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excited about that barbecue. >> famous dave under the canopy. it is barbecue time, also fleet week in new york city. we've got a busy day. we start things out with heather nauert and the news. >> can i say this? if you're a member of the military here on fleet week, we will give you free food today. come on down. >> do you want to tell them 9:00. if somebody shows up during the o'reilly show, i don't think he's got anything. >> you can knock on the glass. he loves that. okay, till 9 a.m. >> we'd love to see you guys. come on down. i've got news for you. it is a fox news alert. 31 people are dead in an attack in china's volatile shinjiang regions. that area is home to a muslim minority population suspected of several attacks in recent years.

a veteran locked in mexico will get his day in court. that will be next wednesday. this, as we also learned authorities are stonewalling attempts to free him. the sergeant has been locked up for more than a month in that mexican jail. the 25-year-old made a wrong turn in mexico with three legal weapons in his car. authorities -- his lawyers rather say that authorities are making it difficult for them to gain access to that scene. secretary of state john kerry wrapping up his trip to mexico today. the big question is, will he ask for the marine's release? >> the state department has not pressed on it in part, i think, because there's a big dispute between mexico and the united states over the subject of guns, guns coming across the border. remember fast and furious. >> we'll keep you posted on the development of this story. there was wild weather overnight. we were talking about the rain here, but flights at denver international airport finally back on track this morning? what the heck is going on

there? severe storms dropped ping-pong size hail damaging 13 planes. this hail now looks like snow but it caused damage there. multiple tornadoes confirmed in that area but no major damage and no one thankfully was hurt. >> look at this one, billy joel fans. he has an idea for an epic super group but he may have to wait an awful long time for it. ♪ ♪ ♪ for the longest time >> billy joel revealing he wants to start a super group with eagles serpbg don henley and sting. sting says i'm not old enough. no spring chicken there. what is sting's problem? last night i listened to a four-hour interview on

howard stern with billy joel. he was fantastic. >> he's got his own channel now. every time i turn to it it goes to uptown girl. i don't need to hear that song every time. i will talk to sting and we'll see if we can work it out. >> i loved that song "uptown girl." >> let's talk about developments. we know there is a scandal at the v.a. yesterday, last night the house of representatives overwhelmingly passed -- this was bipartisan -- 390-33 to essentially give the president and the v.a. the possibility and the opportunity to fire people who are messing up. the president of the united states yesterday obviously feeling the political pressure, had a hastily scheduled news conference. we heard he's outraged. we heard he was mad as hell. but yesterday he did not

seem very mad. he kept saying if it happened, if there was, if, if, if. there have been so many v.a. reports already. they have admitted there were gaming strategies going on for years. to wait for another inspector general report seems crazy. >> in days peter johnson jr. who has been here has been receiving e-mails from families of victims of the v.a.'s negligence here and about to send those off. if in years they're not aware this has been going on, in days they should well aware now. jeff miller of florida, chairman of the house veterans affairs committee, he sponsored this measure. he said v.a.'s the officials there are not doing what they are supposed to do, they are more inclined to get a bonus without this measure moving forward. undoubtedly why this bill was passed overwhelmingly. >> i couldn't care less if he was angry, yelling. certain guys are high octane. othe are hard to move. i wanted to see action. it's been three weeks.

we've got a plan. then you heard the word he's meeting with general shinseki prior. the president took two questions, the second was general shinseki, did he offer his resignation like general rums tkpeld like ghraib. the president wouldn't answer that. >> the inspector general for the v.a. last week said we have no information that would lead us to believe that any of the deaths had to do with these fake lists. that's what he said. here's the problem. you've got the government once again investigating the government. how is that going to turn out? even democrats aren't buying that one. here's david scott, a democrat from georgia. >> the first person we need to fire is the secretary of veterans affairs, mr. shinseki himself. under his watch, in my own hospital in atlanta, four of our soldiers committed suicide in the hospital. and the very inspector general of the v.a. laid

the blame directly at the foot of the v.a. administration for the lack of management. i listened to the president today and i was very disappointed with president obama today. there was no urgency. mr. president, we need urgency! we need you to roll up our sleeves and get into these hospitals! >> and that was a democrat talking to the commander in chief. >> i'm all for a four-star general giving the benefit of the doubt. i get that. he served the country, lost half a foot in war. i get it. however, why give the benefit of the doubt to general petraeus, why not give the benefit of the doubt to general mcchrystal? his staff gave an interview to the rolling stone. the president couldn't tolerate that. but six years of ineptness, the president doesn't even give a stern talking to, as i understand. also i thought to myself today i cannot remember a time when there's been more big stories. the democrats have come off the fence and decided to

take part and offer five congress people for the benghazi special select committee. >> remember not too long ago nancy pelosi was saying isn't there something else we could be talking about right now? with one hand tied behind her back she added five names. elijah comings, adam smith, tammy duckworth will sit on that committee. brian, i was listening to you yesterday. it seems as though they already have their minds made up. this is adam smith. take a listen. >> you know, are we going to have people telling us we're going to have to shut off the microphones and say we're done with the democrats talking? we're going to have to have some assurances there's actually going to be a fair look at this and not that the conclusions have already been made. >> seem to be bringing the assumption that this wouldn't be a fair investigation even though trey gowdy indicated this should transcend politics. >> he joined me on radio a couple of days ago because it was rumored he was going to be a part of this panel. i like him a lot. all he wanted to do was

talk about how this committee is so unnecessary, which doesn't make me feel optimistic anything is going to be done. >> the problem is he's already drawn his own conclusion. we've already heard from nancy pelosi. she said it is a stunt. adam sheuf, democrat from california said it is a colossal waste of time. linda sanchez, democrat from california said it is a witch hunt. why are they showing up? to protect hillary clinton. >> someone got on the phone and said nancy pelosi, we're going to need a defense. >> they weren't willing to go one for seven. there are seven republicans that sit on the committee. they need to have more than one not to defend the truth, we hope that would be the case, but defend

against republicans who are trying to get to the truth. we hope their goals are straightforward. >> let's talk a little bit about this. the 9/11 museum opened up this week. somebody was tweeting out some pictures yesterday from it and was told by somebody there at the museum, you can't take pictures because it might offend somebody, and they included a picture of something that said "the world trade center case made us painfully aware there is this new realm they are bound by a jihad." who don't they want to offend? the people who killed us? is that it? on the cover of the daily news today, look at this. did you enjoy having drinks on top of my brother's grave last night? on tuesday night they closed down the museum even though it was supposed to be open for a party with the former new york mayor michael bloomberg. they had it for donors. keep in mind it was feet away from the unidentified remains of thousands -- well, what is it? 8,000 unidentified human

remains. people regard it as a cemetery. >> i get it. in regards to this, the donors, the donors already supported it. there's got to be some ethics. sit down with rules. a lot of people are maybe coming off with callous who don't mean to be, who support the 9/11 museum and say this is an event. you see event for museums in natural history, you see event for the smithsonian. this is an event. it is going to be a place in new york that everyone comes to visit. >> i think maybe what will soften the effect of that perhaps will be contributions. if these are donors, reap mind people of that -- remind people of that. anything sold there would soften the blow to families who still are just wrestling with emotion and loss at this time. and those in new york city who are still awfully sensitive. on the other hand, people say if we don't move on and have these parties, who wins? >> they're having a party next to 8,000 unidentified

human remains. there was a staff member who said i was walking over to the cocktail table and i could hear the voices of people screaming for their lives. they said they found it appalling. any way, there were first responders who were supposed to be able to get in. they were told by the people there we're closing down tonight at 6:30 to get ready for tomorrow. actually it was a black-tie cocktail party instead. >> 13 minutes after the hour. >> coming up, marcus luttrell, lone survivor, was here yesterday. we had that great honor. and he had a way to fix the v.a. mess. >> a combat veteran that was in there and got messed up and needs the care that he needs, you hand him one of those cards, he walks in and he gets it. no questions ask. >> can you actually privatize health care for veterans? we're going to talk about that next. >> the head of the f.b.i. is considering letting tie

