>> good morning. you are watching "fox & friends first" on this tuesday morning. a shot of new york city. a little wet and rainy out there. >> i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers. thank you for starting your day with us. the oscar pistorius trial resuming in south africa. you are looking at live pictures right now. the blade runner back on the stand testifying for the second day. now today he is expected to explain why he pulled the trigger and shot his girlfriend reba steenkamp. moments ago he broke down as he re-read the angry text that reba sent him after one of their arguments. >> i just want to love and be loved, be happy and make someone happy. maybe we can't do that to each

other. right now you are unhappy and i am unhappy and sad. >> pistorius accused of intentionally murdering steenkamp. he says he shot her thinking she was an intruder. >> at this hour 14 planes and ships are back out over the open searching for the missing jet. they had pinging they heard could be from the black box they say. earlier administration officials say they picked up no traces of signals since sunday. >> there have been no further contacts with any transmission. we need to tfcontinue that for several days right up to the point of which there's absolutely no doubt that it has

expired. >> they will look for a third ping before sending down a submarine. >> the uconn huskies are the national champs. >> the huskies once again are in basketball heaven. >> ncaa champs the huskies celebrating as they took down the kentucky wildcats on the way to the kentucky championship in four years. they were too much to handle for the young kentucky team which finished 22 points to be named most outstanding player. final score 50 to 54. a mob brutally attacked a man who accidentally hit a 10-year-old boy with his truck. police say they plan to arrest more people. we have the latest on p the developing story.

>> good morning to you as well. tree treatmenter steve utas is fighting for his life after stopping to render aid to a child. >> that doctor said i can't tell you if he is going to remember you or your daughter. that's hard. but my dad is a fighter. >> that's joseph utash he's hoping his father steve recovers from it the vicious beating that nearly killed him. the incident happened while driving through detroit's tough east side. he accidentally struck a 10-year-old boy who darted in front of his truck. when will he stopped to help the child a group savagely beat him. they have raised two teens for assault with intent to do murder. all of them are black and they are trying to determine if the case should be classified as a hate crime. >> we are looking at every

aspect of the investigation. >> they beat him to beat him up or for the kid or they beat him to beat him. >> more arrests have been made. they are wondering why utash should be treated toe wrong for trying to do something so right. >> i think we are all wondering that. kelly wright live for us in the studio. >> two people dead in the southeast this morning after severe storms pounded across the region. am one of those victims a 9-year-old girl. alabama and georgia triggering flash floods causing power outages and shutting down roads. central alabama crews in boats have had to rescue dozens of people

from their cars. as many as 11,000 homes and business businesses. good morning maria. >> unsettled weather across parts of the south yesterday. even a confirmed tornado in parts of mississippi. today the storm system fur der off to the east impacting parts of the east coast and heavy rain across parts of northern florida southeastern georgia and across sections of new england. it's in new england where there is concern for flooding. we have flash flood watches in effect across parts of new hampshire and maine. that produces heavy rain and significant snow melt with temperatures warming up across the region. once the system exits tomorrow will be a warm aacross the east. already in the 60d across the southeast 50's in chicago. today it will be a hot one in california. take a look at la your high

temperature forecast to be shy of 90 degrees. then that warmth spreads eastward wednesday. chicago you could be in the 60s wednesday and upper 70s in the city of far go and 70s as well in the city of denver. feeling like spring out there coming up tomorrow. >> that's great news. thank you so much, maria. >> ted cruz passes a resolution barring iran's bam baambassador the u.s. he is a terrorist militant who held americans hostage in 1979. his appointment sparked ou lawm hostages. the ambassador's vista application has been stalled by the state department. the bill banning him needs approval from the house and president obama's signature to take effect. certainly new developments about the american pastor jailed in iran for his christian faith.

said ab dini lawyers say he has been beaten by guards and is being denied much needed surgery. abidini is in severe pain and could be sent back to prison at any moment where he has served one year of an 8 year sentence. >> this morning army officials are saying ivan lopez fired off 35 shots during a rampage in fort hood injuring three people killing 16 and turning the gun on himself. he went around the post firing different people. a memorial service will be held and president obama and first lady michelle are expected to be there. president obama using executive orders to get his way. he will sign two executive orders aimed at giving equal pay to men and women but only for federal contractors. it will stop contractors from retaliating against employees

who discuss their pay the second would require contractors to disclose payment data. democrats said the irs targeted both sides. progressive groups were scrutinized against lois lerner. the case could be headed to the justice department. what exactly would a referral to the doj mean? >> controversial former official lois lerner, congressional leadership not satisfied with the answers they heard from her about why conservative groups were unfairly scrutinized. it could land her in jail.

