hello and good morning. it is saturday, the 17th of may, 2014. i'm anna kooiman. fires continue to rage in california. but amidst the ashes a prayer is answered. the story behind this photo showing the fire line just feet from a singer's home. >> second in command at veterans affairs stepping down. turns out he was going to retire anyway. latest chapter in fake outrage and zero accountability in the scandal. stay tuned. >> wisconsin dad says his kindergarten daughter is being bullied so dad he needs to take out a restraining order on a 5-year-old. is that necessary or going too far? we will debate.

"fox & friends" hour one starts right now pet zell when you think of toughness you think of queen. the spartan rage is on the plaza this morning. whole challenge including climbing ropes and diving through fire. >> we will not be diving through fire or having any spears thrown through us. >> we'll be competing some more effectively than others. throughout the show we will each humiliate yourselves. >> anna vs. tucker this morning. >> that is not even close. lay your money down now.

>> what's your handy happen in a spartan race? >> a lot. >> i will be taking on rick, which is clearly my money is on rick. have you seen his calves? he will kill me. >> good morning. >> how is everybody doing? all right? this saturday we have some news headlines we want to tell you about. get right to that camp pendleton marine base third fire unite. so far more than 22,000 acres have burned across southern california. causing $20 million in damage. at least one person has died. one wildfire coming just feet away from the house owned by christian singer rebecca saint james. the star posting this picture on facebook saying a miracle stopped the blaze. meanwhile one person now facing arson charges. witnesses say they saw 57-year-old alberto adding brush to fires near oceanside. he has pled not guilty. >> and new overnight, a woman falls down an elevator

shaft at boston's fenway park. the fire department saying the shaft fourth floor doors opened unexpectedly and the 22-year-old woman fell on to the roof at the elevator at the second floor. rescuesers reached her through a hatch on the elevator's roof and took her to the hospital. no word on her conditions. the red sox play the tigers friday night. and a mother that saved her son from a burning build something speaking out about the ordeal for the very first time. christina simon leapt 35 feet to get out of harm's way all while hold are her 18 month old son cammeron? >> it really felt like was i falling in slow motion. it felt like a very very long fall. >> a mother's love. the impact from the fall broke her back and doctors say it's unclear if she will ever walk again. christinena, however, is hopeful. >> i know that even if it take as a year, you know,

i'm gonna be able to hold him and pick him up and, you know, do all my mommy duties. >> christina says she would do it all over again in order to save cammeron. wow. >> while you were sleeping, g.p.s. just got better. >> and we have lift off, lift off of the united launch alliance delta four rocket carrying the sixth g.p.s. 2 satellite for the united states air force. >> a rocket carrying a new satellite lifts off into space. the sixth of 12 planned upgrades to the g.p.s. system for the military and civilians. the network includes about 30 satellites including 11,000 miles above the earth. >> so good now when i make a left turn i won't end up on a dead end on a road that doesn't exist. >> progress of practical implications. fake progress into the investigation of those scandals we have been covering at the valentine's vets

administration this week. you may have seen the hearings where the shinseki sat to undersecretary dr. robert petzel, the implication was that petzel was being fired as a way to hold someone accountable for the deaths of up to 40 veterans due to negligence at the v.a. it turns out that's not what actually happened. >> he wasn't fired? >> no. >> he wasn't the fall guy, the other shoe was dropping? finally accountability at the v.a.? it turns out if you dig into press releases from the falling of last year, he was set to retire anyway in 2014. in fact, here is an excerpt from that press release back in september of 2013. following a 40 year career serving veterans as a v.a. physician, teacher and administrator, dr. robert petty zell will retire in 2014 as planned following a four year tenure as undersecretary for health. the administration knew it it just pushed him out the door perhaps a little bit early. in the end he retired. he said i'm going to leave. >> retiring anyway.

this apparent scandal just seems to be getting deeper and deeper and deeper. and the replacement who has been tapped, jeffrey morosky hospital at hospital in chicago allegations of secret waiting lists there. should be looked into as connection. jonathan karl pressed jay carney on this and said are you saying that this only has to do with this phoenix office? and he is pressing him on this pretty hard did. you think abc was going to cover it? you think maybe they would. they only gave 30 seconds to this story last night. but, so if it's just another phony scandal? is that what they are trying to say? >> following a very familiar. irs, nasa or failures of the obamacare web site. and the president comes out as and poses as very empathetic figure. angry, people will be held accountable. not acceptable. we're not going to let this happen. that play -- play indicates

the pla indicates the press. this is the president's first reaction to the irs scandal. >> inexcusable and americans have a right to be angry about it and i am angry about it i will not tolerate this kind of behavior in any agency but especially in the irs given the power that it has and the reach that it has and all of our lives. >> the government generally has to conduct itself in a way that is true to the public trust, that is especially for the irs. >> the irs commissioner at the time stephan miller was term limited but he was forced out. >> term limited. >> a familiar script there. >> he had no choice. he was term limited. he had to leave that particular position. now, in fairness he wanted to then come back and be deputy commissioner and finish out his days at the irs but is he not allowed to do that anymore. this is a larger pattern. you are term limited. >> this is a pattern where something happens, he

presses outrage. he did it with the irs and then about three months later he is saying that this is a phony scandal. there wasn't a smidgen of corruption as if the past has never happened. we have not had a single example of a significant high level official at any of these scendles, benghazi, irs, the a.p., the rosen scandal, any of these, at all. and it looks as if you can simply sail through. there is zero accountability. this administration loves the word accountability. it has never actually exercised it. >> it's really simple. here is how you know in washington which someone is being held accountable. when the justice department. the feds, the fbi open an investigation into wrpg dag. that should have been immediately with the irs scandal and v.a. scandal. cooking the books is a federal crime. it's a felony and eric holder, the attorney general has taken a pass. >> maybe somebody doesn't need to lose their job.

maybe somebody needs to go to jail it is familiar with the irs and v.a. scandal as well. that it's just limited to just phoenix or it's just limited -- you remember with the irs to that office in ohio. >> cincinnati office. when i final even more troubling the idea not only are people losing their jobs but they are being promoted. moved to different offices. put under a rug. >> move you to a different state maybe no noe one will notice. >> how many have been promoted to different positions? >> ronald reagan said. this it's impossible to fire anybody. it remains true you are more likely to die in your job as a federal employee of natural causes than you are to be fired. >> more on this story as it unfolds this morning on the show. you can email us friends at a foxandfriends.com. and we will dive into that a little bit further. rick reichmuth is standing by. >> where is rick? >> so patient this morning. >> 6 feet away. >> good morning, rick. >> good morning. how is it going? >> clayton was talking about your calves earlier. do you want to show everybody? >> you have fabulous calves.

you and i are are going toe to toe. >> just so you know my friends in high school called them cows. >> that's awesome. >> it wasn't necessarily -- there you go,icallyton. >> -- clayton. >> rings of fire. >>' light those on fire i'm really good at avoiding that. >> jumping through the fire really quickly. you would be good at that. >> we have been talking about california all week long because of the fires there conditions improving all these temperatures along the coast. much cooler. on shore flow. that means the wind moves across the water. bringing in more moist air not rain unfortunately but at least more humidity in the air and that will help conditions. next five days, things looking. better. again no rain, low temperatures, higher humidity. that's all good news. temperaturewise, when it's that hot some places usually much colder some place. take a look at this. temperatures across the northern plains. that cold air is there at least for another day.

we will start to see some warming up pretty quickly. little bit of rain across parts of the tennessee valley and very heavy rain still this morning across places like boston and much of rain. this tropical plume of moisture is about to be out of here. all the flooding we have seen across the eastern he seaboard that will be gone and replace it with pretty clear skies. temperatures 105 in phoenix, clayton. >> it's a dry heat. >> 1105? >> really that's the time of year. >> pretty steamy for may. >> thanks, rick. coming up here on the show. democrats calling a congressional candidate who is also an iraq war veteran a coward? is that over the line even in politics? our political weighs in next. >> father and daughter sharing the stage on a big day. this one is extra special. amazing actually. we will tell you why. stay tuned. i make a lot of purchases for my business.

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i was proud to serve with my heroes. people willing to lay down everything protection of our constitution, liberties. honored to serve and i certainly don't want to be mischaracterized of who i am and what i am about. >> well, that's new york state senator and army veteran lee zelden. is he under attack from the congressional campaign committee. the committee posted this of zelden as the cowardly lion from the wizard of oz. is his service game? >> tamara holder, welcome, this seems a little over the top considering unlike most candidates for office zelden

actually served his country in uniform a coward? >> i think the choice of words is definitely not appropriate. but just because you served does not mean that you are are free from being attacked for political reasons. i mean, the guy is running for office. he has been attacked by his own party for supporting obamacare. and just because you have served, which is a wonderful thing by the way, i mean i have a grandfather who served. it does not mean that you are just free from all political attack whatsoever. >> so, amber, i think everyone would agree with that strict point, serving in uniform doesn't indemnify you against criticism, but this goes to his character. this specific criticism is that is he is a coward. clearly, that's an attempt to undermine the power of his military service, no? >> it is. this is going beyond a cheap shot. it's unprofessional and it's ignorant. they are attacking this guy -- they are attacking zelden's character. that's why this is so important that what i want to say to mark bremmer, who

is hiding behind twitter, i'm not saying you volunteer to go to iraq and leave your family for a year and put yourself in harm's way and the sacrifices that go along with it i mean, this guy wouldn't know selfless sacrifices were if it slapped him in the face. >> yeah. i mean, tamara, why coward? of all things you could call someone, a coward. you think about how cowardly most politicians are,. >> you just used the word. >> no, no. i would say of all politicians to call cowardly, the man who serves his country in iraq would seem last on the list, no? >> i personally do not agree with using the word coward for somebody who has served in a war. i think it is a poor choice of words. but i also don't think that they were targeting him as as a coward because of how he senksd our country. that is off limits they didn't attack him for those reasons that he was a poor

soldier. >> the other day you saw the senate majority leader called someone anti-american. why not explain we you oppose what they believe rather than who you are. >> this is politics, tucker. you understand. this this there is headlines. you put things in that strike or cause attention. and that's exactly what happened here. it was a poor choice of words for a veteran. but there have been plenty of politicians who have been called cowards who haven't served and they get away with it i think that when you choose the veteran you call him that it's not a good idea. >> amber, the last one goes to you. >> i don't get why democrats at this point haven't figured out that it doesn't work attacking these veterans who have servedselflessly and they continue to come home and serve their country through running for office. we saw it with tom cotton when mark prior attacked him and now we see it again. don't protect the services that allow these people the freedom to say whatever they want in america.

>> that sounds like a a fair statement. thank you both for joining us: can't punish everyone for senior skip day, right? wrong. one school taking an entire class and not backing down. how do you think that is going over? we have got details on that. plus, more on the popular sleep medication lunesta, it turns out it gravely impairs your driving the next day. clayton takes the wheel on a sleepless night to show us what exactly can happen. you will want to watch this, stay tuned. ♪

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hello and good morning. thanks for being with us on "fox & friends" weekend. quick headlines. first a fox news alert. overnight five people are dead after a laotian military plane. defense minister and his wife were killed. three other senior officials are dead. crews are heading to the northeastern part of the country to search for any survivors. a surprise challenge to one of the most controversial practices at gitmo for the first time a federal judge ordering the military to stop force feeding a hunger striking prisoner. the order will remain in place until a hearing next week. >> the f.d.a. is issuing a warning about the popular sleep aid drug lunesta cutting recommended dosage in half because it says it causes the impairment to driving skills memory and coordination. as long as 11 hours after the drug is taken. >> just how dangerous is it to be drowsy behind the

wheel? you have figured that out. you did some testing on this? >> i got down behind the wheel at virginia tech and boy was it a mess. take a look at this. >> okay. i just landed. didn't have much to -- no sleeping. no sleeping allowed. >> see how long this could last. how many episodes of walking dead i could watch. >> i didn't get a lot of sleep last night. had me up super late. >> jeff, hi, clayton, nice to meet. >> you what is this car measuring. show me what we can could sitting in this car. >> see here event recorder right here. continuous data. has actually two cameras in it. a camera focused on your face and camera focused on the roadway. >> is the foot pedal down here in case something bad happens i'm going to take control of the car so he we don't get in a crash. all right. let's get. in let's try. this.