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as the veterans affairs scandal unfolds, many are wondering if we should just give our vets health care vouchers and let them choose where they get treatment. former navy seal and lone survivor author marcus luttrell told us that would be a viable solution, in his estimation. >> a combat veteran that was in there and got messed up and needs the care that he needs, you hands him one of those cards, he walks in and then he gets it. >> a senior fellow at the manhattan institute, also provoucher for vets and believes privatizing health care would be better for the vets, and he joins us this morning. good morning. how would it work? >> you take the same pot of money we spend on a veterans health care and you give that to the veterans in the form of a

premium support payment or subsidy, voucher, whatever term you want to use, so they can buy private insurance. >> if they were able to do that, what would happen to the v.a. hospital? >> the v.a. hospitals could be opened up to compete with every other hospital in america. right now one of the biggest problems in america is that these hospital systems have become monopolies in certain parts of the country. they charge whatever they want to charge. they don't have to compete with other hospitals, so the price of health care goes up. if you let the v.a. in the hospital system and they compete, they can compete for veterans and prices will go down. >> i've heard some people suggest the v.a. is antiquated, it doesn't work these days. just let everybody find their own doctor. but you're suggesting instead of doing that, go ahead and continue the v.a. system as it is but give vets the option of either going to your own doctor -- here's your special hospital card where you get great treatment -- or go to the v.a. >> right and let civilians

go to the v.a. hospitals if they want. that will force the v.a. hospitals to get better because they will have to compete with other hospitals out there. >> it is interesting, mitt romney suggested it during the campaign and he got beat up for it. >> maybe at that time the appetite for change wasn't there but hopeful threu -- hopefully with the tragedy we're having now, people will see there are a lot of problems with the v.a. system. >> you called it a scandal. i call it a scandal. the president was out there yesterday despite the reports that came out said for years they have been using these gaming strategies. i don't think he seriously considers it a strategy at this point. he's waiting for another report from the inspector general who already said nobody died because of these stupid schedules. >> there is a reason for that. the v.a. system completely run by the government, so there are a lot of intellectuals on the left who say this is how you show socialized medicine works. if the president goes out and says the v.a. is messed up, the v.a. is broken, he's admitting government run, government controlled,

government operated health care isn't working. >> if this is how they operate the v.a. system, imagine how they'll cover obamacare ten years from now. >> good point. >> that is a tkpaod -- good idea. let's hope somebody is watching. coming up, forget putting a tack on the teacher's chair, some students are accused of trying to poison their teachers. the f.b.i. director says he was kidding about hiring pot heads as special agents, but one man says that is a good idea. >> as director of the f.b.i., you -- he may consider relaxing a policy that would prevent the f.b.i. from hiring anyone who smoked pot in the last three years. sounds like somebody finally tried pot. [laughter] >> think we were a little wrong, think we were a little hasty in our opinions on pot.

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two stories and then i turn it over to elisabeth. headlines you must see. police arrested a 9 and 12-year-old boy in this school in brooklyn. they are accused of putting rat poison in their teacher's water. the 62-year-old drank it, she got sick but is doing okay this morning. and a substitute teacher fired for seeking love advice from her fourth graders. she reportedly asked the kids for help with two guys she was dating. she claims it was all g-rated. i'll find out more about that elisabeth. talk about something else. >> thanks brian. is the f.b.i. really going to go to pot? agency director james comey said he might loosen the

three year pot restriction saying i have to hire and some of those kids want smoke on their way to thent view. this morning he's taking it back. >> one of our challenges we face is getting a good workforce. at the same time when young people's attitudes about marijuana and our state's attitudes about marijuana are leading more and more of them to try it. >> the question remains should we loosen the standards overall? joining us is former stpheurl -- military staffer. steve, is pot a joking matter especially when it comes from the tkerbgt of -- director of the f.b.i.? >> i'm incensed at the fact that the f.b.i. director and administration would consider national security and drugs a joke. we're trying to convey a message to young people to

stay away from drugs. here we have federal government officers making jokes out of it. it's not a joke. >> pat, your response? >> well, okay. i think the director probably spoke a little too freely but i think he's got a reasonable point. i think the three-year period of time is too long because, okay, yes, it's not a great idea to smoke herb. we all probably think that's true. but we're talking about college students. the f.b.i. wants people coming out of college. and during college students do stuff. then they get responsible near the end of college and say i want to go into the f.b.i. but i smoked herb six months ago at a party and they can't join. i think it is reasonable to recognize that enough time has gone by, six months to a year where you're looking forward to the future, planning on your career, th*eub may -- thinking maybe the f.b.i. is the way i want to go i better stop my student ways. but to say three years you may be preventing yourself from getting good hires.

>> would you hire somebody who smoked the herb? >> absolutely not. i worked on national security issues. when we're dealing with the security of this nation, we need people who can stay focused, who can zero in on the problems we're facing. marijuana is a problem. there have been a lot of studies one side or the other but it does degrade one's attention and ability to focus. there are thousands, perhaps millions of young college students who have obeyed the law, who have done the best they could to get ahead. why not focus in on them? we don't need anyone addicted to drugs or taking drugs dealing with national security issues. we should higher our standards, not lower them. >> that's not exactly what's been happening lately. president obama compared pot to alcohol. he said, quote, i smoked pot as a kid and view it as a bad habit or vice, not different from the cigarettes i smoked for a good part of my adult life. >> we have veered away from responsibility. we're telling young people don't worry about it, do your thing. you'll still get a job like

anyone else. we've got to turn aside if this country is going to be secure in many years to go. >> pat, the final word. >> i think there is a big difference between going to a few parties as a teen and smoking weed and being a pot head. we don't want somebody who is a pot head, that is true, somebody involved in pot on a daily basis. that's why each individual for hire, they go through a process and if they go through a long time since they smoked pot, we used to say three years, but i say they smoked at a party, we want to prevent them from getting a job? we want to set an example that young people shouldn't be using drugs, but pot is legal in colorado and it will probably be spread to other states. unless we do something about that, i think we can't blame college students from imbibing a little bit. >> thank you both for being here, pat brown, steve rogers. would love to get into this debate again but we have to

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she drove five hours. there is the president accepting them. we just had such a special time. and these pictures, when i found them, i thought i can't just keep them to myself. i want to share. >> i have a lot of pictures in the last week of miss beasley. god rest her soul. great dog. >> we had a sad week because she was in doggy heaven this week and they miss her. >> that's my dog charlie and my daughter sally. i would say charlie was about a year old, and she went on something. sally, that is her screen saver. >> the theme of this throwback thursday is? >> kids and their pets. >> but these are pets in the past; right? >> could be. >> this is my dog kelly. that's me, i think, in 1951. that's my older brother jim and that's kelly and king. kelly used to chew rocks in front of our new guests. he had old broken teeth.

to my far right is king. that is who my brother is with, king. i found king walking out of the woods. this dog walked right over to me. i said can we keep him? they said no. five years later we still had him. one day he got up and left again. and that was probably 1982. >> you didn't see him after that? >> never saw him. he just decided to leave. i wouldn't be surprised if he's starring in a tv series somewhere. >> very cagey of you. in other words, maybe hollywood owes you some money? >> like "run joe run." >> send kids -- send pictures of your kids and pets at friends@foxnews.com. >> fleet week is back. >> maria molina is out there with one of the five ships that pulled into the harbor yesterday. maria, who's with you now?

>> now i have lance could -- lance corporal vicker with me. we are in the osprey on the u.s.s. oak hill on the hudson river in new york. this is your first time in new york city; right? what do you think about it? >> yes ma'am. i like it a lot. >> you fly with this aircraft. what are the missions that go on? >> we can do casualty evacuations, we can insert troops, aerial refueling and different types of missions like that. >> sounds good. let's head outside so we can show everyone the cool functions of this plane. this is a unique aircraft. you were telling me about it earlier in that it can function as a helicopter and a plane? >> that is correct. we can transition to the different modes. we take off like a helicopter and fly like an airplane. >> right now it is in

stow-away form? >> and we're going to go to flight ready. >> it is going to get very loud but we want to show you the wings as they unfold. take a look, you guys. here we go. powering up. the wings are going to start opening; correct? >> yes ma'am. >> it's a little rainy out here in new york city. we had storms earlier this morning. what's going on right now? >> they are lighting up the engines to be able to full stow it around. here's where it's in the transition stage and it will go into airplane mode. it's rotating around. once it reaches its points,engit

can take off like a helicopter. >> it can take off as a plane as well? >> yes, it can. it can roll the rotors down. it can take off like a helicopter or an airplane. >> very, very cool. check that out. so cool. all right, guys. let's send it back over to the studio. there you go. this is the osprey, u.s.s. oak hill in new york city. >> very nice, maria. heather nauert just said it's like a transformer. it absolutely is. >> it's so neat to see that up close. i'm sure those guys love maria out there this morning. >> that is the great thing about fleet week. you come down to the west side of manhattan. it's all free. you get to see the ships, talk to the men and women. >> you can get an inside look just like that. that was fascinating. heather, you have other stuff? >> i have headlines. coming out of washington this morning, lois lerner

won't talk but maybe money will. $1 million up for grabs this morning to the first tkpwhroft -- government employee who comes forward to help expose the i.r.s. two target groups of the i.r.s. are coming up with a bounty. they are looking for smoking gun evidence. >> it is to encourage people to tell more about what is happening. stories i hear all the time, and not just the i.r.s. osha, bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms, bureau of land management, the e.p.a., targeting citizens, targeting small businesses. this is happening on a level that i think would stun the average american citizen. >> in order to collect the bounty, the information would have to lead to an arrest or conviction. >> another bailout this morning, this one from the white house to insurance companies. listen to this one. buried under hundreds of pages of regulations coming out of d.c., it was released late last week, there is a new provision

that promises to pay insurers for any losses incurred because of obamacare. that move is intended to keep insurance premiums down, they say. the white house says it's unlikely those funds will be needed. a longtime baltimore sun reporter says that he is allergic to the newspaper. michael dresser says after 38 years of the paper he's developed an an allergy to the pine resin which is newspaper ink. he now has to wear rubber gloves around the office. kind of an interesting one to bring you. didn't know it came from pine. >> neither did i. i had another tree in mind. >> the tree i'm thinking of is hickory as in hickory smoke. brian kilmeade is outside. it's barbecue month. >> let's talk to the pit master and we've got to talk about grilling. are you ready? >> i'm ready. >> we have a special contest to tell you about. at the same time tell us

