do you have superstitions? >> jennifer said i always leave the house by the same door i pwer. do you have any? >> i try not to walk under a ladder. and i don't like black cats. you said your mom doesn't? >> right. it's her birthday. happy birthday. >> "fox & friends" starts now. >> good morning. it is friday the 13th, 2014. we begin with a fox news alert. overnight bowe bergdahl landed in texas after five years in taliban captivity. plus brand-new letters from bergdahl tell us why he left the platoon in the first place. we'll look at those. >> the nation of iraq under syria at this hour. [gunshots] >> it wasn't supposed to happen that way. a former u.s. military base taken by islamic extremists and they're not done yet. why did the white house not

see this coming? >> jimmy fallon asking chris christie, the governor of new jersey, the hard hitting questions on late-night television. >> hypothetically hillary clinton will run for president. hypothetically, do you think you can beat her? >> his answer next. he also dances a little, but who doesn't. mornings are better with friends. ♪ ♪ >> we start this morning with a fox news alert. sergeant bowe bergdahl back on american soil after five years in the hands of the taliban. this is new video. his plane just arriving in san antonio. we are live with the very latest. what's next for mr. bergdahl? >> reporter: more of his recovery. a u.s. official says medical personnel in germany determined that army sergeant bowe bergdahl

was ready to take the next step in his reintegration process and so he's back on soil at brook army medical center in san antonio, texas. he is not expected to make any kind of public statement today and possibly not for the remainder of his treatment there. we expect bowe bergdahl will be reunited with his family in san antonio for the first time since he was captured by the taliban in june 2009. the obama administration swapped bergdahl for five taliban prisoners from gitmo on may 31 and bergdahl has been recuperating since june 1. bergdahl's back pay as a soldier on hold until the army determines why and how he was captured by the taliban. back to you all in new york. >> thank you very much. now he's back, he's going to get better and if there is music to be faced, he'll face the music. >> details are surfacing about why bergdahl did leave his platoon. we see this letter he allegedly sent to his

parents obtained by the daily beast. he says, quote, leadership was lacking. it was nonexistent. conditions were bad and looked to be getting worse for the ones actually risking their lives. if this letter makes it to the u.s.a., tell those involved in the investigation that there are more sides to the situation. please tell d.c. to wait for all evidence to come in. >> it's alleged that he wrote that. he was in captivity. >> he was in prison writing it. it is believed to be true. >> it is believed to be true. "daily beast" has it. we're sharing it with you. you know about the circumstances before, how angry a. people were who served with him, because they had to sacrifice so much to try to get him back. one of those weighed in last night after hearing about the letter. >> now we know that he deserted for a fact. he just admitted in these letters that he deserted. as far as his excuses go,

they still do not excuse his actions. it was all rough on everybody there. the rest of us were still in the same conditions he was, and we decided to uphold our oath and still fight for our fellow americans and not desert. >> now these two letters have been leaked to the "daily beast." clearly one is from his family. the other is addressed to father bob bergdahl. the other was addressed to the geneva red cross. clearly the family wants, before people make up their minds -- although most people have -- there is another side of the story. mr. bergdahl's side of the story is i had lousy leadership when i was over there. that may be the case, but there are a lot of people who have bad bosses but they don't walk off the job. keep in mind we know of at least six people who died. although on this program earlier this week we heard perhaps as many as 100 men and women died looking for mr. bergdahl who it is alleged deserted his post. >> i don't recall any

wording or even unsaid, okay nod in army code, in military code, in our national code where you can walk off and leave base and leave your fellow men and women behind. would this letter be true or not? those reasons are not indicated by our service men and women, not indicated to them, not indicated from them as valid reasons to leave your men and women behind. >> i just hope that the white house doesn't choreograph any testimony and any investigation. i just hope the army gets to do it themselves. therefore, i know justice will be served, and maybe he's going to be totally exonerated once he tells his side of the story. maybe he already has and hasn't shared it. have to update you on what else is happening in the middle east. iraq on the brink of collapse. [gunshots] militants tearing through the country taking aim at baghdad as americans are being told to get out.

leo gaithersburg -- leo gabriel joins us with breaking details. >> iraq is under syria. islamic extremists moving to the country with an eye on baghdad. the latest turmoil, two cities being taken overnight, this after militants take control of a former military base in tikrit. president obama pressed for answers saying the u.s. is willing to do what it takes to stop this jihaddist movement. >> i don't rule out anything because we do have a stake in making sure that these jihaddists are not getting a permanent foot hold in either iraq or syria. >> the administration caught off guard recently returned soldiers? not so much.

>> it's crazy. we all thought that would happen once we left. we figured it would happen but not this sudden. >> the white house says there is no possibility of american troops on the ground despite the president saying he's not ruling anything out. brian, elisabeth, steve, back to you. >> our former navy pilot now working for fox news, we thank you very much. it is the big story. it is on the cover of all three of the new york papers today. iraq in ruin: u.s. eevacuates as key cities fall to al qaeda. hell is back. and even on the cover of the "gray lady" "the new york times" today, u.s. scrambles to help iraq fight off militants. isn't this curious, remember over the last couple of years we've been told by the president who made a campaign promise i'm going to pull everybody out of iraq, it looks like he did it prematurely. he didn't live up to his promise of more arms and a diplomatic surge.

now despite celebrating for years things like this, things are screwed up. here's a montage. >> we've ended combat missions. we are on track to remove the rest of the troops, bring them home by the rest of this year. in iraq we succeeded in our strategy to end the war. we're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self--reliant mistake. who said ending the war was a mistake? i disagree. the war in iraq is over and we welcomed our troops home. we have removed our troops from iraq. we are winding down our war in afghanistan. >> perhaps blinded by his own happy dance there about success without following through, i mean everyone from officers to generals saying obviously we have a responsibility to build a governing system as we left it behind. those challenges are there. but they can't be accomplished in a matter of two or three years. >> there needs to be diplomatic pressure as well as a security presence for the u.s.

he had no interest in cutting that deal. he never spoke to mall can i in the final year -- malaki in the final year. upon further review 8,000 iraqis were killed in 2013. 1,000 members of the security force. and this terrorist organization made it clear. they said exactly what they were going to do and still the iraqi army was unprepared. the u.s. was caught with its pants down. and the president of the united states has to act, as in now. he cannot think about it. we need action. whatever you want to say about iran, they took action. they are actually in there. whatever you want to say about the kurds, they took action. they're in there. we don't have another week to think about it and debate it. >> no. some experts are saying if we don't, iran will. >> the revolutionary guard is stepping up to help the people in iraq, something that we probably should be doing right now but we're not. yesterday speaker boehner said where's the president been? he's been taking a nap on iraq. >> let's go over to heather nauert. >> we've got breaking

political news at home. not breaking but very important news. while you were sleeping texas republican dropping his bid to become the next house majority leader. he says it is for the good of that party. the move leaves kevin mccarthy the sole candidate to succeed eric cantor stepping down at the end of july. the vote is set for june 19. a new report finds the obama administration knew about the v.a.'s secret waiting lists for years. that is because the v.a.'s inspector general conducted an internal investigation at a portland hospital in 2010. president obama claimed he found out about the wait list scandal from watching recent neweports. it won't be living on the edge a lot longer. a few hours from now this luxury home in lake whitney, texas, will be set on fire. it has been dangling on a cliff and slowly slipping from its foundation for months. the fire department putting bales of hay inside that home and will set them on

fire and burn that house to the ground. that homeowner on the hook to pay for the cleanup costs. chris christie confident in his presidential prospects. last night on jimmy fallon asking the new jersey governor can you beat hillary clinton in 201, listen to this. >> hypothetically you run for president. hypothetically hillary clinton runs for president. >> hypothetically. >> hypothetically, do you think you can beat her? >> hypothetically? you bet. >> okay. confidence there. also hypothetically or not hypothetically, christie teaming up with fallon to show off his dance moves. check it out. it's the segment called the evolution of dad dancing. ♪ ♪

that is so funny. every dad has his own dance moves, doesn't he? my dad did this, like a little dog kind of disco. i bet you guys have got some great moves and you never embarrassed your kids. >> of course not. that's fantastic. >> my only way of not embarrassing my kids when it comes to dancing is not. that's my play. >> we'll get it out of him heather, >> thank you, heather. it's 12 minutes after the top of the hour on this friday. coming up, the thousands of illegals who are crossing our borders are getting free medical care, but our veterans are forced to wait months, if that, to see a doctor. captain pete hegseth here to break down the problem. >> five health mistakes you're making before 10 a.m. every day. you've got three more hours to make them unless we can stop you.

