think of marco rubio. think of allen west, myself. the great diversity of the conservative movement doesn't know a color. what we know are principles that have guided this country for 230, almost eight years now. the worst part, john, this is what really gets understand my skin a little bit, it's the fact that we have kids all over this country that are listening to these so-called leaders talking about other leaders and unfortunately with those kids walk away with is that p i step out of line, if i think for myself, if i'm not a part of a

monolithic thinking community, i'm kicked off. that's ridiculous. >> he reacts great by being calm and not taking it personal. however, it will be great for the president to weigh in and say hey, listen, can we stop this? can we look at him as a republican senator from south carolina and not african-american or white or hispanic? >> actually right. >> will there be outcry from the white house when it comes to this sort of punishment for stepping out for what people expect in terms of stereotype? >> i would say no, because it's two weeks old and they haven't said anything. >> maybe they're just delayed. >> maybe until 2016. hey, heather nauert. >> good morning to you. did you see the story out of north carolina? really horrific. 911 tape from an extreme case of road rage in the state of north carolina. you can hear the driver as he desperately calls for help with his daughter in the car. listen to this. >> here he comes again. he just hit me four times now!

he just blowed my window! >> he's trying to kill us! >> oh, my goodness. with his daughter in the car. the driver was finally able to pull into a parking lot and rush his daughter inside until police arrived. police say they don't know what prompted this attack. they had to taser the other driver. he is now facing a long list of charges. how frightening that would be. happening this morning, two helicopters will try to rescue two injured skiers following an avalanche that left two others dead in the state of oregon. low clouds and poor visibility kept those rescue choppers from reaching them last night. at least 12 people died in avalanches country -- across the country so far. the only republican as a mayor to lead a city in california. a major city, that is. kevin faulkner won a special election to replace mayor bob filner who resigned amid sexual

harassment scandals we told you about. san diego becomes the nation's largest city with a republican mayor. and here is a pop quiz to bring you. one of these three -- what do these three songs have in common? ♪ you really got me going ♪ you got me so i don't know what i'm doing ♪ ♪ we can't go on together with suspicious minds ♪ ♪ they call me mellow yellow ♪ they call me mellow yellow ♪ . >> here is the answer to that pop quiz. they were each written by new members of the song writers hall of fame. new inductees include donovan, ray davies and mark james. how about that? those are your headlines. >> thank you. >> 11 minutes after the hour. >> why is unemployment among black americans nearly double the national rate? david webb took that question to members of the naacp. >> do you think the president, president obama, has failed the black community?

>> no. i think republicans have failed. i think the congress has failed. >> up next, a democrat from congress responds, representative hakeem jeffries here live. >> one of the political rising stars. then this criminal never saw this coming. police take down of a suspect on a bike who thought he was getting away. he channels his old lawrence taylor for that.

welcome back. they're catching the attention of washington and those are faces may not be familiar yet, america's rising political stars are the future of our country. today's up and comer is

democratic new york congressman hakeem jeffries, born and raised in brooklyn, new york. he won a seat in the house of representatives in 2012. succeeding a 30-year incumbent. now entering his second year inside the beltway, congressman jeffries is making wonderful waves in washington. joining me now is congressman hakeem jeffries. good morning, congressman. how are you? >> good morning. good to be on. >> let's look at an issue and then we can talk about a couple of other things. the african-american unemployment rate has increased in the united states from 9.1% in 2008 to 12.1 in 2014. david webb of fox asked the naacp marchers if president obama has failed the black community. let's listen to this together and then i want you to comment on that, congressman, please. >> black unemployment is about double the national rate.

that's a real tragedy. are you frustrated with president obama? do you think he's failed? >> no. no. i think he's tried and i think congress has failed him. >> did he promise us more? has he failed? >> i don't think so. he's working real hard. the republicans -- >> you think the president has failed the black community? >> no. i think republicans have failed. i think the congress has failed. they have not done their job. >> congressman, so in those responses, a lot of people said, well, congress has not failed -- has not performed, either democrats or republicans or both. what do we do about intractable black unemployment in this country that seems to be getting worse? >> i think the president has done a very good job under difficult circumstances. black unemployment under his presidency has come down since peaking during the high of the great recession.