how to grill, fundamentals. for example, move your meat? >> what you do first is you want to obviously season your meat. i bring this out for about ten minutes out of the cooler. simple salt and pepper on your rib eye and maybe famous dave's on your double chop pork here. we have our butts and our brisket and our ribs. over on this green egg here, open that baby up, we have nice, beautiful rib eyes going right here and some double chops. what i'm going to do, i made a little brush out of some herbs. this is garlic butter. >> it looks like something from early america. >> you can impress your family, impress your friends doing this. >> you don't have to clean the brush. you toss it out. you also say throw wood by the grill, by the coals; correct? >> you can throw some of the wood right on those coals. now we've got to brighten it up a bit with some lemon. don't be afraid of the

flames. >> i am. >> impress your folks. get nice and smokey. you want to kind of move the meat around. >> you also talk about layers of flavor. don't just marinade. >> when i'm talking layers of flavor, chef dan is carmelizing the sauce on ribs here. this is a beautiful thing. also we have that contest going. >> tell me about that contest. >> it's hash tag barbecue selfie. so like right tphoup dan and i could pick up the ribs and take a little shot of ourselves and post it on that hash tag and win up to $1,000 in gift cards. >> the hash tag is? >> hash tag barbecue selfie. >> unbelievable. we're going to keep checking back out with you. you're going to track people from all around -- >> a lot of men and women who are here for fleet week. guys, back inside. we're going to eat a little bit and i'm going to smell

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the u.s.a. freedom act being voted on today, a bill to fix government surveillance programs like the n.s.a. does this sound good to you? many people say yes. joining us is judge napolitano. judge, a happy day for you? >> i thought it would be, and the original legislation that was proposed by congressman jim sensenbrenner of the house judiciary committee would have required the n.s.a. to tell a judge whose telephone they wanted to listen to and why they wanted to listen to it. that has been so watered down that the changes the house will vote on today will effectively expand the n.s.a. power rather than contract it. and they've done it by using terms that are so flexible, so malleable that

one judge will interpret them one way and another judge will interpret them another way. when a judge interprets words in this statute, it's a secret court, so we don't know what the judge says or why he says it. one judge on the court doesn't even know what the other judge on the court says. they're kept secret from each other. >> robert goodlatte said in his op-ed, we do not have to sacrifice one from the other as we seek to reform our intelligence-gathering programs. we like the founding fathers can protect our cherished liberties while protecting against attacks on our nation's citizens. >> he's talking about some other piece of legislation, because this piece of legislation -- >> he's not, but you think he is. >> i think he knows what he's doing. what he's doing is making it look like the n.s.a. is being pulled back, but in reality giving it more authority. here's what the country needs. the country needs an open public debate by people

like you and me that do this for a living and by members of the congress. do we want an entity in the government that will spy on all of us all the time? if we do, that's what we're going to get. if we don't, we should get rid of it. but to claim that this is going to pull the n.s.a. back when in reality it's going to unleash it to engage in more spying is wrong, it's deceptive and it's subterfuge. congressman goodslatte should know that. >> if the country says do you want to be spied on, everyone will say of course not. but if someone says this is why we're doing it and the ramifications we fear if we don't, do you think that is a healthy debate? >> yes, i would welcome that debate. when snowden made his revelations, the most surprised people on the planet was the congress. we never wrote this, and it turns out they hadn't. but it was an interpretation on top of an interpretation all in secret so the congress and press couldn't see it. only the n.s.a. knew about

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good morning. it's thursday, may 22. 2014. we begin with breaking news. paul mccartney hospitalized this morning. the very latest in moments. wow. how is this for fairness? the white house tells the v.a., you could investigate your scandal yourself. >> and what about the marine locked up in mexico? is the president and the state department doing enough to free him? why can't we spring this one guy? something we're poppedderring on this busy thursday because every morning is better with friends. >> this is the united states marine corps, you're watching "fox & friends"!

you all ready? three, two, one. good morning, you're watching "fox & friends"! hoo rah! >> very nicely done. maria and the marines and some sailors as well. joining us from the west side of manhattan where it is fleet week. yesterday when we had the live report of the ships steaming into new york harbor, one of the ships is the uss cole. remember it was the year before 9-11 when al-qaeda blew a 60-foot hole in the side of the cole. and it's here. people will be able to tour it this weekend. >> the lack of response laid the groundwork for eventually what would be the 9-11 attacks. they said we can do whatever we want to this country. they don't do anything back. we did. meanwhile, right after the top of the hour, we have to go to heather. we have a lot more to talk about. this is one of the busiest days i can remember. >> it is. and "dancing with the stars," by the way, cameron bure is here.

i love her. >> she did unbelievable this year. prior to the contest, she looked in great shape. afterwards, you almost come out of boot camp. >> that's right. so she's going to talk about the tylenole of "dancing with the stars," plus the finale of "american idol" last night. a lot of news and we start as we do every hour with heather nauert with a fox news alert. >> it is a busy news morning. 31 people are dead in an attack in china's volatile region. attackers crashing two vehicles and tossing explosives in a busy air market. this area is home to the muslim minority population that's suspected in several attacks in recent years. more breaking news from overseas. paul mccartney has been hospitalized in tokyo. this according to japanese media. the 71-year-old arrived in japan just days ago for his tour. he already had to cancel shows

in korea because his illness and now canceling the remaining days in japan. his spokesperson confirming that he's suffering from a virus, but not confirming the hospitalization. a brand-new report giving the air force a big fat f. while practicing, a nuclear base in the united states. armed security forces failed a simulated hostile takeover of a nuclear missile silo at the air force base in montana last summer. a newly uncovered document shows security troops couldn't quickly regain control of a captured nuclear weapon. jessica alba heating up the cover of "entertainment weekly." how does a 37-year-old mom get that bikini body? >> man. she admits she eats junk food and finds the time to stay active with her kids and that's how she looks so good and the guys stare at the monitor right here, including kilmeade. he has appeared shirtless

countless times in movies, hugh jackman admitted he was scared to film a nude scene in the new x men movie. the most embarrassing part, he said, was having his nine-year-old daughter see the scene. those are your headlines. >> why do you want a nude seen with xmen? don't you want kids to go see it? >> apparently it's for the moms. >> you're making comic book character movies for moms? >> they're changing x men to sex men. >> no kidding. >> they're going to help that female viewership. >> wonder woman had boobs. >> but she had her shirt on, right? >> barely, but yeah. >> pretty much. >> thank you, heather. >> let's take a look at wonder woman now. do we have any shots of wonder woman, with clothes on? >> jessica alba eats junk food, right. she had a ring ding in '76. no way she eats it.

>> from the cartoon world to the real world. last night the house of representatives overwhelmingly on a bipartisan fashion passed a bill to speed up veterans affairs firing. the final was 390-33. what's interesting is what this will do, it will allow the top management to fire people more quickly. however, the association representing the people who are senior management level at the v.a. say wait a minute. that could be against the law because we're entitled to due process. none the less, the house is doing something the president feeling the political pressure yesterday, announced he's really mad. >> right. congressman jeff miller is one who sponsored the legislation saying, quote, it's because of the disturbing silence from the white house until yesterday the president did come out and cite that he's 85 million appointments at the v.a. each year. 750,000 of these men and women are from the last two wars, one of which we're still actively in. both of which started after 9-11. so he cited a lot of positives

and a lot of improvement when all we've heard about is the bad and disturbing news because this thing called people dying or committing suicide because they were tired of waiting, i think stole the headline. >> right. we have so many who give their lives and die honorably on battlefield, willing to sacrifice their life for the rest of us. but to come home and wait on these lists as alleged here and as we keep hearing from victims' families is sickening. >> it is sickening. >> no pun intended there. many feel too little, too late, as far as the president is concerned. speaking yesterday. many thought -- let's look back. why did we vote for the president, they say? many thought he ran on the cool card and charles krauthammer says it ran out. >> it will get you profiles from upscale new york magazines. but cool will not connect you with the memory people when there are allegations that wounded warriors are dying of

neglect and corruption and cool will not get you any management skills in running the u.s. government. remember, this is a man who came to office, never having run so much as a candy store. he's got all these departments under him and in every single one, he professes utter ignorance as to the imcompetence and corruption under his nose, stuff he reads apparently in the newspapers like any ordinary citizen. >> one of the things the president said yesterday is he's waiting for the inspector general of the v.a. to finish his report. well, you know what, there have already been reports from the v.a. in the past that have talked about how they use these gaming strategies. and how reliable do you think this report is going to be anyway because the v.a. inspector general came out last week and he said yeah, i haven't been able to find anything in phoenix that would suggest that anybody died because of the incredibly long and despicable waits. looks like to many that this could be another white wash.