>> the fact is the irs there are specific laws that protect taxpayers and force the irs to comply with the law. whether it was lois lerner or not we will find out. >> the irs insists heavy they have been cooperating and most recently the irs commissioner said he wasn't present during any wrong doing but the tax collecting agency would be better moving forward. my hope and commitment to the public is people need to feel comfortable and confident they are going to get treated fairly no matter what organization they be long to. they are asking him to charge lois lerner with criminal offenses and on thursday the house over site committee will set the vote on whether or not she should be held in contempt

of congress. >> peter doocy 4r50live for us. a problem with mid-sized suv. only two popular received top ratings in recent crash tests. >> lor lauren simonetti has tha news. >> two out of 9 tested got top ratings in the insurance institute of highway safety crash test. the chevrolet equinox and gmc terrain. they are both made by general motors. it mimics what happens when the front corner collides with another object like a car or a pole. they are adding safety measures so it can pass the institute test. the kia sorrento and mazda cs 9 honda pilot all rated poor. if your computer is five years old it is running on windows xp

operating system. that is more than 12 years old. microsoft will no longer issue security updates. devices like printers and scanners they won't be compatible. who is at risk? computers running xp. it's even in 95 percent of atm machines doctors offices many small businesses many governments so they can have patient and customer information breached users should upgrade as soon as possible. >> there are reports the web giant is looking to buy four 30 minute 10 episodes comedies and will drop between 700,000 dollars and a few million on each episode. they had original programming from netflix as well as amazon. >> i upgraded my windows xp to 8

yesterday. >> good for you. >> 11 minutes after the top of the hour. owning a firearm is every american's right. but eric holder wants to track gun owners. the proposal sparking major outrage this morning. >> we have nba and wnba but there's a new league where men and women could play together for gender equality? is that really necessary? we report, you decide.

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a women's blood pressure is abnormally high. taking a daily dose of baby aspirin could cut the risk by more than 26 percent. preeclampsia effects # 100,000 deliveries every year in the u.s. >> oo take a look at dale ernhardt, jr.'s car hits the glass and blows a tire and slams into the wall. seconds later a look inside the car showing ernhardt scrambling to get out. he did walk away unharmed. ernhardt says it was his fault he just didn't see the grass. >> fireproof suit so important. >> attorney general eric holder wants gun owners to wear tracking bracelets. he's exploring the options as part of what he is calling common sense gun reform. the bracelets like the one you see here would have to be worn before they were fired.

he is looking for finger p print technology so only the gun owner could fire the gun. >> more massive recall to tell you about. 435,000 cars and suv's being recalled for rust problems. the first recall a ford escape from 2001 to 2004. the under carriage could rush which could hurt staring control. the ford escape, lincoln and ford vehicles. they need to replace the seat back frames. what sports are divided by gender? the nba for men, wnba for women. what would happen if they could play right along side each other? that is what one new jersey league is actually trying to do.

the mgba or mixed gender basketball association says they are an unbiased alternative for players who want to play against each other. now the rules are the same except in the first quarter each team is three men and two women and in the second it is three women and two men. and it goes back and forth. >> what do you think about this new league? is it fair or foul? send your comments over to us on facebook, twitter or send an e-mail "fox frienfox friend foxfriendsfirst@foxnews.com. >> he compared the tea party to al qaeda and destroyed fox news its elective and this democrats is running for office? more of the outrageous platform. >> a father upset his son didn't get enough playing time. he is suing the coach. but he may actually have a case. wait until you hear what the coach demanded from the parents.

