big babies. >> john says barbie has been around for 50 years. you shouldn't blame a toy for the insecurity of others. >> it is friday. go out there. have a great weekend and enjoy the warm weather. >> "fox & friends" starts right now. bye. >> good morning. today is friday. march 7. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. he's back. chris christie takes on the president at cpac and gets a standing ovation. >> you're the leader of the government. you see something getting ready to go off the rails and what you decide to do is stay as far away as possible. my question is if that's your attitude, mr. president, what the hell are we paying you for? >> will this put the new jersey governor back in the race? >> congressman darrell issa defending his reputation after this heated exchange.

>> i am a member of the congress of the united states of america! >> now euz did a is being called a racist. is that right? we report. you decide. >> put down the bacon and eggs. a new study says you'd be betting -- better off having a cigarette instead. mornings are better with friends. ♪ ♪ >> good morning and happy friday. welcome to "fox & friends." john scott, good morning. >> nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> i have been waiting 16 years to claim this point on the curvy couch.

i have staged a coup. steve doocy is gone. it is now my spot. >> congratulations. >> under the russian cover of kreupl i -- crimea. >> steve tweeted not so fast buddy. >> the reason steve and brian are off is because it is national unplugging day. they are not going to get anywhere near cameras and cell phones. >> that's right. no electronics at all today. let's talk about what happened yesterday at cpac and chris christie getting a standing ovation. ingratiating himself perhaps once again with the republican audience after obviously the bridge scandal in new jersey and of course him praising president obama for his response to hurricane sandy relief. yesterday went down to cpac and got a standing ovation when he went after the president for his leadership. listen to this. >> we cannot ignore that the flawed foreign policy of the last few years has brought us to this stage,

because we have a president who believes that by the sheer force of his personality he would be able to shape global events. >> you're the leader of the government. you see something getting ready to go off the rails and what you decide to do is stay as far away from it as possible. my question now is the same question i had then: if that's your attitude, mr. president, what the hell are we paying you for? >> harsh words. >> exactly. a source close to christie and his office indicated early on he was going to try to redefine the messaging, not letting the liberal media define who conservatives are but get out there with a straight message. you see marco rubio with a call to remind everyone about ronald reagan and his policies in dealing with the very same region. ted cruz also going after it. no one was holding punches at cpac. >> ted cruz apparently not liking the way republicans have been handling things

in washington in the last couple of years. here's a clip of what he had to say. >> they say if you stand for principle, you lose elections. the way to do it, the smart way, the washington way is don't stand against obamacare, don't stand against the debt ceiling. don't stand against nothing. you want to lose elections, stand for nothing. of course all of us remember president dole and president mccain and president romney. look, those are good men. they're decent men. but when you don't stand and draw a clear distinction, when you don't stand for principle, democrats celebrate. >> one of the themes running through cpac yesterday was ukraine and the invasion of the crimea and whether republicans should stand firm and not remain isolationists but put forth a ronald reagan persona making sure we stand firm and not allow putin to move into this region of the ukraine. there was stark contrast between messages coming out of the rand paul camp and

from ted cruz, chris christie and marco rubio yesterday. >> i think there was indication yesterday that you could spend the entire next two years running against something or you can stand for something. and i think those principles which ted cruz was noting will be important moving forward. jimmy carter did not escape some jabs, even when it came to donald trump comments. listen to this. >> we're getting into jimmy carter territory. and i never thought i'd see anything like that again. i lived through that time and it was not a good time. and we're pretty close. i think maybe by next month we will have surpassed the late, great jimmy carter. >> ouch. >> he managed to kill off jimmy carter. >> did he pass away? no. in fact, people are saying did jimmy carter pass away? here's a tweet from jimmy carter's grandson. he said i'm pretty sure i

would have heard about that. i'm pretty sure we would have all heard about that. >> trufrpl alluding to the -- trump alluding to the late great jimmy carter. >> one of the other big highlights of the week, the appearance of lois lerner in front of darrell issa's committee on capitol hill. she of course took the fifth again. after she did so, there wasn't any more work to be done, so said issa, the chairman of the committee, the guy who runs the thing. so the house oversight committee shut down. that did not please the ranking member. you see him, elijah cummings of maryland. he had something to say about that, well, in front of darrell issa and then talked about it -- darrell issa talked about it last night with megyn kelly. >> i broke no rules and he broke the decor rum of the house. but i might mention that several years ago henry waxman pounded a gavel and said he would have me

removed because he was pointing out that i was breaking the rules. i didn't say he was somehow anti-arab american. the accusation that i was somehow antiafrican-american, that kind of accusation is beneath response. if i had to do it again, i probably would have sat there for a very long time, let him say a lot of. >> impressive for him to get right in there. the congressman is facing a ton of heat right in his face with claims that it was racist when he cut elijah cummings off. he said i've been in this situation before. i didn't claim racism. i didn't say it was anti-arab. i didn't say it was anti this. when he alluded to what was happening, he was talking about the waxman-issa exchange. he said i didn't take it to the point of racism. take a listen. >> mr. chairman, i must insist that we go to

regular order. >> the gentleman is not in order at this time. >> mr. chairman -- sphoeup did you -- >> did you have -- >> the rules of the house call for an alternating -- >> the gentleman will cease >> point of order, mr. chairman, on what time does the chairman speak and ask these questions -- >> we'll furnish you a copy -- >> there are multimedical multimedical -- multiple members that will yield you time -- >> it didn't come down to racism when it comes to point of order and the rules. he said if he could have done it again, he would have sat back and let mr. cummings speak for a few minutes. >> when democrats were in charge of that same committee and that is how he was treated as a minority member, darrell issa was. >> here's the great thing. a phone call happened. he reached out to elijah cummings. elijah cummings said i forgive you, let's move forward. they have a bit of

legislation they are going to be working on together so they had to get it together for something to happen. apologies are there. forgiveness seems to be in play. what everyone is wondering is will we ever main info here. we have lois lerner taking the fifth for the second time and where was the mainstream media? we looked at it. not one story covering the i.r.s. scandal here. they might not want to know about it, but guess what. americans do. >> if you look tenet work evening -- if he look at the network evening newscast none of them mentioned the i.r.s. scandal. they didn't mention lois lerner going to capitol hill and pleading the fifth nor did they mention anything to do with i.r.s. >> my former employees at nbc did spend some time talking about that spat between darrell issa and elijah cummings but they didn't talk about the bigger picture issue which is has the i.r.s. been abusing its power in going overboard to investigate and harass conservative and tea party groups. >> 71% of americans want to

know, want the investigation to continue. hopefully they will do so. in the meantime we're going to continue with our good morning to heather nauert. >> good morning, gang. john scott, great to have you here this morning. come on back more often. hraouf doocy and kilmeade -- love doocy and kilmeade but great to have you here as well. breaking news in a washington, d.c. suburb as police hunt for a serial killer. investigators say they believe the murderer of a popular piano teacher last month is connected to two other murders that took place within the past decade. investigators in alexandria, virginia, say there are similarities in the murders used. three were gunned down in daylight at their homes within two miles of each other, and here is a sketch of the suspected gunman. so far police have received more than 500 tips. we'll keep you posted on these developments as we get them. a few hours ago we heard from oscar pistorius'

ex-girlfriend and her testimony was jaw dropping. samantha taylor testified that her relationship with oscar ended when he cheated on her with the woman he is accused of murdering. she told the courtroom about oscar's anger issues saying he once got so ticked off after a traffic stop that he shot his gun through the sun roof of his car. that all coming in a short while ago. the president wrapping up a phone call with vladimir putin. this call was one hour in length. president obama demanding that russian forces withdraw from crimea and go back to their bases, but putin having none of that, refusing to budge, saying his moves are consistent with international law. also new video just in to "fox & friends." take a look at this. it shows a pretty kay i don't -- chaotic scene in crimea, a lady literally dragged by

her hair. >> she found her fortune in a cookie. anna duval, a 75 grandmother winning $2 million in the powerball lottery. she played the numbers she found in fortune cookies. she says she may use the money to see her family in switzerland. congratulations to her. those are your headlines. >> i guess everyone will be ordering takeout tonight. >> there was a time when a bunch of people won the new york lottery, smaller amount. they thought it was some kind of fraud, some kind of inside job. turns out they had all taken the numbers off fortune cookies and there were multiple prints. >> coming up here on the show -- how do you have a chinese music segue ready to go? coming up, remember when

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war on israel and how to fight back." who's waging war on israel now, john? >> a group of activists, many of them leftists in the jewish community adopting a tactic called boycott, divestment sanctions to express their displeasure of the israel's behavior. this way to put pressure on israel to take policy steps they want. boycotting is an act of war. this is an act of intellectual war. it's a scandal and an outrage but it has started in europe and now a lot of people are starting to advocate it here. >> the prime minister benjamin netanyahu has always had a tempestuous relationship with president obama. netanyahu came to the

states this week. how did that go? >> i think it went okay. he expressed his feelings about iran to the president. when he went before the committee he made a point of expressing concern and displeasure with this b.d.s. movement which is dangerous. boycotting jews has a disgusting history. it was in 1935 that nazi germany declared a boycott against jewish businesses three years before they started explicitly going after jewish civil rights. the providence of this is destructive. >> even on college campuses in this country, there is an anti-israel flavor. >> very much. earlier, late last year the american studies association declared that it wanted to enact -- declared it was enacting a boycott of israeli academics and scholars. pro-israel activists went to work, had 250, 260 college presidents say, as is appropriate, that the

notion of boycotting scholarship is an affront against free speech. that was one of the first salvos in the war against the war in israel, the new war in israel we talk about in our ebook, now available on amazon. >> there's been talk in washington, whispers that the israelis should be sank shouldn't if they don't come up with some kind of a peace deal with the palestinians. >> there is some talk about what the president and john kerry have said is that movements like boycotting and divestment are going to gain in strength if israel does not do what they want it to do when they declare their framework for a new peace deal. while some take that simply as an analysis, others say there is some effort here blackmail israel into doing something it may not want to do in order to avoid this fate. >> the country that has always been a friend to the united states in that part of the world. john podhoretz, author of

