d with the oscars? he should be more concerned with real issues like terror attacks. lets keep talking. log on to the "fox & friends" facebook page to weigh in today. >> yes. have a great weekend. >> happy friday. "fox & friends" starts now. bye. good morning. it is friday january 16. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. a fox news alert for you. airstrikes aren't working so how will the united states defeat isis? the new plan just announced, to send our troops into syria. >> the white house says they had to release detainees from gitmo because gitmo is what's causing a lot of violence. >> it would also be unwise to neglect the fact that our -- the prison at guantanamo bay continues to inspire violent acts around the globe. >> so is letting terrorists back on the battle field. the solution? we'll talk about that.

we first brought you this story and you fought back. this morning a huge update on duke university's plan to play the muslim call to prayer from the christian chapel. many of you will like how that ends. i can tell you this, mornings are better with friends. >> amen. >> hi everybody this is dawn from gilligan's island. you are watching "fox & friends." it is the real three-hour tour. >> from a three hour tour to the three week time when the folks who have dish could not see it. ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for your patience. yesterday afternoon they worked everything out and now we're back on dish. >> we're so thankful. it's great to be back with all of you. >> a lot of loyal dish viewers missed us and we missed you so we look forward to that. we have incredible stories today to go over but first heather nauert has a quick update. >> we start out seas.

one day we learned that the u.s. led airstrikes in syria are not working against isis, the u.s. military announcing it will send 400 u.s. troops to the region. the purpose is to train those moderate syrian fighters. they will be brought to neighboring countries for that work. our troops will head there in the spring. a dozen people were just arrested near paris in connection with the terror attacks there that left 17 people dead. the nine men and three women are now being questioned over possible links to the gunman at the kosher super market massacre. french police believed they supplied him with weapons and cars to carry out that attack. my body is on fire. those were some of the last words from a convicted baby killer who was just executed in oklahoma. charles warner was killed by lethal injection overnight. he showed no signs of

physical distress bus this was the state's first execution since the prisoner died during that botched execution attempt last year. >> pope francis is calling for an end to government corruption in asia's largest capital nation. the pontiff urging them to use their resources to help tens of millions living in poverty. this as we learn the pope will name an american as a roman catholic saint during his visit to the united states in september. he is one of california's original founders. he is being praised for bringing christianity to natives there. those are your headlines. see you in about a half an hour. >> since the president of the united states took over there's been almost no talk about gitmo and what a bad symbol it is. prior to that, in the bush administration all you heard was we've got to close gitmo so the bush administration put it on track to be closed. they said in the perfect

world it would be great to not have a need to have gitmo but dick cheney also warned when you look at these cases you will have a hard time closing the place. believe me there is a hard time closing the place because in there the worst of the worst. not reformed, al qaeda's worst, leadership command structure, they are there. and now they're getting out. and the explanations we're getting on why they're being released and the places they're going to, to me, do not fly. >> a lot of questions -- here we are now where ed henry took this question to josh earnest to try to wrap his head around why are we releasing these prisoners now. >> especially the five we released two days ago. >> we read their profiles. you would be aghast. look them up because it is remarkable to see what these terrorists were involved in and now they're headed out to oman, possibly jump over to yemen. you can't even believe it. ed henry couldn't.

he asked josh earnest why are we doing this right now or at all. >> nearly a week after terrorists with ties to yemen, at least one of them trained by al qaeda in yemen, killed at least a dozen people in paris. how could the president release five more gitmo detainees originally from yemen? >> because there was a unanimous recommendation from his national security team that steps could be put in place to ensure that when these individuals are transferred that we can significantly mitigate any threat that they have to the u.s. for our interests. >> i can tell you that only 6% or so of those transfers somebody suspected of or have been confirmed to rejoin the fight. >> isn't that still a problem? six pght -- six percent could wind up as terrorists. >> that is why this administration continues to pursue an aggressive

terrorist strategy. at the same time it would be unwise to neglect the fact that our -- the prison at guantanamo bay continues to inspire violent acts around the globe. >> we've heard that before. keep in mind the people who hate us over there just hate us over there and hate us here. are we going to close america? no. >> none of that happened before guantanamo bay existed. >> that's what charles krauthammer said. listen to this. >> the idea of guantanamo, recruiting the tool for isis or al qaeda is nonsense. do you think that the guys who killed the journalist in paris were inspired by gitmo? do you think the guy who shot the hostages in the jewish deli in paris were inspired by gitmo? 9/11 happened before gitmo ever existed. they have a list of grievances which is as long as the day. these people are inspired and recruited by their

objection to our way of life and the fact that we defend our way of life around the world. and they believe in islamist supremecy where shah rhea rules. >> -- where sharia rules. >> they close gitmo; they're not going to hate us anymore? >> if someone wanted to kill you and they were in prison and they were released, you would think maybe someone should let me know. with these five prisoners being released who terrorists, by the way want to kill you, they want to kill me, they want to kill everybody that doesn't agree with me, you would want to have this information. and you know the network is negligent in letting people know. only abc gave 35 seconds in letting people know about them being released. nbc zero not one second to let you know. >> here's why it is

significant. the week before you had paris blow up, you had 2,000 killed in nigeria. if you look at the terrorists, one of the brothers he trained in yemen. then you see oman borders yemen. all these guys are from yemen. this is in the face of the french and all of western europe. and guess what? no wonder they're mad that their buddies are tied up in gitmo. they can't join them in the terror fight. what kind of vocational training have they been through at gitmo? are they going to get themselves a different job and different career? >> probably not. any way, five more released and they'll be back in the terror business in no time. meantime yesterday we told you about this story. duke university 1:00 this afternoon was planning to go ahead and play the muslim call to prayer from the campus chapel right there, the bell tower. that is not a mosque but it's a chapel. so they were going to do that. then there was outcry from people like franklin graham

who was upset that christianity was excluded from the public square. he went on to say, you know what if duke supporters were smart if they don't like this, they would withhold their money. something worked because late yesterday duke caved and said you know what? maybe this isn't such a good idea after all. >> here's what they had to say, from their spokesman. it was clear that what was conceived as an effort to unify was not having the intended effect. the population there 15,000 claim to be muslim. the center did hire its first-time muslim chaplain. that is perhaps why they were trying to broaden. >> i saw in one of the local news stations down there in raleigh what they say is -- and this is only place i saw this -- there was a credible and serious security threat. that's why they reversed it. >> or it could be the

money, the funds being withheld. >> both sides weighed in on sean last night. here are the students. >> i consider myself a christian at duke university, and i was saddened that they had to cancel the call to prayer because in my view, christianity is a religion of love and love for the neighbor. part of that -- >> i'm thankful the university has reconsidered their decision to play the muslim call to prayer every friday. they heard the voice of not only students but alumni and the public at large. >> the whole idea was they were trying to include the muslim call to prayer during the day at duke. but here's the thing. they don't include any of the other religions. they excluded everything else. so they included and excluded at the same time and people said come on. if you want to do one, do them all. you can't do one and not do the others.

>> particularly the actual chapel where this was going to be broadcast. they are going to move it. it is going to occur, not just from the chapel. >> if you want to pray at certain times an iphone has a little alarm that could buzz your pocket. you don't have to make this a controversial issue. >> you're telling me there is an app for that? >> i even figured it out. can you believe it? i live in that tech world. i just got off a video game to do the show. 11 minutes after the top of the hour. >> he saved a navy seal from the hands of terrorists. the real-life story unfolded in the movie "lone survivor." >> why do you help me? >> why was he helping marcus latrell? now that afghani needs saving himself. this story may not be what it seems. new details this morning. >> kids, how about some

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after afghan village erecting everything to save marcus luttrell in a hollywood movie. >> he never hesitates to save a stranger but now he needs one to help himself. after the movie's release he and his family were targeted by the taliban. they are seeking asylum in the u.s. he has an attorney representing him. >> this isn't the first hero we represented. i helped the man who

stopped the shoe bomber. there are those out there that have this instinct to want to help and do good. here was one of ours, the best of the best of our society, a navy seal that was felled. this gentleman took him under his wing and the village watched you. he reached out to me this past summer and explained he was in america. things got weird. i don't know the politics but he left. now r.p.g.'s are going through his home. a couple of months ago a governor issued a letter a death warrant against my client indicating that arrest on sight or kill on sight kind of demand. >> is there a sense that there might be people behind the scenes that are manipulating him because he has had two opportunities to come here. he has been here for long periods of time. the paper work has been done and he's insisted on going back. >> i don't understand the politics, the movie, the book deals, the visits to

america. all i can tell you is i take this guy for what he is and that is somebody who saved one of us and is now trying to get out. the difficulty that we had was the american embassy in afghanistan was a target and a high-priced person like this where the taliban wanted to kill him imperilled not only himself but the procedure and extracting him out of afghanistan. i'm less concerned about the policy of this. he's a hero, marcus luttrell is a hero. my job is to keep immigration laws helping people who do good for us internationally. >> he did a wonderful thing. if you read the book you see the whole village did a wonderful thing. do you think the taliban had to hear about a movie to understand that he should be targeted? >> i don't know what they heard or why they're doing this. i can just tell you that we want to reward people that step up for our brothers and sisters in harm's way.

as soon as we do that internationally a red carpet should go out for somebody who did this. like my other client who was sleeping on a plane and sat on richard reid, this guy pulled him out of the waterfall and gave him safe haven. the whole village as far as i'm concerned earns our trust. >> you do a great thing one of the most respected immigration attorneys there is, but there -- is there a sense you might be being manipulated behind the scenes? >> i appreciate, first of all, your compliment and second of all i'm not as naive. the truth is that nobody has asked me to raise him money more than for his subsistence internationally and the essence of my profession would not allow me to entangle myself in any money. i don't see anything untoward. i see everything genuine and i refuse on principle -- i'm an observant jew. we're biblical cousins.

it is an awkward circumstance generally to deal with these kinds of experiences. i see this as a measure of principle. i'm so impressed by the hundreds of e-mails that we're getting internationally to see that this guy is given a home. i don't blame the world for being curious or thinking there's something below, like an iceberg below what we can see but i haven't seen anything. >> and you're the guy doing this for free just wanting to help him out. but if he does get here, doesn't speak english and has no skills and does not understand our culture, how would he survive? >> this is the greatest legacy greatest experiment in democracy. we are a inflammation of immigrants. who do you want to have here? our founding fathers established that very stock of trade. all of our citizens should have the instinct that this gentleman has to save somebody. he'll learn english he'll be productive. >> he did get two other offers to come here from great, great people like you and he turned them down.

we'll see what happens. all right. ten minutes before the bottom of the hour. straight ahead, we were promised health care costs will go down but our next guest has numbers to show the opposite. he can prove deductibles for expensive plans have gone up a hundred bucks.

