>> follow us on twitter because we are about to tweet our own oscar selfie here on the set. >> you have to see it. >> thanks for joining us. have a great day. >> bye. >> "fox & friends" starts now. >> good morning. it is tuesday march 4, 2014. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. in an hour secretary of state kerry will arrive in ukraine. he will take a tough stance on the russian invasion perhaps? or can we expect more of this? >> folks, sarah palin said she could see russia from alaska. mitt, mitt romney talks like he's only seen russia by watching "rocky 4." all the latest on what's happened overnight coming right to you in minutes. >> he's funny. meanwhile will she or won't she? lois lerner and her attorney can't seem to get the story straight. this morning new details and an e-mail chain you

probably haven't seen regarding the i.r.s. targeting scandal. >> a giant american flag found torn, tattered and thrown to the side like a piece of trash, but what one woman did will make you proud to be an american if you're not already. mornings are better with friends. watch this. >> you're watching "fox & friends," the number-one morning cable news show in america. [playing taps] >> i wonder if they can see us in russia? >> sure. >> well let's give you an update on what's going on in russia. vladimir putin had a press conference and said he hasn't done anything wrong. he said there's been an unconstitutional coup in the ukraine. the ukrainian people want a cleaning but illegal change cannot be encouraged. >> that is why they inserted themselves into some other nation's policies and programs.

>> and business. >> and business, just like they told the rest of the world that we should stay out of the syria. >> he's preempting the arrival of our secretary of state john kerry set to arrive in about an hour, talk about suspending trade agreements, possibly freezing of banks. the d.o.d. could put military to military activities on hold he's saying. but certainly a far cry from -- remember this -- when he publicly ridiculed mitt romney and blasted sarah palin about their warnings of russia. >> he's even blurted out the preposterous notion that russia is our number-one political geopolitical foe. folks, sarah palin said she could see russia from alaska. mitt -- mitt romney talks like he's only seen russia by watching "rocky 4." >> who's laughing now? as it turns out, mitt romney was right. and sarah palin was right when they both predicted

that vladimir putin was not only a global geopolitical foe but also could invade the ukraine. here's sarah palin responding last night on hannity. >> anyone who carries the commonsense gene would know that putin doesn't change his stripes. he hearkens back to the era of the czars and he wants that russian entire -- empire to grow again. he wants to exert huge power and dominance so he has to get to those border areas and he has to capture them. people are looking at putin as one who wrestles bears and drills for oil. they look at our president as one who wears mom genes and ekweuf indicates and bloviates. dip mom jeans? >> the problem seems to be the european union. germany is saying i don't think we should go too far. i don't even want to kick

him out of the g-8. i'm not even into suspending talks. the same thing with britain. britain in a document released says we're not looking to do anything economically. the problem is if we come down hard we've got $40 billion in trade. if the europeans come down hard they'll get their attention because they have $460 billion in trade. so far it seems like europe is back to the future. it seems we should recognize the seriousness of this. >> in addition to that, brian, forget about europe, how they might act, if the united states were to impose sanctions what would the kremlin do? they have some cards up their sleeve. they say if the united states imposes sanctions on russia, russia might be forced to drop the dollar as a reserve currency and refuse to pay off any loans to american banks. that would send a shutter and drip us wet down wall street banks. also if washington freezes accounts of individual businesses, russian

businesses or individuals in russia, moscow would recommend all the holders of u.s. treasuries sell them. currently, i googled it, it looks like $138 billion of u.s. treasuries are held by russia. >> john kerry was quoted as saying putin would be on the wrong side of history with these moves. last night on the kelly file it was indicated this is about a strategy that he may not care to be on the wrong side of history and may be hungry for more. >> this is a real strategic issue. it is not about scoring political points. the reality is vladimir putin has seized the premier from the ukraine. he is never going to give it back no matter what we do. the only question that matters strategically is will he be content with crimea? will he grab the russian portion as well or will he grab it all?

he probably figures in for a penny, in for a pound. >> stephen hadley was at the heart of the negotiations after the russians surprised us by going into georgia and then we put sanctions in place to keep them from the capital but he essentially says incorporate montenegro, incorporate georgia, go ahead and incorporate other surrounding areas into a possible expansion of nato almost immediately and start making sure that the ukraine, what's left of the ukraine is part of the family of nations and also begin looking at redeploying the missile defense system. >> speaking of deployment, what's going on are -- going on with the russian troops, tphrad me putin ordered military exercises near the ukraine. sounds like he's pulling them back. exercises were scheduled to end any way today. the question is are they amassing to go someplace else? >> we'll keep you updated on secretary kerry's

arrival as well. in the meantime, heather, you've got headlines? >> today is day two of the oscar pistorius trial and it's been dramatic. an interruption in the courtroom happening a short while ago -fplgt a prosecutor stopping pistorius's lawyer during cross-examination to announce the witness, his image was being broadcast on live television. this despite a court order that guaranteed privacy for the witnesses who requested it. that witness who was on the understand was pistorius' next door neighbor, the same one who testified yesterday that she heard bloodcurdling screams and gunshots the day of the killing. pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend last day at his valentine's day home. he claims he thought she was an intruder. he faces 25 years in prison if convicted. he has pleaded not guilty. we'll keep watching this case for you. a dramatic rescue playing out in portland, oregon, after a utility

worker is trapped in the trenches. emergency crews pulling out this worker after he was buried in the bottom of a hole for nearly four hours. the 21-year-old and two other men were working in a sewer line trench when it suddenly collapsed. the other two escaped and they started digging him out. >> never seen or been around anything like that. he's a very religious guy, and he was -- shouting prayers. >> ma man is now in serious condition at the hospital. wishing him the very best in his recovery. good times are rolling in in new orleans. take a live look at bourbon street. this is mardi gras, fat tuesday. thousands of people are already out lining the parade route. the city has a cold and rainy forecast for today but partiers say they have no plans of staying

indoors. getting busy out there already. >> toronto's crack-smoking fair rob ford makes a highly anticipated visit on jimmy kimmel live. some of the mayor's intimate viral videos, take a look at this. >> all right. next video. that lady you apologized too or afterwards, once you get up to a certain speed, there's no stopping? you get very excited. >> he does a good job of poking fun at himself. the mayor took a moment to defend himself saying he has saved toronto taxpayers over $1 billion. if there's anything folks there like about him other than being funny, is that he's cut back. >> what a good role model. >> a great guy. >> nine minutes after the

top of the hour. today, starting wednesday, we're supposed to have hearings about the i.r.s. investigations into the targeting of tea party groups leading to the last election. will they ever get lois lerner to speak is the question? no? yes? no? darrell issa says he's gotten word that she wasto spean later to be rebuked by the attorney. who was telling the truth? >> certainly if you look at the e-mails here, and we have them from the attorney, it's from lerner's attorney william taylor. this is from steven castor. it says i understand from john that lerner is willing to testify and she is requesting a one-week delay in talking to the chairman, wanted to make sure we have this right. followed by this e-mail confirming yes. >> that's pretty emphatic. it was crazy, you had this

give-and-take. you had issa on fox news sunday saying she is going to show up, she is going to talk to us. she is not going to take the fifth. then you have her attorney who said this, said i do not know why chairman issa said that. as of now, she intend to continue to assert her fifth amendment rights. the reason darrell issa said that, sir, with all due respect was the fact that you said yes, she would go ahead and testify. >> where did that come from? >> the big question is why did they change their mind? why did lois lerner's side change their mind because it was pretty emphatic, yes, she is going to talk in public. issa said she is going to talk in public. did somebody make a phone call, you guys are not going to talk in public, are you? and did they change their mind? don't know yet. all we know is house oversight had the e-mail change. >> it is curious to see if there is just going to be a delay, i think she would get it. if she is going to take the fifth, see what the next

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vote on the nomination on assistant attorney general of civil rights. his controversial role in the case of abu jamal convicted of killing a cop in 1991 has sparked controversy over his suiting for the position. joining us is the widow of that slain police officer, maureen faulkner. good morning, maureen. thanks for being with us here. >> good morning, elisabeth. >> i know you're working around the clock to get your voice heard. those 25,000 signatures that are with you in terms of at least getting out there, your resistance to adegbile's nomination and possibly confirmation for this assistant attorney general position. why won't the senate hear your voice after he has defended the man who brutally murdered your husband? >> i don't know. i have tried. i have been calling senators over the past several weeks and trying to

speak with them to let them understand that this man took on the case 27 years after my husband was murdered. the legal defense fund took it on. he championed my husband, made my husband into, instead of -- somewhat of a marytr -- made the murderer into a marytr and just absolutely disgusted from it. >> abu jamal shot your husband, i believe, twice in the back, then looked at him in the face and shot him between the eyes. the man who is up for this position defended him. the senate won't look at you straight in your face and hear you? have you heard from harry reid? have you reached out to him so that they can at least hear your voice? >> yes, i have. i did hear from pat leahy about two weeks ago saying that they would not hear my

voice, and i've been calling. i called harry reid's office several times to ask if they please would not have the full senate hearing this week because i was going to be out of town, and i never received a response from them, which i think is a disgrace, an absolute disgrace. and so i'm not able to be in washington, where i would like to be, during the senate committee hearing. >> maureen, your husband protected the freedoms of citizens. senator bob casey citizens should feel great about who was nominated for this position. your husband doesn't have a voice today because of a man who killed him, the man who defended the man who killed your husband is up for this position. what would your husband say if he had the chance? what would his sentiments be? let the senate know. >> i think the senate needs to know that my husband

would feel that, you know, this is evil. it's unjust. and they really need to look at the facts of who this man is that they are nominating for the department of justice civil rights. he is the wrong person. there are, i'm sure, better people than him to lead our country in the civil rights department. >> maureen, our hearts are with you through this. please let us know if you hear from senator harry reid and any updates. thank you for being with "fox & friends." >> thank you. >> she didn't want to follow their rules, so she moved out. now one teenager suing her own parents for money to live. does she have a case? what if you could wake someone up from a coma?