in fact, in 2013, there was two-plus point improvement in lower black unemployment. it's still too high, but still too high for americans of every race and reason and religion across the country. i think what congress needs to do is work together with the administration, invest in the american economy, invest in transportation and infrastructure, invest in technology and innovation, invest in research and development, invest in putting americans back to work. we've made progress more than 7 million jobs in the private sector created during this presidency. but we can all work together, democrats and republicans, to do a whole lot more for our country. >> working together is so important and so many americans are disappointed in the conventional politics. look at your own life. you ran against conventional policy particularses and -- politicians and after a lot of failure in the begin, you were successful. now you're being successful in congress. what's the message of that in terms of bringing people together and getting out of the box in terms of conventional

democratic and conventional republican politics in this country? >> i think the members of congress who are elected in 2012, democrats and republicans, all were sent to washington with a mission, that we want you guys to work together regardless of your race, region, your religion, regardless of whether you're a democrat or republican, regardless of whether you're from suburban america or urban america, like myself, or rural america. we've got a collective set of problems and we all got to work together. now, there have been partisan moments here in washington during my first term, but there have also been moments of opportunity where i've been able to partner with friends on the other side of the aisle. for instance, as it relates to patton reform, i'm a member of a bipartisan task force on overcriminallization in america, five democrats, five republicans, some very conservative republicans, some very progressive democrats all working together to try and deal with the problem of criminal justice reform in america as it affects the overreach by the federal government. so these are signs of progress

even amidst the partisanship. i'm just hopeful that i can continue to be part of the solution here because that's what the people of brooklyn and queens sent me to do. >> thank you so much. we hope to see awe lot here on "fox & friends" and on the fox news channel. good to see you. >> thank you. >> tomorrow we'll talk with another rising star, republican congressman sean duffy of wisconsin on our rising star series. coming up, he's traveled the world on nothing but his motorcycle. then vanished during his latest trip to mexico. his mother is here next with her desperate plea to help find him. and then iran is sending warships to u.s. waters. yes, warships to u.s. waters. it turns out that they may not even be able to make the trip. so much for iran's power play. we'll hear about that here on "fox & friends".

the u.s. military slamming afghanistan for plans to release 65 dangerous prisoners with american blood on their hands. afghan officials insisting not enough evidence to prosecute them. release vital agreements between the u.s. and afghanistan. and those two iranian warships heading toward the u.s. are a couple of rust buckets. tehran is use to go try and prove its power. iran says the move is in response to the ongoing presence of the u.s. navy's fleet across the persian gulf. the u.s. says the ships do make it to the u.s. maritime waters, they wouldn't be a match for our coast guard cutters.

elisabeth? >> thanks. he circled the globe with the wind at his back. the travel blogger from new york who has taken nothing but his motorcycle to cities around the world. his next stop was supposed to be the world cup. but harry's trip took a tragic turn when he vanished in a dangerous region of mexico. his mother, ann, has not heard from him in weeks. she's here with us this morning with a plea for everyone watching to help her find her son, harry. thank you for being with us. i can't imagine the nightmare of the past days for you. harry was used to traveling. >> yes. >> he traveled the world, all over without any issue like this ever before. correct? >> yes, absolutely. he had been in dangerous situations before, but he had always been able and not of his own making, not because he was wreckless. but just because danger did happen to cross his path and he had always been able to maneuver

his way to safety. >> when was the last time you heard from him? we just read he was headed to the world cup, wanted to go on this exciting adventure. when did you hear from him last? >> the last time i heard from him he was at the home of his friend, omar martinez, about to leave for the butterfly sanctuary. he spent three days there and left on the 25th. before he left, he told me he expected to be out of cell phone range for a few days and would call me as soon as he could, but not to worry. >> okay. >> and so i didn't. he has always, always notified me when he would be out of touch for any particular amount of time. >> so he tells you that. and then on january 25, around that time, he sent a text to his girlfriend? >> yes. >> and you have that. would you read that for everybody? >> just an hour and a half long escort out of an area that was way too dangerous for me to be.