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we've got some headlines for you on this friday morning. we just learned that neurosurgeon dr. ben carson will make a major announcement in a couple of weeks. he and an advisor are forming an exploratory committee thinking about running for the white house. wisconsin governor scott walker is making his own case for candidacy taking a swipe at hillary clinton. >> the reason hillary clinton was the big loser is because she embodies washington. she lives in washington. she worked in washington for this president and his

administration. she worked in washington when she was a united states senator. she embodies it. >> it was announced iowa's junior senator joni ernst will deliver the response to the president's state of the union response. marco rubio adding a little humor saying drink plenty of water before not during the speech. >> since the implementation of obamacare, more than six and a half heem reportedly signed -- people signed up for coverage this year. the deductibles for the least expensive plan have gone up about 100 bucks.

>> this is one example of our next guest and how he gives us evidence of our broken health care system. steven brill joins us now. i've always admired your ability to uncover what's going on for the american people. the bitter irony is you're writing this book about health care and you need open-heart surgery at about the same time. how did that tweak or refine your perspective on all this? >> i didn't plan it that way but it changed my perspective because it drove home in an emotional waip as opposed -- way as opposed to an intellectual way that health care is something that doesn't work well as a marketplace. in other words, when we get sick, when we're afraid when we're on the gurney, we can't say how much does that cost? that costs too much, i think i'll go across the street, i think i'll shop around a little bit. we don't know what we need. we don't know what it's going to cost.

and once we get the bill, we have no idea what the bill -- >> obamacare cured everything. everything's fixed now. >> the good news about obamacare for a lot of people is that tens of millions of people now have access to health care through insurance or through medicaid. the bad news is that you and i and everybody else who pay taxes are paying the same exorbitant prices in the same broken marketplace they were paying for. it's unsustainable. >> costs have not been controlled. >> costs haven't been controlled and there's nothing in the 965 pages of the law that purports to control costs except at the tiniest margins. >> you've heard the argument was it really worth blowing up everything to take care of 6.5 million people. >> we didn't blow up everything. we preserved everything. we added tens of millions of new customers on the taxpayers' dime into that marketplace which is a dysfunctional marketplace. there is a scene in the book where after i get out hospital,

i get 36 different explanations of benefits from 36 different -- >> could you understand the bill? >> that's my point. i think i'm pretty smart about this stuff by now, so i'm going through them and one of them says amount billed zero. amount you owe $154. as it turns out, i had an interview scheduled with the c.e.o. of united health care my insurance company and i asked him to explain that and he said i could sit here all day and i couldn't explain that to you. if he can't explain it, who can explain it? >> it's great to have everyone have insurance but if you look at the costs and do the math, what you did is totally unsustainable the costs are going to be out of control and the back room deals that got it passed make sure it will never be successful. >> people have coverage but in an unsustainable marketplace that obamacare does nothing or very little. >> who is the loser besides

the taxpayer? are the doctors the losers? >> the doctors are to gain. taxpayers, it's exorbitantly expensive. if you're the c.e.o. of a nonprofit hospital you make millions of dollars but the doctors and nurses aren't riding the gravy train. >> you've got a suggestion. let hospitals sell their own insurance. >> hospitals have been expanding. they have been gobbling up negotiators practices and clinics -- gobbling up doctors practices and insurance. let you and me buy insurance prosecute -- buy insurance from them. why would they want to overtest if they are the ones paying the bill? >> it is good to see someone who doesn't have a political horse in this race just write a book to tell the story. congratulations. >> thanks very much.

>> we're glad you're well, glad you wrote the book. let us know what you think about that suggestion about hospital running insurance. >> it is 6:30 in new york city. >> while you were sleeping new polls out there showing more than half of americans think we're still in a recession but the others say you're feeling good about the economy. stuart varney joins us. >> just do it. no, we're not talking about nike. we're talking about where people are being told make more babies. we'll tell you the details. >> just do it? >> it was hard for me to put that together. >> happy birthday. kate moss is 41. please, have a piece of cake. >> anything. ♪

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a fox news alert. another terror plot thwarted just in time. heather nauert has those details for you. >> let's start in europe right now. two suspected terrorists are dead and 13 more under arrest after belgium stopped a terror attack that was just about to go down. the investigation ending in explosive raid. take a look. three men in that raid with apparent ties to isis opened fire after cops swooped in. police say they have broken up what could have been another paris-style massacre. the two men who were killed returned from syria. he is the bartender accused of trying to kill john boehner and this morning the speaker has something to say about it. >> it's one thing to get a threat from far away.

it's another when it three doors from where you live. >> suspect michael hoyt has a history of mental illness. police say he plotted to slip something in his drink at a country club in ohio. >> wendy's is now caving in to demands from self-advocacy groups to drop soda from the kids menu. the fast food chain is now offering healthier options like 1% milk, bottled water or juice instead. parents can still order water but it won't be listed anymore. >> just do it and no we're not talking about nike. people are being told to make more babies in denmark. leaders tried giving rewards for positive pregnancy tests and that didn't raise the birthrate and they are now trying another approach. denmark has one of the lowest birth rates in europe 1.7 babies per family.

one town says they will keep schools, nurseries and other recreational places open but only if there are enough babies to use them. they even had carnal themed masses there where they were encouraging people at mass to get busy. >> really? in the catholic church. >> i don't think it was to do it at the mass. >> apparently not. >> holy cow! heather nauert, what a report. thank you. >> god wants us to, that is a good line. >> amen to that, i'll say. >> maria molina out on the streets of new york city where you know what? i know today it is just slightly below freezing but it actually feels almost warm today. >> doesn't it? it's been so cold in the northeast, wind chills well below zero and today current wind chills in the 20's in new york city. there is a look at wind

chills across the country. not really that bad for this time of the year. you're above zero in most areas. in the teens inlaces like caribou, maine. high temperatures are going to be better as well across the center of the country. in the 60's in the city of denver. 60's widespread across parts of oklahoma and texas. by sunday high temperatures across most of the country, going to be above average as much as 15 degrees above average in parts of the plains. we're going to have to watch out for a storm system tracking up the coast, potentially a nor'easter as we head into sunday and monday. it looks like because temperatures are going to be so warm we're not going to see a lot of snow. interior part of the northeast could be looking at significant snowfall though. >> if you're talking precipitation in january and it's not snow, i'll take it. in less than a week president obama is going to deliver his state of the union address and overnight brand-new fox news polls

show voters question the state of the economy under president obama. >> we're not done reading yet. more than 60% of voters say we're still in a recession but nearly the same amount are optimistic about the economy. how does that add up? i can't answer that question elisabeth. >> we have someone who can. that is why we're asking stuart varney on the fox business show. >> 64% of us think we're still in recession. does america feel prosperous to you? no, it doesn't feel prosperous. 64% think we are still in a recession. how does that happen? wages are flat costs are going up. spending power is crimped. we feel not prosperous. the other side of the coin 58% are optimistic. how does that happen? i think it's because gas prices are flatout collapsed. we're down to a national average of $2.08 a gallon. 23 states you can get gas for less than $2 a gallon. that makes us feel more

optimistic about the future. >> you see those numbers throughout the day when you're driving down the road. almost a minute by minute repeat of that situation. it feels good for american people. >> it's been going on for three months a constant decline in the price of gasoline. it feels good, makes you a little bit more optimistic even though the other side of the coin, the country as a whole doesn't feel prosperous. >> the president wants to up the minimum wage. he's talking about paid leave. isn't that going to help the economy? >> no, that does not work. what you need is economic growth. that's what you need. 4, 5 6% over a consistent period of time. the president's policies delivered this flat, no-growth society with stagnant wages, but the president's policies have not given us lower gas prices. the president is responsible for this pessimism but he's not responsible for the optimism from low gas prices. it seems like a contradiction but it's not.

>> his supporters say under this president the stock market has never been higher. >> that's got nothing to do with president obama. that's got everything to do with $3 trillion printed by the federal reserve which goes to make interest rates really, really low so stocks like very attractive and they rally. >> with those particularly low rates, the people who are really impacted are people who are living on fixed incomes, people who live on bonds, all those people watching us right now in florida they've never seen such low returns. >> when you get about half percent interest on your money -- and a lot of people are -- you don't feel prosperous. >> as a country we see that $18 trillion debt. in new york we walk by it every single day and nobody talks about it anymore. >> they should put that next to the gas prices. >> debt up, gas prices down. that's a contradiction. >> stuart, we can't wait to watch you on your show. i have a script to read. >> read it. >> watch stuart on the fox business network.

to find out how to get it in your area go to fox business.com/channel finder. >> stuart is coming up on his sixth anniversary. >> anniversary of what? >> never mind. >> david cameron is going to be here. >> any time you're here, it's a celebration. >> thank you, elisabeth. >> that was very nice of you to say. >> still ahead -- >> i mean it. >> if you desert america to fight with terrorists overseas, you can get your passport and return with no problem. a congressman who wants to change that. >> here illegally? no problem. mexico is now sending your birth certificate in the mail so you can stay in america. that seem different than it used to be. we're going to explain.