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a couple of quick headlines. driving under the influence could soon include smoking pot. a colorado lawmaker wants to change the federal definition to include those who might be slowed down by marijuana, even if it is

medically approved. an illegal immigrants, including those who move to the country as children, cannot work as lawyers in florida. the state supreme court there issuing that ruling yesterday. the judges cited federal statute that ban states from providing illegal immigrants with public benefits. >> put down that fork. according to a new study, high-protein foods like the ones we eat for breakfast, can be just as dangerous as smoking. >> we're talking about meat, eggs and cheese. come on. apparently eating too much of this can have the same health effects as 20 cigarettes according to this study. here to break it down, hopefully to dispel myths, dr. manny alvarez. >> guys, come on! the bottom line is that there is evidence, and everybody knows this, that a high-protein diet -- americans consume about 20% of their calories a day based on protein. if you are in the young age, like i am, in the

50's, this is not a good idea. protein is necessary when you're a little kid because you're growing up, and especially after the age of 65 it's also important to have protein because that's when you lose muscle. when you eat a lot of protein, what you're doing is increasing certain hormones in your body that makes your cell grow a little faster. here comes the argument that a lot of scientists are saying, if you hyperproliferate cellular changes you'll end up with cancer, diabetes, heart conditions. that's why they're telling everybody slow down, bring down your calorie content of protein down to at least 10%. >> if we're going to aim to do that and if we're in that age bracket, let's talk about high-risk proteins and lower-risk proteins we can dive into and not worry so much. >> proteins have amino acids. these amino acids are

different than let's say the legumes you're showing or fish. >> this is considered the less risky? >> a can of tuna? >> right. also you have to remember this has a protein, like meat like we have here, or cheese, this has a lot of saturated fat. >> high risk? >> saturated fat is not good for you either. you've got to cut down a little of these types of proteins in certain age groups and concentrate more on these proteins because that doesn't have as much saturated fat. >> during the atkins diet people would load up on all this stuff. all they would eat was cheese. the problem was they weren't including fiber. >> if i had a bowl of pasta here, this will last me for a long time in my body. but if i ate a lot of this, this burns up very fast and it's delicious to follow, but it's bad for you at the end of the day. >> if you are combining it with fiber and

carbohydrates, are these still as risky? >> absolutely. the bottom line is everything in moderation. if you moderate your intake of protein, that is perfectly well. the american diet, especially for groups in their 30's, 40's and 50's, is very high in protein and we have to cut it down. >> let's get specific. what is moderate? a lot of people throw that out there. everything in moderation. that could be a steak and a couple eggs. >> if your daily calories, add them up, if 20% of your calories are protein, that's too high. 20% all that amount of calories you took for the day. you want to keep at least 10, 12 at best. got it? >> you're also dispelling that cigarette portion of there? >> that's headlines. throw that out. this is why people don't listen to medical advice. this is not cigarettes. this is common sense. >> but it got our attention. >> it certainly did. >> dr. manny alvarez, thank you so much. >> can i have a steak for

breakfast? >> no, you cannot. >> that is a great steak. that would be my protein for the day. >> coming up on the show, he's three times the size of a german shepherd. a killer mountain lion, he's on the loose and already claimed its first victim. >> close your eyes and listen to this. what does it sound like to you? >> this is howard. a lot of people are speaking on my behalf. >> this morning new details about the kid who could be michael jackson's secret son. >> first, happy birthday to brian cranston, the actor from breaking bad. ♪ ♪ ♪

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intensify in the ukraine. we have to do a little bit of a flashback. yesterday, to let you in on the newest info here, the president says he doesn't regret digging into romney in their debate which you had the exact date on. >> october 22 of 2012. remember this moment in the presidential debate? mitt romney versus barack obama. watch. >> russia indicated is a geopolitical foe. -- excuse me. it is a geopolitical foe. in the same paragraph i said iran is the greatest national security threat we face. russia does continue to battle us in the u.n. time and time again. i have clear eyes on this. i'm not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to russia or mr. putin. >> the 1980's are calling to ask for their foreign policy back because the cold war has been over for 20 years. >> it's kind of remarkable to watch that because i remember when we were on the air and looking at the mainstream media coverage a few days after that debate

and all of it was around i can't believe mitt romney was talking about russia as our biggest foreign policy threat, and perhaps at the time not necessarily the biggest foreign policy threat, but the fact he was bringing it up at all made him seem out of touch said the mainstream media. >> the fact that he had a light on it seemed to be used against him in that campaign and moving forward into that election. but yesterday ed henry took it to the white house and he said, look, we're watching this exchange. it has to be a little uncomfortable for the president to think back to that time and maybe, maybe he'd want that moment back. jay carney said oh no, it's actually a great thing that that exchange happened. >> the president was dismissive when mitt romney in the last campaign said russia was our number-one geopolitical foe. any regrets about that? >> no, because, again, you have a situation where

russia is violating international law because a country that moscow -- a government that moscow supported was rejected by the vast majority of the ukrainian people, because they wanted to determine their own future, because they wanted to be able to make the decision as to their integration with europe. our whole point is it doesn't have to be a negative thing. >> jay carney thinking i didn't see that question coming this morning. no one prepared me for that one. >> a cartoon thought bubble over his head during the first seven or eight seconds of his answer as he's struggling to find word to answer that question. russia invades another country, and somehow they're passing this off as just another day at the white house? >> right. >> the economy has been

suffering in terms of mitt romney's comments in the past that has been haunting the administration. but i would bet everything that they never thought that the comments on russia would ever come back to haunt them. and we're seeing that unfold. >> we have to dig through other tapes on the debate and see what else is hidden there. let us know your thoughts, e-mail us at fox news.com. >> we covered 9/11 and what helped so many people get through 9/11 was faith. that leads us to the first story. timothy cardinal dolan is weighing in on a controversy over steel beams found in the shape of a cross in the rubble at ground zero. he is fighting atheists who say it is a religious symbol and belong in a church and not at the september 11 museum. listen to this. >> what was more important at 9/11 was 9/12 and we started living again, this great city. that subsidizes that. we don't need -- that

symbolizes us. >> the museum at ground zero opens in may. >> take a listen to this. who does this voice sound like? ♪ ♪ >> that voice sounds a little bit like that of michael jackson. that gets us to this bombshell. new reports reveal that pop star brandon howard may be michael jackson's love child. tmz claims love tests proves he is jackson's son. this morning howard is saying this. >> i've never self-proclaimed to be michael jackson's son. i'm not suing the estate. i've been taken care of very well. >> howard has long been rumored to be the child sang about in the hit billy jean with the line the kid

is not my son. what do you think of that? boy. a california neighborhood on high alert. a mountain lion killing a german shepherd and that mountain lion was huge, three times the size of that dog. the dog weighs nearly 100 pounds but he was no match for this mountain lion, refusing to back down even when police were ten feet away and firing bullets. >> i never thought a mountain lion could jump over a fence like that. just a freak of nature, you know. >> the people are in a city 50 miles east of los angeles, now being told to keep their pets indoors. this video is heart stopping and will teach you a lesson that hopefully you'll never tproergt. -- never forget. that crash taking place in canada. a guy in a pickup truck pulls out in front of a car

and it triggers that accident. what went wrong there? take a look at the picture. the guy in the truck was on his cell phone. fortunately no one was seriously hurt. that driver has been charged. i would argue they might both have been a little distracted using their devices at the time. the one guy had it on his dash board and the other guy talking on the phone. a recipe for disaster. >> put the phones down. today is the day of keeping unplugged today. national unplugged day. that does not apply to your televisions, however. >> it does not. unplug every day when you're in the car. please. that would help us all. it's that time again. we take time to rewind and bring you the best moments of the week here on "fox & friends." we can't wait another minute. take a look. ♪ ♪ >> mornings are better with friends. watch this. >> ellen used a pizza delivery guy. it's a real pizza delivery guy. >> hi there.

good morning. >> i'm getting my credit card back. >> forget that oscar selfie. we're blowing up twitter with larry the cable guy. >> joining us with his shirt on, bret baier. >> i think that might have broken twitter too. >> good. >> this better be gluten free. >> your esophagus started swelling up because you had a piece of quisp. >> it's national pancake day. >> how do i do this? >> i took a selfie too with the former first lady. i would like to do my impersonation of your husband. >> go on. >> i love it. >> this is national sleep week. there is a guy who actually has his own line of mattresses. donald trump. >> i guess people want to

sleep with me. i don't know what it is. >> everybody's watching the oscars. i'm watching stossel. happy birthday john. >> thank you. >> you said celebrating my birthday with "fox & friends." >> absolutely. >> we've all seen our fair share of snow this winter. >> not me. i can't wait for more. maria molina actually found a way to enjoy it. >> what do you mean? >> it's too hot for this one baby to handle. >> wonder what that kid's name is. >> happy. >> one of your friends we've got on the phone now, martina mcbride, are you there? >> hello. >> ever pull nose hair out? i heard that makes you cry. >> i might have done that in kansas but that was before youtube. >> bye everybody.

