says are easier to persuade. not so. to say it is better for people to be on welfare tan to work is a disgrace. thanks to everyone who responded. >> "fox & friends" starts right now. >> good morning. it's wednesday, february 26. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. the white house says four million americans are now enrolled in obamacare. so what happened to their goal of seven million? >> first of all, seven million was not the administration. that is a c.b.o., congressional budget office prediction. >> well, that's not what she said the last time. we have the videotape to prove it. >> the spin doesn't stop there. obamacare slashed two million jobs which joe biden says that's good for women? >> how many of you are single women with children in a dead-end job?

you want to stay in that job or even know you can get health insurance absent that job? it gives women a great deal more freedom. >> the outrageous career advice from the vice president straight ahead. >> an honor student suspended and facing charges when his dad's fishing knife is found in the car. has zero tolerance gone too far i ask? that student joins us live. and this just in. mornings are better with friends. >> you are watching "fox & friends" father forgive them. they know not what they do. >> let's not forgive our audience for watching. let's thank them for watching. that was bill o'reilly. >> forgiven now. he is? hi, eric. >> hi, elisabeth. good to be back. we borrowed brian yesterday on "the five" and we have to make this even. >> it is an exchange program. but they didn't tell me

until midnight last night. >> after watching the worst movie i've seen in my life. >> which was? >> "gravity." >> sandra bullock did great but it might as well have been a play. she sits in the dark in a spacesuit talking to george clooney. >> realistic enough for you? >> go to the hayden planetarium. >> let's talk about obamacare. you would think in my humble opinion that after you can keep your plan if you want to keep your plan, you can keep your doctor if you want to keep your doctor and the president saying maybe i shouldn't have done that, anybody with that inaccurate statement should be reeled in and told hold your fire but that did not stop kathleen sebelius from trying to walk back the truth. >> it certainly isn't stopping them from trying to continue to gather the

number needed as they predicted by the end of this month. we're 30 days away from that seven million number originally projected, targeted by the white house and impels -- and kathleen sebelius kept saying four million. they have a lot of work to do before the end of the month. take a listen. >> because of you, we now have four million americans who have signed up for quality private health insurance through the marketplace exchanges. four million people have already signed up because of you. four million. four million. four million. that's on top of the three million young people who have been able to get coverage by staying on their parents' plan and on top of the millions of americans who are signing up to get medicaid for the first time. so you've already, because of the work that you've done, made sure that people

all across america are getting better coverage. >> perhaps the repeat of the numbers there is in hopes that we'll add all those four million together? >> really curious to find out how he's going to come up with four million because what we found out over the past whatever it is, four months -- october, december, january, february -- five months since this thing started is president obama's numbers don't exactly add up. he said four million on top of the three million young people and the millions of people who have signed up for medicaid, the problem is that is not what the pass says. it says four million are signing up for medicaid. they are taking out of the system rather than putting in. four million new payers? i'm not sure. the other thing, people would go on to the website and say i'm interested in this plan and they would count them before they signed a check. >> it is like when you're in the store, you're in wal-mart, walking around and there is stuff in your

cart, they're counting that as a sale when it is really not. they have the means to get that number because that back area where they figure those numbers out still isn't working. that four million is, i don't know, -- >> let's see if we can give you four million. before that number is adjusted to fulfillment, let's give you the four million. the problem is you need seven, and time is running out. or do you need seven? kathleen sebelius said i don't know where you came up with seven. >> first of all, seven million was not the administration. that was a c.b.o., congressional budget office prediction when the bill was first signed. i'm not quite sure where they even got their numbers. there are numbers all over the board and the vice president has looked and said it may be closer to five to six. >> i know she has a lot going on and it is hard to remember where that seven million number came from. let's remind her. >> i think success looks

like at least seven million people having signed up by the end of march 2014. >> oh, that was you. >> she said that marilyn tavenner also projected the targets at being seven million. that was also in -- that was september 5 of 2013. to go ahead and suspend, and tell everybody you never said seven million, never used s-fpb -- seven million, seven million wasn't the magic number is an insult to our intelligence. >> the memo was actually sent, projected monthly enrollment for health insurance marketplaces sent by tavenner to sebelius september 5, 2013, which is where that number came from. >> the real reason why any of these numbers matter is they're trying to score how much is obamacare going to cost us. remember originally it was going to be revenue neutral, wasn't going to cost america a dime. then it was $400 billion. then it was $800 billion. if they don't get seven

million enrollees and they are not young people, which they aren't, the cost of obamacare is going to skyrocket. >> adding to eric, charles krauthammer. listen. >> it tells you how cynically the administration is manipulating these numbers which it pretends it doesn't have, but when it needs it, it produces the numbers so it can cover another story. you know, it's an old rule. say the truth. it's easier to memorize. they keep changing stories on this, and they can't even remember what their last story was. the administration is way behind. everybody understands that except in a release real numbers tk-rbgs -- and it isn't a real number because it is not a person enrolled. they aren't counting the enrolled. it is the people who put the plan in the shopping cart. amazon doesn't count as a sale stuff that is in the cart. it has to be something that actually is paid for. >> this is what i would do if i was them. you want seven million. just say we wanted seven million. we got off to a bad start.

we have four million. don't insult people's intelligence and say i never said seven million or the seven million doesn't matter because it is part of the equation. it makes people question everything about their plan or throw their hands up and say i can't even follow this anymore. >> i think trust will follow them as a big issue. >> not only trust. they're going to be tagged with the cost of obamacare. eventually maybe after the mid term elections. but we're going to find out how much this is costing the american public and that is going to follow them around. they need to right now, if they want to, start that p.r. campaign saying, look our seven million number wasn't right. it's probably going to cost a lot more than we expected. >> costing where it was supposed to save. >> that's out the window. >> talk about following us around, wherever "fox & friends" goes, heather nauert is sure to be there. >> can't get rid of me, can you? >> you have to give the rest of the news. >> can't get rid of you. did you spend the night here following "the five"? >> there was a post-game

party. then you got the call that steve was injured and you got the role. >> there all the time. good morning to you all. hope you're off to a great day. the president's executive action is taking center stage on capitol hill later today. remember this? >> i can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more american families; that's what i'm going to do. >> a few hours from now the house skwr-bgt -- judiciary committee to look at actions to address the president's overreach. >> lois lerner, the disgraced i.r.s. official who refused to testify about her agency's targeting of tea party groups, shaos being called back to capitol hill. lawmakers are investigating the scandal and ordered her to reappear next week, nine months after she pleaded the fifth and retired with a six-figure pension. another federal agency is accused of spying, and this time it's not the n.s.a. there's a report coming out

today and it reveals that the food and drug administration spied on its own employees. the f.d.a. is accused of tracking down its own scientists' e-mails in order to keep them from going public with safety concerns. an f.d.a. spokesperson calls the report, quote, inaccurate. kind of a fun story to bring out of california this morning. a california couple striking gold as they found $10 million in buried treasure in their own backyard. look at this. the husband and wife -- they say they want to remain anonymous -- they noticed something shiny in the ground so they started digging and found eight metal cans filled with rare gold coins. it was a total shock even for a rare coin expert. >> they looked at one another and kind of whispered a little bit. and with a big smile, they said we found about 1,400 and my jaw dropped.

i've never seen anything like it in my life. >> the couple says they plan to sell the coins and keep the cash. nice. makes you want to go out and get one of those little metal detectors like people have in florida. >> that's worth a lot of money. worth hundreds of thousands of dollars if those are all real gold. >> i used to go around with a metal detector. >> my mom used to buy a $9 which kept beeping. >> unless you have somebody on the beach who has a serious metal detector, throw 20 pennies. >> why would you do that? 11 minutes after the top of the hour. the movie lone survivor took the box office by storm but a book says this movie wouldn't be so heroic if the seals weren't white? >> using three parents to make one baby?

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it's one of our military's most notorious tragedies. four navy seals on a top secret taliban mission and only one survives. but would that outcome have been different if these seals were not white? an explosive new book claims a politically correct white house is weakening the navy seals to be diverse and politically correct. the authors of ice in the target are here to -- of eyes in the target are here to explain. first off, you talked about hunting bin laden. you cowrote with chris kyle, number-one bestseller. characterize the seals as you know them. >> i would like to address that initial comment. it is not an argument in our book that they're

trying to make them, quote, white. this is one of the most diverse groups in the united states just like our military in general. there's every ethnicity, if you will, in the seals and that is not our argument that they're trying to make them, quote, white. what our argument is they're trying to make them politically correct. there is a big difference between the two. >> what do you mean politically correct? >> they are trying to make their whole culture be a different group of people in the ways they do their rules of engagement, the way they handle themselves in different situations and the way the white house is looking at also integrating different areas including female soldiers. >> the white house is also politicizing the seals. first of all, they never should have been announced by bin laden was killed by seal team 6. a lot thought this put a target on their back. after that we had the shoot down of a helicopter named

vulture 17. the white house has not explained how the taliban found out about the existence of that flight. >> you have eyes on the target when you talk about rules of engagement. let them fight is what you're saying, scott? >> exactly. we're saying you can't politicize this group in order to make it correct, if you will. they are the tip of the spear. they are out there to protect this nation's interest. and one of the stories that we go over in detail here is benghazi and what ty woods and glenn daugherty were able to accomplish there, two navy seals that basically saved the lives, we believe, of at least 30 to 40 state department personnel there. >> they head off the enemy attack for more than eight hours. two men holding off almost 100 people for eight hours is an incredible task. without rescue -- one of the things we look at in this book and say the president had military options where he could have brought in rescue operations out of a base in sicily or other u.s. naval bases in italy or nearby.

