>> he, of course, will be sadly missed and there was never and never will be another mickey rooney. we're getting tweets in right now, william shatner tweeting my thoughts and prayers go out to the family of mickey rooney, one of the greats. indeed he was. jack dunham tweeting, very sad to hear of the passing of mickey rooney, a piece of the irreplaceable americana has. >> i was a cub reporter for the 700 club, he came by and talked about his faith, talked about his marriages. >> married eight times? >> yeah, eight times. >> if at first you don't succeed. >> family was delightful and so self-ef facing.

he was able to talk about his reality. >> sprr honest, very clear. >> i remember testimony that his stepson was taking all his money. >> very painful to see that. >> mickey rooney, the original hardy boy. >> let's talk a little bit about what's happening once again this week, the president of the united states wants to change the subject. let's talk about anything other than obama care. what he's going to do is sign a couple of executive actions to make sure women get paid the same as men. i know, i know. women have gotten equal pay for decades. the big question becomes what is equal work? does the dispatcher make the same as the truck driver, as the cab driver and things like that. the president is once again going to highlight the inequality he says between men and women and try to fix it. >> it has everyone asking, shouldn't that's call start right in the white house if indeed you're going to go after

this nationally, should it start right under your own roof? when you see these numbers, female staffers, in 2012, executive branch employment was not quite equal. you have men with positions, 57% and you have 43% of those executive branch positions held by women. so only 43% by women. is the white house aware, as well, that the female staffers are actually paid 88 cents for every dollar when compared with the men. that's a 12% gender gap right there. >> i'm sure that's how the president will start his speech. probably say, hey, i was just alerted that we're not balanced -- >> i was watching fox and friends yesterday and just found out that women in the white house make 12% less than guys. do you think he'll mention that? probably not. >> i'm getting confirmation that the president has never started a sentence with "i watched fox

and friends this morning." >> is this about reality or about votes? >> i think it's changing the subject. get away from obama care. >> the president did want to speak about it last week. we'll see about it this week. six minutes after the top of the hour. several signals may have been picked up by twot search ships in the andian ocean. officials calling them the most promising lead yet in the search for the missing malaysian airlines. david piper joins from thailand with the latest. >> reporter: nothing definite as yet. there are some strong leads now, both australian and chinese ships have reported detecting sounds which could be coming from the plane's black boxes. the australian naval vessel picked up two sounds while dragging the pinger locater deep in the sea. the first cells detected lasted

for over two hours and the second lasted 13 minutes. the missing plane had two black boxes on board, one a dock pick box recorder and the other a flight data recorder. they also reported detecting pulses twice from the ocean floor about 300 nautical miles away. the australian authorities say the sountds the ship detected are consistent with those that would be sent from a plane ace black box. >> clearly this is a most promising lead, and probably in the search so far, it's probably the best information that we have had. >> reporter: the australian ship is continuing to circle the air to try to find the sound again. if it can verify it is the black box. if it can, it will try to send down an unmanned vehicle to try to find the plane. the water is nearly three miles deep and there's a limit the

submersible can operate in. the malaysian authorities are saying they're cautiously optimistic coof the news coming from the southern indian ocean. >> how amazing is it, they get the pings almost to the day that the battery will wear out. >> the scary thing about it, on the chinese vessel, the guy was holding the microphone above the water. the fellow who developed the technology, when asked if it could be accurate said maybe, but probably not. >> the australian ship went there. it was somewhere in the facility as well. maybe something will happen during our show. nine minutes after the hour. >> heather, you have some headlines. >> good morning. there is big news happening overseas today in the oscar pistorius trial. his defense begins today.

while you were sleeping the murder trial started back up after being delayed for an entire week. his defense team opening the case by calling a pathologist to the stand to try to cast doubt on the prosecution's claim that reeva steenkamp ate no more than two hours before she was killed. the reason this is important is pistorius's claimed their couple was in their bedroom by 10:00 p.m. and them being up later can undermine his claims. we just found out what caused a massive fire in the middle of a wedding. there was a lit cigarette. fire officials in foxborough, massachusetts, say the cigarette was tossed into a pile of mulch and the historic building, 108 years old, went up in flames after the bride and groom said i do. the building didn't have any

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job? >> no. i don't think he should have been forced to leave and i don't think the company handled this right. >> why? >> this is an example of how yesterday's deeply held belief becomes today's untenable position. public opinion on the issue of civil marriage for gay couples has moved at a rate that i don't think anybody could have imagined. it's moved so fast, and i don't think it's right that today's cultural standards be applied to his actions back in 2008. it's fighting the battles of the past. look, we've fought a culture war over the issue of civil marriage for gay people for the last couple decades. but as a growing majority of americans have come to support it, we see this culture war coming to an end. frankly, it's time for everyone on both sides to move on. >> let me ask you this, jimmy. this was 2008.

in 2008, president obama held the position of supporting traditional marriage when he spoke with rick warren. that was widely publicized without much outcry. what if this ceo, brendan eich still supported traditional marriage. should people that support traditional marriage be forced to leave positions of work? >> well, you did mention that obama opposed civil marriage for gay couples back then, too, but i think we're all entitled to our opinions, we are. we're all entitled to be wrong. i think a majority of americans think that that position is wrong now. and unfortunately everyone in this whole situation has exercised their right to be wrong. there are no winners here. and it's time for us all to move on. why are we fighting the battles of 2008 and fighting the battles

of the past? how does that help anything today? there are millions of americans waking up this morning without jobs to go to, and i think we need to put the culture war behind us and move on. >> if we are to put that culture war behind us and that was the president's personal belief, his faith and belief in 2008. i guess my concern, if we're preaching tolerance and asking people to celebrate one another's individuality and unique beliefs equally, why don't we see that here? even if we don't agree, why is someone forced to leave their position of work because of what they believe? >> i think there are some -- look, i get it. there are some in the gay community who want retribution. i know what it's like to have been treated the way many of us in the culture war have been treated and we won't. i think retribution is not the way forward. i think we need to accept victory on this and be

grateful that future generations of gay americans aren't going to have to go through what we went through. we need to show them how we treat people who used to oppose us and how we can come together at the end of this national discussion. >> sure. jimmy, i'm glad we could come together with this as well, jimmy devalve i don't, ceo and co-founder of go proud. thanks for being with fox and friends. f-16s are sent scrambling over the air space at the white house. unemployment numbers may be down. stuart varney says more americans than ever before are simply giving up on whatever finding a job. what the heck is going on now. i dunno, i just ah woke up today and i said i need something sportier. annnd done. ok maxwell, just need to ah contact your insurance company with the vin number.

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we've got some headlines for you. pro russian protesters just took over a third government building in eastern ukraine. this is sparking new fears the russian government could use the unrest as an excuse to seize more ukrainian territory. while you were sleeping, defense secretary chuck hagel arrived in china. in a couple hours he's going to tour the country's first aircraft carrier. the reason why? china is trying to show how transparent they are about their military. that's good, i think. brian? >> thanks, steve. the nation's unemployment rate remains at 6.7%. millions of americans have stopped looking for work altogether leading to a major drop in the labor participation

workforce. where have all the workers gone? stuart varney is here to break it down? you're concerned. >> they're not going in the right direction. the unemployment rate is going down, i got it. but the participation rate, the proportion of people who are actually out there in working america, that's a generational lows. you have to ask why. look at that. that's a steady down trend and it's gotten worse in the obama years. i start from the proposition that work is good. when you've got six out of ten americans not part of working americans, i say that is bad. >> you think it's a series, not one thing in particular, a series of things that play into it. number one, you believe the extended unemployment insurance. >> president obama erected a series of barriers that prevent a lot of people getting back in the workforce. first of all, there is a disincentive to work because you can go on disability, get food

stamps, extending welfare. there's a vast array of reasons which keep you out of the workforce and keep you at home. secondly, there's a disincentive to hire people. you have to pay a higher minimum wage, you have to pay over time for some management people. along comes obamacare and races your costs. >> they delighted the employee mandate -- >> a disincentive to work and disincentive to hire. you have six out of ten americans over the age of 16 who are not out there in the workforce. >> you also want growth. the growth is not big enough. >> for the last five years we've had growth of 2.5%. that's not near good enough. we want 4, 5, 6% growth. you get that, i'll give you jobs, i'll give you participation in the workforce, a vibrant dynamic economy. >> what about the president's executive orders, equal work, despite your gender, women aren't getting paid enough and

i'm going to change things. >> it's part of the same story. the command authority. the president with his pen and authority, wave the magic wand and say, do this. this time he's commanding equal pay for equal work amongst federal contractors. what he's saying is you can get out there and discuss how much you each earn so you can start a class action lawsuit. >> if you put a man and woman together today doing the same job, they're virtually getting paid the sum. >> if you lump everyone altogether, men are getting paid more. equal work, men and women, same job, virtually equal pay. >> stuart varney, we'll watch you in a few hours, 11:01, "varney and company." three minutes before the bottom of the hour. next on our rundown, have you seen this video? have you seen this hot air