>> try to maintain 35. are you having trouble? >> just a little bit, yeah. >> try to maintain 35. try to keep it at 35. try to keep it at 35 as best you can. >>. all right. i keep having trouble trying to maintain my speed on the road. >> worst thing about this road it's a typical road in america. kind of boring. how you could see that monday nated news looking at the roadway falling asleep. >> well in the 70 minutes that i was on the smart road. the researchers marked 24 instances in which i displayed diminished driving ability, once every three minutes. swerving, head bobbing, moving. we will go back and see what we found now. >> so what are we looking at here? is this what you use to monitor me while i was out driving? >> yeah. this is exactly what we used, called the mask. what it's looking at right now, what it is measure something facial features, contrasts on your face. look at your eyes, can tell whether open or closed. can also assess your head

position. >> the mask picks up head movements hard to detect on the surface like the way my head is dipping here and eyes are strange to stay open here. most drowsy driving conditions are seen by the naked eye. >> i don't know if you remember i had to prompt you many times maintaining 35 miles per hour. a vigilant test. lane position going off the road. >> that happened a couple of times that i was going off the road? >> yes. several times. you see a lot of seat movements. so as you said instead of having your hands the characteristic 6 and 9. you kind of put them at 1 and 12 almost, 3 and 4. that's a characteristic sign of essentially either fatigue or drowsiness. >> no more drowsy driving for me, jeff. >> today drowsy driving causes more than 100,000 crashes a year. it's a complex problem for americans with a very simple solution. >> there is only one thing that can help you out, that's getting a restful

night's sleep. >> lunesta backing off that dosage. next day good night's rest. lunesta the next day effect still there. >> 11 hours after you take it still having problems with coordination and memory and driving skills like that right there. so scary though that people were reporting feeling like they are alert. like oh i'm just fine. >> funny though if you eat two pieces of pizza and snicker's bar you will pass out. the overload will put knew a coma from which you will not awake. >> you don't even need lunesta. >> of course not and you feel great. >> gain 40 pounds. >> take two slices of pizza and call me in the morning. >> sleep like a champ. wisconsin dad says his kindergarten daughter is being bull idea so badly that he needs to take out a restraining order on a a-year-old. is that necessary or is he going too far? >> want to help our troops in a big way? drop and give me 90 seconds that is we'll explain. coming up. usic♪

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practicing three new songs in his armpit. you guys want to hear foot loose? ♪ >> that would be an awesome skill. >> it would be awesome. we try to teach my kid already how to do that. >> you are trying to teach her -- i thought that was something when they went to kindergarten and came home and ask where did you learn that. >> good parenting. >> speaking of teaching kids, here is a story straight out of kindergarten in wisconsin. a father there says his daughter is being bully sod pad aboutly, again, she is 5. he believes his 5-year-old is being bullied by another 5-year-old so badly that he plans to take out a restraining order on the other 5-year-old. >> unbelievable. he says this in the restraining order now that i have done all of this. they finally took him out of the classroom my daughter is in. it's not enough. i want him removed from the school district, period. >> of course the school district responding now. >> here is what the spokesperson from the school district says.

threshold of what causes or what would determine when a child is moved out of a classroom. there is not a cent of -- allegedly, this child said i want to slit your throat and watch you bleed. where are the parents in all of this. where is a child, a 5-year-old saying something like this. >> that's appalling thing to say. can you imagine why the father is so upset. on the other hand, what's the message of getting involved to this degree trying to take out a restraining order. the message when you have problems at school parents will deal with them. the whole point of parenting is to train children to be independent. >> i'm trying to place -- my son is 4. like another year. i can't even imagine like someone talking slitting someone's throat at that edge a. if my son would say this kid is threatening me when i get on the bus. >> and kicking and throwing rocks. >> throw a punch and that will stop him. i don't know that that would stop him. what would you do? >> i would counsel the

punch. i would be very hesitant to get involved. if i thought it was a physical threat to my son hsks i would jump in with both feet, if i thought the kid was being noxious or a bully, learn how to deal with that on their own. >> so they don't learn how to run to daddy all the time. i agree with that at some point though your fatherly instincts take over. >> the wussification of america. on the table to fine parents $100 or $200 if their kid is bullying somebody and give them misdemeanor charge. >> what's bullying? in the eyes of the beholder. threatening violence. on the other hand, being rude to someone bullying? disagreeing making someone bullying? uncomfortable, unlfd, unwelcome? is that bullying? too broad a desks for me. >> i didn't i don't believe the school district. >> ff weekend on twitter is this going too far or is this just right? let us know. >> heads up. we have other stories making headlines we want to tell you about at this hour.

president obama soon be taking executive action on immigration at least concerning deportation. recent interview homeland security secretary jay johnson suggested that changes are coming to the deportation program. >> the program has become very controversial. and i told a group of sheriffs and chiefs that i met with a couple days ago that we needed a fresh start. >> could that happen? >> i believe it will and it should. >> some the expected changes include a deemphasis on enforcement against illegals with only minor offenses. how did two planes packed with people nearly clyde over hawaii in the faa is investigating this morning the april 25th incident involving the united airlines flight and while traveling at 33,000 feet the united flight collision system went off and quick-thinking pilot dropped the plane 600 feet in 60 seconds narrowly

avoiding a head on collision. just 800 feet separated the two planes. and banned from the prom over senior skip day? parents and students at a lawrence, massachusetts high school outraged after seniors who skipped are told they can't go to their own prom. the school's dean allowing younger classes to attend using the thousands of dollars seniors raised for the dance. >> juniors and sophomores taking this money and it's like we fund raised money. >> for seniors we worked so hard and brought in the college we have done everything. >> administrators say they warned students not to skip but more than half of the school's 64 seniors did anyway. some parents say they should be punished in some other way. and graduation twice as nice for this family this weekend. a father and daughter set to earn their degrees from kansas university tomorrow. dad will receive bachelor's degree in literature. daughter will receive a graduate degree in social

work. >> i'm proud that he is my dad. i think he is an amazing role model. >> it means a lot coming from her. because she means the world to me. >> dad has a great job. he is the vice president of an engineering company but went back to school because he felt like he left something undone. and those are your headlines. >> all right, anna. get outside to rick, among the throngs. >> there he is. >> hey guys, it's chilly out here. big storm passed through yesterday. brought a lot of rain across the northeast. pretty nice weekend. look at the weather maps and show you what's going on today. put the maps in motion. can you see the rain that brought all of the bad weather across parts of the northeast yesterday. going to exit parts of maine by the afternoon. upper level disturbance will continue to bring spotty showers throughout the day. nothing that's going to cause big problems. down to the southeast a pretty nice day as well. one disturbance move across the tennessee valley.

temps cooler than you would like to see this time of year. don't worry, you will start to see your temps warm up the next pell days and look like summer again. >> a little bit cooler again. it's been a cool couple days, would we had that that show yesterday across parts of illinois. you will warm up as well. out across parts of the west. heated across southern california. today improving day. heat builds this week across parts of the central plains and eventually in towards southeast coast. all right. well, what if we told you that you can change our veterans lives in just 90 seconds by participating in our pushups for charity campaign, you can do just that it's all part of the boot campaign which raises awareness and funds to help our military vets and families. here to tell us what it is all about is retired staff sergeant and director of public affairs for the boot campaign joe jones. we also have sean here who started pushups for charity and we have anna here as well. >> hey, just ran outside. >> perfect, this is great. >> what is this pushups for

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>> so many things are like marathon or you are doing a triathlon for something. but this is 90 seconds and anybody can do that. joey, tell us how people can do this because anybody can can get involved and you help them through your web site and make it very simple for them to do. >> absolutely. we are 200 locations all across the country in almost every state. all you have to do is go to pushups for charity.com. on there you will see donate. register to participate. register to be a host. >> if you want to be a host register your own event today is kickoff for the charity all across the country. if you want to participate in one near you click on find a location near. >> you ends on june the 28th. thank you so much. get down and give me 20. >> on june 28th, the big event and i'm going to be with you on the steps of the lincoln memorial doing this. >> wow. >> just so you know, joey yesterday graduated from georgetown. and if you follow anybody on twitter it is this guy joey jones, one of the most

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golden age of film featured some of the greatest performances of all time. >> where have the good times gone? >> for more we step in as we always do every saturday into the glaring fox light

with -- >> let the good times roll. >> the the glaring fox light. >> guys, the year was 1939, clark gable gone with the wind. judy garland with the wizard of oz. hollywood was a special place. some like myself are eager to go back there again. >> sex. >> oh my -- >> drugs. >> let's do all the drugs. >> and violence. the life blood of the film industry now but not always. >> great principles don't get lost once they come to light. they are right here. ♪ >> the year? 1939. america is a country on the brink. >> a time of great stress and trauma in the united states. you had the beginnings of world war ii when germany invaded poland in the fall. unemployment in many places in america, real unemployment was close to 40%. >> people needed a shot in the arm to remember what makes america great. ♪ there is no place like

home ♪ there's no place like home >> the story of bruce chadwick as a lifelong student of what many call the golden year of cinema. >> in 1939 all these movies about hope and promise in the country, we assured people that they were a good people once. they could be a good people again. >> when in half of the box office top. >> in 193 9. i love you. >> hollywood's most classic movies like hope and promise. today, however, some say hollywood is sending a very different message. >> the real question is this. was all this legal? >> wow. >> absolutely not. >> i'm not sure there was one watershed year but slowly but surely the trend did change. and you know we see so many

movies today what's wrong with america and not a lot of movies about what is right with america. >> we are challenging everyone in hollywood to it embrace a double bottom line. please, let's come back to the sense of responsibility. >> director john irwin and a his brother at the forefront in hollywood with a movie "mom's night out." >> life is about finding the meaning and joy in all the chaos. >> there is a certain banner of responsibility to make movies that are good for people. >> it's just the blood and bone of this democracy that great man handed down to the human race. that's all. >> we want to thank bow tie sin cinemas for letting us shoot there "mom's night out" earned 5 million. you can find me on twitter at fox light michael. >> thank you, michael. >> when you have that

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welcome back. some people go to college to become teachers, others lawyers. a master of cannabis cultivation. there's a class for that. clover leaf nation is the first university that is approved, regulated and licensed by the college pap. >> the school located on the aour ra campus. is this a good use of space for higher education? we are joined now by the head of the international faith-based coalition and former drug addict bishop ron allen. thanks for joining us. >> good morning, anna, good morning, clayton. >> used to be that, you know, parents say little johnny, what do you want to be when you grow up, i want to be a basketball player, doctor, lawyer, nurse, teacher. now is it i want to be a high-profile drug dealer? >> you know, this is a bunch of nonsense. i think that every colorado state official should be

arrested, convicted, for the aiding and abetting of the education of drug dealers, drug pushers, and the key thrown away. this type of education does nothing but further the destruction of families and homes and educating individuals for a bunch of nonsense and drug dealing and drug pushing. >> you know, support sars look, it's legal there and it's a profession. horty cull tur. i can go to college, learn the cultivation, proper irrigation and growing of marijuana, turn it into a career. how is it any different than going out and cultivating strawberries or corn? >> you know, i was thinking what would this education accomplish? what could they do with such an education? well, you know, when you take a look at colorado and the problems that they're having in drug trafficking, maybe this is a good idea for colorado.

drug trafficking is very heavy in colorado. the dea and the el paso intelligence report in 2012, 2.5 pounds of marijuana that was seized leaving colorado. in kansas, michele linehart, the head cop of dea, spoke to a committee stating that there are 61% increase in drug trafficking and marijuana in colorado, then you have a shieriff in nebraska that wants to sue the pants off colorado for the increase of drugs going into nebraska. so when we take a look at this education, maybe that's exactly what they're going to do as if colorado need more help with drug traffickers. >> bishop allen, do you see any irony in this? isn't college a place where people typically go to get

smarter and studies have been done that smoking marijuana actually lowers your iq? >> first of all, there is no curriculum that's offered at this school that talks about the drug harms or has scientific evidence about the effects of drugs. it is ironic that this college would teach a curriculum that lowers the iq of our children from 5 to 8%. it is amazing that this college, which is a higher learning, you know -- college is supposed to be for higher learning education but this college is teaching individuals on a drug that is going to cause brain damage in our children, exacerbate depression. this is a bad idea. >> bishop ron allen, head of the

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hello and good morning. it is saturday, the 1th of may, 2014. i'm anna kooiman. fires rage in california but this morning a miracle for a popular christian singer as the flames raged around her home, she asked for prayers and look at what happened next. the fire stopped just feet from her house. and the second in command at veterans affairs stepping down. not because he didn't do his job. nope. he was set to retire anyway. more fake accountability from the obama administration. we got the whole story coming up. you're fired.

you're already leaving. oh, okay. >> no not snakes on a plane. >> all those security scenarios we ran, i'm smack in the middle of one we didn't think. >> frightening. >> how a snake on a runway kept a plane grounded. mornings like runways are better with friends. i have no idea. i just read it. >> what does that mean? >> gavin, explain that to me. roll it. ♪ when the going gets tough ♪ the tough get going ♪ when the going gets rough ♪ ♪ the tough get rough >> we will be transforming into greek gods and goddesses -- >> some of us -- >> later in the show. >> some of us already are, anna.