there was a carrier in italy for the 9/11 celebration. >> drones in the area as well? >> two drones in the area as well. >> this is why eyes on the target worbs -- works perfect because the way the navy seals work, they will fight despite the odd. the fact that there was no help is inexcusable. >> there was a question posited by a former secretary of state to congress in which she said what difference does it make? the difference is four lives were lost in benghazi. we believe the lives could have been prevented to be lost totally. eight hours into the fight glenn daugherty and ty woods could have been saved. >> what does it mean to you and do you think to them knowing susan rice would say no regrets about the message they got out in which she claims the intelligence community gave to her? >> i think if susan rice has no regrets she is on strong medication.

we found in writing this book, we found three intelligence reports circulating including susan rice's desk in the months prior to the benghazi attack showing massive al qaeda build-up at the time. at the same time they saw those reports including photographs of al qaeda rallies, hundreds of people in downtown benghazi. at the same time they had intelligence reports they were turning down security requests for additional protection for u.s. personnel in benghazi. >> you work with chris kyle and you see how many deployments they have. what do these men sacrifice in terms of their lives and quality of the rest of their lives in order to be effective navy seals? >> i think they sacrifice their entire life. >> even if they live through it, what they do for their families and what we've told of christian's story in american sniper is the amount of duty to this country they go through when they're deployed or training to be deployed, their life is devoted as patriots to this country, and this book and eyes on the target, we try to describe how much they commit to this country and

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quick headlines. gunmen target christians in benghazi, libya. seven egyptians rounded up and shot execution-style. witnesses say the gunmen went door to door asking

people if they were christian or muslim. and she joked about pulling a columbine in her own school, so why is a teacher now suing the nypd for $6 million? she was a teacher in brooklyn, new york, when she said this to her colleagues -- quote -- "if i had a trench coat and a shotgun, it would be columbine all over again." police arrested her for making terroristic threats but a grand jury did not indite her. go figure. elisabeth? >> thanks, brian. instead of planning for prom or looking over college applications, a high school senior's life is in limbo due to his school's zero to cans policy. david tkapbder drove his -- david sander drove his dad's car to school and a fishing hook was found in it. he was suspended for ten days. >> he's facing criminal charges even though he didn't know the knife was in the car. david and his grandmother

join us with the story. david, tell us how this went down. a random check of the car. how did that go down and tell us where the knife was. >> they took me out to my car and they asked if that was my car. i was like, yes. they asked if there was anything i was hiding in there or something i need to know about. i said no, but my dad choose so there might be snuff. they searched it and that's when they found the knife. >> they find the knife. you are now looking at a suspension for ten days. they brought you in for questioning. you were a willing participant. i understand you signed something there. what's your greatest fear right now? you're looking at possibly not being able to graduate for criminal charges? >> yeah. my biggest fear right now is not being able to walk with my classmates or seeing them again or possibly moving to a different school. >> david, let's talk about this. you got suspended for ten days. you got sent to an alternate school for nine

days. you may not be allowed to graduate and all this because there was a knife you didn't know was in the car? by the way, that isn't your knife? your father is a fisherman? >> yes, that's his knife. he is a commercial fisherman. >> you've told them this? >> yes. >> can we talk to your grandmother for a second. here is your grandson. i understand he is a very good student. tell us about him as a person. why do you think they're being so tough on your grandson? >> i don't -- you know, my grandson is a great kid. polite, quiet, honor roll student, really a pleasant person both in class and at home. and i don't know that they're being so tough on him. this is the way the schools are going now. it's like our kids are being held hostage. they're being terrorized in school for ridiculous things. it's just gone overboard. you know, we all understand zero tolerance.

you can't get into a school in this country nowadays without getting buzzed in. they're all on lockdown. you know, somebody has to use common sense. >> i think common sense should play a part in it. certainly we all want kid safe in schools. i understand there is a hearing today at 11. there's also been a petition with over 6 hundred signatures to try to get the school to drop charges moving forward. what do you want the school to know? >> well, i think they need to take it case by case. i think when they did the search, they did the lockdown of the schools and they had some of the students come out to the cars, search the cars. i think that they need to understand some of these kids are driving their parents' cars. it wasn't, you know, it wasn't an ak-47. it was his dad's fishing knife. and he didn't know it was there. they need to look at each case. they don't need to -- he

received ten-day suspension and then sent to an alternative school for 90 days the rest of his senior year and criminal charges with the knife for the sherrif's office. >> peggy and david, thank you very much. >> please keep us posted. >> thank you. >> ladies, listen up. >> how many of you are single women with children in a dead-end job? do you want to stay in that job or even know you can get health insurance absent that job? >> and then -- no, i wasn't there. joe biden was praising the health care bill because it lets women stay home. that controversy and the fallout from it straight ahead. >> do you remember the outrage when our government gave the fort hood terrorist an office and a staff. now the real heroes at that military base about to get hit with even worse. we're going to explain. >> up next. first happy birthday to michael bolton.

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i told the president next game i have him. just remember, i may be a white boy, but i can jump. >> your shot of the morning. that's vice president joe biden speaking at a reception honoring black history month. and he wasn't ad libbing. >> the gift that keeps on giving. >> i challenge him to a vertical jump off. >> the question is with that statement, does it stack up to the other biden statements? >> you mean like these? that may be the best of biden. >> i'm being a good biden today. [applause] bleep >> unchain wall street. they're going to put y'all back in chains.

you want to protect yourself, get a double-barrel shotgun. boom! how they can justify raising taxes on the middle class has been buried the last four years. mom lived in long island for ten years or so. god rest her soul. and although -- wait, your mom's still alive. it is your dad passed. chuck graham, state senator is here. stand up, chuck. god love you. what am i talking about. you cannot go to a 7-eleven or a dunk hyun -- or a dunkin' donuts unless you have a slight indian access. i'm not joking. thank you, dr. pepper. >> those are some of the types of things you'll see in his ads if he runs for president in 2016. >> he laughs about his

mistakes. can't we all dohat once in a while, brian. >> he has career advice for women. >> this is about freedom. how many of you are single women with children in a dead-end job? you're there because of your health insurance. you would rather have the opportunity to spend the next couple years with your child until they get -- if that was your choice -- until they get into primary school. you're now trapped in that job because if you leave, you lose your health insurance. now you'll be able to do, make an independent choice. you want to stay in that job and still have health insurance? or do you want -- i mean, do you want to stay in that job even though you can get health insurance absent that job? and it gives women a great deal more freedom. >> what? do women just work for the free health insurance here? i mean is that opportunity? health care, come on. joining me from the blog conservative black

chick.com is crystal wright who i'm sure has a strong reaction to what she heard. >> good morning, elisabeth. ridiculous, that was my reaction. the notion that women only work for health care or that women don't work for thriving careers like you and myself or to provide for their children -plt this is news to jill biden, who is a professor; right? it is like, joe, are you living in an alternate reality? crazy. >> can you imagine, crystal, let's just say a republican politician had said this. if a republican said this, what would be the reaction on the other side? >> the democrats would have been skewering and we'd have a public lynching if a republican dared to say this about women. the thing is republicans don't say this about women. the republican party i've always said give women a choice. you can abcareer -- you can be a career woman, a stay-at-home mom like we

saw ann romney beautifully defend himself. joe biden makes it out like all single women are stuck in some dead-end job. you know, i'm a deadbeat, i'm just here for my health care. it's ridiculous. a lot of single women are working out of necessity because they want to provide a thriving home for their children. many women, as you know, because of the recession, have had to reenter the workforce because their husbands have been laid off. it's just mind-boggling. but joe biden, as you guys pointed out earlier, is the gift that keeps on giving. i guess now white guys can play basketball as good as black guys. can you imagine if a republican said that? oh my gosh. >> there is no challenge on the other side to this in terms of what jobs mean for women, the freedom that comes with it, the opportunity. why not? why try to paint someone coming out of the work force depending on government as something

good? >> you know why, elisabeth. during the campaign, remember barack obama unveiled julia. remember julia. he showed julia was going to be for women, the ideal was government dependency from cradle to grave and we never saw a man in julia's life. she had babies out of wedlock, out of control. what is ironic about this argument with obamacare is we know a lot of single women aren't going to have jobs. why? because businesses are making sure they lay off people so they don't have to be compliant with the mandate. this is the thing good old stkwroe isn't -- good old joe isn't talking about. kind of scary. >> we thank you for being with "fox & friends" this morning. heather nauert is coming in with headlines. that was a little flashback there for me watching that sofa and not the curvy couch. heather, save me. >> hi there, elisabeth. a lot of good stuff to talk about today.