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>> we have got quick tuesday morning headlines for you now. tough decisions, that is what president obama said israeli prime minister netanyahu will have to make as they move forward on peace talk with the palestinians. netanyahu is in washington. the leaders are working toward an april deadline for a peace agreement. good luck. the man accused in the biggest gold heist in florida's history being sent back to the united

states to face charges. authorities found the fugitive hiding in bushes trying to sneak across the border from belize to guatamala. he is accused of stealing nearly $3 million in gold two years ago. now we've got him. brian? >> what if they could wake someone up from a coma? new technology using electronic stimulation aims to do that. a study shows mildly comatose patients showed sign of consciousness after this procedure but only for a short time. is this giving false hope to families of those on life support who want to pull the plug? here to weigh in fox news medical a team member dr. david samadi. they put electrodes on the outside so those in mild comas and they started getting reaction in belgium. what can you tell us about this? >> this is a fascinating study coming from belgium. these are the people, about 55 of them. half of them are in

completely vegatative state, they have no brain activity. and half have minimal consciousness. they put probes on the side of their brain and did a very superficial stimulation of the brain. about half of those started to have some reaction. they were able to squeeze your finger, able to move their eyes. this is quite interesting. >> then they go back? >> about 20 minutes of system lace, -- 20 minutes of stimulation they are able to show some signs of life and after that they go back to the coma. what we learned is the brain is very fluid and plastic. we're learning about the wiring of the brain, which is very interesting. this test could be used to distinguish someone who is in a vegatative state versus consciousness. that can be used for diagnostic tools. one of the reasons why this study became so popular is that it is very minimal invasive. by putting two probes around the side of the brain they were able to see observation as opposed to deep stimulation brain

stimulation. ultimately, whether this is a real thing or not and this is real life or this is just a reflex as a result of what we are doing, we have to wait and see. >> what bothers you most about the study because it seems so encouraging, almost remind me of robin williams who played that doctor in awakening where they would come up out of their comas. >> what bothers me is this could give false hope to the family saying this is a sign of life and they go back to that state. and we see patients that wake up five years, six years after. so we need to learn more about this because it's a small group of people, small sized study. we need a larger one. but certainly this is giving us a lot of information we didn't have before. >> we always heard too if someone is in a coma, don't talk like they're not there because they might be able to understand what you're going through. >> i'm convinced in this minimal stage they hear

what you're saying. that's why i say to families play music, talk. they hear us. based on this study we understand there could be some return of life over time. >> thanks, dr. samadi, for breaking it down for us. four minutes before the bottom of the hour. she was the first black me feel secretary of state but that was not good enough. why one university is taking away condoleezza rice's invitation. look who is delivering breakfast. former mayor rudy giuliani. but he's got more than breakfast on his mind. he's thinking about america, american strength and also thinking about vladimir putin and what he would do. ♪ ♪

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and coffee and bring it back inside. >> stop talking. >> today is mardi gras, fat tuesday. tomorrow is ash wednesday. >> speaking of extra pancakes. >> live it up while you can. >> heather knows what i'm talking about. >> yesterday your esophagus started swelling up because you had a piece of quisp. >> or maybe it was something you said. >> i swell people's esophagus. that's the wrap-up on me. >> a story we've been following. >> kilmeade will send you to the hospital every time. good morning. hope you're off to a great day. a christian home schooling family from germany faces deportation from the united states after the supreme court turned down their appeal to stay in america. a u.s. immigration judge had initially granted the request for asylum but the administration challenged that finding. >> the president is advocating for the

legalization or citizenship of 12 million people. surely you would think his administration could find in their heart to support one single family that just wants to exercise its right under our first amendment, in my judgment, to educate their children according to their religious views. >> what do you think of this outcome? home schooling, by the way, is against the law in germany. the family came to the united states after they were told to stop home schooling their children or risk losing custody of their kids. just for giving them a home education. wow. rutgers university could be saying no thanks to condoleezza rice. she is supposed to be the commencement speaker at the university this year but the faculty council wants her invitation rescinded. the reason they give? the group says rice made bad decisions during the war in iraq and hasn't done anything extraordinary. as of now university spokesperson says there are no plans to cancel her appearance. and what do you think of that one? >> a new jersey honor roll

student is now suing her own parents. this is 18-year-old rachel canning. she claims her parents threw her out of the house and cut her off financially. she is suing for private school tuition fees, future college money and money to live on now. but her parents, sean and elizabeth, say their daughter chose to move out because she didn't want to follow their rules which includes a curfew and also chores. >> mary mcmichael found a tattered american flag shoved in a box in a warehouse so she called her local congresswoman's office. the staff started investigating and found the flag was originally used on the field during football games at arizona state. >> no matter how conservative or liberal we may be, you know, we have some common values. the flag is something we can all unite around. >> right about that. no word on the future of

the flag but the congressional staff says it's now being given the respect that it deserves. way to go. and those are your headlines. how about that teenager? >> that's really something. >> doesn't want to follow her parents' rules. >> while heather was doing the headlines, rudy giuliani let out a little guffaw when she was talking about condoleezza rice. >> not done anything in her life. what a bunch of arrogant idiots they are. i would like to compare what she did in her life compared to what the professors have done in their lives. >> to give the invitation and then rescind the invitation because they said she knew there were weapons of mass destruction in iraq. really? then don't invite hillary

rodham clinton. >> or how about invite both and have a great discussion. >> vladimir putin within the last hour concluded a news conference. he said what was going on in ukraine was an unconstitutional coup so russia has every right. >> it was a situation in which there was a legitimate exercise of popular will. it was obvious from what you saw with a man who has been a dictator. yurshenko has been everything putin has been in russia, maybe worse as a dictator. i think the president should stop playing hamlet and figure out what the heck he's going to do and do it. the longer you wait to do something, the less impact it has. first thing he should do is reset the reset. how about we -- >> that worked so great the first time. >> we gave up the nuclear defense of poland and the czech republic which i have been against, many people

did the moment he did, predicted something like this would happen. maybe what he should do is once again reenter those treaties. why don't we have a treaty with poland and the czech republic to protect them against possible aggression from the -- from russia. >> how far would you go, mr. mayor? there is also the sense that maybe the expansion of nato, special relationship with nato to the other baltic areas which could be targeted next? >> take them in right away. the fact is what he should get is a clear indication that america is not a weak, indecisive country like we've acted during syria, like we've acted with him before. what you get a sense of is america should take this very, very seriously and he's going to suffer serious consequences. nothing gets the russians more upset than nuclear defense because they don't believe they can counter that. i worked for president reagan. i know how important that was to ending the soviet union. he walked out of his negotiations with gorbachev because gorbachev wanted

him to give up the nuclear shield. it created the arms reduction. and i think if we insisted on that, it would immediately change the tone here. the second thing is they should be thrown out of the g-8 now. they can reapply when they are good people. >> but the other members of the g-8 don't want to go along. we have not plowed that ground with our allies yet. >> we have a president who we have been saying for years has a feckless foreign policy. our foreign policy doesn't exist. after what he did in syria, i think he lost respect of many countries in europe that you need northbound o in order to accomplish what needs to be done. >> do you believe president obama understands how to lead proactively when it comes to foreign policy? it seems to be this reset policy. >> now he's got to change it. let's hope he can change it. this is a great test for him. this is a tremendously

important moment because i think china is watching how we act here. i think just the way china and russia watch the way we acted with syria and took advantage of it, they're watching now how we're going to act. if he doesn't act decisively, if he doesn't act quickly, he's going to invite a lot more of this. >> and dissolving some of those islands they have dispute with japan. >> all of that has to be put on the table and the economic sanctions should begin now, not a week from now, not after four more weeks of wondering and pondering and thinking. you've got to act decisively. after all, let's say this for putin. he acts suh -- he acts decisively. two days, he decides he's going to move forward. >> there was an article in "the washington post" yesterday that said the president's first five years of foreign policy has been a fantasy. the resetting of russia didn't work well. listen to this. >> we want to reset our

relationship. we will do it together. okay? >> i am somebody who genuinely believes that the reset button has worked and that we are moving in a good direction. >> marco rubio was on this program in a few minutes saying it is time the administration to acknowledge the reset button with russia is dead. do you acknowledge that? >> i don't know what you mean by reset. long ago we've entered into a different phase with russia. >> let's find out what phase we're in right now. meanwhile we have the former mayor of new york city. kind of curious, your impression of mayor de blasio who won overwhelmingly but has turned out to be a gigantic lefty. >> i don't think it is any surprise. he ran as the most left-wing of the four democratic candidates, certainly to the left of the republican candidate. and i think he's, unfortunately from my point of view, taking the city in

my direction. look at what he's doing with charter schools, is tragic for the children who all of a sudden get an opportunity to get a better education and now we're going to pull that away from them. >> what about the his attack on the rich? these are people who donate billions of dollars to foundations here in the city and really killing the foundation like you're talking about. >> a fundamental misunderstanding of how the city works. this is a city that is extraordinarily expensive. we need a lot of money to do things. we need a lot of money to help the poor. most of the money we get to help the poor we get from the rich. when wall street had big bonuses, as the mayor i would applaud because it meant i had big surpluses and i could do a lot of good things for a lot of people who needed help. >> you said your big fear is someone is going to come along and undo your policies. it's happened now? >> i was encouraged by the selection of bill bradden because that meant it is