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go to huntsmancancer.org. ♪ ♪ quick headlines. first out of mexico, the country now issuing birth certificates to illegal immigrants at their u.s. consolate. this will make it easier for them to obtain driver's licenses and work permits under president obama's new immigration policy. the u.s. coast guard hitting a snag in the battle against south american drug cartels. the gangs using these super fast speedboats to smuggle drugs into the u.s. they are virtually undetectable on radar screens. those same cartels are also using submarines. elisabeth? >> more than a dozen americans are suspected of leaving the country to join terror groups in iraq and syria. back in october f.b.i.

director james comey addressed the threat of these people returning to the united states. >> ultimately an american citizen unless their passport is revoked is entitled to come back. someone who has fought with isi li wants to come back, we will track them very carefully. >> one lawmaker introduced legislation to revoke their passports completely ending their ability to travel internationally. why isn't every lawmaker behind this? we're going to ask congressman ted poe who joins us live from houston. congressman, thanks for being with us today. it seems logical as i just said, that this would be a great solution to keep our nation safe. can you describe a little bit, go into some detail with the legislation you're proposing. >> the legislation is pretty simple and it's based upon the fact that many young males throughout the world leave their home country, including the united states. they go to syria they get radicalized and then they come back to their home

country and commit crimes against the citizens of their own nation. so this legislation says that the state department can revoke a passport of any member of a foreign terrorist organization like isis. it's a crime. it's a felony to be a member of a foreign terrorist organization. when they go overseas, they're radicalized, they can't get back into the united states. they can't use their american passport for any purpose. they show up at an airport say, in europe paris trying to come back to america, they can't get on the airplane and hopefully law enforcement will be there to detain them as well. we don't want those people back in the country; prevent them from traveling throughout the world. >> why wouldn't others be behind you and support this? it seems as though this is the best measure to keep us safe especially right now. >> i think it is the best measure to keep us safe to give law enforcement this option to revoke the passport. we will get more members of congress supporting this this legislation was just

recently filed right after congress went into session. and i suspect that it will come up before my subcommittee on terrorism, and we'll eventually get it passed very soon. >> do you believe that the president of the united states will get behind this or will it stop at his desk with the pen? >> we don't know what the president will do but i suspect that hopefully he will see that this is very logical and we should use this tool to prevent those people from coming back to america to do harm to us. so we will pass it hopefully in the house send it to the senate send it to the president's desk. >> congressman, are you optimistic? >> oh yeah. >> on the heels of five gitmo detainees being released, just let them go, these are medium- high-risk individuals here, you're optimistic the president will look at this as a solution? it doesn't seem many will say he's solution-minded these days? >> that is a good point,

that gets my blood pressure up releasing those folks from gitmo sending them back overseas to commit crimes against us. i hope the president will see the wisdom in not letting people who have become radicalized back that the united states to do harm like they did in paris like they're trying to do in belgium and other western countries. >> congressman, we thank you for joining us from the great state of texas here at "fox & friends" with your words. >> thank you elisabeth. >> appreciate your time. this recreation center under fire for showing us on their television screens. one couple on a campaign to get fox news out of there. up next, two members of that center who are fighting back. imagine driving down the highway and this hits your windshield. ow! a tire goes flying and the guy behind the wheel walks away alive. thank goodness.

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one community rec center in ann arrest for, michigan, is finding it self in the middle of controversy because it shows the fox news channel at the gym. a couple who says fox news is offensive has made this petition which states quote, as taxpayers and paying members of the mary lou murray recreation center, we request the removal of fox news and any other partisan political news program

in from our public facility. the couple also complained to the county board. here to respond with two members who go to that rec center, they work out every once in a while there, chuck and janette. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so let me ask you this, chuck, according to this couple, dave and sue webber fox news channel is offensive and shouldn't be shown in the cardioroom. what tutsi to that? >> well, i think they have a problem because what they think they're getting there news from are the channels that are so leaning left and they think that's gospel. >> we should point out that this couple apparently went into the cardioroom one day and of the dozen televisions there, four of them were set to fox news channel. but clearly if so many televisions are set to the fox news channel somebody there

must want to watch it. >> well, i think that's not quite true because i think it was set to fox news during election time. but typically only one of those tvs has fox news on it. i know that it probably will never happen again, they will have four channels on fox. >> probably not after the webbers have thrown this hissy fit. chuck, why do you think they've thrown this tantrum? they did say turn off fox and turn on ms nbc, because that's fair and balanced, which is funny. >> i would totally agree with you. actually in the room where most of the tvs are, number one there is no sound unless you bring your own ear phones and you plug it into the machine you're working on. so if you don't like it, you don't have to listen.

there are enough tvs that you can just turn your head and look at whatever you would like to look at. >> exactly. if the webbers tonight like the fox news channel, don't look at it. it's that simple. so what they're trying to do, if you think about it, they want it off of all the televisions. they're trying to censor fox news. they don't want us there. >> you're absolutely right. and my feeling number one the rec center is partially funded by our tax and everybody in ann arbor is paying a portion of those taxes. so it shouldn't be aimed toward any one group of people. it should be a diverse community. >> right. the channel selection should be fair and balanced. i just made that up. we thank you very much for joining us today. and for folks who are watching right now from any rec center or any workout room please try put

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on the highway. >> oh, my goodness. how one driver survived a headon houston collision with a run away tire. that could happen to anybody. we'll tell you what we know about that on this friday morning. you're watching live from new york it's "fox & friends". >> this is lee ann rhymes and you're watching "fox & friends." >> thank you very much. by the way, we were just talking to the couple in michigan who said that in their rec center, this one couple said you got to turn off fox news. already starting to get e-mail from people showing us the places where they do workout. i just got this tweet from somebody. steve, my ymca wouldn't put on fox news channel, so i canceled my gym membership. >> wow. and you also said if you're at the gym you and get them to turn on fox news send us a picture.

that's why all those tweets and e-mails are coming in. be careful when you're on the treadmill. >> you got to ask, but if the tv is just up there, help us spread the word folks. >> that's what i used to do. i'm not kidding. >> why rewatch f-troop in the morning when you can watch us. i know it's military. >> it's more larry storchian. >> you know when is coming up next? heather nauert. she has news for awful us working out. >> we'll bring you the news and start with a fox news alert. one day after we learned that the u.s.-led air strikes? syria are not work to fight isis, the u.s. military announcing that it will send 400 of our troops to the region. the purpose is to train those syrian moderate fighters who will be brought to neighboring countries to do their work. they will head there later this spring. another developing story now. a dozen people were just arrested near paris in

connection with the terrorist attacks there that left 17 people dead. the nine men and three women are being questioned over their allege links to the gunman in that kosher supermarket massacre. french police believe that they have supplied him with weapons and cars to carry out that attack. papa john's standing by a pizza delivery woman who opened fire on a robber in self-defense. 24-year-old don stevenson was shot in the face when he walked up to the unnamed woman while she sat inside her car and forced her to the ground at gun point. while papa john's bans employees from carrying weapons, they say the worker will not be fired but instead assigned to another position within that company. talk about living life in the fast lane, you got to see this. that wheel going right into the

dash. canadian driver is lucky to be alive after that tire flew down the highway and smashed right through the windshield. that dramatic moment all caught on his dash cam video. the tire shattered the windshield dented the car's frame and broke the sunroof. the driver ducked when the tire hit and miraculously was not hurt. he could easily be a goner with that. he's lucky to be alive. >> he sure is. >> thank you. t of the united states was in baltimore. they had kind of a summit of congressional democrats and what he said was i'm going to play offense. my final two years i'm going to be on the offense. i'm not going to let republicans screw up what we have achieved. he asked them to as well support him and if the republicans try to do something to support his vetoes. one of the things he promised from the get go was about gitmo. he wanted to close it. and sure enough, he is closing it by releasing detainees one by

one. five more this week. >> that's right. and four of them we learned are being released to oman, which borders yemen, which is where many terrorists we know get their training, including one of the kouachi brothers those behind the terrorist attack in paris last week. and another release is a top recruiter in afghanistan. i don't care if it's offense or defense, not many people are like the game plan the president has released. >> when president bush says he was going on the offense it used to drive people crazy. i was hoping the -- as i read the article he never really refers to that. he refers to the economy. and this is basically it. rudy guiliani sat there yesterday and i think he put it perfectly. we're essentially rearming the enemy for no apparent reason. they're not even telling us these guys are rehabbed or saying they're going to lock and key. they are free to do what they want from u uguay to the bahamas and other areas. john earnest was asked by ed henry and some others.

listen rationalize this for us. why would you be letting them out? >> a week after terrorists with ties to yemen, at least one of them trained by al-qaeda in yemen killed at least a dozen people in paris how could the president release five more gitmo detainees originally from there? >> because there was a unanimous recommendation from his national security team that steps could be put in place to insure these individuals are transferred, that we can significantly mitigate any threat that they have to the u.s. for our interests and i can tell you that only 6% or so of those transfers have been suspected of or have been confirmed to have rejoined the fight. >> isn't that still a problem? 6% of these detainees wind up going back into terrorism, could kill people in paris or washington. >> it is. it's certainly why this administration continues to pursue a very aggressive counterterrorism strategy. at the same time, it would also

be unwise to neglect the fact that our -- the prison at guantanamo bay continues to inspire violent acts around the globe. >> right. so gitmo is a recruiting tool the administration argues. charles krauthammer says yeah, maybe kind of, but is that the best you got? here he is. >> the idea of guantanamo bay a recruiting tool for isis or al-qaeda is nonsense. do you think that the guys who killed the journalist in paris were inspired by gitmo? do you think the guy who shot the hostages in the jewish deli in paris were inspired by gitmo? 9-11 happened before gitmo ever existed. they have a list evergreenances which is as long as day. these people are inspired and recruited by their objection to our way of life and the fact that we defend our way of life around the world.