>> races on our plaza at 48th and 6th, come watch us make a fool of ourselves. >> i'm facing off against anna and i'm going to pretend that out of chivalry i won't compete with her -- >> i was wondering how you would play that. >> i'm going to play it like, you know what, anna, give you a pass, help you out a little bit. >> i will help you over the wall. put your foot in there. >> i will need your lep so bad. >> playing like toys or games with your kids. oh, you beat me. except -- except you actually just got crushed in checkers by your 5-year-old. >> anna is probably going to crush you. >> of course she's going to crush me. >> i'm up against rick later in the show. he works out like anna does, four hours in a day, he's going to crush me as well. >> stay tuned for that. speaking of unbelievable the story we've been following for the last several weeks, the scandals at the va, veterans dying because of incompetence and federal employees who didn't care about their welfare.

this has exploded in the face of the obama administration and in response if you were paying attention this week, you may have noticed the man sitting next to general shinseki, the head of the va apparently fired, the white house releasing a press release, saying he was on his way out after 40 years. >> sitting next to him there, his name is robert petzel, the undersecretary for health he apparently was the first fall guy, the other shoe to drop if you read reports yesterday. he was fired, he was gone, the first person to fall as a victim of this scandal. but it turns out if you go back to this press release from september of 2013, he was set to retire in 2014 anyway. here's an excerpt from that press release last year. take a look, following a 40-year career serving veterans as a va physician, teacher and administrator, dr. robert petzel will retire in 2014 as planned, following a four-year tenure as under secretary for health. >> phony outrage. it seems wild that there was

ever a thought that the media wouldn't pick this up. it came out in a press release in 2013 where we got that from. >> they hoped that people don't notice an then promote individuals, right? they remove them from situations. they remove them from washington state or oregon and shuttle them down to phoenix where we've had other issues. folks in this administration that's related to three or four scandals have not been fired. >> you know who has felt the sting? are whistleblowers. people with the courage to come forward and tell the public what's actually happening at the va, among them a physician called jose mathews, in the st. louis office of the va, he exposed some remarkable misdeeds there in a really articulate way. watch this. >> what really bothered me was that this, you know, this delay was a direct result of this

extremely low sense of caring for patients. they all got bonuses, you know, so that's the sad part because, you know, in reality, we're really not doing a good job. it shows up on paper as if we are. i think they have some form of moral blindness or something. they're not able to see that this is not right. what we're doing is not right. >> so he loses his job. when you got this culture of corruption of falsifying documents and forging numbers and then if you speak out you're going to lose your job, how are we ever going to get decrept care for our veterans who put themselves on the front lines under the condition they think they're going to be taken care of when they come home. >> the fact shinseki is still in charge, he was asked whether he should be forced out. if the president thinks i'm still honoring our veterans and doing well by them then i will stick around and do that. he's been in charge of this, $154 billion they have received since 2006.

the problem and no one is even talking about this, the doctor shortage they're facing. why were they having to do this in the first place. if you're in charge of that you hire more primary care physicians. they've seen a 50% increase in the number of veteran who is need care as a result of iraq and afghanistan and fewer than 10% increase in primary care physicians that they've hired. they have the money to do it. >> which is probably why there have been calls by so many lawmakers for shinseki to lose his job or to step down, but it doesn't appear that that's going to be happening. >> the amazing thing is on the left, for many years now, and paul krugman has been leading this charge, the va has been held up as an example of the health care we want in this system, a single payer system run by the government, and this is the fruit of that. this is the foreshadowing of obama care i'm afraid. i hope that we -- >> shuttling of records back and forth. >> i hope we are not going to see stories like this that apply to all of us. how are they going to treat you. >> we've seen that under obama care. doctors wanting to get out of the business. if you can't hire doctors in the

va, are you going to be able to hire them under obama care? let us know your thoughts on that. other stories making headlines on your saturday. terrifying moments at boston's fenway park. last night a woman hospitalized after falling down an elevator shaft. the fourth floor doors opened unexpectedly and the 22-year-old woman fell on to the roof of the elevator at the second floor. rescuers reached her through a hatch on the elevator's roof. no word on her condition. camp pendleton marine base evacuated after a third wildfire ignites. so far more than 22,000 acres have burned across southern california causing $20 million in damage. at least one person has died. one wildfire coming feet away from the house owned by christian singer rebecca saint james. the star posting this picture on facebook saying a miracle stopped the blaze. one person facing arson charges. witnesses say they saw 57-year-old alberto ser ratto

adding brush to fires near oceanside. he's pled not guilty. a wild supplies delays a delta flight in san francisco. >> you know all those security scenarios we ran? i'm smack in the middle of one we didn't think. >> maybe not snakes on the plane, but a snake did slither on the runway at san francisco airport. a pilot forced to slam on the brakes for a garden snake. >> those are snake songs. >> the flight briefly delayed while a worker was dispatched to grab it. >> come on. >> federal law requires airport to the keep wildlife off runways that prevented the pilot from running over the reptile. >> it's a guarder snake. not an endangered species. >> come on, 6 inch guarder snake. those things are harmless. i have a few as pets at home. want to come over? >> no. the producer is always trying to get me to do wild and crazy things and that is the one thing i will not do. i can't look at pictures of them.

one more, toronto's crack smoking mayor skipping out on rehab. rob ford spotted outside a shopping center in a small ontario town. the leader stopped to take pictures with fans not far from the ford family's cottage. there's a luxurious rehabilitation clinic in the area but ford's lawyer won't say where his client is being treated. ford announced he was going to rehab after a new video was released last month allegedly showing him smoking crack. this one showing him happily dancing. >> i think he's still more popular than president obama. >> i think you're right. approval ratings. >> not that polls like prove anything, but it's sort of interesting. >> like 8% or something like that. rick reichmuth, he's trailing rob ford in the polls right now. >> aren't we all by the way? i think i am too. >> hey, clayton, i figured out something on the ropes here, by the way. >> what's that? >> the one on the left has knots and makes it easier to climb. we'll put you on that one. >> apparently that's the ladies' rope. >> yes, please.

>> like that's the key. you and i are facing off, whoever gets to the knotted rope first can get it. >> i'm not taking the knotted rope. it's yours. you can have it. you'll need it. >> now i feel bad. >> let's talk weather, guys. we have big storms yesterday brought all kinds of flooding across parts of the east coast. that is now gone. take a look at the weather maps. we have had fires across areas of the west. here we go, temperatures today across areas of california much better. an onshore flow now, that's what you need to see, increases humidity level. it does not bring any rain but humidity levels go up and the temperatures go down and that is great news and the strong winds die down. conditions for at least stopping those fires certainly improved. the ongoing drought, the systemic problem is not going anywhere unfortunately. temps across the country looking pretty cool. minneapolis, you're 41 today. you're getting up to 66. those cool temperatures are going to be around for a day or two. don't worry, we'll start to see things warm up across the central plains. amarillo, get ready, you will be

over 100 by the time you get to monday. a little too warm. send it back to you inside. >> thanks. we're still getting anna with snakes. >> the snake story was like hilarious. >> good thing we saved it for off the air. one mom fighting for the right to take care of her own son. her case is heading all the way to the supreme court and it could mean big trouble for the union. she's going to join us live straight ahead. >> and this video, hard to watch, a little girl hit by a car in the middle of a police chase. >> oh! >> that little girl speaking out this morning. >> oh, man. ekend is just an exc. to get a long way from boring. with models up to 62 horsepower or room for four. go rugged. go big. go gator.

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♪ welcome back. the supreme court is set to decide a case that could affect every employee's union in the country. an illinois mom who cares for her disabled son at home is fighting to stop the sieu and

others to prevent them from taking her dues out of her son's social security check. joining me is the illinois mom the lead plaintiff in the case, pam harris. thanks for joining us this morning. >> good morning, tucker. thank you for having me. >> so, as i understand it, the governor of illinois, pat quinn, issued an executive order that would allow home health care workers in your state to organize and that would in effect take money from your son's care and send it to a labor union. do i have that right? >> you have that exactly correct. at the heart of harris v. quinn are moms fighting to stop illinois's governor pat quinn from forcing us to unionize and then taking medicaid funding intended to provide for the care of our adult sons and daughters and giving that money to the seiu. >> now the seiu probably not surprisingly has been a large

and consistent donor to governor quinn's campaigns, is that correct? >> that's very correct. not only in terms of campaign dollars, but also that very important boots on the ground, door-to-door campaigning. >> so at one point, and i was stunned to read this, the state somehow gave your home address to organizers from the union who visited you at home? is that true? >> that's exactly how we found out abou order. not from governor quinn. but from the seiu when they came to our doors. in my instance, they came to my door, on an early sunday morning, knocked on the door, and told me that the governor had given them my name, my address, told them that my son is a participant in the medicaid waiver. what an intrusion this was. what an intrusion. when the other public sector

union asked, he gave them our fames and addresses as well. >> pretty striking. for whatever it's worth i'm not against organized labor, but in this case it seems like an inside deal to me. the governor takes money from the union and then directs public funds to that union. there doesn't seem to be any freedom of choice involved in that transaction. it seems like a completely closed loop. is that right? >> that's exactly right. you've got it exactly correct. the last step, the last option available to us, was filing a lawsuit to stop this. there was a union election. overwhelmingly, two to one, we voted for no union. 75% of these waiver participants, these men and women with significant disabilities, have a family member who provides their care. >> right. >> we went to governor quinn. we asked him to rescind this executive order and he refused.

the only other option was to file a lawsuit and now, as you mentioned, it was heard by the supreme court and we're waiting their decision. >> interesting. well, good luck. this is a super interesting case and an important one, not just for you and your family, but for the rest of the country, it will set a precedent that will affect an awful lot of people. thanks for joining us this morning. >> thank you, tucker. thank you very much. coming up, precipitation drug abuse is completely out of control, especially in some parts of this country. police are getting creative now, putting gps in a bottle and believe it or not it appears to have worked, at least on one case. a huge arrest that resulted. and then lots of men and women make sacrifices for their families. military spouses give up so much year. military spouse of the year joins us with his story. that's coming up. i make a lot of purchases for my business.

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welcome back. 22 minutes past the hour. your news by the numbers. first up, $35 million, that's how much gm has been fined for delaying a massive ignition recall. that's less than a day's revenue for the company. next, 198 years, that's how long remington arms has been producing guns in new york state. threatened as the company will move major production lines to alabama. many are blaming new york's strict 2013 gun control law. finally -- >> welcome to my house. >> count dracula. >> i am dracula. enter freely and at your own will. >> $79 million, that's the

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when our loved ones deploy. they miss birthdays, and christmas and thanksgiving and a lot of special moments in between. i really lean on my military community, the military spouse community, my friends and family, to sort of help get me through that time period. >> we've got a botch lor's degree in -- bachelor's degree in journalism, you're currently working on a second degree in marketing, incredible while you have a kid here and baby on the way in august, very impressive. >> yes. >> gunnery sergeant cole, what made you decide to nominate your lovely wife? >> well, my wife she works very hard and i'm extremely proud of her. this is a great opportunity to put her in for something and give her an opportunity for her to be recognized for the extraordinary work that i see her do all the time. >> and some of that extraordinary work is that you've been able to start your own business and you're also helping out other spouses of military members. lakeisha what has some of your volunteer work entailed?