but at least it's not stonecalling. at least the president came out yesterday and said he's mad. >> here is what i think it is. when you have tammy duckworth, female congresswoman who served in the military, has been hurt in battle, when she came out and said it's time for the president to speak, that's one thing. then john barrow and david scott was beside himself, out of florida. this is the first time i've seen bipartisan outrage in an extremely long time. when i heard he was meeting with -- the president was meeting with general shinseki and they cleared it on his schedule yesterday and then he's going to have just a statement at 10:45, i thought clearly that's the way it goes. he's going to resign and at 10:45 he'll name his replacement. he goes no, he's not going to resign. and he said by the way, i'm going to take two questions. one was, did he offer his resignation? so the president could say no, he didn't. but instead, he talked about something else. why even take a question if you haven't answered the question? not even a tough one. >> maybe you're afraid of the

question and then possibly don't know the answer, afraid of the answer. in terms of leadership, one quality of a good leader is knowing enough that even if someone is a good person with the best interpretations and offered an -- efforts and offered -- you have to be strong enough in leadership to find someone who can do the job well, particularly when the lives of other veterans are on the line. >> look, they have known in this administration for years that they've got these secret lists and now we're on to them. so let's see what happens. meanwhile, it looks like the president is waiting for the inspector general from the v.a. to come out with this investigation. so the v.a. is inspecting themselves. why wouldn't eric holder, the attorney general, be interested? we know he's not trying to free that marine being held in that mexican prison right now. we're talking about u.s. marine andrew tamarisi who simply was in the wrong lane heading out of san diego and wound up stopped by border patrol people on the

mexican side. he was arrested because he had in his car three legal guns. and yet, where is the commander in chief? his commander in chief. he's silent, extordinarily, on this. guy took a wrong turn, winds up in prison. how -- >> where is #diplomacy there? where is #bringtamarasi home? >> aren't you tired of these countries disrespecting our marines? this is a country where 85% of their goods are shipped our direction. think about what we do when we have an illegal in our country. we don't ship them home. they basically work full time. >> are you suggesting we have some illegals from mexico in our country? >> i've heard somebody who has a friend that has a friend that has another friend that heard about a guy that might have snuck here by mistake. >> officially there are 6.1 million illegals in this country versus one. we just want one marine who made

a wrong turn and had legal guns sprung from that mexican jail. brian, to your point, how does the united states help the mexican people? $60 billion it imports from next co- into the united states. 90 billion of businesses invest in the mexican economy. you're welcome. we just want the one guy. >> i have an idea. the mexican tourism secretary says how important the u.s. is to their tourism industry. if you have a vacation plan this year and you are a patriotic american, how can you go to cancun knowing a marine is sitting in jail? maybe it's time to pick another vacation. >> to your point, brian, mexico is a top destination for u.s. residents. >> right. >> that would be a large chunk of travel income. >> we have leverage.

play that card, state department. >> well, meanwhile, what is the president doing? is he working on this? no. he's instead using his executive year of action to focus on tourism and travel and what's he going to do? he's going to try to reduce wait time at airports. not reduce wait time at v.a. hospitals. going to work on reducing wait time at airports and make it easier for people to get visas. >> he's going to be in cooperstown talking about how 200,000 people visit there every year and the need to go inside america to visit america on your vacation because tourism is so important for the economy. >> i love baseball, but he's striking out in some other areas on the backs of our veterans. that wait time as you noted should be in prime focus. >> indeed. so as you can see, we're all riled up today. we've got a lot of news and coming up, the president makes a major land grab. that's just the beginning of the problem.

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ranchers are worried, will this move infringe on grazing rights? local law enforcement have much bigger concerns that setting aside the nearly 500,000-acres of land will put public safety at risk. here to expand is sheriff todd garrison in new mexico. sheriff, how could that hurt your -- hinder your job? >> i believe that we have a lot of people coming across that are smuggling illegals across and also drugs and different things like that. these are one of the areas they use. it's just my experience having looked at other areas on the border such as organ pipe in arizona that the same thing would happen here. >> border protection is coming out on the record and saying it's not a problem, saying, quote, this designation will in no way limit our ability to perform our important border security mission and in fact provide important flexibility as we work to meet this ongoing

priority t.. it sounds like they're dismissing your worry. >> those things are coming from washington, d.c. and if you want to know the truth of what's happening there, ask a required border patrolman. they're more free to speak about what's going on. >> you're afraid if this becomes a national park, you won't have the free access to roam and do your job, or anybody patrolling that area? >> it will definitely keep local law enforcement from patrolling the areas that we have been patrolling for so long trying to keep these things down. >> so do you think the president is right when he says that he believes to make this a park, could bring $7 million into the national treasury in terms of tourism? >> i have no idea about that. i am not sure about that kind of thing. i just know it's definitely going to cause a problem for me with public safety. >> did someone check with you guys before they did this? >> you know, sir, they let us know kind of when the bills were written, they contact us afterwards and let us know. they said they spoke to law enforcement, but it was the federal authorities and like i

said, those statements come out of washington. i don't believe it's coming from down here on the border. >> that's one of the executive powers is i'll take that land and make it a park. in the big picture, do you think you have any way, besides coming on a show like this and speaking your mind and telling the truth, do you have any way of taking action against it before it's implemented? >> we've been fighting this for eight years. i've been in office for 9 1/2 years and this is up with of those things we fought that whole time. not to protect the lands or do things like that, but as much land on the border i believe is going to create a pathway that will do more harm than good. arizona, the land protected there, is not being protected the way i believe they meant it to be and i think the same will happen here. >> is there a compromise there where you might be able to have a corridor to protect in order to make that park safe and the country safer? >> yes, sir. i believe it's going to be much more difficult to patrol like we would like to. >> thank you very much and joining us this morning. >> thank you, sir.

>> i hope people heard your concerns. coming up, no mail? why millions of you may lose your door to door delivery. plus, "dancing with the stars" is over. but the stories are just starting to come out. we have one of them if we promise not to tell anyone. candace cameron bure with the scoop next. she was great. ♪ ♪

time for news by the numbers on this thursday. first, 15 million. that's how many americans will have their mail service cut off unless they switch to a mailbox at the curb. congress wants to end door to door delivery to save time and money. that's the way i get it anyway. it's fine. calm down.

next, $20 billion. that's how much france spent on new trips. but they're too wide and don't fit onto the station platforms. and the richest actor in the world is -- >> you got to stow for your brain, plastic sleeve for your comb and a wallet for your money. >> jerry seinfeld. his net worth is $820 million. he's period of time near a billionaire, according to a new survey. meanwhile, bollywood actor is number two with $600 million. tom cruise is third with only half a billion, or 80. >> how does he live on that? >> this is a real shocker. almost couldn't move this morning, i was so shocked about this. you guys, olympic gold winning medal winner ice dancer won

"dancing with the stars" last night! she won the whole thing! how she managed to edge out the competition, meryl was like prayers, luck, and oh, yeah, i'm a professional dancer. i've won a gold medal for dancing. >> you won our hearts. we are joined by candace cameron bure. am i saying that correct? >> you are. >> you did so great. >> thank you. >> did you surprise yourself with how good you did? >> completely. i can't believe i came in third place, especially against meryl and charlie, who is an ice dancer also. it was a crazy journey and i was the one that came in with the least experience, like mom of three. i guess that i've been performing, but never danced in my whole life and i realized how many fans i have 'cause they're the ones that voted me through.

>> so the finale was a couple of nights ago. how do you feel now body wise? >> i am hurting. my ribs are bruised. >> from what? >> from all the lifts we were doing. >> i fine israeli -- fine israeli a total understanding. i'm like oh, honey, i'm so sorry i wasn't sympathetic when you were beat up and tired, i get it. >> did they offer you tips for healing? >> he did. a lot of advil. ice baths, salt baths, all kinds of stuff. he was great to help me through the process. >> how is your partner, because he fell down. also his shoulder popped out. >> the day before the final day, we were rehearsing and his shoulder popped out. he still has to have an mri done and see if he has to have

surgery. but he's doing okay. >> some injuries coming out of this for sure. i want to ask you, were you hurt by the blogger's comments? she wrote here that '90s television, she blamed it for expectations not being met in her life. she said, quote, i watched a lot of prime time tv between ages of 12 and 14. i was in front of the tv absorbing sitcoms. those shows did cause one negative side effect. they distorted my expectations for reality. >> "full house" ruined so many lives. how do you feel about that? >> it's kind of laughable. >> it's a sitcom! >> it's never been off the air in 25 years. you hear so much positive stuff. because it was wholesome and family television and i think john stamos commented back to her and said, i think you missed

the point of the show. >> he said don't blame the way your life turned out because of tgif. if you were lucky enough o have kids, maybe you should have them watch reruns of "breaking bad," see how they turn out. that's great comment back. >> i think it helped a lot of people, especially the kids that had -- didn't have a safe environment 'cause they felt the love from the tv, felt what a family could be like. >> so candace, not that you needed a comeback, but now that you're on everybody's mind after this huge show, do you want to build on this? >> of course. there is lots of stuff that were already in the works before the show and that we are working on right now. so i already have several movies lined up and my third book lined up. >> give us a sneak peek? >> are you going to work with the kardashians in the hamptons this summer? >> no. i have hallmark movies lined up that i'll be producing and starring in. and i have a mother's day book

that will be coming out next may. >> we're not going to wait for the mother's day book, but we do have a picture of you back in the day. it is throwback thursday. take a look, candace. here you are -- do you remember that from the show? >> i do. so cute little comet. that was one of the babies that comet had. >> how sweet. so cute. >> was it something you did or the brian did. >> it was in the script, brian. she was following instructions. >> i thought it was real. >> i feel like i grew up with d.j. you're really that sister to everybody. what a great show. still having the kids watch it now. great job on "dancing with the stars." >> thank you. >> we hope you feel better. >> tell your husband to rub you down. >> i will. >> okay. >> for sure. >> you deserve it. great to see you.

