good saturday morning to you, it's february 7th. i'm anxiously earhart. while you were sleeping a fox news alert. jordan carrying out more air strikes against isis and this morning the cia is investigating new claims by the terror group that those air strikes killed a u.s. aide worker. we are live with the latest. >> and the white house planned to tackle terror? strategic patience and, of course, blame the media. >> we cannot afford to be be buffeted by alarmism and aarly instantaneous news cycle. >> blah blah blah blah blah. the white house down playing terror. we will have the latest on their blueprint for foreign policy coming up. >> this man can't afford a car but makes no excuses. he walks 21 miles to work

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so exciting. >> jordan launched air strike in syria in revenge for their murdered pilot. >> this as the cia is investigating a isis claim that the lone american hostage kayla muir ler was killed in one of those air strikes. >> momly henneberg is in washington with the latest. >> clayton ainsley and tucker, good morning, careful that the air strikes launched against isis -- killed an american hostage kayla murm as isis claims. some lawmakers are also dubious. >> i don't believe it for a minute for the reasons that the jordanian government has said as well. there is no way they could identify a jordanian plane it is all too convenient for them to claim that this poor woman was the only person killed, that there were no other isis people arranged. >> >> president obama says the u.s. has been quote,

deploying all the assets that we can to find the 26-year-old muriel. the last known american hostage held by isis. tree other american men have been beheaded by the islamic terror group. so president's critics say the u.s. should be more aggressive, more focused in its efforts against isis. >> if these are good targets to bomb why didn't the united states bomb them about three weeks ago? you know, why are we waiting for the jordanians to do it? it just shows the lackadaisical nature of the u.s. effort. >> muriel's parents have said in a statement addressed to isis that they are concerned about the report but that they quote, still are hopeful that kayla is alive. back to you in new york. >> molly henneberg. thank you. the white house has released america's blueprint nor protecting the country foreign policy and immediately ran into a buzz saw of criticism. among the way to protect the country promote gay rights. >> and be patient.

>> strategic patience, that is the new buzz word from the white house. >> the president was immediately slammed for. this susan rice took to the podium to defend the president's stance. listen to this sound bite now, maybe 15 times and i can't understand it. eif you can understand what susan rice is saying here, listen. >> while the dangers we face may be more numerous and varied, they are not of the existential nature we confronted during world war ii or during the cold war. we cannot afford to be buffeted by alarmism and a nearly instantaneous news cycle. >> so calm down, lighten up. stop worrying so much. >> it's not like world war ii. that wasn't really a threat. >> it's just media hype. isis. >> fascism sweeping across europe and millions of people being killed and put into concentration camps. >> we saw a man burned alive. that's not the media being alarmist.

we are seeing beheadings. they are sending out video of individuals, of human beings being burned alive and beheaded. >> nations being taken over. think what we did in iraq. large swaths of iraqi territory is now in the hands of isis. is that existential is that a tirk call idea up in the sky. >> stop you are just some instantaneous news cycle. >> it's not melting down. calm down. washington responded this way, watch. >> susan rice should be embarrassed to stand up and say the things she did. just because this isn't the same size threat as the nazis or the soviet union we shouldn't be worried about it? it's still an awfully big threat and we need to deal with it and this administration is not doing it. >> that's just part of the instantaneous news cycle there. lighten up, america. >> the president went to the national prayer breakfast the other day and explained that people who criticize islam have no perspective

because, hey, everybody does it here are the remarks that are garnering a lot of criticism. listen carefully. >> and lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the crusade and the inquisition people committed terrible deeds in the name of christ. and our home country, slavery and jim crow all too often was justified in the name of christ. >> of course after that prayer breakfast, you know, things exploded and, of course deputy press secretary eric schultz was asked to defend that on a press briefing on air force one. take a listen to schultz trying to defend the president's comments. he said the president believes when we fall short of that we need to be honest with ourselves and look inward and hold ourselves accountable. that gives us the moral standing around the world