>> with my boutique, she shank, you can find us at sheswank.com i mentor other spouses who hand make items and give them the opportunity to sell them in my store. we provide workshops on marketing, social media, accounting, and things like that. just different -- provide them information to help grow their business. >> i imagine you want to stay busy while your loved ones are away, keep your mind occupied a bit. how has that helped you be a better mother, do you think, to be self-employed like that? >> well, it gives me the flexibility to spend more time with my family. i get to make my schedule. i still get the opportunity to pick up my daughter from school and take her to her sporting events and attend various functions, so being self-employed really just gives me more time to spend with my family. >> callie what do you think about mom winning this award? >> i feel happy. >> you should certainly be proud

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the fcc just rolled out a new service, i don't know if this is going to work, that lets people text 911 for help. because if there's anything people do well under pressure, it's texting. there's a robbery at my horse. rubbery at my horse. that's right. people will be able to text 911, that way if you're driving and you see an accident you can cause another accident. >> the irony. because it turns out in allegheny county it's already real. in pennsylvania where texting while driving has been outlawed since 2012, they just

implemented this new 911 texting service out in allegheny county, the home of pittsburgh. they received their first text to the 911 center but it came from an unlikely place. >> they have a way to tell where it came from and the person was actually driving as they were texting 911, even though it's been illegal for two years. >> they saw a drunk driver and texted. >> i'm assuming the person who texted said i'm driving. >> no. >> they found out the text was from a driver through technological means. that's a little spooky. >> they can try an gu late and see the person was on the highway. they are expanding their services, sprint, at&t, t-mobile, verizon. that's how waze works. the driving app. they're tracking you constantly. all of those services know where you are and how fast you're moving. moving more than 20 miles per hour they know you're in a car. >> some of the apps too, you are expected to give your content, your feedback about accidents that you see around you.

it's just becoming part of our culture that we text and drive despite all the psas showing how dangerous it can be, some cases even more dangerous than driving while intoxicated under alcohol or drugs. >> that's the irony. this guy was texting to report a drunk driver while driving. texting while driving reported to be about as dangerous as drinking while driving. so is eating while driving. just being honest. >> putting on your makeup while driving. >> one of my friends got in an accident while leaning over to get a hash brown -- it was not funny. he crashed into a telephone pole. >> one of your friends did that? >> right. >> the hash brown was delicious, by the way. >> do you think texting 911 is a good thing? it probably is, isn't it? >> i think it is. it's an expansion of the service. any time you're expanding the service for people who are hearing impaired or speech impaired who can't make a phone call if they are suffering something. >> see something say something. >> text more quickly. >> idea for the government to encourage you to tattle on other people and track your location

while you do it. maybe that's a go ahead idea. >> let us know ff weekend, find us on twitter at ffweekend. >> other stories making headlines. a marine mother hoping that the gripping 911 call from her imprisoned marine corps son proves his innocence. let's listen. >> my problem is, i crossed the border by accident and i have three guns in my truck and they're trying to possess -- they're trying to take my guns from me. >> so you're in mexico? >> yeah. >> there's nothing i can help you with then. i apologize. >> this call released. an drew was in san diego march 31st undergoing treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder when he left. he took a wrong turn and ended up in mexico. mexican offers arrested him for weapons possession. his mother jill says this 911 call proves he never meant to cross the border. >> i mean it certainly proves

what i've been saying, the conversation he had with me, he had called 911 first as his first instinct and then he called his mama second. that's what he told me he had gotten lost, made a wrong turn and ended up at the border. >> let's bring him home. his mother saying she hasn't heard from the white house or the state department since the 911 tape was released. a gps for pills? that's how the new york city police say they tracked down a drug store thief. the 45-year-old, his name is scott cado, was shot down by officers after pulling a gun on them. they say just moments before he robbed a drug store taking several pill bottles which had a gps tracker hidden inside. the nypd saying cato was wanted on four other drug store robberies. she was thrown several feet into the air. an 8-year-old pennsylvania girl survives, though, but she was hit by a car. it was all caught on this crazy

video. cassidy wall and her 5-year-old sister were outside of their erie home playing when suddenly a car fleeing police, turns the corner and spin out of control. cassidy didn't get out of the way in time and she was hit. >> when i saw the video, every time i thought about it, i started crying because it hurted my feelings and i didn't like what i saw. >> cassidy was treated for a concussion. she's supposed to be okay, though. and the two men inside the car were arrested. terrible video there. and if you live in san francisco, better watch out for a giant green lizard. >> the bay area prankster hacks a digital road sign warning motorists of an imminent attack. it reads "godzilla attack.

turn back" the latest "godzilla movie" which hits theaters this weekend, shows the reptile making a mess of san francisco. some say the sign is a promotional stunt for the movie. it's working. we're tog about it. >> did anybody buy that? >> speaking of things that cause car accidents. can you imagine if you believe the godzilla attack was in progress. >> i'm going to be stuck here. >> got to take the bay bridge instead of the golden gate. rick reichmuth standing by outside. >> did you ever get a little excited thinking one of these days something like that is going to happen? >> yes. >> it's just a matter of time. >> maybe i will see a giant ufo this afternoon. >> why are you dressed like that, rick? >> i'm wearing the spartan race shirt you're going to be wearing in a second too, tucker. >> i'm wearing my trinity college workout clothes, sorry. >> and your tie with ducks or boats on it. >> tank top for tucker. >> make sure it's sleeveless. get out here because we're going to talk to the spartan race guys in a second. let's talk about your weather as you're waking up.

go to the weather maps. show you what's going on. big story all week long and this weekend, a much calmer situation. good timing if you want calmer, nicer weather, it's good if it's on the weekend. pick your place across the northeast. as the day progresses, the main brunt of all that moisture is going to move off towards the eastern part of maine. there will be some scattered spotty showers and temps will be a little cooler but overall a pretty nice day and towards the northeast. the southeast, it has been cool, very cool morning, and you're going to have a cooler day, pretty comfortable but not feeling summer like at all. the temps will warm up this week, get ready. towards the northern plains, take a look at your temps as you're waking pup a very cool morning. snow across illinois. things are warming up and getting better this week. certainly drying out. across the west where it has been so incredibly warm across parts of southern california, temps cooling down along the coast which is great news, but we will warm things up across the deserts getting to the 90ness vegas, triple digits

around phoenix, and all those warm temperatures are going to spread across texas and oklahoma pan handle over the next couple days. >> when will the warm weather come here to stay? >> if we don't have a hot summer in the northeast i will be fine with that. that hot, muggy northeast summer is no fun. >> it's a life-changing race, one designed to push its participants to the limit. we brought the spartan race to our plaza. you see it behind us. we're going to be getting in on the action in just a bit. the founder of it, joe, joins us now. and you're here to talk a little bit about this. where did you get this idea? it seems like only elite athletes would be able to do this. this trend has caught on across the country. >> i was on a 12-hour snowshoe hike and it popped into my head with a friend of mine we needed to create a race different than any other race in the world. something that would purposely break people, but while doing that would transform them. >> you said purposely break people. >> break people. push them to the edge. like diamonds are made from coal

under pressure. people only change when they're up against the wall, when they're under pressure. if you have a very comfortable life, if you're sitting on the couch eating popcorn watching the show right now, you're not going to change. we only change when things are against us. and so that's what this is meant to do. >> and that's what is so cool about this. you see females doing this, of all shapes and sizes. you see different ages, races. it spans the gamut really. how did you design this to not just be for elite athletes? >> that's the amazing thing. only 10% of our athletes are elite. 90% are couch potatoes just off the couch. we've had 700-pound men, 700-pound guy compete in the race. took them a lot longer than the 100 pound male or female, but they get it done. it's doable. most of the people that sign up get it done. >> you've written a book. >> we wrote a book. >> tell us what people can find in this book and what it talks about? >> the book touches on the spartan race. the book is about life lessons, how to be successful in

business, how to be successful in relationships, how to just get stuff done in life. eve i've been writing this book for 30 years in my head. i've been ins business since i was 8 years old. sold fireworks to get going. there were simple techniques we could apply to get ahead. that's what this book is about. >> we have to go. give us two tips. >> change your frame of reference. think about an eastern european. think about their frame of reference versus ours. we have this nice comfy lifestyle. somebody from eastern europe burning their roof to heat their house different perception of life. they're going to fight for milk. we're not fighting for milk. >> give yourself perspective and make you thankful. we will be competing in a bit. thank you for bringing the race out here. >> and clayton, think, you're fighting for milk, clayton. fighting for milk. might be something to motivate you. >> ice cream. >> fighting for pastry. >> thanks, guys. >> thanks. there may be a widespread scandal within the va and there is, but the head of the agency,

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cheese and meat wrapped in a cheese quesadilla. it's only being sold in oklahoma city at the moment. and a 13-year-old canine is lucky to be alive after being stuck neck deep in mud for two days. pluto was exhausted when police found him but they were able to slowly lift him out of the thick mud. veterinarians say despite minor injuries, pluto is going to be just fine. >> wow. >> what a story. thanks, anna. veterans affairs secretary eric shinseki has made it clear that he's not stepping down. take a listen. >> would you explain to me, after knowing all this information, why you should not resign? >> well, i'll tell you, senator, that i came here to make things better for veterans. this is not a job. i'm here to accomplish a mission that i think they critically deserve and need. >> well, he may not be going

anywhere but now the number two guy at the va is out. dr. robert petzel announced his resignation but it turns out he was supposed to retire anyway. so is anyone really being held accountable in all this. ryan is an iraq war veteran and deputy legislative director of veterans of foreign wars and testified at the hearing on thursday. he joins us this morning. ryan, nice to see you this morning. >> thank you, clayton. >> what do you think should have been the response from secretary shinseki? >> well, we think the response from the department of veterans affairs should have been swift accountability and swift justice for the families that may have been victim of the allegations that have come out in recent weeks. this is a very serious issue. as a veteran myself who uses the va health care system, it's deeply upsetting and it's upsetting to the members of the veterans of foreign wars that any veteran would be denied care or scheduling systems would be games around the country. >> one of the things you said at the hearings, members of the vfw, the families are outraged and want answers. what sorts of questions were

asked at the hearing that would provide answers and solace to those families? >> one of the questions that i responded to had to do with accountability of va. what are some of the things that you would change. now we saw yesterday that dr. petzel turns in his resignation. but one of the issues that i brought up was accountability up and down the chain. we know that it's difficult to sanction a va employee or underperforming employee and then if a va employee quits, is fired or retires, it can take six months to a year to find an adequate replacement. our concern is, when you have this kind of culture of accountability, are there tradeoffs being made at the management level? >> that's a great question. so many things that stick out to me, one of which is this doctor shortage. did any of that really get addressed at the hearings this week, the question of whether or not they could handle the 50% increase in veterans issues, needing to see primary care physician, when they've only seen an increase of under 10% of doctors added to the rolls?

you can fire a few people, but you have to hire doctors. >> absolutely. this is something that my colleagues and i who were on the panel of veterans organizations kept talking about. do we have the proper resources for the department of veterans affairs. not only that, are we using the resources we have sufficiently. we need frontline troops in this battle. we need health care practitioners. we need the capacity to serve the influx of iraq and afghanistan veterans who are coming back every day. we know the military is downsizing. once we are out of afghanistan and that means there's going to be another influx of veterans into the va health care system. >> absolutely right. you've seen, of course, the iraq war and afghanistan, that's why we saw this massive influx of new patients there. my question is, though, resources, they've seen a 50% increase in the amount of money that they've received. where is that money going? >> exactly. that's one of the questions that we posed to the senate veterans affairs committee and oproposed to va directly. our managers out in the field do they feel comfortable asking for help when they need it?

again, this comes back to the culture of accountability. if you have an area that's strugglings, an area with a high veteran population like phoenix, texas, california, florida, do these health care managers have -- feel comfortable asking for help, coming back and saying look we need help down here, we need more doctors, more mental health practicers, our veterans are waiting too long for care and this absolutely is unsatisfactory. >> to say they don't have the money or resources, i don't buy it. ry ryan, nice to see you this morning. thanks for holding their feet to the fire on this one. >> we'll keep at it. >> the king of pop lives on. michael jackson taking the stage once again not without a little controversy. his new album is out. yeah, no joke. in a country illegally convicted of a violent crime. the president is about to give them a get out of jail free card. is this legal? fair and balanced debate on immigration policy is next. ♪ ♪ you've been struck by a smooth criminal ♪

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they're mudders, kidnappers, not to mention in our country illegal. and even though they were here and detained while awaiting the outcome of deportation proceedings, in 2013 over 36,000 of them all convicted criminals ended back up on our country's streets released by the obama administration. so why would i.c.e. let them go? we asked fox news legal analyst and defense attorney who join us now for a fair and balanced debate. arthur, i know you're game for

the defense of anything. >> i never signed up for any fair and balanced debate by the way. these 36,000 people were actually released with some form of like super vision or signing on the dotted line that they'll come back. earlier in the year there were 68,000 that were just released, bye, see you later. what happened with the 68,000 is even worse. here's the deal. >> totally fair point. the illegal alien murderers have signed a document promising they'll be good and come back. >> and that's good as gold. what ends up happening is there is some discretion. when you have illegal immigrants that come over here and commit crimes, they've also started fami familie families. i.c.e. is going to look at the

cases and see who we trust to stay in the u.s. and who do we don't. >> why is it good for us to allow people who committed murder to stay here illegally? why don't we put them on the first bus back to their country? >> we want to punish them for the murder. they shouldn't be sit back out any punishment for the crimes they committed, number one. number two, a lot of these guys who were released did have to wear gps bracelets and are out there on bail, the same as any of the rest of us that were arrested. >> but they're not u.s. citizens. >> i agree with you. the defendant gets arrested, he's illegal and he's out on the street. i was protesting. i agree with you. >> and if you send them back without them being punished here, they will be back in the united states. and the only thing we have to grab hold of them is the warrant from them running away in the first place. it's a flow. you can't just solve the problem. >> part of it is the countries from which they come, they're not cooperating.