i have headlines to bring you. they survived a terror attack and not only are the soldiers at fort hood being denied benefits, they're now being asked to pay more in living expenses. according to a new proposal out of washington, prices are about to get hiked at the texas base on food, housing and also medical treatments. this news obviously upsetting to those who already have felt abandoned when the government classified the attack there as workplace violence. >> i got out recently about a year ago, and i feel that the time i served in, times in deployment, it's stuff i earned, stuff that i don't think should be taken away. >> almost 70,000 jobs are directly linked to the fort hood base and other military installations affected by what's going on in washington as well. 28 more people indicted in a disability scandal that involves some new york retired cops, fire fighters and also jail guard. they are accused of ripping

off the social security disability system and taxpayers by faking psychological disorders linked to the 9/11 attacks. >> these are dollars that are reserved for people who truly need it the most in our communities. and the allegation in the indictment is that these individuals fabricated the extent of their disabilities in order to defraud the social securities administration. >> another 106 people indicted last month. this scam netted more than $20 million in social security disability payments. we'll keep you posted on that. a controversial medical technique is up for debate in washington this week. listen to this one. using three parents to make one baby. the f.d.a. is holding hearings on a new fertility procedure that let's doctors combine d.n.a. from three people to create embryos completely free of inherited diseases. critics say it is simply playing god and people

might be tempted to pick and choose their baby's traits. wow, what a debate. what do you think of that? imagine reading about your own death while you were still alive? this happened to cherly beaver, a 79-year-old woman from maine. she got a letter from her insurance claiming her prescription drug coverage had been canceled because she was dead. listen. >> my son, i said you've got to come read this letter. i'm dead. he says what? i said i'm dead. he said how can you be dead when you're here? i said you read this letter. >> exactly. beaver says she can't afford to pay her $1,000 for her heart medication she needs. she went to her local social security last week to tell them about the mixup and she hasn't heard back just yet. we hear more and more stories about that happening, don't we, where insurance company or somebody thinks you're dead and you're right there. we'll watch that story. >> you were saying before

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implants. >> not like that. >> that's black tape. >> i used to have a beard. hey, i'm joe biden. you're walking "fox and friends." i'll tell you what, you'll enjoy it. >> there you go. at least you have the freedom now with obamacare to watch our show. >> plenty of time. >> i thought you were going to say the freedom to grow a beard. >> i don't think i should ever grow a beard. >> it looked pretty good. >> let's try. >> especially not that one, with a sharpie. i don't that that would be the type of beard i could use. although, ted grows a beard during our show. he shows up clean shaven and has a beard by the end of the show. >> some guys have a little bit of luck. i always think guys grow beards for a reason. tim is growing a beard now. >> why? >> that's what i was wondering. i think he was just cold.

>> cold? does he have a hoodie in the house? >> facially cold. >> have you thought about asking him? >> no. i just assumed. >> how do you get a beard implant? >> we're going to hear it in the story. that's the beauty of a tease. >> sometimes it's because of stress. perhaps the president may be growing a stress beard soon. we heard that -- we played the tape where he was talking about the 4 million enrollment, how excited he was about the 4 million. two points here, though. they're really going the distance to tell us how many people have actually signed up, even though it doesn't account for those who have paid in that 4 million. even though it's far from the 7 million that they need to be reaching by the end of the month. listen to this. >> because of you we now have 4 million americans who have signed up for quality, private health insurance through the marketplace exchanges. 4 million people have already signed up because of you.

4 million. 4 million. >> 4 million. >> so we want to see what those numbers are, actually where they came from. by the way, he said and the cbo projected he needs 7 million for this program to work, for it to save us money like we were promised. so steven hayes, who is a journalist, was wondering where the journalists are when it comes to the 4 million. >> what you see reporters doing is repeating the administration claims, sometimes without even qualifying them and making the point somewhere in the article that these are not actual enrollments. they may be sign-ups. we don't know how many paid. but, you know, i'm shocked that you don't have more journalists at this point looking back on the entire argument about obamacare from before its passage to the assurances we had right before october 1st that everything was going to go swimmingly, to the problems with security on the site, to the failure of the website, to the bogus numbers we've been getting from the administration countily now for the better part of five

months, that more journalists aren't saying, why would we believe anything you'd tell us on this? >> especially when the last one was he was supposed to have 7 million and kathleen sebelius comes back and says, who said 7 million? >> for their numbers to work out, which they promised they were going to work out, they need 40% of all enrollees to be young people. last time, i believe at the end of january, they said only about 24, 25% of the enrollees were young people, which means costs are going to skyrocket. young people pay and don't use a lot of health care. so they need a higher concentration of that. that's not what's happening. there's another reason why they're not doing it. the -- young people are saying, i'm not going to sign up, i'm going to take the fine. now the irs is under a lot of pressure to get people to sign up. >> the mainstream media should be under pressure to at least accurately portray who's out

there. we still have a special report, "the washington post," obama, health insurance enrollment at 4 million. this is the associated press. obama, health insurance enrollment at 4 million. >> nbc says 4 million have signed up for health care. maybe some of the headlines -- it's amazing how similar they are and how cheerleading and the posture in which they're taking, you could say obama still 3 million from a mark. white house claims 4 million have signed up, no proof of that number. instead, you have, hey, we're almost there, guys. everyone, who's with me? >> even the original cbo projection, that projection of 7 million only counts by their terms if it's been paid. that's enrolled. if it's looked at, glanced at, or imagined -- >> can i just throw this in quickly? in five months, allegedly 4 million people have signed up.

they expect to get 3 more million in one month? wow. this is going to be a disaster. >> let's see how close they get to a goal they're now claiming they didn't have. heather, now my goal is to toss to you. >> i think they're doing common core math down in washington. doesn't all add up. just throw some numbers together. >> as long as we're on the same page. >> all right. good morning. other news to bring you now. speaking of washington, the president's executive action is taking center stage on capitol hill later today. remember this? >> i can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more american families. that's what i'm going to do. >> well, just a few hours from now, the house judiciary committee will hold a hearing and they will examine options to address the president's executive action overreach that has so many people upset. well, lois learner, the disgraced irs official who refused to testify is now being called back to capitol hill. law makers are investigating the

scandal and ordered her to reappear next week, just nine months after she pleaded the fifth and retired with that six-figure pension. zblmpl and a shocking story to tell you about this morning. miles o'brien revealing his left arm had to be amputated. here's what happened. some television equipment fell on his arm, causing what's called acute compartment syndrome. that's when blood gets blocked into a small space in your body. doctors were then forced to amputate his arm when he lost blood pressure dien making ligh happened posting this on his blog saying, quote, life is all about playing the hand that is dealt you. actually, i'd love somebody to deal me another hand right now, in more ways than one. wishing him the best of luck with that. and remember when former president george w. bush weighed in on his next career move and said this? >> i'm thinking about abouting. she said, what's your objective? i said, there's a rembrant

trapped in this body. >> okay. well, now two dozen of his portraited -- look at that right there. nice job. they're going on display the a the presidential museum in dallas in april. didn't know he was that talented. those are your headlines. so what is trapped in your body? answer that question. think about it. >> i don't know. evil? russell wilson? >> i didn't want the truth. >> thank you very much. so if you can facebook us, what's trapped in your body or tweet us? >> hash tag that. >> did you say evil? >> i didn't. he didn't. >> let's talk about this situation where it's really an unfortunate situation. we see a young man who seems to be caught up in the zero-tolerance society that we're in right now. >> right. he's a high school student. a fishing knife was found in his car. he's facing suspension and possibly more. >> for bringing a weapon to school. >> right.

it was his dad's. we talked to him this morning. he sat with his grandmother peggy. we asked him what his biggest fear was. >> they took me out to my car, and they asked if that was my car. i was like, yes. they asked if there was anything i was hiding in there or something they need to know about. i said, no, but my dad chews, so there might be snuff. they searched it, and that's when they found the knife. my biggest fear is not being able to walk with my classmates or having to see them again and possibly moving to a different school. >> and so he was suspended for ten days. he was put in another school for nine days. now he faces, you know, possibly not being able to graduate with his class, thrown out of other programs he's in, all because of a knife he didn't know was in his car, wasn't his knife, didn't know it was there. he was trying to come clean with some tobacco that was in his car. so they're really throwing the book at this kid. >> forthright about that. there's a hearing scheduled

today. we asked you what you thought about it. jim e-mailed us and said, it's a double-edge dagger. illegal in most every state. it's no good for fishing. interesting. >> all right. doug says this. i'm a second amendment supporter for carrying a knife. i fish. that's a dagger. a fighting knife and not a fishing knife. okay, but still, it wasn't his. you know? if it's the father's and it's not his -- isn't. possession is nine-tenths of the law? he was in the car. he was in school. it's not like he was walking down the hallway with a knife had his hand. >> to answer your question, apparently there was a spontaneous lockdown at the school. they did this search. also to go back to, you know, i believe someone at the school is noted by the grandmother saying you are guilty until proven innocent. so does he deserve the same rights we're all afforded in a situation like this? we also have an obligation to keep kids safe at school.