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of moderate to severe ra, even without methotrexate. ask if xeljanz is right for you. three military bases designated to house the extreme influx of illegals screaming across our border. they're getting food and medical treatment on your dime. not a lot of it, not enough of it but it's costing us billions. all this as an internal v.a. audit shows 57,000 veterans had to wait at least three months to see a doctor and 64,000 vets who requested appointments never got them. now a report the obama administration knew about v.a.'s secret wait list for years before it got out. are illegals being given priority over our nation's heroes? pete hegseth is a captain in the army and a c.e.o. of concerned veterans for america and also a fox news contributor. pete, your reaction to this

comparison? >> my reaction to this kpar spohn is that it's all -- comparison is it is all about presidential priorities. in this case the influx of illegal immigration seems to be planned at military bases. while at the same time, and they do a lot of that through the infamous pen and the phone. the v.a., we've heard scandal after scandal after scandal. where's the pen and phone with the v.a.? where is the priority of the president to say i'm going to move heaven and earth to make sure veterans aren't waiting 90 days. 57,000 waiting 90 days. that's hundreds and hundreds of thousands of veterans who earned care and can't get it. yet all the president does is hold a press conference, say he's going to look into it, doesn't take decisive action. >> in congress senator sanders and senator mccain are coming

together that will have a private element for the v.a. coming forward. are you optimistic? >> i am. that bill includes accountability so leaders can be fired and choice, a choice for a veteran who can't get timely care to go to a physician. the house has even better language. we hope it will improve the mccain-sanders bill more to make sure it is a pure choice bill but it will be an important thing for vets going forward. >> pete, you served a year in iraq. you understand the same reports we're getting. these terrorists are now 50 miles from baghdad. they've taken about seven major cities. what's your reaction? >> it's infewer -- infuriating to watch all we fought so hard for to build to be given away by a commander in chief who, frankly, brian, i don't think cares about the fact that these things are happening. we care. i care. the guys who serve there care.

iraqis we stood by who don't want to live under radical islamic regime care but they don't have the capacity to beat it back. we've got to do something about it unless we leave behind a caliphate there between syria and iraq. it is a bad situation. >> thank you, pete. the president says he's going to make decisions quickly. we're waiting. coming up, sharp screws drilled into a slide at a children's playground. was it intentional to hurt kids? there are five health mistakes you're going to make before 10:00 today. that is eastern time. what are they? stay tuned. time is running out. ♪ ♪ ♪

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>> time for some friday morning headlines. a mosquito-borne illness so debilitating it makes shaking hands unbearable. there's eight cases of it in the united states. all have traveled to the caribbean where there is a virus there that causes severe joint pain. a hidden danger at a children's playground. sharp screws placed in slides to intentionally hurt kids. the ten jagged screws were drilled into the slides at a park in oak lawn, illinois. they have since been taken out. nobody was hurt but police now looking for a suspect. that is rotten. meanwhile they are the five health mistakes you might make before 10:00 in the morning. what are they? we got the list.

>> joining us now fox news medical contributor dr. marc siegel is here to tell us what we're doing wrong. let's go down the list, doctor. welcome. you say mistake number one, you hit the ground running. >> especially if you guys did that, you would get injured. this is the worst expression i heard, hit the ground running. you get up, it's dark in the room, you zoom up and you fall. your arteries relax and you need time to get them constricted. you can't get up suddenly, you can black out, hurt yourself. your back gets stiff. loosen up those muscles. get out of bed slowly. >> you keep the window shades down while you're getting ready for work. a lot of people say i'm getting dressed, i want to keep those shades down. >> leave your clothes on but open those shades. you need the vitamin d. the melatonin comes at night. in the morning the sunlight.

that is what your body is looking for. if you don't have that sunlight you're off kilter, your metabolism is off kilter and you gain weight. >> you save your treat until the afternoon. >> no. you get irritable and you get in fights with people. where's that treat? have it earlier in the day. >> what's a treat? >> not a candy bar. i'm saying hummus, some celery. >> hummus is not going to make us happy, doctor. >> some almonds. >> you set your alarm for 6:47, but you figured out the snooze button. >> i was so nervous i was coming on with brian this morning, i couldn't sleep. finally i got to sleep, i hit the snooze button after the alarm went off, it doesn't help. you need that r.e.m. sleep,

that deep sleep. do it the same way every night, especially you guys who are getting up so early. get to sleep early. >> you think that five minutes of extra time does not work? >> it sets your body off kilter. your sir -- that circadean rhythm. >> number five, after waking up you exercise. >> you know about me, i like to get up and exercise, but have breakfast first. you need to get glucose to your brain. before you get to the brain, eat something first. carbs are okay in the morning, the one time of day we can have carbs. >> you heard the assignment america, open up the windows and lay off the snooze alarm. >> and have some celery. treat yourself. >> no. hummus. get a good night's sleep and don't worry about brian waiting for you.

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that is the plane arriving from germany that contains bowe bergdahl. the sergeant is now back after rehabbing to a degree emotionally and physically after almost five years in captivity. he is now in san antonio, texas, where there are currently no plans for him to meet with the press. but he'll be at the brook army medical center. >> arriving by ambulance there and expected to be reunited with his family for the first time since he was captured five years ago. >> you know, a couple of days ago during one of those hearings up on capitol hill, the question was why hasn't -- why is he still in germany? medical personnel in germany determined bergdahl was now ready to take the first steps in his

reintegration process and that is what is going to happen there at the brooke army medical center. >> bergdahl not expected to make any public statement today. >> his parents aren't speaking to the press either. they've gotten burned, they feel. there's going to be, however, a press conference regarding just the logistics of his transfer and what's next for him at 12:00 noon eastern time down there from san antonio. you'll see that live right here on the fox news channel. >> 28 minutes before the top of the hour. heather nauert is here with what else is going on in the world. >> we've got a lot of other news. remember the story about the guy who was freed because of the jury? a career criminal who won his freedom because of a jury's mistake lost his life a few hours later. 37-year-old bobby lee pearson was accidentally released when a jury in fresno, california, filled out a not guilty form instead of telling a judge they were deadlocked. the judge said he had no

choice but to let the accused burglar go. a few hours later cops say he was stabbed to death by his sister's boyfriend. the two had a long standing few. it is the film that may hold all the answers to what really happened on the day that jfk was assassinated but now that film has gone missing. orville nixon's six seconds of footage captured the bullet striking the president. researchers say it may finally settle the question of whether or not a gunman was on the grassy knoll. one international news agency paid for the rights but when it was returned in 1992 the original reel was gone. what a mystery. a cancer patient who was missing four days was found alive in her truck. the 62-year-old went grocery shopping and never came home. a fisherman noticed her car

on a trail on monday. when he saw it in the same spot thursday morning he decided to see who or what was inside that car. police say she was disoriented and got her car stuck in the mud at a spot drivers couldn't see her. she is being treated for dehydration and kidney infection. remember this, the vogueing e.m.t. from new jersey? ♪ ♪ >> is that what they call it? dancing, not vogueing. this guy's got serious competition. two officers with the rosenberg texas police department posing this on facebook. rapping and lip syncing to katy perry's "dark horse." take a listen. ♪ ♪ >> cute, huh?

the police officers say they wanted people to know that they're just like everybody else. i love how he's so serious and he's the fun animated one. i want to see that from you too. >> we're working on it. >> we need the karaoke teleprompter. meanwhile maria molina will go outside, grab the umbrella, never complains. >> just a little drizzle, no big deal in the northeast. we have a storm system moving through. before we talk about weather conditions across the country i want to take you to the sun because we've been seeing a lot of solar flares and they have been pretty significant in size. today we could be seeing impacts to our communications systems here on earth. that will be something to watch. of course today is friday the 13th. maybe you're a little superstitious, a bit of a coincidence. we have rain pushing through the northeast. by this weekend, especially father's day, we think the storm will be out of the

area and sunshine will return. expecting a beautiful day coming up on sunday. unfortunately other areas not so much. we do have the risk for severe storms today across the center of the country, and tomorrow the storm prediction center has already issued an elevated risk for long-track tornadoes, very violent storms as that area shaded in red across parts of iowa, western parts of -- or eastern parts of nebraska. that will be something to watch there. otherwise by sunday that risk for severe storms does continue. today will be another hot day across texas, highs into the 90's and also triple digits. >> turn away from the screen because your miami heat did not do so well, maria. the spurs who did so well in game three, looked great in game four now lead the best six games to one. kawhi leonard all alone

dunk. the spurs can close out the series game five on sunday. world cup finally, it is here. the control room is besides themselves with glee. brazil opens up in brazil with a nightmare. they're trailing 1-0. the whole country goes quiet. later they get a big break against croatia. they tie it up 1-1. they take the lead 2-1 and win 3-1. a penalty kick should have been saved. there will be three games today, the world cup. speaking of the world cup, look how it got started. j.lo and pit bull in brazil trying to perform. they can't get off the ground literally. ♪ ♪ >> a technical glitch caused a problem with the riser.