not because we assert it but because we hold ourselves responsible. >> we are responsible for the crusades a thousand years ago. who is us, by the way. who ended slavery and jim crow? the reverend martin luther king, christianity is the reason we don't have slavery in the world today. i mean, talk about ahistoric. >> who is at the prayer breakfast most evangelicals in the country. know your audience. >> that's true. >> no one expected the inquisition to be mentioned at the national prayer breakfast. >> what's his use of the crusades as a way to make the point before you judge isis keep in mind that christians did it too. the crusades is a fixation among jihadis, there is not a press release from isis or jihady who doesn't call us crusaders. for the president to use that specific word apriling the language of the jihadis. >> he says that reference is completely outdated and

overused many, many times. listen to john. >> i think what was preposterous about what the president said is that christians alive today in the united states do not have to be held responsible for the behavior of christians 800, 500 or 160 years agging. >> thank goodness. >> no one alive today has to bear the high horse responsibility for behavior. >> we need to be a little shamed. >> eons before they were alive. and that is the outrage here. >> here is the thing. if you are the president of the united states, he missed his opportunity. if you are sitting -- if you are standing in front of so many individuals that are of faith that represent churches and synagogues and whatnot around our country, that was his opportunity to stand up there and say, look our country is going through a really tough time right now please pray for our country. pray for our economy. pray for how we defend isis. pray for this, this, and

this. it was an opportunity to send a message into the churches because some individuals are in church on sunday or going to their synagogues and they need to hear that message. instead he is talking about something that happened 700 or 800 years agging. >> he is doing it for a specific reason you don't have the right to judge islamic extremism. you don't have the right to judge isis or al qaeda. why is the president of the united states saying that to us? what do you think? send us your views on that. you can do facebook. clayton, you are the tech guy. how can people. >> send us emails write us a letter or even send a carrier pigeon with a note attached to its ankle we will get it we promise. >> friends at foxnews.com. >> thank you. >> we are going to begin with your headlines now. we will start with a fox news alert. six people in the united states are now charged in a plot to support terrorists in syria with suspected ties to isis. all of them are bosnian natives that immigrated to america. they allegedly sent money weapons and other military equipment to the u.s.

possession service into turkey then smuggled to militants in syria. the charges carrying a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. more than two years later, we could soon have answers as to what exactly happened in benghazi the night of the deadly terror attack on the u.s. consulate. the special congressional committee investigating a tack plans to interview current and former figures from president obama and hillary clinton's inner circles as early as april. some of the people named, susan rice jay carney and joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey. four americans killed in the attack including u.s. ambassador chris stevens. a terrifying moment caught on camera. watch as a lion turns on its trainer right in front of an audience. [screams] >> wow, amazingly that woman, she gets back on her feet, watch this. boom. >> more amazing it doesn't happen more often. >> i agree with you. she gets back on her feet.

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president obama creating shocking moral give lepsy at the national prayer breakfast equating muslim to christianity. >> lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place trer in the craw said and inquisition christians created honorable deeds in the name of christ. slavery and jim crow often justified in the name of christ. >> next guest says it's not a valid analogy. founder of stand. bishop, thanks for joining us this morning. so the president basically just said christians don't have the right to judge islamic extremism isis, al qaeda, because they are just as bad. what do you think of that? >> well, first of all, i

wish the president would stop lecturing us with bad historical facts. whatever justification may have been given for slavery by so-called christians it was because so many christians objected to the institution from the very beginning. and so people conjured up these esoteric ideas about why it was okay. but it was christians who were constantly objecting to the institution of slavery so he gets that wrong. he didn't go to cairo and give that speech and lecture the egyptians about enslaving jews 3,000 it years ago but he seems to have no problem whatsoever continually trying to raise negative issues about our own country. >> i was struck by his use of the crusades as an example. considering this al qaeda and isis and islamic extremists across the globe constantly refer to the west as quote crusaders. wafers it helpful for the president, do you think, to use that term? >> once again he fails to bring up relevant facts. the crusades began as