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it, they would have been side by side on television. it would show a healing of our nation. >> baby steps. >> they both are on board with veterans which is great. meanwhile, if you have two young children and you have a passion for sailing, would you combine the two and try to sail basically around the world with those two kids under 5? >> not just young children, talking about the kaufman family of san diego. they set sail on an around-the-world voyage. there they are with their 1-year-old and 3-year-old. they left in march. 900 miles off the pacific coast from cabo san lucas, the little baby girl developed a fever and rash, put out an sos and there was a darg rescue. >> before they left, leah was diagnosed with salmonella. the doctor cleared her. the family said she recovered.

they're standing by the fact that this is what they do, here is what they had to say. >> we understand there are those who question our decision to sail with our family, but please know that this is how our family has lived for seven years. we are proud of our family and our preparation. >> they had to drop divers into the ocean who had to board the ship. >> at night. what they did, the air national guard from california came out and dropped the navy divers down. they had to get in a rubber dinghy, they found the boat and stayed with the family for three days. these rescuers put their lives in peril until the ship could come and get them. people are looking at this story, is it really smart to go around the world with a 1-year-old baby down below? i say no. >> how about the great shepherds of our military men and women who are willing to go get any family out there, any person and get them safe and rescued.

i think that's outstanding as i know you guys do. i'm the wrong person to ask about travel, i take epipens and antibiotics if i go down the street. ly bring my kit tomorrow to show you what i drive with. >> he says he is a coast guard quality sailor, very experienced. he has passion for doing it. >> sure. but he's an adult. to haul along your 1-year-old baby and 3-year-old baby, what could go wrong? we found out. those guys put their lives in merrill to rescue them. i guess it's time now to talk a little bit more about the news. heather. >> you probably have the little trapper keeper of medicine like i do? >> any mom with a bunch of kids, you've got all that stuff. >> great big purse. >> i have news to bring you. this coming out of indiana. a hot air balloon in indiana

crashes into live wires. the terrifying moments are caught on camera. the sparks fly when the balloon first makes contact with the power line. it manages to land nearby in an open field. six people were inside this basket when this happened. two of them were hurt. their injuries miraculously are just considered minor. the accident also knocked out power to that area. no word yet on why that balloon crashed. the faa is now investigating. the son of a detroit man brutally attack after accidentally hitting a 10-year-old boy with his truck is now speaking out about what happened, and he's talking exclusively to fox. joseph utash said his father steve is still in a coma this morning. the 54-year-old was beaten and robbed by nearly a dozen people when he tried to help the boy who ran in front of his truck. listen to this. >> my personal opinion is they were all out there playing with cars. i watched the last kid in the

road touch a van. the kid is sticking his foot in the road. as soon as a car comes by, he puts his foot on the curb. >> two teenagers are behind bars for the attack. you'll hear more from the family later today. joseph and his sister will join us at 8:15 eastern for an update on your father's condition. wishing him the best this morning. two f-16 fighter jets scramble to intercept a plane that was flying in restricted air space over washington, d.c. by the time the jets got there, the cessna was on its way out of that air space and the pilot started communicating with air traffic controllers. the guy says, the pilot, he didn't realize he was somewhere he shouldn't have been. oh, my. it is the best video of the morning. take a look at this. hey, you need to go to bed now. in to bed. come on. get into bed. it's bedtime now. >> that's a french bulldog. it sounds a bit like a bird

there. that little guy just didn't want to go to bed. as is usually the case with bedtime, mom knows best. >> go to sleep. >> that's sweet, despite the protest, the dog falls right to sleep. elizabeth, we've had those moments. >> i'm not tired. >> and out like that. >> was that dog sleeping in a drawer? it looked like a drawer? >> isn't that where eddie munster used to fall asleep? in a drawer, in a dresser. >> i remember the dinosaur, spot, used to fall asleep under the stairs. extreme weather alert out right now. mississippi, while you were sleeping, a tornado touching down in the town of collin. the tornado tearing down trees and damaging houses. there are several reports of

injuries. maria is tracking the latest. we've got all sorts of stormy weather down south, don't we? >> yes, good morning. that tornado that touched down in covington county, mississippi, it happened just after 2:00 a.m. so many people were sleeping. still active this morning across the states of mississippi, alabama and louisiana, including new orleans, the watch is in effect until 8:00 a.m. local time, central time across this region. we do have a risk for more severe weather later this afternoon. that's going to be heading eastward across parts of georgia, the carolinas and also the florida panhandle. watch out for the potential for some of these storms to produce large hail, damaging wind and isolated tornadoes. flash flooding, another big story with this same storm system. locally more than six inches of rain have been produced in the past 24 to 48 hours out here. we do have reports of flash flooding. warnings are in effect out here

across many of these states and that system is going to continue to move east and we are going to be seeing areas of heavy rain right here across the northeast, especially tonight into tomorrow morning. let's head back inside. >> maria, thank you very much. on saturday night it was a couple nation of a number of months of hard work by brian kilmeade's brothers, steve and jim. they put together a surprise birthday party for brian and his wife. where did you say you were going. >> my brother's girlfriend's parents' 50th anniversary. >> there's the sign. >> who do i write this check to? who doare these people. >> she's an older woman. dawn is three weeks older. >> there is where brian and his wife come in.

>> i'm taking the pictures. >> with your iphone? >> yes. gavin was there, a.j. helped pull it out here. general williams, we had the weather covered between you, maria, molina, rick, we knew the weather inside and outside. >> how surprised were you guys? that blew you away. i'm sorry i couldn't be there. tim and grace had their birthdays. we should have brought the cake over and shared it with you guys. >> you have the work people, the high school people -- i have a lack of personal growth. they're still my friends. to see everyone together, i was overstimulated? >> did you cry? >> i'm not a big cryer, not a big weeper. i was very impressed with everyone that came down. steve was working it like you were the ambassador. >> everybody knew brian. i'm like the fourth kilmeade brother. >> you're the blond swede we

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the obama administration has been accused of crony capitalism in the past. if you recall the cash for clunkers program cost taxpayers $2.85 billion. who can forget the $527 taxpayers lost to solyndra? our next guest says now republicans have a chance to end one policy before it's too late. senator from utah mike lee joins us. good morning. >> good morning. good to be with you.

>> we've heard about crony capitalism in washington, d.c. for years now. tell us a little bit about the xm bank. what is it? >> it's a bank setup designed to give special financing options, making those options available to those who buy u.s. products that are sold overseas. the only problem is, financing for these products is available on the commercial market. at least it would be if the government weren't getting in the way, if the government weren't in there giving a special sweetheart deal to certain favorites of the government. >> talk about favorites, we've got a graphic we're going to put up. in 2012, loan guarantees went out to the tune of almost $15 billion. here is the thing, $12 billion was for boeing. why does boeing, which i think is the world's biggest plane maker, if not airbus, why do they need billions of dollars to do business overseas? >> that's a very good question. that's exactly the question i'm asking here. i don't think the american

taxpayer ought to be on the hook for that. i don't think the american taxpayer ought to be forced against his or her will to do anything that picks one industry or one player within one industry. this is the party. the republicans in particular are supposed to be the party of the free market economy. that's what we want is free enterprise. this is a good opportunity for us to demonstrate that we are that party and we want to get government out of the business of picking winners and losers. >> what do you want to see happen to the xm bank? >> i'd like to see it phased out. i'd like to see it ramped down and gradually just have this effort turned over to the private sector where it properly belongs. financing of large industrial equipment, financing of large airplanes really ought not be something that the government is involved in. this is something that banks do, not governments. >> this is something -- you've been on this program talking about it in the past, where the government shouldn't be in the business of picking winners and

losers, particularly if they're giving $12 billion to boeing which is already a winner. >> this is the same thing we've seen in other contexts. let's take solyndra. there the government picked a winner and it turned out to be a loser. the taxpayers got hurt. it's not just the taxpayers that get hurt. it's competitors in the marketplace who but for this government intrusion would have a better opportunity to compete. >> let's see what happens. we'll see if it's still in business in a year or two or if it's caput. senator mike lee, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> what do you think about that? e-mail us at fox and friends.com. a new senate report says the cia's interrogation of terrorists didn't work. the guy who ran the program says it absolutely saved american lives. he eem join us live. forget about turning the other cheek. a church fight club pitting one pastor against another mma

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welcome back. a new documentary film highlights pastors who would rather beat each other up in the octagon. >> as christians, where are times you take shots. that's where the bible gives you your training. >> at the ends of the day, it's not reaching people with the gospel, regardless of what you do to introduce them into relationship with jesus christ. >> go for the jaw, right there. >> the critics are asking, can you really love your neighbor while hitting them in the face?