and they believe in islamist supremacism where sharia rules they are in charge, and they run the world the way it's run today in isis territory in the islamic state. >> so as soon as we close gitmo, they're not going to hate us anymore, according to the administration's logic. >> according to you and this fox news poll just about 60% of you want gitmo to stay open and want terrorists to go there. >> you got to put the terrorists somewhere. >> americans are feeling as though we're under threat here and not feeling as safe as we used to at all. >> i don't know exactly when gitmo opened, but if you look back in our history to george washington, thomas jefferson, john adams and benjamin franklin, they were wrestling with the same issues we were wrestling with. i don't think gitmo was open then. >> gitmo has been a base down there for decades. it was after 9-11, though that we put those -- >> luxury prisons. >> the soccer field -- >> it's in the tropics.

it's a lot warmer in gitmo and beautiful than a lot of places right now. it's bitterly cold. meanwhile, the story recording the gitmo detainees being released to go back in the terror business, this is a big deal. how do you explain this? cbs didn't mention it once yesterday. nbc didn't mention it. and abc god bless you they invested 35 seconds in it. how much can you say in 35 seconds? >> this is throughout the day. this is not just in the morning. when you talk about the safety of the american people, they deserve to know that these individuals, these terrorists are out in oman which borders yemen which is where they're getting their training. >> if you didn't print that yesterday, believe me, they probably didn't mention the other ten. >> there is a reason fox news channel is the number one cable news source and that's because we give you both sides. we give you all the stuff. we report. you decide. meanwhile, here is something

else. al sharpton created a controversy over the oscar nominations yesterday morning and it's called an emergency meeting. he wants it with hollywood executives. why? because he did not like the films that were nominated for oscars. >> that's right. and anna kooiman is following this story. what's he saying now? >> here is what i can tell you. al sharpton invoking the deaths of michael brown and eric garner to explain why black actors were snubbed, saying this in the time of staten island and ferguson, to have one of the most shut out oscar nights is something incongruous. the only category well represented is in the best picture category about blacks being shut out of society. now we're shut out of hollywood. sharpton referring to the movie "selma" based on the story of martin luther king, junior and his civil rights marches. sharpton didn't stop there. he announced he's holding an emergency meeting next week to address the all white oscar nominees and discuss possible action around the academy

awards. you may remember that al sharpton held a similar meeting just weeks ago with the head of sony pictures, amy pascal. the two met after a cyber attack exposed her racially insensitive e-mails to another executive about president obama. afterwards, sharpton made a deal that would give him influence over the movies sony produces. meantime a new report recently revealing sharpton got paid thousands of dollars by dozens of corporations not to make racism claims against them. back to you. >> thank you for that. they were trying to get some hashtags trending. it was hands up no oscar and #oscarsowhite. >> keep in mind, while they were snubbed by the oscars, "selma" was shut out by the directors guild, writers guild and the screen actors guild as well. plus there has been a lot of bad buzz about the fact that apparently it is not historically accurate.

i have not seen the movie. i don't know. but apparently the way they portrayed the president of the united states was inaccurate. what do you think? e-mail us. we're going to read some of your comments in about 20 minutes right here on the channel. al sharpton injecting himself now into the oscars. >> i will definitely see "selma." i look forward to it. 12 minutes after the hour. >> we told you that the pentagon wants to send troops to train the rebels in syria today. will it actually work? pete hegseth the captain trained the opposition in afghanistan and iraq and he joins us next. >> plus, the right is right announcer might want to stick to his day job. look at the treadmill demo. not as good as you would like and it hurts your spine

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a shocking new report suggesting that hundreds of u.s. air strikes against targets in syria simply aren't working. >> our enemies now are stronger than ever before. they have doubled the amount of territory they hold with nearly one third of syria under isis control. now the pentagon wants to send u.s. troops 400, to train the

syrian rebels which may not exist. fox news contributor, major pete hegseth trained the opposition in iraq and afghanistan. pete, 400 to train rebels, moderate rebels. where do you find them? >> that's what we talked about. where do these -- where are these rebels because they're between an assad and -- >> antiassad and anti-isis? >> and anti-isis and willing to fight and put their life on the line. that's a dwindling number of people in syria right now. we've made a -- we like to look at borders and geography of borders. isis doesn't see them, so they flee across syria and use it to train and our air strikes have been inconsequential in rolling them back. as a result, they're still making gain. >> can we see that map one more time? when you look at this, what do you see? >> i see enemy safe havens. i see isis exploiting the fact that the united states has committed only to iraq and for whatever reason, decided that's where we're going to focus. it's very similar to what we saw

in afghanistan with pakistan. they knew they could go across the border into pakistan to train, to refit and anyone who looks at insurgency and how you defeat them, you can't allow the enemy a safe haven. and air strikes are not enough. >> and the thinking is, the reason they're going back into syria, the bad guys with isis is because they know that we're not going to bomb them to the point where we help assad. it's kind of like we don't want to help assad, but then again we want to kill them, but we can't do both. >> again, it goes back to a lack of strategy. we haven't decided what we want to do there. and our so-called allies on the side, whether it's the uaa or saudi arabia or egypt they haven't thrown in behind this mission because it's not clear! what are we attempt attempting to do? you have to lead. we were talking about if this the brian kilmeade plan. this is egyptian troops, we should be sending them in and saying this is your war -- >> he's not mr. hume rights.

he's got some flaw, but he has to take control of a country being inflicted with the muslim brotherhood. so he says, i'll give you troops. jordan says i'll give you troops. the uae and saudi arabia says i'll give you troops. in saudi arabia they're building a wall to keep them out. they demanded, take some control. you now have france's attention and england's attention. this is a rare window training a moderate opposition that doesn't exist is not using that window. >> no. absolutely right. and it shows that the u.s. is the only one willing ultimately to invest in this fight. how can we not leverage this moment when the world is watching, the muslim world is starting to realize the scourge that is isis and only they can truly confront it. we can lead that coalition! >> the longer they're allowed to have a base that's more terrorists that are going to come in and out of there trained, lethal and armed to hit us here. >> exactly. it makes it less likely we'll be able to form a coalition. when people see a lack of leadership and strategy, who wants to join that coalition? then the enemy is emboldened and

people are excited to continue to join isis, which is why you see these lone wolves growing n there is also a lack of news coverage with the main stream media. how many people actually have shown that picture? if the administration's feet were held to the fire they'd hold those up and say, wait a minute. it's getting a lot worse. >> and guys on the ground who are trying -- the iraqis, it's a long while to train them. isis is formidable. >> coming up, he has been arrested 24 times, but that's not stopping this criminal from getting paid more than $100,000 to work for the department of corrections. >> then she let her kids age send and six, walk home from the park alone. she said she's trying to teach them to be independent. but others say she's a bad mom. she will join us next. >> bad mom will? >> good or bad you decide. ♪ ♪

time for news by the numbers. first, 1.6 million. that's the record fine southwest airlines owes for keeping 16 planes on the tarmac for over three hours last year. passengers weren't allowed off the planes the entire time, which by the way is against the law. next, 12 courses. that's the size of the meal enjoyed by the director of national intelligence, james clapper, while in north korea. he was there for a secret mission, to free two american prisoners. but now the north korean government slapping clapper with -- sounds like a board game -- with a bill. u.s. officials not disclosing how much. and six that's how many sets of twins were born at a missouri

hospital over the last month. it's the most multiples in a hospital that's ever been cared for at one time in the history of the world. everyone healthy. elisabeth? >> i love that picture. thank you. a pair of maryland parents are accused of child neglect after allowing their two kids to walk home alone from a park about a mile away. so police picked up the kids about halfway through their walk after someone called to complain about it. soon after, child protective services launched an investigation into the family. the couple say they're just teaching their ten-year-old son and six-year-old daughter to be self-reliant. danielle joins me live this morning. thanks for being with us this morning. obviously a challenging week for you here because this has fired up a lot of people. parents and authorities alike. so what happened? the kids were walking about a mile and then the police picked them up? >> they were on their way home from the park about a mile away. a park they had been begging us

to let them go to. so they got halfway home and the police stopped to -- two cruisers said somebody called and said there were two kids by themselves and asked the kids how are you? are you lost? and my son said no. we're not lost. we're just walking home. we're allowed to do this. it's not against the law. and the police said, okay. please come with us. they brought them home. i was out of town at the time. >> were the kids scared at that point, being pulled into a police car? >> i actually think they thought it was all kind of exciting. they're pretty brave kids. to them it was all interesting. >> adventureous day. when they get home, i understand that the child protective services had you and your family sign a pledge. what did they require to you sign and promise? >> what they did is after the police dropped the kids off and then they left a few hours later, someone from cps came and they had a safety plan that they told my husband he had to sign that said the children would not be unattended at all until they

could follow up with us the following week. and he said i can't sign anything. i want to talk to my wife. i want to talk to a lawyer. and she said, if you don't sign this, we're going to take the children right now and she called the police. >> so they threatened to take your children away. this isn't the first time they walked to the park. had you been practicing with them, quarter mile, this is what you do? how long has this been going on and what's the build-up to this? >> it's been a long time. my son is ten and he probably started doing this on his own about seven. he could walk around the block and then he can go to the park a block away. then he can go to the store. my daughter is six and last year she started going around the block with her brother. six months ago they started going to our local park. it's been a build-up. >> we're getting some tweets and e-mails in. this is a little controversial. let me get your response, one says i'm not sure it was neglect. but why risk it? our children depend on us to protect them. it's called parenting. what's your response? >> parenting and every other generation involved letting your

kids want independence. not only letting them learn it, but helping them learn independence and resilience and courage and that's not going to happen if we're watching them all the time. >> do you consider the risk? some other comments said it just takes a minute to take somebody's child. why not give them the most protection possible? you say? >> i would say that the risk is overstated. we really overestimate the danger and we really underestimate our kids. the risk is saying we can do with our kids is put them in a car. but we do that every day because we understand that some risks are worth taking and actually getting your child snatched is extremely unlikely. >> will they be walking to the park alone again? >> lieutenantly. >> -- absolutely. >> you're strong in your position, has our viewers commenting left and right. we love to have more comments come in. let us know what you think about that. we thank you for your time this morning. wish your family continued safety. >> thanks. >> you got it. let us know what you think about that. now this, coming up, talk about being dead wrong.

