>> patrick says it's truly up to them. is it wrong? yes, but it's a free country. thanks to everyone who responded. have a great wednesday. see you back here tomorrow morning on thursday. >> "fox & friends" starts now. bye. good morning. it is wednesday, august 13. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. while you were sleeping hillary clinton called the white house to apologize for throwing the president's foreign policy under the bus. but can she have it both ways and could this hurt her more than it will help? >> riots continue to rage in st. louis, and now good thing al sharpton on the scene. >> we want real peace. we don't want to be told to shut up and suffer in silence. >> since when does real peace involve looting and violence? >> doesn't he have a show to do? left wingers failing to find the humor in this one.

>> i think obama understands people's concerns after spending the day at the beach he said this has been fun but i should really get back to the golf course. because priorities are priorities. >> believe it or not, this backlash about funny man fallon trying to do what everyone does on the tonight show and that is mock whoever is in the white house. we'll discuss it. mornings are better with friends. >> hey there. this is kelly pickler. you're watching "fox & friends." >> welcome back. eric is filling in for steve today. >> a lot of news this morning. >> that was a funny joke. >> of course it was funny. >> that's what late-night comedians do. they make fun of the president whoever he or she may be. >> as long as they are safe to do so. we're going to talk about that as well. >> could you tell eric to scoot offense a -- scoot over a little. >> i am pretty far away.

>> we straddle the crack here on "fox & friends." >> i'm thinking this is good. >> a little tight. >> we have a lot to discuss today because hillary clinton and president obama are going to a party. >> they are? it could get a little awkward because of a phone call and a tweet and a little slam. we're going to explain all of that this morning. first to heather nauert. a lot has been happening overnight. >> they might squeeze right m and sit as close as you guys. let's start off talking about politics today and key primary races taking place. we've got the results. all eyes on the state of minnesota. political newcomer mike mcfadden will take on senator al franken after winning the republican primary. >> i'm so honored to have won the primary. i can tell you we did it without saying one bad word about another republican.

period. we immediate to unify our party -- wree need to unify our party. >> another key race tom emmer beating out the commissioner and county commissioner jeff johnson wins primary for governor beating three major rivals. he'll face the democratic governor in november. we'll keep watching these races. >> a storm sliding across the country and this morning leaving two people dead. we start in arizona with this dramatic video. a man sitting on top of his car forced to jump on to a fire truck to get out safely. look at this video out of detroit. that is a forklift. it had to drag cars out of the water one by one.ing in thee of that. in some places the water was 14 feet deep. heading over to detroit, a scuba diver swimming

through the flood waters to see if anyone else is trapped there. finally in pennsylvania, the heavy rain there opening up this massive sink hole that swallowed a car. we had a lot of rain overnight here in the new york area. in the west coast tragic details about the death of robin williams. investigators confirming he hanged himself with a belt while his wife slept in a separate bedroom. she says she last saw him alive sunday night. she left the house the next morning thinking he was still asleep but his assistant found him before noon with a pocketknife near his body and cuts on his wrist. no words yet for plans for a memorial service. >> another hollywood legend has died. leading lady lauren bacall. >> you know how to whistle. put your lips together and blow. >> what a voice and what a face. that is a scene from the 1944 film "to have and have not." it is one of the most

iconic moments in movie history. the model turned actress would eventually marry her costar humphrey bogart. she appeared in 60 movies. lauren bacall died of a stroke. she was 89 years old. what a remarkable career that lady has. >> at 19 she was discovered. humphrey bogart was 43, she was 19 and they ended up going out and it was no scandal. it was such a good idea to shoot those movies in black and white. it enhanced the drama. >> do you think hillary clinton used that voice yesterday when she called the white house? i think that might have helped with the i'm sorry because that is what she was calling to say. she called president obama to apologize for calling him out on his foreign policy. but this came after she was

actually attacked by david axle rod who stepped in to may defense for the president, throwing her support for the iraq war right back at her. this was david axlerod's tweet to hillary clinton. >> just to clarify, don't do stupid stuff means stuff like occupying iraq in the first place which was a tragically bad decision. to put that in context, one of the things hillary clinton said, don't do stupid stuff, is really not a policy. >> which she said in the atlantic, an 8,000-word interview. >> as maureen dowd points out today in "the new york times," it is the economy stupid probably is not a great policy either, but bill clinton used that very successfully. >> here's the summary of the whole thing. hillary clinton was secretary of state from 2009 to 2013, the full first term of president obama, when president obama was developing these iraq strategies. remember he was elected on "i will get us out of iraq."

that was his talking points, plug lines everywhere. he gets out, and during that time hillary clinton was secretary of state. don't you think at some point she would have said i disagree with this, this is the wrong strategy, we shouldn't be doing this? he gets out. isis blows up iraq. and hillary clinton now says that was no foreign policy. don't do stupid stuff. that was the wrong thing to do in iraq, that was the wrong thing to do in syria, down the line. >> it was confirmed last night she did say it. the reason why the president -- said it on a special report. the reason the president didn't implement it is because he didn't think it was a workable plan. i ask you this. we weren't there. if david petraeus is in the room, leon panetta is in the room and secretary of state all say we have to do something about this and we have to take action right away and actually arm these people that you call pharmacists and doctors who, by the way, they got word of that quote the president just said the other day, highly insulted

and i believe we won the revolutionary war with a bunch of farmers and doctors. having said all that, the president didn't take the secretary of defense and the c.i.a. director and the secretary of state's advice. who was he listening to? >> we don't know. but the dance hillary clinton is doing as we approach 2016 might not work so well for her. karl rove puts it in historical perspective. >> in 1968 vice president hubert humphrey who disagreed with president johnson on the vietnam war, had difficulty breaking from the administration. he finally did in a speech in salt lake in october. by doing so, he neither placated the critics of president johnson's war policy nor kept the support of all of johnson's -- >> it's just the beginning. vernon jordan is having a party tonight and i guess the word is they're going to meet eat -- meet each

other, be in the same room and hug it out. but hillary clinton could have probably said listen i don't want you to take it as criticism, but she's not going to get reelected if she doesn't distance herself from the foreign policy that 50% of the country think is terrible. >> and that she was largely a part of. >> true. but you have to take your orders from the president. secretary of state can't be like the president told me to do this; i'm going to do that. >> think of what she did. in order to distance herself from a president whose approval rating is sliding she went far right. she was looking for boots -- she went all in on all the wars. maybe she's getting a little backlash from her base. she's got a tightrope, a dance to do because now she doesn't want to be an obama foreign policy follower to that. yet she can't be so far right where her base goes are you kidding me?

we don't like wars. she's between a barack and a hard place. >> isis even more powerful and more organized. if someone told any president that al qaeda had mastered a certain area, was worth now $100 billion and growing, had a lot of our equipment, what scenario and what president wouldn't hit them? everybody knows they're our enemy separate from what we're doing or not doing in iraq, ben rhodes on special report last night took that question. >> what has happened is we've donahue man tehran airdrops -- we've done humanitarian airdrops to reach the population, but we also need to figure out how to move that population to a safe space and get them humanitarian assistance. >> speaking about the christians under attack this and trying to decide what is going to happen. are we going to now put our forces in the face of isis

in order to rescue those who are facing death over their faith. >> how do you get a bunch of people with nothing off a mountain? a former commander of the c.i.a. forces in afghanistan and in kabul stationed, he was one of the first into afghanistan right after the 9/11 attack, gary, welcome back. >> good morning. >> are you happy with the strategy so far? >> what strategy? >> okay. that's a no? >> let me say something about the statement that they talked about how do you get these people off of a mountain. people are forgetting that the israelis evacuated with the help of the u.s., the falashas in the sudan in the 1990's. you're going to need to put people on the ground, forces on the ground there. people may not want to enter there but the united states is a signatory to international conventions

against general mow side. if we see genocide, we're required by law to act and this administration is looking the other way. >> why do we need to put troops on the ground? didn't the few air -- the humanitarian strikes and targeted airstrikes, didn't they push isis back? >> let me say something about why you want air. if you don't -- or why you want some people on the ground. you want people on the ground to do close air support. if you don't, you're likely to have collateral damage and kill innocent people at times. the reason we were very, very effective in afghanistan during the invasion with small numbers of people is we were lasing everything. >> what does that mean? >> if you're just bombing -- >> what does that mean? >> you light up a target. the ordinance is flown from an aircraft and it rides the light in. you can send something into a window. that's how exact it is.