joining us is mma coach and retired mma fighter, pastor john rankin, who appears in the documentary set to be released generally independently this week. you're looking for it to reach a broader audience, but can you be a christian and be kicking somebody in the gut or the face? >> absolutely. there is no reason why you can't be involved in competitive sports and still love jesus. >> in terms of the actual -- for critics who say, wait a second, it's a mixed message, how do you feel, not only is it a mixed message, but helps get your message across? >> well, i don't think that it's a mixed message at all. jesus never makes any comments about competitive sports. we have the joke that -- i went to a fight and a hockey game broke out. and i don't hear anybody clamoring about how you can't be a christian and be in a hockey

game. so some of those type of things, i don't agree with that comparison. jesus never says anything about competitive sports. that's kind of where i go with this. >> how about this, instead of saying from the negative, let's do the positive. how does it help you get your message across? >> well, it helps me in that i get toc with those men every day. i train them. i'm in the ring with them. as a matter of fact, i'm probably still sporting a black eye from a training session the other day. >> i see that. >> you see this? what i get to do is be on the mat with those guys. i'm training with those guys. we're sharing sweat and blood together and it gives me an avenue to reach them in their life that i honestly probably wouldn't have had if it wasn't for mma is this. >> what will people see if they go in there thinking negative thoughts, this can't be right? what's your hope that will come out of this film seeing? >> one of the things i really love about the film is that it's

really approached -- whatever the word is. neutral. so they're going to come to this, and whatever their position is, they're going to have a chance to look at the people that are pro and the people that are con. they're going to be able to make their own decisions and see our vantage won't and why we believe there is nothing wrong with this and then hear from guys who are obviously very negative towards us. i love that. i love that. >> you can be a religious person, spiritual person and still stick up for yourself. you still get that message, too, right, john? >> yeah, if you are sure. nobody is going around saying we don't have a right to defend ourselves. some are saying you can't be in the police force or military. but the truth is, we have to go back to this is just a competitive sport. >> got you. john, thanks so much. best of luck with your practice and documentary. >> thank you, guys. straight ahead, for a ceo

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good morning. today is monday, april 7. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. fox news alert. while you were sleeping, a hollywood legend lost. ♪ it's a lovely morning >> champagne? >> well, from box office star at age 19 to bankruptcy and back, a look at the amazing life of mickey rooney. >> and so much for practice what you preach. the president pushing equal pay for women. but the biggest pay gap for women? his own administration. >> why were brian and i running around the streets of new york city buying wedding dresses? >> we have a big announcement. >> i do want to know.

>> we're in front of the home depot with dresses. what is going on there? we will explain straight ahead with donald trump because monday mornings are always better with friends. >> everybody. this is big kenny here watching "fox & friends" and love everybody. >> thank you. >> is that what happens when i leave you guys alone? you go shopping for wedding dresses? >> and we started the day here when we came in, somebody hit the building. >> yeah. >> in a car. >> yeah. >> there is a big hunk of the building missing. >> there was a truck hit the building, took a chunk out of the front of the building. the air bags went off and they were okay. >> find about the wedding dresses in just a moment. first -- >> we bring you this. hollywood is mourning the loss of a legend. mickey rooney died at the age of 93. heather childers has a look back

at his life for us. >> that's right. he was only 5' 3, not your typical leading man, but mickey rooney always seemed destined to be a big star, you think you're going to make a plow jockey out of me, you got another think coming. >> born in 1920, his parents were vaudeville entertainers. his talent led to his becoming a child star in hollywood. he played along big names, judy garland in "babes in arms" q earning his first oscar nomination. ♪ >> the champagne. >> after his rush of stardom, he was battered by a stalled career, drug and gambling addictions. earned $12 million before he was 40 and he spent more and was forced to file for bankruptcy. he also married eight times throughout his life. one of his wives, ava gardner.

in 1980, he took a stronger commitment to his faith, becoming a born again christian. in 2011, he emerged as an activist. you may remember this against elder abuse. he shared his private pain publicly about people taking advantage of his age, in making decisions about his life. he ultimately won control again over his own life and he took it all in grace and humor. >> when i was younger, i used to have waves in my hair. really. i used to have waves in my hair. now there is nothing but beak. >> he lived most of his life in the hollywood spotlight, more than 200 feature films, two oscars and emmy and other awards. and the secret of all of his success? >> just have to have the power

to express your individuality because if you stop and realize it, there is never going to be, never will be another you. >> be you. good message. and this morning, celebrities are reacting to news of rooney's death. fashion editor at marie claire magazine tweeted, i buy women's shoes and they use them to walk away from me. rip, mickey rooney. a hollywood legend. and patty duke tweeted, rest in peace, mickey rooney. having spent time in mickey's presence, i am grateful. he led a long and wild ride, bringing joy to millions. he will be missed. there will never be another mickey rooney. he leaves behind his eighth wife, children, and family. and back to you guys. definitely a big loss. >> indeed. thank you very much for that alert from hollywood. we met him a couple of times, he was on this program a couple of times. he was all a colorful character and a great talker. >> yeah. >> he loved to talk.

>> right. that's great for a talk show, when we have. >> but it's also a news show, which means we turn to the other heather, with the other headlines. >> we have news from overseas. the oscar pistorius is one thing we're following. moments ago he took the stand for the first time and broke down in tears. he apologized to the family of reeva steenkamp. listen to this. >> i can't mention the pain and sorrow that i've caused you, the family. i was simply trying to protect reeva. >> he was simply trying to protect reeva, although we don't see his picture, but we did hear his voice. he says he's now taking antidepressants and has difficulty sleeping. he also described one episode in which he woke up in panic. pistorius has been charged with premeditated murder. he faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted of that

murder charge. we'll keep listening this case. in the meantime, it's considered the best lead so far in the search for missing malaysian airlines flight 370. a u.s. ping locator on the australian navy ship called ocean shield picking up two separate signals in the northern part of the search area in the southern indian ocean. the pings have been heard for about 372 miles from where a chinese ship picked up signals just days ago. officials say it could take days to confirm if those pings belong to the missing jet. and we just learned what caused a massive fire -- look at this right here. this happened in the middle of a wedding. it was a lit cigarette that caused this entire building to go up in flames. this was in foxboro, massachusetts over the weekend. officials there say that the cigarette was tossed into a pile of mulch. it was a historic building, 108 years old. it went up in flames right after

the bride and groom said their i dos. the flames spreading so quickly because that building did not have sprinklers. firefighters had to use water from a nearby pond to put out the fire. the good news here? everyone was okay. what a disaster that could have been. speaking of weddings, check out these pictures. i can't figure this one out. why on earth were steve and brian running around new york city with wedding dresses. they hit a sale. our boss is telling us they were helping geraldo rivera out with celebrity -- geraldo is a contestant on "celebrity apprentice". >> they're getting married? >> it's all part of the show. >> it's all part of the "celebrity apprentice" season. we have exclusive pictures as we went out on a saturday to buy wedding dresses and help the

apprentice clause. >> i hope your girls aren't getting married. >> they better not. >> and that the dresses aren't for you. >> thanks very much. so actually now on the phone, we have the guy who runs "celebrity apprentice," donald trump. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> that was a lot of fun on saturday. i think brian and i are probably going to donate our dresses to brides across america, which benefits military brides. >> as you know, we're shooting the apprentice and if geraldo is in there, he's one of them. we're not supposed to say that because we haven't announced the cast. but i think many people know. he's one of them. he's raised a lot of money for charity. they all have. we're setting records in raising money for chairman this was having to do with wedding dresses and it was an amazing thin. but a lot of money being raised for charity. >> there was a big buzz that you were coming down there. for a while, everyone was frozen. we don't know if you ever stopped down. do you reveal it? >> i better not reveal it.

i don't want to reveal too much. >> we're a new show. >> speaking of show business, mickey rooney passed away. i know that you were a friend of his. >> well, i knew him very well. he was really a good guy. he was a character. obviously at the beginning of his life there was nobody bigger than mickey rooney. he was justin bieber times ten without all the problems. he was a great guy. he had a very, very rough part of his life. i mean, the last 30, 40 years. but he had a great wife and she took good care of him. he was a terrific guy. he was truly a big star. when he was a child, there was no star. i guess him and you could name one or two others. shirley temple just passed away. she was another one. but these were massive stars. >> right about that. >> the original hardy boy. thank you. mr. trump, so we have to ask you here, mozilla right now, they forced their co-founder to

step down after finding out that in 2008 he supported traditional marriage. but they have been getting the highest level of negative customer feedback following his departure there. what are your thoughts on that? should he have left? >> they really hit him hard. he left a job to take this job and they had a campaign against him and around 2008, you had the president of the united states supporting traditional marriage, if you go back and look. and i mean, maybe he should step down because of the fact, think of a lot of people that would like to see that very much. perhaps he should step down. but you had the president just about that time supporting traditional marriage. so they really hit this man hard. i think it's really unfair. >> absolutely. mr. trump, it's okay in this country to have a different opinion. >> well, it is okay to have a different opinion and that's what the country is all about. again, when you have most politicians in washington at that time -- they're going back