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look, we're in the beverage center center right there from david matthews. he said watching at the old bank mini mart in dellmont, south dakota. >> he was up early, five after 6. >> we have another one, we are watching fox news at fit in tyler, texas. take a look at that. >> there we are. >> right there on the treadmill. >> that guy needs to go faster. >> i think we need to go bigger. >> you know what? we also heard from some people who said they won't play us at certain places. there was a guy who said that at his planet fitness location they won't put on fox news and he's asked the manager and he goes no, it's a corporate decision. but curious about this decision is the fact that they are running cnn and msnbc. i've got a feeling maybe the guy who runs that particular planet fitness might not like the fox channel. >> come on, get us on. >> i don't know what planet he's from. but i'm not liking it.

>> whatever planet you're on, send us your photos watching "fox & friends" while getting fit. >> my favorite planet remains saturn. >> what about this one? >> this is okay. it's like fourth. >> you visited it? >> none yet. but it seems great. >> let's talk about more. >> a lot of people have been so sick around the country because of the flu this year. this could be part of the reason why. if you think a flu shot will protect you this year, you might want to think again. a new report out says this season's flu vaccine is just 23% effective. it is considered one of the worst in the last decade. doctors say that most flu viruses this year are different than the one that was used to make the vaccine last year. the cdc still recommends people six months and older to get vaccinated. they say the vaccine can lessen the symptoms of a flu if you do happen to get it. the v.a. sending con

dellences for the death of an arkansas veteran. the only problem is this guy is very much alive. his name is james fails and he says that he was the one who opened the letter offering money to pay for his own funeral? but that same week he also got a call reminding him of a v.a. doctor's appointment. he says he contacted the v.a. to try to straighten out that issue. they have since apologized and are working to get him back into that health care system. oh boy. illinois learning taxpayers learning a lesson. a gang member got his six figure job back with the illinois prison system. last month a state arbitrator ruled he deserved his job back. he was fired last january after reports surfaced that he had been arrested 24 times and fired from a previous job with the state. officials have since filed an appeal. a spokesman for the union says that he, quote, works in a

bargaining unit job title and they have a duty to defend him. boy, the irony there that he has a rap shoot, plus working for the prison system in the state of illinois. boy. the price might be right, but this tv announcer's technique is pretty wrong. >> the new treadmill! >> oh, no! that is george gray, eating it on national television. "the price is right" announcer tries to walk backwards on the treadmill but seriously fails. he gets up like nothing ever happens. nice job. >> taking it right. >> what a showcase. >> see you later. >> thank you. what do you think about this? al sharpton is calling an emergency meeting with hollywood after a lack of what he calls diversity in the oscar nominations this year. he actually is saying he needs a task force to discuss the possible action around the academy awards because all the

nominees -- right, it's an emergency. >> if he's calling for an emergency meeting with hollywood, i would imagine somebody in hollywood will be making a donation. >> nancy writes us with her reaction. she says wow. sharpton just won the lifetime oscar for best shakedown artist, in my opinion, of course. >> of course. mary says i think that now ferguson has quieted down, he needs something else to try to continue with his goal of prompting racial divide and put him back into the spotlight. >> okay. that is the theory. a good one. >> keep in mind, he's just upset that "selma" did not get nominated for more oscar nods other than best picture. >> best picture is a great nomination right? he should be happy. >> it's the best picture. >> i can't wait to see it. >> they're saying this is the whitest oscar list in 17 years. >> and he's going to bring in a task force apparently. >> so let us know. e-mail us what you think about al sharpton injecting himself

now into hollywood. >> this is one of the hottest times and one of the most exciting tes for kevin mccarthy. founder of nerdtears.com. >> where you going? why are you all dressed up? >> hey guys. i'm actually in los angeles for the oscar nominations yesterday. i was at the critics choice awards last night. i haven't changed since the awards show. i just came right to the studio. >> did you sleep in that? >> that camera man backed up a little bit. >> a lot to really be excited about. we heard american sniper with its knopf nation for the oscars, what did you think? fantastic opportunity. >> six nominations. >> this film is one of the most incredible, most emotional most powerful films i've seen in a long time. it's clint eastwood's best film. i was blown away. i've seen it twice now. and everything about this film works. bradley cooper became chris kyle and he gained 40 pounds.

you see no bradley cooper on camera. it's all chris kyle. he became this guy. bradley cooper is one of the few actors i feel like who can be part of a massive franchise like "the hangover" and completely shed that. that's nowhere near what you see on camera. he's one of the best actors working today. this is one of the most powerful films today and you feel like you're right there between the sniper rifle with chris kyle and there is a brilliant j. it's a well-made movie. bradley cooper delivers the best performance of 2014 and he deserves the academy award for this film. i seen the film twice. when i first saw it, i was thinking 4 1/2 out of five. then i sat down with my mom and dad and brother and i watched it and i'm giving this thing a five. it's an unbelievable film. highly recommend to see it. it's about a true american hero and patriot. phenomenal film. >> for sure. >> given the fact there is all this hacking going on in the world, people are interested in "black hat."

>> yeah. they should not be interested because the movie is terrible. it's a movie that really -- here is the thing, i love michael man. i'm a big fan of film making. but this film was so poorly directed in the first hour. i thought i was watching someone, like, thrown together home videos. it was so horrible. the acting was really bad. the dialogue was atrocious. and then the second hour it actually became kind of a decent movie at times. there was really good shootouts and good action scenes. chris hemsworth who i loved as thor was totally miscast. i gave it two. the only reason i gave it two out of five which means basically watch it on cable, rent it and skip the first hour. fast forward. i've been waiting 17 years to sit down with michael man and ask this one question. there is a movie called "heat." famous scene where they're at a diner talking. this is the first movie where they ever appeared on camera

together. if you watch the scene closely, michael man never shows their faces in the same shot. i wanted to know why would you not do that? why would you not put their faces on camera together. here is what he had to say about it. >> it's so intensely personal that as soon as you go to the objective instead of the subjective you stop being internalized into what's going on in the scene. you lose something. you lose 10, 15% for that moment. so i just wanted to be -- neil is looking at vincent and they're adjusting their body language and reaction to each other. i just wanted to keep it right there. i shot a profile. there were three cameras on the whole scene. >> now we know -- kevin, did you tell michael man that you waited 17 years to talk to about that movie, that you hated the new movie? >> oh, yeah. >> how did that go? >> i wasn't disrespectful about it.

i just didn't like the new movie. when you sit across from a director, i didn't disrespect him by telling him that. but i didn't like his new movie whatever. my girlfriend and i we actual lea visited the shop where they shot that scene. we sat in the exact position that they sat there. it was so cool. two out of five. go see "paddington". >> he's so passionate. thanks. >> go see american sniper. it's amazing. >> thank you. coming up, should american students have to pass the same citizenship test as illegals or immigrants to graduate high school? that mandate just passing overnight in one state. we got details coming up straight ahead gularity powders may take days to work. for gentle overnight relief, try dulcolax laxative tablets. ducolax provides gentle overnight relief, unlike miralax that can take up to

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can you name america's three branches of government? how about the number of amendments to the u.s. constitution? if you're a student in arizona you better know because these are the types of questions that will appear on the u.s. citizenship civics test. that is a test that will now be required to graduate from high school thanks to some landmark legislation signed into law last night by governor doocy in arizona. joining us now is the man who introduced that legislation majority leader of the arizona house of representatives, mr. steve montenegro. thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> i want to put up something that makes your point and that is how few people actually know -- americans know about american history. in oklahoma and arizona students have less than a 4% passage rate of a simple civics test. only a third of americans can name the branches of government and 25% can't i.d. who we gained

independence from. steve, why is it americans don't know much about history? >> well, this is what we see here as actually a crisis in civics that's happening. even the pew research mentions that, only a third can name the three branches of government, the national assessment on educational progress tells us that two-thirds of students test below proficient in the area of civics. i mean, we don't have to go further than comedians at night on their talk shows or making fun and poking fun of what we're seeing here today. this is a test that 92% of immigrants pass the first time when they want to become citizens. so this is something -- we're looking at basic fundamental facts of how our government works, where our rights come from, what the bill of rights does what the constitution of the united states are. >> we'll put up on the screen some of the examples of the questions on the simple test.