going to get back on the road soon. i'm running way late because of the crazy military stuff. hopefully i'll get a chance to talk to you tonight when i hopefully finally arrive. >> when you read that right now, what do you feel your son is trying to say there? >> to me, the sub text is, something very out of the ordinary is going on here and i'm just letting you know in my harry way, that i'm on alert and i'm wary and this is potentially a dangerous situation for me. >> a mom's heart i think is the strongest indicator. what's your greatest fear? do you believe harry -- >> i believe my son is still alive. i think the second escort is our key. and it is possible this was not a military escort, but someone who was disguised as a military

escort. >> there have been reports of that. in the case that harry -- and we have his information, his description for everybody on our web site and up now -- if indeed he is watching right now, chances are he could be, mom, what do you want to say to harry? >> i want to tell him how much i love him. i think he knows that. i want to tell him how much his friends are crazy to find him. harry has a band of brothers whose moms are harry's moms. i'm your mother, my beloved son. your moms are on the job and there is nothing like a mom who gets busy to be more effective than the f.b.i we are looking for you day and night. there are boots on the ground. there are people out there scouting you. so many good mexicans throughout the area have their eyes out for you. their ears listening for news of

you. we know you're well. we know you're waiting for us to find you and we just want to give you a hug and rejoice in your life. your life that has touched us all. >> a message of hope. >> i am hopeful. no news is no bad news. i really think if he had gone off the road that he would have been found. so i think -- we've had -- the help find harry facebook page, the help find harry at hot mail.com, all funneling -- being funneled by jackie burrell, a mom on the job. >> 16,000 there and growing. the information is there. ann, we are going to do everything we can to get this information to travel and bring harry back to you certainly and great hope. we want to thank you. >> i would like to appeal to the senators to keep pressuring the

american embassy, to pressure the mexican government to help us find out who that escort was and the coordinates of his last phone call. thank you. >> mom's heart to mom's heart. >> thank you for the opportunity. >> we wish you the best in finding harry. brian? >> thanks a lot. 30 minutes before we're done. up next, is wendy davis' campaign going to pot? the latest controversial stance by the liberal candidate for governor of texas. then, a teacher ordering every child in kindergarten to hand every child a valentine's day card so nobody feels rejected. we'll share your comments coming up.

welcome back. we're almost done. we're about to learn how to get fit once and for all. >> i know. denise austin, how great is she? >> she just waltzed into our studio. >> she ran. >> and mayor rudy guiliani still straight ahead. >> that's right. and heather nauert, you have some updates for us. >> good show left ahead of us. good morning to you all. that's news now to bring. wendy davis says she supports the use of medical marijuana. the texas gubernatorial

candidate said she would consider decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of the drug for recreational use. she says she's not sure how she would vote on full legalization of the drug, like they've done in colorado and washington state. this is what happens when you trio run from cops. look at this right here. an officer in sacramento, bam, taking down a burglary suspect who tried to get away on a bicycle. police using a helicopter and also k-9 team to put a perimeter around the area when somebody tried to break into a house. that's when this guy tried to make a break for it. three officers were hurt in that struggle. boy, they sure got their guy. america has a new top dog. >> best in show this evening is the wire fox terrier. >> this is an amazing final. the seven dogs in there had a total of 520 some best in show wins between them. he was line - up of which you will never see again, i'm sure. but she's a beautiful dog. she stood there.

the judge asked her to go out and stand and show herself off and she jumped right in it. >> that's sky, the fox terrier, taking home the honor at westminster kennel club last night. he was here earlier. nearly 3,000 dogs went nose to nose. but five-year-old sky pawed her way to the top. congratulations to sky and her handler, gabriel. all right. i love that doggy. the big story now has to be the weather. atlanta, south is getting another shot. rising up to the challenge, maria, when will it start hitting here? >> we're expecting the storm to arrive across portions of the northeast as we head into late tonight and also into tomorrow morning. but georgia, the carolinas, really the hardest hit this morning. we already have reports of more than 20,000 people are without power across just the state of georgia. expect those power outages to continue to rise across the region. we do have some kind of winter weather advisory stretching from eastern texas all the way up to

parts of maine. so very widespread area. about 2,000 miles under some kind of advisory or warning. we are expecting a prolonged period of time across georgia and the carolinas with wintery weather to linger 12 hours, that's a long time that you are going to be seeing that ice and snow across the region. then the storm heads towards the northeast. ice accumulations here are forecast to possibly exceed over a half inch of ice across georgia, south carolina. that is very significant. six to 12 inches possible on the higher elevations of the appalachians and look at this. that's the northeast. widespread totals of snow between six and 12 inches. you can see six to ten right here in the city. let's head back inside. >> did you already ditch that new year's resolution to lose weight? don't worry. you've still got a couple of months before the beaches open. why not jump start your workout with some sexy latin dance moves? joining us now -- >> a woman who never uses new