to 2008. and while we could say that issue is evolving and fairly rapidly actually, but the president and just about everybody -- >> hillary, bill clinton. a lot of people. >> everybody. so it's a very -- what they've done to this man is really life shattering and very unfair. >> sure is. i want to ask you about something else that seems unfair or perhaps hypocritical here. the president set to take executive actions to insure equal pay for women. why isn't it starting literally at home in the white house when you look at these numbers, they're kind of shocking considering this movement that he's starting to push out today. women making up only 43% of executive branch employment compared with men at 57%. and then when you look at the earnings, this is what's really bothering a bunch of people, women in particular, 88 cents on the dollar they are making compared with men in the white house. that's a 12% -- more than a 12%

gender gap there. what's going on? >> well, he didn't know this and he obviously didn't get his facts straight, when which is standard for him. he didn't get his facts before he went out with this issue. he went out with the issue very strongly. i watched it the other day. and then he found out if he would have known, he would have done something very quickly. he would have acted quickly in the white house 'cause that could have easily been taken care of. it's just another case where he didn't know his facts, whether it's obamacare, not knowing the facts of what's going on with that deal is amaze, or women, not knowing your facts. he went out with it and all of a sudden they said, hey, we have a problem, because in the white house, we have -- you talk about hypocrisy, we have a problem. so that's what it is. more of the same. >> was he right to take a bow by getting 7 million signed up? >> i don't think so because how many people have lost it? if you look at how many people lost, and they don't even know if the 7 million is right, and i know it can't be right because a lot of those people never even signed up. they're in line. and it's just incredible what's

going on. the lies having to do with obamacare are the greatest i've ever seen. you could say benghazi, you could say this or that. but the lies having to do with obamacare -- then they keep changing the plan. you can't change it. you're not allowed to do that and they say, hey this is not work, let's take this out, let's take that out. let's add that. you're not allowed to do that. but off lot of court cases. the lies are amazing. i don't think there are 7 million. they don't mention how many millions of people lost their plan and their doctor. >> always great to have you on. looks like a great season of "celebrity apprentice." >> it's going to be great. and geraldo is doing a really good job. he's in there fighting. i tell you, he's a fighter. he does not want to lose. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you very much. straight ahead, the white house says democrats will keep the senate because the gop strategy is a political loser. really? senator rob portman and is he buying that line?

he joins us next. >> and this might be the last selfy with president obama ever. the white house selfy smackdown coming up.

some people are saying that this may, in fact, wind up with a republican-controlled senate and it will be because of obamacare. >> first, i'd say we believe we're going to keep the senate. i do think the republican actor of repeal is a political loser. what they're arguing is that the 7 million people who signed up through the exchanges and the millions more who got it through medicaid, they'll take health care away from all those people. >> that was dan pheiffer saying

he's confident the democrats will keep the senate. >> how is the gop planning to use obamacare going into november, if at all? joining us from ohio, senator rob portman, welcome. >> thank you. good to be on. >> you know the numbers. you're office of management and budget. is it a political loser in november? >> the polls are very clear. i saw something that said 111 consecutive polls said that obamacare is viewed unfavorably and there is a good reason for it. costs are going up, and people are losing their choices of health care and providers. it's not popular. particularly in the senate seats that are up this year. it's pretty unpopular. >> that's one of the things you're doing on the senate side. you're trying to get a majority in the senate on the republican side. >> right. >> how are you going to do it? >> well, frankly we've got the math in our favor. there are a lot of republican states that are up right now that have democrat senators and so we should do very well in the election.

but look, it's going to depend on good candidates. i think we have great candidates and what the mood of the country is. right now, people are discouraged about the economy, as they should be. it has not turned around and they're very concerned about obamacare and how it's going to affect them and their families. >> senator, you're not one to sit idly by. what is your plan going forward? >> i loved hearing this stuff about republicans want to repeal obamacare. actually, we want to repeal and replace obamacare. we have a better way. and that's to provide more coverage to people, but do it in a way where people can choose their health care provider, what doctor they want to go to, where people can -- >> can't they do that in the exchanges? >> a lot of people are losing the ability to go to the doctor they have now. i did a town hall last week in ohio and i heard the same thing i'm hearing all the time from my constituents, which is hey, not only am i paying more, but i can't go to the doctor or hospital i used to go to. >> one democrat said -- they're saying now mend it rather than ends it or defend it.

when the democrats say, well, i'm trying to fix it, that's a bogus argument because harry reid won't even bring it up for a vote in your chamber. >> and there is no proposal out there from the democrats to actually fix it to be able to fix it westbound great for my constituents. a lot of us have promoted this idea of at least give us a delay of one year and even that they won't do. we need a new approach which is consistes with getting costs down. >> right. health care accounts, and also frivolous lawsuits, cracking down on them. we were seeing some of the bullet points. more competition between different -- >> require insurance companies to compete for our business. and by the way, there is some examples of that. if you look how health savings accounts have worked. and private plans -- >> very popular. >> yeah. >> and senator, flat out it's going to be decided at everyone's kitchen table. if it's working for them, it will be a loser for republicans. if it's not working, it will be

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news by the numbers. three. that's how many academiy of country music awards for two stars. then, two, two goony films in the work. it's going to happen. won't be as cute. finally, $96.2 million. that's how much "captain america" the winter soldier" made this weekend. debuting at number one.

it's the highest grossing opening day film ever. she's only in sixth grade but she's already made history. she's just shattered the record for selling the most girl scout cookies ever, a record that's been on the books for three decades. katy joins us with girl scout ceo, thanks for being here. congratulations. we've been hearing a lot of that. love the program. >> thank you. >> how many cookies did you sell? >> 21,477. >> can you say that one more time? >> 21,477 boxes. >> just out of curiousity, how many boxes of cookies do the girl scouts sell, average? >> thousands of girls across the country selling cookies. on average, they sell between 150 to 200 boxes per cookie

season. so katy's average, by day is about 300 boxes per day. >> katy, you're in sixth grade. i'm sure you have a lot going on how did you sell over 21,000 boxes? what's your secret? >> there is three things. time, commitment and asking everybody i see? okay. so how much time every day would you spend selling cookies? >> well, on the week days i would spend about seven hours and on weekends, i would spend 11 or 12 or 13 hour-days. >> you're saying seven hours during the whole week, so about an hour after school or seven hours after school? >> seven hours after school? >> oh, my goodness. did you have a goal in mind? did the goal look like this? what was your personal number? >> well, at the beginning of the sale i actually decided last year that i wanted to be the world record. at the beginning of my sale, my goal was 18,100. but when i got to that goal,

then i raised it to 20,000. and then when i got to that, i went on to 21,000. >> i bet sales departments across the country are waiting for to you graduate college to help them. what's the secret? did anybody say no? >> a lot of people said no. i just smiled and said, thank you anyway and moved on. >> so you don't spend the time on the no. you want to send them over a no. any other tips? >> you can't take no personally. >> good advice. >> good bit of advice. >> 21,477. >> you know every single box. top seller, what was it? what cookie? >> thin mints are the top seller. >> i could see why. congratulations. >> and katy is a wonderful example of the millions of girl scouts across the country who everyday bring their best to our program. and this program is the largest

entrepreneur program for girls in the country and so they're not only raising money obviously for local girl scout councils, but she's also donating boxes to the military overseas and to local food pantries. so katy and all the girls she represents and we really want to thank local communities for supporting our girl scouts. >> yes. we participated. we bought a bunch of cookies. i could not be more impressed with this fantastic advice for all girls out there, and guys listening right now. congratulations. well done. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> i'll buy a box. >> good job. next up, have you seen this video? it's a hot air balloon and it's doing something it shouldn't be doing. smashing into electric lines, causing fire. great video and good news. everyone is okay. and the video that will make you even more proud to be an american. stick around for the story.

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do you ever wonder what is behind the curvy couch rig normt at? we found out in the after the show show on friday.

watch this. >> see, that's where elisabeth keeps her big bag of stuff. she's pretty much got everything in the world here. >> everything. pictures of everything that my kids draw me. gum. right here. >> go ahead. light up. >> this is what she does. >> she's sneaking a drink behind the couch. >> this is what she does. she chews gum -- look at that. >> is brian here? >> not yet. >> because brian has -- he hates people who chew gum. >> i don't hate people. i hate chewing gum. >> if you're chewing gum, you hate that person. so because we drink a lot of coffee in the morning and elisabeth wants to have minty breath, she goes behind the couch, into the mom cave, to chew gum in the commercial breaks to have minty breath. >> and then spit it out and returns. >> it makes you long for behar. >> not really, but -- >> i did not know.