>> you pack a lot into a week. >> this show is not over, by the way. russell simmons joining us on the show. you're not going to believe that. >> i dare him to try to get me to meditate. but for now? >> it is a shocking revelation. the pope says he's broken one of the ten commandments. his confession next. >> reading, math and meditation, russell simmons is pushing for meditation and is causing controversy. >> it is unplugging day, russell. you've got to put the phone down. ♪ ♪

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recent studies show kids today are under more pressure than ever -- not surprising, i suppose. more than 27% of teens

admit they felt extreme stress during the school year. >> our next guest says he's got the solution. it's meditation. joining us now is music mogul and author of "stillness" russell simmons. good morning. >> there is a quietness. how did you go to meditation? >> it started when i went to my first yoga class over 20 years ago, and i went there because there was so many girls there. at the time there was no guys doing yoga. there was 60 girls, myself and a gay guy. i went religiously. after the first class, i found a profound stillness just from the physical practice of yoga. and my teacher quickly evolved me into becoming a meditator and it's been a fixture in my life. every morning i get up and

i sit, let my thoughts settle. now i go to my kids' house and meditate with them every morning and take them to school. >> you're on a mission to bring this to schools. a month ago i read studies that schools reduced their suspension rate significantly through meditation as a solution. what is your message? why do you think it is so important? why do you think it works particularly with kids? >> it works especially with kids and especially with adults. everyone needs to let their thoughts settle. the noise and fluctuation of the mind is the cause of sickness and sadness. the peaceful state the mind can go to is the cause of bliss. for thousands of years paoefpl have taught it and -- thousands of years people have taught it and it should be in school systems i believe. i'm going to go to chicago where we have our greatest problem with kids and violence. i'm going to beat up on rahm emanuel and the chance hrar and try to bring it

with schools. we have so much research. it's quiet time. let your thoughts settle. you can learn. your immune system gets better, your brain functionality in general gets better. >> a lot of public schools used to have an opening prayer. that's gone. in some places they open with a moment of silence. even that is criticized as being, you know, religious or just somehow inappropriate. >> there's nothing religious about looking inside for strength. there's nothing religious about letting your thoughts settle. and i have to get that message across because my book in fact is written to demystify this whole idea of meditation. do you have a copy of my book? >> yes, i do. i've been reading it. it is in my bag. i'm jumping on a plane and

want to finish it. is it religious? everyone is saying i don't need to meditate. i already have my religion. >> the buddha was a religious figure but he would say -- i think jesus, abraham, mohammed agree to look inside as well. to check, to double check. preachers do sometimes horrible things. imams do sometimes horrible thing. rabbis do as well. all religions have their missteps. leaders who lead people into horrible choices. the fact is you have to check. i don't like that we have 40 billion animals born into suffering every year and they cause sickness, cancer, the greatest cause of global warming. they take up all the oil, the grain, the water and cause sickness. and it's the greatest

disaster in the world. i don't like that. i got that out of my own meditation. most people eat meat. did you see the new study on meat. like 20 cigarettes a day. >> we were talking about that. there is a certain amount of meat you can eat. i like when animals are born. >> that is one bad example. >> if you can find some inner stillness, help rahm emanuel find inner stillness, come back -- >> the book is "success through stillness." russell simmons, great to see you this morning. russell, great to have you here on the morning show. >> thank you. the administration says obamacare is not hurting her job. ask the economists. the economists say it is going to build jobs. our next guest is crunching the numbers for his university. he says cutting 40 billion bucks is going to cost his school a lot of jobs. >> driving under the

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limited resources that the university has. >> right. so that's the burden there in terms of compliance with obamacare. i think the specifics were right here, 8596 nonpermanent employees that you alluded to, over $5,400 per person. $47 million a year. so this may be too simple of a question, but where does that money come from? >> well, it's either going to have to come from the students or the taxpayers, or going to have to come from other cuts to the system. and none of those are really

great options. >> sure. what do you have to say to the administration, then, who says no one is affected by this. this is actually doing great things. no one is hurting due to obamacare. what's your response to them? >> we're seeing a significant impact here to the university. this is a choice between education and health care. there are a lot of basic needs that people have, but i would prioritize education over health care. >> we want to thank you for being with us from the university of north carolina and giving us the straight numbers. thanks. >> thank you. coming up, chris christie takes on the president at cpac and gets a standing ovation for it. so will this put the new jersey governor back in the race? then he lost half a million bucks gambling. now he's blaming the casino for letting him get too drunk. does this guy have a case? ♪ ♪

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good morning. today is friday, march 7. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. someone called the doctor. obamacare needs help. brand-new polls reveal what it's doing to america's health coverage and they're not good. we told about a group of professors proceed testing condoleeza rice as a speaker. today a former colleague weighs in. >> cheap attempt to denigrate a respected leader of our country, the form secretary of state, for their own narrow ideological left wing views and shame on them again. shame on the faculty of rutgers. >> there is more where that came from. john? >> and it's a lesson that could save your life. see what happens when clayton over here gets behind the wheel when he's way too tired to drive. mornings are better with friends. >> it's "fox & friends"!

the call center is open. welcome. coming up, national sleep awareness week and i did not get any sleep. they said no coffee. i had to drink decaf. do you know how horrible that stuff is? researchers say drink decaf before it. >> you were awake for how long? >> i got like a few hours of sleep and then i got behind the wheel. i'll show you more coming up. but i was veering off the road and how bad it actually is. we'll dive into that in a few minutes. >> was that your video we showed of the pick up truck? >> thankfully not. >> that's right. that would be a poor outcome for you. but that decaf, it just gives you false hope. >> sometimes. >> the wrong message there. the wake-up call might be coming to the white house. maybe they might need another cup of coffee here. cpac kicking off in a big way and the conference began in

maryland. elizabeth prann is live with the very latest for us. sort of big speeches coming from there yesterday as we heard from chris christie, cruz, and moving forward, we're expecting big things, elizabeth. >> you're right. it is day two of the largest annual meeting of activists and leaders and we do have a pac schedule. two hours from now we'll first hear from governor rick perry. we'll also hear from a number of perhaps white house hopefuls, including kentucky senator rand paul, who in the latest fox news poll garnered 47% of republicans who say he would make a good president. he's also a tea party favorite. and he did win the straw poll last year. also on deck, former pen opinion senator rick santorum and mike human being -- huckabee. he won the caucus in 2008. yesterday was filled. chris christie drew quite the crowd and got a standing ovation. he was criticizing the administration. we also heard from senator marco rubio, also highlighting the

administration's faults. >> we can not ignore that the flawed foreign policy of the last two years has brought us to this stage because we have a president who believes by the shear force of his personality he would be able to shape global events. you're the leader of the government. you see something getting ready to go off the rails and what you decide to do is stay as far away from it as possible. my question now is the same question i had then. if that's your attitude, mr. president, what the hell are we paying you for? >> reporter: now this year's straw poll results, you have to wait until tomorrow because that's when the results will be in. back to you guys. >> thanks so much. live for us down there at cpac. some of the themes that were running through cpac, ukraine yesterday, about leadership and whether or not the party should be isolationists or help intervene in the region. also obamacare, a big theme running through a lot of the speakers. >> interesting to hear chris christie slamming the president

over obamacare because as you know, one of the reasons that chris christie has seen his fortunes drop in conservative circles is because he was so alive with the president after super storm sandy, after they walked arm in arm down the beach. a lot of conservatives said oh, he's buddying up to the president. not a good thing. >> they definitely held that against him, some of them anyway, for a little bit. interestingly enough, there is a new poll here which may explain why he corrected his way back and it's how obamacare is affecting families. look at this, only 10% of those that responded to this gallup poll felt as though the obamacare and the aca helped their families. 10% feel as though it helped their family. 23%, which has crept up in the past few months, feels obamacare hurt their family. >> unbelievable. so you hear all these people saying, it's hurt their families. that would be a victim, right? you might have lost your plan, adversely affected your family

in some capacity. harry reid saying on the senate floor it was all made up and all lies. according to this new gallup poll, that's not the indication. unbelievable. and the amount of people, by the end of the month, 7 million people need to be enrolled. this weekend, the obama administration planning all these event, 4,000 events being planned across the country to try to get throughout and get people enrolled. young people sign up, trying o reach that 7 million mark. will it work? >> if it hasn't worked yet, they're definitely inching toward the march 31st deadline. you two apparently is going to be maybe their biggest asset moving forward. look at this. >> now look, i'm happy to be here. either i can get to work or you can. you can take a lunch break. real important. listen, i'm just happy to be here and happy to shake your hand. >> you're going to have to get some gray hairs. >> do you remember that guy?

so he does the song and the rap about obamacare. >> he's made something of a name for himself standing in for the president on some of these issues. if pajama boy couldn't do it -- remember him? >> i almost forgot. >> he's one of the boys -- there he is. one of the symbols of obamacare. they ran this guy in a print ad, something about, hey, it's a nice day to wake up, wear pajamas and get obamacare. >> yeah. so the point is, young people are not signing up for this. so in an effort to try -- the number one social network in the world for young people, youtube. so the obama administration thinking, they're not watching television. they're watching youtube videos. that's how we have to reach out. reaching out to all the youtube stars, encouraging them, forgetting celebrities. we saw the kim kardashians tweeting. let's go to the stars of youtube to start talking about obamacare. >> first they went to your mom. first they got to the parents, turkey dinner, holiday dinner,

christmas dinner, you want to talk about why your kids need to be covered. that didn't seem to work either. now they're at youtube and the next step will be -- >> i guess eva longoria didn't work for the tweets. let us know what you think about that. you were fired up about this yesterday sending us e mails because of the rutgers professors who have signed that petition basically wanting to rescind the invitation for former secretary of state condoleeza rice to be the commencement speaker at rutgers university. former ally in the bush administration, karl rove, the architect, coming to the defense of condoleeza rice, saying rutgers made a huge mistake. listen. >> this old thing that the bush administration deliberately misled the american people about weapons of mass destruction has been the subject of special investigative committees, special commissions, and no evidence has been found of that. this shows how politically motivated this is and how ignorant the faculty senate of rutgers is at using this as