years to get in shape. fitness expert denise austin is with us. she's got a brand-new dvd called burn fat. latin dances on sale now. what do the latins know? >> not just discovered, but it's all about getting fit! the key is to burn fat so you get nice and firm and toned. >> what better way to do it than music? >> music is the key. and moving your hips is fun. and you work your waistline at the same time. so let's get going. >> absolutely. >> come on! >> what's the name of this workout? >> burn fat fast latin dance workout. it's a 30-minute burst. you get your heart rate up, burn fat, and you really fight heart disease. the reason i'm here today, i was at the red dress awards last

night. wonderful evening to fight women's heart disease. >> let's dance. >> okay! let's go! come on! come on! cha-cha. brian, get your rear over here, boy! come on. cha-cha. woo! it's really fun because you can do some arm exercises with it and firm up the biceps. and the triceps. then you can do turns and then you can do this and work your waistline. great heart rate. heart rate gets up and now let's work the waistline. >> i need a the lo of help with that. >> this is the best way to tighten and tone the belly. so on your hands and knees, you can do it. now you tighten up your abs and

keep it firm. >> how does rudy guiliani feel about what's happening to his city? here next. >> a new mandate for kindergarteners for valentine's day. you're order to give everyone the same generic card so no one feels injected. brian likes that idea. >> tighten that tummy! tuck it in! you can do it!

time for quick headlines. the longest underground drug tunnel now shut down. it ran 481 feet across the u.s.-mexico border from arizona. authorities arrested three men and seized 640 pounds of marijuana. a half pound of heroin during the bust. forget chocolate and flowers for valentine's day.

gun stores across the country in the u.s. offering a customers a shot at love. retailers suggest one of the biggest sellers this year could be firearms. even offering a pink and purple hand guns for women. shotgun marriages there, too. we told think story earlier in the show about this kindergarten class that made a quick rule. they said listen, kinder combattenners, if anybody is going to bring in a card for valentine's day, it's got to be for every single person in the class. not for one in particular person. don't even put a name on the envelope. we don't want people to feel bad that they don't have a valentine. i said that is over the top. just let kids be kids. you can't possibly like everyone in that class. >> in kindergarten, parents are doing that work anyway. i'm glad we don't have to write more names. how is that? >> let's see what you have to say. >> barbara said this on facebook, this is how we did it way back. it's not only politically correct in this case, it's teaching politeness and compassion, brian. >> and then from donna, parents,

you can't always protect your child from hurt. get a grip. start early. there will be a lot of hurt along the way. so she takes your child abuse viewpoint, brian. >> no, that is your editorializing. sherry says this on facebook, here is the difference: it used to be that there did not have to be a rule 'cause people were kind and smart enough to know to do it. >> yes. that's true. >> interesting. >> so we're just evening everything out. >> so kindness and smartness should dictate. >> kindergarteners, get all the cards ready. make them all generic, make them all say happy valentine's day. make all the glue on the envelope taste the same. >> they can practice their name. >> thanks for weighing in. we'll close the show with a great interview. the mayor of new york city wants to give benefits to illegals and jack up the minimum wage. how does rudy guiliani feel about that? after all, he used to run this city. we ask him next.

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>> historic storm, that's what they're saying, hitting the southeast. millions will be affected. the national weather service using dire language so we're all over that storm today. targeting of conservatives truly over? congressman dave camp on what he has found. by the shovel full, martha and i will see new ten minutes. back to brian and elisabeth now. thanks. new york city mayor bill de blasio kicking off his first term in office with a rollout of progressive proposals.

take a look. >> we will ask albany to give new york city the power to raise the minimum wage in all five burroughs. we'll reach out to all new yorkers, regardless of immigration status, issuing municipal i.d. cards available to all new yorkers this year. >> wow. >> a former new york city mayor, rudy guiliani, says that's not progressive. it's retro gressive and joins us now. when you hear that, what's your reaction to the cards that will be issued? >> first of all, the minute i hear the word progressive, i laugh because these are ideas that are 130, 140 years old, have been tried before, have been tried in new york city before, all these liberal ideas, right, and the economy in the city was a disaster when i took over as mayor of new york city. 10 1/2% unemployment. deficits of 2 and $3 billion. 4, 500,000 jobs gone. to raise the minimum wage just in new york city, not the rest