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mike morell in the hot seat after new allegations surfaced he was whitewashing the benghazi talking points. so will morell be brought back to capitol hill to explain? joining us now, republican congressman devin nunez. thank you, congressman, for joining us. tell us exactly -- give us in your opinion, did mike morell, lie when he testified the first time? >> well, we don't know if he lied or not. i actually went back through the testimony last night down in the intelligence committee because it was all done in a classified setting. the senators do believe he lied. i went back through and actually re recollected, kind of as i've said in the press, which is the story is just not believable. so i think what we need to do is there are analysts that originally -- that wrote the original talking points that work at the cia. i think they did their job. somehow from what the analysts

did, it got changed. now, morell took some responsibility for it but not complete responsibility for it. some of hillary clinton's people were involved in that -- in the changing of the talking points. the white house seems to -- there seems to be a clear line that the white house was not involved, but that, to me, is not believable. >> right. congressman, let me jump in here. the statement mike morell gave to fox, he says, quote, i stand behind what i've said to you and testified to congress about the talking point issue. neither the agency, the analysts, nor i cooked the books in any way. but congressman, the talking points were changed. susan rice was giving false talking points to go deliver on five talk shows a couple days after the terrorist attack. someone has to be responsible for this. >> well, susan rice, that's a whole other story. anybody that has half a brain knows that she just flat-out lied. that's without question.

we knew after so much time had passed that there was no question this was a terrorist attack. as it relates to mike morell, this is a guy who spent his whole career working for the government. he's a stand-up guy. if i were him, i think i would volunteer myself to come back to the committee, especially to the senate where they believe that he -- i mean, they have said on the record that he lied. i would like him to come back to the house intelligence committee and at least meet with us and walk us through his testimony and walk us through exactly which analysts were involved is in this. because the cia actually got it right and the analysts got it right. it's after that it got changed. and mike morell is in the middle of it. >> the crazy thing about this is you can go to the congress or senate and testify and maybe not tell the whole truth or nothing but the truth, get caught, come back and say, oh, this is the real truth and everything seems to be okay. we don't have a lot of time. can i run the sound bite of susan rice saying she didn't nothing wrong either? take a listen. >> notion that somehow i or

anybody else in the administration misled the american people is patently false. i think that that's been amply demonstrated. >> so congressman, talking points were changed. they were delivered to the american people. someone's not telling the whole truth. reaction to susan rice? >> i can tell you this. i've met with the benghazi survivors numerous time, the guys that saved everybody from getting killed. they knew it was a terrorist attack. all the other officials on the ground that night knew it was a terrorist attack. i watched the video over and over again. it's chelearly a planned and well-orchestrated attack. there was never any demonstration whatsoever. i believe that they all knew that and susan rice had to know that. >> all right. >> if not, she was just a useful idiot in the process. >> all right, congressman. we're going to have to leave it there. thank you very much. >> thanks, sir. coming up, a cheerleader lands her dream job covering sports for the winter olympics, or so she thought. turns out it was really a front for a sex trafficking ring.

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all right. someone pick up those numbers while i read outloud. $300,000, that's what the u.s. department of agriculture is using to serve string cheese to school kids in texas and

arkansas. it's part of a federal lunch school program. it's an entitlement program, nonetheless. next, $50,000. that's how much a college kid won in a lawsuit. he took his school to court after they blocked him from handing out constitutions. the school agreed to change their free speech rules. finally, 146. that's how many consecutive months fox news channel has been number one in viewers of all cable networks. we like that last story. elisabe elisabeth? >> that's good news, brian. in other news, she went from the nfl cheerleader status to radio host and then landed her dream job, she thought, covering the winter olympics. but her sochi gig turned into a likely front for human trafficking ring. she tells us how she nearly got tricked into becoming the next victim in that scam. she joins us this morning. brittany, thanks for being with us. so this gentleman, this alleged talent agent contacts you via website, presents an opportunity for you to be a beat reporter in

sochi. you spend months, you know, spending him information, tapes, reels, personal info in preparation to get chosen. a couple of weeks before you were set to leave, you started to become suspicious. why? >> well, for starters, he essentially got greedy by asking me to recruit other women. that kind of raised a red flag because he was more concerned about getting the work visa together than seeing her work after i had just jumped through countless hoops in order to obtain that job. you know, your instincts never lie. so i paid attention to them for probably the first time in my life. >> so you set forward on your own investigation, did a little digging into the agency he said he was a part of. three days before you were set to leave for sochi, this dream job really was great in pay, seemed like a great opportunity. what did you find out? >> we found out that the production company didn't even

know this guy, let alone had contracted him to hire us. they advised us not to travel. they were great getting their lawyers involved and helping us and later contacted the fbi. >> then it became even more dark, not just about money. preside the fbi is now involved. where is the investigation at this point? >> i'm not really allowed to speak of the actual investigation with him, but the fact of the matter is that my story is just one of thousands if not millions. it's a $32 billion industry. >> you're talking about human trafficking? >> human trafficking in general, yeah. >> i just want to be clear here for everybody. did it become ab human trafficking, not just sort of another money scam? >> because there was no money involved. there was no way he would have gotten money from us. like, it was a legitimate -- in terms of the business, he was

offering to pay us in the contract he gave us. he wasn't going to get money or anything like that out of us. >> what do you think would have happened if you would have gone over there? >> i mean, that's something in a horror movie. that's the reality of it. i wouldn't be sitting here talking to you. let's put it that way. >> scary thought there. certainly an awful thing. you made it out, and we're glad. a message to all people out there, certainly women, and young ones in terms of scams out there. britney cason, we thank you for being with "fox and friends." >> thank you for having me. coming up, a terrifying ride caught on camera when an suv plows into a school bus. >> [ bleep ]! >> just wait until you hear the incredible ending to this story. plus, he used to play

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did you guys see that? sorry. there was a spider that fell. >> i hate spiders, man. especially when you're bald. you feel them crawling on your head. >> oh, it's rough, right? it's your shot of the morning. along came a spider during a live tv show. the weather guy just squashed it. he squashed it, right? >> did he actually kill it? >> the weather man who had the spider, i don't know. >> wow. we'll find out more about that. he did end up killing the spider. if you're looking for it, just look on the ground. he'll be flat. >> well, maria might actually know how this feels. motte sure it's ever happened to her. >> good morning. it actually did happen to me. here's a video. >> spider. come kill it. john, come, hurry. it's huge. i don't want to get bit. somebody else want to come kill

it? >> but that wasn't on live television. that was actually tape. my last job was accuweather.com. we did have some videos we posted online. that happened during the taping. so i can't make fun of another weather man that sees a spider and freaks out. >> the problem is, you can't go anywhere because the map it there. >> exactly. >> so it's a standoff between a spider, you, and a map. >> by the wary, i have to give t to that weatherman. he actually went ahead and killed it. i had to call the cameraman. i was too scared to kill it myself. >> okay. >> but let's do science trivia. it's wednesday. it's 7:30. that means science trivia. the question for today is, which ocean is the saltiest? is it, a, the indian ocean, b, the dead sea, c, the pacific ocean, or d, the atlantic ocean? >> i would say "b."

>> the dead sea because you can float. >> i would say "d." >> i'm going with "c." >> this is the worst family feud ever. >> we only fight in our family. >> if you chose "b," the dead sea, you would be correct, but the issue is that's not an ocean. that's a lake. so the correct answer is "c." >> the dead sea is a lake? >> the dead sea is a lake. tricky there. but "d" is the atlantic ocean. that's the correct answer. the atlantic ocean is the saltiesalt ie iesp. >> and your taste buds never fail you. >> did you know that -- oh, never mind. all right. thanks a lot, maria, for making us look terrible. >> to make things better, heather, can you help us out

here? >> the dead sea, if you've ever been in that, you just float right on top. but it's not an ocean. >> you mean the dead lake? the salty dead lake. maybe we'll call it a pond. >> a puddle. >> all right, guys. got a few headlines to bring you 33 minutes after the hour. there's new surveillance video, and it captures thor it firing moments inside a school bus when it is slammed by an suv. look at this. >> [ bleep ]! [ bleep ]! >> how frightening for those kids on board. just a few students on the bus at the time. they are all okay. washington state police say they believe that the suv driver that hit the bus was drunk. they survived a terror attack and not only are the soldiers at ft. hood being denied benefits as a result, but they're now being asked to pay more in living expenses. according to a new proposal that would affect other military installations as well, prices are about to go up on food,

housing, and medical treatment. well, this news is upsetting to some of those who already say they felt abandoned when the government classified the terror attack as workplace violence. listen to this. >> i got out recently about a year ago. i know that, you know, i feel that time i served in, times in deployment, it's stuff i earned, stuff that i don't think should be taken away. >> nearly 70,000 jobs are directly linked to ft. hood. and talk about a delivery room drama. listen to this one. a florida woman was in labor. she was about to give birth when her doctor rushed out of the room to perform an emergency c-section on another patient. now, her husband said that he had to deliver his daughter himself. >> the nurse didn't take anything of it, walked out of the room, left us in there alone. baby came right there. >> you delivered the baby? >> yeah, pretty much, right there. >> well, the hospital telling a different story, saying the nurse never left the room.

both the mom and the baby are doing just fine. what a beautiful sight there. and we can thank the cast of "duck dynasty" for this one. men are now rushing to get beard implants. it's a plastic surgery and costs about $8500. doctors say they're perform twog to three implants per week. men apparently want this full-beard masculine look. look at us on halloween. remember that, gang? and those are your headlines. >> a hairy situation indeed. >> mine was like a chin strap. >> we actually uncovered other images of you guys. >> oh, look at you. phil. >> that looks like a guy sponsoring a bowl game. >> must be a a baseball player. >> that looks like willie. >> now cleanly shaven. >> so do you think you have what it takes to be the next face of fitness? men's and women's health are launching a brand new competition searching for new

talent, elisabeth. >> that's right. here were more on that and quick workout tips, b.j. gador and jen ater. they're going to join us now, get those things straight and get us in shape. tell us about the contest. >> that's right. women's health is in our second year. we did it last year. it was so successful. we just launched the next fitness star dvd, which is one of the things the winners win. this year we're rolling out year two. we're sponsored by es sports nutrition. people can actually audition now at thenextfitnessstar.com. >> and it's very competitive. >> so to see if you're in shape and do what you guys want to do, which is instruct. >> we recognize there's a lot of talent out there that people just don't know about. we're trying to get that next big break to a great trainer. >> brian and eric think they could be the next face of fitness. >> did i say we know?