their precontinues for saying we don't want a respected conservative international expert, former secretary of state, first african-american woman secretary of state in our nation's history, it shows their ignorance, their political bias, it shows their cheap attempt to denigrate a respected leader of our country, the former secretary of state, for their own narrow ideological left wing views. and shame on them again. shame on the faculty of rutgers. >> former secretary of state hillary clinton as a senator voted to authorize the iraq war because she thought there were apparently weapons of mass destruction there. >> the professor seemed to be okay with her. ainsley earhart went there two days ago to actually ask the professors, four of the 200 which signed the petition, to remove condoleeza rice from the commencement seat. they found out, we'd be fine with hillary clinton. >> right. questions about benghazi, of course, and one of the professors said, i don't think that she knew anything about it,

or that she lied about it, so that's okay. even to karl rove's point about an investigation into what went on beforehand exonerated and found no evidence of it, that wasn't good enough. the investigation that went forward in that? but they decided, i don't think she lied. >> there was a provocative piece, indicating that perhaps if condoleeza rice was not conservative or republican, there would be -- if she were a liberal, then there would be a racist tone thrown on by the professors there. >> check that out. >> in other news, heather nauert has got other news. >> yeah. we have a fox news alert. in washington, d.c., police are hunting for a serial killer. investigators are now saying that the murder of a popular piano teacher last month is linked to two other murders. investigators in alexandria, virginia, say there are similarities in the bullets used

in the murders of three people. they were gunned down in daylight at their homes within two miles of each other. take a good look at this picture. police releasing this sketch of the suspected gunman. they received more than 500 tips so far. any information, please call police there. jaw dropping testimony during day five, which is today, of the oscar pistorius trial. just a short time ago, his ex-girlfriend, samantha taylor, took the stand and talked about what she said were his anger issues. taylor says once pistorius got so mad after a traffic stop that he shot his gun through the sunroof of his car. taylor told the court that her relationship with him ended when he cheated on her with reeva steenkamp. pistorius shot and killed her last year at his home. he claims he thought she was an intruder. new details emerging this hour about that hour long phone call between president obama and

putin. president obama demanding that russian forces withdraw from crimea and go back to their bases. but putin refusing to budge, saying his moves are consistent with international law. this was the second phone call between the two leaders in less than a week. new video coming in this morning and it shows chaotic scene in crimea. a female protester was dragged away by her hair during a protest. and listen to this one, thou shall not steal, right? don't tell that one to pope francis. he confessed he stole a small cross from the coffin of his favorite priest in argentina just so he could remember him. he keeps his cross in a little pouch and he carries it with him wherever he goes. he took that cross with him when he went to pray at the casket, telling the late priest, quote, give me half your mercy. what do you think of that? those are your headlines.

>> good time to confess that one. >> thanks, heather. coming up, the same men and women who went to war for this country now they are getting themselves laid off from their jobs here at home. up next, you'll meet one of those men, a lieutenant colonel, who gave this country 29 years of service. >> and bradley cooper made it look so easy. but it turns out guys do really get stressed about their looks. so just how much? stick around. ♪ ♪ any pope francis fans out there? it's not surprising 'cause a new poll shows that american catholics have become more excited about their faith thanks to pope francis who has a favor ability rating of 85%. to give you an idea of just how impresssive that is, jesus is only at 81%.

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to say men and women who went to war for this country are now getting laid off from their jobs here at home and things are about to get even worse because the pentagon's new budget says military spending should fall to its lowest point since 2008. that is going to take a lot of people out of uniform and put them on the streets. joining us now, a man who gave this country 27 years of service, lieutenant colonel jim reed. 27 years and what, 11 combat deployments? >> it was actually nine combat deployments. spent over 1500 days in a combat zone. >> and you've come back and what's been the development as far as your employment

situation? >> i retired in 2011 and took a couple of jobs. been laid off twice now in three years. >> laid off twice. you learned the skills of an athettickist. one would think in the civilian world, you would be able to take those skills and easily find a job. why has that not been the case? >> well, i've absolutely been able to find work. i just can't hang on to it. some of it is just the overall economic situation that we find ourselves in in the country. some of it may be, in fact, the aca with reimbursements going down and things like that. i was most recently let go at the army hospital in fort bragg and as a result of budget cut backs, i was handed my punk slip right before -- pink slip right before christmas. >> i imagine you had the experience of walking through an airport in uniform and having

someone thank you for your service, but the best way that this country could thank returning veterans for their service is offer them jobs, isn't it? >> absolutely, sir. opportunity is the key for everyone. i'm one of the lucky ones. i do have a pension. i've got other benefits that i've earned over the years. but as you know, with the budget cutbacks and things like that, they're walking back on a lot of the promises that they made to us. it's those young soldiers, the young enlisted soldiers that may carry a rifle for us that are hanging it out there every day on our behalf. they're going to be given pink slips and they're going to come back to a situation in the country in poor economic times where they just may not have the opportunity. >> already the unemployment rate among veterans, 7.9% higher than the civilian population as a whole and due to this down sizing of the military, there are going to be what, almost 100,000 more military people

coming out and looking for jobs, right? >> yes, sir. absolutely. in world war ii, there were 130 million americans. we had 16 million in uniform during that time. there are now 330 million americans and we're talking about going down to preworld war ii levels. we all know what's going on in the world right now. i think it's naive to think that it's any safer than it was just a few years ago. my plug is that i've been asked to go and represent veterans of my generation through the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america organization at the end of the month on capitol hill. these are the questions that i intend to ask are what answers do you have in keeping the promises that were made for those that wrote a blank check with their lives? >> i know that you have a brother in the air force, a son at west point, and a lot of concern, obviously, for the younger people, as you say, who are coming up and just not

finding work in this society. lieutenant colonel jim reed, retired now from the army, thanks for sharing your story. >> thank you, sir. this guy lost half a million dollars in just one weekend at a casino. now what's he doing? he's suing the casino for giving him the money while he was drunk. does that let him off the hook? e-mail us with your thoughts. and have you ever been like this guy right here, behind the wheel struggling to keep your eyes open? how bad is it? clayton went 24 hours without sleep to give us a demonstration. you have to see this. ♪ ♪ chico's effortless shirt. play in it. work in it. go wild in it. do everything but wrinkle in it. the perfect fitting no-iron effortless shirt in 4 styles and 31 colors and prints. visit the shirt boutique, only at chico's and chicos.com.

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welcome back. it's time for news by the numbers. fox news poll edition. the first one finds it by 33 to 56% margin, most voters disapprove of the president's handling of foreign policy as the crisis in ukraine unfolds. it's a new low for him. next, the issue of cutting army troops to reduce military spending, 83% of republicans and 61% of independents oppose them, while 54% of democrats favor them. finally, bay 67-26% margin, voters would kick everybody on capitol hill to the curb and replace them with new people. clayton, are you awake? >> i'm awake right now thanks to some coffee. our sleep awareness week continues with a look at the dangerous and often deadly impact of driving drowsy. we remember this frightening video from last july, showing a

boston bus driver caught sleeping on the job. this wasn't an isolated incident. happens all the time. drowsy driving is something a whopping 60% of americans admit to doing on a daily basis. i wanted to feel the firsthand effects of driving on a poor night's sleep. so i hit the road with a virginia tech research team. as you're about to see, the consequences are eye opening. watch. what happens to our bodies when we get behind the wheel after a poor night's sleep? to find out, i made a sleep sacrifice. >> okay, i just landed. no sleeping. no sleeping allowed. >> see how long this can last. i didn't get a lot of sleep last night. i was up super late. then i headed to the virginia tech transportation institute where i hit the road with a team of researchers. what is this car measuring? show me exactly what we're going to do. >> you can see right here we have the vent recorder. it has two cameras in it. so the camera is focused on your

face and on the roadway. foot pedal down here in case something bad happens, i'm going to take control of the car so we don't get into a crash. >> let's get in, let's try this. >> try to maintain 35. you having trouble? >> a little bit, yeah. >> try to maintain 35. keep that 35. try to keep that 35 the best you can. >> i keep having trouble having to maintain my speed on the road. the worst part is it's a typical road in america. it's kind of boring. you can see how you can see that in an office of looking at the roadway, falling asleep. >> in the 70 minutes i was on the smart road, the researchers marched 24 instances in which i displayed driving ability, once every three minutes. swerving, head bobbing, moving. we'll go back and see what we

found now. what are we looking at here? is that what you use to monitor me while i was out driving? >> yeah. this is exactly what we need called a mask. what it's looking at and measuring is facial features, contrasts on your face. so it can look at your eyes, it can tell whether they're open or closed and it can also assess your head position. >> the mask picks up head movements, hard to detect on the surface like the way my head is dipping right here and my eyes are straining to stay open here. most drowsy driving symptoms are well seen by the naked eye. >> i don't know if you remember, i had to prompt you many, many times about maintaining 35 miles per hour. that's kind of a -- also with your lane position when you were going off the road. >> that happened a couple of times that i was going off the road? >> yes. several times. you see lot of seat movement. instead of having your hands at 6 and 9, you kind of put them at 1 and 12 almost. that's a characteristic sign of fatigue. >> so no more drowsy driving

tore me. today drowsy driving causes more than 100,000 crashes a year, resulting in 40,000 injuries and over 1500 deaths. it's a complex problem for americans with a very simple solution. >> there is only one thing that can help you out. that's getting restful night's sleep. >> restful night's sleep. i asked him, what's the metric? how many hours do you need? he said you need that 7 1/2 to eight hours every night. you can't just make up for it in one day. consistently. so if you get six hours of sleep and you're doing a four hour road trip, you better have someone talking to you, roll down a window, but have conversation. don't just zone out because that's when you can have the most problems. >> we pay a lot of attention to drunk driving and well we should. but drowsy driving, as you point out -- >> right. >> perhaps some of the technology will be imcomplemented into auto -- implemented. >> that's exactly what they're working on. virginia tech working on some of this incredible technology and they're in 2,000 different cars right now across the country.

they're researching the effects of this driving across the country. so this research study will hopefully come back in a few months and we'll see what these results are across the country. >> good wake up call today. thank you. >> thank you. >> thanks to the virginia tech folks. up next, robbing a store is not easy, especially when you're drunk. wait 'til you see how this story ends. >> she made america proud in sochi. olympic bronze bobsledding medal ist asa evans is here next. congratulations! to climb the empire state building 1,000 times.