of the state, will drive businesses out of new york city, into new jersey, into nassau county, westchester county. the minimum wage is going to be raised, and i doubt it would help, has to be done statewide. can't be done just within the city. plus i don't think you can accomplish it. i don't think the state legislature will do it. >> it's going to slap -- he wants to raise taxes right away and then raise minimum wage right away. his democratic buddy who told all conservatives to leave the state, doesn't even have time for this s thought. but you say, mayor, the city is in such good shape, we're not going to feel the ramifications of these progressive policies for a while. >> quite correct, brian. it's like taking over a very successful business. starting to do things that are going to ruin it, it's a very successful business, it will sustain itself for two years, three years. mayor bloomberg left him with an exceptionally well-run, very good functioning city. and it's going to take a while for that to deteriorate. in the past when mayors took over, for 30 years or so before

i became mayor, they were taking over a disaster. whether they fixed -- either they fixed it a little or it got worse. he's taking over a city that's really well run. but these things will kill it. the card for immigrants, i don't understand how a city alone can give a card to someone. what good is it going to do? you show that card to tsa, they're going to laugh at you. you have to get a state card a driver's license. it has to be done by the state. not the city. all this will is actually hurt illegal immigrants. it will point them out as exceptions. there is the illegal immigrant. he's got the card. you and i will have driver's licenses. they'll have i'm an illegal immigrant. >> they may not want it. >> did anybody think out these things or just say them? >> no. >> what good is it going to do? >> is he taking note from the president here, just kind of signing the pen? >> it sounds that way. it sounds like i'm going to propose these things.

i don't care about the state legislature or the governor. but the reality is, these things can't get done, at least not the raising of taxes and certainly not the whole idea of the minimum wage without the state. the card, i guess you could give out a card, but it would be useless. i think illegal immigrants -- i've seen some complain saying we don't want such a card. there is a good argument for and against illegal immigrants being allowed to have driver's license. after all, they're going to drive anyway. is it doesn't make sense. does it make any sense for them not to be able to drive without insurance? that's a good argument to have. but that happens at a state level. not the city level. >> isn't it sort of an umbrella issue that we're looking at now in terms of executive order, executive power, sort of disregard for lawmakers in general, how this nation was designed to come together and put forward laws? what we're seeing is sort of a power ruling, is it not? >> yeah. if you think about what the president has done, he's basically trying to override the separation of powers because he's not happy with the fact

that he has to deal with a congress -- after all, he's got a split congress. almost every president, with a few exceptions had to deal with that. reagan did, clinton. both bush high school to deal with that. we didn't have this kind of problem with them. >> your report card is pretty well-known and it's tremendous. what can right -- looking at what he represents, more than new york, bill clinton showed up at his inauguration. right now you have a liberal president. is this a movement by the democratic party to run more left in 14 and 16? >> yeah, i think it is. i think there is a movement within the democratic party that's unhappy with moderate democrats and i think they keep talking about that going on in the republican party. i see that going on as strongly, if not more strongly, in the democratic party. i think the president kind of unleashed it, mayor de blasio is very proud to call himself a progressive. so he has no problem with that. i'm the one who thinks that

description is a misnomer. >> finally, i see john boehner will hand up a clean debt ceiling release, allow the debt ceiling to go up and not ask for anything in return. tea partiers are upset. is this a good tactical move by republicans? >> it is. it is. i know they're upset and very principled people and feel strongly about it. i do. i think the speaker is very upset. practically, let's keep the concentration on obamacare. let's not give them one day of a diversionary story until the 2014 elections because obamacare is going to give us a good chance at taking over the senate. but it is such a total disaster. >> when you have to make all these changes, it's hard for the pushback. mr. mayor, thanks so much. as a story in new york is becoming a nationwide story, you're the perfect person to talk to. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. more "fox & friends" in just a moment. >> that's right.

quick headlines. employee suing a management company for $518,000 in oregon. according to the suit, co-workers referred to the employee as a female. the employee asked to be called by a general neutral pronoun instead. and a manhattan judge rules stripping is not an art. hustler club says lap dances qualified for attempt exempt statuses and employees testified about the agility required. but the judge wouldn't buy it. now the club toes $2.1 million in tax. that is news.

>> something else. >> no art. >> tomorrow don't forget, john stossel will be here and we have the newest heart throb from "downton abbey." >> love affair of steve doocy as he puts his father to rest today conditions and it may live up to the hype. a massive ice storm slamming the southeast. we have thousands of flights canceled in north carolina and atlanta in hartsfield international. and we are just getting rolling with this thing. good morning. i'm bill hemmer and welcome to america's newsroom. martha: we had days of warnings. tons of preparations.