>> this is great, too, because men's health -- >> their first next top trainer contest. we're looking for somebody extremely passionate about health and fitness with great fast, fun, and effective workouts. you can represent an amazing brand, inspire millions of men to make a change. >> what are we going to do here? >> we have a quick ten-minute workout. that's the great thing about the men's health and women's health dvds. they're super fast, efficient. we're going to start with a goblet squat. elisabeth, you want to do this with me? >> sure. >> hold it up like this. set your feet as wide as you can with this dress. then sit back into a squat. come back up. you're going to do as many as you can in 40 seconds. 20 seconds of jumping jacks. then b.j. is going to jump in with the second exercise. so we'd be doing jumping jacks.

>> push-ups. then jumping jacks for 20 seconds. >> you're actually going to do what's called skier flings. set your hips back, squeeze up. this is going to work the entire backside of your body. again, 40 seconds of that. super fast. >> watch out. watch out for that window. >> keep your arms straight. kick your hips back, throw them up. so you're squeezing your butt when you come up. kind of like the momentum carries the weight. it's really fast. then after 40 seconds of that, go back into jumping j ining ja. >> is this cross training? what is this? >> metabolic workouts. you're combining strength and cardio, which allows you to get a lot done in a short period of time. hinge at your hips, keep your

chest out. 40 seconds of rows on this side. next time, switch sides. because we're on one side of the body, the core is working really hard to prevent that offset shift. you have to stay square. the fifth and final one, people love working obliques and abs. if you have space, you'd be walking forward and backwards. very quickly, the abs will start singing a song. very efficient, quick workout. >> this is like a career. i start getting momentum, then i go back. >> you said it. hold it shoulder level, make it harder by going overhead. >> overhead is the hardest? >> then again, using the 20-second rest periods, but not resting, doing jumping jacks. >> so each of those five moves is a total of one minute. you do it two times through. you'll be exhausted. >> all right. fantastic. when do we get the rub down?

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quick headlines. just days ago alec baldwin went on a rant about how much he hates the media. now he can hate himself. baldwin is set out to play a journalist in an upcoming episode of "law & order svu." and a woman in florida arrested after calling 911 looking to hook up with an officer she had just met. nice. brian? all right. thanks, eric. thousands of our nation's heroes still waiting for claims from the va. now we may know why they're waiting. audio obtained by the daily caller reveals veteran's records were deliberately destroyed in order to reduce the backlog. listen. >> i'm still cancelling orders

from 2001. >> anything over a year old should be canceled. >> should be canceled or scheduled? >> canceled because they would not let us do a mass purge. it's just a matter of cancelling them ourselves. >> so is the va putting politics before our veterans? joining us now, political reporter patrick halley. this is unbelievable. how did you stumble across this audio and this story? >> well, a former va employee oliver mitchell, who's a retired marine, came to me and said while he was working at the va medical center in los angeles, he was ordered by his supervisor to delete thousands of medical records from veterans because they had a backlog of veterans who were waiting for medical exams and it was making the department look bad. this was at the beginning of the obama administration, as a new administration was coming in, and they were trying to clean up their act. their strategy on how to do was to completely eliminate these

records so there would be no evidence that all these veterans were waiting six to nine months for an exam. >> the voices we hear, do we know who they are? >> yes. one was at the time the head of radiology at the va los angeles medical center. she was in charge of overseeing this process, which began in march 2009. >> look at what we just have on the screen. we can put that back up again. veterans benefits backlog pending right now, 672,999. over 125 days, just about 60%. so with those numbers and with with the destruction of those claims, it is still grossly backlogged. >> oh, absolutely. and in fact, at the beginning of the year, 2014, there was still well over 400,000 veterans waiting over a year and a half to get their benefits. the president mentioned that in

his state of the union. there's tremendous pressure on the va right now. you're seeing all over the country ethical lapses this department is making to try to cover up, you know, their gross incompetence. >> and this is out in los angeles. there's no idea if it's happening anywhere else. did you contact them to get their side of the story? >> i did. they declined to comment. since then, other outlets have contacted them. they still have not made any statement. a congressman has written them a letter and tried to get a statement. they still have not said anything. >> what is so ridiculously stupid and shows gross incompetence is it's not hike these people go away. they're going to say, where are my claim? then they're going to have to process the claims again. it's not like they're helping their cause. >> exactly. and these are veterans who still needed those exams. they still needed help from this medical center. but it didn't matter. the only thing that mattered was the politics of the situation and getting that backlog down to make the department look gad. >> this is out of control. as far as i can tell, very

little progress has been made with it. for a president that says that's one of his focuses, all we hear about is cutting the budget. what about getting health care to the men and women waiting for it? seems to be an easy focus for the administration. patrick, thanks so much. continue to read his stuff at the daily caller. i can't wait to hear the va's explanation if there is one. >> thank you, brian. coming up, his girlfriend dumped him, so now he writes to her in a journal every day. he is normal, or is he nuts? only dr. keith ablow knows. he'll take the case. first, on this day in 1990, the grand canyon became a national park. the lucky lady two took off in a first nonstop around the world flight. and "the power of love" by celine deon was the number one song, which is by the way still any number one song.

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welcome back. the answer to the aflac trivia question of the day, johnny cash. our winner will be getting a copy of brian's book "george washington's secret six." >> great book. >> can we get it now? remember, we couldn't get it? >> you can because you know me. >> but some people say you're n. we should ask dr. keith ablow. what's up, doc? >> hey, how are you? >> we're all good here.

we're ready to tap into your knowledge of psychiatry. take it away, elisabeth. >> my co-worker butts into everybody's business. he'll interject his two cents that no one wants. is this normal or not? >> look, it's nuts, right? because this is somebody who can't assess whether his contributions are meaningful and whether they're adding to the discussion. why? because he has a compulsion to do this. it's anxiety based. and you can help a guy like this. you can say, look, this was -- we know you overheard the discussion, but it's not a public discussion. it's okay to do that for somebody. and he didn't ask me, but i'll tell you something else. he should know that he's okay. he's a valuable guy, even if he remains silent. because if he knows he doesn't have to put in his two cents, he may relax into that. >> doc, he's right here. you don't have to pretend. how about this one. my friend's house is filthy. dishes pile up around the couch.

dust, grime everywhere. let me help her clean it. is this normal or nuts? really filthy house, doc. >> it's more than that. she's nuts. look, in this very serious way, this is somebody who's got a hoarding problem, which is a form of ocd. no, she's not going to let you help her because this is what she thinks she wants, which is bad for her. it's a compulsion. it's an addiction. >> how do you help her? >> medicine with help her. counseling can help her. here's the thing. collecting these things, it's like piling garbage on top of the real problem in your life. you dig past that and get to why she's upset. >> all right. this letter comes from -- here it goes. my girlfriend dumped me five months ago. since then, i write her letters in a journal. i tell her about my day or how much i miss her. we don't keep in touch and she will never read them.

what do you say about this guy? >> normal guy. sorry for your loss, buddy. you're a romantic. i applaud you. you may be more normal than the we rest of us. your heart is big. but here's the thing. it's been five months. she's moved on. you've got to move on. find a new girl, write her poetry. >> yeah, and you might need help to get over that. sounds extreme. >> my office is open today. >> good to see you twice in one week. thank you so much, dr. keith. >> you should see me twice every week. >> you got to satisfy my deductible, then we can talk. >> three times could be good. >> will you stop yelling at me? >> just saying. >> bye, doctor. all right. don't agree with a law? don't worry, just ignore it. that's the message from eric holder, the attorney earlier. south carolina attorney general allen wilson joins us next. and his "jeopardy" strategy kicking people off. is he a hero or villain?