it's really that upsetting? >> i'm just trying to honor your issue. >> you are a little -- >> i think that's okay. >> i have a little bit of an issue with it and we found out that killie ripa has also the same thing and it's a disease and i'm going to raise money for it. >> i respect that. >> i think you got to get over it. just get over it. >> we're just gog chew gum the entire show one day. >> let's just fake it. >> do not fake it, 'cause i could tell. >> heather? >> elisabeth goes like this, here, take it! and i hold it for her. >> i feel terrible about it, but i'm still staying by it. >> i have a bunch of supplies back there. >> together we can fight chewing gum. >> raise money for the disease. all right. good morning to you. i got a few headlines. hot air balloon in indiana

crashes into live wires and the terrifying moments are all caught on camera. take a look. the sparks fly when the balloon makes contact with the wires and then it manages to land nearby in an open field. there were six people on board in that basket at the time of this. two of them were hurt. their injuries are considered minor. the accident also knocking out power to the area. we don't know yet why the balloon crashed yet. the faa is now looking into this. and talk about another scare in the air. two f-16 fighter jets scrambling to intercept a plane flying over restricted air space in washington, d.c by the time they got there, it was out of the restricted air space and the pilot then finally started to respond with air traffic controllers who had been trying to reach them. air force officials say the man didn't realize he was somewhere he should not have been. oh, boy. and if you can't stand flying, this may be part of the

reason. according to a new study, airlines are flying behind schedules and losing more bags than ever. on-time flights are down to 78%. that's a drop from nearly 82% last year. the worst offender is american eagle. it ranked last both on on-time performance and baggage handling. the best was hawaiian airline. it topped the list. no wonder. you're going to hawaii. this video is going to make you even prouder to be an american. military children who are stationed with their families in spain singing the national anthem. listen to this. ♪ o say does that star spangled banner yet wave ♪ >> how sweet is that? 40 children ages five to 12 were caught on camera by their teacher. they were all in the audience watching a movie. it was a patriotic movie. the teacher said she was

surprised by this. the outburst of song because she didn't even ask the kids to start sing. how sweet is that. it gives you chills. >> thank you very much. when you're a military family, you learn quickly how special the country is. you talk about it every day. dad, what did you do at work today? everything they did is for the country. >> now we got to bring you to an ugly story that took place in america. in detroit, where this man driving a truck was driving down the road when everyone's worst nightmare. he hit a ten-year-old kid. >> yeah, that's steve. he's a tree trimmer, driving home last wednesday. watch this video. this is video from earlier. apparently a number of young men were there along the road and it seems like they were essentially playing chicken with the cars where they stick their leg out or dart out into traffic and i think that's the moment right there where steve's pick up truck goes by and hits them. he did the right thing. he got out of the car to make

sure that the kid was okay. and that is when about ten or 12 young men came over and beat him to within an inch of his life. >> right. harsh lesson learn for anyone who stops and is concerned. he's in serious condition right now. >> they're keeping him in a coma because when he does come out of it, he goes back to the fighting mode, as if he's still protecting himself. so they put him back into a coma to try to heal him. >> they have made two arrests so far in the case. last week, the police say that the crime was not racially motivated. they said the man was white and the kids who beat him up, african-american. his family wants to know was it racially motivated? why did they beat him up? was it because he hit the kid? was it a racial thing? the family wants to know. here is a sound bite from his son who worries about his father, obviously.

>> my daughter said, i can't tell you whether he's going to remember you or your daughter. that's hard. my daughter is a fighter. it takes a real bad person to do that. i couldn't even do that to the people who did that to my dad. if i saw them being jumped by nine people, i couldn't get out and start beating them, too. >> his daughter going to be joining us at 8:15 with reaction to the arrest and an update on their father's condition and more reaction. but would the reaction from the public been differently if the races were reversed? that's the question some are asking, though officials say that does not seem to be something about race. >> so we're going to talk to them at 8:15 eastern time. 21 minutes before the top of the hour. while you were sleeping, mississippi hit by a tornado. >> yep. the twister tearing down trees and damaging houses and injuring a number of people. maria molina tracking the latest developments. she's out on the streets of new york city on this monday.

good morning to you. >> good morning to you all. yes, a tornado touching down a little after 2:15 a.m. local time in mississippi. of course, that's also heart breaking, just keeping in mind so many people were probably asleep at this time across mississippi. we still do have that threat for tornadoes today. there is still a tornado watch in effect across parts of alabama and mississippi through 8:00 a.m. central time. so we're going to keep that threat for tornadoes in place out here because it is in place. we do also expect those storm to continue to move eastward and parts of florida, georgia, carolinas and southeastern virginia have a chance to see the severe weather with large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes being a concern. and as i toss it back inside, i want to mention heavy rain has been another big issue with these storms. flash flood warnings in effect. >> thank you very much. coming up straight ahead, a new senate report says the c.i.a.'s interrogation of terrorists in the terrorist network didn't work. the man who ran the program said

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the answer to the aflac trivia question, jackie chan. our winner, brendan of virginia. you'll get a copy, which i will sign, of "george washington's secret six." let me tell you something i know you're concerned about and that is the enhanced interrogation program. the senate intelligence committee voted to declassify its reports on this interrogation program run by the c.i.a.

our next guest says that no matter what the report says, the program worked. ultimately saved american lives. and he knows because he ran the program. here now, best selling author, jose rodriguez, former head of the c.i.a.'s national clandestine service and author of "hard measure, how aggressive c.i.a. actions after 9-11 saved american lives." jose, they're breaking down your program, says it was not necessary. your reaction? >> those of us who were there, brian, know better. those of us who read the intelligence every morning and who acted on the intelligence know that the program allowed us to decimate al-qaeda to stop or disrupt plots against us and to capture or kill the entire al-qaeda leadership, to include osama bin laden. >> all you had to do was them. use the good cop, bad cop. the f.b.i. among your critics. >> that is right.

but the f.b.i. interrogator was not even there when we started the program. it's interesting that nobody ever talked to us about this report. nobody who was in a position of authority at the agency was interviewed, which i just find incredible. >> here is nancy pelosi yesterday doing what she does best, blaming dick cheney. >> i do believe that during the bush-cheney administration, that vice president cheney set a tone and an attitude for the c.i.a. i think he's proud of it. i think he's proud of it. >> so should dick cheney be proud of it? >> yeah, i think that dick cheney is proud of it, but -- no disrespect, but nancy pelosi is not even telling the truth about being briefed on the enhanced interrogation program. and on its use -- i know firsthand because i was the person briefing her.

there is a memo for the record dated september 2002 that spells out what was discussed. but it's interesting how everybody is trying to demonize cheney, vice president cheney and actually i only saw him downtown a few times. he was very deferential to the president. i don't understand what the whole deal is with cheney. >> so you know, nancy pelosi claims she never knew about it and you say you got to be kidding me and you briefed her? >> that's correct. it was not just me. i took a group of people from the agency and we briefed her and like i said, it's all documented and it's part of the record. >> senator angus king on which he's now offering to do to dick cheney.

listen. >> frankly, i was stunned to hear that quote from vice president cheney just now. if he doesn't think that was torture, i would invite him anywhere in the united states to sit in a waterboarding, go through what those people went through. one of them, 100 plus-odd times. that's ridiculous to make that claim. this was torture by anybody's definition. john mccain said it's torture and i think he's in a better position to know that than vice president cheney. >> jose, was it torture? >> it was not torture. all of this was authorized by the president, certified as legal by the justice department, and briefed to the congress. it was briefed to the gang of eight in the congress in 2002 and 2003. and they all blessed it. so it was not torture. >> jose, are you outraged by this condemnation ten years later? >> i am outraged, brian, because i feel that it's an attempt to rewrite history and it's pushing

a narrative that is not true. so those of us who were there and know the value of the program are outraged and one of these days, hopefully we'll get a chance to respond to all of this because we need to be honest about the value that this program brought to the u.s. we don't have to agree with everything, but we need to at least be honest as to the value of the program. >> jose, then just stay by your phone because you'll have lots of opportunity to answer back 'cause it will be all one sided this week. your book is excellent if people want to know the details of the program. thank you so much. >> thank you, and congratulations on your best selling book. >> thank you very much. coming up straight ahead, we change gears. have you seen the change jay-z has been wearing? on this day in 1988, billy ocean had the number one song in

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advance on the back of aaron harrison, a last second three pointer hands them the win over the badgers. the game tips off tonight. the final at 9:00 o'clock eastern time. please stay up for me. i nod off. i have a morning show to do. red sox slugger ortiz might have snapped the last white house selfy. the white house considering a ban on selfy for all teams after this was used to plug samsung. steve? >> jay-z and his wife were spotted cheering on the team he owns, the nets. what grabbed everyone's attention was the bling he was wearing. that big medallion is a symbol of the 5% nation. a group many classify as gang members. the group is also said to believe that white men are wicked and weak and black men are god. why was jay-z wearing this? joining us now is radio talk

show host david webb. when asked, does that medallion have any importance to you, he said a little bit. >> let's deal with this for what it is. here we have something coming out of the civil rights era that was a made up religion by a disaffected black man, call it what it is. and they come up with this kwanzaa-like thing except this has racist and sexist overtones. according to the 5 percenters, only -- all black men have god this them, but only the fewer ones. i guess that rules out barak obama, because he's half white. then you look at the sexist overtone. women, black women don't have god in them. so i guess my question would be to beyonce, is this how your relationship is with jay-z? i'm kind of -- it's not sarcastic, but putting it in frame, this is really about street credit. i got to tell you, it's the new street krit for rappers. it's got gang affiliations, states like connecticut have a

task force. they've classified this as gang activity. that's the really bad side of this. but jay-z's playing the new street credit. it used to be gangster rap, getting stabbed, getting shot. they sell this. by the way, they sell this to whites, blacks, hispanics, people who they call and what is it -- weak, wicked and in-- if you're black, are all buying jay-z's music. >> he's a great artist. he doesn't need that to sell records. >> no, he's got a business empire. >> let me ask you this, if i wore something that was as repugnant as that, given the back story that you've just given that what, would happen to me? >> you would get a whole lot more. this was reported overseas. not really here in the united states media. rarely picked up here. the thing to take beyond this is if knowing what you know, if it's rap music, go on, be a capitalist like jay-z.