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the last pass around it just dropped like a rock. >> two people were killed. 70-year-old filmmaker and 65-year-old pilot dennis monroe. >> al sharpton said he was never a mob informant for the fbi. a recent report claims sharpton secretly recorded mafia bosses back in the 80s shafrp ton called the claims crazy. while he had a contact with the fbi at the time it was only to tell investigators they should look into the mob promotors. they never revealed the identity of the sources. >> listen to this one. he told wealthy parents to fork over thousands of dollars or their kids would sit p on the bench. he is suing some of his son's high school lacrosse coaches. he was one of the parents that did pay up but he's angry his

son only paid in 9 out of 11 games. the lawsuit claims that coaches went as far as threatening parents if they didn't pay. the money went to the academy's private camps and training for the athletes. >> an all out search is now underway for a good samaritan who turned in a lost 4 carat diamond ring on valentine's day. she and her husband were flying to london when she dropped her ring during security screenings. sheep didn't know it was missing until the flight took off. image that panic. another passenger found it and turned it into the airport. the global dagateway alliance wants to award the person with a $500 travel voucher. >> 4 carat diep monday ring. >> still to comeharry reid may not like the koch brothers, but he loves their money.

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>> the brutal beating after a teen jumped in front of his truck. more arrests have been made and police are not gone yet. >> he compared the tea party to al qaeda and promises to destroy fox news if elected. this democrat have you beening for congress. his outrageous platform coming

up. >> we have all heard of dress codes for students. one student might make a dress code for parents. wait until you hear why. "fox & friends first" starts right now. >> i love it when we start with country music. a rainy morning in new york city. it is tuesday april 8th. welcome to "fox & friends first". it is 30 minutes after the top of the hour. we are going to start with the oscar pistorius trial resuming in south africa. the blade runner on the stand testifying for a second day. today he is expecting to explain why he pulled the trigger and shot reba steenkamp.

he broke down after he was rereading the angry text messages she sent him after one of their arguments. >> i just want to love and be love loved, be happy and make someone so happy. maybe we can't do that for each other. i am unhap peep and sad. >> he is accused of intengnal tensionnally murdering steenkamp. he says he accidentally shot her thinking she was an intruder. >> 14 planes and ships are back out over the ocean searching for the missing malaysian jet. >> they are trying to locate the two pinging sounds they heard that could be from the plane's black boxes. they have picked up no trace of the signal since sunday. >> there have been no further

contacts with any transmission. we need to continue that for several days right up to when the a point at which there's no doubt that tit will have expire. >> search crews will wait for a third ping as you heard before sending a sub down to look for debris. we will have the latest in a live report in just a few minutes. >> the yukon huskies are the 2014 ncaa national champions. >> the huskies once again are in basketball heaven. >> the huskies celebrating as they took down the kentucky wildcats. on the way to their second championship in four years. here's how it all went down. uconn was too much to p handle for the young kentucky team. finished with 22 points on his

way to be named most outstanding player. huskies took the title with a final score of 60 to 54. >> four people are now behind bars and more arrests expected after a mob brutally attacked a detroit man who accidentally hit a 10-year-old boy with his truck. kelly wright joins us with the latest on this developing story. >> tree trimmer steve utash was brutally beaten for stopping to render aid to a child. >> he is struggling trying to defend himself. we are trying to tell him you are in the hospital. you are in the hospital. they have to induce the coma again. >> they are hoping their father will recover from a vicious

beating that nearly killed him. surveillance video from a gas station shows how the incident unfolded while driving through detroit's east side. he accidentally struck a 10-year-old boy who darted in front of his pickup truck. when he stopped to help a child a group of men surrounded him and began savagely beating him. police made 4 arrests so far charging two teens with assault with intent to do murder. the attackers are all black and police are considering if this case should be classified as a hate crime. >> we are looking at every aspect of the investigation not ruling anything out. >> more arrests are expected in this case. meantime the good people of detroit are wondering why utash could be treated so wrong for simply trying to do the right

thing. >> lots of people asking that question. kelly wright joining us. >> at least two people are dead in the southeast this morning after severe storms pounded across that region. one of those victims a 9-year-old girl. >> people in louisiana are cleaning up after strong winds caused major damage there destroying homes downing power lines and blocking roads. >> in central alabama crews had to rescue dozens of people from their houses and their cars. the water was up to 7 feet deep in those areas. 11,000 businesses lost power. maria what's going to happen? >> the storm system responsible for all of the severe weather moving eastward. it is producing areas of rain

across northern florida. widespread flooding is possible across maine and new hampshire. that's not only because of heavy rain but also because of significant snow melt. we have temperatures on the rise here. it will feel a lot better but looking at a very quick snow across new epping land. 60s in boston and new york city. further west californ la heatin. middle 70s in far go across the midwest. president obama five passing congress and using executive orders to get his way.