>> it is throwback thursday. we'd love to see your dog and child pictures as well. >> i thought it was throwback, my old dog that aren't here anymore. i didn't know. >> that's another show. >> okay. >> meanwhile -- >> should private letters between jackie o and her priest be released to the public and sold? this morning a huge update to that story. is it sinful? >> kind of too late. ♪ ♪ good job! still runnng in the morning? yeah. getting your vegebles every day? when i can. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. two full servings of vegetables

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>> very nice. >> patty sent this picture of her son, noah, and her dog through the years. >> beautiful. >> keep these pictures coming. i kind of misunderstood the assignment. i sent dogs that are no longer with us. >> that's okay. >> i didn't violate any throwback rule? >> not yet. >> okay, good. >> i'm sure violations are to come. >> okay, thank you. it's time for the news and heather nauert joins us with a bounty on lois lerner. >> government employees better listen up to this. get what's going on in washington, lois lerner, she won't talk, but maybe money will. $1 million is now up for grabs to the first government employee who comes forward with information that proves that the irs targeted conservative groups. two nonprofit groups that were once targeted by the irs are teaming up for what is being called the people's bounty. they are looking for smoking gun-type evidence such as e-mails between the white house and the irs. listen to this.

>> the voters trust the irs bounty project is to encourage people to come forward and tell more about what is happening. stories i hear all the time and not just the irs. osha, t.a.b.c., bureau of land management, the epa, targeting citizens, targeting small businesses. this is happening on a level that i think would stun the average american citizen. >> looks like we may have a little video problem there this morning. but you get the point. in order to collect the bounty, the leaker's information would have to lead to an arrest or a conviction. okay. we've been showing you jackie o and here is what this next story is about. her catholic confessions will remain confidential. we're talking about letters she wrote to her priest of 14 years. she revealed to him her concerns about jfk's infidelity and other things. there is a college in ireland that has possession of these letters right now. that college had planned to sell them off at auction. but that college being slammed for trying to cash in on her

private information. the letters may now be returned to her family. and look at this one. he was within inches of losing his life. this drag racer do this on purpose? too we have the video? can we show it? >> this happening in sydney, australia. the driver couldn't stop, so he slammed into a wall at 155 miles per hour. oh, boy. he tried to avoid hitting anyone else. no one was hurt. what a miracle. those are your headlines. >> what a choice. >> that will slow you down. glad he's okay. thank you. >> after 75,000 auditions and countless performances, it came down to two. >> the winner of "american idol," season 13 is caleb jack

son! >> he's the winner of this year's "american idol." michael at tammero was just offstage. he joins us live from l.a good morning to you, michael. >> good morning, guys. how are you? third time is a charm for 23-year-old caleb johnson from asheville, north carolina. on this thursday, a throwback thursday oh, kind of a hard rourke, heavy metalist, the first ever to win this contest. meet your new "american idol," guys. >> what would you like to tell america right now? >> thank you so much for joining me on this crazy, wild, insane ride and cannot wait to release my record. i cannot wait to promote it and play out for you guys and do shows. it's going to be absolutely amazing. >> up with of the great things about covering "american idol"

is you just never know what's going to happen. we were on the carpet last night interviewing "american idol" judge keith urban and this just happened. how are you rate this who season overall? >> it's hard when -- this is the real deal right here. >> whole family. >> this is keith urban, international star, country music. we can say country music. >> come on! >> they were his idol. celebrating their 40th anniversary, their tour kicks off on june 23. so it was an exciting night here last night. auditions kick off, brian, on june 18 in minneapolis. i know you're very busy. got one other thing to do. ryan seacrest sang. you should give it a shot. >> wait a minute. he sang last night, ryan seacrest? >> not only did he sing, he did a duet, sort of, kind of, with richard marks, who has a new

album coming out. >> wow, that's great. i'm thinking about it. if i had even an ounce of talent, i would have been in there. i understand they're still going to do a tour with the finalists? it's just going to be scaled down this year. >> yeah. they're talk being a scaled down season. they're still not sure if it will be one or two nights. they're thinking of starting with two at the very beginning and then going to one towards the end of it. >> all right. michael live in hollywood where he did all night duty. thank you very much, sir. 20 minutes before the top of the hour. coming up, hundreds and hundreds of you have been sending peter johnson, jr. your stories about the v.a. mess. he's not just reading them. this morning he's sending boxes of them to washington

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what are you waiting for? (vo) get up to 40% off hotels this memorial day at travelocity. plus, enter promo code memorial50 for an additional $50 off. (gnome) go and smell the roses. president obama must have had some free time on his schedule yesterday because he finally broke his silence on the v.a. scandal. will his actions speak louder than these words? >> if these allegations prove to be true, it is dishonorable. it is disgraceful and i will not tolerate it, period. our veterans deserve to know the facts. their families deserve to know the facts. once we know the facts, i assure you, if there is misconduct, it will be punished. >> so he's waiting around for another investigation. we're not waiting around here at fox. fox news legal analyst peter

johnson, jr. has received hundreds of your letter and e-mail and he's taking them straight to the top. >> thousands, steve. he better act louder than his word 'cause the words are weak and inappropriate. these are actually thousands of e-mails that we've received and am i to be told that the president never received e-mails like this? i know he reads his mail. might it be told secretary shinseki over the last few years never received e-mails like this? we've received these e-mails and we feel the pain and the tragedy and the suffering of americans. frankly, your father was an army veteran, he passed away. my father was a disabled marine veteran from iwo jima. we thee as our sacred civic duty and we're going forward and sending these down to washington today. you have the same right and you have the same responsibility. if you know of anything that's wrong in the v.a. system, then you have an ability to write. and i suggest that you write now. you write to richard griffin who is the acting inspector general of the departments of veterans affairs. he's at e-mail v.a. o.g. -- vaog

hotline. then write to congress, the people overseeing this mess, the people who will clean up this mess if the president and secretary shinseki don't do it. you write to representative jeff miller who is chair of the house committee on veterans affairs. you can call him at 202-225-3527. he's at the cannon office building. finally you can write to senator bernie sanders who is the chair of the united states senate committee on veterans affairs. he's in the russell senate building, 202-224-9126. write to these people now. america needs to understand. we're still receiving e-mails as of this morning. one from dylan, i am an iraqi freedom veteran whose only affordable treatment is available through the v.a. every month for ten months my psychiatrist forgets to send my medication and i'm forced to make multiple phone calls and leave work early to get them. i told him i wanted to end my life and he became frustrated

with me and called in the next patient. finally last august, my close friend had to wait four months to be seen. then before he was able to be seen, he committed a murder-suicide. the v.a. has never reached out to his wife as of this date. >> we've got another one. this is from sherry, who is a veteran's wife. we have been waiting since march to have my husband's very painful gallbladder removed at the gainesville, florida v.a. hospital. we are 15 had miles away -- 154 miles away from them. when we made the other two trips down, they said it would be may. he is in extreme pain. he can't eat. can't sleep. he's lost 20 pounds in three months. he's out of pain pills and they will not even return our phone calls or answer the phone. >> we're about solutions and we're about action and i would

like to know and steve doocy would like to know and all of us here at "fox & friends" want to know what do you think are the solutions? is it enough to take out secretary shinseki? what are the solutions to save our veterans? e-mail me here, write to us at the fox news channel. we will be talking about what your solutions are and we will be in washington next week to follow up with the chairs of the house and senate committees and the office of the inspector general to get some results for what you sent to me and steve doocy and everyone here at "fox & friends." this is vital to america's future. especially on this memorial day. >> absolutely. >> do we take care better of our dead veterans in national cemeteries than the living who have given up their lives? these are their lives and souls. this is the heart and soul of america in these box. >> absolutely. so for the thousands of people who have written, your letters are in there. they're headed to washington

thanks to that man, america's lawyer, peter johnson, jr. >> thank you. 12 minutes before the top of the hour. up next, it's called 21 guns. a workout that pays tribute to america's fallen heros. elisabeth has suited up. she's going to show you how it can help you. first on this date in 1997, hanson had the number one song in america. remember when they were mm boppers? ♪ ♪

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veterans. i am thrilled to be one of the great men, the founder of team red, white and blue. i cannot just say, you are honored by so many for your championship in 2010 with the cross fit game. i sit on an advisory board with you. this is a nonprofit aimed at what? >> so our mission really is to help veterans when they transition from military, to make new friends and stay active, especially fit week through things like running and hiking and cross fit and rock climbing, anything that they can do to keep them healthy, both physically and mentally, that's what we're doing. >> i have to say, great work. we are joined by 25 of our nation's greatest heros right here. can you describe the workout that we're doing today? we're going to get together and do this on memorial day. tell us the different workout activities that are going on here, what we see veterans competing.