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good morning. today is wednesday, february 26th. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. well, the numbers are in. >> 4 million people have already signed up because of you. 4 million. 4 million. 4 million. >> isn't that 3 million short of the number we actually need? let the spin begin. and women across america, the vice president feels your pain. >> how many of you are single women with children in a dead-end job? you want to stay in that job even though you can get health insurance absent that job? >> biden praising the health care law because it lets the ladies stay home. is that really what they want?

we had no problem pulling off a couple push-ups, but our future soldiers might. more of military's new unisex standards revealed today. that was us a short time ago. >> our fierce workout. >> those jumping jacks, they were a little lame, weren't they? on me? >> no. >> on you? okay. i just got this report. mornings are better with friends. hello. you're watching "fox and friends." i'm winston, the impersonating turtle. keep watching. >> that's fantastic. >> i love that winston. he's a doll. >> all right. eric is sitting in for steve today. >> good to be here. >> you have set in 12 hours. >> set to five. >> you were on last night. >> good show. >> and alex trebek will be on your show. >> crazy. >> we're going to be talking to the reigning champion in about 20 minutes. >> controversial champion at that. the dashboard strategy, whatever

it's called. >> he's all over the place. >> he's too good. >> well, the president was all over the place. he's been going into obamacare and how they're excited about the 4 million signups that they have. they keep saying enrollment or sign-ups, blurring that all together. we're using math and thinking, wait a minute, 7 million was the goal by the end of the month. that's 30 days to go. so why are they excited about 4 million all of the sudden? they seemed to say, 7 million, we never said 7 million. kathleen sebelius. >> first of all, 7 million was not the administration. that was a cbo congressional budget office prediction. i'm not sure where they got their numbers. their number's all over the board. the vice president has looked and said, you know, it may be closer to 5 to 6. >> you know, the cbo, i don't know where they get those numbers. the same numbers that came out concluded if you passed obamacare, you were going to save money and was going to help the deficit. i don't even know where they came up with those numbers.

then the president had 29 different waivers since that time. so changes in the law. now we know how horrendous the rollout was. now we hear 4 million. the president said it at least five times in the cut we saw. 4 million people have signed up. how many have gone through fulfillment and registered for the program? that's another question. now they expect us to believe that kathleen sebelius never said 7 million. good thing eric has a vcr. >> i think success looks like at least 7 million people having signed up by the end of march 2014. >> yes, that was from my vcr. >> thank you. >> but that's the crazy part. they keep saying things. you know, you're going to save $2500 per family. turns out it's going to cost you $2500 more. you can keep your doctor. you can't keep your doctor. they keep saying things and then months later saying, oh, we never said that. good thing we have those vcrs and tapes and our little editors back there pulling the sound

bites of her saying exactly what he said they never claimed. >> perhaps if the ride keeps going and the turns keep twists, we won't remember where they started with the original truth mark. but joe biden, he was on "the view." i didn't happen to see it. we have the clip today. to tell american women, look, this is a new woman's movement. no working. >> this is about freedom. how many of you are single women with children in a dead-end job? you're there because of your health insurance. you would rather have the opportunity to spend the next couple years with your child until they get -- if that was your choice, until they get into primary school. you're now trapped in that job because if you leave, you lose your health insurance. now you'll be able to make an independent choice. do you want to stay in that job and still have health insurance?

do you want to stay in that job even though you can get health insurance absent that job? it gives women a great deal more freedom. >> can i make an observation? whoopi going "uh-huh, uh-huh." you know what they miss? they miss you holding his feet to the fire. you're going to help women in america by allowing free health care? this is outrageous. not only that, a little later in that interview, he said 2,000 jobs will be lost. no, it's not a big deal, 2,000 jobs. the same cbo scored it as 2.3 million jobs will be lost due to obamacare. >> how is that acceptable? how is that acceptable for him to say 2,000 to 2.3 million? how is it acceptable to take a cbo report and call it freedom? how does he understand nothing is free? people are paying into the pot so you can make lifestyle choices and we can finance that choice. not only do we have to get inside somebody's head and say, they don't want to work, we have to get inside somebody's head

and say, here's some money for the choices you have made in your life. go out and have some freedom or be a sculptor and see how that pays. >> but how does he still miss the mark on women? how do you miss the mark on opportunity that working gives women? how do you underscore what women really want? a lot of women are up in arms over there. crystal wright was on earlier. this is what she had to say. >> the notion that women only work for health care or that women don't work for thriving careers like you and myself, or to provide for their children. i'm sure this is news to joe biden, who's a professor, right? it's like, joe, are you living in an alternate reality? crazy. he makes it out like all single women are just, like, stuck in some dead-end job. you know, i'm a deadbeat. i'm just here for my health care. it's ridiculous. a lot of single women are working out of necessity. >> crystal wright being really straight with us there. we also got some e-mails. the direct implication is this,

you're too dumb to take care of yourself. you can't make money as a woman anyway. >> dan says this. eric, you can read it. >> what joe is saying to single women with children, quit your job, stay home, let the rest of us subsidize the health care for your kids and go back to work when you feel like it. how do i get off this ride? >> it's unsustainable. chuck from north carolina says, biden is giving women the 1950s option to become homemakers again and leave jobs to men. how progressive. >> look, i don't think there's anything wrong with staying home. i think what's happening here, though, is you're basically saying, come out of this dependent situation you have and just depend on the government. i think there are a ton of women who work for different reasons. certainly something that was missed yesterday, you know, we'll keep you posted on all this. keep those e-mails coming. i love the fact the guys are writing too. >> so they have pajama boy. now joe biden says, single women, we'll take you too. who's paying? >> i don't know. the horrible 1%.

>> we're going to toss it to a woman we love. heather. >> eric, you have a lot of money. you can foot the bill for that. elisabeth and i are just going to stay home and do nothing. >> i'm stealing his wallet. >> you can pay for us. thanks a lot. so generous. >> get another job. >> good morning to y'all. hope you're off to a great day. let's look at what's going on down in washington today. the president's executive action taking center stage on capitol hill. remember when he said this? >> i can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more american families. that's what i'm going to do. >> well, just a couple hours from now, the house judiciary committee will hold a hearing to examine their options to address the president's executive action overreach that has a lot of people up in arms. also in washington, lois lerner, the disgraced irs official who refused to testify about targeting tea party groups, is now being called back to capitol hill. lawmakers are investigating the

scandal and have ordered, lerner to reappear next week, five months after she pleaded the fifth and retired with a six-figure pension. another federal agency accused of spying, but this time it's not the nsa. there's a new report that's coming out later today, and it reveals that the food and drug administration spied on its own employees. the fda accused of tracking its own scientists' e-mails to keep them from going public with safety concerns. an fda spokesperson calls the report inaccurate. a california couple strikes gold. look at this. they found $10 million worth of buried treasure in their own backyard in gold coins. the husband and the wife say they want to remain anonymous. they noticed something shiny in the ground and started digging and found these eight metal cans filled with a whole bunch of gold coins. this whole thing was a big shock, even for a rare coin expert. listen to him.

>> how many are there? they looked at one another and kind of whispered a little bit. with a big smile, they said, well, we found about 1400. my jaw dropped. i've never seen anything like it in my life. i'll never see anything like it again. >> well, the couple say they plan to sell these coins. they look like $20 gold pieces. very neat. those are your headlines. >> $20 gold pieces worth a couple thousand bucks each. >> nice haul. >> thanks, heather. well, coming up, it's illegal to use a welfare card at a strip joint in most states, but using it to buy weed, that's just fine it seems. a shocking new investigation proves your tax dollars are going up in smoke. >> interesting angle on the strip joint. and don't like a law ? just ignore it. that's the message from eric holder. really? isn't he supposed to follow the law even if he doesn't like the

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so if you don't like a law, just ignore it. that's the message from attorney general eric holder this morning to his counterparts all across the country. he's telling state attorneys general to look the other way on same-sex marriage laws if they don't align with their personal believes. quote, engaging in that process and making that determination is something that's appropriate for an attorney general to do, close that quote. joining us now, allen wilson, the attorney general of south carolina. allen, is attorney general eric holder correct? you, sir, can decide what's right for the state of south carolina and no one else? >> well, the first thing you learn in law school is fidelity

to your client. when you're an attorney, you have to represent the interest of your client. my client is the state of south carolina. in 2006 the voters overwhelmingly supported this amendment on the marriage amendment. 78% voted for that ban. whether you agree or disagree with the ban, an attorney should represent the interest of their client. attorney general holder said that on the rarest of occasions, we should not uphold our state laws and it should be rare. the problem is, what looks rare to him looks like a trend to me. this administration has chosen not to enforce immigration laws. they've chosen not to enforce an entire class of drug trafficking la laws. they've chosen not to enforce doma. they've created waivers for obamacare. they've created exemptions. they've moved deadlines. it's a slippery slope when the lawyer for a government chooses when and how they're going to enforce the law. >> very interestingly, and you make a very good point. so attorney general holder says

to you, if you don't agree with the law on the books regarding gay marriage, then don't enforce it. does he feel the same way about the immigration laws and the marijuana laws, frankly? does he also say you should have that discretion as well? one person in the state. >> well, i'm a criminal prosecutor. when you look at the adversarial system we have in our criminal justice system, you have to have an advocacy on both sides. criminal defense attorneys don't support crime, but they represent the interest of their client. when you're suing someone because you feel like you've been harmed by them, you know, you're not supporting -- when someone is defending them, you're not supporting the harm. you're supporting the adversarial process. if the state attorney general doesn't stand up for the citizens of their state on a particular law, who else will have standing to go into the court system and represent the interests of the state? usually nobody. >> i want to speak to the fact that eric holder is the one delivering this message. where is president obama on this? we all know president obama over the years has quote/unquote

evolved on the gay marriage issue. why are we hearing this from eric holder? >> well, you know, he said that he and the president had spoken about this at great lengths and the decision not to defend doma several years ago was one he did not take lightly. that's when he conveyed to the ags. by the way, i appreciated him coming and talking to the 50 attorneys state generals. that meant a lot to me. he said he and the president made the decision not to defend the doma law. i can appreciate he has an opinion. if that's where you stand on that position, you can say what your personal views are. but you have to give a voice to the law in the court system. when you remove that voice, that advocacy, a future administration may come in later when it is unsettled law it's just been a policy and they may enforce it. that creates problems for the people who detrimentally rely on the policies of one administration. >> you really have to think about this when you think about border states and whether or not they're going tone force some of the laws on the books right now. the administration may have a different opinion on that. we'll have to leave it there.