this is precisely why we don't come up from the floor to start our show. it stopped these guys from getting on to the stage. finally pit bull said i'm going to step out on my own. he grabs j.lo out of the hole and they dance around bizarrely. >> coming up on radio, congressman adam kinzinger will be live talking about the chaos in iraq. meanwhile talk about the class of class, steve doocy with the best of the u.s. army. >> we're outside world headquarters. tomorrow marks the 239th anniversary of the founding of the u.s. army. here in front of our world headquarters today, it is a little drizzly but that is not going to stop these guys. say hello to major jeffrey buchanan. good morning, general. >> thanks for having us. >> who is that guy? >> command sergeant major dave turnbull, district of washington. >> great to have you here. you've got big doings

tomorrow in new york city and officially today. if you're in the 42nd and 6th avenue area, you guys are serving up coffee? >> we sure are. this is a great day to help the army celebrate 239 years of incredible history. thanks to all of you. to help us celebrate, new york is an army city, we're proud to be here and proud to join you here in new york city. >> how is recruitment going these days? >> it's going great. we're getting great soldiers that want to serve with us. we'll take them all. >> we're going to see some of them do a little number here in just a minute. i wanted to ask you about what's going on in iraq because you served proudly in iraq for a number of tours. >> i served four tours. >> as you look at how it's spinning out of control, what are your thoughts? >> our hearts clearly go out to the iraqi people. they deserve freedom. they deserve peace. and our hearts go out to them. we're very concerned about the terrorists that are

impacting the country right now. >> absolutely. unfortunately right now it looks like if we don't do anything, the iranians and the revolutionary guard may step in to the void. >> you know, i have all the confidence in our country's leadership and i know that they're tackling this. our military will clearly do what is it has to. >> one of the things on your resume is you're in charge of the old guard in washington, d.c., where you both are posted. what are we about to see? >> we've got the drill team behind us, elements of the color guard and elements of the fife and drum. >> let's watch them. the army, tomorrow 239 years old.

>> terrific. thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for coming to our world headquarters today. and happy birthday tomorrow. brian and elisabeth, in to you. >> that's so cool and plus they're wearing those uniforms, authentic 1775 uniforms in wool. it is about 85 degrees out there. >> coming up, ambulances here rushing to the set of a new star wars film. wait until you hear the star who was taken away. from a student who was told to remove a cross from around her neck, are colleges across the country trying to silence christians? todd starnes here to talk to us about that.

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our next guest says american college campuses have been transformed into battle grounds pitting left wing ideology against christian students. are there efforts to silence christian voices on college campuses going to succeed? here to weigh in, fox news

radio todd starnes joins us here. good morning. fantastic book. when you see the cases that are increasing here where christian groups are being discriminated against on college campuses just seems like this could not be happening but in fact they are. you're going to take us through three examples. >> the first, sonoma state university in california where a young lady audrey jarviv whom i write about in my book, audrey wore a cross around her neck, she is a catholic student. she was told by her supervisor, she was a student worker on campus and the supervisor said you can't wear that cross necklace because it might offend other students. you have to take that off. when she refused she was threatened with her job at the university. attacks on her became so severe she ended up leaving the school. she is now at a catholic school in the san diego area where she is allowed to wear the cross. >> university of michigan,

another example. >> there is a christian ministry called inner varsity fellowship. there are groups all across the country on many, many college campuses. know what? you have to sign our antidiscrimination policy. here's what the antidiscrimination policy said. you cannot require people to be christian leaders of your organization. in other words, if an atheist wants to be the leader of your group, you have to at least consider that individual or else you're going to be discriminating against atheists. intervarsity said we're not going to do it so the school said you cannot be an officially recognized group, got kicked off campus. >> they are no longer an official group. unbelievable. vanderbilt. >> a private school again, private schools can do whatever they want to do but they have a deep religious history at that school. again, they have an antidiscrimination policy and that policy very similar to the university of michigan, more than a dozen student groups had to leave the campus, including

the catholic organization. to show you how significant of an issue this is, elisabeth, there was a school in florida, rollins college, a group of four kids were having a private bible study in their dorm room. the school said you have to cease and desist. you're not allowed to do that on campus. >> attack of religious freedom, freedom of speech. todd starnes "god bless america." well done. coming up, the government trillions in debt. can they spend nearly half a million dollars on text messages to fight problem drinking? the newly crowned miss u.s.a. stopped by this week and there is a lot more fun. in case you missed, the best of "fox & friends" coming up. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] your eyes. even 10 miles away...

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pry it back. >> would you run or would you kick? >> my dad always taught me, and it may be a little extreme, but he said pull out their eyes and break their knees and run. >> brian fancies that he and petra, he really had a shot at her. >> what are you talking about? >> it's true. what i'm curious, brian, is how she'll feel later today when she comes on and finds out you want to wear the short suit to work. >> right. >> you know all about fashion. apparently a fad that is now sweeping men'swear, they hope, is the suit with short pants. do you think brian should wear it. >> this is what i'm looking at. i'm looking at this. this could be me on friday. how do you feel about the suit and my calfs. excuse me, stay out of this, buzzer. i'm asking petra. do you think i should do this? i will be wearing shorts on

friday. >> and today is friday, so? >> are we going to see the short suit? >> i heard on tv you were gog do it. >> i might. i might not. >> we have two more hours. >> right. i got a box cutter. >> we'll see. i will say this, i find i look good in everything. so this will really put that to the test. we'll find out if indeed i will be wearing the short suit. >> what socks do you have on? okay, it might work. >> if i do it steve, you usually follow suit. no pun intended. >> we got a busy two hours. will we put on the short suit? we might. >> just might. >> meanwhile, to the serious stuff, sergeant bowe bergdahl returned to the united states. what should happen to him? we asked america's mayor, rudy guiliani, live next. >> there he is right there coming in.

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good morning. it is friday, june 13, 2014. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. while you were sleeping, sergeant bowe bergdahl landed on american soil. now that he's home, what is next? we'll have every angle on that covered. another developing story, i wish we weren't reporting. iraq is under siege. a former u.s. military base just taken by islamic extremists and everything that we had is now theirs. and they are not done yet. >> next up, baghdad maybe. meanwhile, it's the evolution of dad dancing like you've never seen before. cue chris christie. ♪ ♪ >> we got lots more to show you on this friday morning. thank you for joining us. you're watching "fox & friends".

♪ ♪ >> it's a friday in the summer. you know what that means. there will be a performer on that stapling. people are already out and this week we're proud to announce cassadee pope will be with us. she got famous from the tv show "the voice" and just last week, she won the 2014 video of the year. people are already lining up in the drizzle to see her. >> it's tradition for the band to have a sound check. i gave her a thumbs up right away. i said keep doing what you're. >> it was raining and she was standing and singing in the back of the stage. you didn't even see her. >> i said, is she going to be

lip lip syncing. but she sounds fantastic. >> who is her mentor? >> blake shelton. >> good job, blake. >> not a bad mentor to have there. right now we bring awe fox news alert. brand-new video of sergeant bowe bergdahl landing back on american soil after five years in the hands of the taliban. it happened overnight in san antonio. molly henneberg is live in washington. ma is next for sergeant bergdahl? >> good morning. a lot of questions about how and why army sergeant bowe bergdahl came into the hands of the taliban in the first place. we don't expect to get many answers today. he is back on u.s. soil in san antonio, texas. you see him in an ambulance from the airport to the medical center. at this point, there are no plans for him to speak to the media today or any time in the near future. a pentagon spokesman says he will continue, quote, the next phase his integration process in

san antonio. he was swapped for five taliban prisoners from gitmo on may 31 and has been recuperating in germany since june 1. he is expected to be reunited with his family in san antonio for the first time since he was captured by the taliban in june 2009. back to you all in new york. >> all right. thank you very much. joining us right now, rudy guiliani, former mayor of new york city. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> speaking of family, bowe bergdahl's family looks like released a letter that they received while he was held in captivity and it purports to give a reason why he went ahead and disappeared. one of the things he wrote was, leadership was lacking, if not nonexistent. the conditions were bad and it looked to be getting worse for the men that were actually the ones risking their lives from attack. if this letter makes it to the u.s., tell those involved in the investigation that there are more sides to the situation. please tell them to wait for all

evidence to come in. what do you think about this? >> first of all, i don't know whether it's true or not. doesn't seem to be anybody else deserted. you have a lot of soldiers testifying against him saying he deserted. he certainly was at least awol if not a deserter. nobody else seems to have done it and they were in the same unit. so i don't know how much of a defense that's going to be. and is isn't a defense at all. you can't say, i'm going to desert because i don't like the conditions of my unit. >> my boss stinks. i'm leaving. >> but how about in the time of war? first of all, conditions in units in times of war are always stressful. if you allowed this as a defense, half the unit could walk out. >> benefit of the doubt has been given to him, but not those who have given their testimony of being there right with him in the platoon. why? >> i'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, but at a minimum, he walked away, which he's awol. maximum he's a desert. somebody has to figure that out. he's got to be put on trial of some sort. he's got to have a court-martial