>> this is the modified version we're doing later for walk for warriors. you were air squats, box jumps, pushups. this is mainly a body weight exercise circuit. it will be full body. you're going to get a high heart rate. because it's simple movement, your intensity will be up. >> i'm still catching my breath from a warm-up earlier and i'm going to jump in to do kettle bells in a minute. what i would like to discuss also is this is a great partnership right now. if you could talk about why it's important for veterans to work out, what it does to combat stress and also a great partner i know is band-aid. >> yes. this is a real good day for us. up in one, we're taking off memorial day weekend, 200 locations across the country are partaking in this. also we're here in new york city to announce our partnership with the band-aid brand. we're taking one american flag from san francisco to washington, d.c. and walter reed

bethesda, 3500 miles starting this fall. they have these awesome band-aids here that you can go out there and 5% of the sales price will be donated to us for the entire next year of the we're excited about that. >> you know what i love about this? it's actually visible healing for the invisible wound we hear so much about. is that why you wanted to be involved and create a foundation like this? >> absolutely. we're focused on veterans. those who are struggling with the transition out and maybe not necessarily realize it, but also those who have physical wounds and the invisible wounds, sometimes just the stress of coming out of combat. it's a really exciting day for us to be here in the city. >> this is actually -- great work, everybody! in terms of cross fit here, the community is tight. they're greatly supportive of veterans. what does it mean to you to see cross fit joined up with veterans and really combating so much of the stress that they face coming out of battle?

>> i think what's awesome about the cross fit gym and the environment and the community aspect of it is it's getting people into a regular consistent routine. getting people supporting each other, and i can't stress enough how important going into a cross fit gym atmosphere is for you. you're going to create new friends. you're going to get pushed and supported. >> i got to thank you for being part of this today. mike irwin, you have a vision right here that you're putting into action. this is really meaningful, in motion to combat. invisible wounds with our veterans. i'll see you later today. final word op why this means so much to you in your heart is that it is just so important to be there when they come back. it's our turn.

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loved ones' graves. mornings are better with friends. >> hey, america. this is famous dave and you're watching "fox & friends". ♪ born in the usa ♪ born in the usa >> this is something we've been doing for years here. during fleet week, we invite our members of the military who are here in the new york city area for the week. as you can see, a whole bunch of them are here. today cheryl casone is going to talk all about a veteran job fair. there are a lot of people who come back from serving in the military. they have trouble finding jobs. she's going to help folks get jobs today. >> great connections being done. also famous dave's is cooking right over on the side of them. >> all they got to do is smell brian.

>> you smell like the grill. >> mr. brisket. >> know how bad i felt sitting next to these -- >> candace cameron buer and smelling like brisket? >> she digs barbecue. >> that's right. >> you think wow, that guy knows how to grill. whether you do or not. >> at 7:00 o'clock in the morning? >> he grills early. >> you can spin anything positive. by the way, you could be a super hero because it require has quick change from civilian to super hero. you were outside doing cross fit and now you're inside as an anchor woman. >> that's right. >> how did you do that? >> we'll see how it goes. >> okay. it can all fall apart. >> it's the phone booth. >> let's talk about the top story of the day. the house of representatives last night, it was not just republicans voting for it. take a look at all the democrats as well. they overwhelmingly passed the v.a. accountability act. 390-33. that's the kind of vote you want to see in the house. president of the united states also yesterday hastily called

news conference. he said he's really mad, although he didn't seem that mad. he kept saying well, if i find problems, if there are these phony lists. the federal government has given the administration all sorts of reports from the v.a. themselves that say yeah, we've got these gaming strategies. so they know. yet what the president says was, i've got to wait for the inspector general of the v.a. to come out with a report. they're investigating themselves. how do you think that's going to turn out? >> it means two things. the president said in 2007 he's going to be monitoring this. he's going to change it around. make me president and don't leave me senator. so we made him president and now he's saying he still has to investigate six years later whether the ball was dropped. the fact that he doesn't know shows he dropped the ball because he should have been asking if it was a priority all along the way. is this correct? are we on track? what are the obstacles? if it is true that there is 85 million appointments a year, if it is true that 6.5 million patients are treated a year, if it is true that 750,000 need to

be treated who have served since 9-11, those are huge numbers. so how are we doing out there, general shinseki? let's not wait for a broadcast outlet to break a story. >> it's the part about the number of people who died. the administration says yeah, we got a big number, but there are so many people coming in from the wars. we know that. but how many people died waiting for treatment? >> right. waiting is the key word here. are you choosing politics over your position as commander in chief? perhaps if this were purely a political issue, you would maybe even expect some sort of negligence here. but you're the commander in chief. something should have been done a long time ago. something should be done. it's not just republicans screaming for justice here. it's democrats. this is david scott with something to say. >> first person we need to fire is the secretary of veterans affairs, mr. shinseki himself. at my own hospital in atlanta, four of our soldiers were committed suicide in the

hospital. and the very inspector general of the v.a. laid the blame directly at the foot of the v.a. administration for the lack of management. i listened to the president today and i was never disappointed with president obama -- i was very disappointed with president obama today. there was no urgency. mr. president, we need urgency! we need you to roll up our sleeves and get into these hospitals! >> democratic john barrow came forward and said i'm extremely upset. lindsey graham said i don't understand the president's approach to this. he came out not with a plan to fix it, but still evaluating whether it needs to be fixed, which is incredible! >> as if it's a clean slate. like we don't realize that -- how many letters did peter johnson, jr. box up and prepare to send forward to the white house for something to be done? >> thousands. >> some say too little, too late and perhaps this will find -- >> i want to reiterate this point, it was the agonizing to see general petraeus exited out

because of something happening with his personal life. >> that case is still open. >> yeah, we have no choice. we know how accomplished he is. but general petraeus has to go. and by the way, general mccrystal, yeah, some of his staffers talked to the rolling stone, he had to go. why is general shinseki getting deference for when he served in the '60s and these guys who are serving right now are now in the private sector? we're worse off because of it. >> right. how many more of our veterans are going to have to die here at home after returning safely from battle before something is truly done to fix it? and a real investigation takes place. >> all right. let's talk about this, the september 11 museum opened up this week. initially to families and first responders. interesting, though, a member of the public was admitted yesterday and they started to take a picture and they tweeted it out and one of the things on the wall said, the world trade center case made us painfully

aware that there is this new realm. they are bound by a jihad. so he's taking that picture and someone said you can't take pictures of that. there it is, where it talks about jihad. somebody came up, part of the staff, you can't take pictures of that because we don't want to owe phoned anybody. -- offend anybody. and he tweeted out, what, you don't want to offend the people who killed us on september 11? >> here we go. if you're worried about offending people, after you make a museum and those are the same people worried about the 7-minute tape that outlined our enemy, that is absolutely incredible and acceptable and go out there, take your picture and tweet it out. don't listen to them. >> right. this was the tweet here from the person trying to take the photo. 3,000 people died. we're told we can't take pictures because it might offend those that killed them. >> makes no sense. >> wait. there is more. on the cover of the daily news today, here it is. this fellow died on 9-11 and his sister says this: did you enjoy having drinks on top of my brother's grave last night? we're talking about is on

tuesday night just steps away from inside the museum where there are 8,000 unidentified human remains, we're not talking about 8,000 people. we're talking about 8,000 body parts, where they have 8,000 human remains right there, they have a gift shop. we told but that. but they enclosessed the place for a cocktail reception at what is effectively a cemetery to many people so they could have a big party for donors. there are a lot of people who are absolutely furious that they would be so tone deaf. >> sure. a lot of families, a lot of people in the city and certainly a lot of you writing to us. this is an e-mail from ruth and said new yorkers should be ashamed to treat this memorial like a museum. it's like having a cocktail party at arlington, the world war ii memorial, or any other memorial in d.c shame on you with exclamation. >> i will say at least arlington is funded by the federal government. this is fund by private donors.

the donors have showed they care enough to write aey go to an event. i'm sure those people who are having gin and tonics and chabli last night, the last thing they wanted to do was be labeled callus. >> another one says, at this point, it looks like it's just a tourist attraction to generate money. shame on them. there was a member of the new york fire department, a retired fire marshal, joe kisones who says you don't have cocktail parties at a cemetery. he's right. heather nauert is going to tell us something entirely different, but equally as important. i can't believe what's going on with paul mccartney. >> he's sick. so he's canceling some tour dates as a result. fox news alert breaking. paul mccartney has been hospitalized in tokyo, according to japanese media. the 71-year-old arrived in japan just days ago for his tour. he had already canceled a few

shows in south korea and he's now canceling the remaining dates in japan. his spokesperson confirms he's suffering from a virus, but not confirming whether or not he's in the hospital. weather overnight at denver international airport. severe storms dropping some ping-pong ball size hail, damaging 13 planes at the airport there. that hail now looks a little more like snow. but it was pretty dangerous. busted out windows of cars and caused other damage as well. also multiple tornadoes confirmed in that area. no major damage and no one was hurt. crazy spring weather there. in washington, the usa freedom act, that's what it's called -- is expected to be voted on later today. it's expected to pass the house. it is a bill that's designed to fix government spying programs like those run by the nsa. our judge napolitano says it's still -- it still allows for massive surveillance and calls it just watered down reform. listen to this.