>> here's a statement from i.c.e. timp cli those with less priority crimes, released. >> what does that mean. >> that's money. we have a final -- >> politics. >> no. no. when they say resources -- no tucker. there's a limited pool of money to house these people, to watch these people, to feed these people. >> it's priorities. they'll spend whatever it takes on certain issues -- >> you're correct. >> but they're taking a lot of crap from groups who are opposed to any type of immigration reform. >> if someone gets convicted of drunk driving and they have a family hear, those are the people that are more likely to not get deported. >> thanks a lot. appreciate it. well a talk show host defended her traditional view now she's getting death threats.

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it's saturday, the 17th of may, 2014. fires still raging out west but this morning a miracle for a popular christian singer as the flames surrounded her home. she beg for players. look at what happened next. fire stopped just feet from her balcony. and the second in command at veterans affairs stepping down. someone finally taking accountability, right? well, wrong. turns out he was set to retire anyway. we'll get the latest on that and governor mike huckabee joins us. >> the king of pop lives on, michael jackson taking the stage

once again but not without causing a ton of controversy. and yes it is true that his new album is out now. >> fox and friends hour three starts right now. ♪ ♪ are you red fi for tucker and anna to face off in a spartan challenge? that's coming up in a mere 30 minutes from now. >> "the final countdown" or "eye of the tiger". >> i'm going to pose as a man

too chivalrous to compete with anna. >> you're giving up your secret on television. >> i know. >> when you lose you're going to -- >> you can't lose if you can't compete and obviously nobody is going to beat anna. >> i'm worried about that first on that kl. the wall. it's very tall. you've got an advantage. you're incredibly tall. look at that wall. >> climb through a tunnel then the ring of fire. >> i'm going to smack into that thing -- >> there's a pendulum with a razor blade on the bottom of it. >> this trend is sweeping the nation. it's not just here in new york on our plaza. it's all over the place. so many people are doing it and then feeling like they can do anything. it's translating in their schoolwork and in their careers and everything. >> stay tuned to see if we're

empowered by it. we've been having a debate here about common core and the questions surrounding the implementations of the standards. we have an expert coming on the show that's going to answer your common core questions. he's answering e-mails. give us the questions you want answered. go to twitter right now, join us on facebook or send them via e-mail. >> is a con serve tif in favor of common core? not a lot of those. this is worth watching. we have other stories making headlines that we want to get to. at least one person now facing arson charges in the deadly wildfires in california. the 57 yeerl is accused of adding brush to the fires near ocean side. he pled not guilty. so far 22,000 acres have burned causing $20 million in damage. one fire coming just feet away from christian singer's home.

when she evacuated the flames for nearly three stories home and when she came home she found out how her house was spared. he said apparently a few of our neighbors stayed to help fight the fire which is a big reason why most of the reasons on our street were saved. wow. good for her. some other stories we want to tell you about. terrifying moments at boston's fenway park. a woman fell down an elevator shaft. initial reports indicate that the 2-year-old had her back to the fourth floor elevator doors when the doors open enexpect edly she fell on to the roof of the elevator on the second floor. a mother saved her son from a burning building is speaking out for first time. she leapt 35 feet to get out of harm's way all while holding her

18-month-old son cameron. >> it really felt like i was falling in slow motion. like it felt like a very, very long fall. >> she's in bed there because the impact from the fall broke her back and the doctors say it's unclear if she'll ever walk again. christine that is hopeful. >> i know if it takes a year, you know, i'm going to be able to hold him and pick him up and do all my mom many duties. >> and christine that says she would do it all over again in order to save her little boy cameron. a billboard music awards show has a message for the tech company suing it. ♪ that's right. a federal judge in las vegas has ruled sunday's billboard musing awards can go ahead with the use of a michael jackson hologram. two tech companies were tries to

stop the performance claiming the planned 3-d image would violate their patent. the judge says there was no evidence that the patents were being used. it is really good. >> it's on itunes and has over 3 million views. >> i think he died some time ago but he released a new album? what a prolific entertainer. you don't see that. >> i hope i can do that. >> i know that rick will be reporting the weather. >> i was in the hall with clayton a couple of minutes 0 ago and he was listening to the music and doing the dances. i didn't realize he was doing the answerdances. >> i gave him this, one little foot move. >> i'm glad you didn't do the other move that michael jackson is known for. >> don't do anymore. guys, check out, you're nine years old, your name is c.j. >> yes. >> what are you doing?

>> i'm riding my back across the country. >> for what? >> for national children's cancer society. >> dude, you're an awesome kid. >> thank you. >> first time in new york. >> yes. >> with a double black eye. >> yes. >> get a shot of this black eye. you fell off a bike. >> yes. >> and now you're going to ride across the country. >> yep. >> he's going to be starting out in long beach, california where hopefully he'll have good weather out there to start. current temperatures in california looking like this. today's temperatures along the coast are going to be much better. the wind is going to die down, the humidity goes up, all good news for the fires that are going on there. this will help the firefighter es get a handle on them. the winds won't be a big deal and this is good news. the overall problem of the drought across california is going to continue. rainy season is over, now we're into the dry season. this is just getting worse. we're back to you guys inside.

clay, do you do any more moves? >> no. i pulled something. governor mike huckabee is here to talk to us this morning. nice to see you. >> i'm not dancing for you. >> that would be good. >> i don't think so. >> what do you think of the obama administration sort of false accountability here. >> he was going retire anyway and the fact is you're not going to fix something that is a systemic problem by simply firing somebody. if you have an institutional problem which we clearly have in the va because this is spread over many facilities, you're going to have to change the culture of how this operation is run. that's what they're not addressing. that's what has to be addressed. >> how do you change the culture? on the one hand you have it seems like a systemic problem where you are all of these different offices where they were cooking the books, basically saying that you were

tiebl get an appointment when you weren't. but on the other hand, you have a doctor shortage. so they went to great length to cook the books, they spent more time doing that, to do what was wrong instead of do what was right, hiring new doctors. >> it starts at the top and you fund what you're going to get it done. if you don't fund it accurately, the employees are going to work the system. you may be asking them to do the impossible. but you also create incentives from the very bottom of the food chain all the way to the top. you give employees power to report things that are wrong. you don't fire them or get them in trouble over pit. you empower them for doing right rather than punish them for doing right. when i say systemic, having run a large organization like a state government, when you have something that is going wrong, you don't just fire the director. what you do is go down to the very delivery level of service and you find out, you ask those people, why aren't you doing it

right and then you empower them to do what's right and you pay them well for it. >> and you try to figure out which one is worse though, with secretary shinseki, if he didn't know about this, it's so wide spread, where they're allegedly cooking the books. it's happening without him knowing or did he know? which one is worse. and where is the president on all of this? >> i think when people say let's fire shinseki, the real question is who is he firing? where is he taking his authority to go down into the system and holding mid level managers and other people within the system accountable. you didn't just say we're going to fire the guy at the top. find out what the systemic problem is. why are the employees doing what they're doing. why are doctors clocking out after their eight-hour shift even if they've got a guy scream in pain begging for help.

when you find that out, figure out why the culture was created and change the culture and everyone who can't adapt to it, they get fired. that's how you do it. >> what do you make of the news this week that the obama administration has released from custody thousands of illegal aliens criminal records, murder records, kidnapping, drunk driving? how could this have happened? it seems more than just incompetence? >> i don't know if they thought it was going to be a budget saver and they could say they've made great roads in rehabilitating prisoners. but when you turn rapist as murderers out in mass, we're going to turn them out on the streets, there are a lot of people in america today who are in harm's way and in danger because of this ridiculous decision. it will bite them in the end the first time that one is injured, hurt or rape by someone who has been let out with no just cause

whatsoever. >> take a look at the numbers. 193 homicide, 1934 homicide, 426 sexual assaults and 303 kidnappings. >> these are convictions here. >> back on the streets. >> these aren't the boys you bring home to momma and these are the people you let out. a prison director that worked for me said, the problem is we lock up a lot of people that we're mad at rather than the people we're afraid of. these are the people we're afraid of. these are the people that need to be locked. not to nonviolent drug offenders who need to be in rehab instead of prison. >> you can debate how there should be a path way to citizenship or not but these guys need a pathway straight out of the country. >> there's no pathway to citizenship for convicted felons who are here illegally to begin with. their pathway is find out where they came from and send them

back. i guarantee you that americans who commit crimes in other countries aren't welcome to pathway to citizenship. >> they don't get food stamps in mexico? >> they don't get jack in mexico. >> the governor is going to stick around for this story. take a look. >> i don't think that there's any argument about that. >> okay and you're going to leave. >> after michael sam's kiss went live on television across the country, one talk show host defended her traditional views. shouldn't tolerance work both ways? we'll discuss. you've never seen a duo like this before, that's a dog and a kangaroo. the story behind their unluckily love coming up. ♪ i make a lot of purchases for my business. and i get a lot in return with ink plus from chase

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welcome back. when openly gay college player michael sam was drafted to the nfl last weekend, he kiss his boyfriend on national televis n television. the news sparked debate including this quarrel on a dallas morning show. watch. >> parents do not have a choice as to whether or not they want their children to see this. it's wrong. it's being pushed in spaces. >> has he been kissing his wife, would it have bothered you? >> host aim my kushner left the set of defending her views and now she's getting death threats. your thoughts on seeing this. >> there's a genuine understanding. tolerance means agreement with

the political left. there is no such thing as diversity. it means uniformity. and if you don't agree with the agenda, then you're a bigot and a hart and that's not true. another example of a double standard. let's punish people because they have a personal view, not because they're pushing it on somebody. and i think it's evidence of a very crazy culture. >> we did have that television host from dallas on the news channel. so take a listen to what she had to say about the whole thing. >> i'm shocked at the outlandish and most -- if i told you -- >> we couldn't put it on the air. >> i can't put it on the air. death threats, rape threats, petitions to be fired.

it's insane. and all it is, it's a voice screaming out against something that for me was traditional views. >> you know, it seems to me, it's wrong to hate anybody unless you want to hate a christian because of their views and then it's perfectly okay, it's defensible and it's the christian who is at fault. it's a shocking thing and it's happened very quickly in our culture. i wish the left would be consistent and say that all views are welcome, free speech means we want more people to talk, not fewer and we don't want to shut people up. >> threlet's have an actual deb >> who is coming up on your show tonight? >> we'll have an update on the young lady that's been kidnapped and held hostage in the state of massachusetts for 15 months and michael w. smith will be our musical guest.