of some sort to figure out why he left. if it's awol, that's one punishment. >> as we see iraq, all our hard work and incredible war effort and the surge go to pieces, as we think about those five taliban that are going to be taking back -- trying to take back afghanistan, is america okay with giving -- to figure out what the president was think to go give these five people back knowing afghanistan will be under tremendous stress and some kind of internal conflict. >> he wants to close gitmo one guy at time. >> it should be a lesson for him. he put his political objectives ahead of national security in deciding to run away in iraq. basically he snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. biden was unable to negotiate the status of forces agreement, which was a tremendous failure. no one focuses on. probably the key to this all falling apart. >> only talked to them twice in nine months. >> we left nobody behind. we were proposing too small a force anyway. it was obvious the president

wanted to cut and run in iraq and now is this is what happened. if he does the same thing in afghanistan, we're going to be back to pre-september 11 situation in afghanistan with the taliban controlling or at least having a lot of control. >> is it too late for the president to make up his mind and do something? >> it's never too late. you've got two candidates for president in afghanistan, both who fought the taliban. imagine what they're thinking when they fought the taliban and the guys they were fighting have now been released and within one year, they can be back fighting them again. >> no one talks about the right hand man to massood -- >> it isn't as if he gave -- >> he gave them the war council. >> yeah. according to mukasey, who oversaw guantanamo bay, they're the five worst people there. everybody else is downhill after this. >> have you heard that the guy who is leading this terrorist army, the isis leader, the united states had him. he was at camp buka in iraq. the obama administration released all the prisoners.

he's back and now he's back in the terror group. that's what happens to these guy. >> releasing these five people, don't discount the fact that this increased the morale of these people. the reality is they now realize that some of their key people will be back to help them, assuming qatar is able to keep them there for the next year. they could be back faster. >> why would hillary clinton say, not a big deal. they're only dangerous in afghanistan, pakistan. not here, not the globe. why would she say that? >> afghanistan is where they plotted the september 11 attack against us. something dangerous in afghanistan and pakistan can be very, very dangerous for us. i don't know why she's saying that. it reminds me of her statement about benghazi, you know, what does it matter? what does it matter that four americans are dead? it always matters. >> the president has been wrong. he told us it was okay to leave that country, iraq, because everything was safe. he told us over and over. it was wrong. he's on tape saying it a lot.

>> we've removed 100,000 troops from iraq. we've ended combat missions. we are on track to remove the rest of the troops. bring them home by the end of this year. in iraq, we've succeeded in our strategy to end the war. we're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant iraq. ending the war was a mistake, i disagree. bring our troops home was the right thing to do. the war in iraq is over and we welcomed our troops home. we have removed our troops from iraq. we are winding down our war in afghanistan. >> what do you think? >> to me, this was predictable in what he was saying. all of this pointed out, this is putting your political objectives ahead of national security, ahead of what is in the best interest of the united states, what's in the best interest of keeping the world secure. i think in terms of the president's legacy is going to be one of the blackest marks against him. he was handed in iraq that was finally moving in the right direction, he turned it all the

way around. >> by his own estimate, he said that, here is what i find unbelievable. in sports you have a final score. if you go back to that debate, mitt romney nailed him on this. he should have left the 10,000 men force. he said no, we're not going to get bogged down with 10,000 troops in iraq. mitt romney nailed him. >> but the mistake happened before that. first of all, 10,000 wasn't enough. it should have been 25, 30,000 left hyped. after we secured iraq, we should have kept it secure. by doing that, we delivered maliki to iran. you have these rebels against maliki and you have maliki who basically is working for iran. so there is no good situation there. all of this caused by his inability to understand why we should remain there. >> the heartbreaking thing is all of the bloodshed and all of the treasure we invested in iraq and all the war games now gone. >> and all of it could have been avoided by the right decisions at the right time by a president who was putting national security ahead of his own political objectives. >> it's all great to have you join us on the curvy couch.

thank you very much. >> thanks, mr. mayor. heather nauert, talk being a blizzard of news. >> talk being a blizzard on capitol hill. while you were sleeping, texas republican pete sessions dropping his bid to become the next house majority leader. he says it's for the good of the republican party. that move now leaves majority whip kevin mccarthy the sole candidate to replace eric cantor, who is stepping down at the end of july. the vote is set for june 19. that's nine days after cantor lost his virginia primary race. president obama found out about the v.a. scandal by watching the news, right? >> i believe we learned about them through the report. >> there is a new report that was just released and it finds that the obama administration knew about the v.a. secret waiting list for years. that's because the v.a.'s inspector general actually conducted an internal investigation on a hospital in

portland back in 2010. so four years ago. listen to this story coming out of arizona. uncle sam needs you to baby-sit? the government is now putting out an urgent plea for baby-sitters -- not joking here -- to keep an eye on those thousands of children who are illegally crossing the border. the fed is looking for workers with child care and teaching experience. lawmakers just voted to nearly double the amount that we're opinioning on care for those children to the tune of $2 billion. what do you think of that? looks like the force couldn't help han solo. harrison ford air lifted to a hospital while filming. a door from a spacecraft on the set errorredly slammed in on his ankle. it's believed he possibly fractured it. the shooting will continue while the 71-year-old rests. they're filming that movie in england and also abu dhabi. >> that's awful. hope he's okay. >> yeah. >> thank you. coming up on this friday, think the chaos in iraq won't

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pump, especially with summer here? here to discuss that is stuart varney. so what does it mean? >> let me make this very clear, we are all paying for the president's policy mistakes. the retreat in iraq, the chaos in iraq will be paid for by us at the pump. you just gave the numbers. $107 per barrel for oil. that's the highest in close to a year. it spiked in the last couple of days. the stock market way down. 200 points down in the last two days. it will be down again a little bit at the opening bell this morning. most of all, gas prices. you watch, this weekend you're going to see those guys come out with the polls to change the price on the big sign right at the gas station. it's going to happen this weekend. it's going to go up. i've got forecasts that the price of gas will go up ten cents a gallon at the pump because of what's happening in iraq. >> the way it was explained to me is the saudis can't pump us

out of this because iraq is counting on so much. >> it's a threat to the oil reserves. there are three big fields in iraq. one in the north, noun controlled by the kurds, that's good. two in the south, which are so far safe from the islamist threat. but it's the threat that iraq breaks up and pressure is put on the export of oil from iraq. it's that threat that's rising prices. >> the president says he's put all options on the table. how much of the market is looking at this? >> they're not because iraq has broken up. the threat to the oil fields remains. even if the president weighs in with air strikes to stop the islamists before they get to baghdad, doesn't make that much difference. iraq is split. the threat to the oil fields remains. the price of oil is up. we pay. >> all right. we're going to watch varney and company from 11 to 1. i'll be on with you at some point during the day and i just get on your nerves. we talk a little soccer. thanks so much. and i wish we had something good to report. i was hoping never to be saying

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pope. welcome. >> hi. >> your friends are awesome. >> they're the best. >> welcome. congratulations also. winning "the voice" season 3 had to be a most remarkable life changer. >> it was. it changed my life. that's exactly it. before "the voice," i had just gone solo from my old band and things were working out. i moved to l.a so "the voice" is what i needed to catapult my career. >> that's what you're famous for these days. but i loved you at age four when you were performing with martina mcbride.h, my gosh. i was singing every one of her songs. ♪ where would you be ♪ . >> i'm not going to sing it. >> it also got personal on "the voice." you had reconstruction to go through.

what did that mean to you to be able to share reuniting really emotionally with your father? >> it was really special. that show has given me so much. it really added fuel to my fire for music, but also brought us back together and we reconnected. we had a little bit of a weird slip threw for a few years and now things are really great. we talk all the time. >> what happened? you said there was a slip up. >> i mean, my parents got divorced when i was 11, so that's always difficult. actually like you said, the song" 11" that i wrote talks all about it. yeah. divorce isn't easy. so we had a little weird time there. and things are great now. >> things are great. last week you won the 2014 cmt breakthrough video of the year. >> that was over 1 million downloads, the first ever in five years to reach that landmark number. congratulations. >> thank you. >> how wild is that for you? >> it was crazy. i mean, to know that that many people have connected with the

song that deeply. i hear their stories all the time about how the songs helped them through a breakup and all that. so it's really special to hear that. >> here you are, you're 24 years old, in the heart of midtown manhattan. got a couple hundred people here a half hour before you start. you got a tour bus parked here that you're taking all across the country. this has got to be like a dream come true. >> it is. it's really, really fun. i'm just honored that i get to be here with you guys and i see so many familiar faces out in the crowd. i love you guys. thank you for coming. happy birthday to the army. >> some fun signs from your fans. >> i like it. can we get a picture of this sign right down here, this kid right here? there he is. cassadee pope, you can break my heart. >> i would never. i would never break your heart. >> we've got another one right here with cowgirl boots. cassadee pope is amazing. you are right on that. >> thank you, guys. >> she's going to start singing about a half hour from right now. our summer concert series