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>> quick headlines. who says you need a car for a joy ride? this car is under arrest accused of trying to steal a plane from an airport and driving it drunk. he told police he was trying to complete his pilot's license. a manhunt for the purple burglar in saint petersburg. cops say the purple clad perpetrator and his accomplice broke into two homes and got away with a toyota camera. not believed to be purple. >> plum car. a new rasmussen poll says one-third of american voters say they have been

hurt by obamacare. it is numbers like that that have democrats nervous about the 2014 election which is no wonder another delay may be around the corner. >> peter doocy is live in washington with the latest on this delay. good morning, peter. >> reporter: the latest delay in the affordable care act essentially excuses even more plans that do not meet the minimum standards laid out by the law. it is a delay with convenient timing for democrats. as you know, one of the most basic pillars of the affordable care act is the part that requires all plans to offer certain things like emergency services, trips to the hospital, prescription drugs, pediatric services and maternity care. a few months ago, to prevent a wave of mass cancellations, president obama encouraged insurance companies to keep offering substandard plans for one more year. but now "the hill" newspaper is reporting the white house wants another delay because even though that one-year extension already in place would keep substandard plans current through the mid term

election, there is still huge liability for supporters of the affordable care act since cancellation notices need to go out 90 days before a plan is removed. and that 90-day window means people would find out they are losing coverage a little more than a month before the mid terms. so this latest delay seeks to prevent mass cancellation notices before the mid terms. and by doing so, prevent a big turnout in november of angry people who liked their health plan and thought they could keep it. >> i'm sure it is just a coincidence that cancellation notices would go out after the election. >> exactly. 11 minutes before the top of the hour. straight ahead, can't sleep? maybe it is what you're eating. coming up, what you should eat right before you nod off. >> here we go again. under fire for another gun operation gone wrong. will anyone be held accountable? judge napolitano here next.

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a. another scandal for the bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms on the heels of the fast and furious depractice balkle, they're under investigation for running botched store front sting operations in cities all across the country. what were they doing and what was the legal fallout? who should be held responsible? right now we've got fox news senior judicial analysts, judge andrew napolitano. so the doj operation fearless, a multi-40 city program in which

they opened pawn shops across the country trying to get the bad guys to bring the guns in and they could grab them. >> where did they open them up? in inner cities within 1,000 feet of middle and high schools. in every state in the union, it is a felony to carry a gun within is thousand feet of a school. we're not talking about the officers carrying their own guns. we're talking about the people that they lured in to their phony pawn shops in order to arrest those people. >> the people who had the really dangerous guns. >> correct. they were gang members, drug dealers, and people who had escaped prosecution. the atf sent people that brought us fast and furious, the same crazies who thought they could give guns to illegals, could lure them into within 1,000 feet of schools, create a crime, sell

me a gun, and then they arrested these people. now, here is the kicker. they can do this under the current state of the law, they can do it. they -- >> it's legal? >> correct. they should have been prosecuted by locals for having set these things up within 1,000 feet of a school. they lured children in there. they didn't intentionally lure the children in, but the children came in. they created a material and substantial danger to thousands of young people in inner cities throughout the united states, who just learned about it yesterday. >> it's a dumb idea, illegal proposition. who is at the head of the department of justice? eric holder. would this have been approved by him? >> i don't know personally if it was approved by him. but it's almost inconceivable, after fast and furiouses, that something of this magnitude could happen without him knowing. in fact, i'm going to say he had to approve it because it involved too much expenditure of money and too much manpower. they set it up in 40 different

cities. millions of dollars in movement of material and people. >> is this just another one of the obama administration scandals that it makes the headline for one day and then they forget about it because we're not going to prosecute anybody? >> you know, nobody was ever prosecuted for what happened in fast and furious, including the death of a federal agent. so my guess is, this will just pass -- be a footnote in history. interesting, this came out the day after the invasion of crimea by putin. bury the lead. although we're talking about it. >> how many other news outfits are talk being it? not many. thank you very much. >> pleasure. >> straight ahead on this tuesday, should bob costas just stick to sports? nbc host defending his praise of vladimir putin to bill o'reilly. and the numbers are in. just how much the government shutdown cost our national parks. the amount?

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good morning. it's tuesday, march 4, 2014. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. we begin with a fox news alert. secretary of state john kerry set to touchdown in ukraine any moment. this is the situation there intensifying, but is it too little too late? >> and should bob costas just stick to sports? the nbc host responding to critics who attacked his praise of russian president putin. >> this is a controversy only for those looking for the most flimsy pretext for a controversy. >> the verdict is in. he doesn't agree. the different tune costas is now singing. >> and it is the selfy that took down twitter. but did they snap it just to

make a quick buck? the story behind that selfy snapshot revealed. thank you for joining us on this mardi gras tuesday because mornings are always better with friends. >> hi, everybody. this is kristen chenowith, you're watching "fox & friends." stick around. live it up. >> steve requested that song. >> it's my theme song. >> why is that? >> because today is shrove tuesday, mardi gras. that's the french quarter down in new orleans. people are going to be living it up on that particular street, bourbon street, right up until midnight because then at midnight, it's ash wednesday, lent begins and 40 days of sacrifice. >> steve has been partying. >> it looks like it hasn't quite stopped yet on monday. that's my opinion. also i have a report, maybe you

can second it. is it true that elisabeth hasselbeck's first date was at i hop. >> it did include i hop, yes. >> is this true? >> yeah. we took a train into boston. >> how financial of you. >> right. exactly. world travelers. >> let's back up. was that with your current husband? >> yes. >> okay. >> how romantic. okay. i do have a second source. >> fox news alert, the situation in ukraine is intensifying. putin, 90 minutes ago, had a press conference. he said that what was going on in ukraine was an unconstitutional coup that's why russia did what they did. john kerry is touching down any moment in ukraine and here in the united states, the president has said we're going to do whatever we can, whatever that is. he's talking about sanctions.

but putin is already talking about, your sanctions aren't going to hit me. i have ways of hurting the american economy. >> right. there is an argument to be made that this could have been happening in -- if a tougher stance over the past five years, seven years. the president seems to be guilting putin to do the right thing by saying, look, you're going to be on the wrong side of history. take a listen. >> i think the strong condemnation that it's received from countries around the world indicates the degree to which russia is on the wrong side of history on this. >> so that's the president yesterday. he wanted to be speak being middle east peace and the israeli-palestinian agreement which we don't have and the israelis may be putting pressure on them. that wasn't even the questions hurled at him. i will say in terms of breaking news, the first thing on our web site is ukrainian soldiers started protesting issues walking toward their air base in

the area and they had shots fired at them. there is a tense situation now as our secretary of state heads to that country's capital. >> putin said there is an unconstitutional coup. there was no need, he was quoting, to use military force, but russia maintaining the option to do so. >> yep. >> so what exactly is our president doing? well, he's not doing much because if you look at the last five years of his foreign policy, it's been a mish mash. he hasn't exactly been a leader. some have suggested he's leading from behind. rob lowe, the famous actor who i do believe has played the president on television, just tweeted this out: obama, russia on wrong side of history. perfect. guilt trips always work on putin, he types. so true. >> right. he also played jfk. >> a bunch of retreats because the general sentiment is you

heard the president saying he's on the wrong side of presid because he's asking the, quote, bad guy to do the right thing. >> he doesn't care! >> he doesn't care. >> to show strong action would be key. that's what rudy guiliani talked about before. be direct, be quick and be decisive. listen. >> i think the president should stop playing hamlet and try to figure out what he's going to do and do it. we have a president who we've been saying for several years has a feckless foreign policy. it doesn't even exist. i don't think anyone can articulate what the foreign policy of the united states is. after syria, i think he lost the respect of many countries in europe that you need in order to accomplish what needs to be done. >> sarah palin, who accurately predicted that putin would do what he is doing last night was on our channel and she said that putin is viewed as a guy who wrestles bear and drills for oil. obama's potency is viewed as a

man who wears mom jeans and equivocates. harsh words. >> way too harsh and a little too personal. >> it's her opinion. >> bill o'reilly had on bob costas who had everybody's fear -- you lose your voice, some reason, he had an eye infection and he ended up being one of the big stories of the olympics. but he's a fantastic broadcaster. buff it was one story in particular that caused some uproar and that was when they depicted the russian country. that is the soviet union, grand experiment in a positive light. >> in particular talking about putin in a positive way. >> the critics were saying they weren't happy. they went into a free form in how it was portrayed. they issue that happy and looking down on it, given what is going on right now in ukraine, they certainly had some questions. bill o'reilly did, took him to task and asked him about his

portrayal yesterday. his original quote -- >> this is a controversy only for those looking for the most flimsy pretext for a controversy and a cut and paste thing that isn't even journalism. that was not a profile of putin. it was a set-up to a conversation in which putin would immediately be called an autocrat and his desire to expand the former soviet empire, his desire to make his nation more and more influential and consequential on the international stage. >> okay. so bob costas says he was taken out of context. we'd like to play you the video, but we can't because it's olympic content, so instead, we've got the quotation. mr. costas said, just in the past year, putin brokered a deal to allow syria to avoid a u.s. military strike by giving up its chemical weapons and help bring iran to the negotiating table over its nuclear intentions and he has repeatedly showcased his confidence to take on the west,