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thanks so much for spending your saturday morning with us. here's some quick headlines now. while you were sleeping a rocket that was carrying a new satellite lifts off into space. >> and we have lift off, lift off of the delta rocket carrying the gs 2 satellite for the u.s.

air force. >> what you're looking at here, the six of 12 planned upgrades to the gps system for the military and civilians. the network includes 30 satellites flying 11,000 miles above the earth. general motors have been find a record $35 million. that's less than a day's revenue for the auto maker. the ignition defects have been linked to 13 deaths and 32 crashes. all right mr. fencer, over to you. >> thank you. a fencing club in north dakota was forced off campus because the school says it violates the weapon's policy. >> patrick dur kin is the founder of the fencing academy. he says what the school did was unexpectable. >> to prove your point we're going to have some of your students here stab clayton

directfully the chest. what will happen? do you expect him to be gravely injured or what? >> lots of blood. we're using athletic equipment. these are not real swords, an olympic sport. >> is it one of the most violent olympic sports? >> it's one of the most safest sports. the olympic committee came out showing that it's safer than badminton and soccer. >> how many severe injuries have you seen? >> none. >> so if you coached the luge, that would not be the case? >> it's equivalent to luge. it's 2.5% injury rate. >> is it the equipment in your sport looks scary? that's the problem? >> we do have pieces of steel in our hands. the equipment we use a bullet proof. so in theory if the blade did break, you would be protected but that rarely happens. >> we could take your word on

that but why do that when we can test it on clayton. um going to step back and let this happen. last rights? >> give me the mask. >> put this on. >> who is he going to be dueling? you? >> we'll keep it straightforward here. >> should you smack him in the face with a glove? >> that is old school french. we're not going to do that. we're a gentleman's sport so we'll salute each other. >> bend you knees a little bit, let me touch you for a second. and i want you to keep your knee forward and i want you to hit me in the head. >> you want me to hit you in the head. >> there you go.

very good. >> i like this. >> a little forwards, a little backwards, hit me in the head, very good. >> wow, this is violent. >> i'm hit on the head, the touch goes to the right. let me stop you how to stop the attacker. when i'm cutting this direction, block my blade. these are two of the easy ways. >> stab me. >> i want to see how this feels. holy smokes. am i bleeding? >> yes, you are gravely injured. >> patrick, the point here, this seems like a zero tolerance policy run amok. >> exactly. they're applying it to a sport that have has no application. you're taking away the opportunity for the athletes to learn discipline, travel the world an go orb -- fencing is the number two recruiting sport for ivy league schools. to take it away is a shame.

>> it is a shame. patrick durkin of new york athletic club, thanks for joining us this morning. coming up, the video is unbelievable. this little girl hit during a car chase, she survived, thank god. we're going to hear from her coming up. anna and i are going head to head literally, rel not literally, collaboratively after the break. ♪ when folks think about what they get from alaska, they think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanced safety systems & technology. shipping and manufacturing. across the united states, bp supports more than a quarter million jobs. when we set up operation in one part of the country, people in other parts go to work. that's not a coincidence. it's one more part of our commitment to america.

welcome back to fox and friends, if number one morning show in the world and this is why. anna about the take on tucker out on the pla zaz za. as tucker already defeated? later in the show i will take on rick in the blood match. that is a spartan racer. let's get to some headlines now. a marine mom hoping that the gripping 911 call from her imprisoned marine corps son proves his innocence. listen. >> my problem is i crossed the border by accident and i had three guns in my truck and they're trying to possess --

they're trying to take my guns from me. >> so you're in mexico? >> yeah. >> there's nothing i can help you with then, sir. i do apologize. >> he was in san diego undergoing treatment for post traumatic disorder. he accidentally took a wrong turn and ended up in mexico. his mom jill says his 911 call proves he never meant to cross the border. >> it certainly proves what i've been saying, the conversation he had with me. he had called 911 first as his first instinct and then he called his momma second and that's exactly what he told me. he had gotten lost, made a wrong turn and ended um at the border. >> his mom also saying she hasn't heard from the white house or the state department since the 911 tape was released. watch this, an 8-year-old pennsylvania girl survives getting hit by a car. the video is hard to watch.

here she is in the upper part of your screen. it was all caught on video. cassidy and her five-year-old sister was outside ore home when all of the sudden a car fleeing from police turngs f turns a corner out of control. >> i saw the video. every time i thought about it i started crying. cause it hurt my feelings and i didn't like what i saw. >> amaidsing. cassidy was treated for a concussion. she's going to be okay. and the two men inside the car, they've been arrested. well how do two planes packed with people nearly collide over hawaii? the faa is investigating it now, the planes while traveling, the collision system went off. quick thinking pay lot dropped the plane 600 feet in 60 seconds. day to shows just 800 feet

separated the two planes. an unlikely friendship. the two live in perth australia. the owner says they're inseparable. the kangaroo always tries to get the upper hand but the pup holds its own. let's head outside to rick wright who is outside with a look at the forecast. >> you know the thing, if you build it, they will come. >> field of dreams. >> this is it. how many people want to do this race out here? you ready? okay. >> i want to be able to. >> they're saying they want to be able to and can't. maybe next year. here's a look at the map. 41 in minneapolis, cold air around the great lakes, chicago, the miserably cold winter and now a couple of cold days.

but it's getting better. today's forecast across the northeast, the rain will end across parts of maine throughout the day today. we'll see some spotty showers but not that bad. a cool morning in the southeast and a cooler day from little rock to louisville and even wards atlanta but things will be warming up this week as well. up towards the northern plains, another cool day but not bad. no precip ration. out across the west, the area of southern california that has been hot is going to cool down and the heat is going to mo into arizona. anna is already doing pushups. >> i had no already tucker and i were competing against each other. we're competing against time. we're going to help each other. >> she's an animal. she's a ferocious competitor. i would never compete. i'm here to make sure that she makes it through. >> i smell a rat. i'm going to compete against

anna, like i'm stupid? >> do we have some competition music that we're playing. >> yeah. ♪ >> it's a small not well-known school but still a proud one. let's do this. joe is the found esh dr just watch. watch and learn. >> first we've got the wall, then the tire, then the rope and the bucket grab. >> first one through the tunnel is going to really have a good chance of finishing first. one, two, three, go! >> anna was pretty graceful going over. >> tucker got to the men's rope first.

tucker is still on the rope. let him catch up a little. >> now there's the bell on the other side. >> you got it. >> come down slow. come down slow. no, no, this way. in the tunnel. grab her feet. pull her out. ♪ >> how does it feel? how did it feel? >> i'm tired. >> the rope -- what was the hardest part? >> the tire. >> the tire? >> in fact i got some help on the tire. >> the fire tire was easy. the rope, i kept slipping

ancompletely lost my shorts in there. >> here was the interesting thing -- >> my mike box got caught. >> you don't look like what anna looks like. >> you don't compete with anna. >> you know better. >> that's a good competition, rick and i are going to be competing about an hour from now. are you ready? >> more than ready. i was born ready. >> i couldn't get purchase on the rope. all my spiderman training as a kid prepared if me for this day. >> who do you think will win? go to our facebook page. you can vote right now. we've got a poll up on our facebook page. >> just to prove tucker wrong that there's something on the rope, check out the guy on the rope now. >> that's impressive. >> i'm nervous. coming up on the show, they

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welcome back. some quick headlines now for you. surprise challenge to one of the most controversial practices. for the first time a federal judge ordering a military to

stop feeding a hungry prisoner. rob ford spotted posing with fans in ontario, his family's cottage is nearby. this there's also a luxurious rehab clinic in the area. the embattled leader checked into rehab after the new video was released last month allegedly showing him smoking crac crack. she's doing some great work. a sad statistic in 2012. the department of labor found over 1400 complaints of veterans of discrimination. now mike is leading the charge to put an end to that, signed a bill making it illegal for an employer to hire someone because

of their veteran status. nice to see you. >> good morning. >> why is it that we see that as a landmark case? don't they have protections in place? >> sure. we've been having this discussion about discrimination against veterans since the vietnam war. what's so intriguing is he's saying it's illegal to discriminate and not hire a veteran. this is about the hiring process getting to the job. that is illegal. that's the first of its kind. that's white was so new and ground breaking and hopefully other states will follow. >> during the hiring process, that is the question and answer phase of an interview. >> sure. >> job interview. what sorts of things are now off the table, not allowed to ask of our veterans? >> well they should not be asking you about -- you could have a disability that could be an obvious disability, a physical disability but ptsd is very common right now. unemployment rate by the way is

under 12%. they can't ask you about that. unfortunately it it does happen and i have heard stories of veterans saying they're asking about me mental state. they should not be doing that in the hiring process. also, a lot of the national guard members face discrimination because of the fact they have to come in, they have to leave, come back. a lot of companies are apprehensive about hiring somebody because they're like, how much are you going to be in your job? when are you going to be leaving? is it tro weeks? two months? what's going on. all of that should not be happening. >> so this is happening in indiana where the governor has put this into place but do you think we'll see this in other states across the country? >> it's vestest interesting. there are ten dates that say that veterans are a protected class and what that maens is they've got the same rights as other protected classes. if you're a veteran you're alone

in a protected class. but in indiana, the governor signed another initiative that basically helps them get education, veterans can go and get college credits for things they did in the military. again, something else that we really had not seen before on a state level. i can give you a hundred companies right now that want to hire veterans and many of them do. but at the same time to see the state get involved like this, to see this happen on a state level under law is what i think is so intrig intriguing. >> how can veterans be aware of their rights in this situation? that they should be aware of if they're being asked, hey that's discrimination, i don't have to answer that? >> there are certain signs you have to look out for. sometimes you hear the job is not available anymore and then you find out that job was available. you know, because they do it kind of a switch on you that way. again, any discussion a about disabilities, time off, those are warning signs that the

company is apprehensive about hiring you because you have a veteran especially if you're in the reserves, national guard, things like that. promotions if you're in a jb as well, if you -- say that wu were deployed and you come back and -- if you would have stayed in this country you would have been, in the u.s., you would have been promoted. say you didn't get that promotion. that is discrimination, things like that. raises, time off, you know medical leave if you have something where you have to get treatment, maybe you have to go to the va. so sorry about that. but those are again issues and warning sines whether you're in the job or trying to get the job. it's tough to kind of quantify but it is happening out there. >> good information. appreciate it. coming up here on the show, wisconsin dad says his kindergarten daughter is being bullied so bad he needs to take out a restraining order on a five-year-old telling him to stop? is that nes? >> some furry friends on the plaza this morning, summly

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so first, some summertime foods that could be poisonous. >> some of the foods we're seeing more frequency over the summertime, onion and chocolate, those barbecue toppings we're seeing those occur 40% in the summer more than other times in the year. >> you say even chiefs too? >> onions are more concentrated. >> give us an idea of how poisonous onions are for dogs. >> half a percent of their body weight in onions can be toxic. just a small piece of onion can be toxic. >> you've got a burg on the beech with a ring of onon. >> and summertime we've got memorial weekend around the corner and a lot of people have cookouts and corn kobs, not a

good idea. >> so many dogs, it's sweet, it's covered in butter. the dogs eat these things and they get stuck. and the average claim that we see is $1400 for surgical removal and we see a lot. it's not just corn cobs that we see, kabab skewers, you can imagine how they go through. so the corn cobs are twice as much in the summer. >> and keep our pets out of hot cars. >> hot weather. sitting in the car is hot. but women perspire, men sweat, dogs can do neither. the temperature goes up in the first half-hour 30 degrees in the car. you leave the dog in the car for 20 or 30 minutes and now it's 110. >> what about people taking memorial day road trips. how long can you go in the car

before letting your dog out and go to the bathroom? >> it's great to stop every hour if you can but that's not feasible with our road systems. if you can put watt near the car as well, let them out for a bathroom break to stretch their legs >> we need to make sure we keep our animals fenced in and what else? >> making sure they have identification and making sure they're microchipped. id can come off. the microchip, they can be identified at any vet clinic. >> that dog is outrageous. what kind of dog is that? >> a poodle mix. >> all of these dogs are up for adoption, too. >> these guys are up for adoption at north shore animal league. someone in the crew has already fallen in love. >> for more information on how to adopt these dogs and tips on how yo keep your kids safe, go to fox and friends.com. >> anna has adopted another four

dogs. coming up on the show, the second in command at veterans affairs but not because he didn't do his job. he was set to retire any way. more fake accountability in the obama administration, we'll debate. a family torn apart now whole again by this emotional reunion. it is so sweet. ♪