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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 for only 50 delicious calories. we've got a fox news alert for you. sergeant bowe bergdahl back in the united states. now that he's home, what's next for him? now more. >> at this hour, sergeant bergdahl is resting at the brook army medical center in san antonio, texas. he arrived in texas overnight just before 2:00 a.m. on a flight from germany. here you can see him in an ambulance from the airport to the medical center. but at this point there are no plans for him to speak to the media today or any time in the future. pentagon spokesman says bergdahl will continue the next phase his reintegration process in san

antonio. he was swapped for five taliban prisoners from gitmo on may 31 and he's been recuperating in germany. the big question, what did he say in germany and will he be court-martialed? >> the military, there is no doctor-patient privilege. there is a psychologist patient privilege, so depending on what was said with the medical team, not the psychologist, that might be able to be used against him. it might not be. but i think it's premature to know or even guess whether he's going to go to a court-martial because there are a lot of administrative steps the army could take well short of a court-martial if they decide to do anything. >> as we wait to find out, we do know bergdahl is expected to be reunited with his family in san antonio for the first time since he was captured by the taliban in june of 2009. so this is going to be an interesting time for him. >> absolutely. we should point out for folks who have not seen you on the fox news channel before, you were a navy pilot for a while. now you joined our team.

what do military and how do you feel about him being back in the united states. >> i have to look at it aside from all of these things that we've been hearing about bergdahl. i just have to kind of look at him as an american soldier. over the past five years i've been watching him, seeing these videos that we're getting of him, not knowing all the circumstances. we still don't know all the circumstances. i can't help but feel like he's an american soldier. let's bring him back and then let's figure out what happened. >> sure. >> what about the patient-doctor confidentiality when it comes to physicians but not any sort of psychologist or psychiatrist that someone may see? what are your feeling on that if he's revealing something that he may not be able to share and they may actually relate to why he left in the first place, do you think there should be that confidentiality? >> that's a good question. you mentioned i was a pilot, i was has human intelligence officer serving in afghanistan. so i can't help but look at this from an intelligence

perspective. so in this reintegration process, he'll be speaking with doctors, psychologists, whole group of different people and he'll be speaking with intelligence officers. so if people in the military can't speak to a psychologist and feel that is between them, i think there would be a lot of problems. people with ptsd being afraid to get help. but what he says to the doctors, that's going to be fair game. i think hopefully we'll get intelligence value out of the debriefing process. >> whatever he says to his doctors is fair game, but whatever he says to a psychiatrist or psychologist, that's just between him and the doctor? >> right. and like i was saying, there are people in the military now who need help and i think if people think that everything they said would be fair game legally, they wouldn't get the help they needed. >> one of those things is that it seemed he could not finish boot camp with the coast guard and went into the army and into the infantry, one of the most stressful things. i'm curious about that area. how did that take place? >> that's a very good question. i think a lot of people will be

looking into that right now. there is that military investigation that has already taken place that's been closed book that we don't know what is said. i'm hoping some of the information will come out and we'll be able to learn more about his background and how he came to where he was when this all happened. >> based on your own experience, is there ever a reason someone would leave base that would be okay with their platoon? >> there is never a good reason. in my perspective, it's my opinion, i cannot think of a good reason why you would leave base. we don't know what was in his head. the only person who knows what was in bowe bergdahl's head when he left was him and i'm hoping that at some point we'll find out what that was. >> plus his family. >> the story out this morning is the daily beast got their hands on a couple of letters that he reportedly wrote while in captivity, while he was at the hands of the taliban or haqqani network and says it was just rough. bad leadership. not a good excuse. >> no, it's not a good excuse. but i will tell think again from an intelligence perspective, anything that's sent from him while he was in captivity is something that could be

propaganda. we just don't know what was from him or what was from them. it's important to gather all the facts and information, bring him back, find out what happened. >> great to have you as part of our team. >> thanks for having me. >> have you ever tossed to heather? >> you know what? -- >> we are office mates, yes. >> i didn't know that! >> here is heather with the news. >> great to have you here. so fun to have you here. i got news. you know that house we told you about in texas that's on that cliff? it won't be on the edge much longer. pictures out of lake whitney, texas r a few hours from now, the luxury home will be set on fire. it's been dangling on a cliff and for months now. that foundation began to deteriorate. the fire department, we understand, will actually put bales of hay inside that house and set those hay bales on fire to burn the house to the ground. the homeowner is apparently on the hook to pay for this clean-up cost.

wow. new word that there is a foreign born mosquito and it's an illness with no known cure and it's now made its way into the united states. it's called chicken cunia and causes severe headaches, joint pain, and also insomnia. so far eight cases in the united states have been confirmed so far. doctors say sax visions given in the caribbean could be to blame for this. all but one of the americans showing symptoms had recently traveled to caribbean countries. you have to see this one to believe it. an elephant charging in the direction of a tourist in thailand stopping inches from this guy's hand. wow. that elephant shrieking and running away. the tourist turned to the camera and smiles. he says that reaction was spontaneous and he was actually scared. lot of dads. dance.

♪ ♪ >> not just dads. new jersey governor chris christie dancing with jimmy fallon o show off his dance moves. the segment called "the evolution of dad dancing." oh, boy, yeah. >> that is terrific. >> a lot of men dance like that. >> we can identify. >> not many governors, while they're in office who want to be president. i don't know about that move. >> he's got a good sense of humor. >> right. and some moves. >> already spinning it for him. >> with those late night shows, it's better that they're laughing with you than at you. >> can we do that on facebook? did governor christie help himself by showing five

generations of dad dancing. >> and should steve and brian show you theirs? >> no. >> let's go outside. it's a little drizzly on this friday. maria molina standing by. does she have the umbrella? >> no umbrella. i put it down and i picked up springfield's rifle. i'm here with our servicemen and women outside. we are getting ready for the all american summer concert series that is getting set to start with cassadee pope. what is your name? >> captain james towns. >> thank you so much for letting me borrow your rifle. you said it's ten pounds, right? >> yes, ma'am. >> it feels much heavier than that. >> sometimes, yes. >> does that mean i'm weak? >> no. >> your name? >> nestor rossi. >> thank you so much for being with us this morning. great to have you. let's look at the weather conditions across the country because we want to take a look at the radar. here across the northeast, we have had some on and off rain and drizzle moving through. that could be producing some delays at the airport. so that's going to be a concern out here. you need those umbrellas. i want to take you farther west 'cause as we head into this

weekend, we do have the possibility of severe weather. today already across parts of dakota, parts of eastern montana and also down into texas and new mexico, but tomorrow we have a bigger concern. we have something called a moderate risk. this has been issued by a branch of the national weather service. that means we could see potentially long track tornadoes and very violent storms and that risk for severe storms does continue as we head into father's day. temperature wise today, it is going to be a hot one. temperatures into the 90s and 100s in the state of texas. 70s in chicago and minneapolis. i'm going to head this back over to you. thanks so much for letting me borrow it. great to have you here. thank you for your service. let's head back inside. >> i think in the 239-year history of the army, they've never had a weather person armed like that before. >> true. next hour, we're giving her a cannon. we'll see how that goes. >> it went well. up next on our show. >> he is on the hunt for the

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♪ ♪ >> wow. take a look at this. get ready for the rob ford, the musical of the that's right. >> finally. >> a new stage production will focus on the life of toronto's crack smoking, binge drinking mayor. needed to fill the profile and the role. >> i hope i'm not in the running and fired "new york times" editor has a new job. she's going to be a professor at harvard. she's going to teach literature there. she was fired from the times after complaints about her management style. she graduated from harvard in 1976. now over to steve. >> thank you very much. it's an inside look at an elite

air force unit tasked with taking down a taliban commander. >> incoming! incoming! >> call the tower! call the tower! >> let's go! >> man, we don't know. >> let's go! >> inside combat rescue, the last stand takes viewers into hostile afghan territory for an up close look at the lives of our servicemen and women. it premieres this sunday, 9:00 p.m. eastern on national geographic channel. staff sergeant justin miller is one of the members of that air force unit. he joins us live this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> we're going to talk about the show in just a minute. but you've been in afghanistan. you're look at what's going on in iraq right now where it looks like this insurgent army is heading for baghdad. they've already captured a bunch of territory. what do you think? >> i think it's completely

feasible. when you have an insurgency group that operates in a specific area and they hide amongst the people, the normal people, it's hard to stop something like that. i do believe that the iraqi force, the national police, the army and stuff like that are capable of stopping something like that. it's just a matter of time. >> it is just a matter of time. tell us a little bit about the show that you are featured on. so in that particular episode, you're looking for one of the bad guys. who is he? >> it's a two-hour special, and in that episode we're looking for taliban commander. in that particular clip, he had launched a rocket, actually struck the base, killing four americans and wounding eight -- or 18. we went on a manhunt for him to try to find him. >> sure. and this is dangerous work you're involved in. >> yes. >> when did they film this? >> this was filmed in june, july time frame of 2013. >> okay. how did they find your unit?