particularly the united states. so that's what he said. he says he was taken our context. mr. costas also says that mr. putin is an adversary. >> critics pointed at the word helping. he helped, he brokered the deal, the use of confidence in describing putin there seemed to be wrapped up with a positive bow, bringing bill o'reilly and many others to ask the questions that he did last night. >> and he got thome adavite he was a villain because if -- him to admit he was a villain because if it wasn't for assad, things would be easier for the free world. meanwhile, heather nauert has some headlines. >> good morning. today is day two of the oscar pistorius trial. it's underway after dramatic interruption in the courtroom, a prosecutor stopping pistorius' lawyer during cross-examination to announce the witness' images was being broadcast live on television. there is a court order that

guarantees privacy for those witnesses witnesses who requested the witness on the stand was pistorius' next-door neighbor who testified yesterday that she heard blood curdling screams and gun shots the day of the killing. pistorius shot his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, at his home, killing her. he claims he thought she was an intruder. he now face taas years to life in prison if convicted. 2014 elections are here already. it is primary day in texas today. the most anticipated race is for governor. featuring wendy davis and republican greg abbott. both are expected to get their party's nomination, but did you know had? there is a bush on the ballot there? george p. bush, the son of jeb bush and the nephew of former president george w. bush, is now running for land commissioner. the senate seat also up for grabs in that state. a dramatic rescue, playing out in portland, oregon action when a utility worker gets trapped in the trenches.

emergency crews pulling out the worker after he was buried at the bottom of a 12-foot hole for nearly four hours. he was 21-years-old and two other men were working alongside him in that sewer line trench when it collapsed. the other two escaped and began digging him out. >> never seen or been around anything like that. he's very religious guy and he was shouting prayers. >> that worker is now hospitalized in serious condition. and a collector for bet. rescued in kentucky. take a look. >> remember the story we had told you about not long ago when there was that collapse in the ground there? all those corvettes in kentucky collapsed into the ground. yesterday they cranked up one of

them, pulling it out from the 60-foot sinkhole. it was one of prize muscle cars swallowed up last night. so far the crew has pulled out two cars. they expect to get a third out later today. it could take weeks to recover all the cars. they will then be sent back to be restored to their original condition. remember hearing from some of the folks at the museum how emotional they were that they had lost those corvettes. >> remember how emotional you were when you lost your gremlin. >> that was a pacer. >> it was used in "wayne's world." >> the pacer had a lot of head room. heather, thank you very much. >> thanks. straight ahead, she gave russia the reset button in 2009. that didn't really work, nor is it a reset. is hillary clinton getting a pass when it comes to her part in the failed foreign policies that she was presiding over? >> unions running wild. where organized labor is allowed

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fox news alert. the crisis in the ukraine prompting john kerry's visit to kiev at this hour. meantime, questions remain about the obama administration's past missteps with russia and whether those failures helped spark the current tensions, including back in 2009 when then secretary of state hillary clinton tried to reset ties with the russians. >> we want to reset our relationship, so we will do it together. okay? >> there you go.

so will the presidential race in 2016 and with her as a contendser, will she be held accountable for her part in the foreign policy flop, as it looks like right now? this could be your saturday 'cause you should be off today, but you're helping us out here today. when it comes to this and the reset and the video we have, do you think hillary clinton will be held to the same standard of condoleeza rice ran and iraq came up? >> there is no way that her foreign policy record doesn't get serious journalistic scrutiny once she becomes a candidate. especially because she was the face of the reset policy with russia. but right now we're in the weird limbo period where she's kind of, sort of, probably running. we don't have access to her or a campaign organization. we're mostly covering her as a celebrity, withen -- with an occasional look back. i'm not saying it shouldn't be done. i think right now is the time to look at where did the hillary

clinton-barak obama policy lead in terms of russia, ukraine, syria, but hasn't really geared up as far as clinton who has been out of office for more than a year. >> another major policy she had, we know she traveled a lot. we don't know how much power she had. it seems secretary of state kerry has more. another push was for the president to take power in libya. it's total chaos and we know this disaster that four americans lost their lives there. do you look that to be a hot button should she run? >> sure. everything when you reason is on the table, from personal life to record in office. her record as secretary of state, a lot of people think media go easy on her, she's going to get some serious journalistic scrutiny. i will be surprised if they doesn't. >> on top of that, i think it will be interesting because i hear this summer she'll come out with another book and focus on what she did in foreign policy. >> imagine that, a candidate putting out a book to try to put her or her best face forward? i'm sure she'll be making a television appearance and you

can get her on "fox & friends." >> i hope so because she did come on when she was running against barak obama and she did say thank goodness for fox. she said she was not getting a fair shake against the future president of the united states. do you agree with that? >> i do agree that barak obama in 2007 and 2008 got the most favorable coverage of any presidential election and the hillary clinton campaign was frustrated by that. a lot of people think that the media in the wake of this debauchle with ukraine have been soft on obama's foreign policy. i don't think that's quite true. the situation in syria when he drew the red line and didn't enforce it got a lot of criticism, was talked about leading from behind by the new yorker and now the ukraine, i think it's put the focus squarely on the president. although all the events we have to say are not within his control. >> he's got a great new show on our station. another reason to watch over the weekend. we're going to watch you on

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now for news by the numbers. first, $414 million. that's how much money our national parks lost during the 16-day government shutdown in october. the result of 8 million fewer visitors. next, 200. that's how many employees toys r us is laying off at its new jersey headquarters. the cuts coming after a 4% drop in sales. finally, $76 billion. that's the net worth of bill gates, making him the richest man in the world again. i believe he's retired. for the past four years, he has been at number two on forbes list. steve, elisabeth? >> thanks, brian. our sleep awareness series continues today with some food for thought. a recent poll found almost 40% of americans get less than the recommended seven hours of sleep each night and turns out that may be food's fault in your day. >> so what should you change about your diet to get a better night's sleep? joining us is physician and

anesthesiologist doctor nina radcliffe. good morning to you. >> thank you. >> you say a good way to go to sleep is before you go to bed, have the right snack. >> everyone says you should never eat before you go to sleep. i'm going on the record saying it's okay depending on what you eat. if you choose foods high if calcium and complex carbohydrates and protein t can promote sleep. the goal is keep it less than 200 calories. don't overfill your stomach or have acid reflux. >> does time matter? >> no. whether you eat at 9:00 o'clock in the morning or 10:00 o'clock at night does not increase calories. >> people think about turkeys and food that makes you sleep. >> complex carbohydrates. >> crackers, cheese? >> whole grain crackers, whole grain bread. peanut butter, protein in it. yogurt, eggs, bananas. >> is it the dairy or fat?

>> the calcium. >> melatonin, people say i take it to help me sleep. is that true? >> it does. i take personally. melatonin is a hormone produced to help us go to sleep. mother nature was very clever when she created out. when it's light, that's when you want to be awake. that's with production is suppressed. on the other hand, when it's dark outside, you want to go to sleep. that's when the levels are its highest. >> when do you take your melatonin? >> about one to two thundershowers before i -- hours before give to sleep. i consider it to be an internal clock. >> even though it's natural, should you talk to your physician about how much to take? >> absolutely. first of all, if you're having trouble sleeping, talk to your physician. this may be one of the things that you guys discuss and maybe an option you can agree upon. >> here is something else, i heard about this and i'm leery of taking valerian. but practice many say it's good. >> there is so much buzz about this. people are calling it the miracle cure for insomnia. whenever people get hype about

this, i get concerned. what we know is this increases a neuro transmitter found in our brain which causes us to be calm. it's the same mechanism of action of propothol, a general anesthetic, as well as valium. so before you take it, i want you to speak to your pharmacist or physician because it may interact with some of the drugs you're taking and not appropriate for you. on the other hand, if it is, try. >> the quantity in terms of dosing is important? >> exactly. that's why you want to talk to your pharmacist and physician. >> and scents make a big difference? aroma therapy? >> there are certain oil contempts like lavender, sage that, can cause these warming and relaxing feelings. what people do is take a few drops, put it on their pillow at night to help them get relaxed. while they're counting sheep, they're getting aromatherapy. >> that's why it's sleep week here on "fox & friends."

thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you so much. >> coming up, he defended a cop killer and now he's nominated for a top job at the department of justice. is that the kind of person we want there? the widow of that murdered police officer next. and then it could be the difference between life and death. the one thing you can do to survive an avalanche. >> may be too late for him. ♪ ♪ before larry instantly transferred money from his bank of america savings account to his merrill edge retirement account. before he opened his first hot chocolate stand calling winter an "underserved season". and before he quit his friend's leaf-raking business for "not offering a 401k." larry knew the importance of preparing for retirement. that's why when the time came he counted on merrill edge

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♪ ♪ >> the guys can relate, it's your shot of the morning. too hot for this one baby to handle. funny. that reaction seems familiar to many guys out there. >> yep. this tiny tyke got his hands on the 2014 edition and is blown away by what's inside. i wonder if he's checking out kate upton or kristy, who i missed when she appeared here. by the way, i wasn't here. >> she was here. >> didn't you have "sports illustrated"? >> we didn't have her. >> who did you have? someone almost as impresssive?