this is a test that high school students will have to pass and -- if they screw it up, they can take it as many times as it takes before they actually graduate. name one branch or part of the u.s. government. what is the capitol of your state? who is the commander in chief of the u.s. military? who is in charge of the executive branch? what do we call the first ten amendments of the constitution? those seem pretty simple and yet people don't know it. i know is personal to you. i know you come from a family of immigrants and you, as a young man, helped your parents study fort test. >> that's correct. i was too young to take the test myself. but my parents actually took it. i remember holding up the index cards, helping them study. they weren't perfect in english but they learned them because this is what makes america great. this is where we derive our rights from. government doesn't give them to us. our constitution is what makes our country so great. and when a people -- we forget that. we've been given an experiment.

only as much as we can keep it. so we have to do our part so that our students, if we're going to be giving them high school diploma, they should know these basic, fundamental facts of how our government works and where they derive their rights. and responsibilities. >> sure. that way they start their adult lives knowing where they're from. steve out in arizona, thank you very much and congratulations on getting it passed. >> thanks for having me. >> you bet. coming up on this friday, right now is the best time to buy a house. so how about this one for less than $300,000? look at that. it's gigantic. you know what? we got a couple more just like it. first on this day in history back in 2003 the space shut columbia lifted off on its final mission. in 1961, mickey mantle became the highest paid player in the american league. he had a $75,000 contract. and in 1980, michael jackson had the number one song in america,

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>> oh, it's houston, texas. absolutely. >> jonesboro georgia. this is worth $269,900. >> right. here is another one. a beautiful two story. this one's got great curb appeal. this is a big house. it's four bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths. almost 3,000 square feet. it's got a two story foyer, a great room it's huge, double windows. a big fireplace. it's got a wonderful open floor plan. everything flows really well. a wonderful gourmet kitchen center island, granite counter tops stainless steel appliances. it's also got a wonderful dining room that opens up to a view of a golf course. and this property is sitting on a cul-de-sac. it's a really beautiful property and a lot of house for your money. >> you put that in new york and new jersey, president-elect obama a $2 million house. let's go to -- >> yes it would be. >> the next stop florida. how do you say this town's name?

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good morning. today is friday, january 16. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. the president opening the gates at gitmo, letting terrorists go free. this morning we know why. because it's to blame for islamic extremism. >> it would also be unwise to neglect the fact that our -- the prison at guantanamo bay continues to inspire violent acts around the globe. >> really? so is america really safer with our enemies back on the battlefield? >> makes sense. >> meanwhile, a rec center in michigan is under fire for daring to show fox news on their tvs. yep. apparently two people didn't like that and complained and our

viewers are doubling down. this morning they have started a movement. look, we're on that tv and that gym right there all across america, folks. >> allall right. we brought you this story first and you fought back. this morning huge update on duke's university plans to play the muslim call to prayer from the christian chapel. we're not going to give it away yet because this is a tease and i have a slogan to give you. mornings are better with friends. ♪ ♪ >> there is a lot of bulls today here at "fox & friends." mechanical bull and a real bull on the plaza. it's all because the professional bull riders have

ridden into town. monster energy buck-off is this weekend at madison square garden. hey, look, it's matt. brian sullivan will get on that mechanical bull and we're going to see how long he can withstand the ride. >> you have something to prove now. >> what do you mean? >> you have to beat your record because at that -- this is not the first time you rode the bull. >> the first time i was on for 16 minutes. >> it was so slow. >> look at me. i got experience. plus, it's harder to ride a bull that's pretending to be a bull. it's harder to ride one with no head. this one has no head. >> it's a flashback. when you were a little boy, you wanted to be a cowboy. and there you are. >> listen, i hate when the control room turns on me. >> they're not turning on. they're making your dream come true, time and time again. some years in between.

>> it was a hot costume. lone ranger was a hot costume. >> i liked it. >> thank you tonto. we kick things off with a fox news alert and heather nauert. >> brian, it's always great to see that picture of you as a lone ranger. >> i guess so. we keep seeing it. >> good morning to you all. one day after we learned that the u.s.-led air strikes in syria are not working against isis, the u.s. military announcing that it will send 400 troops to the region later this spring. the purpose of that is to train those moderate syrian fighters. fox news contributor major pete hegseth who trained troops in iraq says that americans cannot allow for a safe haven in syria for isis. >> we've made iraq the focus. we like to look at borders and geography of borders. isis doesn't see them, so they flee to syria use it to train and our air strikes have been inconsequential in rolling them back. >> our troops will head there later this spring. another developing story to bring you. a dozen people were just

arrested near paris in connection with the terrorist attack there that left 17 people dead last week. the nine men and three women are now being questioned over their links to the gunman in the kosher supermarket massacre. french police believe that they had supplied him with weapons and also cars to carry out that attack. back here at home my body is on fire. those were some of the last words from a convicted child killer who was just executed overnight in oklahoma. charles warner was killed by lethal injection overnight. he showed no signs of physical distress. this was the state's first execution since a prisoner died during a botched attempt at that last year. it was just announced that the iowa senator, joni ernst will deliver the republican response to president obama's state of the union address next week. senator marco rubio, no stranger to this, he is now offering his congratulations and a little advice for her joking have plenty of water before, not

during. you may remember his 2013 rebuttal went viral after he paused for a gulp of water. and those are your headlines. >> she's great. >> she's been on the show a bunch of times. >> thank you very much. the president has made it very clear, he wants to close gitmo. congress won't let him. the american people would like to see it open, keep the bad guys there. the president has got a scheme and this is it: he can close it on his own if one by one he let's the people out. he let five more out this week. as it turns out yesterday ed henry was talking to josh earnest. one of the reasons they're doing this is because, let's face it, gitmo is a symbol. it's a recruiting tool for the bad guys. here is the exchange. >> literally a week after terrorists with ties to yemen at least one of them trained by al-qaeda in yemen, killed at least a dozen people in paris how could the president release five more gitmo detainees original low from yemen?

>> because there was a unanimous recommendation from his national security team that steps could be put in place to insure that when these individuals are transferred, that we can significantly mitigate any threat that they have to the u.s. for our interests. i can tell you that only 6% or so of those transfers have been suspected of -- or have been confirmed to have rejoined the fight. >> isn't that still a problem? 6% of these detainees wind up going back into terrorism could kill people in paris or washington. >> it is. and it's certainly why this administration continues to pursue a very aggressive counterterrorism strategy, at the same time, ed, it would be unwise to neglect the fact that our -- the prison at guantanamo bay continues to inspire violent acts around the globe. >> right. i know none of those things would happen in paris if it wasn't for gitmo and i'm sure the '93 bombing wouldn't have

happened if it wasn't for gitmo. and the uss cole wouldn't have blown up because of gitmo. >> what about the world trade center? >> you got to be kidding me? at least ask yourself, when in the history of war have the enemy ever been let out to fight again? there is no even guys going to be rehabbed. there is no situation where they're going to go back to jail. they're allowed into a country that borders yemen the birth place of bin laden and the group that takes full credit for the blowing up of that magna paris. >> just a week ago this all happened. >> yeah. they got to spin it somehow. this is the best they got. close it down and the problem goes away. >> and blame us. >> but it's an insult to the american people to think that they can spin it at this level. >> it's an insult to the american people when news organizations, mainstream didn't even cover it. so you think okay. the worse of the worst are being released, they're going to oman, going to yemen, which is many terrorist got their training. you deserve to know, but nothing on nbc. nothing on cbs.

and 35 seconds, a whopping 35 seconds on abc was given to this, about those who want to kill americans in the west are being released. >> they're one of the reasons you guys watch fox because you want all the news. we do our best to bring it all to you. yesterday our top story was this, the great university, duke, down south had decided from that chapel, from that bell tower, what they were going to do, today at 1:00 o'clock is they were going to broadcas the muslim call to prayer. here is the thing that got a lot of people unhappy about it. there is no amplified christian message. there is no -- none of the other religions are represented on an amplified way from that chapel. so it just seemed like they were including the muslim faith but they were excluding all the others. you know what? a lot of you made your opinion known. a lot of people contacted duke and they have done a 180. >> they moved it to another

location. so they're still going to have the prayer but they're not going to have it at the chapel and not amplifying it as of right now. the spokesperson said this. >> by the way if do you want to pray at the right time, you can get a watch. here is -- >> in college, kids are praying all the time. every time there is a test. >> right. very good point. here is what the spokesperson said. it was clear that what was conceived as an effort to unify was not having the intended effect. last night sean hannity did a great job of getting a student who agreed and disagreed. they sat close together and spoke out loud. >> i consider myself a christian at duke university and i was saddened that they had to cancel the call to prayer and fast because in my view, christianity is a religion of love and love for that neighbor and part of that means -- >> what about people that are -- >> i'm very glad thankful that the university reconsidered

their decision to play the muslim call to prayer every friday and they have heard the voice of not only students, but alumni and the public at large. >> okay. so they have reversed because of the backlash. also wral says there was a credible and serious security threat. they say that's why it was reversed. >> it's great to see these two students sitting there even though they disagree. but just being civil and have a real conversation. what about this in terms of offensive, there is a big controversy in ann arbor, michigan. we talked about it earlier this morning. you talked to a couple who said that at their recreation center there, that someone -- they were told they couldn't watch fox news because offensive. >> my friend laura, who lives in ann arbor, told me about the story. not long ago, they have a dozen televisions there. and as it turns out, fox news was on four of them. it really bugged the webbers who work out there. so what did they do? they said look we're going to bring in the aclu, we're going to have a petition. we don't want fox news there because we find it offensive.

well, as it -- and then their petition says this, as taxpayers and paying members of the mary lou murray recreational center we request the removal of fox news and any other partisan political news programming from our public facility. so what they were doing they found fox news offensive and so they wanted to censor fox news despite the fact that if it's on four tvs, obviously a lot of people want to watch us. >> here is a statement from the park commissioners. the we knowers have every right to complain. however, public policy should not be fashioned in a reactionary manner. and especially not a response to a small handful of people voicing disagreement. fox news was made available after years of repeated requests from members so the decision stands. >> we had a chance -- steve, you spoke with two members there. this is what they had to say about the situation. >> the rec center is partially funded by our taxes and everybody in ann arbor is paying a portion of those taxes.