south carolina attorney general allen wilson, thank you very much. >> thank you. coming up, we had no problem pulling off a couple push-ups earlier in the show, but our future soldiers might. more of the military's unisex standards ahead. plus, his "jeopardy" strategy ticking off a lot of players. now he's back to shake up the game even more. so is he a villain or a hero? the champ coming up next. go long, look lean, in this season's most important fashion trend, the long shirt. designed to flatter, with playful hemlines and length for everybody. the new long shirt. visit the shirt boutique, only at chico's and chicos.com. i love this body and what it's capable of. no matter what size. but i'll be honest, this version feels really good. my body, like my life, is a work in progress.

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according to a new proposal, prices are about to go up on food, housing, and medical treatment. and today the army unveils a new unisex training program. instead of the traditional push-ups, sit-ups and two-mile runs, trainees will be focusing on battlefield tasks, such as dragging a wounded comrade or working with heavy weaponry. over to you, brian. all right. his strategy of jumping all over the board sparked an uproar among "jeopardy" fans. >> this week, arthur chu returned to the game to shake things up again. >> arthur. >> what is non sequitur. >> what do i stand for, 800. ladies -- >> his strategy is working so far. arthur has taken home more than $150,000. he joins us now from cleveland with some questions. hey. congratulations on what's happened so far. but, you know, there has been a

ton of support for you but a ton of controversy. people think you're a bad sport. what do you say about it? >> i would say that it's easy to talk about being a good or bad sport when you're not the one with thousands and thousands of dollars on the line. >> right. so tell us about the strategy of the world's most popular, longest-lasting game outside "the wheel of fortune." tell us what you do that's so different. >> well, you know, people just tend to play "jeopardy" a certain way, a logical way, starting at the top of the one category and moving all the way down and switching to a different one. but a lot of people who have done very well on the show have mixed that up. there's no rule against it, to bounce around sort of randomly from category to category. the first person to do it was chuck forest, who did it when i was a 1-year-old in 1985. we call it the forest bounce. it helps keep you -- it helps keep that advantage of having momentum, being the one who knows where you're going next and keeping your opponents on their toes. >> what's your relationship like with alex trebek?

when he sees this happening, what's that like? >> you know, i don't think i saw any real reaction from alex. it takes a little bit longer for him to go through his index cards to find the next answer, but he's such a pro at it. he's done this job for 30 years. he didn't skip a beat when i started bouncing around. i think the show was prepared for it. in our little orientation, they talk about all those people who did it in the past, roger craig, chuck forest. they say, hey, if you want to bounce around, bounce around. if you want to take the categories logically, do it logically. just play the game you came here to play. >> but you're also looking for the daily double. isn't that part of it? >> there can't be two daily doubles in one category. so bouncing around gives you a higher chance of finding the daily doubles. starting at the lower clue values, the ones at the bottom of the board, that's where they're more likely to be. >> interestingly enough, your

wife gave you advice when it came to your critics. what did she media addict. she kind of dragged me into it. she wanted me to be on twitter and to live tweet when i was watching my episode and the one who was retweeting all the people saying really shockingly rude things to get me to respond to them. so she's kind of dragged me into the spotlight. so that side of it, the media side of it, you can give the credit to her. >> what do you say to people who say you're not playing the game fair, not being sportsmanlike, all the critics? >> i'm not doing anything against the rules or anything other players couldn't do if they chose to. they tell us at the contestant orientation, if anyone criticized you on screen, the online test is in january. >> they got your back. alex trebek is on "the five" today. we'll replay this message to him. tell me your message to the

legendary game show host. >> alex, it was great working with you. i look forward to working with you again in the tournament of champions. >> how long will you be on in this run? >> i can't say that. >> i almost had you. >> huh? >> i almost had you. >> maybe a little preview there. >> but you're on today. >> yes, i'll be on tonight. >> all right. arthur chu, thanks so much. congratulations on winning $158,000. >> we wish you the best. all right. next on our rundown -- >> three parents to make one baby? details on that controversial technique coming up. and it's illegal to use a welfare card at a strip joint, eric tells me, but using it to buy weed is just fine. a shocking new investigation proves your tax dollars are going up in smoke. [ woman #1 ] why do i cook?

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to save that for throwback thursday. just kidding. snow swimming. you ever heard of it? diving right into some fun after shoveling. they shoveled then did the snow diving. >> but here's the thing. number one, people are still wearing tidy underwear. i did not know that. number two is that i could see when you do it like you do the thing with when you jump in to the water for charity. but what charity is benefitting from that? >> well, they're on tv, number one. their own charity. how did they get snow so soft? here in new jersey -- that was clearly somewhere in colorado or utah. >> minnesota. >> minnesota snow, freshly shoveled. >> you do it here, you're going to break something. >> maybe the speedos were insulated. i don't know. a little shriek there.

there's the pain. so i hear. well, we brought this up before, is welfare money going to pot? apparently thousands of dollars in the public were withdrawn in a marijuana shop. the atms -- how much money was being withdrawn? >> several thousand, but 64 occurrences where they found the ebt card, the card that's supposed to be for food and necessities, were used in a pot dispensary. presumably they were taking the cash out and buying weed with it. >> they didn't say, okay, here's my ebt card, give me pot. they used the atms located on the inside. there are regulations on that, but only for regulated atms affiliated with the bank. >> part of the problem is it's supposed to be -- the program is $105 billion program for nutrition, supplemental nutrition assistance. i'm not sure that -- and we need

to point out that the story we were talking about, two-thirds of marijuana use in colorado is recreational use. so it's not like they're using the cash and buying medicinal marijuana. they're most likely, two out of three chances, they're doing it for recreation. >> the information points otherwise, in fact. but welfare abuse is just the beginning. fatal car crashes by marijuana are up 300%. not shocking but certainly startling. we actually talked about this yesterday. heather, you sat with us. we had a big debate. >> yeah. >> if you talk to people who are actually sitting in drug rehab, they will tell you not only did it start with marijuana. i mean, you're the expert. >> it's a gateway drug. >> but you can go to rehab for marijuana. >> so it is serious. i want to ask you a question.

i worry about the impact of all of this, this entire debate on young children. the entire image that this stuff is harmless. be cool. why don't you just try it? >> heather, i agree. but i'll tell you this. i have been prosecuting cases and defending cases for 22 years. i've never had a client or someone i was prosecuting say, i smoked a joint and then i beat the hell out of the guy. i smoked a joint and then i -- every day alcohol, alcohol, alcohol, alcohol. >> no, listen -- >> i was drunk, i punched the guy. >> interesting. >> yeah, look, i agree with arthur. there are a lot of dangers of alcohol, with marijuana, with other drugs. we're losing the war on drugs. the discussion is whether it's a gateway drug to other things. parents can stop that. it's the parents' responsibility. >> we just made it a whole lot harder for parents to do it. >> well, it's the availability

increasing. you hear about prescription drug use being transferred down to kids just by it being around. we hear the combinations being used. i think the dangers are important to be pointed out. heather, i thought you brought up a great point in terms of the message we're sending to kids. didn't anybody else see that egg in the frying pan in the '80s? this is your brain on drugs. am i the only one? >> now we tell you how to get your brain on drugs and make it legal. i know the whole money thing, is it going to be the black market as opposed to the retail store across the street. i'm going to get some pot, pick up some bread. >> you know what's harder to get in high school? it's harder to get a cigarette than a marijuana joint in high schools across the country right now. >> there's a blurred line between medical marijuana and the need, how it will be prescribed and also just reck national use of the drug and where we're moving forward. >> it's now recreational use. no one ever said, i'm so glad i smoked pot, i'm more productive. no one who smokes pot has an

increase in their ambition. they don't meet new people. it's not a positive -- it absolutely affects you. no one i know has ever started smoking pot and become a better person or a more productive person. >> you guys are sports guys. we go from performance-enhancing drugs to drugs that completely cut down your performance. >> i say legalize it all. >> get up with some hgh and go to bed with a little pot. >> you recommend it? >> i don't recommend it. just don't criminalize it. >> smoke them if you got them. >> heather? >> for anyone who's ever had a family who's been affected by drug or alcohol abuse, this is a very, very serious issue. so a lot of people make light of it, but there's a lot more to it than that. all right. got some headlines. new surveillance video is capturing the terrifying moments

inside a school bus when it is slammed by an suv. take a look at this. >> [ bleep ]! [ bleep ]! >> fortunately, just a few students were on board that bus at the time, and they are all okay today. washington state police say they believe the suv driver that hit this bus was drunk. a controversial technique is up for debate in washington this week. listen to this. it's right out of science fiction. using the three parents to make one baby. the fda is holding hearings on a new fertility procedure that lets doctors combine the dna from three people to create embryos free of inherited diseases. critics say it's playing god and that people might be tempted to pick and choose their baby's traits. what do you think of that? and listen to this one. two dogs in a pickup truck take it for a joyride. this happened when their owner went inside his house, leaving rosco and luna alone in the

truck for 15 minutes. uh-oh. >> got around to the front of the house where the truck was. it's not there. i was like, did i get towed? i just thought, no, it didn't. >> oh, yes, it did. one of the dogs apparently knocked the truck into gear, causing it to roll downhill into the arkansas river bed. the truck was badly damaged, but the dogs escaped without a scratch. oh, boy. and joe biden, he's at it again. this time he made this statement at a reception honoring black history month. >> i told the president next game i have him. just remember, i may be a boy, but i can jump. >> yeah, talking about basketball there. of course, we've got a whole lot of biden gaffes. remember this? >> i'm being a good biden today. cannot go to a 7-eleven or a dunkin' donuts unless you have a slight indian accent.