>> let me ask you this. to complicate things the director of the f.b.i. said now we have americans moving into syria to actually join this fighting and that they're absolutely almost impossible to identify. but we need to spend some time on the ground to help do that. take a listen. >> we at the f.b.i. and our partners are spending a tremendous amount of time trying to identify those who want to travel to syria to fight, who are there fighting and who may be coming back. but these are people who may not be directed by al qaeda or one of its progeny but who can be trained by what is on the internet. they can be in their pajamas listening that they've to kill innocent americans. >> some people are saying that's their problem, i'm war weary. what is your answer? >> we have a problem. isis presents a threat to the united states. they have capability, intent, and with american citizens fighting for them, they will have access to

america. two or three weeks ago a young man from florida detonated himself in damascus, killing 14 people. they present a threat to the united states. we need to reexamine the process of visa waivers in the united states. we need to close the southern border. we really need leadership in the united states. and we're not getting it. >> are you saying our southern border could be the place that isis would enter the united states? >> if 13 and 14-year olds can walk across that border, members of isis can walk across easily as well. and will. and will. count on it. these guys are not stupid. they are committed. they're willing to commit, you know, suicide. many of them are suicide attackers. they see the united states as a, as an enemy. these are terrorists committed to creating a caliphate, and they have no boundaries. we've got them burying

people alive, cruise foig people, beheading -- crucifying people, beheading people. what else do you need to see? this is like the 1930's where people are forgetting. >> i feel your intensity and your frustration because no one seems to be getting that message. a lot of people in this country are turned off by it and a lot of people in the white house don't seem to understand it. >> these are islamic fascists. >> thanks so much. >> pleasure to be with you. >> there are a lot of islamo fascists. do we wipe out all terrorists? that would be optimal but it's pie in the sky. you talk about north korea, talk about iran. there are a lot of places where islamo terrorists would be enemies to the united states. >> here's the thing. i think you need a master plan for north africa, for isis in particular, for what could be me tass --

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20 minutes past the hour. now some news for you here. president obama promised to crack down on the lobbyists in the white house. the reason, he said, the paid lobbyists were drowning out the views of ordinary citizens. well, this morning the president changing his mind. he just decided to loosen the restrictions on lobbyists who want to serve on federal advisory boards. take a look at the new cover of "wired" magazine. that is edward snowden clutching an american flag, the man who leaked secret government data still living in russia. in the interview he says, quote, i care more about the country than what's happened to me. brian? >> as he says it from russia. with all eyes on the border crisis in texas, watch as this crowd in tucson, protesters lashing out at cops for trying to arrest

illegal immigrants after he violated the traffic laws. the arizona border patrol says the crisis is getting much worse. in that to stop the movement with the cops with the illegal some were laying underneath the cop car so it couldn't move. this may surprise you but not our guest. he is a film maker focusing on illegals on our border. your reaction? >> i feel sorry for anybody in law enforcement. i speak to these guys on a regular basis. the morale has never been lower for these gentlemen and these ladies who are trying to protect our borders, protect our sovereignty. they are being told not to do their job. just remember, they're dealing with this from two perspectives. from a professional standpoint they are being told not to do what they signed up for and as an american because they understand illegal immigration is ripping this country apart slowly but surely and it is breaking

their heart. >> here is your interview with the arizona sherrif blasting washington for leaving him naked in arizona. >> those making the decisions in washington, d.c., those making the decision of what happens on our southwest border are not here. they can walk across now and nobody would detect them. we have to catch these criminals. these people have no respect for our freedom, our liberty. i am very concerned. >> if you do catch them, they're allowed to get out and they have more rights than anyone could imagine. yet, that's what they do every day. the frustration is evident. >> there's two things i want to say about this. number one, all eyes are on texas. border patrol has been taken from arizona to put down in texas so this way we can catch families and children and change diapers. i would guarantee you, in fact, i would bet my life on the fact your last guest said about isis coming into america, i would guarantee you they're already here. i have worked in the desert

and i have caught these people before and i've seen korans, prayer rugs, you name it. they're already here. >> i want to bring you to another area. there is seferls, there are cameras, there are things that are up but is it working? here's your interview with an arizona rancher. >> in the last 22 months we've had 43 trucks full of marijuana coming across this border. >> we've had $43 million come through this ranch. >> nobody stopped it. >> you've got the drones, satellites, radar, new cameras, border patrol station over there. how is that happening? >> i don't understand it. haven't been caught. >> once they do get here, here's what we're finding and you have found, that they do have rights. look at this. for example, we'll see some of the video. here's an example of a pregnant illegal coming over, being dropped off m texas and getting a care package. >> it's actually two

pregnant ladies. as soon as they give birth to these children they are going to be u.s. citizens, entitled to everything there is you and i are entitled to as citizens. at this point citizenship is something that comes out of a cracker jack box with president obama obviously. this happens every single moment every single day in south texas. it isn't stopping. >> where can we see your documentaries? >> they can pick up a bunch for free. theycometoamerica.com. people need to see what's going on. it is the only way to stop the president from making his executive order and giving amnesty to everybody. >> he went from new york to texas to arizona to see for himself. you can see it too. dennis michael lynch, thank you so much. 25 minutes after the hour. caught on cam remarks the incredible moment a massive wall of water slams into a hospital cafeteria. the empire state building refused to color their lights in honor of mother teresa but they have no problem going blue for democrats begging the

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a lot of people are upset that president obama went to the beach yesterday with everything that's going on in the world. you know, times are tough for obama because even the sharks were like i'm not going near that guy. i think obama understands people's concerns. after spending the day at the beach, he said this has been fun but i should really get back to the golf course. because priorities are priorities. >> that was funny.

i think it's tradition for "the tonight show" in particular to go after the president. johnny carson was best friends with ronald reagan and used to do skits mocking him. >> i think jimmy fallon is voicing the thoughts of americans out there. to laugh about this stuff, that is actually quite hard to do. >> he got a lot of backlash. >> from who? >> from people. >> can you give us some? >> look up and you'll see them here. >> a tweet yesterday said congress left for five weeks on vacation. why do they get a free pass? the joke reenforces the untrue anti-obama rhetoric. >> he could not golf. you're right he was way out of bounds on that. >> this one also went to gym ni fallon. -- went to jimmy fallon. jay leno agreed to write

your monolog. so cool. >> leno would be an equal opportunity offender. my hope is none of these late night shows give into that. >> very outraged about this. >> time will tell. i think jimmy fallon will stand the test of time. >> remember "the new york times" a year into the presidency, there should be jokes about every president but there is nothing funny about this president. >> if there is a republican president next, i'm sure fallon will be fair and balanced in his -- >> i hope so because he's doing an unbelievable job. >> one of my favorites there. the president yesterday and eric holder commenting on the shooting of an unarmed teen in missouri. al sharpton headed to the scene calling for a peaceful protest. al sharpton seemed to be fueling the fire.

take a listen. >> the local authorities have put themselves in a position hiding names, not being transparent, where people will not trust anything but an objective investigation. we want real peace. we don't want to just be told to shut up and suffer in silence. >> you could do this thing called an investigation. we could do this thing called a peaceful protest. maybe you don't take a share and throw it through a shop window and loot it to show how angry you are. >> in defense, the naacp said you've got to stop this, it's got to be peaceful. cornell william brooks, quote, martin luther king did not live and die that we might steal and lie in the name of justice in the middle of the night. he lived and died that we might seek justice in the middle of the day. can i point out, al sharpton said he was going to go to the scene to calm

things down. when al sharpton shows up at scenes like this there is no calming effect. mr. sharpton should consider staying in new york in his studio and doing whatever he does with his tv show because when he goes out there people get angry. there was rioting, continued looting. the business owners, they are the real -- besides the young man who was shot there is additional victims. business owners having chairs thrown through their stores being completely looted. that is not what this is all about. >> this is no small issue. after president obama made his statement, the aviation administration from the federal government said it banned flights from operating 3,000 feet from over ferguson to keep the area safe at the request of the police. this doesn't sound like it is camg -- calming down any time soon. dr. ben carson said why don't we take a page from martin luther king jr. in terms of what peace means. >> i think these people

have not studied history. the reason why dr. martin luther king was so effective was because he quelled the temptation towards violence and in fact brought a lot of attention to the injustices that were being done. by rioting, by hurting people who have nothing to do with the incident, they -- the people engaged in that are actually detracting from the actual injustice that was done. >> wise statement. >> ben carson making moves to run for president. looks like he's consolidating that way. the other thing to point out is the cops have not identified the person involved. >> al sharpton calling for the release of that name to be expedited of course. heather, i see you standing there. you've got more headlines. >> we're talking about that rain outside and also flooding really from the west coast to the east coast and everything in between. take a look at this video.

it is simply unbelievable. look at that massive wave of water. it comes through the doors and windows of a hospital in nebraska. that water washing away tables and chairs in a cafeteria in seconds. the flooding was the result of nearly four inches of rain but it came down so, so quickly. the body of casey kasem is now being moved for a second time. sources say his widow jean is planning to have his body flown to norway against the wishes of his children. she reportedly wants to prevent a second autopsy from taking place. last month she flew his body to canada from a funeral home in washington state. his children continue to object. an update on that mysterious brooklyn bridge flag swap. two german artists are taking credit for it saying

they did it to honor the guy who basically built the whole thing. they didn't do it to humiliate police. details of how they did this include videos and pictures. the nypd calling this a credible lead. the owners of the empire state building are now under fire for refusing to honor children cancer research. the sky scraper's website says it doesn't award honorary lightings for political causes. okay. children cancer, a political cause. what do you think of that? last night you should know it was just lit up in blue in order to lure the 2016 democratic national convention to new york city. now that's a political cause. other causes they also lit up for: teenage mutant ninja turtles. remember this a few years ago. not worthy? mother teresa. they refused to honor what would have been mother teresa's 100th birthday but they did it for other things. the guy who runs the empire

state building says it is a privilege, not a right. >> i just know this, the mayor de blasio who has an approval rating of minus 9 would benefit to have the d.n.c. bring it here and if he wanted to get that done he would certainly get the lights done, and the lights are done. >> listen to this. extreme weather and flooding to warn you about. we saw some flooding. maria, what do you know about the latest? >> we have a lot of flooding to talk about across different areas of the country. i want to start out across portions of arizona where we have had monsoonal moisture firing up showers and storms and out there significant flooding. this is again in arizona. you can see a rescue having to be conducted this and across portions of michigan in the city of detroit. we also had significant flooding with record rainfall out there. yesterday up close to a foot of rain fell across portions of maryland just to the east of washington, d.c. and that flood threat does continue in place today. the rain continues here in

new york city and into areas farther off towards the north. we are expecting as much as as four to six inches of additional rainfall. we have flash flood watches in effect out there. across long island we're hearing reports there are road closures due to the heavy rain. flash flood warnings in effect there. you can see another line of storms pushing through portions of upstate new york. the storm system packing a punch across portions of the great lakes and northeast. there's a look at the watches in effect anywhere from parts of upstate new york up into parts of the state of maine. there is a really strong cold front. the 70's across areas of the northeast. once it does push offshore we're going to be looking at beautiful weather. sunshine, pleasant temperatures. across portions of the plains another hot one from rapid city all the way down to parts of texas with highs widespread in the 90's. let's head back inside. >> thanks, maria.