so it shouldn't be aimed towards any one group of people. ann arbor is an extremely diverse community. >> yeah. by the way, the webbers, the couple that wanted fox news off completely, they wanted them to turn on instead msnbc because they feel that that is fair and balanced. >> that will be a lonely channel switch. what are you saying about that? have you been locked out? has this happened to you in the past? we asked to you send in your pictures and here is what you're saying. you can watch it here. here is bryce watching from lubbock, texas. >> very nice. >> and nicole said that she ran eight miles this morning watching "fox & friends" in virginia. >> and here we are bringing you the news at humphrey's gym in celina kansas where i grew up. fantastic. i just got an e-mail from somebody named steve ramburg out in oregon and he said that during a hospital stay in december, he discovered there was no fox news on the private room tv.

so for an upcoming surgery on his spine in two weeks, he will commute over 100 miles for a four-night recovery at a hospital that actually has fox news channel. thank you very much. >> i tell you what, i had it on during my surgery and recovery and it got me through. >> you decided to watch? >> of course. i requested it just like i've been doing for years. >> she's got the fox news tv app. >> sure do. thanks for the photos. you just heard that the white house is not worried about the guantanamo bay detainees released this week for some reason. but peter johnson, jr. says it's history -- if history repeats itself, we're in trouble. >> hey kids, how about milk to wash down those chicken nugget as soon as one fast food place dropping soda from the menu. ♪ ♪

our president says al-qaeda is just a shell of what it once was. there is no need for gitmo anymore. now that five more detainees have been released, it looks like he's closer to fulfilling that campaign promise. in fact, what happens when these terrorists are back, released into the world? peter johnson, jr. has found out and it's not pretty. >> it's pretty disgusting.

it's so-called recidivism rate, meaning once they're let out, will they go back and do the same thing again? out of 614 transferred detainees, 104 reengaged in terrorism. another 74 are suspected of doing so. and so that's almost 30%. that's a 29% rate of confirmed or suspected reengagement in terrorist activities based on the federal reports. that's staggering. so a third of those people possibly suicide bombers. >> a third too many is what many would say. >> machine gunners, bombing a jewish grocery store, doing mayhem across the world and the united states. >> these are well-trained individuals. >> absolutely. >> can you give us examples? >> the worst of the worst. let's look at some of the specifics. the numbers don't really tell the story. one prior to capture was the leader of the an is ary request

in libya. in 2007, we lease to do libya. in 2012, participated in the benghazi attacks. >> awful. >> then another one, prior to capture believed to be a terror recruit. 2003 release to do turkey. 2008 charged as leader of the al-qaeda cell. prior capture he served as an al-qaeda travel facilitator. 2015 released from gitmo. and 2009 again, worked as an al-qaeda travel facility. becoming deputy leader of akap, died in the 2013 u.s. drone strike. >> i'm looking at those details there. it's if -- if history ever were to repeat itself -- >> history does repeat itself. the president is hell bent on closing guantanamo bay. he has been since 2008. he basically said the war on terror is over. it's just ramping up.

are these the folks that we want walking the streets of the world or should they be tried or should they be held indefinitely as we said that we would do with the worst of the worst? bad mistakes we're making. >> we're just letting them go seems disgusting as you started with. >> bad. >> wow. we'll operate history doesn't repeat itself. coming up, they tipped police cars and looted businesses in the wake of ferguson shooting. and we just learned that george soros, a liberal billionaire, was giving the protesters millions of dollars. so what else do we know about him? stick around. you're not going to want to miss that. and the slogan is just do it. but no, we're not talking about nike shoes. what people are being told they're being told to make more babies. ♪ ♪

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quick international headlines now. first stop, las vegas. u.s. coast guard hitting a major snag in the search for drug smugglers. they're using new super fast speed boats undetectable by radar. now we told everybody. pope francis announcing plans to name an american saint on his visit to the united states this september. the pope prays one of california's founders for his christian values. >> he learned the language of the people he served. he ate the food they ate. he wore simple clothes. the virtues he extols being a man of faith lived him in service. >> i had my money on drew brees. a hot news alert, make more babies. a danish town is telling its citizens to up the country's birth rate as part of the ongoing do it for denmark campaign. leaders promise to do keep

schools, nurseries and other recreational places in the towns open only if there is a flurry of babies. back to the action. steve? thanks. they tipped over police cars, set buildings on fire and looted tons of businesses in the wake of the ferguson shooting. just revealed the liberal billionaire who is giving them millions of dollars to protest turns out george soros funneled at least $33 million to organizations demonstrating the death of michael brown. so who is george soros? washington times investigative reporter kelly ridell traced the money trail and joins us now from washington. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> we heard of george soros. we know he made tons of money years ago betting against the british pound. but we had no idea that he was hyped the ferguson protests. why did he put his money behind that? >> he's been funding these social justice groups since the 1990s when he first put his

foundation together. it's part of his philosophical view that there is social injustice in the world and that america and its political perspective basically stands in the way of what could be global harmony and global community and true globalization. >> sure. >> so he's been funding these groups that are basically fueling this movement and what his ultimate goal is, and he stated this in his multiple books -- is to drive more people to the polls and to vote. he said publicly that he thinks there should be one party in america and that should be the democratic party. so by fueling these types of protests and the civic unrest he's hoping to engage a population that historically doesn't go to the polls and vote, to go to the polls and vote. but not only just to vote, but to vote democratic. >> sure. okay. if he's talk -- he's talking about social justice. but what about real justice? a grand jury looked at it and they decided there was no reason to indict that cop.

his message is colliding with law. >> his message is colliding with law, but it's really tapping into a fringe group or some of the way that these radical lefts and the way that they view society and the way that they want to change society and make it more equitable and social. so that's really what the spirit that he wants to tap into and kind of drive. to become a movement. most of these groups i talked to and interviewed said we want to take this moment and turn it into the next civil rights movement. >> sure. >> that's his goal. >> we've got a full screen we're going to put up that includes some of the funded groups by mr. soros, including move on.org center for public integrity, media matters things like that. and that's one of the things that helps him push this message of his is he's got a whole bunch of media outlets in his pocket. >> i mean, not only the media outlets, this is a very

sophisticated web that he has spun and put a lot of resources time and effort. you've got the people that he sends there to protest. you've got the immediate why outlets that are covering it. you've got social groups that are just monitoring the social media part of it. you've got civil rights protesters and engagers. you've got fundraisers. he hired a bunch of fund-raisers to help these local groups on the ground get money then build a social network get online forum and then engage them in participation and action. so it goes from the money, he's sourcing the money. he's getting the fund-raisers. he's got the media. he's got the civic community organizers, if you will. so it's a very sophisticated web. >> yeah. so grassroots not exactly. you mentioned community organization. turns out barak obama worked for soros group back in the day. kelly riddel there at the washington times, thank you very much for telling us more about george soros. >> thank you. coming up on this friday talk about a direct hit, a rogue

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28 minutes before the top of the hour. we have a fox news alert. president obama and british prime minister david cameron set to hold a joint press conference later this morning on the fight against islamic extremism and any other questions they will get. >> there they are on the south part of the white house facility. doug mckelway is on the north lawn and joins us live. doug? >> reporter: good morning. another visit by david cameron could not come at a more pivotal time, at a time when europe is ramping up the war on terror in europe, a time when u.s. air strikes against isis are proving not to be as effective as many hoped they would be. and when the administration has been under fire for a certain tone deafness when it comes to the world wide war on terror. in that context cameron is coming here, seeking something very, very specific. he's on record as opposing encription services that many american internet companies offer. even considering banning those american companies that offer encription from doing business in great britain. these services are more popular

than ever after revelations about the government spying on american citizens. but they also allow terrorists to encrypt their messaging. the white house remained pretty much noncommittal, trying to strike that elusive balance between privacy and security. >> i do remain optimistic that conversations with the british prime minister and in the cyber security summit a month later will allow us to make some progress in trying to fess out policies that will strike a balance. >> reporter: after the meetings in the oval office, they will have a press conference that's going to be short, one of the two plus two, two questions for each head of state. we may not get a lot out of it. but hope to learn more about it. back to you in new york. >> doug mckelway where it looks chilly, thank you very much. >> heather nauert has breaking news in the war on terror from overnight. >> that's right. we have two significant stories. the first in paris. in the second, in belgium. two suspected terrorists are

dead and 13 more are under arrest after a raid in belgium foiled their plan to murder police officers. take a look at how it all went down. police say the three men in that raid had apparent ties to isis. they opened fire as the cops swooped in. the two men killed recently returned from syria. back here at home, he is a bartender accused of trying to kill john boehner and this morning the speaker has something to say about it. >> it's one thing to get a threat from far away. it's another when it's three doors from where you live. >> the suspect, michael hoyt, has a history of mental illness. police say he vow to do put something in the speaker's drink. the fast food chain, wendy's, is cave to go demands from groups dropping all soda and soft drinks from the children's menu. instead it will offer milk,

bottled water and juice. mom and dad can still ask for a coke or sprite if they want to. talk about a direct hit, look at this. that driver in canada is lucky to be alive this morning after a tire into you down the highway and smashed right through his windshield. the tire shattered the windshield dented the car's frame, and broke the sunroof. the driver ducked when that tire hit. amazingly, he was not hurt. those are your headlines. >> it's a miracle he wasn't. thank you. you know him as medical examiner turned csi. >> he's headed to the big screen in the thriller called "the boy next door". >> i approved your request.