response to islamic aggression. but he didn't talk about that he didn't talk about the persecution of eastern christians during the time that the crusades were started and the attempt to rescue them. so, once again, this president likes to get on his high horse and lecture the rest of the country about how bad we are. i wish that he would have some negative harsh things to say to islamic terrorists about the evil things that they are doing. >> yes, i suspect he doesn't know anything about the crusades. what should he have said given his platform at the national prayer breakfast? what would you have liked to have heard him say? >> first of all, he needs to call it islamic terror and he needs to say it's evil. and we must all, across the world, join together and fight it. he needs to say to muslims, i have muslims in my family i love them, they are wonderful people. he needs to say you need to speak up and stand against this evil with us. he needs to tell the country that we're going to come together across racial and cultural lines instead of

continually trying to divide us and try to demonstrate that america is some sort of unjust country where everybody is being treated unfairly and, of course he is the messianic figure riding in on a high horse to rescue us from us. he just needs to try to bring the country together as one nation under god rather than many different factions under president obama. >> bishop jackson you are a voice of clarity this morning. i appreciate you coming on. thanks a lot. >> thanks tucker. >> bombshell in the jury trial of chris kyle. he may not have ptsd and may never have left his base. we have details on this. was this a required lesson when you were a kid? reading lists about police brutality and amnesty for illegals? that's being taught to fourth graders. we will tell you. stay tuned.

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a fox news alert overnight transasia canceling all flights for the next three days to begin proficiency tests for the 71 pilots. this comes after a plane carrying 58 passengers crashed into the river in taiwan leaving 3 the people dead. one engine went idol shortly after takeoff. the pilots made the mistake of turning off the other working engine to try to restart. did the electrify third rail make this wreck even deadlier. the utsb is looking into the system to see if that's what caused those tracked to peel up and pierce through the train. six people were killed. clayton? >> thanks, ainsley. well bombshell report could have a huge impact on the

"american sniper" murder trial. veterans group says chris kyle's accused killer may not have ptsd. he was never in combat when he served one tour in iraq. he never left the base. chris kyle's widow said in a recent interview that ptsd does not cause someone to snap and shoot two men. listen. >> i understand the media reporting that because i think that's what they would like everybody to believe. it's almost like an excuse to hang the murders on. but it was a double homicide. >> so could this report be a game changer for the trial? joining us now for legal debate is eric guster and trial attorney lisa. nice to see both of you this morning. first of all, can ralph get a fair trial. that is what the defense is worried about that is he not going to be able to go anywhere in this country and get a fair trial. >> it's going to be difficult. when you have someone killed and on hero status for every news outlet for everybody talking about it extremely difficult. the jury's to give quote, justice for that person's

murder. so with this man being accused of -- well, he did shoot him, but the question is did ptsd deal with it, did ptsd cause it and does he have the mental capacity to do it. >> on the jury selection issue, i mean, if you are the defense for this guy what in the world do you do? is there a place you can go and try to find an impartial jury? >> you have to take the jury as you find them, right? they are interviewing 800 jurors on stand by and the whole issue here about the prejudice. when you want to change your venue. you have to prove actual prejudice. i don't know where the actual prejudice is. like you said. it's been aired all over america. so does he get a fair trial anywhere in the country? >> it would difficult anywhere in the country this movie is number one box office thriller. everyone is watching it everyone is talking about it. so the question does not to move the trial. it -- the dates should be delayed, perhaps, in order to give the movie some time to fizzle out. that way the popularity is

not on the top of the conscious of all the people who are involved. >> bradley cooper. you know, academy award nominee. this is, of course, obviously one of the number one war movies of all time. let's talk about the ptsd movie. bombshell report from this veterans group this week. here is a facebook post from the war fighter foundation eddy ralph after they did all this research about him. interviewing a number of marines on tour they said. this eddy ralph served one tour in iraq in 2007 at ballad air base the second largest installation in iraq with no significant events no combat experience. this has nothing to do with ptsd. what do you think about that? will ptsd be thrown out of trial? >> no. and this is a veterans group. of course they want justice for their hero. and they are not the doctor they are not the psychologist who are going to testify not caused by someone in combat. it could be be a war zone and other triggers that may