>> yes. >> i wond what are that kid's name is. don't know. >> happy. >> 28 minutes before the top of the hour. heather nauert has got some headlines. >> i think he's reading the articles. what all men do with those articles. got some news to bring you. we begin with a fox news alert. we're taking you live to kiev why john kerry has just landed. he's visiting the ukraine to put pressure on putin to try to stand down. president putin maintains that the trouble in the ukraine is an unconstitutional coup. this comes as we hear the white house is just announcing $1 billion in energy aid to the ukraine. we'll keep you posted on this as we learn more coming in live right now. and then today starts a senate debate on the nominee to head the civil rights division at the department of justice. he is now facing harsh criticism

for defending that cop killer in court. the widow of that fallen police officer spoke with us earlier this morning on "fox & friends." listen to what she had to say. >> my husband would feel that this is evil, it's unjust, and they really need to look at the facts of who this man is that they are nominating. >> she says she's been trying to speak to the senate about this nomination, but she's getting no response from senate leadership. not even getting her phone calls returned. a minnesota high school is under fire this morning after forcing this freshman to stand outside for ten minutes in the freezing cold in a wet bathing suit. the 14-year-old was in the school's pool when the fire alarm went off. a small science experiment triggered the alarm and the teen-ager was rushed out of the building with no time to put on any dry clothes.

she wasn't even allowed to sit in the faculty member's car because of a school policy. so the girl ended up with frostbite. the girl's mom wants an apology from the school and recommends that that school revise its policies. boy, how about using common sense there? union thugs stalk agawam and her family. they are protected, though, from prosecution by a little known pennsylvania law. the woman is an executive at a construction company that does not use union workers. so she tried to sue the union goon who was harassing her but it was thrown out over a law that exempts union workers from stalking or harassment. state representative ron miller submitted a bill to repeal the law, saying if you allow intimidation, stalking and harassment, it will lead to things that are truly illegal. and this one is being called selfy seen around the world. it was paid for as part of a bigger campaign from samsung.

the stunt may have seemed to be spontaneous, it wasn't totally unplanned. samsung spent an estimated $20 million on ads and negotiated to have its smart phone integrated into the oscar show. the company denying it was product placement and so now they're announcing they're donating $3 million to charity. those are your headlines. if you're interested in that story, more in the "wall street journal" today. brian, what you got for us? >> i have no problem with it. they're being innovative. meanwhile, one of football's most routine plays may be a little less routine. they're considering making the extra point a little tougher. instead of 20 yards away, 25 yards away, making it a 42-yard attempt. the extra point has become automatic with kickers making 99.6% of their attempts. lebron james is good and tall and he's getting better each day. he scored a heat record 61

points in a win over the charlotte bobcats. it was the eighth straight win for the heat in a game that was anything but ordinary. james said several heat records along the way. when you have a great game in the middle of a season like that -- peyton manning passed a medical exam on his neck and fully clear to do play next year. the exam was a formality, but his contract says he must pass the test before each season. he's coming off an mvp year. that's a quick look at what's happening on sports. coming up on radio, jennifer griffin, j.d. gordon. >> you got a busy show. a montana woman rescued after her home was destroyed by an avalanche. 68-year-old michael spent three hours in the snow before first responders and neighbors could dig her out. her husband, frank, is still

hospitalized. investigators now say the avalanche was triggered by a snowboarder. so what if you were on a mountain caught in a similar situation? maria molina is here with life-saving tips. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. this winter has brought a very unstable snow pack to the west. avalanches kill on average 28 people per year. 90% of avalanche incidents triggered by people. so how do you survive one? i found out. just seconds. that's how little time it takes in the back country for the snow to go from steady to deadly. >> terrain is the number one factor in avalanche safety. the only thing you can control. >> we venture off the trail with the owner of aspen expeditions. his number one rule? pick your path carefully. >> we are not within the theory of boundary. but we can't do anything about the snow. >> do your research before heading outdoors.

every state has a web site dedicated to avalanche forecast. rule number two, equipment can determine the difference between life and death. >> four major piece of equipment we use in the back country. beacon, shovel, avalanche probe, and more recently, the avalanche air bag. we hope, like a seatbelt or air bag in a car, we hope not to use it. but we bring it every single trip. >> all beacons work like a mini gps helping you locate a friend buried in the snow. >> i'm transmitting now and somewhere right near us is a buried beacon. now, we're very close. 1.5, 1.4. we place the probe here. >> finding the person, that's the easy part. >> this is a typical rescue shovel. part of the rescue that takes long is digging. what's the most important part of the body to get to is the airway. >> new technology is saving lives. the avalanche air bag.

>> right here there is a cartridge which is filled with compressed air and this is an air bag which is going to be a very, very likely way you stay near the surface and hopefully survive. >> i quickly learn it's best to practice first. >> pull down as hard as you can. one, two, three, pull. >> i'm scared! one, two, three. >> pull hard, really hard. pull like you mean it. >> life or death is this. >> yeah. >> one, two, three. one, two, three. one, two, three. these are all the things that help avoid being buried alive. so what happens when the unimaginable occurs? >> if you're truly caught, protect your airway, try to keep your airway clear. >> about a third of all avalanche deaths are due to

physical trauma. the rest are usually due to suffocation. the size of your air pocket will determine how much time you have to breathe. >> dig very carefully as we get close to the body. very first thing we want to do is get to that airway. >> and the other thing is to always remember when skiing in the back country is to always ski in groups of at least two or three. >> if you were actually in an avalanche, i got a feeling you would have pulled that out on the first time for real. >> yeah. i was a little scared because he said it made a loud noise and it really blew up to a large size. so it did. >> it pushes back against snow. >> it helps you stay up so you can breathe if you happen to get caught. >> like a parachute.

>> exactly. >> good job. >> thanks. coming up straight ahead, secretary of state john kerry just arriving in kiev. but is it too late to save ukraine? is washington too focused on the olympic games in sochi while putin was readying his war games in that country? peter johnson, jr. joins us next. plus, this morning, the real reason bruce jenner left behind "keeping up with the kardashians." >> first, "fox & friends" trivia question of the day, born on this date in 1950, this politician is thserving governo. who is he? be the first to e-mail us with the correct answer. >> we know this one. ♪ ♪

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the tv dad who split with kris jenner will join nene leak, cody simpson and danica patrick on the show. steve, i'll keep you up to date. >> all right. fox news alert. president obama convening his national security council for two hours last night to suspend some trade and investments with russia. this as john kerry is arriving this morning, our time n kiev in a show of support for the ukrainians. but are we too little, too late? was our president too focused on the olympic games in sochi while putin readied his war games in ukraine? joining us is fox news legal analyst, peter johnson, jr. >> unfortunately, as we see our secretary of state descending the stairs onto the tarmac, we're witnessing one of the greatest debauchles in american foreign policy in the last 20 years. there is a "wall street journal" article out today that evidences that united states through john kerry and the president gave up the ukrainian foreign policy to the europeans and said, you work

it out in terms of aid from the european union to the ukraine and now they're saying, well, we didn't keep our eye on the ball and perhaps there was too much interest in watching the olympics and protecting american business interests and ratings as the olympics went on and now we have this absolute debauchle. >> wait a minute. are you suggesting there is a possibility we turned our attention away from what was going on just so that nbc could make their money at the olympics? >> well, i think it became about ratings. i think there was a huge, huge issue going on and even the president, when interviewed by bob costas, said we really have a pretty good relationship. mr. putin treated me with the utmost respect. and now we have the most disrespectful act absolutely in the world going on at this point. we have echos now of what happened in the 30s, in ukraine. millions of people died in ukraine as a result of soviet policies and then millions of

people died as a result of what the nazis did in the ukraine. so now we have this war-torn country again subject to this give and take of russia and putin trying to reclaim a soviet glory that he cannot reclaim. and we seem to be powerless. the russian stock market plummeted yesterday. their currency was devalued and they had to support it with billions of dollars. but at the same time, there is a feeling of utter powerlessness in the united states. what do we do? how do we help the people in crime i can't? how do we help the people in the ukraine? >> it's interesting because here on this side of the atlantic, we're talking about, well, we'll have sanctions against the russians and we're going to freeze bank accounts. putin came out this morning already and said, you know what? if you freeze our assets, what we'll do is suggest that our people should go ahead and sell u.s. treasuries and then if there are any other sanctions against people, we won't

recognize the american dollar and you know what? we're not going to pay back american banks. >> i really do think we were stuck in the air of good feelings of the olympics and there was a feeling that this really couldn't happen. let's look and see what security advisor rice said on "meet the press," what the obama administration was thinking during the olympics. >> don't you understand that perspective of americans who may not be in the foreign policy establishment who say enough is enough? when do you confront putin and call him out? >> it's not necessary, nor is it our interest to return to a cold war construct, which is long out of date and that doesn't reflect the realities of the 21st centry. >> unfortunately it does. and unfortunately, security advisor rice had her head buried in the snow again. so we have a repeat of the statements she's made in the past that were debunked and that we all know about very, very well. this is the cold war.

the cold war has begun again and the united states needs to recognize it and act in an appropriate way in terms of trade, in terms of economic sanctions and in terms of diplomatic sanctions. no one is saying go to war. but let's go to economic war. let's go to trade war. let's go to diplomatic war against what the russians have done. >> let's see what kind of a stomach our president has for any of that stuff. peter johnson, jr., can you stick around? i've got to go on assignment in about a minute. can you stick around until 9:00 o'clock? >> i'd be happy to stick around for you. that's a great assignment. i look forward to seeing it. >> thank you. meanwhile, if you are looking for something to do, stick around because cheryl casone, come on in, you got the top five companies hiring today. first on this date in 1837, the city of chicago was incorporated. in 1971, people magazine was published for the first time as people weekly. and in 2000, "amazed" by lone star was the number one movie in