>> kevin? did you send an e-mail from my account? >> sounds like you've been hacked. >> you should change passwords. >> time to change the password. he joins us live right now. so in the movie jlo becomes obsessed with the kid next door who is obsessed with her and you're her boss? >> i'm the principal of the school. she's teach. there is the boy who lives next door. it's kind of like -- you guys are probably too young to remember the movie "fatal attraction". >> we know. >> it's kind of like a reverse fatal attraction. it's a psychological thriller. the believe is great. >> what animal do they boil in this movie? >> you got to watch the movie to see what the boy next door does. >> what was it like working working with jennifer? >> i love it. shah's true professional. she's great. she's one of the leading ladies in hollywood. she's one of the best business women in hollywood. >> why do you say that? >> because you look at the type of career she's built and she's able to go from being a producer

to also being in front of the camera, to actually setting up projects. >> smart choices? >> some people, if you can turn down $17 million to be a host of a show to go and do other things, you know you've made some good decisions along the way. >> go back and get that 17 million. >> she deserves to be back as a leading lady. this is her return. >> you're her leader in the role that you're playing here as a principal. but you're actually schooling kids now on money, which i love. i love that you from harvard, with your business degree, are helping the community with youngsters who can have a healthy discussion about money. we were talk being smart money and dumb money. >> so i'm doing a tour now in conjunction with the nba that's sponsored by mass mutual insurance. they've been around since 1851. they realize that they want to teach financial literacy to kids. so we're taking many of the

teams and we bring them into the stadiums. 3 to 4,000 eighth graders. >> that's smart. >> that's hard. it's hard to keep their attention. we're talking about smart money versus dumb money. when your head hits the pillow at night whatever you spent your money on that day it's either worth by the time you wake up, equal or more in value, dumb money is whatever you spent it on is worth less by the time you wake up. and trying to let them understand the value of compound interest savings delayed gratification, and all those ideas. >> why do you think school systems is so reluctant to talk about money, talk about the stock market and investment? >> i think it's couple things. first it starts at home. you think about it most people if you ask yourself, do parents really talk to their kids about their expenses their credit card debt, how much they earn? >> other than don't spend so much. >> it's an emotional conversation to have. >> a lot of emotion. there is a loft fear. so teaching kids, particularly from underserved community where

there may not be a habit of saving. many people are preyed upon, whether it's payday lenders, rent to own shops, heavy interest stuff. so the mass mutual smart challenge is that idea of teaching kids, there is a value in saving right now. many banks offer free students accounts. >> how do you make that case? if you're a parent watching and we have a lot of them right now and they'd like to get their kids to save burks it's hard to say, when you retire in 80 years, it will be worth it. >> we show slides and how money can grow. and the value of money. and start saving early. we use piggy banks and all this stuff. if you live in any of the cities, go to massmutual.com. see where we'll be on the tour and bring your kids. it's a free program. bring your kids down. 60 minutes of me yelling and screaming, running up and down the stands, talking about money. it's a lot of fun. >> it's around 7:00 o'clock, i might as well stay and watch the

game. >> just hang out. exactly. >> congratulations on this new movie "the boy next door." >> january hits theaters. straight ahead -- >> he's got to ride the bull today. >> there is a lot of bull on this show. >> if i don't tease, we're not going to have time. jeb bush's plan to fix the immigration system. >> the republicans want what obama wants on immigration. jeb bush agrees with it. chamber of commerce agrees. obviously the republican establishment doesn't want to stop obama. >> is rush right? the co-author of jeb bush's immigration plan joins us next. >> plus, we just heard it. brian versus the bulls. trust us you don't want to miss that one. >> that's matthew triplet. he's number three in the world. >> that's why he's a triplet

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as jeb bush keeps moving forward in his 2016 bid it seems for the white house, many conservatives have begun to criticize the florida governor for his stance on immigration. saying bush's plan is in the same vein as president obama's executive amnesty. for example. >> the republicans want what obama wants on immigration. jeb bush agrees with it. chamber of commerce agrees with t. obviously the republican establishment doesn't want to stop obama. >> so is jeb's plan really the same as the president's? joining us is the vice president of litigation at goldwater institute and co-author with jeb bush of immigration wars. it's clint folly. is your plan like president obama's plan, the one you co-authored with jeb? >> absolutely not. jeb was one of the first how have the box to -- out of the box to criticize obama. the president has no authority under the constitution over

immigration. congress does. is and so what obama has done is an abomination. >> is your plan like the senate plan? >> our plan has elements like the senate plan. for example, reducing the number of family preferences in our current system. two-thirds of our legal immigrants come not for work or skills, but for family preferences. that's a crazy system. >> i'm going to run through some of your key points and we'll build off it. you have a robust guest worker program. all foreign visitors, military resources at the border. give states larger role in policing illegal immigrants. these are some of the bullet points. where do you stand on the borrowedder and sealing the border first as opposed to doing everything at once? >> well, the best way to seal the border is to prevent the reasons why people are coming illegally. most people are coming illegally to work. there is not a functioning work

system. if we get that guest worker system into place, it will reduce the pressure on the borders. so i think you need to do both things at once much you need to deal with the supply side and the demand side. but nobody gets legal status until the border is secure. >> right. and in the big picture, too, you are not saying, like president bush 43, everyone's got to go home first and get back in line? >> basically, a major difference between jeb bush and the senate plan is that he would not have a path to citizenship. if people are here illegally they have to pay fines and they would not be eligible for citizenship. so it's not amnesty. this is -- people are taking the consequences for their illegal actions. >> all right. we'll have to see. i know it will be front and center as jeb bush gets front and center. thanks so much.

coming up, i had a chance to really stand out above the rest at our christmas party when i tamed a mechanical bull like it's never been seen before. it was in a bar. now i have the chance to relive that moment with the number three bull rider in the world. he seems happy to see me. first let's check in with bill hemmer, also happy to see me, to find out what's on top of his show. >> i was there that day you got on that bull. i thought you had the potential for a new career. >> really? >> that's why i'm looking forward to what's coming up next. >> i'm going to go now. >> see you brian. breaking news. polling on where americans think we have dropped the ball. it's a long list. major developments on sending american troops to syria. and what to expect from those now freed from gitmo. we have insight. martha and i will see you at the top of the hour

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is ♪ ♪ >> they call it the most dangerous eight seconds in sports. professional bull riders from around the world are in new york city today and this morning the number three bull rider in the world joins us, ladies and gentlemen, matt triplet! >> good morning to you. >> for the next three days you'll be at madison square garden trying to get yourself number one. but riding real bulls like that, is that one of the bulls you'll be bucking? >> yes sir. i think he bucks friday night. >> i've seen him giving you the eye. >> he's ready to go. >> so they grade your performance, plus they grade the bull itself? >> they do. they score us. we have four judges. one is how well we're in control, how well we style that bull out and then score the bull on how well he kicks and spins.

>> what do you have to have? extremely strong? a lot of flexibility? >> you have to be really flexibility. i do a lot of hot yoga. you got to be able to have a lot of -- >> you need padding onyour butt. >> brian is asking because he's about to take the challenge himself. he's going to get on the bull and i am going to get on the controls. >> elisabeth, take a stand here at the bull controller. take off his gizmo there. >> don't worry. i'll take good care of you. >> matt triplet is going to do some guidance. brian, why didn't you work this out ahead of time? time is money. >> brian was trying to be nice to me when he found out i was at the control deck for the bull. he's nervous. he should be. >> have you learned how this works? >> i'm going to start it off on slow right here. matt, what tips can you offer him in terms of the approach here? >> squeeze tight with your legs.

it helps to turn your feet out because if you don't, when you come forward, you'll -- >> are you ready? >> and you want to get closer to the rope. >> there you go. >> you can't touch the bull! >> you have to be ready to go. the bulls can go at any time. >> whoa. >> brian, we've got it on slow. we've got it on slow! what are you doing? that's medium. >> oh! oh! >> look, 21 seconds. you made it to the second level on there which is great. >> what's your assessment of his performance on the bull? >> did he a great job. 21 seconds. he only has to stay on for eight seconds. >> if i wanted to join the tour, how much work would i miss? like how busy would i be?

>> you'd be on the road all the time. we're gone every weekend. >> how would you feel about that steve? >> you could do it after the show. do you need an advil yet? >> anyone who wants to sponsor the pain i'm in will be fine. it's unbelievable. >> she went from slow, pushed the fast like that. >> i did. that's what friends are for. this is an official pbr right there. >> i would love to see him do it when we come back. >> one day soon. >> we're stepping aside. we got a lot of bull in midtown manhattan. matt, thank you very much. >> good job brian. ing] everything okay? we're here because you're about

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we told you today about one couple in michigan's campaign to get fox news off the public tvs inside a rec center in ann arbor and now you are firing back. allison from missouri sent us this picture. she turned on fox news for her predawn workout. as you can see there. >> that's great. david said "fox & friends" goes perfectly with the treadmill run for him. >> and brian says even his office in knoxville international guard base shows fox news. i would expect nothing less. >> keep the pictures coming of where you watch fox. >> also -- are you taking it back? >> this is what cool people do. they leave the tags on. >> a pack led about -- what's

coming up this weekend? >> blood test that promises to -- a father comes home to a home redone for his family. bill: good morning on a friday. there is breaking news on another major terror plot. police raiding a suspected hideout in europe saying the suspects were hours away from carrying out another paris-style attack there. [shouting] [gunfire] after that gunbattle two suspects are dead dozens arrested in that country and across europe as new fears of terror attacks sweep across the western world. a lot to cover on a friday. i'm bill hemmer. welcome to "america's newsroom." martha: good morning everybody i'm martha maccallum. a top terror chief