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♪ ♪ >> your shot of the morning. today is national cereal day. not only do we have all of your favorite cereals on set, maria molina is outside with lucky the leprechaun. he's here to celebrate the 50th anniversary of lucky charms. >> yeah. >> i think leprechauns are eternal, right? >> and they're really rich, which is why maria was saddling up to him outside. >> she knows about that gold. >> who stole my lucky charm?

it's national cereal day. get this, i didn't realize it was created in the 1800s and that americans consumed more than 160 bowls of cereal a year. >> right. i read that. and i was shocked. i started doing some math. maria, you must have some fun facts about cereal day and all the anniversaries going on. how is lucky? >> that's right. i'm out here with lucky the leprechaun with lucky charm. the first cereal for lucky charm was introduced 50 years ago in 1964. it was the first cereal to ever contain marshmallows. actually they have a limited edition, st. patrick's day themed cereal with all green clover marshmallows. it's a great way to celebrate national cereal day, which is today, march 7, every single year we're going to be celebrating this. we do want to take a look at the weather conditions across the country because we have a warm-up that's expected across places like new york city,

cleveland, and also in chicago with temperatures widespread, in the 40s and 30s for many of you. this is an improvement to what we've had the last couple of days. by saturday, upper 40s in new york city. 60s in raleigh, north carolina, and by the way, in north carolina, early this morning, you're dealing with freezing rain with some snow and even some sleet. we do have winter storm warnings in effect out here. there is a concern because downed trees have been reported, as well as power outages. now let's head over to heather. >> thank you so much. got some news now. illegal immigrants, including those who moved to the country as children, cannot be given a license to practice law in the state of florida. the state supreme court issuing this ruling yesterday. they said federal law prohibits illegals from getting professional licenses, but not all states follow that. california granted a law license to a man living in the united states illegally this year. what do you think of that. and caught on camera, two

crooks apparently too drunk to get the job done. these two breaking into a burger king in philadelphia and instead of trying to get the money out of the register, one guy just tossed it and they both sort of wander around aimlessly. at one point they get into some sort of battle over some buns. eventually they stumble out. if you're like a lot of guys, you may be stressed about your six pack. but don't worry, you're not alone. men apparently worry about their appearance more than their job, their health, or their family. >> did you ever think that maybe there is more to life than being really, really, really ridiculously good looking? >> there is a new study out that finds 53% of men feel unsure about their appearance, at least once a week. and nearly half of those surveyed think that how they look -- they think about how they look several times each day. the only thing they cared about

more than their looks? money. those are your headlines. >> accurate study, heather. >> didn't realize you guys were such drama queens. >> we're so vain. she made america proud, winning a bronze medal in bobsledding. the story of how she did it is amazing. >> joining us now bronze medalist, asa evans, congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> what a fun day to have you here. you know what was interesting is everybody is watching and celebrating with you. you had a last-minute switch of partner, first of all. we're going to backtrack into some of your history because you didn't come in the conventional way. but that switch last minute ended up working okay, right? >> sure. it was a little difficult to understand at the time, but at that moment, only opportunity i had was to just make the best of it and pull off a medal. so i was excited to build that team with jamie and push for the medal. >> it's so important in bobsledding to work as a team and to work exactly in unison.

how do you make that shift at the last minute? >> well, because we had so much depth on the brakeman side, we were switching around a lot anyway, so i actually worked with jamie before and she was the first driver i ever worked with. so i had some history with her. >> you are a shot putter and a sprinter. how do you go from shot putter to bobsledding? >> in bobsled, they look for these power house athlete, so i kind of brought the strength, speed and power all together to bobsled. so having that as a platform helped with my technique and learning everything else. >> you actually train -- you only started doing this in 2012. >> yes. >> by the way, five-time all american, outstanding athlete, come from a family of athletes. you actually trained with runningback matt forte. did not realize that. your brother is with the defensive tackle fred evans? >> yes. >> what kind of advice did they give you for training? >> i was ready to go out there

on the football field versus just the bobsled. they taught me how to be mentally tough. i think that was the biggest aspect i brought was learning how to go in there and win and shoot for everything and not let anything get in my way. >> two years ago this month, you started training for the olympics? >> exactly. >> now you're wearing the medal. >> it's crazy. >> how heavy is that? >> it's pretty heavy. i think you should try on because people don't understand how heavy it is. >> this is the closest i will ever come to an olympic medal. >> you never know. she just started two years ago. >> if you give me two years, i will be in the curling competition in a few years. >> you need to train with the nfl apparently, right? >> exactly. >> i don't even have the muscles to sustain my neck by holding this up. what's next for you? >> track and field. i'm transitioning back to track and field. it's really exciting. >> you've only been a five-time all american? >> only, yes. >> there has been so many rumors, your brother plays for the minnesota vikings.

there have been rumors that michael vick could be the new quarterback in the minnesota vikings. has your brother called you, texted you, anything? >> unfortunately not, i wish i had some insider information. but haven't found out anything yet. i'll try and look out for you. >> michael vick is joining thel. >> i know. >> you could train him. >> for sure. >> with honor. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. >> you've done your country proud. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. coming up here, which network anchors bad botox job got sold to the world in headlines as an illness? we've got the scoop on that coming up this morning. also this guy lost half a million bucks gambling. so now he's blaming the casino for letting him get too drunk. does he have a case? we have two lawyers on deck for the debate. >> first, it's trivia question of the day, born on this day in 1974, this actress is best known for her role as pam on "the office." who is she? be the first to e-mail us with

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a man who lost half a million dollars at a las vegas casino now suing to get his money back. mark johnson claims he was blackout drunk when he hit the black jack table at the downtown grand casino super bowl weekend. he took out four lines of credit to link $500,000 and lost it all. but the casino was comping his drinks. does that mean it's their fault? he thinks so. here to debate, criminal defense attorney lisa and defense attorney and former prosecutor david schwartz. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> i had to bring in my italian roots and get back there. >> it all works. >> this is everybody talking, right, 'cause it's about

personal accountability versus liability really when it comes to the casinos. so lisa, let me start with you. this guy walks in. he was apparently drinking before allegedly, comes into the casino, withdraws all this money, loses it, who is at fault? >> in this case, it's the casino. >> why? >> nevada state law says if you're visibly intoxicated, you can't participate in gambling and they can't serve you. in this case, they obviously served him and they obviously allowed him to gamble and not only with his own money, which this is a gentleman who has a history of gambling. he said i lost 500,000, 800,000. but it's only his own money. he never borrowed more than $25,000. so for them to lend him $500,000 and for him to lose it while he is receiving drinks, over 20 drinks were served to him, at some point in time, you have to say, didn't somebody in the casino look at this gentleman who was dropping his chips, slurring his words, and couldn't hold his cards and say, maybe we should cut you off because if he was winning $500,000, i think it

might be a different scenario. >> okay. so what's your call on this? >> blame it on the casino. it's a furtherance of this nanny state that we're trying to live in. first of all, you have to take responsibility for your own actions. the operative word is visibly. was he visibly intoxicated? that's the question of fact. we have to look at the video surveillance. we have to see. certainly there is potential liability here. but think about the flood gates that are going to open up if we allow every person who is drunk or on drugs to sue the casino because they lost. this is a terrible precedent that could be set here and i believe the casino will be victorious in the end. >> are you saying what's at risk is personal responsibility gone awry, you can walk in and say, they made me do it. how many drinks is intoxicated based on the person and can they go back on that video and say, at this hour, he seemed this drunk, therefore, we only owe him this much money? >> of course.

and let's not forget, this is a gentleman that went to the window, went to engage in this transaction, to borrow markers. so they videotape everything in a casino. more than likely they videotape these transactions. at 2:00 a.m., he borrows 100,000. then a couple hours later, 50, and then another 50, from a gentleman who is a known gambler. >> that's not abnormal. we have to see how he appeared. did he appear drunk? it doesn't matter. you can't allow the flood gates to open up in a situation like this. >> you can allow the process to work. >> if the case ever was tried, i have a feeling the jury wouldn't be too sympathetic. >> it is a question of fact. it will never get to the jury because for $500,000, already i think the casino is looking at it and saying, this might be a problem for us. >> it will be settled probably. >> thank you for a great debate. we'll see you soon. coming up, their favorite classic characters, but are mr. peabody and sherman worth your cash this weekend?