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this morning. >> good morning, elisabeth. >> we hear about this and we were devastated to hear about robin, as i'm sure you were. is this typical of hollywood to try to live this life in front of everyone if you're dealing with demons, is that possible to do that in a way that doesn't end tragically? >> is it possible? i think this is something that happens all over the world, all over the country. i think anyone watching today, everyone usually knows an aunt, uncle, brother, sister, mother or father, some relative that deals with depression, alcoholism or addiction. what happens in hollywood is the limelight is on them so it seems like it happens more in hollywood than anywhere else but it's very, very tragic. he was a brilliant, brilliant man. i was stunned when i heard. >> what a loss. your story, in terms of relating to this, you struggled with addiction and alcoholism for, was it 20 years? 30 years? >> i never did drugs, but

alcohol, yes. i got sober when i was 23 years old. i've been sober for 28 years now. >> when you heard about robin, you said you were shocked. people say he took his own life, he committed suicide. reports indicate asphyxiation due to hanging, as we now know. if depression is truly a disease, when any other disease strikes a person, we see the disease kill that person. in your mind did robin take his own life or did depression take his life? >> well, i believe that he was in his right mind; he never would have done that. we don't know enough of the details yet. alcohol is a depressant. we know he was in rehab. i don't know if it was for alcohol or drugs or what it may have been. alcohol can make someone suicidal. alcohol can also -- i'm not saying this is what happened to him. but from my experience alcohol can put you in a

state where you're functioning but you're in a blackout and don't know what you're doing. a lot of people think blackout is a passout. i don't think he was in his right mind or he wouldn't have done such a thing. he must have been in a dark, dark place. this thing about sobriety is learning how to cope with life on a day in and day out basis. one day at a time. >> this is something you deal with each and every day? >> yes. it never goes away. when they say one day at a time, it really is one day at a time because the drinks are always just right there. the challenges -- alcoholics and addiction don't have the same genetic makeup. i believe it is an inherited disease but also we don't have enough endorphins and it's hard to cope. you have to turn to god if nothing else. >> jeanine, we want to thank you. you're such a star for sharing. we look forward to your book and thank you again for being on "fox & friends." >> thank you, elisabeth. >> safe under fire. now even the navy falling

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this dad has eight kids and he's telling them all if you want to go to college, you're paying for it yourself, even teaching them as young as two years old to be self-supporting. david fagan is an author and joins us now. god bless you, you got eight kids. let me get this straight, to to 17, they all have to save or don't go to college. explain your theory. >> well, it's just all about helping kids become self-reliant and learning what they're capable of. what i see so much is parents giving their kids so much,

they're really condemning them o a life of mediocrity. i guess i kind of rely on some of the things i went through and my parents' parenting style. i went through tough times, but it really brought out the best in me. i think that if i didn't have to do it, if i didn't have to overcome, i probably wouldn't have had some of the successes that i had. >> so if susie is a saver and she saves money for college but bobby is not, he doesn't get to go to college, they're probably sleeping right now. i won't tell them, are you going to help bobby out if he doesn't save? >> no. no. and i just think that college isn't even for a lot of people anymore. i'm not even saying it's about the money. i'm saying that you want to help kids learn how to become self-reliant and they don't all need college to become self-reliant. if they want to go to college, then they need to start planning for it early. by them doing that, they're going to get the right experience. >> i get you. how do you teach a two-year-old -- you start them

as young as two. what do you do at two? >> look, it's about a mindset. in just getting them to start thinking about what do they want and what do they need to do to get it? when it comes to a two or three-year-old, if you're at mcdonald's or wherever you're at and they want something, it's like well, you go up to the counter, you ask. you engage the person at the counter and ask for what you want. so it's just about learning, for kids to think about what they want and getting them to do things to get what they want and see that they get rewarded when they take action. >> i have a half hip or so. you start instilling values early. at what age do they really kind of pick it up, they understand what they're doing? >> i think probably about seven, eight, nine, they can really start doing a lot of different businesses. a lot of my kids were getting free stuff on craigslist and then turning around and selling it, starting virtual companies, going door to door car washes. seven, eight, nine.

then as they become teen-agers, they can do amazing stuff. once they start making money, the sky is the limit. they start to see the power pretty quickly and get pretty excited all on their own. >> that's some great advice. you have a beautiful family. thank you very much. >> appreciate it. call the pc police. now even the navy giving the bible the boom then elisabeth hasselbeck joining the viral ice water challenge to raise money for lou gehrig's disease. but some claim it's not raising enough cash. we're proving that's not true with our own ice water challenge. guess who is getting iced? ♪ ♪

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good morning. today is wednesday, august 13. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. hillary clinton making a late night phone call to president obama. the reason, just move things over after trashing his foreign

policy. can she have it both ways? we report. you decide. the man the president says he will not put boots on the ground in iraq and now he's sending only 130 more military advisors into a war zone. so will the hands off strategy do anything to stop the blood thirsty terrorists? >> hands kind of off and kind of on. critics are questioning the ice challenge, saying it doesn't really raise a dime for charity? we're going to go inside that story. we've got a member of that charity, a bucket of ice, and a host who will never see it coming. >> chilling details ahead. >> 'cause mornings used to be better with friends. >> this is vanilla ice and you're watching "fox & friends," and this news baby. >> brilliant producing there. >> right. what commercial is he doing now? something for rite aid drug? does anyone know? is chris chulo here?

vanilla ice has a gig. he's making the most of that song. >> he is. >> we have a lot to discuss, including a big party tonight that could be frosty but might not be now after an apology that came via the telephone. heather nauert has other stories that she claims are very important. >> good morning, everyone. hope you're off to a great day today. we've got politics to talk about this morning. this morning all eyes are on the state of minnesota. businessmen and political newcomer mike mcfaddin winning the reason senate primary there. he'll now take on senator al franken. >> i'm so honored to have won the primary and i can tell you, we did it without saying one bad word about another republican, period. we need to unify our party. >> then there is another race we're following, the race to fill michelle bachman's seat. tom emmer winning. for the county commissioner, jeff johnson, and he won a

crowded republican primary for governor. he beat out three major rivals. he'll face mark dayton in november. another big story, historic flooding across the country now leaving two people dead. we start in arizona with this dramatic video. a man sitting on top of his car and he's forced to jump onto a fire truck to get to safety. look at all that rain and that flooding there. then let's head to detroit. a forklift, actually i think that's front end loader. it drags a car out of the water, one by one. in some places that water was 14 feet deep. can you imagine that? then in detroit, look at the scuba diver as he looks through the cab of the front of that truck. he swims through it to see if anyone is trapped. and then in pennsylvania, heavy rain there created a massive sinkhole that swallowed up a car. also it is a big mess here in the northeast as well. did robin williams take his own life because of money

troubles? he apparently on the verge of bankruptcy after two expensive divorces. sources say that he recently confide to do a friend that he feared for his family's financial security. he had been trying to sell his villas since 2012 for $35 million, but there were no takers for that. investigators confirming that he did hang himself after trying to slash his wrist. no word yet on plans for a memorial service. then other sad news to bring you out of hollywood. another hollywood legend has passed away. the leading lady, lauren bacall. >> you know how to whistle, don't you? you put your lips together and blow. >> she's just gorgeous. that is a scene from the 1944 film "the haves and have notes." she was a model and then became an actress and eventually went on to marry humphrey bogart. he was her co-star. throughout her 60-year career, she appeared in more than 30

movies, performed on broadway. she died of a stroke. she was 89 years old. i always think of her as so much younger, though. i was surprised to learn she was 89. so talented. >> beautiful. >> i actually think they were better actors back then then they are now. when you watch those movies, i think they were better at it. >> twitter is on fire now because of a bunch of actors now. >> absolutely. let's talk about a battle that's going on on the democratic side. the secretary of state give an explanation on hers views. not just when it comes to what she wanted to do and what she didn't want to do, specifically with iran. she wouldn't buy into it. in the approach, would be more aggressive. when it came to the situation with arming the rebel, she said my recommendation was to do it. and because of that, the debate

for foreign aid is wow. another critic of president obama, but this time somebody that was working for him. yesterday she tried to make amends. >> right. this is her quote from the atlantic interview. she said great nations need organizing principles and don't do stupid stuff is not an organizing principle. they are referring to obama's foreign policy of sorts. david axelrod certainly didn't like that quote and he took to twitter defending the president saying this: to clarify, don't do stupid stuff means stuff like occupying iraq in the first place, which was a tragically bad decision, says he. >> so let's take a step back for a second. so hillary clinton now says don't do stupid stuff is not a foreign policy. meanwhile, during the last four years or so, we've had gates come out and say he was making a mistake by pulling out of iraq, panetta saying that by pulling out of iraq.

we've had again petraeus say it and now hillary clinton. so there is four high level people who probably have a good idea of what the right thing to do in iraq was. >> and then romney. >> and mitt romney, right. yet president obama, who said any criticism of his foreign policy -- remember when he said this a couple weeks ago -- is horse -- >> specifically when he talks about arming the syrian rebels. >> if you disagree with president obama, it's horse blank, but all these high level people who really have a good idea of what to do in iraq have a good idea. >> but she's going to see the first lady tonight on the vineyard, correct? >> i'm sure i'll get invited. >> hillary said the united states -- in making that statement, didn't mean to offend the president, didn't mean to attack him, his policies or his leadership and she thinks it would be fine to wear that striped tie to the party tonight. >> i might take it off.