have caused it and not just someone in combat. >> will this be used as an excuse. his widow said this is not an excuse of killing two people. >> not an excuse. you have to look at ptsd. you do need to have a traumatic event that you experienced or that you believed somebody else was experiencing. without combat and he on balad air base, they have a mcdonald's subway. he never left the air base. ptsd, if this is the only basis to the insanity defense. it might be a very difficult trial. they are difficult cases to begin with but this could be very difficult. and, also the research that comes out of ptsd, people that suffer from this, they are not homicidal. they are suicidal. and this was a case where two men, chris kyle shot in the back and the back of the head. this person has to prove that he couldn't form the specific intent, that he didn't know right from wrong at the time of the criminal act and that he was in the

throes of a flashback. >> and what happens in this case if ptsd is given as a defense and it's successful it will lay the groundwork for others. that's why a lot of people are really afraid of this defense working because, if i say ptsd caused me to shoot someone then others may bring that as defense in later cases. so it's very scary. >> a lot of cases are looking at it now. the right from wrong issue still exists. very difficult to say when he picked up the rifle and shot somebody in the back. >> great to see both of you this morning. >> thanks for having us. >> coming up on the show he yelled al akbar when he opened up. military one of highest honor. not anymore. big debate coming up on that. >> and breaking news on the economy, gas prices taking a massive jump. so what's fueling the sudden pain at the pump?

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cents to $2.32 in just one night. in central ohio saw their prices go up 22 cents to 2.26 cents a gallon. plus the national average has gone up over 10 cents in just one week. >> would so why the steady increase in gas prices all of a sudden? should would he be concerned about it? >> let's ask our old friend peter morici from maryland. what is going on here? >> this time of year refineries shut down to also adjust what they make winter blend to summer blend which is much more expensive. the combination of the two cause gas prices to usually go up somewhere between, you know, 30 and 50 cents this time of year and americans tend to forget that from last year. >> let me the con train contrarian, factories have to shut down their oil refineries. we have seen cities folding up different jobs as a result of the gas prices

going down. is this a good thing for the economy? >> well, it's not a bad thing. we normally expect gas prices to vary through the year. the e.p.a. requires a different blend in different cities depending on atmospheric conditions and the temperature. reality is it's more expensive he to make summer blends than it is issue with the blends so we get this every year. there are also some psychological factors at play which, of course speculate us to rush around in strange ways. for example there is a strike at nine refineries, those refineries haven't closed down. the supervisory people are running them. oil companies have announced that they're putting off some big projects because of low crude prices the reality is that isn't going to effect how much oil we pump for a couple of years. >> peter you say it's not a bad thing necessarily for the economy but it is for the american family. you know, any time gas prices go up, they have -- they are affected by it. they feel the effect. everyone is going to different gas stations

looking for the one that chase the cheapest price. that's why you have long lines. what states are affected. isn't there is a list of certain states? >> it's actually specific localities. in the piece before you this named the city where it went up 22 cents whereas the national average is up 10. one of the things that we failed to recognize is that specific refineries service specific areas because the e.p.a. has chopped up the united states the map to require different blends of of gas in different locations to minimize ozone pollution and things of that nature. >> so gas prices dropped in the last six months. the first thing that happened in washington was various politicians started eyeing tax increase on gasoline. do you think this little spike we are looking at right now will stop them in their tracks? >> well, if gasoline prices don't come back down come april, may, and june. i think it would stop them in their tracks. if they do recede, we get pars the changeover and prices come down. they won't be as low as they were in the winter. of the markets overajusd.