>> last season they actually did the inside combat rescue on the pj's in kandahar, afghanistan. they came to bagram to do a second season. fortunately for the u.s. troops over in afghanistan, not a loft injuries were happening. so the pj's didn't have a lot of work going on. >> but they had plenty of action this season. >> oh, yes. >> absolutely. we've got a clip where we want to show where you are talking to some of the younger guys about what it's like to readjust when you go home and in particular, when you got kids as you do, two young ones down in texas. >> i could not take out the trash and my daughter would be in front of the door, no. when i had to go back to work, she thought i was going back to iraq and she would cry. people change. things change. music changes. interests change. television changes. you want to go back into what

you left six months ago. well, six months ago, it's a different world than what you're going back into now. >> it's hard readjusting. >> absolutely. >> one of the things about this particular program is you explain what the air force does. people think oh, the air force, they just fly planes. >> exactly. that's a common misconception, i guess. everywhere i go, people ask, oh, you're in the air force, what plane do you fly? it's not like that. >> it's a great series and it's great to have you here. "inside combat rescue, the last stand" premieres this sunday, 9 eastern, national geographic. thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> thank you for your service. glad you're home. >> thank you. straight ahead, up next, they call themselves the most trusted name in news. how did cnn confuse our entertainment reporter, kevin mccarthy, with the house majority whip? that's coming up next. they look exactly the same,

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well, a battle at the box office this weekend as two franchise films make their return to the big screen. one, an animation, and the other a comedy. who will win it out? "how to train your dragon" or" 22 jump street"? >> kevin mccarthy joins us right now with a review of those flicks. but first, kevin, a pressing political question for the movie guru, are you running to be the house majority leader?

>> steve, that's a really good question. i'm really glad i have the opportunity to clear this up on the air here on "fox & friends." i want to say i'm still weighing my options and i can't say if i am or am not ruling things out. >> let me explain why i asked you that. jake tapper over at cnn tweeted out, if at kevin mccarthy tv decides to run, he would make an outstanding leader, says eric captor. and then you responded, huh? the final frame right here, then jake tapper cleared things up. yeah, i think we meant at kevin mccarthy or gop whip, but congrats anyway. so is that a yes or no? are you in the running? >> like i said, steve, i haven't really weighed my options yet. i'm still deciding whether or not i'm going to do this. but i will break it to "fox & friends" first before i go anywhere with the news. i got that tweet from some guy named jake tapper.

i thought he was some fox news viewer. maybe he is a fox news viewer, i don't know. >> who is he? >> i don't know. i wasn't sure who he was. >> that's funny. >> let's talk about the movies. we understand that you go out and see "22 jump street"? >> i did. and here is the thing, the first one was this movie that was a huge massive surprise. it was a reboot of a tv show from the '80s that wasn't funny to begin with. but the entire joke of the original "21 jump street" was this idea of reboots and remakes of hollywood and how unoriginal everything is. now this sequel, they're going to college, and the joke is that sequels are never as good as the original. so they keep going on this whole idea of unoriginality in hollywood while being original at the exact same time. jonah hill and tatum are hilarious. they have such good chemistry. the guys who directed this, directed lego movie and others. now they're direct ago comedy

with raunchy humor. i had the chance to talk to them about a really funny sequence in the film where jonah hill was hanging off the side of a truck and he injured himself. check this out. never mind. i gave it 4 1/2 out of five. check it out. it's really, really funny. >> okay. lightning round, how did "train your dragon," a lot of people are look forward to that movie. >> oh, my gosh, yes. i loved the first one so much. the first one was one of the best, like family movies i had seen. it transcended the whole family genre, it's for adults as well. it takes risk. 3d in this is the best i've seen since "gravity." i loved every second of it. it really, really hits you emotionally. it's funny. visual effects are phenomenal. i highly recommend checking it out. gerard butler is great. 4 1/2 out of five. check it out. both sequels are just as good as the original movie. >> real quick, what will be number one at the box office out

of everything that's out and in? >> it's a good question. i think it will be "how to train your dragon" because they have the 3d. but don't count out" 22 jump street". >> all right. thank you very much for joining us live. >> thanks, kevin. >> thanks. we still have a big show for you on this friday. geraldo is here. so is chris wallace. and cassadee pope is going to perform. so stick around. the army is celebrating their birthday. >> we have you surrounded, geraldo. don't make a breck for it. ♪ ♪ spokesperson: the volkswagen passat is heads above the competition,

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good morning. it is friday, june 13, 2014. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. while you were sleeping, sergeant bowe bergdahl landed in san antonio, texas. so what happens now? we have every angle covered. and another developing story. iraq in chaos. that's not good. a former u.s. military base taken by islamic extremists and they're not done yet. did the white house not see this coming? geraldo rivera has been over there. he's got opinions. he's coming up. and who would win the race for president? chris christie or hillary clinton?

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she's going to sing throughout the hour. if you would like to watch go to www.foxandfriends.com/concert for the stream of our summer concert series. >> for example, she's singing right now. >> she's going to keep singing. >> so join us there. we have a fox news alert to bring you right now. brand-new video of sergeant bowe bergdahl landing back on american soil after five years in the hands of the taliban. it happened just before 2:00 a.m. in san antonio. molly henneberg is live in washington. molly, what's next for bowe bergdahl? >> reporter: good morning. we're just getting word right now that the u.s. army will have some sort of press conference at 4:00 o'clock this afternoon in san antonio to talk about the next step for bowe bergdahl. we're just getting the word in that they will talk about how military professionals will try to equip him with the, quote, necessary tools to effectively resume normal life with minimal

physical and emotional complication. bowe bergdahl will be at the brook army medical center in san antonio, texas. we have video of the ambulance taking him from the airport to that medical center. he is not expected to make any kind of public statement today and possibly not for the remainder of his treatment there. we do expect bergdahl will be reunited with his family in san antonio. the obama administration swapped bergdahl for five taliban prisoners from gitmo on may 31 and bergdahl has been recuperating in germany since june 1. bergdahl's military promotion to staff sergeant and his back pay as a soldier are on hold until the army determines why and how he was captured by the taliban. back to you all in new york. >> molly, thank you very much. joining us here on the curvy couch, geraldo rivera. >> good morning. >> his parents looks like released a couple of letters that they received while he was in captiveity.

so he had written under duress, but believed to be accurate. they kind of deflect why he went missing. essentially he says bad leadership in my unit, plus this, leadership was lacking, if nonexistent. the conditions were bad and looked to be getting worse for the men that were actually the ones risking their lives from attack. if this letter makes it to the usa, tell those involved in the investigation that there are more sides to the situation. please tell dc to wait for all the evidence to come out. >> well, if you're asking whether or not i think bowe bergdahl, who deserted apparently at the age of 20 is a bad person or traitor to the country, i think a court-martial will now determine that. it doesn't, though, i have to say, affect in any way my feeling that it was the right thing to do to get him back here. we don't leave anyone in the field, even the people with bad character who may have sympathies that are distorted. it will be sorted out in a court-martial and i'm glad the

promotion of staff sergeant has been postponed and -- >> that's a big issue. a lot of people are steamed we traded this guy for five of the worst. >> again, i go back to the israelis, they trade five, they trade 50, they trade 500. you get your person back. i also believe that eventually all those guantanamo bay people will be either released or put into federal prison. i'm much more alarmed by what's happening in iraq. that's the emergency. >> let's talk about that. >> i think bergdahl will have his day before the bar of justice. >> mosul, tikrit s baghdad next? >> if the united states acts acd acts i hope today -- i'm surprised they haven't already -- you had general buchanan on the program earlier today. general buchanan was -- i was with him on the last convoy out of iraq in 2011. we looked at iraq in the rearview mirror and said, thank

goodness. it was the departure precipitous? did president obama, was he naive to trust that maliki would have a government that included sunnies as well as shiites, as well as kurds? probably. history i think will judge president obama very harshly. but this is the point that has to be made, his one basic road that leads from mosul to tikrit, to samara to baghdad, we have to hit the road, hit it -- >> we've done it before. >> we've got to hit it now. we've got to give the shiite army, the largely shiite army of maliki in baghdad time to rally. you've got to stop this advance, cut off and for a time we'll be fighting alongside iranians because the enemy of my enemy is my friend. it is ironic that it's come to this. this is an emergency. we have to all be in this together. drone strikes today. >> right. great point. you know the area like few other people not in the military. here is the quote from michael barbaro, a lieutenant general.