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>> found really interesting, diverse companies this week. i'm always looking for diversity when it comes to hiring. the first is a financial group, a shoot-off of royal bank of scotland. they're hiring here in the u.s. one of the names is chart bank. they've got 1700 jobs open. they need people that are tellers, personal bankers, mortgages, commercial lendsers and have, as far as full benefits, they also have domestic partner benefits and have adoption assistance, gym memberships, reimbursements for being healthy. i look for the side benefits because they have become so important under obamacare. we've seen so many cuts at companies. >> great idea to look for that in a wide variety of positions. trugreen is another. >> lawn care. this is 3,000 associates. this is the largest lawn specialist company in the nation. they're a franchise, burr all over the country, but all over the country.

they need people to do residential outside sales. maybe not this week in the northeast, but maybe next week. they are looking for managers and laborers. it's a franchise opportunity across the country. and then have you ever heard of tumbler? >> yes. >> bloging site? >> i've seen it. >> celebrities use it, they're based in new york. they were bought by yahoo. they need people. they've got 20 jobs open right now. they're pretty much hiring about five people a week. they do need engineers, which is probable low going to be no surprise. but also need salespeople. they're looking for interns. if you're looking for an internship in new york city, hey, go for this one. they're also looking to hire l.a., chicago, detroit, and atlanta. tumbler is another interesting tech opportunity. >> yeah. lot of curiousity. so best in class in toast cafe. >> best in class, this is teachers. i don't find a lot for teachers, i'll be honest with you. they're looking for 25 full time and part-time positions across

the country. the range is kind of wide. 12 to $30 an hour, but they need teachers, people to manage the centers. this is secondary education, supplemental education for kids. in addition to what you get in school. they promote math and english. it's very important for children. washington, california, texas. my last one is toast cafe. this is a morning show, it's two guys, they wanted to open autopsy breakfast place. they love breakfast. they came up with something called the portabello avocado omlette. they were the best breakfast in charlotte. they didn't plan to expand. now they are because they're so popular. they've gotten so big in north carolina. they've gotten so much recognition for their food. >> perfect. i'm glad we got to that. we want everyone to check out your new series every saturday on "fox & friends." we're going to tell you the details coming up and on our web site. and coming up, she was the first

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good morning. today is tuesday, march 4, 014. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. a fox news alert. john kerry touching down in ukraine. should we expect a strong message of support or perhaps more of this? >> folks, sarah palin said she could see russia from alaska. mitt romney talks like he's only seen russia by watching rocky horror! >> laughable, isn't it? laura ingraham is here to weigh in on that. then she was the first black female secretary of state. but that's not good enough. one university wants to take away condoleeza rice's invitation to speak there. >> it's only been tried three

times before. in two different cars within 12 hours. what am i talking about? an announcement from kurt busch live this hour, according to all studies, mornings are better with friends. >> it's "fox & friends"! you are looking live at a place that will be teaming with people shortly. where vehicles will not be allowed, if they were, they will be running over people. it will be party time. mardi gras time in new orleans. >> that's right. fat tuesday is today before ash wednesday sets in tomorrow. peter johnson, jr. >> it's time for king cake. fantastic. >> you're headed out, right? >> yeah. steve has gone to do a great

interview on the show. i've been asked to be here with you. good morning. >> you're the expert on mardi gras. >> absolutely. lent, too. >> lent starts tomorrow. >> party today, lent tomorrow. >> absolute low. >> try to find something to give up. >> lot of things. let's toss to heather. >> we're all thinking about that, what to give up for lent. >> got some news, john kerry arrives in kiev. tensions there reached a breaking point. just moments ago, russian president putin says that his country is ready to use all means to protect russians in the ukraine. he says in the interview, quote, there is only one assessment that can be made and that this was an unconstitutional coup and armed seizure of power. president obama's urging congress to approve an aid package for the ukraine and says that russia is on the wrong side of history. is general petraeus being silenced on the issue of

benghazi? a leading republican on the house oversight committee is now asking attorney general eric holder why the f.b.i. probe into the former c.i.a. director is still open after 16 months. some congressmen are suggesting that that investigation is being kept open so that petraeus doesn't speak about other issues like the benghazi terrorist attack. more on that as we get it. also happening this morning, hundreds of parents and students are set to protest new york city mayor de blasio's recent move to close three high performing charter schools in new york city. last week the newly elected mayor announced these schools would be closed, leaving at least 600 kids without a place to learn. the protesters will follow him to the state's capitol today where he's pushing his plan to raise taxes on wealthy new yorkers to fund a universal prekindergarten program. an injured bear is rescued at a california ski resort. this bear, you can see him right

there. he was bleeding and wandering around the chair lift area. animal rescue animals worked with key patrols to did he tell him off the mountain and to a vet. he's expected to be just fine. glad to hear that. those are your headlines. poor little guy. >> let's talk about russia. to do that, let's bring in somebody very special. laura ingraham is with us right now. hey, laura. >> good morning. >> should we just start speaking in russian today? i'm glad i didn't lose all my russian. i'm glad i still have it. >> yeah. first off, there is some news. we saw that potato houston a press conference to -- putin had a press conference on why he invaded another nation. he said he had no choice. there was an unauthorized coup that took place in the ukraine and he had to help save the russian-speaking people. >> yeah. we all have to remember that this part of ukraine, this is historically for the russians, for the russians and this nationalistic pride that the russians have, this is a vital

part of their history. it's a cobble together country, but the crimean region, this port that the russians have been renting from the ukrainians for the past several years, they were told by the ukrainians, remember a few years ago, that they were not going to have their lease renewed after 2017. that really irked the russians and usually putin. putin sees the west weak now. he sees obama as waiverring and obviously not very strong. the red line is a light colored line. it doesn't surprise me given the history of russia and putin that he would do exactly what he's doing. i think he believes that with trade, with europe, europe is not going to put any strong sanctions on russia. we saw what's happening in britain. they're not in favor of that. >> neither is germany. >> so i think the united states kind of stands alone with maybe

poland and a few other smaller eastern european countries. >> when anyone suggested, and we have a sound bite, remind everybody when it was suggested, perhaps maybe sarah palin, maybe mitt romney, that this was an important issue we should be looking at this five years back even, they were mocked. listen to this. this is john kerry in 2012 slamming the idea that we should be paying attention to russia. >> he's even blurted out the preposterous notion that russia is our number one political geopolitical foe! folks, sarah palin said she could see russia from alaska. mitt romney talks like he's only seen russia by watching rocky horror! >> we're on our heels when it comes to this situation. >> romney, if rocky 4 is his only reference, then he probably know morse about russia than john kerry at this point. remember the line, the famous line, i must break you?

remember in rocky 4? i must break you. that was all that was said in the film. that's confined of where putin is. for russia to survive, he believes, it has to stave off the encroachment of the west into what were, in his mind, traditionally russian territories. in this place, he believes the russian people are in peril, the russian history is in peril. it's pride. it's the mother land. i'm telling you, the russian history is something we all have to learn more about. i don't think most people really understand the history of this part of the world and it's very complicated. for john kerry to have brushed off what romney said back then was so ridiculously naive and so immature, russia is a great power. have they been hurting? yes, they have been hurting. but they're still the largest ex povertier of natural gas. they have enormous amount of trade from all over the world.

not as much as the united states. only $40 billion a year, but with europe, it's critical. so i mean, for john kerry to blow tho off, oh, it's a new world. >> he was chairman of the foreign relations committee. he should know better. >> yeah n in terms of russian history, -- has the president missed this big time? i harken back to that kind of flashback moment when president obama was caught on the open mike about missile defense. let's watch that together, then please comment on the relationship between that and what's going on now. >> what does that indicate to you, laura? >> well, we didn't know, but you can certainly see why a lot of people out there have this idea that it doesn't seem to be in the president's mindset to keep

america strong vis-a-vis our traditional adversaries around the world. i don't know how you can say that to the russians knowing what medvedev was, which was a poodle of putin, and knowing what the russians have been doing to the cause of freedom at that time. that was just two years ago. but spend time in russia and you'll see how not free so much of russia is today. i spent quite a bit of time there over the last few years, seven times, and you get pulled over by the police and they just take your cell phone for no reason. they'll pull you over and say you were speeding. no, i wasn't speeding. i like your cell phone, i'm going to take it. this is how corrupt this whole place is. there is a lot of really rich, but a lot of really poor people. there is almost a nonexistent middle class there. it's a very difficult place. >> they reached out to china. looks like they have a mini alliance building again. let's move to new jersey where

rutgers is. they were smart enough to ask condoleeza rice to be a commencement speaker u about it seems as though there has been somewhat of a pushback to take that offer away and pull back the invite because what they say is ca rice's push to get us into the iraq war under false pretenses and not telling the truth about weapons of mass destruction. >> and hillary clinton won't be welcome there. >> they say she hasn't accomplished anything extraordinary enough n this reminds us once again that all these universities and colleges, with the exception of just a handful, they're the most ill liberal places in the united states. we still have speech codes at all these campuses where you have to be careful what you say, how you say it. they claim that they're tolerant, but they're really intolerant toward more of a traditional or conservative point of view. condoleeza rice is pretty middle of the road. she's not exactly like a hard charging tea party type. and yeah, she was obviously secretary of state, national security advisor under bush, but hillary clinton agreed to go into ish.

she supported it, as did most democrats at the time. so the idea that -- that's the litmus test? then barak obama's top officials in national security shouldn't be coming to rutgers either because last time i checked, they were for ramping up nsa powers and surveilling more americans than ever before. so i mean, it makes me laugh. it doesn't surprise me one bit. but if you expect freedom of thought on college campuses today, you should look elsewhere. >> that's a new jersey state-sponsored school. i have wonder how they feel about them embarrassing our secretary of state like that. >> exactly. >> they say they have no plans to cancel her. she was approved unanimously and i think is a bunch of professors that may get a failing grade in their attempt to make that happen. >> i wouldn't be surprised if maybe rutgers or ivy league schools, there were more pro-russian protests brewing. well, we have to understand putin. he has a point. he has a legitimate point. there will probably be more of

that than support for the ukraine. it wouldn't surprise me one bit. >> i think you're right. >> i think if -- condy rice should say, you can keep your invitation. >> she actually knows quite a bit about russia. i don't know who in the obama administration really seems to understand the soviet history, the russian past, all of this for obama to have done what he did over the past five and six years in talking and actions with the soviets. completely naive. >> valerie jarrett is there, so she'll be okay. >> she's really geopolitically savvy and sound. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. >> good to see you. a bigger government mean a better government? our next guest says heck no. he should no. he was part of it. former senator jim demint here with the proof of that. then she didn't want to follow her parents' rules, so she moved out. now one teen-ager is suing them for money to live. does she really have a case?