hey, everybody. how are you feeling? it is saturday, 17th of may, 2014. i'm anna koolman. second in command of veterans affair stepping down because he

was set to retire anyway. more fake accountability in the obama administration? wisconsin father says his kindergarten daughter is being bullied so badly, he has to take out a restraining order on a 5-year-old. is that necessary or is it evidence of a society deep in litigation hell? we'll debate it. fires continue to rage in california, but this morning a miracle for a popular christian singer as the flames rage around her home, she asked for prayers. look what happened next. the fire just stopped feet from her home. fox friends hour four starts now. >> we are looking at the gruel

race course on fifth avenue this morning. >> the spartan race. moments ago it was anna versus tucker. >> it was anna and tucker doing it collaboratively as friends and co-hosts, but nobody in his right mind is going to compete with anna koolman. who would do that? not me. >> what was the hardest part of that, the tunnel? >> the tunnel was easy, but i lost my shorts. right off. they got caught on my mike pack on the back. >> we put the poll up on fox and friends. go there and vote who will win, rick or myself? please vote for me because i don't stand a chance. >> you've been talking about his

calves since 6:00 a.m. he said in high school they called them cows because they're so big. we've got a segment about common core. the scandal at the v.a. scores of veterans apparently died because of shoddy treatment they received. this has blossomed into a scandal. if you've been following it you saw the white house announced the resignation, the implication was it was forced of the number two man. the idea was he was taking the fall for the scandal. now it turns out, no. >> not at all. he's fired, you think. robert petzel. he's been there 40 years. turns out he was going to be retiring this year any way after a 40-year career. they conveniently made it look

like he was being fired. here is a cutout from a press release issued back in september. this is september of 2013. it reads, "following a 40-year career serving veterans as a v.a. physician, teacher and administrator, dr. robert a.petzel will retire in 2014 as planned, following a four-year tenure as under secretary of health." did they think we wouldn't find this press release that was released to the press. >> his replacement, a doctor at the heinz v.a. hospital near chicago, there are some allegations there about secret waiting lists. at the moment it's some sort of association, but ought to be looked into. somebody needs to possibly be losing their jobs, possibly going to jail. we had an iraq war veteran on our show earlier and he said we certainly need accountability.

>> we think the 0 response should have been swift accountability and swift justice for the families that may have been victims of the allegations. we know it is very difficult to sanction a v.a. employee or under performing employee. if they quit or are fired, it can take six months to a year to find an adequate replacement. when you have this kind of culture of accountability, are there trade-offs being made at the management level? >> there's a question we know the answer to. you can't fire anyone from the federal government, unions prevent it. what you can do is indict people that commit felonies. if the administration takes them seriously, eric holder of the justice department opens an investigation, and he hasn't. you think this is an isolated incident? this is jose matthews, a physician at the st. louis v.a. here is his description of what

he saw. >> what really bothered me was that this delay was a direct result of this extremely low sense of caring for patients. they all got bonuses. that's the sad part. in reality, we are really not doing a good job, but it shows up on paper as if we are. i think we have some form of moral blindness or something. they're not able to see that this is not right what we are doing is not right. >> moral blindness. just looking out for their bonuses rather than our veterans. when they fight on the front lines, putting their lives at risk, when they get home they exof. it appears they are not. >> the administration is terrified by this story because it's real, and also what does it say about obamacare? these are the same people, the same federal government

administering obamacare. if they treat our veterans this way, how are they going to treat you? >> we see a track record with the president saying this is outrageous, our veterans need to be protected. outrageous at the irs, i'm going to get to the bottom of this does anyone get fired? no. people get promoted. this is what the president said about the irs in may 2013. listen. >> it's inexcusable and americans are right to be angry about it. i am angry about it. i will not tolerate this kind of behavior in any agency, but especially in the irs given the power it has and the reach it has in all our lives. the government generally has to conduct itself in a way that is true to the public trust. that's especially true for the irs. >> you would think swift action, right? fire the person in charge of that, the irs commissioner stephen miller, he's gone. turns out he was term limited anyway. >> same script. >> he's gone.

we are getting rid of him. he is term limited so he is gone any way. >> accountability. >> friends and fox news.com. we'll stay on this story as the other shoe continues to drop. three raging wildfires forcing evacuations at camp pendleton marine base in california. 22,000 acres burned causing $22 million in damage. one person facing arson charges. 57-year-old alberto cerrato is accused of adding brush to fires near oceanside. he pled not guilty. one fire stopping feet from christian singer rebecca st. james' home. when she evacuated the flames were three stories tall. apparently a few of our neighbors stayed to help fight the fire, which is a big ryan why most of the houses on our street were saved. terrifying moments at boston fenway park a woman reportedly

in critical condition after falling down an elevator shaft. initial reports indicate the 22-year-old had her back to the fourth floor elevator doors when at least one door opened unexpectedly. she fell on to the roof of the elevator at the second floor. rescuers reached her through a hatch of the roof where they found her unconscious. a new leader for the naacp. lawyer and activist cornell williams brooks has been named the 18th president and ceo of the organization. the 53-year-old most recently served as executive director of the new jersey institute for social justice. in the new role, brooks plans to, quote, "fight to ensure voting rights, economic equality, health equity and end of racial discrimination for all people." a california mother gets the surprise of her life when her son returns from afghanistan. >> what? oh, no i don't think she could

believe her eyes there cynthia thought she was shopping for an rv but saw her son there army specialist gabriel guerrero returning after a six-month employment. >> this is the best gift a mother could have, to hold my soldier, son and hero in my arms. >> was it hard keeping this from your mother. >> it was. she kept asking when am i going to come home. >> cynthia says it was a better reunion than she could have imagined. >> rick is standing outside preparing for the spartan race. >> yes. we have people here who feel for you. you have nice words for tucker. >> tucker, i could not have done that either. that was amazing you got halfway up that rope. good job. >> i was there to spot anna just in case there was a problem.

>> big fox fans and they are supporting you. >> there you go. >> we obviously this week has been a big week out west with all of the fires because there's been such significant drought and suddenly these record-breaking warm temperatures and incredible wind. the temperatures have broken, but the summer outlook has been released. generally when you have drought, it perpetuates high temperatures. that is what we are going to see for the summer, above-average temperatures across much of california. that is not good news. we are heading into the dry season. things likely could get worse there here is a look the at next five days. very cool across the great lakes in much of the east. take a look at what happens. the heat begins to build in toward the southern plains in amarillo by monday, 101 degrees. same with the panhandle of oklahoma. we do see a big increase in our temperatures. tuesday, chicago, you are up to 79 finally. where you saw snow in the area yesterday, now we are getting back into the 70s.

by wednesday, the heat is on for a lot of people. we'll see a little bit of rain showers today heading across parts of arkansas in toward the tennessee valley across the west. still remaining dry, but cooler conditions and the onshore flow brings more moisture into southern california. >> thanks, rick. let's head up to wisconsin this morning for a little bit of outrage and a bit of a debate. many of you fired up about this on twitter and facebook. the question whether or not a father should have stepped in to protect his own daughter so much so for being bullied at 5 years old he threatened to get a retraining order against the other child because his child is being bullied so harshly. >> getting kicked in the face, sand and rocks thrown at her, he says. the child said, "i want to slit your throat and watch you bleed." now that i've done all this they took him out of the classroom my daughter is in but it's not

enough. i want him removed from the school district, period. >> the question how far. >> is that a justified response or hysterical response and does it send a message to the child this is a bigger deal than it needs to be. >> i don't know. if i'm the father of a little girl being bullied by a little boy who says he is going to slit my daughter's throat and it doesn't seem the school was responding, doing anything about it, i don't know where you turn. do you turn to the police? do you file something with the city or do you tell your little girl to punch this kid in the face? is that going to be good enough? >> i wonder how serious this really is. this is a 5-year-old saying this. if it was a 15-year-old i would say, you no. but a 5-year-old, is that a credible threat? i don't know the kid involved. >> pain he snuck in and watched his parents watching a rated "ranch" movie. maybe this child is deranged and it's a cry for help from him.

very often the people bullying are hurting signed themselves. there may be a deeper issue. >> that's why i bully because i'm hurting inside. >> after having taught kindergarten more than 12 years and teaching school more than 34, that comment is not bullying. it goes far beyond bullying. the child ought to be removed for a period of time. >> victoria writes, "i agree defending yourself in school. zero tolerance won't allow that. it's turned our kids into tattle tales." i wonder if the dad was able to go to the other parent and say something, by the way your son threatened to kill my daughter. >> that's over the top. >> let us know your thoughts. the v.a. secretary was grilled on capitol hill about reports of long and deadly waiting lists. watch. >> this makes me mad as hell. >> is that enough or time for him to step down?

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this morning the number two guy at the v.a. is out, stepping down amid a growing scandal, but he was supposed to retire anyway. earlier this week, veterans affair secretary told congress he is furious about the reports of long and deadly waiting times. >> any adverse incident like this makes me mad as hell. >> is that enough? is it time for him to go? let's talk about it.

congressman, nice to see you this morning. >> good morning. >> first of all, congressman, i want to get your response to the number two guy there petzel stepping down, even though we know according to a press release in the fall he was set to retire 2014 anyway. >> this is the typical response we've seen from the v.a., window dressing. doesn't address the problem and claims we are getting to the bottom of it. that's simply unacceptable. >> so walk me through this. the president last year demanded accountability and said our veterans deserved the best care and treatment possible. then we have the report back in december where we know the veterans knew about some of these delays and cooking of the books so to speak. why has this, why was this still allowed to go on and why has there been no one held accountable yet? >> that is the secretary's call. we had other issues for five to

six years. fiscal mismanagement, lavish bonuses going on and on. there is a culture of nonaccountability there and it starts at the top. that's why i'm suggesting and others are we need an independent commission to review what's going on at the v.a. that's the only way to get work outside the v.a. to change what's going on there. >> i hate to maybe this sounds childish, but isn't it obvious what's gone on there? they doubled the amount of money they've been able to use for resources there? there are no doctors? they haven't been able to hire the number of doctors they need to handle the cases they have. isn't it obvious they haven't hired these doctors and that's why this backlog and they had to cook the books? >> well, $150 billion a year, it's not about money, it's about incompetence and mismagazinemna. we had dozens of committees looking at these problems we lash out at the v.a. we asked for answers.

under secretary after under secretary comes forward and says we are working on that. veterans are dying because of their failures. the secretary is mad as hell, but what do the families feel about this? >> right. how can you fix this? >> we need to start over and need an independent commission review, what's going on at the v.a. if you're a veteran you should have a choice outside the v.a. system. if it's not working for you, go to your local hospital. in my district in the middle of kansas, rural area, we are hundreds of miles from the local v.a. hospital, they should have a choice. let's give the veterans a choice that. will take care of the problem. >> congressman, we appreciate you joining us this morning. >> we'll keep working on it. >> in the country illegally, convicted of a violent crime. the president is about to give them a "get out of jail free" card.

is this legal? >> we are all about making friends here. anna made a few. she is hopping in the seaworld tank next. let's see what you got? rv -- covered. why would you pay for a hotel? i never do. motorcycles -- check. atv. i ride those. do you? no. boat. ahoy, mateys. house. hello, dear. hello. hello. van with airbrushed fire-breathing dragons. ah! check. thank you. the more you bundle, the more you save. now, that's progressive.

video showing a wreckage after an ocean military plane crash crashed overnight. authorities in thailand say five officials were killed including the country's minister of defense. the cause of the crash is still unclear. toronto's crack-smoking celebrity mayor skipping out of rehab? rob ford was spotted posing with fans in brace bridge ontario.

his family cottage is nearby. his lawyer won't say where his client is or where he is being treated. he checked into rehab after new video was released allegedly showing him smoking even more crack. celebrating 50 years giving visitors splash of excitement but their work with animals outside the park is making an impact. >> anna travelled to seaworld and made a new friend. >> yeah. a baby beluga. seaworld has been doing a lot of recovery and rescue efforts for 49 of their 50 years in business. take a look at the big beluga. >> you heard of flipper. and shamu. seaworld celebrating 50 years so we are doing the beluga

interaction program. nice to meet you. >> beluga whales are animals most people will never get a chance to see out in the wild. here you get to get in the water and meet one up close, bond with it and interact with it. >> i've been asking for a kiss for months. >> oh, thank you. kisses, kisses. i got lipstick on him. >> some animal rights activists are critical of seaworld keeping the whales in captivity. >> if you learn about an animal and the habitat and their polites, you are more like throw want to care for them. >> seaworld has been educating visitors for 50 years. it's work behind the scenes that's really worth celebrating. >> seaworld rescue is putting me to work. what people don't realize is seaworld's first parks opened in 1964, but they began rescuing animals in 1965. that's before the marine mammal protection act of 1972.