>> karl rove put it all in perspective about where we were and where we are. >> is the world a safer place today? no. it is not a safer place because what we did, it's succeed not guilty removing the taliban in afghanistan and removing saddam hussein has been frittered away by the policies of this administration. we need a change from the failed policy of the obama administration. that's a difficult dance for the democrats. more difficult than for the republicans. >> certainly a difficult one for hillary clinton moving into 2016 to try to side step and distance herself from president obama where she sat and made decision on foreign policy, to critique his is a risky thing to do moving forward, i think is what he's saying. may not benefit her. >> if the president is upset now and david axelrod has to go to twitter to defend him, it's only going to get worse as 2016 goes. >> it's strange where she has to go. she went so far right with this. in her defense, she's always been there. she's always been let's do more in syria. let's do more in areas that

there is some unrest. and now the timing of it. president obama basically saying don't do stupid stuff is his foreign policy and the atlantic interview, which is a fantastic interview, if you haven't read it, read it. it all came together at the same time. but it's very interesting, the letter she wrote, the phone call she made and now the visit she's making to president obama. i don't know. i'm not sure that's great optics. >> president obama got back at her kind of by saying his biggest mistake was doing libya. guess whose idea that was. hillary clinton. eight minutes after the top of the hour. let's go out to washington where the crisis in iraq. additional 130 troops, after president obama promised no boots on the ground. elizabeth prann live in dc with the pentagon's new strategy. am i right? >> the pentagon is really careful when they describe it. they're saying it's a temporary mission, 130 troops are headed to the region on the heels of

air strikes and a massive aid assistance. their job is to gauge the humanitarian crisis of the thousands of iraqi civilians. officials say any attempt to relocate those who were stranded would likely involve an international effort, but defense secretary chuck hagel says the troops are not headed for combat. they are, quote, assessors. >> this is not any extension of any role other of the united states, other than to find ways to assist and help advise the iraqi security forces. we're not going back into iraq in any of the same combat mission dimensions that we once were in in iraq. very specific, is not a combat boots on the ground operation. we're not going to have that kind of operation. >> reporter: for so many

reasons, situation does remain fluid and very dangerous. the u.s. is working to strategically read a bat that will is ever changing. the islamic state used to behave more as an organized army with a strategy and perhaps a predictable plan. now they're seen more as insurgency with tactics unpredictable. militants are working to blend in among the population, making it a new and difficult enemy. back to you guys. >> wow. >> thank you. all right. we just know there is no boots on the ground. we know that for sure. >> when you talk about the pin prick air strikes to single choppers trying to deliver aid, we ask, is there a real strategy here when dealing with this region? charles krauthammer says the only strategy the president has is this. >> his mind, he was committed to a policy of hands off. we're not going to get into syria. we're not going to get back into iraq. i'm the peace maker. i won the nobel on the

presumption i'm the man who takes us out of wars. so to act forcefully, to act decisively would have been a contradiction of the self image and of the image he wants history to read and the american people to see. >> i got news for you, if you look at the press conference on monday, you can see the department of defense is not buying whatever strategy the president is putting out there. they basically let it be known it's really not going to be effective long-term to take down isis. in june of 2011, john brennan, then seenor advisor to 30, said al-qaeda would do what they're doing and do what they're doing now. >> trust me, our strategy is also shaped by a deeper understanding of al-qaeda's goals, strategies and tactics. i'm not talk being al-qaeda's grand vision of global domination through a violence islamist califate. that's absurd. we're not going to organize our

counterterrorism policies against a feckless delusion that's never going to happen. we're not going to elevate these thugs in their murderous aspirations into something larger than they are. >> three years later, al-qaeda's vision not looking so absurd with isis now ruling large territories in iraq and syria. so has the obama administration underestimated the reach of this terror group? >> our next guest knows firsthand the dangers of underestimating islamic terrorists. the former commandser officer of the uss cole which was attacked by al-qaeda in 2000. he joins us now. thank you for being with us. it is an honor to have you here. we thank you for your service. how grave is the mistake to underestimate al-qaeda, isis, calling them a jv team as the president did back in 2011 as we just heard there from those in the department, how much of a mistake was that? >> well, good morning. it is a big mistake. i clearly lived through the

consequences of underestimating in the intelligence community the threat that al-qaeda represented to our nation and the attack on cole when 9-11 occurred. now we're seeing an underappreciation of how much of a threat isis, isil, whatever they want to call themselves these days, is going to represent. they've taken huge swaths of territory. they're becoming much more militarily capable. every time we do nothing but pin prick strikes, we're really giving them an opportunity to adapt and adjust to a strategy that has no direction right now. >> commander, i think it the numbers have been estimated around 10,000 now, total numbers for isis. how is it that 10,000 fighters can be taking so much territory when we have literally hundreds of thousands, whether it's kurds or iraqi military to fight these guys? what's going on? are they that mean? are they that bad that they can handle themselves with literally ten to one or 20 to one against

them? >> i think what you're seeing is both the -- you have to look at the territory they're grabbing, the physical geographic location and how it's put out, the material that they've been able to gain by taking over military bases and use that, plus some of these countries, they're unprepared. they did not expect this type of attack. while they have the ability to defend themselves when you get closer in to their real territorial bounds, whether it's where the kurds are or toward baghdad, clearly they've been able to take large swaths with a relatively small group because they've gone unchallenged. >> what would you advise the president to do in terms of strategy? >> i think the first thing the president needs to do is do what he should have done five years ago. invest in the intelligence community, specifically the c.i.a., develop a human intelligence sources so that we can get people on the ground in syria, in lebanon, in jordan, in iraq so that we can understand the threat, see how it's developing from an on the ground perspective. we don't have that right now.

we dismantled that to a degree during a number of administrations. it needs to come back now. the president had five years. clearly his senior advisors, both with general clapper and john brennan do not appreciate or cannot understand the threat because we don't have the intelligence sources. consequently, we're setting this nation up for another attack. >> we've been gutting our military, people don't seem to mind. the only thing the president seems to be happy cutting is the military. but overall, the intelligence community is apoplectic with that statement. they have been warning the administration about the growth of isis, as fallujah fell, as ramadi fell, mosul falls and all of a sudden it's a five alarm fire. so they're upset by this. i also sense that the pentagon is not happy with the strategy, whatever it is, that they've been asked to implement right now because i watched that briefing on monday. they said we're not going to control isis with this. we're not going to be able to really do trend -- have tremendous success with the

humanitarian mission. so what's going on here? >> well, first to answer the question, brian, what strategy? there is no strategy for how to deal with isis right now. consequently, what you're looking at is a military that's being pushed forward. you got an intelligence community that may be sounding the alarm bells internally, but clearly the administration is more interested in political posturing than using productive intelligence to make a strategic decision on how to safeguard the nation. >> the military have to suck it up and do as it's told? >> hopefully we don't do that. but these days we're seeing so many political senior leaders in the military that are beholden to the white house rather than in defense of the nation, that they need to start speak out and loudly. they may work for the commander in chief, but they also work for the american people. >> are you disappointed in martin dempsey? >> i think that obviously there are a number of political considerations that he takes into account with every word he says and i think it's

unfortunate. i have yet to see him take on the president and while many people say oh, you just can't do that, the reality of it is he has a larger obligation to the defense of this nation than to the commander in chief's political policies. >> wow. commander, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> thank you. really drawing a light on the threat that is real to americans right now as far as isis is concerned. coming up, robin williams suffered from addiction and severe depression and he was not alone. if you or someone you know is also suffering, send us your questions and dr. ablow will answer them next. and president obama promised to get lobbyists out of the white house. this morning he's changing his tune. why you should pay attention to this one. ♪ ♪

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sleep drugs used by shift workers do not work. melatonin health workers sleep longer, but didn't help them get to sleep faster. they also cause headaches and high blood pressure. bad news all around. he made us all laugh, but we know that robin williams had a tough battle with addiction and severe depression. the battle he lost this week. >> that's right. he is not alone. approximately 16 million adults dealt with a depressive episode in 2012. there is still a stigma attached and many people are not as open as williams was. >> here to help with the discussion and answer some of your questions, psychiatrist and fox news contributor dr. keith ablow. welcome. big news. so let's just go right to some of these e-mails. e male from joe says what did robin williams have to be depressed about? he was famous and rich. >> well, here is the thing, this

viewer doesn't grasp what depression really is. it's an illness. it fools the psychological immune system, literally. you think there is nothing to live for. you have no defenses against it and it seems as though death is preferrable to life, which we all know is not true. but that is how severe a condition it is. listen, to the viewer, you're infinitely richer than mr. williams' survivors who now cope with the gravity of his loss. this is a monstrous condition. it isn't about fame or money that makes you immune. nothing makes you immune. >> this is an e-mail from lynn. we love your insight on it as well. i have a 34-year-old child battling ocd, depression, and need to know how to tackle this horrible disorder. she's getting counseling and has been put on medication. dr. ablow mentioned a drug. could you please tell me what it is? >> i think the medicine that she's referring to is called catamine. it was a drug of abuse in clubs.