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welcome back. the answer to the trivia question of the day, janet fisher. our winner is from san antonio. you'll be getting a copy of brian's book. congratulations. some quick headlines for you. staples announcing it's closing

225 stores by the end of 2015 because more of its customers are buying their products on-line. the move expected to save the office supply giant half a billion dollars a year. disney is laying off 700 employees within its gaming and internet division. that's 26% of its global staff. the company says it lost about $1.8 billion since 2008. >> their animation department doing well. it won an oz car. -- oscar. a wild adventure back in time, the new movie called "mr. peabody and sherman." take a look. >> why are you two dressed like ancient greeks? you used the wave app? >> yeah. she was going to do it. >> oh, my. >> that's just one of the movies' making a splash at the box office. kevin mccarthy joining us bright and early from los angeles this morning with your reviews.

hey. >> great to be on with you this morning. i just got out of the movie about three hours ago. if i seem a little off, i apologize in advance. no worryies. >> i understand you have a bit of a quiz for us off the top -- am i right about that? >> you are correct. so the director of "mr. peabody and sherman," this is the second animated feature he's directed in 20 years. so in -- 20 years ago he wrote one of the famous animated films of all time. do you know the name of the film? >> 20 years ago? >> 20 years ago. >> i'll give you a clue. elton john was involved. >> "lion king." >> was that 20 years ago? >> he waited 20 years to make his next animated feature, which is now "mr. peabody and sherman." this is based on the segment that used to occur in the '60s on the rocky and bullwinkle show. it's a genius dog and essentially he is able to travel back in time.

so if something happens, an issue occurs, we have to save history essentially. for me it's funny, witty. it works on an emotional level. the jokes work. i found it to be a little bit cheesy at times. there was some moments where the emotion was a little cheesy. generally in animated movies, they do not voice their scenes together. luckily ty burrell and max charles, the actors got to do a couple of the emotional moments together and the chemistry was really well done there. if you look at -- i'm sorry. >> is it is this for kids or adults or both? >> yeah. this is a kids movie/adult movie. like earlier this year you had lego movie, which was great for both. i found myself kind of laughing at certain things and other things fell flat at times. overall, well made for the adult and the kids. i gave it 3 1/2 out of five. i do recommend seeing it in 3d. the 3d is fantastic. it's very immersesive and worth

the extra three or four bucks. >> thank you for that. a big sequel out now, "300 rise of an empire." how does this stack up against the original? >> listen, i loved the original. that was one of the most geeking out movies i've ever seen in my life. the slow motion, highly stylized action sequences, that was nerd tears the entire movie. i loved the 2007 film. it made over $450 million at the box office. the sequel is technically not a sequel. it happens during, before and after the original film. so the sequences are happening simultaneously with the original battle from the first 300 movie. the male lead in this film is not as strong as gerard butler in the original movie. if you love the 300, you'll love this. it's a little more violent than the original. i found ava green to be incredible in the film. she was the bond girl in "casino

royalhe work." she steals the entire film. there is a sequence that's going to get a lot of people talking. i thought the movie was well done. the 3d, they shot the movie in 2 d, and then post converted it later. the 3d was fantastic because the majority of the film is shot on green screen. they can manipulate the background and add a depth and field. i gave it 3 1/2 out of five. before i go, john, i heard you have a very, very mean chewbaca impression. i need to hear this before i go. >> (sound). >> yes! >> unexpected moment of the day. kevin mccarthy, your advice there is good as gold. >> i'm saving that on my tivo. thanks. >> i got to warm up to chewy. you can't just do chewy at 7:56. >> you just did. >> we'll give you an hour and do

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good morning. today is friday, march 7. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. chris christie takes on the president at cpac and gets a standing ovation. >> you're the leader of the government. you see something getting ready to go off the rails and what you decide to do is stay as far away from it as possible. well, my question then is -- my question now is the same question i had then, if that's your at toured, mr. president, what the hell are we paying you for? >> will this put him back in the race? >> congressman darrell issa being accused of racism after this heated exchange. >> i am a member of a congress of the united states of america! >> but there is one big problem

with that. geraldo is here on the hypocrisy you have to see to believe. good morning. >> hi. >> close your eyes, everyone. just close your eyes for a second and listen and see if this voice sounds familiar. ♪ i see you and me on the dance floor breaking it down, down ♪ >> who does that sound like? new details about the child who could be michael jackson's secret son. is it true? "fox & friends" hour three starts right now. >> it's "fox & friends". you might call it an all-star game of sorts of the republican party kicking off at the cpac convention. the conservative political action conference in maryland underway right now. joining us live from cpac is elizabeth prann. >> reporter: good morning. cpac, day two, is about to get underway. it usually and always attracts a very young and enthusiastic

crowd, about an hour from now, we'll hear from governor rick perry. shortly after we'll hear from kentucky senator rand paul, perhaps a white house hopeful and a tea party favorite. he did win the straw poll last year. shortly after, follower pennsylvania senator rick santorum. before we hear from mike huckabee, he'll take the podium. he won the iowa caucus in 2008. so certainly some heavy hitters today. yesterday the crowd heard from passionate speakers. chris christie drew quite the crowd, ended up getting a standing ovation after he said the president isn't doing his job. senator marco rubio also highlighted the administration's faults, while bobby jindal compared president obama to presidents from the past. >> you're the leader of the government. you see something getting ready to go off the rails and what you decide to do is stay as far away from it as possible. my question now is the same question i had then: if that's your attitude, mr. president, what the hell are we paying you

for? >> because we have a president -- >> he would be able to shape global events. reagan dealt with the soviet union because they had nuclear weapons and he wanted peace. but he never accepted the soviet union. he called them what they were, an evil empire. >> let it be heard and i hope he's watching, to president carter, i want to issue a sincere apology. it is no longer fair to say he was the worst president of this great country in my lifetime. president obama has proven me wrong. >> after we hear from speaks today, there is a third day of the conference. of course, at the end of tomorrow, we'll hear from those famous straw poll results. back to you guys. >> thank you. geraldo rivera joining us now on the couch. nice to see you. >> thank you. >> you watched all those speeches. >> i did. >> did anything stand out to you yesterday? >> chris christie. first of all, i think the biggest news of this entire cpac

convention is that it's taking place in the context of what's happening in crimea and ukraine. so that colors everything. having said that, i think that the best moment was chris christie's first standing ovation because remember, he wasn't even invitessed last year after his embrace of president obama following hurricane attend. many believed he tilted toward president obama in the reelection campaign, helping defeat mitt romney with his embrace of the president when he toured the jersey shore. so he wasn't invited. now he is invited. now in the context of bridgegate and the scandal that is eroding and i think it's a cancer on his presidential aspirations, there was a lot of question of how that crowd would receive him. one ideal logically and politically because of what he did with president obama vis-a-vis mitt romney, secondly in the context of the scandal that's dragging him down. when they gave him that standing ovation, i thought a couple of things. i thought, my goodness, what a

great impression, what a wonderful pragmatic idealist he is. he's the kind of message in my view as a republican, that can heal the party, bring it together, and create a winner in 2016, but at the same time, you had the regret, if only this traffic thing didn't happen on the george washington bridge. if only he wasn't being dragged down by these scandals eating him alive. >> it just goes to show you how things can turn around in a year. one year ago he wasn't even invited. this year he's got the crowd giving him a standing o and this bridge scandal could be water under the bridge in a year. >> well, it could be. then again, my point is, imagine if that had not happened and you had christie elected overwhelmingly in a democratic state. christie being inaugurated on ellis island with the flags and the statue of liberty behind him. christie being propelled to the front ranks of candidates, i think there is more regret and defiance also.

but you're right, he could recover. >> seemed like a reboot yesterday for sure. >> it definitely was. >> marco rubio yesterday, a lot of headlines being made about his appearance as a potential strong front runner for 2016 was really a targeting and coming out with his eight-point plan a week ago about what we should do in ukraine. interestingly, he didn't touch immigration, which has been a thorn in his side. >> with this crowd, immigration has been the anchor dragging down marco rubio as a potential candidate for 2016 and his national aspiration. this crowd is not interested in a conservative republican senator leading the charge on immigration reform. obviously i see it differently. i would love him to take that role. he didn't even go near immigration. that's the point. he was all about the muscular foreign policy. so it was contrasting his approach, the evil empire of the soviet union and putin running amuck in ukraine, vis-a-vis rand paul, his most formidable

candidate. rand paul is the opposite. rand paul has inherited the mantle of his father's isolationist policy. you know, let the other nations mess with their own problems. we got our problems at home. let's not be projecting american power. that's rand paul's position. and usually it resonates. but now in the context of putin and russian aggression and now this referendum in crimea where a hunk of another country might be annexed by russia in this day and age, marco rubio's muscular foreign policy certainly resonates much more clearly with this crowd than rand paul's does. in my opinion. i think marco rubio took a giant step forward. >> then there was the moment when the man with the hair, as famous as geraldo's mustache, donald trump managed to kill off a former president. >> we're getting into jimmy cater territory. i never thought i'd see anything like that again. i lived through that time and it was not a good time.

and we're pretty close. i think maybe by next month we will have surpassed the late great jimmy carter. >> i think news of his demise, premature. i'm sure donald trump would like to recalibrate that. bobby jindal's also. the messages that president obama has not been effective, that he's myered in all these domestic squabbles, obamacare has been a disaster in many, many ways, distracting and draining all the energy from the progressive left side of the american political spectrum. so i think that what they're trying to do is obama equals carter. the donald, i love him. he's a great guy. i don't know if he really thought jimmy carter had gone off -- i'm not sure. >> we've had this discussion before, when people accuse someone of being racist or throw racism out there who can undermine it when it really does occur. what is your gut instinct here?

we're talking darrell issa and and when he cut off elijah cumming, coming under fire for doing that and receiving criticism that it was racist. what was your initial instinct on that? >> just as i'm sure that donald trump didn't mean to kill off jimmy carter, i don't think darrell issa is a racist and i don't think that was a racist gesture. i think the fact that congressman cummings is black was fortuitous. this wasn't meant to harken back to the bad old days. what he wanted to do was cut his mike. he's a passionate partisan. they both are. and they're fighting over an issue, like the irs and lois lerner and all that is so ripe with possibility for investigation. the american people want the irs scandal to be investigated, but darrell issa -- i'm not sure he's the best guy, to tell you the truth, to carry this message because he is -- he's not a racist, he is a hard-core partisan.