>> we'll see if you're ready to be a rescue team member. >> how much fish do you go through a day? >> 4,000 pounds. it's restaurant quality, sustainable. >> yummy. >> seaworld rescue team saved 23,000 animals include iing sea lions last year. >> animals we rescue are due to human interaction. somehow we attacked their environment. >> their goal, rehabilitate and return the animals back to the wild. >> we are going to give some medication to the animals that actually had this wrapped around its neck. >> just a spoonful of fish helps the medicine go down. >> he has a sore flipper. >> he took that medicine so well, he was able to take somebody else's fish, too. >> you are trying to rescue

them, rehabilitate them and return them to the wild. they've got to be competitive while out there so this is good. >> absolutely. we want them to have that second chance at life if we can intervene we don't know what the outcome in the wild would have been. it probably would have been the one we all want. >> for more information about the celebrations going on at seaworld for their 50th anniversary head to fox and friends.com. you can swim with belugas, too you get your picture taken. >> seals are the best. >> they force them to fight so once they get released in the ocean, they are hoping to survive. >> someone isn't just going to hand them fish. >> out of my way. in the country illegally, convicted of a violent crime. why and is it legal? a closer look at this scandal. >>. >> the robber had a gun and the granny had a broom. guess who wins? usic♪

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the average life expectancy for men is 76. or as both husbands and wives put it, good. >> listen to this story. the center for immigration studies in a new report has found that basically 36,000 criminals, individuals with a whole host of different criminal past convictions have been released. immigrants in this country illegally are being released from prison by the obama administration, including, take a look at these numbers. 193 homicide convictions, 426 sexual assaults, 303 kidnappings. it doesn't stop there. >> just wrap your mind around this. 36,000 of them, then we've got hundreds of violent crimes, murderers, rapists, kidnappers just out there on the streets and they were awaiting these deportation hearings. instead they're free. aren't they committing two crimes? one for being here illegally,

then these, some of them very dangerous crimes. shouldn't they be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law all the way around? >> of course. this is a politically-motivated move on the part of the administration. there is a constituency on behalf of these criminals. there are pressure groups squeezing the white house to stop deportations and punishing people for committing the crime of sneaking into the country without papers. >> vice president biden, stop deporting people. he said we'll stop that, too. >> you may see criminals, the white house sees potential voters. it really is that simple. >> earlier on the show we had a legal debate. >> what ends up happening is there is some discretion. when you have illegal immigrants come over here that commit crimes, they also started families. they have children we can't deport because they are

citizens. i.c.e. will look at some of these cases and say who do we trust enough to stay in the united states and do what they are supposed to do versus who we don't? >> it's a crap shoot. that's what happens. >> why are these 36,000 people released with some form of supervision or signing on the dotted line don't come back. earlier in the year there were 16,000 that were just released. bye. >> think about it. you get arrested for dui, i get arrested for dui, i lose my job. it's hard to get a job if you are convicted of dui, but not a big deal if you are an illegal immigrant. you are part of a protected class. we face a greater danger as citizens from the more than 10,000 drunk drivers who have been released. that's where people get killed. >> 16,000 of them, according to those numbers. governor mike huckabee says get out on the road in some of these cities could be dangerous for americans.

>> it seems a combination of incompetence. i don't know if they thought it was going to be a budget saver and they could say they made a great inroads rehabilitating prisoners. when you turn rapists and murderers out en masse, we are going to turn them out on the streets. there are a lot of people in america today who are in harm's way and endangered because of this ridiculous decision. i think it will bite them in the rear end the first time somebody is hurt, injured, murdered or raped by one of these people who have been let out with no just cause whatsoever. >> what does it say about our borders? hey, our borders are open. come on in and commit whatever crimes you want. >> you are not going to be deported because fewer than 1/4 of those released will show up to court to go through the legal process of being here illegally anyway. more on that story on the fox news channel. a marine mother hoping that

the gripping 911 call from her imprisoned marine corps son proves his innocence. >> i crossed the border by accident and i have three guns in my truck and they're trying to take my guns from me. >> so you're in mexico? >> yeah. >> there is nothing i can help you with, sir. i do apologize. >> 25-year-old marine corps sergeant andrew tahmooressi was undergoing post traumatic stress disorder treatment. took a wrong turn and ended up in mexico. officers arrested him for weapons possession. his mother says this 911 call proves he never meant to cross that border. >> it proves what i've been saying, the conversation he had with me. he called 911 first as his first instinct then he called his mama second. that's exactly what he told me,

he had gotten lost, made a wrong turn and ended up at the border. >> his mother saying she hasn't heard from the white house or the state department since this 911 tape was released. she was thrown several feet into the air. an 8-year-old pennsylvania girl survived getting hit by a car. you have to watch this video. cassidy wall and her 5-year-old sister were playing outside their home when suddenly a car fleeing police turns the corner and spins out of control. cassidy didn't get out of the way in time and was hit. >> when i saw the video, every time i thought about it i started crying. because it hurted my feelings and i didn't like what i saw. >> cassidy was treated for a concussion. she is going to be okay though. the two men inside the car were arrested. granny got a broom and she is not afraid to use it. caught on surveillance. 77-year-old north carolina woman fights off an armed robber using

only a broom. betty johnson says the man came in and asked about a couple of items, then pulled out a gun. >> i told him i'd break the broom over him if he didn't get out of here and leave us alone and i'm calling 911. >> the tarheel lady right there. winston-salem police say the suspect is still on the run. dolly parton is looking for a new place to kick up her feet after a long day's work. ♪ working 9 to 5 what a way to make a living ♪ baring getting by with all taking and no giving ♪ >> she still looks about that good. the 68-year-old country star putting her hollywood pad on the market. asking price $1.4 million. two bedroom, single-story house with lots of history and a high fence, the childhood home of natalie wood. >> not a bad deal really.

>> you in the market? >> no. >> let's check in with rick outside gearing up for the big showdown. we check the poll online to see who would win in the race between you and me. our viewers think you're up around 60%, 70% likelihood. i'm down about 16%. i hired anna. >> she's been online over and over again. very nice. it's getting sunny out here and warming up. that is good news. it will help you warmed your muscles up. here's your temps. warming up a little bit across parts of the great lakes. 44 in chicago. i'm sure you would like it to be warmer than that. you will get there but not for a little bit. here is your forecast across the northeast. the rain will exit maine by the afternoon. scattered showers. nothing will be a washout of

your day but will keep temperatures a little bit cool. down to the southeast there will be rain across the tennessee valley. it's not going to last all day. temperatures cooler across the eastern side of that picture there. you will warm up as we move on this week. into the northern plains, a clear day. a nice day but cool. not feeling like summer, unfortunately. we still have a little bit of time before that rain. things are better across california, but warming up across the deserts of arizona and nevada. >> thanks, rick. this just happened. anna and tucker going head-to-head in the spartan race. now rick and i on deck. who will come out on top? your guess is as good as mine. you can go to our website and vote. we have a link on our facebook page who will win. >> he says the problem with common core isn't the context, it is something else. mike kelley explains and takes your questions ahead. >> first, we'll check in with

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supporters of common core say it raises the bar for our nation's kids, but in practice, it has left some students and teachers frustrated by confusing questions, fuzzy math and teaching to the test. who is responsible for this and is common core worth saving? joining us now is mike kelley, a trustee of the thomas b. fordham foundation and both a conservative and not being paid for his support of common core.

it's interesting to hear your perspective. tea party people really up in arms about common core. you say they believe things that aren't true in some cases. there is a misperception. >> it's interesting. the opponents range from the tea party to the unions. the tea party say we are taxed enough already. public schools in new york we are spending $22,000, $23,000 a student and getting 22% of them college ready by the end of high school. >> a disaster. >> it's a disaster. the catholic schools in new york city educate kids between $6,000 and $7,000 and getting better test scores and better kids and more college-ready kids. charter schools are educating them for $13,000 to $14,000 a head and they are the best in the state. so why are we spending all this extra money to get disastrous results? shouldn't we be following things

like the catholic schools and charter schools that set standards? that's what common core is about. it's standards. the fact that the unions are against it means they don't want accountability, which is what common core. >> that makes sense. i think those are preceps most conservatives would agree with. most oppose common core so it's nice for to you answer their questions. let's put some up on the screen here. if we home school not using common core, do you see that creating future hardships for our kids? >> my answer to carmann was, i don't see it as a problem unless the kids are required to take the state test in most of the states there have been 45 that adopted common core. most don't require to take the test. the problem has been not with the standards, the problem has been with the implementation by the state. >> common core is not a curriculum. >> the curriculum is developed by the different states. all voluntarily individually, not the federal government.

different states have been terrible in the rollout. we probably shouldn't expect more of the state educational agencies doing a poor job educating them. my view would be on home schooling, the parents knowing there are standards that they have to achieve for common core may do a better job at implementing. >> teachers have time to help those kids who need extra help or have to stay on a specific schedule? >> especially to special ed kids. they are not addressed by this it's going to have to be something that will be addressed in the future or else it's not going to be a good situation. i know here in new york, al graff, we had alliterations on the facebook page. i visited al. this is something al is doing good work on and trying to promote around the state. >> i would hope they address that.

"will local school systems be able to teach their current text books or forced to purchase new texts to adhere to common core?" >> it's going to be one of the better outcomes on this. previously publishes were driven by what was the largest markets, california, new york, texas, they would be the curriculums that got best served by publishers. when you have common core standards, and small states would have to float by in their draft there. hopefully as common core builds out, you'll see publishers will be developing specific tests that will address these standards. >> mike kelley, we've done a lot of segments with people skeptical of common core. there is another side to this debate. thanks a lot for doing that. this just happened. anna and i went head-to-head. really, we collaborated in the spartan race. i bought a car, over and tells you, and you're like. a good deal or not. looking at truecar.com. there's no buyer's remorse.

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1, 2, 3, go! >> the spartan race out here on the plaza, we have the wall of terror, the tire that you have to turn, and the rope you have to climb and the bucket grab and then the two -- >> whoa, that's it. >> we have to go over the wall. flip, these 300-pound tires three times. >> three times? >> that's what we have just been told. >> here we go, 3, 2, 1, go! come on, rick!

faster, faster! rick, he's got the tire! >> nice! >> on his feet. >> ring the bell! ring the bell! yeah! come on, clayton, get there! get there! get there! >> whoa. >> good work, boys! it was close. >> how was it? >> that was impressive.

>> he might have beat your team. >> that was hilarious. >> the founder of the spartan race, how did everybody do? >> he crushed it. the overall winning time right now. >> you know what she is thinking? >> he beat me! >> you guys should go head to head. >> she is ferocious. that was great! >> those tires are the hardest part. >> i agree. >> we have never seen in all of our races around the globe, we have never seen anybody try to push the tube. never seen that before. >> we are prone to being creative. >> it's not just for an elite athlete, the trend has caught on across the country, why is that? >> over 1 million people will compete and 900,000 of them off the couch, they are watching the show and eating popcorn and get inspired and come out and do it,

and it looks exciting and fun, and like navy s.e.a.l. boot camp. it's like being in the olympics for the day. >> you have recovered? >> i think i broke my wrist. no, i am just kidding. it was my impression there would be some assistance at some point. i was told -- >> who did that come from? the producer -- >> carly over here -- >> she didn't help at all. >> he was giving emotional assistance over there cheering. >> we'll be right back. more heavy breathing when we return. [ female announcer ] there's a gap out there.

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on top of the tire, i think you may have made it. >> tomorrow, pc police gone mad. you should not have called your professor, mr. or ms. minimum wage rage.raging in. their one demand. double their play. this as americans are feeling less secure in their jobs. some here are warning if these guys get their way, all workers will pay. who is right? hi, everybody. this is "bulls and bears," and here we are with the bulls and bears this week. welcome, everybody. gary, raise their way and all workers