people would use too much of it, take it by mouth and get high. but we know now is that when it's infused, given i.v., about six times, it can lift people out of their depressions in dramatic fashion and especially it can crush suicidal thinking. so if your family member is struggling with depression and literally thinking of taking his or her life, you may very well want to consider catamine as one solution. >> very good. another says i heard many times that it's common for people who suffer clinical depression after major heart surgery. it seems he had many struggles over the years as many comedians do. perhaps the surgery played a role. >> perhaps it did. and there can be many reasons why heart surgery could impact a man or woman. you may see your mortality in a different way, feel that you're vulnerable, think that your energy is not as great as it once was. but also medicines used after

heart surgery can cause depression, beta blockers. these are anti-hyper tensesive and agents that help the heart function, but they can also cause depression. if you or a loved one started a beta blocker anti-hyper tensesive, anti-blood pressure medicine and you have changed in terms of your mood, talk to your doctor about the alternatives. >> another tweet from peggy who says i understand that depression can be a cause of suicide or a factor in it. but is it really a reason for it >> well, i think what peggy is trying to get at is is it hopeless? is the pain which has been compared in studies to being as severe as that of a malignancy, of cancer, is that a reason? listen, peggy, no, never, because these are treatable conditions, depression and anxiety. everybody i've treated gets better and there are conditions that come and go. so even if you did nothing, you

could look forward, most people, to it remitting. but we have such powerful tools now to treat this, it's never a reason. the trouble is it steals your ability to be rational, so you think there is a reason. there is never that reason. >> there is a big question going back and forth in the wake of robin williams' death. is depression and dependence, which one came first? do people use drugs to deal with the depression or does the drug use cause the dependence? >> both and. it can go either way. you can be depressed and therefore drugs and alcohol, which can exert some mood lifting effects. unfortunately, they're bad ways to lift your mood. but you can start with that, with depression. on the other hand using cocaine, stimulants and even marijuana in a chronic way can cause depression. so there is a very unhealthy alliance between those two

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stop the protesters from advancing. anger over authorities refuse to go identify the police officer who fatally shot the teen-ager. police citing death threats against that officer. the shooting also triggering violent riots and looting in that area. the faa even forced to temporarily restrict air space over that city because someone shot at police helicopters. in a statement president obama called the shooting heart breaking. take a look here at the new cover of wired magazine that. is edward snowden as he clutches an american flag. the man who leaked secret government data is still living in russia after the government of vladimir putin announced he would be allowed to stay there three more years. he claims he, quote, cares more about america than what happens to me. president obama promised to crack down on lobbyists in the white house. remember he said that time and time again during the campaign. he said paid lobbyists were

drowning out the views of ordinary citizens. this morning the president changing his mind. he just decided to loose the restrictions on lobbyists who want to serve on federal advisory boards. this major reversal coming after several lobbyists filed a suit claiming that their constitutional rights were being violated. listen to this one. what do you think about this story? bibles now getting the boot from the u.s. navy? they're now being removed from every hotel room on military bases. this following a complaint from the freedom from religion foundation. the bibles will be taken to donation centers. the american family association calling for christians to fight back and calling on the navy to reverse that decision. those are your headlines. what do you think about that? in the meantime, let's head outside to maria. we've got flash flooding that's causing chaos across the country. before we head to her, let me mention, this is brand-new video we just got in this morning. this is a highway on long island, new york. i had to drive through part of this on my way to work this morning.

maria, flooding all across the country and the threat isn't over just yet. >> hey, that's right. the threat not over yet. the storm system still on the move after producing more than a foot of rain in several areas, including parts of long island and also across the state of maryland yesterday. so a very powerful storm system. today we could be seeing more flooding across portions of new england. that's where we have some flash flood watches in effect. you can see on the radar image some very heavy rain still coming down across parts of long island, parts of connecticut and moving into parts of massachusetts. and there is a look at your flash flood watches that are in effect and also several warnings out there. temperature wise, behind this cold front, it is going to be a lot cooler. take a look at some of the high temperatures in places like cleveland, low 70s. 70s in carby, maine. across portions of the plains, it will be a hot one. temperatures in the 90s from rapid city down into parts of texas. now i am tossing over to you. i have nothing in my ear. i can't hear producers. i know what's going on here.

you've done it. >> you have to do something extraordinary for an unbelievable cause. >> that's right. >> the als ice bucket challenge is taking social media by storm. as you know, als right now needs finances. everyone is doing the ice bucket challenge. then there is a rumor going out that the money is not being raised for als. joining us now robert tuckman, he is one of the experts in this area. he's going to tell us what the truth is about als. thanks so much for coming out. >> thanks for having me. >> tell me about the movement and tell me about the success it's really having. >> it's been incredible. so als, we don't get a lot of notoriety over any time period. this time period in the last two weeks we've raised $2.3 million in comparison to $22,000 the same time frame last year. >> donations are actually up? >> oh, my god up, off the charts. it's incredible. i can't explain my gratitude for what has happened with this

movement. everything it means to als. als, it affects a small amount of people, but it's such a devastating disease and the fact that we've been able to have this blessing has been incredible. >> we take a younger set of generations and teens that are doing it, celebrities and athletes, baseball players, lou gehrig's disease is how it's known. one of the coaches said look, imagine if in that time, 1939, there could have been a medium to spread awareness and raise funds what, could have been done back then? >> it's incredible. this couldn't have happened five years ago. now we're looking at a situation here where we got to rethink, how do he get our message out? social media is doing that for us right now. it's incredible. >> how does a bucket become money? >> so let's not say everyone is throwing the ice bucket over their heads, that's great. but how do you really raise

money is that what you do is you throw the ice over your head, which we're going to do, and then make a donation to als and you can do that at als.org and you can send checks, you can do it on line. really that's what it's about. everyone chipping in. >> so people see maria like this, or elisabeth, and they say, i'm motivated, that's what you want them to do? >> exactly. if they can go to als.org and donate money, that's great. >> i challenge someone when i'm done, correct? >> you can challenge three people and we have three people right here. >> wait, wait, wait. there is one thing. i do have other weather to do. so i brought my shower cap. here is a thermometer. i'm a meteorologist. >> someone else pat her dawn. see what else she's got. there is janitors with less

stuff on. >> she's capped and ready to go for the ice bucket challenge to benefit als research. are you ready? >> doing the ice dance. it was 48 hours when she was doing it to herself. now it's maria molina doing it for als. >> i do it myself? >> we can lift it up for you and then you're going to dunk it. one, two, three. >> well done. >> how does it feel? >> now i have to challenge someone, right? >> you have to challenge somebody else. >> i'm going to bring in my weather teammate, rick reichmuth, for a good cause. here we go. >> he has 24 hours to do the challenge. so we can give him 24 hours or get him right now. >> so maria, you're a great sport for a great cause. elisabeth, way to motivate.

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rescue instead. an update in the mysterious brooklyn bridge flag swap. two german men claiming responsibility. now our reporter is live in new york city with the brand-new details. theresa. >> reporter: good morning. they say art is subjective. here in some parts of the city, some people think this art is criminal. this morning two american flags fly high atop the brooklyn bridge, but it was a very different scene on july 22 when our old glory was swapped out for two bleached flags. in the last month, there has been a lot of speculation as to who may have done this and what their purpose was for this, were these anarchists or people trying to expose security lapses. we know two german stunt men really, dare devils have taken responsibility for this. they are german performance artists who say that they do this typically in urban public spaces like the brooklyn bridge and it is simply art to them.

but they chose the 22nd of july because it's a date that john robling, who constructed the bridge, died. police are still investigating. they say the investigation is ongoing, but the guys say they didn't mean any harm and it wasn't an anti-american stance. that's the latest from the foot of the brooklyn bridge. back thank you. >> thank you very much. the summer is winding down. but now is the perfect time to cash in on some amazing deals like how to get this patio set for almost half price. we'll show where you they're hiding next. but first on this day in 1942, the disney film "bambi" premieres. in 1961, the construction of the berlin wall begins in east germany. in 1966, "summer in the city" by the loving spoonfuls was the number song in america. ♪ ♪

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>> yes. i'm guessing this is one of the things we should have. >> send the kids to school, you head to the mall. wal-mart provided this patio set. this dining set is under $300. the umbrella cut, about 39%, 80 bucks. if you're in the mood for patio furniture, act fast. they started the sales earlier than usual this year, so inventory is low. you want to act right nowful. >> be prepared to take it with you. >> this is the grill king grill from wal-mart. this is under $200. what you might want to do on grill social security kind of wait closer to labor day when the department stores like sears and macy's start offering a coupons. you get the sales price and you can add coupons on. we can go lower. >> even though you're thinking of closing down the backyard as school is beginning, you should think ahead to next summer and stock up on patio furniture and grill. >> pout them in storage and

save. >> looking forward to september, school starting. so we know this year these are actually items here that we should get now in august? >> here is the thing with the back to school season, first of all, it's three months long. does that surprise you? >> no, every year it gets longer. >> all of these supplies here are like one and $2, 50 cents glue, for instance. so you can go to wal-mart for these deals, staples. if you find something like this glitter folder someplace else, i guarantee you the retailer will match the price and sometimes refund you like 10%. >> are you saying you can negotiate in a store? >> absolutely. >> even a big roof top store you can say, well, they're offering a me -- >> staples has a 110% price match guarantee, wal-mart has a price match guarantee. if you buy it and go on the computer from your receipt, they will automatically scan their entire inventory of every store and if they find this glitter

folder cheaper somewhere else, you get the difference. >> bring your a game for school. i love that. now text. you say get the supplies now in august. how much can we save? >> tech is tricky. let's head -- we'll do the tv first. this is a 40-inch. here is the deal with televisions. the best deals are tornado the end of the year in time for super bowl sunday. but if your kid is going to college, if you want a smaller tv, the bigger discounts are right now. so this retails -- from best buy, we thank them very much -- this one retails for $280 and if you can prove you're a student, you can sometimes get an additional discount, between 100 and $150 off on top of the discount that they're offering a. >> how fantastic. >> mom and dad, take your kid to best buy with you because you can save hundreds more. >> they'll have a lot of friends in college if they showed up

with these. computers. lap tops especially. >> the one in the front here, this is a map book pro. last week apple announced a refresh to the new mac book pro. this one gets a nice price cut. so this comes from best buy. it sells between 1200 and $2,500. you're going to get a 50 to $125 sale price. that's what's coming off, if you're a student, take an extra $100 off that. could be as low as $955 for a mac book pro. >> that's exceptional, especially head into a new season of school. >> the one behind you is the hp envy, two in one laptop. the screen does all sorts of fun things. you can get this as low as 500 bucks if you're a student. >> that's great. honestly, thank you so much for bringing us all these great deals. >> i hope we entice people to best buy and wal-mart. thank you again because they really provided us. >> of course. thank you for bringing us these dealsal chaos in a traffic stop when activists try to interfere with a border agent arresting an

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talk to your doctor. for free home delivery, enroll in nexium direct today. good morning. today is wednesday, august 13. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. hillary clinton making a late night phone call to the president after trashing his foreign policy. so what did she have to say? we have the 411 on that. a traffic stop turns ugly when activists show up to defend an illegal who broke the law. the protesters crawl under the agent's car. what in the world is going on? brian? >> to keep the illegal here and not get the illegal arrested. hope they weren't hungry. a bear breaks into a truck and eats the workers' lunch and looks at the camera. even makes eye contact. what a daring bear.