>> oh, boy. all right. we can just go on and on and on with all those biden ones. over to maria now. what are we doing? >> we're just soaking in the bidenness. now we have to cool down. maria, what is happening? >> he was doing seth meyers. then he went over to "the view." >> yeah, and i want to actually switch gears and take you to the current windchill temperatures. like you mentioned, we are cooling things down across portions of the midwest and the northern plains. temperatures out here are below zero. then you factor in the wind and take a look at what it currently feels like in the city of minneapolis. it feels like 24 degrees below zero. feels like 17 below zero in chicago. you really got to bundle up as you head out the door. we have a number of windchill advisories in effect because it is dangerous out there if you are not bundled up properly. high temperatures only in the teens for cities like chicago and cleveland. we have some snow. it's actually flurrying out here

across new york city. i'm not even sure if that's a word, but there is a flurry right now swinging through parts of new york city. that's the story as well across portions of the mid-atlantic. we could see some accumulation across those areas, like washington, d.c., maybe an inch or two, especially on grassy surfaces. otherwise, farther south, the gulf coast, you have very heavy showers and thunderstorms. that's going to slow you down as you make it out to work. in california, very good news. we're in a drought and we are actually seeing some rain moving on in. this storm system is going to be producing several inches of rain. this one and along with another one that arrives on friday. so welcome, rain, and welcome, snow, out west. let's head back inside. >> some relief there. thanks, maria. coming up straight ahead, our military budget is on the chopping block, but entitlement spending is not up for debate. is washington choosing politics over our protection, our security? karl rove here next. and then from the battlefield to the nypd, this dog about to prove why he is bad

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welcome back. we told you about these brand new fox polls showing that the american people have a great deal of confidence in our military, 93%. the president and congress, not so much. >> that's what makes defense secretary's proposal to cut our military so surprising. he wants to close bases and slash billions from the budget. meantime, spending on entitlements like food stamps is at an all-time high. karl rove is a former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to president george w. bush and fox news contributor. the numbers are staggering. they want to make a massive cut to the defense budget.

meanwhile, entitlement numbers up and up and up. fair? >> a huge mistake. the administration is asking for $113 billion in cuts to the defense budget over the next five years compared to what they proposed the defense spending be last year. if you look at it in terms of the gross domestic product, this is the way a lot of economists look at it and a lot of defense experts, we're cutting essentially from the high in 2011, 40% of the purchasing power in the military. >> that's the only thing this president wants to cut, ever. >> yeah, look, i think this is -- the bad news is he wants to do it. the good news is i think it's entirely political. i think what he is doing is saying, look, i'm going to just throw in. i'm not serious about the budget. i want to rev up the left of the democratic party for the midterm elections. if i cut defense spending and propose to shift that money to spend it on new social programs, new entitlements, new benefits, then that'll rev up the democratic left in time for the general election. it has been met in congress with

a bipartisan reaction saying, no way we're going to do this. >> look at this screen here. what's being spent when you do a comparison. 1990, we have defense spending at $568 billion. then entitlements, $568 billion. he looks like the commander in cheap by the time you get to what's being spent on defense in the military by 2014 here. it's staggering to think about a kick in the gut to the military from the commander in chief. >> exactly. remember this. remember that red bar of defense spending? in 2010 we have a lot of money we're spending on operations in iraq. that's gone. disappeared by 2012. the amount of money being spent in afghanistan is declining. so we are keeping the defense spending, you know, in decline largely because we're ending overseas operations, yet we still have the entitlement programs going up and up. >> isn't it the other way around? are those operations coming to a close to get to this?

>> well, we get some savings from the end of operations, but he wants to cut even further. i repeat, he wants to cut $113 billion in the next five years out of what he proposed we spend last year on the military. >> can we also point out where he wants to cut is alarming. he wants to raise housing expenses for current military and are retired. also, tricare, the current military health care system, he wants military people to add more to tricare, costing them more for health care. in the meantime, he's giving away obamacare to everyone else. >> even more damaging to that is the size of the military. the army will go down to 420,000. it's naturally on its way down because of end of combat operations. but it's going to 420 under this plan. we're kcutting the muscle of ou military. you can't find a significant military commander who say it's not dangerous to go below

500,000. smallest army since the eve of world war ii. >> here's my hope. when i see quotes from senator gillebrand saying this isn't acceptable, congressman forbes who said, to think that we can defend our country with this budget is laughable, i understand. i think there might be somewhat of a backstop in congress. do you expect it? >> yeah, i do. i expect a very strong backlash to this. now, the problem is, do we need to be here? he wants us to be here. we'll end up here. so we won't be where we need to be, but we won't be where he wants us to be and where he propose we are. >> we have to go. is america becoming less safe? >> absolutely. we're less safe because of policies and actions, and we would be less safe because of budget. >> and his own national intelligence director said in his 50 years in intelligence services, james clapper, he's never seen the threat so wide and so great. in his career. >> we saw it in hagel's comments. hagel said the world is dangerous and we face real challenges in the future. let's make the military smaller. >> thank you, karl. >> thank you.

>> which makes no sense. let's point that out. >> irony doesn't carry well sometimes in television. >> hey, stop kicking me. >> look alive, rove. up next on the rundown, he's army strong. this dog going from the battlefield to the streets of new york city. his story is incredible. >> first, we're going to check in with bill hemmer. what's coming up at the top of the hour? >> tell rove it doesn't carry well online either. >> the whole irony thing? okay. >> morning, guys. big decision for the arizona governor. we're watching that today. eric holder says, do as you like, not as the law states. what's up with that? we'll explore. and why would the va destroy the records of thousands of our veterans? we'll see you at the top of the hour, ten minutes away. ivitamine over one million hours of research. inside are specific vitamins and minerals to help support your heart, brain and eyes. centrum silver. for the most amazing parts of you.

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all right. he protected our troops fighting wars overseas. now he's protecting the american people right here at home. >> and our next guest has been a crime-fighting dog since he was a puppy. we're talking about cesar. good morning. thank you. >> good morning. >> thank you so much for being here this morning. so cesar has served three tours? >> yes. >> where? >> afghanistan. all in afghanistan. >> so now he's going to be transferred back to the nypd. what kind adjustment is he going to have to make? >> well, it's a new operational environment for him. where we want him to work is the new york city subway system. we do transit canine. because it's a stressful environment overseas in afghanistan, he -- it's very hard for a dog to work in our subway system. >> tell the people what he's going to be doing. by the way, what experience did

he learn over there that he can translate into saving lives here in new york? >> cesar is an explosive detection dog. he's trained on all the odors we train on here in new york. he does have 12 legitimate finds in afghanistan. so he's proven. now what we're going to do is transition him into a police dog. he's going to be patrolling the new york city subway system. >> so you guys are going to go through a 12-week session together? >> yes. >> new training. >> what needs to be done? >> i'm not sure. we haven't started the training yet. we're starting as of this week. i'm new to the transit system. i came from a precinct. >> so you're both starting together. he's going to start with a new name, correct? >> no, we're going to keep the name. >> oh, that's great. >> as a dog lover and owner my whole life, guess who's going to get trained, him or you? he's going to train you. who's walking who? >> but you originally said he was in a stressful environment. he has to get used to this

environment. what do you mean? >> well, that's a hostile environment for a dog. they perceive things different than we perceive things. he's a military veteran. that's where he was deployed, in afghanistan. even our system, though, is a stressful environment for a dog to work in because the way they see threats is different than the way we see threats. >> we talk about ptsd when some veterans return, understandable. dogs, you're saying -- >> they do get it, but we go through -- we sit down with an army veterinarian, a u.s. army veterinarian before we adopt a dog. we go through the dog's medical file and make sure that the dog doesn't have ptsd. >> so how long is the dog going to work for the nypd before he's retired? chase bones and other dogs. >> that's the reason this program is so good. what the u.s. army is encouraging is law enforcement agencies from all over the country to transition these dogs into police dogs because they're still young and they still have a working life left. >> wow. and everyone is going to benefit, especially here in new

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