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good morning. today is monday, april 7. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. a fox news alert. while you were sleeping, a hollywood legend lost. ♪ ♪ >> from box office star at age 19 to bankruptcy and back, a look back at the amazing life of mickey rooney. and a man accidentally hits a ten-year-old boy with his truck and then he got out to see if he was okay and help and then the man is beaten within inches of his life. now word the kids were playing what looks like chicken on that street. my personal opinion is they were all out there playing with

cars. >> that man, the victim's son, will join us live with an update on his father who right now is in a coma. >> me and my wife were expecting a quiet weekend until this happened. >> happy birthday! >> we had a surprise party. fox well represented. it was a lot of fun. we'll show you some of the highlights and also we were also featured on snl over the weekend. it was a very unique weekend. hey, mornings are better with friends. >> this is fuzzy bear. >> and this is kermit the frog and you're watching "fox & friends"! >> welcome to the monday edition of "fox & friends." we should point out today is not brian's birthday and it's not for a couple of weeks. your brothers planned it weeks in advance. >> right. >> to throw you. >> knowing that's how they could surprise you. >> and they want to get away without throwing two parties.

i'm so much younger than her. >> so it was a surprise for both of you. >> yes, it was. >> it was good for to you come down. sorry, elisabeth, you couldn't make it. but you'll make it up to me with a lot of cash. >> good idea. >> i just missed it, that's all. two minutes after the top of the hour. hollywood mourning the loss of a legend. news broke that mickey rooney died at the age of 93. heather childers has a look back at mickey rooney. >> huge loss. he was only 5' 3 tall, not your typical leading man, but he always seemed distinned to be a big star. >> you think you're going to make a plow jockey out of mow, you got another think coming. >> he was born in 1920. his real name, joseph, ewell, junior. his parents were vaudeville entertainers and following his parents, his talent led to his becoming a child star in hollywood. he played along some big names,

including judy garland in "babes in arms," earning him his first oscar nomination. ♪ i'm a yankee doodle dandy >> we all know that. he would also star with elizabeth taylor in "national velvet". >> who do you think you are? >> i'm the owner of the pie. >> so young. but after his rush of stardom, rooney was battered by a stalled career, drug, and gambling addictions. he earned $12 million. that was before he was 40 years old, but he spent even more. he was forced to file for bankruptcy. he also married eight times throughout his life. one of his wives, ava gardner. but in 1980, he took a stronger commitment to his faith, becoming a born again christian. ultimately won control over his own life and took it all in

grace and humor. >> when i was younger, i used to have waves in my hair. really. i used to have waves in my hair. now there is nothing but beak. >> he lived most of his life in the hollywood spotlight. more than 200 feature films, two oscars and emmys, along with other awards, and his secret of success? >> just have to have the power to express your individuality because if you stop and realize it, there is never going to be, never will be another you. >> there will never be another mickey rooney. he leaves behind his eighth wife, children, and family.

♪ >> mickey rooney, what a loss to the interat the same time community and to all of us. >> thank you very much. it's monday morning. it's the 8:00 o'clock hour. that means we turn now to bret baier, the host of "special report." he joins us from our nation's capitol. hi there, bret. >> good morning. >> how are you? >> happy early birthday, brian. holy cow, the big 5-0. >> i know. and i'm going to see you this weekend. we have a christmas party to celebrate. >> in april. >> right. >> for tax purposes. >> exactly. you're going to talk about mickey rooney and then what are you talking about tonight on "special report"? >> we're going to talk about the president signing two executive orders tomorrow about trying to put forward the issue of equal pay for women. these executive orders deal with contractors, federal contractors. so we're talking about a quarter of the u.s. work force, and basically it's about

transparency, that would require these federal contractors to list with the labor department sex and race for salaries and also prevent retaliation against -- >> is it a little embarrassing when it turns out the women at the white house, working for the white house also are not getting paid as much as men? >> yeah, you've got a couple of polls out there, staffs about the white house and how it breaks down. it breaks down executive branch employment, 2012, men, 57%. women, 43%. and then you have the pay and it's 88 cents on the dollar, more than 12% less for white house women. the staff from the adi. so yeah, there is that. >> the question would be then, bret, how then, put out this executive order for fairness of pay, when under the roof of the white house, it's not the case. women making less than -- 12%

less than men there. 88% of the dollar as compared to men. how have do you reconcile that if you're the president? >> well, it's interesting and i don't think people have questioned him on those stats or the administration. they are obviously using this to try to put forward this issue. they think this issue is a winner for them, especially for democrats in tough races across the country. the legislation is not going through congress. there is pushback that many republicans feel that it's undue burden to companies to file this paperwork. but you would think that this would be a no brainer and that's what the administration is trying to do, it's trying to use it as a political issue. >> because they invented this. when mitt romney was running against barak obama, they invented the phony war on women. but nobody really turned it around and said, by the way, mr. president, what about your white house? women are not making as much there as the guys do. it's embarrassing when you peel

back the onion and you look right there at what's going on. >> it makes you cry when you peel back an onion. >> there you go. >> let's move to benghazi because i watched the mike morell -- i don't know how many americans saw it -- when he said i'm going to correct the record. he says that he was there. he can do it. when it's all said and done, the thing i walk away with is thinking to myself, why was he not going with eyewitness accounts, why was he going with analysts? why did he feel so comfortable with that? michael mukasey weighed in, the former attorney general, says we need a new approach to how we get answers in order to fix these things. >> mukasey, with a very stinging op ed in the "wall street journal" about the whole process, saying that not only was there this kabooky theater, as he calls it in the house intelligence committee, but there are not these pointed questions that need to get answers on this case and that it's been obfuscation and he

wants to go for real answers. a lot of people called for that, but it has not moved forward in the house or the senate. there is some push that happen. >> sure. because michael mukasey, he wass and gals get five minutes. they've got small staffs, they've got a lot of work to do. not many of them are former prosecutors and so they might not ask exactly the right question. it's hard to interview somebody to get to the answers in five minute when is a tv camera is on you. >> sure. and also the tv cameras are a bit of a negative. some members like to use those tv cameras for speeches ahead of reelection efforts. so they use that time and they tonight use the time questioning. clearly there is blame to go around on the questioning. the bottom line is that there are still more questions for mike morell and others about all

of this and how it played out. >> let's see if they do go with select committee. might finally get some answers. >> i don't know. thanks for being with us. "special report" is where we'll be with you later today. >> have a good one. >> thank you. heather nauert joins us now. and she's got other news happening around the world. >> a fox news alert to start off. oscar pistorius taking the stand today in his defense just about an hour ago. he broke down in tears on the stand during his murder trial. he actually apologized to the family of reeva steenkamp. listen to a bit of this. >> there hasn't been a moment since this tragedy happened that i haven't thought about the family. i wake up every morning and you're the first people i think of and the people i pray for. i can't imagine the pain i've caused you and your family. i was simply trying it protect

reeva. >> he says he's taking antidepressants and has difficulty sleeping at night. he described one episode in which he woke up in a complete panic. he's been charged with premeditated murder and faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted of that charge. the trial currently on lunch break, just about to get started again. another fox news alert to bring you. it is considered the best lead so far in the search for malaysian air flight 370. a u.s. ping locator that's on an australian navy ship has picked up two separate signals in the northern part of the search area in the southern indian ocean. these pings can be heard about 372 miles from where a chinese ship picked up the signals just two days ago. officials say it could take a few days to confirm if those pings belong to the missing jet. so we'll keep watching that one. back here at home, the academy of country music bringing its biggest stars to las vegas.

stevie diction doing a rare performance with lady antebellum ♪ ♪ >> they sing nicely together. george strait taking home the top prize, considered a settle i wantal win. the 61-year-old is retiring when his tour wraps up later this year. then keith urban and miranda lambert taking home the most trophies, three each. ♪ ♪ >> it was lambert's husband who stole the show as a host. watch them try to beat ellen degeneres' selfy. >> honestly, i think we're probably the biggest celebrities in this room right now. >> yeah, we are. >> just thinking of ourselves.