two executive orders aimed equal pay to give men and women but only to federal reporters. they retaliated against employees who discussed their pay. the second would require contractors to disclose payment data. a wedding photography firm refused to provide services for same sex ceremony but a new mexico court ruled it was discrimination. now that ruling stands. research council tony perkins sat down with the kelly files to weigh in. you should not have to render your right to conscienceh to enter in t-- enter into the marketplace. >> since the supreme court declined to hear the case that

ruling only stands in new mexico. other states can choose to following low that ruling or they can choose to disregard it. >> there is no evidence progressive groups were ever scrutinized this after the house has criminal charges against lois lerner. doug luzader is live in washington with the latest for us. good morning, doug. >> good morning. lois lerner's legal troubles may be mounting for a couple of reasons. one has to do with refuse cal for congress and the other conduct working wore the irs targeting conservative groups and house weighs and means committee refers the case to possible am prosecution froi -- growing frustration. >> i don't care who is fired i want to know who is going to jail.

there are specific laws that protect taxpayers and force the irs to comply with the law. somebody at the irs violated the law. whether it is lois lerner or not we will find out. >> the justice department referral is in his words ridiculous. the legal problems may not stop there. they will hold them in contempt of congress for refusing to answer questions after she first offered a defense and then fled the 5th mainedment. it is not clear what specific evidence the house has about learner's conduct. if this case is referred to the justice department that may all be made public. >> live for us in washington. thank you, doug. >> he called the tea party terrorists. now the man who wants congressman eric cantor's house e seat is waging war against conservative groups the nra as well as fox news. virginia democrat mike dickinson

promising on twitter if he wins in november he would use his position in congress to wage quote war against those who disagree with him. here are a few of his outrageous tweets. the tea party is a terrorist group funded by big money like coke brothers. my campaign strategy is to tell it like it is and not hold back. the tea party the nra ks fox news, sarah palin usa are all trash. >> the former self proclaimed really really liberal democrat rob lowe that's the quote for him has an interview with the past about the politics and liberal relief. he said this my thing is personal freedom. freedoms for the individual to love who they want, do what they want, in fact i want the

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>> a father and son missing in the colorado mountains. they vanished last wednesday after going out on a hike. >> we were searching for clues to see if we could see any sign of those who guys going one direction or the other. >> hope they find him. they were braving 5 feet of snow and wind. >> it is the second arrest in a week for minnesota timberwolves forward con ta cunningham. on friday he was charged with assault for allegedly choking a woman. he got another call claiming he sent her threatening text messages. those text messages were so violent they rose to a terroristic level. cunningham posted bail on the assault charges. >> remember when senate maority leader harry reid said this?

>> the koch brothers and other in the political problem for their own benefit. >> well it turned out that reed may be the one with the koch problem. reid accepted a donation from a former koch industry lobbyist back in 2003. reid off fen attacks the coke brothers as unamerican and says they are destroyed the country. >> they are back out over the indian ocean they are looking for the missing malaysian jet. they are trying to relocate the two pinging sounds they heard that could be from the plane's black box. when will the batteries end those bla-- in the black boxes out? >> it could be any time soon really. first teams are struggling at this moment to relocate those

which australian officials believe could be coming from the black boxes. the australian nafl veval vessek up two sounds while dragging the pinging behind it. the first detected blasts for over two hours and the second lasts 13 minutes. on the second occasion two distinct ping returns from audible said to be consistent where transmissions from the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder. they haven't been able to locate the sounds again. if they can't locate the black boxes a submersible will be sent down to map the floor and try to find the plane. >> we have at least several days of intense action ahead of us. the weather out there today is reasonable. so you can be assured that we are trying everything until these next several days.