>> to claim that this is going to pull the nsa back when in reality it's going to unleash it to engage in more spying is wrong, deceptive and subterfuge. >> the bill is expected to sail through. grab a box of tissues for this next story. a bride in north carolina cried because her brother, who is a deployed marine, couldn't make it home for her big wedding day. what she didn't know is that he was on his way home to greet her. >> i'm here. i got to go back tomorrow. >> oh, my gosh! >> you look beautiful. >> this is the best surprise ever. >> how sweet is that? she called her brother her best friend. you can see how happy she is.

he got a leave at the very last minute. what a story. >> if off sibling, you can really relate. she said are you here for the wedding? no, just passing through. thank you very much. >> the ultimate gift on such an important day. 12 minutes after the hour. >> coming up, we let 6.1 million americans, illegals from mexico into this country. why can't we get one single american marine out of that country? the answer coming up next. and how does this sound to you? a group of super musicians consisting of billy joel, sting, and don henly. that sounds great, right? one problem. one of the singers says, i'm not old enough for that job. he's joining us. ♪

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glad you're up. right now a u.s. marine is sitting in a mexican jail. he's been there since march 31 after accidentally crossing the border with three legally owned guns, yet millions of mexican americans intentionally cross our borders with drugs, with guns, and more. and the u.s. government says let them stay. does that make sense? does that sound fair? joining us right now, a man who says no. he's retired ins senior special agent, michael butler. he's actually my daughter's basketball coach who does a great job for another segment. first off, how outraged are you now that that marine sits in jail? >> i'm in a state of fury.

he made an obvious mistake. >> hear the 9-11 call saying oops. >> here is my question: look what we do. look at this disconnect. mexico gets all the money from the united states, $22 billion in remittances. how much more money moves covertly? they get a $60 billion a year trade surplus in their dealings with the united states. meanwhile, we have unknown millions of illegals in the united states from mexico. by the way, if you really want to know if the mexican border is secure, forget the arrest numbers. i don't trust the administration's numbers. look at the availability and price of heroin and cocaine. >> that's where you think we get it from? >> yes. the d.e.a. is talking about that. new york city council had a hearing where they say it's predominantly mexican heroin. right now accounts for 35% of the seizures by the d. a. we've made a mockery of our own borders. we allow the mexican government

to give cards to their citizens. >> right now the u.s. to mexico we get 60 billion and the u.s. imported from mexicans. $60 billion from their goods. 90 billion of u.s. companies invest in the mexican economy. maybe we can curtail that a little bit. 22 billion, what migrant workers send back each year, let alone the tourism that comes in because americans say, i'll go to mexico. it's relatively affordable. >> look at the way we keep showing weakness from every perspective. we have a lawful inspections process that's supposed to keep criminals out of the country. why are we being forced to live with illegal aliens who evaded the inspections process? is that not a risk to our safety? >> if you show some of that outrage that say they're here illegally, you're somebody that is just -- that just doesn't understand the minority community and too caught up in your own world to have any

compassion. >> look, i can tell you as an agent i spent half of my career with the drug task force. >> in your mind, we can use any leverage to get that marine out of jail? >> i hope we can. i hope the administration finally shows some spine, some willingness to demonstrate that the united states has every right to look out for its own citizens. we've been dictated to by the mexican government when we arrest their illegal aliens in our country. as i said, we allow them to give them cards that we accept as valid i.d., even though we know there is no integrity to them, so that endangers us. this guy makes an honest mistake and the administration can't seem to get anywhere with them? >> you need 100,000 signatures to send a petition for the white house to address this. as of a couple of days ago, there was about 10 to 15,000 short. >> you can add my name to that. >> go do it on white house.gov. >> thanks for covering the topic.

>> no problem. great a is down there all -- greta is down there all week. lois lerner won't speak out against the irs scandal. but if you have info on it, there is a million bucks waiting for you. yep. a million dollars. we'll explain. then time for a pop quiz. is this country about to run out of oil or how about this one? are more people falling into poverty? john stossel is here to set the record straight. steve is harassing him.

welcome back. a lot of stories breaking.

thailand's military said it's taking control of the country and suspending the constitution, two days after the military declared marshall law. china, new images of the devastation here from a deadly attack on a chinese marketplace. 31 people were killed in a volatile region. the attackers crashed two cars and tossed explosives into an open air market. in ukraine, 11 ukrainian soldiers died after a heavily armed militant attack. a military checkpoint in the eastern part of the country right there. this is the deadliest raid in weeks and it comes three days before the country's presidential election. are you worried about the future of our nation? >> yes. >> it's hard not to be when you hear media reports like this. >> we're talking about the destruction of our society. >> rising sea levels, drought.

>> climactic changes. ozone depletion and other ozone environmental problems emerged as threats to our very survival. >> it always ends in mass death. >> our nation is in decline. >> the problem that's unprecedented in our history. >> people will lose their jobs. >> and one day the system breaks. >> simply put, we're in trouble. >> despite the doom and gloom, john stossel insists america's future isn't as bleak as the press paints it. the host of "stossel" joining us right now to explain and bringing us good news. >> rush and beck were talking about our debt, which is a real problem. so many of the other ones, it was global warming is going to kill us. they used to say we'd run out of food. by and large, things get better. this is fear porn we put on. >> remember back in the day -- >> fear porn? what channel is that on? >> this one right here. according to john, everybody is talking about doom and gloom. remember when they were talk being we're going to run out of gas? it was jimmy carter himself who said, put on a sweater because

times are tough. >> this is the greatest challenge of our country will face during our lifetime. the energy crisis is not yet overwhelming, but it will if we do not act quickly. we simply must balance our demand for energy with our rapidly shrinking resources. >> we have more now than ever before. even before the government, the bureau of minds in 1914, world oil supply will run out in ten years. department of interior, 13 years in 1939. and so on, again and again. humans invent things. >> sure. so the president of the united states at that point was trying to scare us. it was false. >> he believed it. he'll never get reelected. >> what about the growing global poverty that, this is something we'll never get out of, it will get worse? >> myth. total myth. this is the wonderful miracle we should appreciate the millions and millions of people who lifted themselves out of poverty. a lower percentage, there is this chart -- living on a dollar

or two a day than ever before in history. this is because of capitalism and rule of law. countries that have that, people don't stay poor. >> i would imagine you're going to talk about this on fox business on your program. >> it's good news. it's just we're living longer. we forget what life was like women recently. a woman couldn't get a credit card without her husband's permission. for gays, for blacks. changing for the better. >> some good news. >> you put a bounce in our step, john. >> i try. >> i got to get more on this on" >> you do. >> we'll be watching. coming up, a massive lawsuit just filed against hollywood and a rock legend. we've got developing details coming up. plus, the sailors are in town and they're hanging with maria molina this morning. get in line. hey, maria. >> hey, good morning. that's right. i am in new york. we are aboard the uss oak hill. right now we're on top of a hovercraft. we'll tell you all about it

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cat that became famous for saving a small boy from a dog attack threw out the first pitch in a minor league baseball game.

because nothing says thanks, cat, like taking him in a car and putting him in front of a bunch of screaming people to do an activity he doesn't have the thumbs for. this is how you're thanking me? milk. >> that's all they want is milk for thanks. >> so today is throwback thursday, as you know. and i thought it was throwback to your old pets that are no longer with us. >> it's just kids and animals. take a look at this. david hamilton tweets, here i am in long island in 1976. i went horse riding. went riding horses. >> that's a nice throwback here. another viewer, eric, tweeted this picture. he writes, hanging out with chucky, her pet pig. >> chucky is chunky. >> and here is one, carl sent to maria molina, tbt, throwback thursday.

fleet week, 1994. never forget. 9-11-2001. you can see the twin towers in the background. maria molina joins us right now from a ship that is anchored here in new york city this morning. good morning to you, maria. >> that's right. good morning. we are aboard the you work ss oak hill here in new york city for fleet week. joining me this morning is senior chief jack, thank you for joining us this morning. we're aboard also a hovercraft, which is on board the ship. can you tell me a little bit about the mission and the purpose of this vehicle? >> absolutely. our primary mission for the landing craft air cushion is to take the marines into port of their mission from ship to shore or shore to ship at a high rate of speed. >> amazing. some of the equipment you carry here is hyped you. can you tell me about that stuff? >> all the marine equipment that was brought to the ship was brought here by the l cat you're standing on now. so just an example, we got two

in the foreground. >> and what's the maximum amount that this hovercavity can carry? >> up to 60-tons and won't degrade our speed at all. >> 60-tons. how many pounds is that? >> approximately 30,000 pounds. >> 30,000 pounds. behind us over there we have some fans. we can see that helps propel this vehicle. i want to climb into the area where we would drive this. of course, i am not going to be driving it. here we go. i'm going to climb on board back here. i got a tour earlier, so i think i know what i'm doing. all right. here we go. there. this is where you would operate the vehicle, right, senior chief? >> that is correct. that's our primary crew is up in that area. >> sounds good. let's hand it back over to you. >> that was cool. there she does pop out from the second floor. where is everybody? >> heather is right here.