we knew they had chinks in the armor and knew they weren't going to get better once we left, and yet we didn't try hard enough to get an agreement to keep some people in place there. >> i think the general is probably right. i don't think it's like bergdahl, though. i don't think it matters. now you're dealing with a certain circumstances. yes, john boehner is right. the president -- >> but if we don't know what we did wrong, how can we correct it? >> an excellent point in a longer term situation, brian. right now we're dealing with an emergency. we can not allow the worst of the sunni islamic extremists to take over the capitol of this important country. >> i'm with you. but here is the thing, the president doesn't make quick decisions. he's still thinking about it. the iranians are in there right now. others have acted. where is the window, where the president has to act? >> the president should have acted 48 hours ago. 24 hours ago. right now we urge the president

of the united states to get up and do something. he must be decisive. we have to hit them hard right now. a short, sharp strike on that highway south of mosul, cut off that advancing force. they're down in tikrit now. let's get them behind them like the landing in korea. we cut them off from mosul. then give the shiite army time to come on. the iranians will take them from the east. i think we can destroy this radical army on that road to baghdad. they are arrogant. they are filled with themselves. they have american equipment they don't quite know how to use yet. we can't let another moment go by. we urge the president of the united states, at least i do, take action. take action now. stop the dithering around. this is not a political issue. this is an urgent situation. unleash the drones now. >> he may have been napping. let's hope you woke him up.

>> let's hope so. >> heather, tell us what else is happening. >> good morning. your favorite topic, soccer. it should be a time that brazil is celebrating. have you seen what is going on down there? brand-new video, world cup celebrations that have turned into a world class riot. take a look. protesters in brazil breaking glass, throwing trash and lighting the country's flags on fire. they're angry that the government is spending so much money on the games. spending about $11 billion. police fighting back using pepper spray and tear gas on the crowds there. several protesters injured, including two reporters. keep you posted on that. photos of the sun are incredible. take a look at that. but the effects on the earth may not be so awesome. this is a solar flare. it could wreak havoc on your cell phone and gps today, so

look out for that. there are massive bursts of electro magnetic energy that could disrupt satellites and knock out service to your device here on earth. how about that? interesting. uncle sam, a story in arizona shocking many. uncle sam needs you to baby-sit? the government is putting out an urgent plea for baby-sitters to keep an eye on the thousands of children who are illegally crossing the border. the feds are look for workers with childcare and teaching experience. lawmakers just voted to double the amount of money we're spending on the care for these children. $2 billion it's costing us. let's talk about the star wars movie. looks like the force couldn't help han solo. harrison ford is air lifted to a hospital while he is filming. the door from the spacecraft reportedly slamming down on his ankle, possibly fracturing it. the shoot will go continue while the 71-year-old rests. hope he heals up well. those are your headlines.

>> in space, no one can hear you scream. but on earth when you're making a movie, absolutely. >> that is right. >> thank you very much. coming up, thousands of kids crossing the border illegally. so what responsibility do we have to take care of them? is the white house to blame for encouraging them to come here? a fair and balanced debate coming your way coming up. then eric cantor is out. so who is in? we're dealing our own house of cards with peter johnson, jr. i'll take mccarthy for the win. ♪ ♪

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jackie. >> so there is background? >> clean history, photo genic, the whole package. more importantly, ruthless pragmatism. >> that is frank underwood working his political mastery in the netflix series "house of cards." with the real house majority leader eric cantor soon out of a job, who will fill his role and the role of those under him? here to break it all down is a fan of the house of cards series -- >> who is going to clean the pipes and keep the sludge moving in washington? we know john boehner announced he will stay for reelection. eric cantor is out. the election will be on june 19, just six days from now. so the issue becomes, who will take over his role as majority leader? >> who will wind up right there? >> who will wind up right there, it looks like it's this man right here who is the whip right now, kevin mccarthy.

congressman mccarthy has been the whip since 2011. he's from bakers field, california. he's a former deli owner. he's well liked. you were telling me he hung out with kevin spacey. >> he did, for a day. >> he's friends with arnold schwarzenegger. he's known as an affable guy and appears to be the guy to be at this point. there was one candidate who stepped out yesterday, representative pete sessions of texas. he stepped out yesterday. he says he's not seeking election for that. then there is one wild card. representative labrador, who was born in puerto rico. he's an immigration attorney. he's got a lot of conservative and tea party support. he opposed john boehner for reelection as the house speaker. >> okay. tell us about steve scalise. >> he's a conservative from louisiana. he's head of the powerful study

committee and so he'd have the largest amount of caucus support in terms of votes possibly. >> next you got peter roscoe. >> of illinois on the ways and means committee. known for his calm, no drama demeanor. he israel republican caucus and the korea working group. >> and finally, martin stutsman. >> he may be a long shot from indiana, he's a farmer, soybean and green bean farmer. scalise and stutsman, most conservative. roskam more moderate. >> if you're listening to peter johnson, jr., he says it will be jarron as speaker, probably kevin mccarthy. who will wind up -- >> it will be a hard-fought race and a that will look most like the house of cards without the homicides, without all the other problems, always very, very interesting. a loft scrambling in the next

six days for these two important elections in the house. >> indeed. good to see you. >> have a good weekend, everybody. coming up on this friday, thousands of kids crossing the border illegally. some people say put them on a plane and send them home. is that the right thing to do? that is coming up next. look how bad the conditions are. then pop quiz, who is going to win this war of words? donald trump or rahm emanuel? first, cassadee pope performs "champagne." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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quick headlines now. the millionaire accused of trying to hire a hitman to murder his model wife back in california court. he will decide between a plea deal or trial. prosecutors say he's heard on audiotapes offering a friend $80,000 to carry out this plan. and it won't be living on the edge much longer. new video of lake whitney,

texas, where a few hours ago, this luxury home will be set on fire. it's been dangling on a cliff and slowly slipping for months after the ground beneath it started to give way. hope they have fire insurance. >> good point. this video from the texas border patrol station says it all. illegal immigrant children crowded into makeshift holding areas, overwhelming facilities across the u.s. it's a humanitarian crisis. is there anything the white house somebody doing to solve it? immigration lawyer joins us now to discuss. good morning. >> good morning. >> this is startling to see that video there. when you look at the numbers, in 2009, 3304 children. and now the increase is unbelievable. you look at those numbers. why? why the increase and why now?

>> i don't know -- i do believe there is an increase. literally people dying to come here. i take issue where stating that there are children running across the border coming over. most of these children have been separated from their parents. they don't even know where they came from. i know i'm sorry, our guest couldn't come here, but i just can't imagine anybody would want to put these beautiful children on a bus and take them home and deport them. what are we going to do with them? >> i see you here. you have -- what's your sweet little girl's name? >> this is heaven. >> hi, heaven. you're a big girl. sweet. i have to say, though. i'm a mom. i've got three of those cuties at home right now. i get it. but when you look at that video, you can honestly tell me and the american people right now that those images -- we don't have many. but when you see this packed by the thousands together with i

don't know whom, for days, not showering, ten days was the latest we heard from border patrol here. you're saying this right here, this image is humane? >> it's temporary. it's an emergency measure. what are we going to do, leave them in the desert or turn them back to whatever country most of them don't even know what country they came from? so it is a humanitarian crisis. but what are we going to do? this is america. this is what we do. even your most loyal viewer, brian johnson, would agree that we've got to do something. this is america. that's what we do. >> how did we get in this situation where right at this time, there is a flooding of people just moving across what can probably no longer be called a border. why? why now? >> they're trying to come across. a lot of them will be reunited with their parents when they can find them. a lot of them will be adopted and integrated. a lot of them if they're old enough, there is ways to connect them with their family. but if there is that many, you can't put them all in la quinta

or hotels. they're being fed and educated. not in the conditions that heaven was lucky to fall into. and for privacy reasons, they can't tell you who they are. but people are literally dying to come here. >> people will make the point for every child, there is potential criminal coming into this nation here and that there are laws for a reason, we're edgeing into lawlessness. humanitarian crisis it looks like from those videos, certainly no child should be without a home. we've got 400,000 since 2012 in the foster care system. who is adopting these children? do you think everyone is not stepping up to adopt one of the children that are coming across? >> there are couples, many, many couples waiting in line to try to adopt some of these children. i'm not saying we should encourage it. but these are temporary

measures. they're far, far from ideal. but what else can we do? we can take them into our homes. these are innocent children. a child can't be illegal. should we spend our energy and time and effort getting our marine out of the mexican jail? that's a much worse situation and i would rather focus on that than on people who want to say they want to deport children like this. >> this is complete chaos that's going on right now. we want to thank you for being with us. hot debate here. this is a long-term issue that we're going to be dealing with and heaven, thank you for joining us at "fox & friends." >> thank you for having us. up next, iraq in chaos. speaking of that, a former u.s. military islamic extremist and they are not done yet. did the white house not see this coming? how could that be possible? chris wallace on that next. and who would win the race for president? chris christie or hillary clinton hypothetically speaking? christie's interesting answer to that.