>> bold. >> i would say bold. mornings are better with friends. >> this is paul stanley and you're watching "fox & friends". >> good morning. thank you for joining us now. hey, brian. >> hey. >> made you laugh? >> yes. very funny. i do think this, are we running out of woods? why are the bears coming out now? >> why are they posing for selfies? >> perhaps we're just packing better lunches that seem to entice them more. >> i blame lunchables. i blame the fact -- or the peanut but ther and jelly pockets. what are they called? the little wafers. >> hot pockets? >> they're cold. i know what you're saying. >> they're fantastic. peanut but ther and jelly. >> crustables.

>> crustables. thank you. >> you know what the problem is? no one in the control room has time for lunch. they work straight through. heather nauert? >> good morning. sorry i had to jump in. >> you helped me. i got two blind stares here. >> that was a mommy intervention. >> all right. good morning, guys. hope everyone is off to a great day. we've got brand-new video to show you. coming out of long island, new york, kilmeade and i had to drive through this kind of rain right there. dozens of cars stranded overnight by a lot of flooding. luckily we made it into work. that is really something else. then there is a similar scene in arizona. a guy sitting on top of his car. he was forced to jump onto a fire truck just to get to safety. look at those raging waters right there. and then i want to show you this video out of detroit. that is a front end loader. it had to drag a car out of the water and it did it one by one. in some places that water was 14 feet deep. wow.

hard to imagine there. and then in detroit, a scuba diver swims flew the flood water to see if anyone is trapped as he looks in the front of that truck right there. we'll keep watching. new tensions for a third night in a row in ferguson, missouri, over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black student. 18-year-old michael brown was shot and killed by a police officer. overnight police in riot gear lining the streets hoping to stop protesters from advancing further inflaming the anger. police refusing to identify the cop who fatally shot brown, citing death threats. did robin williams take his own life because of money troubles? he apparently on the verge of bankruptcy after two expensive divorces. sources say that he recently confided to a friend that he feared for his family's financial security. he had been trying to sell his house since 2012 for $35 million, but there were apparently no takers. williams also struggled with addiction and depression. earlier today dr. ablow

explained what he called an unhealthy alliance between the two disorders. listen to this. >> you can be depressed and therefore drugs and alcohol which can exert some mood lifting effects, unfortunately, they're bad ways to lift your mood. but you can start with that, with depression. on the other hand, using cocaine, stimulants and even marijuana in a chronic way can cause depression. >> investigators confirming that williams hanged himself after he tried to slash his wrist. no word yet on plans for a memorial service. more sad news out of hollywood. another hollywood legend has passed away. the leading lady, lauren bacall. >> you know how to whistle, put your lips together and blow. >> that's one lady. that is a scene from the film "to have and have not," one of the iconic moments of history. she was a model turned actress and eventually married her

co-star, humphrey bogart. she had a 60-year career and appeared in more than 30 movies, performed on broadway and received an honorary oscar. she was 89 years old. that was one sexy woman. >> right. >> not kidding there. incredible career. >> and normally this would be even bigger news, but with the robin williams suicide, everyone is talking about that. but lauren bacall certainly noteworthy. let's talk about politics. while you were sleeping, last night hillary clinton was not. no, she was on the phone and guess who she was calling. it was the president. it was to perhaps apologize, we hear, over a quote that she was given to an atlantic interview where she condemned the president's foreign policy, saying it was his don't do stupid stuff. great nations need principles and don't do stupid stuff is not an organizing principle. it prompted her to get backlash from david axelrod and make the call to the president,

apologizing before a big party today. >> here is david axelrod's tweet before she made the phone call. just to clarify, he tweeted out, don't do stupid stuff means stuff like occupying iraq in the first place, which was a tragically bad decision. that's axelrod's conclusion. he's doing that because hillary clinton, one of 29 democrats in the senate at the time who voted in support of the war, because she was with bill clinton when she was first lady and saw the threat that iraq was. perhaps later on she would say for political reasons, she changed her mind because she couldn't support the surge in iraq because barak obama had already isolated her because she had supported the war in iraq. >> don't forget, president obama, one of the first things he did, first foreign policy speech in june of 2009 said, you know, we're doing this. we're pulling out. we're basically -- he was basically being an apologist over the way we had been for the last ten or so years, saying america is not going to be that way going forward. so he told the american people

and the world frankly what he was up to. it should come as no surprise that he would say don't do stupid stuff as his foreign policy. >> this is a story in politico today. one of the things where the rubber hit the road with hillary clinton reportedly and barak obama, according to the former secretary of state, was the free syrian army. when the syrian started the protests against assad, she essentially said i support it. supporting the protesters to professor throw assad and the president says it's ridiculous to think a bunch of farm insists were going to -- farmists were going to overthrow a government like assad. really? a person in the room when that proposal was made, it wasn't done by hillary clinton. it was done by leon panetta, supported by david petraeus, and perhaps by the secretary of state, and the president, when he left that meeting, requested from congress $500 million to support the free syrian army. so if it's farcecal to think we could possibly support the free syrian army, why did the president request $500 million for it?

>> here you have hillary clinton, can she have it both ways? she said she's sorry for saying what she said about what he said about foreign policy. as we move into 2016, karl rove indicated you better pay really close attention to history here because having it both ways might not prove so well for you. >> we've seen the drama once before. in 1968 vice president hubert humphrey, who disagreed with president johnson on the vietnam war had difficulty breaking from the administration. he finally did it in a speech in salt lake in october. but by doing so, he neither placated the critics nor kept the support of all of johnson's -- of those who agreed with johnson. >> so the question is, can the president -- can hillary clinton who wants to be president, perhaps, can she unite the democratic party by criticizing the democratic press? >> how would she answer the question, you were there for four years. most of the iraq policy was developed under your watch with

the white house. how did you not stop it? how did you not step up and say hey, i'm against this and i want to put my foot down and let the world know because here we are six years later, you want to run for president? >> in defense of the former secretary of state, i don't really remember too many times when the secretary of state has turned on the president. colin powell used to do is plant stories in newspapers saying, according to a high ranking source, colin powell is not for x policy. but the president would decide between them. in this case, the department of state and defense was for it. the president got some mystery advice not to go with it. >> when the first lady and hillary clinton come together at a big party on the vineyard tonight, it might get a little icy or awkward. or did the i'm sorry work last night on the phone call to the president? >> in other news, the u.s. is sending an additional 130 troops to iraq after president obama had promised no boots on the ground.

elizabeth prann is live in washington with what the pentagon is now saying. elizabeth what, is the very latest? >> reporter: well, after the u.s. dropped strikes in massive amounts of supplies to thousands of helpless stranded civilians, the pentagon carefully announced an additional mission which includes 130 troops heading to the region. they'll be gauging the humanitarian crisis which includes helpless men, women and children, all part of a religious minority, homeless on a mountain. experts say a relocation effort could likely involve international resources. the white house is prudent when describing the mission. >> so these would be a limited number of advisors who would deploy to northern iraq where they would assess the situation with the iraqi government and determine what the options are to get humanitarian assistance to those people who are in need. >> reporter: while the additional troops will assist the state department and others in helping those trapped with limited food, water and medical care, of course, in the summer heat, the military front also rages on. u.s. officials continue to read an ever changing battle.

the islamist stake used to reportedly behave more as an organized army with a strategy and perhaps a predictable plan. now they're using insurgency plans, and perhaps one some military officials need additional air strikes. back to you guys. >> going to be a tough few weeks and maybe months. mine while, don't you think it's important if we're going to come up with a strategy to understand who the enemy is and how dangerous it could possibly be? if you were looking at the c.i.a. to come up with that answer, perhaps the infrastructure is there, but the man who would eventually become the c.i.a. director was not somebody who could actually see over the horizon on the potential danger of a group like isis forming. >> in fact, john brennan, the former counterterrorism advisor, now c.i.a. director, actually said it would be delusional, this couldn't happen. nothing to worry about when it comes to isis. >> our strategy is also shaped by a deeper understanding of

al-qaeda's goals, strategy and tactics. i'm not talking about al-qaeda's grandiose vision of global domination through a caliphate. that vision is absurd and we're not going to organize our counterterrorism policies against a feckless delusion that's never going to happen. we are not going to elevate these thugs and their murderous aspirations into something larger than they are. >> okay. thanks. because now they are larger and now they have called themselves an established caliphate that has straddled iraq and syria and now baghdad. >> 10,000 in training. tens of millions of dollars behind them with a mission to murder christians across the region. i mean, this is pure genocide here. their mission as we heard from many officials, to actually increase attempts to get into the united states. this is al-qaeda in the making now. this is the new al-qaeda moving to kill anyone who doesn't believe what they believe. >> right.