>> hey, heather. >> good morning. >> what news do you have? we sent steve outside to barbecue. >> i'll bring you this. this story is about greg allman. there is a film company of rock legends named over a deadly accident that happened on a movie set. sarah jones died in february when a train hit her while she was filming a movie called "midnight rider," about the life of greg allman. jones' parents are suing the film company, greg allman, who is executive producer and several others, including the railroad company, csx. in washington, lois lerner won't talk. maybe money will. $1 million now up for grabs to the first government employee who comes forward with smoking gun evidence like e-mails between the white house and the irs that prove the agency actually targeted conservative groups. it's called the people's bounty and it's being offered by two groups that were once targeted by the irs in order to collect

money. the information needs to lead to an arrest or a conviction. student supporters of a liberal icon who is regarded as a ruthless killer getting a lesson in the failures of communism. administrators at the university of california-san diego, are considering cutting off funding to the student-run che cafe. it's costing the student body nearly a million dollars to maintain this. a lot of students say they simply don't go there. so this thing is not working out. billy joel has an idea for an epic super group, but he might have to wait a long time for it. ♪ whoa for the longest time >> billy joel recently saying he wants to start a group with don henly from the eagles and also sting. but there is just one problem here. sting says he doesn't want in. he says, quote, i'm not old enough to be in this super group. sting is the youngest of the

three. he's 62 years old. joel is 65 and henly is 66. what's sting's problem there? >> i know. he needs some help. >> let's head out to steve. >> if he can be in aarp, he can be in the group. may is barbecue month and nothing says barbecue better than famous dave's. they've been with us for years. joining us is the head chef. >> good morning. >> when i think of famous dave, i think of your delicious ribs and things like that, right? >> yet. our award winning republicans, we always have that. take a bite of that. you couldn't resist, could you? >> i couldn't. you got something new. build your own barbecue. >> yeah. what we're doing is our great smoked meats like what you see there, great pork butt, the ribs, the brisket, we're delivering them in a different system. we have nice tortilla shells -- >> wait a minute. it's a bar ba cue taco. >> pretty much. we have this beautiful

chimmichurri. >> are you measuring? >> no. they need to measure at the restaurant. a little salt, little pepper. >> i love this. >> a little fresh lime in there to give it some zip. then we blend that up. then what you get is this right here. that's just beautiful. it's got a little heat, a little sweet, a little vinegar, it brightens up all the food. you can put it on there like that. put it right on your lettuce wrap. so what it is is we have this great yellow mustard slaw. jalapeno pickled onions. these are beautiful kool-aid pickles that we rebrine in kool-aid that looks like a smoke ring on there. try that.

that's pretty fun. >> that's great. what's that flavor? >> blackberry and the dill. >> fantastic. you are giving away gift cards, right? >> yeah. #bbqselfy. >> how do you win? >> a random drawing. you can win $1,000 worth of gift cards to famous dave's. those are fun, huh? >> have you patented these yet? >> no, not yet. >> then i'm gonna. kool-aid pickles.com. i'm buying that. >> it's available at the stores right now. come on in, try all this great stuff. >> you better be bringing yourselfies in here with some of those grilled treats. >> yes, ma'am. and famous dave's does all the barbecue for all of our summer concert series which starts tomorrow right here on the show. >> live that selfy, steve. >> steve, send it in so you're eligible for the money and have a chance of retiring. coming up straight ahead. >> coming up, we have a big update on the economy.

it is getting better, or is it getting worse? for those of you looking for jobs, nicole petallides will answer that next. >> i saw nicole this morning in the hall. we're helping to get veterans back to work. cheryl casone hosting a job fair all morning long on the plaza. how great is that? >> fantastic. ♪ ♪

that's the name of the show, that's what steve looks like, but now i'll see what i look like. two stories making head lines in the education department. police arresting a nine and 12-year-old boy at this school in brooklyn. they're accused of putting rat poison in their teacher's water. the 62-year-old drank it and got sick. i read this before, you shouldn't act surprised. is it doing okay this morning? substitute teacher fired for teaching love advice from her fourth graders. she's accused of asking the kids for help with two guys she was dating. she claims it was all g-rated. >> extra credit maybe? we have a fox news alert for you. the labor department releasing the brand-new weekly jobless numbers moments ago. >> and bad news, the number is up. nicole petallides is live from

the floor of the new york stock exchange with the information. give it to us. >> good morning. not good news this week. we don't want to see claims on the rise and that's exactly what we saw. claims increased by 28,000 for the latest week to 326,000. so obviously more weakness in the labor market. that is not good news ultimately. you want to see those claims going to the down side. as far as what we've been seeing on wall street this week, lots of m and a activity, merges acquisitions, from the drug category, at & t, direct tv. we've also seen others such as reynolds american, as well as camel and newport. we've had a long of activity. marathon oil jumping in. we've had a lot of news on the retailers, such as urban outfitters and dirk's sporting goods. and tiffany's. we've had a lot of action this week. >> plus we understand that when you look at surveys, apparently the people who are unemployed,

especially the long-term unemployed, they're getting used to or becoming more content with not having a job. >> you know, it's unbelievable when you see these surveys and you find out that it turns out that people who are out of work find the freedom not to look for work for a while, take time for myself. let's take look at some of the numbers here as far as the statistics. we have those out of work -- fewer people find the incentive. they rely on all the programs and payouts that they get instead of getting up off the couch and going there to take a job and go look for that. yesterday on varney we talked about 47% of the people just basically sitting back and completely giving up looking for work. this is terrible. get out there and continue to go look for those jobs 'cause we need them and we need to you get on working. it's throwback thursday. i saw you with your pets. >> yes. >> all right. here is my guy. here is my guy. this is the early 1970s. this is me.

my father actually used to do some hunting for small game. he took zach with him. now, because this is such a great dog, got another one for my family. that's mr. forrest gump. i think it's been great for the kids, teach them some responsibility and a little love. >> what kind of dog is it? >> an english springer spaniel. a lot of fun. sometimes you think she's a lap dog. >> talks with a bit of an accent. >> life is like a box of milk bones. all right. nicole petallides, thank you very much. >> thanks. finally she's in a good mood. right? have you seen her not smiling. straight ahead, since washington can't help our veteran, we will. we are hosting a job fair on our plaza. we'll explain. first we're going to check in with martha mccallum for what's coming up at the top of the hour. >> good morning. so demands for the v.a. heads to appear before congress are

growing this morning. we'll update you on that. and did hillary clinton's people urge nancy pelosi to get on board with the benghazi panel to protect her 2016 ambitions? we're going to talk about that question raised this morning. with little notice, reports say the insurance industry bailout has already begun. what will it cost taxpayers? we're going to tell what you has already happened. unbelievable story coming up at the top of the hour. bill and i will see you then. captain: this is a tip. bellman: thanks, captain obvious.

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when our vets come home after they fight for their country, they oftentimes face a new battle. finding a job. >> yep. the latest labor department report shows the unemployment rate among veterans is 5.6%. it's even higher for 9-11 vets. 6.9%. >> this morning we are hoping to change that number here with a career fair that is just for them. cheryl casone from the "fox business" network is live outside our world headquarters with the companies that want to hire our heros. great work, cheryl. >> all right. good morning. there is still so much work to do with 90,000 vets coming home this year, they will all need jobs. i want to bring in somebody who has been all over this cause for the last three years, that's kevin o'brien. 71,000 vets have gotten jobs through you over the last two years. amazing. >> with our employer partners, 71,000 confirmed hires since september 2011. >> a lot of veterans reaching out to virtual career fairs.

>> virtual career fairs during the event itself. >> we're going to talk about that career fair at the end. i want to get some of the companies hiring. there is a lot. you brought them here today. capital one. this is chris. what's your last name? >> chris cass. >> you are with? >> i am with the uss cole. >> what kind of job do you want to get? you're out in october? >> yes. sometime in october. >> i want to talk to capital one. let's bring in jim rio. you're senior director there. how many jobs do you have open for vets? >> 2,000 positions open and 350 in the tri-state area. >> what type of jobs are available specifically for veterans. >> many different types of roles. i.t. positions, project manager roles, supplier management, branch folks. >> okay. you got a transition program as well, correct? >> yes. we have a great program. six-month on boarding program for military veterans that includes mentoring, on line training, instructal training.

>> vets are coming in, i'm going to let you get back to it. >> we've had 1,000 hires in the last 18 months of military veterans and spouses. we're very proud of that. >> that's capital one. let's move on to the next company. this is samantha smith right here. what jobs do you have open right now? >> we have customer service, sales, i.t., health care for anyone in the military that has a medical background. plenty of opportunities. work at home opportunities. >> customer management that, is what your company does. it's call centers, things like that? >> yes. we're global. anyone that's stationed anywhere, we can transfer. we have work at home, which is very attractive? a lot of work at home jobs, i get a lot of questions about that. >> yes. >> i'll let you get back to your conversation. we're going to go this way. this is travelers. travelers is an insurance company. this is jim mcman. how many jobs do you have open? >> 950 nationally, dallas, denver, buffalo, lots of locations. >> what type of jobs do you have

open? >> claim adjustors, investigators, risk control engineers, nurses, no nights, no weekends, no holidays. great for military nurse to come to us. >> again, it's insurance, auto, home and business. >> auto, home and business, absolutely. thank you for promoting business employment. >> there is a lot more work to do. that's why i have to move to verizon. let's bring in now, this is evan guzman. you're head of military programs and veterans affairs for verizon. how many people are you hiring? >> thousands across the nation. it varies from project management, i.t., sales, customer service. you name it. got to go on our site and look under careers. >> you have got i.t. engineering, things like that. and through the rest of the year you're looking specifically to hire vets. why vets? >> veterans provide great team work. they identify problems, they troubleshoot. they're energetic. they come to work on time. we love hiring them.

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