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my next guest says he's got proof a bigger government never leads to a better government and it's never too late to go back. in his new book that's out called "fall not guilty love with -- falling in love with america again," joins us now to expand on how he's going to fall in love with america again. first off, big is bad. >> not always, brian. but we're so blessed to live in this country today, but many of us are worried about the direction. you know that. young people, large majority don't think they even have access to the american dream and most will be worse off than

their parents. we can change the course if we remember what made us great in the first place. america is different because we're ground up country. that's what we talk about in the book is how individuals and small groups, families, churches, can solve our problems. >> you also say if we're doing something at the federal level never seems to work. it's too unwielding and unothersed. it's not built to be efficient. >> it's not. there is all the evidence in the world to prove that. we want good education, but we've tried for 30 or 40 years to run it from washington. the things that are working are state initiatives, more choices for students. now we're trying health care at the federal level. it's coming apart at the seams. we can solve problems, but not the way other countries do. we're a ground up nation. little platoons that we talk about in the book and i've got example after example, whether it's health care or education, how people can solve a problem if we let them. >> that's pretty much the premise that you had as you left the senate're going running heritage. you're outside looking in and

you can maybe see clearer what exactly your mission might be. as you see big, you also need powerful and spending on defense and staying strong. to do that, you see what's happening in russia. what is our power? what is our leverage? some say look at drilling. look at fracking. maximizing our energy makes us stronger over there. how and why? >> i talk about that in the book. north dakota is a great example. fracking was a technology developed by people who were criticized for years for doing that. north dakota is exploding economically. families are having opportunities they've never had before. unemployment has gone away. north dakota had to go around federal rules in order to do this. you could probably have at least 20 states to have that same kind of prosperity with energy. other states have other assets that are actually being suppressed by the federal government. >> are you saying that if we have more energy, we're producing more energy, that gives lush i can't less leverage over us, maybe we'd become the

supplier? >> exactly. we need to loosen export rules for natural gas and the more we develop here -- we've got 100 years or more supply of natural gas, less polluting than oil and coal. this is an opportunity of a lifetime. >> can you be a democrat and be against big and if you can't, how do you ever get anything done in washington if there is no compromise? >> you see at the state level a loft democrats are recognizing that you can do these conservative things and create a better economy and better way of life. it's hard at the national level because of the control of the big unions and the big corporations and the big banks. democrats have trouble getting elected unless they're for big. >> he might not be a senator, but you're a powerful guy and this book looks to be successful. i'll talk to you more about it on radio. senator, always great to have you. >> thanks a lot. coming up straight ahead, one in three americans say they've been hurt by obamacare. but there are some who are benefitting and they're democrat

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some quick headlines now. a cross shaped memorial in maryland meant to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice during world war 1 now at the center of controversy. a humanist group claims it violates the first amendment. they filed a federal lawsuit to have it removed from public

property. veterans saying this is a slap in the face. if you're in las vegas and get into a tendser bender, you're on your own, the police department is no longer responding to car accidents that don't include an injury. their reasoning? it takes officers away from responding to other major emergencies. brian? >> he's attempting something that's only been done three times before. race 1100 miles in two different states in two different cars within 12 hours. what am i talking about? nascar driver kurt busch joins us with an exclusive announcement, all dressed up but soon you'll be in one suit racing two cars in one day. thanks for doing this. and flipping pancakes for us. >> thanks. i'm laughing at the vegas metropolitan police department. i'm from there and they're not even pulling over for that anymore. it's a big day for us, i am now announcing we're going to

attempt to do the double on the same day. i'm the goofy one. >> how is that even possible? you need helicopters to get back and forth. how are you doing that? >> logistical side is a big challenge. the other challenge is getting two teams like this to get this lined up. withs who and andretti and cessna, their plane travel company will help me get back and forth. this day in age of social media, everybody will be wanting to keep up with this. >> how intense does that seem right here? but for a great cause, as well. >> it's memorial day weekend. this isn't just a pr stunts. i've been working with the armed forces foundation the last three years and to build attention towards our troops and their ptsd troubles, traumatic brain injuries. there is going to be a workout regiment that i will be with -- >> you're so out of shape now.

>> pumping hard to do 1100 miles in the same day, it's not just the physical side, it's the mental side. >> you're doing it to win. >> absolutely. it's not just to go out there and make laps. i want to do it with andretti. his name and indy car is one of the most synonymous names there. >> in terms of the physical quality and what it takes to win, what does it take? arm strength? at your abs? what do you have to do physically to train for this? >> core strength is probably the most important thing. having the ability to stay in the seat and to able to stay hydrated, focused. the mental side is big, burr the physical strength of the upper body and what drivers have to go through to challenge themselves to stay in touch. >> plus you can't listen to the radio. let's look at who has tried this in the past. tried in '94 by john andretti, then tony stewart did it, he finished both times? >> he was in the lead lap the second time.

>> robbie gordon did it in 02 and 03. did he complete it? >> he did not. there was some weather delays. >> i heard tony stewart had to get i.v.'s in his arm to finish the thing. >> i hope that i can man through it and not have to have i.v.'s. but really at the end of the day, i'm a nascar driver, a nascar champion and my focus is the full 600 miles when i get o charlotte that night. >> you just warm up by riding in an indy car. >> that's it. >> that determination is why nascar fans love you. >> and if people want to support the foundation which you're racing for? >> they can do a text to give campaign at 50555 to the aff. i have now launched a new web page, kurt busch project with the armed forces foundation. this is one of my first initiatives to draw attention to the armed forces foundation and our military. >> wow. i love that. >> good american challenge. >> thank you. >> remember, you're on your own in vegas.

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syrup. >> yeah, that's right. good morning, everybody. today is national pancake day. you can get free pancakes at any i-hop between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. and i am now joined by marie and you are vice president of culinary innovation for i-hop. good morning. thank you for joining us. >> good morning. thank you. >> can you tell us the secret behind the i-hop pancake? >> first you have to start with very cold water, which is very easy this morning. then we just have a special mix. our own special blend and then we just make sure we don't mix all the lumps out. keep it lumpy. you can see once you put it on a griddle, you'll see it bubbling. >> how do i know when i can flip it? >> when you see just a little bit of the bubbles kind of popping and you can cheat just a little. >> you can cheat a little bit, look underneath and make sure it's done. >> 'cause the goal is make it

fluffy and golden brown. >> these are so delicious. a lot of success has been brought by national pancake day for children's charities. besides the free pancakes that everyone can get at the local i-hop in their area, they can donate to children's charities. one of them being the children's miracle network. >> very special charity for us. >> millions of dollars have been raised thanks to national pancake day. okay. so we're going to go ahead and now start serving some pancakes. i see we have people out here. let's get some ready, some plates. here we go. we are serving them up. >> perfect. there you go. >> delicious. we have some people over there, i'm going to give them some free pancakes. here we go. hey, everybody. free pancakes today. national pancake day.