we believe the two pingers involved are still active. >> are the sounds even coming from the plane? thank you, ainsley. >> we are going to switch gears coming up next. >> they may know all of the words to miley cyrus's song but when it comes to the words of the secretary of state. >> who is that guy? >> he's on a late night show, isn't he? >> i don't know his fa-- i know face but doesnn't know his name. >> jessie waters visits a miley cyrus concert. >> one school district might put in place a dress code or the parents. >> wait until you hear why. >> first let's check in with brian kilmeade to see what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> we have the results and the

recap of last night's exciting ncaa championship game. also coming up on your show how do you cal ligculate the perfec bedtime? we are doing the math and telling you to get some rest. the young boy visits heaven and comes back to earth to tell us about it. it was a best selling book now it will be a hit movie. that boy and his dad will be here live. the lead singer of "kiss" paul stanley is here. who wears more makeup steve or paul? are you normal p or not? is dr. keith ablow knows. gently zoom out bring in the music stop rolling the prompter, mike. mine was earned in korea in 1953.

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of the hour. a deadly african snake puts a south carolina community on high alert. residents are told to be on the lookout after pest control spotted snake skins outside of an apartment complex. experts say they belong to a highly venomous viper snake. the snake is native to africa, and its bite can be extremely dangerous. local hospitals don't carry the anti-venom. we spend a lot of time there. >> good to know. you have heard of students having a dress code. what about one for their parents? a florida school board member says she's fed up with the way they are dressing when they drop kids off at school. she says the concern is a double standard. teachers are having a hard time telling the kids not to dress a certain way. they hope to start a conversation so parents understand the issue. >> well, it was really one

special homecoming. army specialist josh tucker befriended a back lab in afghanistan. the lab helped him search for i.e.d.s. when the specialist returned to the state, he missed the lab so much he appealed to the congressman to help bring that pup back to america. >> it was like she was real again. i felt more complete. you know what i mean? i finally had that part of my life that had been so important, that had been such a big part back. >> isn't that sweet. specialist tucker was able to adopt ellen and now they couldn't be happier. well, they may know all the words to "we can't stop", but do they know the world leaders. jesse waters went to the miley cyrus concert to find out. >> who is that guy? >> he's on a late night show. >> does that make it better than

the last one? >> yes, that's half the people in california. >> he's actually from massachusetts. >> have a sense of pride, huh? >> al gore. >> the one and only. >> hello. his name is john -- >> john f. kennedy. >> mccain. >> not john mccape. >> john kerry. >> what is john kerry's job. >> wait, was i wrong about the talk show host thing? >> yeah. he's secretary of state. >> what do you think he's up to right now? >> doing stuff for the state. >> which state? >> new jersey. >> she must be a genius. >> terrible. >> we have the nba. we have the wnba. now there's a new league so men and women can play together for gender equality. >> and we asked if you think this is fair or foul. your response is up next.

time now for the good, the bad and the ugly. who said republicans can't get along? bill clinton sitting alongside george w. bush and laura bush at the ncaa championship game. and next, the vandals in san francisco flipping over smart cars. look at that. police say it's a felon vandalism charge. so far no one has been caught. and finally the ugly. this texas woman calling cops about her bad pot that the drug dealer sold her. police showed up at her house and quickly took her away. can't make it up. >> yeah. we want you to know about this one. time for your brew on this response. as we showed you a new jersey basketball league that is mixed gender. men and women playing alongside each other. >> the mgba or mixed gender basketball association says they are unbiased. they're an alternative for players who want to play gejs each other. >> and we asked what do you think of the new league? is it fair or foul? crystal says i don't have a problem with it as long as it is

separate and leaves the others alone. ralph says it's a great idea. we have awesome athletes in both genders. to see them on the court at the same time is better. great idea. and luouise says it's stupid. humans are not gender nude reut. good morning. the president claims women deserve equal pay. not just at the white house. >> you site that it's better than the national average. and when it comes to the bottom line -- >> so jay carney saying the white house women are less unequal than your women? you've got to hear this. >> we'll diagram that sentence. here he goes again. harry reid slamming the coke brothers. >> foreclosing here in the senate. we don't bea