>> all right. having good time there. those are your headlines. >> all the celebrities behind him will wind up in the selfy. very handy. >> i love that idea. talk to you later. >> they made it look too easy. 13 minutes after the hour. a man accidentally hits a ten-year-old boy with his truck, then gets out to help him and is beaten within inches of his life. now word that the boy was playing chicken in the street. the victim's family speaking live to "fox & friends" only next. and muslim parents, some crying foul when their kids come home with flyers about an easter egg hunt at a local church. they claim it violates the constitution, but we found a man who says that's parents are giving the community a bad name.

welcome back. some muslim parents claim foul when their kids came home with flyers about an easter egg roll at a local church. >> i believe it's against the constitution, separation of church and state to allow these flyers to be distributed by school officials. >> but don't parents have the right to just say no, their child will not be attending? joining us is the president of the american islamic forum for americans. he's also the author of "a battle for the soul of islam." thanks for being with us this morning. what's going on here when it comes to tolerance? is this a constitutional violation to have a flyer for this extravaganza at a school? >> this is just the summit of hypocrisy. the constitution protects the freedom of expression, the freedom of religion. freedom of religion, not from

religion. this demonstrates that they've lost all inhibitions in their cultural jihad the fine opportunities to continue to put christians and the majority of americans on the offense. it's absurd. i grew up in wisconsin, did easter egg painting and hunts and participated in christmas carols. i never felt my faith was threatened. in fact, feeling that i grew up in a majority that wanted to celebrate their holidays as the foundations of american history made me feel that i could celebrate ramadan, et cetera. this is why it's important to push back and not allow the political correctsness appeasement to respond that it's legitimate and their victimology do we really believe his nine-year-old daughter was threatened by this scary brochure? it's absurd. >> the dad did claim that the students, his kids did feel as though it should be separated. if the invitation weren't offered to all children, wouldn't this then be

discrimination? >> i mean, the thing is the islamists want their own special privileges for diets, for holidays, for ramadan, et cetera, but yet when it comes to christians and the majority asking to participate and let people know about their holidays, tey scream discrimination, et cetera. so this is the thing, is we have to allow communities to highlight their holidays. it's part of american history and we can't let this alliance between the hyper secular antireligious left and islamists continue to marginalize the biggest part of american culture, which has a lot to do with christianity. >> we thank you for being with us today. certainly an opportunity missed to teach kids about loving one another and tolerance. thank you. >> thank you. appreciate it. coming up, a man accident leal hits a ten-year-old boy when he gets out to help him. he's beaten within inches of his life. that man in an induced coma now needs your help. his family is going to join us

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fox news alert. pro russian protesters set for a third government building in eastern ukraine. this is sparking new fears the russian government could use the unrest as an excuse to seize more ukrainian territory. the state department losing $6 million, most under hillary

clinton's watch. it was lost due to improper filing of contracts over the past six years. the report saying the unaccounted funds showed a lack of control in the department's actions. that's a quick look at what's happening in the news. steve? >> thank you. steve eutach and his family need your help. he accidentally hit a ten-year-old boy with his truck last week in detroit. the boy will be all right. he's got a broken foot, but when steve got out to help to see how the boy was, he was robbed and then beaten within inches of his life. the story barely getting any attention in the mainstream media. joining us, steve's children, joe and mandy join us live from detroit. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> mandy, how is your dad this morning? >> unfortunately, i haven't been able to see him this morning. but i do plan on going there as soon as i leave work. i haven't gotten any calls from the hospital. >> that's positive.

i understand he's still in the medically induced coma. joe, they tried to bring him out a couple of times. and each time they do that, what's been the reaction from your father? >> he's just struggling. he's still trying to defend himself. he thinks he's still on the street fighting for his life. and we're trying to let him know you're in the hospital, you're in the hospital. but he's like throwing his head back and everything. so they got to induce the coma again before he hurts himself 'cause there is blood -- he's bleeding from his head and if he does damage his head, he could kill himself. >> sure. what do you think was happening? we've now seen some surveillance video. it looks like a number of young men stand alongside the street, what are they doing there, joe? >> to me, it is my own personal opinion, i watched the video. it looks like the four people that are standing there on the curb are playing with cars. i see the fourth person in that

row touch a van as it was going by. and then i see two of the four kids sticking their legs out in the street and as soon as a car comes by, they put their leg back on the curb. and then as soon as my dad's truck comes by, the second kid in the row, he just throws himself into my dad's truck. i don't believe that my dad ran the kid over. i believe the kid jumped to the side and hit the side of my dad's truck, trying to get hurt. as far as my opinion goes, it looked like they were playing with cars before this accident happened. >> that's what it looks like to us. looks like they were playing chicken and then this one kid got hit, broke his leg, went to the hospital. there have been two arrests so far, mandy. i know you feel good about that fact. but eight, ten other kids are still at large. why do you think they beat up your dad? he was simply stopping to see if he had hurt the kid.

>> that's what we want to know. we want to know that, too. if somebody gets out and hurts somebody and they apologize to you and say how sorry they are and in a panic that it happened in the first place, why are you going to have such aggression and rage toward somebody who seems to have such sympathy for somebody that he's hurt on accident. and the video is what hurts me is because the child runs right out there front of the truck and for some reason, it ends up being my dad's fault, even thou to aid the child. it wasn't good enough for them. we want to know why as well. >> sure. i know the police had said to you that they didn't feel it was racially motivated. your father is white, the kid who was hit, african-american. but when you look at the amount of mainstream media attention this story gathered, it doesn't seem like it's gotten much publicity. do you turn things around, if it was a white gang that beat

autopsy minority child, this would be leading every newscast every night this week. >> right. my personal opinion is like if none of the family members of the kid that got him were involved in the fight, we weren't involved, we weren't involved. well, they weren't involved, then my dad didn't get beat because he hit the kid. so why did he get beat up? and in the video you see there is already nine people on my dad and they're people pulling up and getting out of the car just to walk up to my dad and start kicking him. and i don't what could possess somebody to have that much hate. these people that did this to my dad, if i saw them get jumped by nine people, i couldn't join, too. i would still call the cops saying hey, look, this guy is being jumped. so i completely don't understand. there is no other answer besides

it has to be a race thing. but it's too hard for me and my family to accept that my dad is in a coma right now just for the pigment of his skin. it doesn't make any sense and it's too hard to swallow and that's why we're on the air saying this is a race thing -- >> it's a humanity thing. it's beyond a racial issue. it's a humanity issue. how humans can do this to another person with feelings and families. like animals don't even do this to each other. you don't beat up something for fun and leave it to die. they don't even do that. >> they do it for food. >> the video is unbelievable when you put it that way. now, obviously this struck a chord. your father, uninsured. he's getting treatment that is $20,000 a day. you've got to be astounded at how america opened up their checkbook to help your family. i think you've raised over $80,000 so far, right? >> yes.

105 now. >> $105,000. >> oh, my goodness. if folks would like to help, they can go to our web site, www.foxandfriends.com, and we've got a link to your web site. joe and mandy, we thank you very much for joining us live from detroit to tell the story about your dad. it's heart breaking. if you'd like to help the family, go to www.foxandfriends.com and you will see a link on how you can donate. it is half past the top of the hour. next up, they took their children for a sail around the world, but we had to send a navy warship to rescue them when the one-year-old got sick. now the big question, were the parents irresponsible for going on the trip in the first place? and you are lighting up the e-mail machine on that. ceo forced to resign for supporting traditional marriage. is this the new tactic of the tolerant left? donald trump sounds off straight ahead.

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island, brian kilmeade and dawn kilmeade were surprised by the friends and family members. there you can see the kilmeade kids behind because they're celebrating a landmark birthday in a couple of weeks and brian's brothers, steve and jim, figured if we jump them by having the party three, four weeks early, they'll never guess. >> absolutely. >> it was the only way. how shocked were you? >> what a surprise. we said, why is this party starting at 5:00 o'clock? everything started early. but steve came out. elisabeth, sorry we missed you. a lot of people from fox came over. you see the high school friends with the college friends with the neighborhood, it was bizarre to see everyone in the same spot. >> it was your life. >> my friends put together some video. to see they were working on it. no, they took old pictures and did a great job. >> fantastic. >> happy birthday to you and dawn. >> thank you. we still are a few weeks to be 49. >> and the stories we've heard about you growing up.