>> yea. >> delicious. now i'm going to get some ready and bring them inside now. >> okay. >> thank you very much. that new yorker is a friend -- new york is a friendly place. the meteorologist is handing me free pancakes. >> i love it. i think it's free buttermilk pancakes. i know, 'cause my daughter is going. >> put it this way, look out, bisquick, the international pancakes is bringing the party to you. i-hop is always crowded. heather, tell us what else is happening. >> he wants a smiley face on his pancake. let's head overseas where today is day two of the oscar pistorius trial. it is now underway. after a dramatic interruption in the courtroom a short while ago. a prosecutor stopping pistorius' lawyer during cross-examination to announce the witness' image was being broadcast live on television. there is a court order in place that guarantees privacy for

witnesses who request it. that witness happens to be pistorius' next-door neighbor. she broke down in tears today saying that she still remembers the terrified screams of a woma, reeva steenkamp, was killed. pistorius shot and killed her at his home. he claims he thought she was an intruder. reeva steenkamp's mother speaking out about what it was like to see pistorius face-to-face. >> i wanted him to see me, i'm the mother of reeva. it's just important for me that he saw me there. i've lost everything that's important to me and still, i can't forgive. >> that was a short while ago. he faces 25 years in prison if he's convicted. a new jersey honor roll student is suing her patients for her tuition and other expenses. 18-year-old rachel canning, you

can see her there, claims her parents threw her out of the house and cut her off financially. so she's suing for private school fees, future college tuition, and also moneylso monee on. but her parents say that she chose to move out because she didn't want to follow the rules of the house that happened to include curfew and a few chores. >> there are privileges to living you should our house and rules. yeah. private school, new cars, that will come with living under our roof. i think she needs to -- it's killing us. >> the family drama heads to court later today. the obama administration set to announce yet another obamacare delay that could end up helping democrats in a 2014 election. this delay would allow insurers to continue offering a plans that were previously canceled because they didn't meet the law's minimum requirements. according to the new rasmussen poll, one third of american voters say they have been hurt

by obamacare and that this delay would keep the issue from becoming front and center. what do you think of that? toronto's crack smoking mayor rob ford hitting the late night show circuit. appearing on jimmy kimmel live e. took a minute to get serious with the mayor. >> i don't really know you that well, but i want to say, as a human being, you seem like a very nice guy to me. if you are an alcoholic, which, listen, if you're drinking enough that you tried crack in your 40s and don't remember it, maybe that's something that you might want to think about, like talking to somebody. >> i wasn't elected to be perfect, jimmy. i was elected to clean up the mess that i inherited and that's exactly what i've done. >> oh, boy. the mayor defending himself, saying he saved toronto taxpayers more than a billion dollars. those are your headlines. brian, what you got over there? >> nothing about toronto's mayor. but something almost as consequential. one of football's routine plays

maybe less routine. i love this idea. according to nfl.com, the least competition committee is considering making the extra points harder. instead of 20 yards away, 25 yards away. essentially be a 42-yard extra points. it's almost become automatic to this point. kickers make 99.96% of the extra points. maybe more people will try for the two-points conversion. lebron james playing the game of his career. he scored a heat record 61 points in a win over the charlotte bobcats. for some reason jordan doesn't like lebron. it was the eighth straight win for the heat in a game that was anything but ordinary. james set several heat records along the way to a victory. finally, nfl's mvp will be back. peyton manning passed a medical exam on his repaired neck. he's fully cleared to play in 2014. the contract says he must pass a test before each season. manning is coming off an mvp year, but had a super bowl he'd

like to forget. he set all type of records in the super bowl. they got him back in denver. john elway has got to be happy. i'll be talking in the mike from nine to noon. carolyn glick will be with us. jennifer griffin, j.d. gordon for the bush administration, all talking about the ukraine and so much more. >> great show for you coming up. also, could we soon see another bush in office? where you'll see that name on a ballot today. >> and many of new york's wealthiest names say bye to the big apple. what's pushing them out? our next guest says it's the new mayor, bill de blasio. we'll expose the war on wealth next. ♪ ♪

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quick headlines. believe it or not, the 2014 elections are here. it's primary day in texas. the most anticipated race is for governor featuring democrat wendy davis and republican greg abbott. the senate seat is also up for grabs. there is even a bush on the ballot. george p. bush is running for land commissioner. and who says you need car for a joy ride? this guy is under arrest accused of trying to steal a plane from an airport and driving it drunk. he told police he was trying to complete his pilot's license. brian? >> bye-bye, big apple. that's what some of new york city's richest residents are saying as they prepare to leave

the state and head to sunny florida and some cases texas. not for the heat, but to avoid the economic climate, especially under the leadership of bill de blasio. michael goodwin has been reporting on this, a fox news contributor. michael, what is this mayor doing that's forcing more and more wealthy to go somewhere else? >> two things. historically new york is a high tax state. that's always been a problem for people who look to avoid the high taxes, high regulations. what bill de blasio is doing is really two things. number one, he wants to raise the personal income tax even higher for those making $500,000 or more. doesn't sound like a big deal, but you add it to all the taxes that already exist and it is now approaching 13% for the high income earners, city and state personal income taxes. in addition to that, however, it's the hostility to wealth. the sense that if you are wealthy or even a high income person, you must be doing something wrong. there is some sense of behind

every great fortune lies a great crime, that if you have a lot of money, you've had some unfair advantage. it's very much out of the barak obama playbook. >> an example, you know well that he said i want to give universal pre-k, everyone gets automatic pre-k. it's not free. he's going to raise money. governor cuomo says i have enough money. i still want to raise tax. what's the negligent in new york? n it's punitive. it's the idea we're taking it back. when you scrape beneath the surface, it's this idea that you don't really deserve that much money. it's the government's money ultimately. we'll tell you how much you need and how much you deserve. so people look at that and they say, he hates rich people and as i point out in the column, wealthy people contribute enormous amounts of money to the city's economy just through paying taxes already. mayor bloomberg said 5,000 families pay up to a third of the city's personal income taxes. but beyond that, it's the charity, it's the metropolitan opera. and as i focus on, it's the

charter schools and de blasio is cracking down on the charter schools in part because they are largely funded by wealthy people making contribution. >> who goes to those schools? a lot of minorities who are looking to put on a tie and upgrade themselves and change the trajectory of their families in many cases. just real quick on the two states, florida, 22% of people are heading there. we're adding 3.6%. in the age of telecommuting, you don't need to be in new york to make money in new york. >> sure. if you leave, you get an automatic tax cut of 12%, city and state personal income taxes. you avoid the inheritance tax. florida does not have one. new york does. so you have a lot of advantages. but fundamentally, this is about punishing wealth just for the sake of punishing it. with charter schools, it's essentially white people giving lots of money so nonwhite children and families can

benefit and this mayor, who says he wants to help those families and children, is actually attacking the source of help. >> you know what he's doing? making governor cuomo look good who made headlines by saying, i'm going to fund it by albany. so he looks like the hero and all they're asking for is the buildings. it's already paid for. >> right. but again, it's a punitive approach to wealth, which is so destructive to everybody. >> it's a topic for you to write on. he's not even six months in and this is happening. you've already written a lot of great columns about it. thanks so much. >> thank you. let me tell you what's coming up. you know him best from his role on the show "alias." now he's headed for the bates hotel. he's next. let's check if with a guy, bill hemmer. >> you see me perform? >> yes, i've gotten the tapes from martha. >> yes, you have. good morning to you. another day, another obamacare delay.

question, is this helping or hurting democrats in election year? we will analyze that. breaking news on i ukraine. senator mccain is here to talk about that. are we 24 hours away from the testimony of lois lerner and the irs? find out when we ask trew gowdy when martha and i see new ten minutes

i have this dream. >> lives are peaceful, serene. >> normal. >> i take care. >> my mother takes care of me. >> i have a favorite part. >> mother asks me. >> which of my past have i chosen. >> i smile and tell, the one with a happy ending, of course. then i wake up. >> well, the new season of

"bates motel" payday buying last night. joining us is michael who play has new love interest for norma bates. welcome back. >> thanks for having me. >> congratulations, because the season remirror. 3 million total viewers. 1.6 million in adults. >> that's huge. >> you're the man, i think. >> i wasn't in the first episode, so i had nothing to do with it. >> a huge part. now this is something that everybody is pretty excited about. it has that erie, scary quality to it, like that's what keeps people wanting more. it's the prequel to psycho. >> exactly c. is an interesting premise because it sort of takes us on the journey of what happened to the mother and son and how they became so dysfunctional in "psycho." it's very creepy. >> tell us about your role. >> i play the love interest. he's trying it seduce her.

she's a tough nut to crack. she's complicated. i think that's one of the things that attracts him to her. she's very mysterious. yeah. he's having a hard time seducing her. >> we're going to show everybody a little bit of it now. take a look. >> hi. you must be norman. i'm george. >> yeah. >> hi. nice to meet you. is your mom ready? >> george. hi. >> wow. hi. >> you look fantastic. shall we? >> i'll see you later. >> what time do you think you'll be back? >> i'm not sure. >> don't worry. i'll make sure she doesn't get into trouble. >> that relationship doesn't look healthy. or it was the music that swayed me. >> a little bit of everything. >> that is creepy. >> very creepy. >> what are they shoot -- where are they shooting? >> vancouver. the bates motel is an hour and a

half outside of vancouver they took the blueprint from the real movie and built it. it's pretty creepy in there. >> hey, it pays the bills. >> i think that hashtag will be following you. i want to know, twitter shut down because of the selfy that ellen posted with others. right now there is questions as to whether they were paid to do that, whether it was sponsored by samsung. they actually offered $3 million to charity, denying this was a sponsored selfy. what do you think? do you like the product placement? >> i love the picture. i was disappointed i wasn't in it. whether they paid for it or not, whether it was premeditated, it's still a great picture. anything that can shut down twitter is good. >> every time you can humanize these superstars and make them seem like something we all do, it's better. i have no problem if samsung

paid for it. they should embrace it. i'd rather keep it here, not a 30 second commercial people don't pay attention to. >> but would it have seemed so spontaneous if they knew it was sponsored? >> probably not. but the end product is cool. >> i thought it was obvious it was sponsored. she was waving that big phone around the whole night. it's a huge samsung phone. i'm not being paid. but yeah. i guess they're paid. i don't know. >> do me a favor, relax. we'll come right back with you and so much more in just a and so much more in just a moment. >> great behind every centrum multivitamin are 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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up. >> and teach brian how toy, michael. >> after the show show. >> he's in touch with his emotions. he's a great actor. >> we're going to make you cry. >> you can't make me cry. >> yes, we will in the after the show show. bye, everybody. bill: kicking off with put *. with with vladimir putin. russia sending warships into the black sea, tightening the grip around the crimean sea an sending aid to give to the government in kiev. martha: we had secretary of state john kerry