they stole somewhere around 1 1/2 billion dollars in gold from an iraqi bank. here is a quiz, brian. this guy was held by the u.s. military from 2005 to 2009. president obama declared we're pulling out of iraq. under that, it may have been amnesty that let this guy out in 2010. he became an al-qaeda leader. his name is abu al bagdadi. do you know who he is? the leader of isis now. we had him. we let him go. he's now the leader of isis. if that doesn't tell you that president obama and his foreign policy and his dealing with terrorists in the middle east is all off and dangerous, nothing else will. the guy we had in that prison is now leading isis. it makes you wonder that five for one trade for sergeant bergdahl, are those guys going to start showing up in isis? >> hear no evil, see no evil doesn't mean it doesn't exist. that theory of hands off has proven wrong. we're now suffering now an attempt to kind of come back

from behind as it seems from the president. >> his last words when he was left out was to his guards, located on long island, i'll see you in new york. meanwhile, other major news, including stuff to be passionate about, immigration. a traffic stop turns ugly in arizona when immigration activists showed up to defend an illegal who got busted behind the wheel. yeah. defending the illegal. those out of control activists even threw their bodies underneath a border patrol car in an attempt to delay the arrest. >> and they claim the cops are racist and officers say they're just doing their job. following the 2010 immigration law that sparked protests across the country. joining us is the author of that law. when you see that video of citizens stopping an officer from doing his job, what does

that make you think and feel? >> well, it makes me feel like the rule of law is truly under threat in this country because we passed this law and the arizona legislature passed it with huge majority. we fought it all the way to the supreme court and the supreme court said this law stands. but when the open borders left doesn't get their way, they turn to mob violence. our country is supposed to be a country where the representatives vote on a law. if someone wants to challenge it in court, they can. hey, this law is perfectly legitimate. there is nothing biased about it. >> who in your mind, is violating the law then? >> well, the illegal alien is violating the law. he committed a traffic violation and then admitted to the officer that he's here in the country illegally. that's when sb 1070 quick in, like it's intended. the officer has to make a call to the border patrol or ice and as a result, one less illegal alien is in the state of arizona. that's how it's supposed to work. you multiply it by tens of thousands of times across the state and you have a significant multiplier that the federal

government, the border patrol and ice can use with the help of state and local police. >> chris, who turned this issue on its head? who flipped this issue? this clearly is right and wrong. now it's wrong and right. >> yeah. the interesting thing here is this strife, this flipping of the issue, if you will, is completely artificial. apparently the driver of the car had a phone number with him and he called the protesters and said hey, i'm in contact with the tucson police right now and they spontaneously came to him and started this -- that's why i say artificial protest, to make a big stink over this law. by the way, there have been thousands of other illegal aliens arrested in traffic incidents in tucson and handed over to the border patrol with no incident whatsoever. >> chris, thanks so much for joining us. this is probably one of the most important issues domestically that we're tackling. coming up, brand-new details

revealing tony stewart almost killed another driver last year at the same track he struck and killed kevin ward, junior in inadvertently, it seems. the latest bombshell in this investigation? we'll explain. the president promised to keep lobbyists out of the white house. >> we have the chance to go ahead and say to the lobbyists in washington, your days of setting the agenda are over. >> well, this morning he may have changed his mind. next up, there is hype for hillary. 5-7. for obama, 2009. after that, there is biggest inspiration, hillary's is john f. kennedy. obama's is that guy in the corona commercial who throws the phone into the ocean. finally, we have personal motto. hillary's is 2016, can't get here fast enough.

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political newcomer mike mcfaddin winning the republican senate race. he will take on al franken, right now franken has a double digit lead. in a race to fill congressman michelle bachman's seat, tom emmer won with 73% of the vote. meanwhile, in washington, president obama promises to crack down on lobbyists in the white house. the reason? he said they were drowning out the views of ordinary citizens. well, this morning the president changed his mind. he just decided to loosen the restrictions on lobbyists who want to serve on federal advisory boards. game on. elisabeth? >> thank you. brand-new bombshell for tony stewart, the family of nascar driver alicia ruggles claiming he almost killed a female driver last year. at the same track he struck and killed kevin ward. what does the bombshell mean for the current investigation going on now? joining us is fox news legal analyst peter peer. >> it gets more disturbing by the moment. greg cooper, a cousin of a woman named alicia ruggles, whose back

was broken allegedly in a race with stewart, says stewart was trying to splash mud, or stone, as he says, mr. laird. >> to send a message. >> push him back, and that it went terribly awry and resulted in his death. unfortunately, mr. stewart's got a history in terms of how he's acted and what he said. reportedly in 2013 he made these comments about driver joey lagano in a race. if he ever turns down in front of me again, i don't care what lap it is, he won't make it through the other end of it. we have some other evidence. paul kinney, a driver in saturday's race, said it's not a good idea to get out of your car, but nobody can speak for tony. only tony knows exactly what happened. i've seen kevin clear as day. nobody else ran into him either. so what he's saying is mr. laird was there to be seen. no one else struck him. but mr. stewart at that time and why did that occur?

there was a caution flag and according to some reports in the accident reconstruction is being done now in a forensic way, mr. stewart's car sped up. we don't know whether he was shifting in some way, that he was speeding up to avert the person on the track, who knows? couple of issues, will tony stewart be charged? early this morning before i saw this new york post story that details this new event, i thought no, because new york has the lowest vehicle homicide rate in the united states. drivers charged with homicide in only 5% of fatal crashes. in order to charge someone on a manslaughter standard or even a vehicle homicide standard in new york, there must be a moral blame worthiness test, meaning you need to be wreckless, a violation of the law. the violation of a statute is not enough. >> did prior activity or quote lend any weight to that theory? >> it lends weight in terms of

intent, if there was an intentional act by tony stewart that somehow he was trying to strike his fellow driver who was trying to kill him on the track, what he said or what he did or what happened between the two of them, there was a bump, that may be part of the investigation. >> that's a criminal aspect of it. can the track or tony stewart himself be sued? >> yes, and i believe they will be sued. he will be sued and the track will be sued as a result of this. negligence is the standard. appropriate reasonable behavior is the standard. there is an issue when you go on a track like that and other sprint car tracks around the country, drivers have to sign a waiver as a result of a 2008 accident in williamsport, pennsylvania, there was a lawsuit brought by a quadriplegic driver. he lost that and he lost that because he had signed the waiver. track issues will come into play. why wasn't the driver directed to stay in the car? that's the e-mail and the tweets i'm getting time and time again.

why did he step out of the car into harm's way? was he stunned? was he a victim of head trauma at that point? why was he pointing at tony stewart? why did tony stewart act in the fashion that he did? negligent, intentional, bad break, god's will, who knows? the investigation continues. i don't believe he'll be prosecuted, but this will be a vigorous, vigorous lawsuit in which they go after tony stewart and this track for millions and millions of dollars. >> wow. peter johnson, jr., thank you. we know you will stay on that. >> we will. it's a tragic and interesting story. >> sure is, thanks. still ahead, call the pc police. now the navy is giving the bible the boot. your e-mails are pouring in about that. and this cat knows no bounds. even doors can't hold him back. ♪ ♪

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time for your shot of the morning. workers in colorado came back to their truck for lunch and found a bear that beat them to it. how many times has this happened to you? check out the animal sitting in the front seat. he crawled inside after sniffing out which is called a yummy sandwich. one of the guys left hyped. how bad do you feel if you had a sandwich in there and the bear those the other guy's? he stayed there for 30 minutes before he decided to leave. hi, honey. thanks a lot, but it wasn't bear worthy. >> playing some music and

hanging out. >> what did they used to eat before they started coming out? >> peanut but ther and jelly things. what are they called? >> crustables. >> uncrustables. >> it's a little disk and packed with jelly and peanut butter. back to this, what do bears eat? do they eat squirrels? chipmunk? do they have to eat our stuff? >> it's better, brian. it's just better. >> your dog likes people food better than dog food, doesn't he? >> i don't know. we don't give him the opportunity. duke. >> duke gets no people food. >> he never has people food. >> how do you know he's not having it right now? he may not get people food and it looks like two groups might not get the bible. there is a war in religion going on. right now bibles are booted from navy base guest rooms and an atheist group is telling a georgia football team to punt the prayers.

that's right. we've had two situation. if you go to visit in the navy in the guest rooms, they no longer hold the bibles. and then is the school actually in gainesville, they use a proverbs quote up on their game plan to inspire some of the players. one concerned citizen wrote in and said, hey, we're not having this anymore. this is not freedom for us. that's offensive. it's too religious and being forced on the players to motivate them. >> i don't know how having a bible in a hotel room in a drawer is forced on anyone. you don't want to read it, leave it in the drawer. you're not forced to read it. i can't figure that out. >> you would think an american organization, a federal-run organization would be able to make their own decisions. but it's atheist organizations pushing back. >> if it's a money thing, i bet your bottom buck you will find someone willing to donate all the bibles for all the rooms in the navy and high school. >> we put this on facebook.

in america, we're guaranteed freedom of religion, now it seems the only ones who are not guaranteed that are the christian majority. >> i would agree with eric, even though my name is eric. tom says, why are atheists' rights more important than everyone else's? where is the constitution say we never have to see something that offends us? all these lawsuits do is cost tax dollars and they all offend me. kerry said this, sad that we push equality unless it comes to the christian beliefs and then it's wrong. very hypocritical. in light of what's going on in the world and the persecution of christians right now, how close i would add this other question, how close do we want to get to emmitting religious -- eliminating religious freedom. >> and i carry the constitution every day. this is a big, big point of contention. i'm a constitutionalist and these freedom from religion groups, i don't think they have a basis in this. i really don't. i think they're expanding. they're overstepping their bounds on it. >> they're passionate in what they don't believe. >> right. >> or want you to believe.