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the kurds have taken action. when is the president going to do something, do you think? >> i don't know. and the fact that he's talking about deliberating now indicates how flat footed he and the administration were caught by this. there was also a spokesman for the pentagon talking about arm sales of f-16s to iraq next fall. my gosh, this terrible group, and we have to put it in context. two violent -- too violent for al-qaeda, iraq and syria. again, too violent for al-qaeda, and you saw on that map you showed at the beginning, that swath of northern and western iraq that they have taken, how close they are now to the capitol of baghdad. again, look at that map. that's all under the control of this group, isis. what a foothold that is in the center of the middle east for the worst of the worst and the potential safe haven for people who could not only cause violence through the middle east, but also could be hatching plots against the u.s. homeland.

this is a desperate situation and the fact that the administration is now talking -- we hear the pentagon is rushing contingency plans, it may be too late. they may be able to just try to hold on to the ground that they've taken, but it may be too late to get a lot of that area that we just saw on that map back. it's a terrible situation. the fact that we're so late to the game is a real indictment of this administration's foreign policy. >> very unfortunate. one of the great things about your show is you play a lot of sound bites about people on record saying one thing. we've heard the president over and over say, look, things are fine in iraq. it's okay for us to leave. i promise. now we're going to leave. unfortunately, we probably left too early. chris, i want you to listen to these sound bites. as early as this past wednesday, two days ago, the president was talking about the world is not so violent. and then thursday, he's saying essentially, wait a minute. the sky could be falling. here is the president. >> the world is less violent than it has ever been. it is healthier than it has ever been. it is more tolerant than it has

ever been. iraq will need more help. it's going to need more help from us and going to need more help from the international community. >> i'm sure you heard speaker boehner yesterday say that regarding the country of iraq, it looks as if the president has been napping. >> it's devastating. how he could say that as this group isis is going through northern iraq, taking mosul, a city of a couple of million, hundreds of people no longer a city of a couple million because hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing the city and going to the kurdish area of iraq and the president says the world has never been more peace peaceful. and part of it is, and i'm sure -- i saw at the beginning of the show you were running a bunch of clips of the president talking over and over again, we've gotten out of iraq. we have created a stable, safe iraq. the problem was that he was more interested in wing the war in iraq than he was in -- rather

ending the war in iraq than in winning the war in iraq. we didn't keep ten to 20 to 25,000 troops there. as it turned out, both that and the fact that maliki has thrown out a lot of the sunni muslims, the opposition and made it a shiite government and weakened the army is a fatal combination. and as a result, the iraqi army that we spent so much blood and treasure to stand up is falling apart. >> sure. and we will be standing by. as you discuss on fox news sunday. also you have some discussion centering around cantor i'm sure coming down the pipe. >> we're going to talk with mike religioners, chairman of the house intel about iraq. we'll talk with tom price and greg walden, two of the house leaders, one tea party, one more establishment. then our power player of the week, bobby deniro. >> bobby? >> i'm sure you guys have hung out with him. i spent a morning with him on

wednesday. bob -- there you see him. >> bobby? bobby? are you talking about robert deniro? >> well, maybe you're talking about robert deniro. >> you talking to me? >> i'm talk being bobby deniro. >> we have a documentary on father's day, a beautiful documentary about his father that is running around now. we'll talk to him about his relationship with his father, which was not the easiest. they seldom are. and about father's day. it's a lovely interview. it's a beautiful documentary that's on hbo right now and bobby and i, we enjoyed it. >> you guys going out this weekend? >> well, no. but he may come over on sunday for soup. >> i hear it's great. >> chris wallace, we'll be watching this sunday. thank you very much. >> bye. now we turn to heather nauert who has a bunch of news. >> i've got news about rahm emanuel and donald trump. who will win this fight here? this is going on in chicago.

it is donald trump versus the mayor of chicago. they're clashing over these enormous letters spelling out trump on his building in chicago. emmanuel saying he's looking for a way to get rid of the, quote, tasteless sign. i think we may have a picture of it. trump firing back, tweeting before i bought this site, the sun times had the biggest ugliest sign chicago has ever seen. mine is magnificent and popular. just like he would say in true trump fashion. sorry we didn't have a picture of that sign. some other news to bring you. very serious news, there is now more evidence that the state department knew that terrorists were behind the attacks on benghazi before susan rice went on five sunday shows blaming an anti-islam video for the attacks. fox news now confirming that the d.o.d.'s africa command sent a memo to the state department two days after the attacks listing 11 suspects, some with ties to al-qaeda. this also came one day before

presidential aide ben rhodes sent an e-mail suggesting that the video was to blame for that attack. boy, we'll hear more about that one. president obama found out about the v.a. scandal watching the television, right? >> i believe we learned about them through the report. >> now there is a new report that has just been released and it into i understand that the obama administration actually knew about the v.a.'s secret waiting list for years. that is because the v.a. inspector general conducted an internal investigation on a v.a. hospital in portland back in 2010, four years ago. chris christie pretty confident in his presidential prospects. last night he was on jimmy fallon and he asked him, can you beat hillary clinton in 2016? look at this. >> hypothetically, you run for president. >> okay. hypothetically. >> hypothetically, hillary clinton runs for president. >> hypothetically. >> hypothetically, do you think

you could beat her? >> hypothetically? you bet. >> cute, right? then these guys, they started to dance a little bit. there was a segment called the evolution of dad dancing. you might relate to this one. check it out. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it's to the hustle music, too. guys, i want to see that from you on monday morning. >> good luck on that. >> i'll give you the weekend to practice. >> we know you have a signature dance move. >> i may be taking the day off. >> 19 minutes and we have a concert yet to see. a fox news alert now, while you were sleeping, bowe bergdahl landed in texas. what happens now? we're live on the ground and have the details. >> first, more from cassadee pope.

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fox news alert. sergeant bowe bergdahl back on american soil, landing overnight in texas. kriv reporter andrea watkins is live at brook army medical center in san antonio where bergdahl is now and we don't know when we're going to see him. what is the latest? i hear there might be a presser. >> reporter: well, we're hoping so because there has been absolutely nothing so far today. we have been out here at least one of the main entrances to army medical center and we haven't seen any indication that he did get into the hospital. we do know, though, that they landed at lackland air force base probably we know 1 and 2 this morning, had to wait for bad thunderstorm to pass. after he landed at lackland, photographers were able to get a little bit of a glimpse of that.

he was driven then to brook army medical center. this is where he's going to probably spend weeks reintegrating from the war zone to life in the united states here. this is a special team of experts here at brook army medical center. they are specially trained to treat mental health issues that the soldiers have coming back from battlefields. also from the taliban captors and the ordeal he's gone through just being in captivity. the same psychologist that he has been working with all along ever since his release traveled with him here to san antonio to continue his care. his care is really all the military wants to focus on. they don't want to discuss whether or not there is going to be any investigation or when the investigation is going to happen or if there is going to be a court-martial. they said it's just time right now to focus on his care and healing. they did say one thing about his legal status, brian. and they said that he would have

been due a promotion, automatic promotion if he were still in captivity, but since he's not in captivity, he doesn't get that promotion and any promotion from here on out is going to have to be earned by his performance. back to you, brian. >> thank you very much. of course, we'll get the latest from there because everyone will be watching. they're also in san antonio focusing on the spurs, one game away from advancing. up next, cassadee pope's big performance. you don't want to miss it. she performs in all types of weather, as does bill hemmer of the he's there performing inside while it rains outside to tell us what is on your show for the next two hours. >> we're going to pick up on this bergdahl story and why you will not see him today. also big story here, al-qaeda is on the run. they are running right toward baghdad next. what will and should we do? terrific line - up to answer all of that this morning. and new information on the traffic jam of illegals in the southwest. we'll see you in ten minutes on a friday.

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cass bee pope's new album is called "frame by frame." >> you're going to be on the tim mcgraw tour? >> yes. we're actually leaving from here to go to hartford to play a show tonight. >> sorry about the weather. >> look at all these amazing fans sticking around and it's

raining. >> they are unbelievable umbrella fans. they were rock out to your song. we see your album up there. >> she'll do songs in the after the show show. have a great weekend. see you back here monday. bill: a fox news alert. bowe bergdahl is back in the u.s. and we expect press conference today. questions remain about the circumstances surrounding his capture. we have a lot of questions and wonder if we'll see him today. happy friday. >> reporter: after landing bergdahl was quickly escorted into an ambulance and taken into the brooks army medical center in and