some day we'll try to work them in. >> all i heard on sunday was, that steve doocy was so nice. so? he was working the room. >> what a good friend. >> it was a great night. anyway, thank you for joining us on this monday morning. we got a fox news alert for you now. several teens apparently have been picked up by two search ships in the southern indian ocean. they are being called the most promising leads yet. >> david piper joining us live from thailand with the very latest. good morning, david. >> reporter: hi, yes. good morning. there has been some strong leads today in the search of that missing malaysian airlines jet, both australia and chinese ships have detected sounds which could be coming from those black boxes in the plane. the australian navy vessel picked up two sounds while dragging a pinger locator behind it deep in the sea. the device had been sent to

australia from the u.s. the missing plane had two black box on board. one voice recorder and the other a data recorder. a chinese vessel reported overt weekend detecting pulses twice from the ocean floor. the australian authorities say the sounds its ship detected are the most promising leads so far. but they do remain cautious. the malaysian authorities have held their daily news conference in the last hour and they seem to be more positive, hoping for breakthrough very soon. back to you guys. >> as we all are. david, we thank you very much. here is heather now with some other headlines. brian, she was at your party. >> great to see you there. >> you have such a lovely family, really. it's so fun to see you and your wife. you had been high school sweethearts. fantastic. >> thank you. it was great to see your husband

there as well. >> i loved your mom. she's terrific. i've got news to bring you. we can continue this after. take a look at this. there was a hot air balloon that crashes into live electrical wires in indiana. the terrifying moments are caught on camera. take a look at this. the sparks fly when the balloon makes contact with those wires and then it manages to land nearby in an open field. six people were inside that basket at the time. two of them were hurt, but their injuries are just minor. the accident also knocking out power to the area. we don't know yet why that balloon crashed. but folks lucky to be alive this morning. mozilla feeling a real backlash after the ceo of that company was pushed out for supporting traditional marriage. brendan eich donated $1,000 to california's proposition 8 in 2008. so earlier today on "fox & friends," we asked donald trump about it. listen to this. >> when you have most politicians in washington at that time -- you know, they're

going back to 2008 and while we could say that issue is evolving and fairly rapidly actually, but the president and just about everybody -- >> hillary, bill clinton. a lot of people. >> everybody. so it's a very -- what they've done to this man is really life shattering and very unfair. >> the day after he resigned, mozilla experienced its highest level of negative feedback. a lot of people not happy with that decision. defense secretary chuck hagel arriving in china and in a few hours he'll tour the first aircraft carrier for the country. the reason this is significant? china claims it's trying to show how transparent it is about its military. he is believed to be the first official visitor from outside china to be allowed on board that ship. the parents of this seriously ill baby girl who had to be rescued 1,000 miles off the coast of mexico defending their decision to travel around the world with their young children in tow, saying, quote,

we understand that there are those who question our decision to sail with our family. but please know this is how our family has lived for seven years. we are proud of our choices and our preparation. that family now on a u.s. navy ship on its way to a hospital in san diego. their one-year-old daughter is in stable condition after a daring rescue by an elite team of national guardsmen. and our viewers have a lot to say about this story. what are people writing in? >> they're outraged that this family would take a one-year-old and a three-year-old around the world in a 36-foot sailboat. >> even despite the fact that he's a coast guard licensed captain, he's been doing this for years. it seems dangerous to many, including steve here who says it sounds like this couple did everything they could to do avoid having to make a may day call. >> but they did have to make the call and then the warship is steaming toward them. elizabeth writes, the government

should provide them with a bill. >> and barbara says, they should have to pay for this. our country is broke. this had to cost millions. i'm so proud of our soldiers for risking their lives to save them. >> well said there. >> we're not done yet. >> question is, would they do it again? would they go out again with the girls as little as they are? that will tell you a lot. >> hats off to the navy, the sailors and international guardsmen who saved them. meanwhile, at 19 minutes before the top of the hour, an extreme weather alert. check out these pictures out of mississippi. a church in new hopewell damaged during a tornado overnight. >> homes also damaged in the storm and there were reports of several people hurt. where is the storm heading now? we're going to check in with maria molina. what do you know? >> good morning. so that particular tornado hit at 2:15 a.m. central time.

we have a renewed tornado threat toward the east a. watch issued for the state of georgia, parts of southeastern alabama, and also widespread across the florida panhandle. so again, a brand-new tornado watch in effect out here because the damaging winds, large hail is in place and it will stretch from the panhandle up to the carolinas and southeastern parts of virginia. the other big issue is heavy rain with these storms, flash flooding this morning. let's head back inside. >> all right. thank you very much. next, alert the queen. a major security scare at buckingham palace. what happened here? >> and we built, but now we're giving away the internet. yep, remember it took forever? russia could take it over. just how worried should you be? we'll explore from a man that was kicked out of that country.

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welcome back. quick headlines for you now. royally, drama at buckingham palace. a soldier pointing his bayonet at a man shouting at a police officer. a witness said he wanted to get inside the gates. he was escorted away, but not arrested. in the meantime, the royals have landed in new zealand. baby prince george, of course has stolen the show. how sweet. the duke and duchess of cambridge and their son began their three-week tour. so cute -- down under. prince william got the queen's permission to fly with george. it's a breach of protocol for direct heirs of the throne to fly together in case of an accident. looks like all went well. he is cute! not as cute as brian. >> thank you. that was in the prommer.

she meant that. let me tell you what's happening. 14 minutes before the top of the hour. the u.s. may be giving away its authority over the internet. it's not too settling a thought. so will russia try and seize control since it has ties to the u.n. agency that will try to take it over. david was expelled from russia last year and says russia cannot be trusted and joins us from london. david, a lot of people in america are trying to settle everybody down. it's not a big deal. you think it's a big deal. >> well, i think it is a big deal because russia has demonstrated that it has no respect for the liberty of the internet. internet portals inside russia have been blocked. portals that condition voy truth -- convey truthful but opposition. with that kind of precedent and the precedent of expelling me and putting pressure on our foreign journalists, why should russia be trusted to participate

in an enterprise, the whole point of this which is the circulation of information? >> we know china has done that and turkey is the latest 2001 try to do that. why do they throw you out? >> well, in my case, it was at the demand of the security police. i was told, in fact, that my presence on the territory of the russian federation was considered undesirable by the fsb. the phrase that was used was competent organs. that's the code name fort fsb, security police. that's unprecedented in relation to a journalist or writer and it shows the attitude toward free speech. >> david, real quick, what role would russia have more than everybody else? would they just be like us and china and germany having the sameccess or lack of access to the internet or just be a level playing field? >> i doubt it, because unlike

the u.s. or germany or other democratic countries, the russians have -- who don't have a stake in controlling information, the russians have a motivation. they have a real purpose in controlling information and as we see from the events in ukraine the kind of methods that they're ready to use. >> they're still going at it. david. thanks so much, i'm with you 100%. thanks for sharing your story. i hope people sober up soon in this country. >> thank you. >> 11 minutes before the top of the hour. actress minnie driver is back. she's the star of a best selling book and hit movie turned tv series, will join us next. first let's check in with mother star. martha mccallum, she is ready to take over the top of the hour. >> absolutely. good morning. we are going to tell you about a program that signs up inmates for obamacare on their way occupant the door and also brit hume back in dc this morning. he will talk to us about jeb

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>> she play has single, overprotective series in "about a boy." >> what's on the docket? big ladies' night? >> i'm going to dive into a good book, maybe meditate and then probably strain some curd cheese. >> i am so sorry for you. >> come on, darling. >> can i finish this hand? >> bring it, what do you got? >> talking about minnie driver who is starring in "about a

boy," which is based on that best selling book and the movie. good morning to you. >> hello. >> why are women and men so different? >> oh, my goodness. i don't know. wouldn't be any fun if we were the same. everyone would get along. >> your character here is exuberant as you are. i know that you have some experience here because your son, henry, is five. >> he is. >> so are you overprotective? i think we have a right to be. >> we do. to a certain point, i really am. but i also like watching him make his way in the world. you can't hold on. you have to love them with loose hands, you know. you got to be right there. but i'm not like fiona. she's mad. >> sounds like a real life minnie driver is a bit of a helicopter parent. you're there, you're there. you're doing a lot of stuff. >> this is how you know. how many band-aids do you carry in your purse? >> i do have some great

band-aids. i only have them in my purse because they have shakespearean slurs. >> whoa! i got to get me some of them. >> yeah, they're good. but i'm really that overprotective. not too much the not like fiona. but he certainly is incredibly active, my son. we spend a lot of time outside together. he's not like marcus. >> no. >> in the show. ben is a very -- he's a much more sedentary kid. >> have you enjoyed the show? >> i love it. >> what do you like the most about it? >> i love every day that i go to work. i love the people that i work with. i honestly feel -- that's the thing about being in your 40s, you really get to appreciate the amazing things in your life a lot more than i did in my 20s. >> before you go, you got to tell us about how you came up

with claire? >> this is an amazing initiative. so allergy sufferer, spring coming right now, highest pollen count because of the terrible winter. so we teamed up with this amazing organization that is converting -- railroad lines into hiking trails in communities. so claritin has donated $50,000 and you, you, people at home, can get involved by visiting their facebook page and you can like, share, post or comment and they will make a donation of a dollar towards these -- this great initiative. >> fantastic. >> i want to be outside with my kid. if i take my claritin at the onset and all the way through the season, i'm good and i can be outside. if i don't, i'm watery eyed and it's a nightmare and everybody suffer. >> claritin beats holding your breath for two hours. >> it really does. >> or three months.

>> exactly. >> we are so thrill to do have you here. i love the stories about the show. >> thank you very much.

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>> when is the after the show show? >> starts in two seconds. >> stick around. good morning, everybody. it is cost the most promising lead yet in the search for flight 370. australian fishes say they are picking up more signals with the with the pings in the black boxes. typically a black box only hold as lifespan of about a month. so it's a race against time. an update on that. there is a rescue at sea thanks to a u.s. navy. a one-year-old girl on board a ship as parents decision to take their two young children on a voyage around the world comes under storm of criticism. i'bi