i mean, fast and furious, he got the first black attorney general held in contempt of congress. then benghazi is mentioned every couple of hours. and now irs. if it were somebody else, in my opinion, with all due respect to darrell issa who i do not believe is a racist, somebody else could lead the charge. this needs to be investigated. >> he tells megyn kelly that's the subject of this same kind of thing when democrats were in the majority and henry waxman ran that same committee. watch this clip. >> mr. chairman, i must say we go to regular order. >> gentlemen, not in order at this time. >> mr. chairman, rules of the house -- >> the rules of the house call for an alternating five minutes. on what time does the chairman -- >> the gentleman will seat. >> on what time does the chairman speak and ask these questions? >> the rules of the house -- >> we will furnish you with a copy of the rules. >> i would ask that you -- >> i will have you physically removed from this meeting if you

don't stop. >> there must be something with that gavel. >> that's on the flip side for darrell issa. >> that's a bare knuckle sport. no doubt. that's why you got to get that whole racist charge, it's such an easy charge to level against anybody. once you do get that charge attached to you, you can't get it off your skin. i think that's unfortunate. you got to save the allegation of racism for racists. not for these kind of bare knuckle disputes in the oversight committee where that's what they do. this is the most hard-core, political operators from both parties. but that's where i go back to my initial point, the irs deserves investigating. the irs deserves grand juries. the irs deserves sober, you know, nonpolitical probers of facts because most americans, i believe, want to know if the irs is being used to target people for political purposes. then when you have a politician leading the charge, it dilutes

the investigation. >> geraldo rivera, great to see you. >> you, too. >> thanks. have a great weekend. let's get some headlines from heather nauert. >> 12 minutes after the hour now. fox news alert. a suburb of washington, d.c., police in the area are hunting for a serial killer. investigators now say that the murder of a popular piano teacher last month is linked to two other murders. investigators in alexandria, virginia say there are similarities in the bullets used in the murders of the three victims. they were gunned down in broad daylight at their homes within two miles of each other. take a good look at this sketch. this was just released by police of the suspected gunman. police there have received more than 500 tips. earlier this morning, jaw dropping testimony coming in from oscar pistorius' ex-girlfriend, samantha taylor. she went into detail on the stand about the blade runner's anger issues and said that he

once got so mad after a traffic stop that they shot his gun right through the sunroof of his car. taylor also telling the court that her relationship with pistorius ended when he cheated on her with reeva steenkamp. pistorius shot and killed her at his home. he claims he thought she was an intruder. those are your headlines. thank you. coming up, months after their successful fight to get their daughter a life saving lung transplant, sarah murnaghan's family under attack. why would anyone want to take them down? peter johnson, jr. is up next with that. and this woman just won 2 million bucks in the lotto. guess how she picked her numbers. let's just say it will have you rethinking your strategy.

government red tape prevented this little girl from a life saving surgery until her parents fought back. sarah murnaghan's mother and father would not let up until our government agreed to let her have the adult lung transplant she need to do stay alive. nine months later, their fight sparked serious on-line backlash. fox news legal analyst peter johnson, jr. joins us now with more. peter? >> this makes me be ashamed to be an american today, unfortunately when you look at these facebook postings about sarah murnaghan and her family on this facebook that's become a real controversy up and down by facebook. for example, i was in support of sarah getting lungs no matter what. now i don't believe it's good medicine. she's not thriving as far as i can see. another post reads, changing the rules for her own goal was selfish. the courts and the public shouldn't have been involved, but they were. also comments on the puffiness of her face, the dress that she's wearing, her family's a

cult. her family are thugs, that somehow she looks like she's dying. why did she get these lungs when other people didn't do it? there is this term reveling in someone else's pain, reveling in someone else's misfortune in their sickness. i would say that if you look at this anonymous facebook web site, this page that, they have a death wish, in my view. >> under the title, discussing lung transplant and sarah murnaghan has been hateful speech written about this little girl. >> that's absolutely true. under the facebook standards, they're not supposed to allow hate speech. they're not supposed to allow speech with regard to people's disability, and i would suggest that there is hate speech on this site, that they do talk about disability in a frightful,

disturbing, unamerican way that doesn't do credit or service to the hero schism courage of this 12-year-old girl and her family who fought so hard. >> let's go back a minute because she was, what, 12 years old or ten years old? >> younger. he was 11. >> when she needed a lung transplant, but federal standards said you have to be over 12 to get a set of adult lungs. there were not any children's lungs available. >> correct. and the federal standard was wrong. it was wrong on the science. they admitted defacto and kathleen sebelius backed off based on this family fighting. greta van susteren tweeted this morning how mean can we be as a people? we can be mean sometimes. this is not the typical american reaction to courage and to succumbing great, great obstacles. >> whoever set up this page doesn't have the courage to come out and identify themselves. >> i've actually determined their names. i won't divulge their names, but i challenge them and i ask them to call me.

let me explain to you the fight for lungs and what this means in terms of this country. if they understand what happened in this particular case, then i think they'll understand that they're engaging in the worst hateful speech imaginable. it doesn't do credit to them or to this country. we're a better people. we're going to show we're better people. let's support era and her -- sarah and her family this morning. we're not about hate if this country. we're about love. >> that little girl is alive today. >> she's a wonderful girl. i held her hand and i love this girl. i'm not going to be unabashed about it. she's a great little girl. >> got a lot of reaction from the segment when she first got the transplant. we will stay on the story. peter johnson, jr., thank you. >> thanks. next up, this plant makes the street signs we use every day and it's all made in america. how did this company change its ways to compete with china? anna put on her safety goggles and hit the floor to find out.

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welcome back. 24 minutes past the hour. quick look at some headlines. illegal immigrants, including those who moved to the country as children, can't practice law in the state of florida. the supreme court issuing that ruling just yesterday. the justices said federal law prohibits illegals from getting professional licenses there. is this bad botox? new york post reporting bob costas may have gotten that pink eye from a botched botox job.

nbc sports saying there is zero truth to that claim. the 61-year-old was hosting olympics coverage when he got the infection in both eyes. he was taken off the air for six days. well, it's time to get our hands dirty. our own anna kooiman took a trip to toledo, ohio, where she took a job making something you're all pretty familiar with. right? >> absolutely. you find them in your backyard and you see them on mile marker signs, the department of defense uses them for razor wire. they're absolutely everywhere. i even got to do a little bit of welding and get in on the action. they make 4 million a year. check this out. american posts put me to work. some heavy lifting. you see them as mile marker signs along the highway. the department of defense uses them for razor wire fencing.

and the tomatoes in your very own backyard may even grow on them. i'm here at american post where the owner is changing the way he does business to keep his product made in the usa. >> the business in toledo, ohio, hauls been a strong point, a strong location because of its i-75 and 8090. there is a lot of steel mills. >> ceo of american posts and third generation in the business, david says 75% of the market of the stakes they produce has gone overseas. >> it was becoming really bad. i mean, all the businesses were leaving. everything was down. it was hard to find jobs. >> decrease in manufacturing jobs, the struggling auto industry. >> places ain't around no more. it's like something that at this when i was a kid, i'd have to drive out of town to go do now. >> american posts and the parent company, a raw steel supplier,

are committed to toledo, employing 48 people. >> i love the company, the people. i love the work and it's all american made. this is the final stop before they get shipped out the door. extremely fast paced. >> sparks flying, baby. here goes nothing. ah! i don't think i'm getting hired at american post any time soon. david, what's the advantage of having american post and universal metals right next door? >> we're able to share all our employees, while also cutting all of our transportation costs. >> it's the bottom line. >> yes. >> what can you offer that china can't? >> other than a product that's made in america, by americans, using american steel, we can provide them -- >> he bought american post in 2005. >> we've invested a lot of money in high efficiency equipment.

>> for this area used to be for spaces that required nine guys. >> now it's down to three guys and the push of a button. >> you really streamlined it and been able to get 25% of the market now? >> 25% of the market share and growing on a yearly basis. >> all because of this. can i push it? all right. let her rip. they're also part of a campaign to try to get big box stores like menard and tractor supply company and wal-mart to buy american products. as you noticed there, he can get them to you faster than china. three days as opposed to three months. >> 25% of the market now and they want 50%. >> health care an issue for those guys. you had a chance to talk to them about obamacare. >> yeah, i said i noticed when i asked how many employees they had between both companies, he said it's an advantage that we got to share employees, but make sure to keep it under 50 because of obamacare. so it's keeping them from

expanding, unfortunately. >> once you get 50 employees, your health care costs go up. >> skyrocketing. >> a great look in there and a great message, too. >> you know what? this summer when you're planting you're tomatoes, use an american post. use that tomato sandwich with the white bread and salt and pepper and you're doing something for america at the same time. >> big difference. >> thanks. when we come back, a fox news alert. monthly jobless numbers due out any moment. we're going to bring those to you up next. >> and close your eyes out there and just listen to this. go into this mode. who does this sound like? ♪ breaking me down >> a kid who could be michael jackson's long lost son. ♪ ♪ captain obvious: i'm in a hotel.