>> i'm passionate about tossing to heather. >> fine, we'll let you. >> let's talk about this rain all across the country. look at what happened in the midwest. this video is simply unbelievable. take a look. a massive wave of water coming right through the doors and windows at a hospital in nebraska. the water washing away tables and chairs in the cafeteria in just seconds there. that flooding is a result of nearly four inches of rain that came down so quickly. a real mess out there. the body of casey kasem is now being moved a second time. sources say that his widow, jean, is planning to have his body flown to norway against the wishes of his children here in the united states. she reportedly wants to prevent a second autopsy from occurring. last month she flew his body to canada from a funeral home in washington state. listen to this, he was

afraid of being deported. a suspected illegal immigrant on the run from police and this is such a tragic story, crashes into a car, leaving a family of four dead. he led police on a wild chase near houston after refusing to stop for a traffic violation. his speeds reaching 100 miles per hour. his girlfriend says that she was on the phone with him during the time of the chase and he said he was afraid of being deported. he also died in that crash. a family of four dead also this morning. and no opposable thumbs necessary. this clever cat figured out a way to open all the doors on his own. the owner even tried putting water in front of the door, but that didn't stop him. he now goes out whenever he wants. those are your headlines. remember last week we had the bear who opened the car door? >> right. i will say this, my dog has bad hips. he would jump on the screen door

and walk backwards with it. that was before the iphone and i couldn't tape it. again. >> we don't believe you. >> if you want to be impressed by the cat, fine. but i'm more impressed by my german shepherd in 1979. >> i still don't believe you. i need proof. >> appreciate it. >> over the weekend i took the ice bucket challenge. you can believe it to benefit als and the challenge is taking social media by storm and everyone is getting in on the action. a little while ago, it was maria molina's turn. >> doing the ice bath. it was 48 hours ago when she was doing it to herself. now it's maria molina doing it for als. >> duke it for a great cause. >> i do it myself? >> you're we can lift it and you dump it. one, two, three. >> well done. >> how did it feel? >> very cold. >> she did a great job.

have you warmed up since? >> i think i feel very refreshed. i say we do this every single morning before the show starts. what do you think? >> sounds good. that shower cap is going right to the smithsonian. we got to get a new shower cap for tomorrow. >> i think you get two more picks. i think you might be able to get doocy and kill need in there. >> -- kilmeade in there. >> i'll nominate you, eric. >> no, kilmeade and doocy. >> there you go. >> you know how "the five"'s one more thing. >> you have 24 hours to take the als challenge. >> can i get 36? >> 24. 24 hours. but i do want to switch gears a little bit because today is wednesday. that means it's science trivia day. and today's question is related to ice because of the ice bucket challenge. so today's question is, the process in which ice turns directly into a gas is called a, evaporation, b, sub limation, c, condensation, or d, reposition.

what do you think? >> a. >> you think it's a? evaporation? this is an ice, a solid going directly to a gas. >> i'll go with a. >> i'm going with b. >> you're correct. it's sublimation. >> you're kidding. by the way, thanks for letting me play. >> i guess i'll play next week. >> thanks for that. coming up, the empire state building refused to honor mother theresa. now kids with cancer are getting no respect either. and she's in a league of her own. the 13-year-old girl who is playing ball with the boys. the record breaker joins us live from williamsport next. ♪ ♪ ir is perfect.

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quick headlines now. the owners of the empire state building refuse to go honor children's cancer research. the web site claims it doesn't award honorary lightings for political issues. last night it was lit up in blue

to lure the 2016 democratic national convention to new york city. and germans claiming responsibility for the mysterious brooklyn bridge flag swap. two artists providing the new video and other details they say they did it to honor the bridge's famed german born engineer, the nypd calling it a credible lead. i believe that's called a confession. >> i believe you're right. well, she is not your average 13-year-old. she just pitched a shut-out game thanks to her 70 miles per hour fast ball, taking her team to the little league world series. the teenage pitching phenomenon joins us now. thanks for being with us. >> thank you. >> congratulations. how long have you been playing baseball? >> for about five or six years now. >> i mean, it's outstanding. does it hit you the way it hits everybody else, no pun intended -- that you are the 17th girl to go to the world

series. it happens on friday. but you as a girl on the mound taking your team to the victory, do you like that that's a big deal? >> i didn't really consider it as a big deal 'cause it's just a regular game to me, win or lose. it was really honorable to make it this far. it wasn't really a big deal, but then when we won, that was a huge deal. it was very exciting and it was a lot of emotion going. it was kind of crazy. >> so looks like you have -- we talked about your 70 miles an hour fast ball. looks like you have some really good breaking ball. but how did you learn all these pitches? who is your mentor? >> my catcher, scott, he also pitches sometimes and he helps me out a lot. but his dad, steve, he's been my coach for a while now. so between those two people, they're really good mentors to me and they always teach me a lot about the sport to make me

better and to make each other better. so been those two people for a long time now. >> game is friday. it's the world series for little league. outstanding. you're going to have something in your back pocket, i hear. what do you keep there? >> i keep a bunch of change in my back pocket. >> to help you out, give you good luck? >> yes. >> quick question, what about a typically, i don't know, more female friendly sport like soccer, no? >> should i give him a little hit right here, like a little punch for saying that? >> i play soccer actually, but i don't consider it as my favorite sport. >> do you think you could strike eric out? >> now, there is a challenge. you think so? >> yes. >> allall right. i'm up for that. >> i think you're incredible. we wish your team the best of luck on friday. little league world series, watch out. 70 miles an hour fast ball is coming your way. have fun. >> thank you. >> have fun.

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>> the third iraq war already begun? general jack keane says it has as we drop bombs and ups the numbers of the u.s. military on the scene. so what comes now? and new video shows isis followers vowing to cut america in two. just how bad is the obama-clinton relationship? eye opening insight as they prepare to meet tonight on martha's vineyard. breaking news when bill and i join you at the top of the hour. access to a project genesis summary. >> identify for retina scan. >> kirk, admiral james t. >> security approved. >> wow. seemed to work for them. could that be the future of computer passwords? maybe. earlier this month russian hackers stole private information from 1 billion people on the internet. americans. now experts are look for new ways to secure your information,

including biometrics. here to explain cyber security expert mark rash. first off, how outdated is the password system? >> we've been using passwords to identify people for 50 years. so it's really not a very good system because people have to remember so many passwords and they're so susceptible to being stolen. >> i can't remember one from then. i swear i'm going to remember them. the next day i get up it's gone. two out of every three-day at that breaches involve the exploitation of weak or stolen passwords. so passwords one, two, three is not screwing up the would be hackers. >> what the hackers do is steal a database of encrypted passwords. they'll run the dictionary attack. they'll take every word in the dictionary, run it against the encrypted pass words and figure out which ones are actual words. >> what about the white house's solution to possibly use your

driver's license? >> it's not really a driver's license. the idea is that you've already proven to somebody when you get a driver's license or some authentication document that you are who you say you are, so that somebody will come by and say, look, this person really is mark rash. this person really is brian kilmeade and then tell other people that that's who they really are. >> so some other alternatives, 'cause we want to change this system, i believe. i believe europe has a better system than us. you say the phyto alliance offers alternative, including facial and voice recognition. >> there is lots of ways to prove you are you. and typically we talk about what they call two factor or multi factor authentication. in that star trek clip, you hear the computer ask who are you and he says kirk and they look to the retina to say who he really is. that's two different things. that's multi factor

authentication. gate analysis, how you walk, how you talk, eye retina scanning, fingerprints. >> all right. the white house system centralizing all the user names and passwords, that doesn't excite you, right? >> not at all. what you don't want to have happen is you don't want a centralized database of these biometrics. first of all, if it's compromised, it's really hard to get a new finger or new eyeball. just not easy to do. but the second thing is, if you have strong identity management, people know everything that you do on line. and think about represssive governments or even represssive companies using that data to track everything you're doing. >> and you just love the fed rated i.d. system, correct? >> right. it's sort of like this, it's a wallet. so you've got strong i.d., your driver's license. you've got payment systems, your credit cards. and you've got weak i.d.s like your library card. and they all rely on each other. >> if you hack me, you'll be very disappointed.

i have no secrets. mark rash, thanks so much. but unfortunately, the russians got 420,000 separate passwords. >> no. about 1.2 billion passwords, of whichly about 500 are separate. >> thanks so much. this is where we're heading. i am dying for a change anyway. more "fox & friends" in just a minute.

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so bears are eating people's lunches and brian, you asked if we were running out of woods and that was the reason why. so i checked with the brain room and the answer is no. most recent statistics and facts show we have actually .1% more wood than we had before. >> so my theory of the woods that we're destroying the woods forcing the bears into public is not going to work. i have to come up with another theory? >> they said as more people encroach upon the bears' habitat. >> before i go, i want to say thank you to gabby for yelling in my ear the whole entire three

hours to say hurry up. >> who is gavin? >> our producer. >> now we're running out of time. >> i got to meet this gavin. bill: we are sending more personnel to iraq as we get deeper into another mission. 100 additional military personnel and possibly a rescue mission could be next. welcome to america's newsroom. martha: the white house hedging a bit in terms of the language. refusing to call these new personnel troops. they say they are advisers but they will help to rescue thousands of iraqis like the yazidis and christians trapped on sinjar