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welcome back. some fox news alert. fox business alert, the labor department leasing brand-new monthly unemployment numbers just out, jobless rate up to 6.7%. 175,000 jobs were added in february. >> 6.6% last month. so it's headed in the wrong direction. chris wallace is joining us from washington.

that's not going to be good news for this administration. it's going to be the talk of washington, the unemployment rate on its way up, chris. >> yeah. just as sometimes the unemployment rate goes down and it's not good news because of the fact that some people have dropped out of the work force, this is not a bad number. i haven't seen the internals. all i know is what you said. but 175,000 jobs created is on the high end of what people were expecting for this month, especially with all the bad weather in february and the fact that the unemployment rate went up could be, i repeat, could be because more people are encouraged and are going into the job market to look for jobs. it's not necessarily a bad number. >> you have to be looking for work to be actively counted among the unemployed. if people simply stop looking, which has been a big part of the problem the last few years, you don't get counted at all. >> exactly. >> chris, perhaps a number that is indeed bad is what came out of a recent poll here when asked to rate the obama administration on the economy and on jobs to

see if the administration had mostly succeeded in those areas or mostly failed, overwhelmingly so we have americans answering that when it comes to economy and jobs, this administration has mostly failed. >> yeah, those are terrible numbers and you don't have to be any kind of expert to see that. it was a terrible poll for the president. his overall approval was at a record low, 38%. his approval on the economy and jobs, which are to a certain degree the same thing, health care and foreign policy were all in the 30s. people just aren't at this moment, very happy with this president on anything. but as you say, certainly on jobs, a third of the country happy with his performance. approving of how he's handling the economy. that's not a good number. >> 56% and 59% seeing it as mostly failure when it comes to economy and job. >> obamacare, republicans blasting the obama administration on wednesday for

yet another delay and saying this is purely politics that they're delaying the implementation for health care plans for people who have their own health care plans for another two years. this pushes it off. it was already a one year delay, another two years by that extension. republicans saying this is just to help those vulnerable democrats who are running in midterm elections. of course, they're going to say that. do you buy that argument? >> well, i kind of do for a couple of reasons. first of all, remember all of the stink when people found out in october that their plans were being canceled for next year and then the president gave them a career delay? well, the year delay would have been until this coming october. clearly it was not in the interest of those democrats seeking reelection to have another raft of cancellations come out in october just weeks before the election. but even if you have some doubt about that, the white house statement talked about how they had been working closely and nexted about four or five senators, just coincidentally happened to be democrat senators who were up for election in

november. coincidence? it seems a little fishy. >> our fox news poll asks, if a candidate supports the health care law, how would you vote? 43% they would vote against that candidate. 30% say they would vote for them. 25% said it would make no difference. >> right. another poll here said if barak obama campaigns for a candidate, would you vote for him? they said 44% said they'd vote against if he backed a candidate here. and only 31% said they would vote for a candidate backed by barak obama. >> what was so interesting about that, elisabeth, was the fact that they asked the question, how would you feel if bill clinton campaigned for a candidate? so this wasn't a question of ideology. it almost seemed to be more personal w. clinton, the numbers were reversed and people were much more likely to vote for a candidate. but if it was barak obama, the current president campaigning, as you see, it was a problem.

it added a weight to it. which is why, and again, it's not a coincidence when the president goes to louisiana or goes to north carolina, you see these candidates who are running, incumbents running for reelection in november, suddenly they have a scheduling conflict. >> no selfies were taken. >> yeah. chris, i can't wait to see your show this weekend. seems like a fascinating debate, all the stuff unfolding around the world, the discussions out of cpac from rand paul about isolationist stance versus robert gates whose book is still on the "new york times" best seller list, top of the charts now. tell us what you plan this weekend on fox news sunday. >> we're going to be talking, as you can see, rand paul, who according to a column in the "washington post" this week is the front runner for the republican nomination. he is speaking at cpac today. we'll have an exclusive interview with him on sunday about the future of the republican party and the future of rand paul and then bob gates, former defense secretary under george w. bush and then barak obama. and the russian scholar, one of the things i want to ask him,

what does he make of putin? what is putin after here? what's the end game? is there anything the u.s. and europe can do to get putin out of crimea. >> fascinating. check your local listings. thanks so much. >> bye. would you like some news headlines? >> i would. >> the person to bring them to you, heather nauert. >> hi there. thank you so much. 39 minutes after the hour. did you hear about this one? forget politicians. the president is now taking time out of his day to meet with this youtube star in order to push obamacare. look at this. >> i was thinking, even while i was talking with the president, i'm like, oh, my gosh, my friends and i, we've talked about how he doesn't have insurance, and like, this is the easiest solution ever. all you have to do is go on-line and do it. >> that 24-year-old is just one of the many internet personalities invited to the white house. my baby-sitter happens to adore that guy. otherwise i wouldn't know who he is. but he's big on the internet. the president attempting to

reach out to the next generation. he needs all these young people to sign up for the old people for obamacare and the deadline for that is march 31. just in to fox news, russia is saying it will ignore sanctions as we learn that the pentagon is now spending a small fortune to study putin's body language. there is a research team that is now dedicated to watching putin's every move to better predict his actions. this is all in an effort to try to guide u.s. foreign policy. russia's grip is tightening today on the ukraine. russian-ukraine border guards say there are russian troops in crimea. russia appears to be poised for a large air defense in that region. that's just coming in from our producers today. close your eyes and listen to this. who does this voice sound like? ♪ i see you and me on the dance floor breaking it down, down,

down ♪ ♪ under the spotlight, moving left to right ♪ >> there is a bombshell new report that reveals that the 31-year-old pop star named brandon howard may be michael jackson's love child. tmz claims dna tests prove that he is jackson's son. this morning howard saying this about it. >> i've never self-proclaimed to be michael jackson's son. i'm definitely not suing the estate. i've been taken care of very well. >> howard rumored to be the child of jackson. the line in billie jean, the kid is not my son. >> looks like him, too. >> really erie. >> allall right. >> maybe you could do that impression as well. >> in the after the show show, john will do michael jackson's dance moves. hey, look at this. this video is heart stopping.

>> it's going to teach awe big lesson you're never going to forget it, coming up next. ♪ ♪ >> from the front lines and the battlefield battling the elements, these heros just climbed one of the world's tallest mountains. meet the kilomanjaro warriors.

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with the world. look at that. he can move. >> russia indicated is a geopolitical foe. excuse me, it's geopolitical foe and i said in the same paragraph, i said and iran is the greatest national security threat we face. russia does continue to battle us in the u.n. time and time again. i have clear eyes on this. i'm not going to wear rose colored glasses when it comes to russia or mr. putin. >> the 1980s are now calling and asking for their foreign policy back because the cold war has been over for 20 years. >> that was a good line for president obama at the time. in fact, the mainstream media jumped on that saying how out of touch mitt romney was with the foreign policy that if russia was really the focus of foreign policy, now is the president regretting making that statement in that debate because look what's happening. >> ed henry asked jay carney about that yesterday. there was a lot of hemming and hawing and then jay carney essentially said, no, he didn't regret it.

>> this could all mean something positive, is essentially what he put forward there. all of those may be perhaps peering from behind now and now top of those rose colored glasses. next up, from the battlefield to battling the elements, they climbed one of the tallest mountains. don't miss the kill kilimanjaro mountains. and now what's coming up with martha. >> new numbers this morning. turns out only one in ten uninsured people are deciding to sign up for obamacare. so what's going on with that, because the president says that the plan is working as it should. ted cruz and chris christie firing up cpac. so which one would make a better gop candidate in the end? mary katherine ham will weigh in. why a major state university is banning condoleeza rice from speaking at their graduation. new information on that when bill and i see you right here at the top of the hour.

they defended our country on the battlefield, some even sacrificing their limbs in the process. in an ultimate challenge to test their minds and bodies even further, this recently set off to scale the tallest mountain in africa, proving there is nothing that can stop a true american soldier. joining us with members of the group, kilimanjaro warriors. thank you all for being here today. i was following the blog, certainly we want to thank you for your service to this great nation, continued service as well. what was the theory behind truly trying to get to the summit of mount kilimanjaro and colonel,

what was your dream here and message for those who come back after serving? >> as a retired air force military person myself, i know the sacrifices it takes forople. and all of our warriors group are veterans and all served their country and they've all been overseas and in combat zones. some of them have met with unfortunate circumstances and i wanted to give them a chance in their rehabilitation to have a monumental goal for recovery. that's what the group is about. the monumental goal for that recovery. >> when you look at the pictures here, when i followed the blog, i couldn't get over the conditions that you all were met with post-deemployment, post-surgery. i'm watching you guys climb. what was the toughest moment? a lot of people who climb say, okay. i hit a point there, i hit my breaking point. many of you may have already hit your breaking point when you're

up there there had to be maybe a time where something was left up on that mountain. >> the hardest part for me was actually the desent. getting up was challenging, but the neatest part about going up where i didn't feel disabled anymore. it was great. threw away the poles, handed and able to climb using all four limbs. it was a neat feeling. the hardest part was going back down. after we reached the summit, the weather was horrible. getting down that mountsen took everything out of me, ripped off all the skin off my legs. i fell i don't know how many times. it was a huge challenge with getting back down the mountain and the climb is not complete until you get to the bottom. >> orlando, what did it mean to you to be part of this team right here? >> it was great. as a soldier, you always want to

always train with other soldiers. you want to do things with your comrades. this was one of the events that we from different branches all got together and did one mission. >> the level of difficulty some would say, you've done enough physically. you've done enough. why is it important -- keisha, you're the first to redeploy female post amputee status, right? >> yes, ma'am. >> we thank you for that. but some would say, you've done enough. why continue to go on? why climb mount kilimanjaro? >> because you were meant to do it. because when things happen to you, you need to overcome them. you don't want to let that define you. you want to be bigger than that and you want to show other people who are going through the exact same thing that through god and through yourself, you can do anything and the sky is the limit. >> are you a different man now post this climb, eric?

>> i suppose in many ways, yeah. it's something i never figured i'd get the chance to do and i've never been up in an environment like that before. >> right. >> it's a real eye opener, especially the people who are guiding us, just amazing. the whole thing really. >> i need to hear more of your story. it's beyond compelling and meaningful. thank you all for your service. stick with us here. we'll be right back. more "fox & friends" moments away. ♪ some time? the next time you nt a dvd, don't bother rewinding it. the way i see it, it's t next guy's problem. oh, larry. she thinks i'm crazy. mm-hmm. but would a crazy person save 15% on car insurance

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