they went too far down given the slide in crude oil prices. if they do come back down back on the table. the gas tax hasn't been increased in about 20 years. and the highway trust doesn't have enough money because of it. what's the alternative? put a g.p.s. device in your car and let the government track how many miles you drive? i don't like that idea at all. the irs is going to get that. >> peter moreci thank you so much. in keeping what the government is doing, we are switching our cover in the green room from winter blend. >> sounds like starbucks. >> instead of the environment it's the green choice. >> get to the headlines right now, start with a fox news alert. the army is aannouncing that they will finally award the victims of the fort hood shooting their purple hearts. they will now be entitled to combat pay, increased v.a. healthcare benefits, tuition waivers and scholarships. get this even though the gunman shouted out ala akbar opening fire killing 30 others. the white house is still refusing to label that terror.

instead labeling work place violence. lunsford was shot seven times that day and is he going to join us live in the next hour with reaction. cops opening a criminal investigation as whitney houston's daughter bobby christina brown fights for her life. tmz reporting that police are targeting her boyfriend nic gordon. sources say the two fought before of the 21-year-old was found unconscious in the bathtub and bobby had suspicious injuries. she remains in medically induced coma. incredible rescue caught on camera. torrential downpour leaves a man trapped in raging floodwaters in kosovo. you can see that man climbing out of his suv. a grouch nearby minors used a rope to pull him to safety. minors were on their way home from work when they spotted this guy sitting on top of his car. he he had been waiting for hours for someone to come and rescue him. black panthers police brutality and amnesty for illegals. those are some of the topics of books on the reading list for fourth graders in

carolina. patience sending the list to the group stop common core. it includes a book about three sisters sent to a summer camp run by black panthers and another about a father in mexico killed and his father flees across the border to california i mean his daughter excuse me. parents are saying these topics are too heavy for fourth graders and should not be on the reading list. >> do you think? it's insane. they never sleep. while you are sleeping they are thinking of new way to propagandize your children. >> what about encyclopedia brown, hardy boys. amelia bedelia. >> i don't even know what that is, clayton. >> she would say like go steal first base and she would go and pick it up. or draw the drapes and she would stand there with her evil. >> -- with her easel. spring. >> it's spring fishing classic. bass pro shops is here.

talk about what this means. a lot of people across the northeast thinking spring what in the world are you talking about? show you the maps and what's going on. temperaturewise, the northern eastern part of the country is cold. the rest of the country feels like spring. you are hearing us talk about how cold and snowy it is. really the only area where it's below average is upstate new york and in throughout new england, the rest of the country at least the western two thirds of the country temps feeling very much like spring today tomorrow some of that heat moves in across the mid-atlantic. stays warm across much of the range. not the case across the northeast. first batch moves in today to. tomorrow. some areas picking up a foot of snow by the time that's done. upstate new york and much of england. that's where the snow is down to the southeast a beautiful sunny day sunshine pretty much everywhere. take a look at parts of the northern plains in the front range.

feeling like it. you wouldn't imagine that here though. >> yeah, 22 degrees. unbelievable. >> thanks rick. thank you, rick. >> the image is chilling, a child smiling as he watches that jordanian pilot being emulated in a cage. is this the new face of terror? >> wow. talk about a dream. they are here illegally. we just learned that they can also cash in on tax refunds. wait until you hear this one.

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irs ruling when a person receives a social security number they can file an amended tax return to get refunds for up to three years of working here illegally. and one democratic lawmaker wants to use your tax dollars to find out how to get more tax dollars. oregon congressman earle blumenauer introducing a bill to give taxpayer funded federal grants to study a controversial new tax that would charge people for every mile they drive. money well spent. tucker? >> clayton. well, take a look at the future of isis. this image captured during a public screening of the brutal emulation of that jordanian pilot. the one burned alive by extremists. the young isis supporter is all smiles as he watches saying he would have burned the pilot with his own hands if he had had the chance. >> wow. so how does radicalization happen at such a very young age and are we losing the war to future jihadists? let's ask our former radical jihadist and author of

jihad. thank you for being with us. you were a former radical jihadist. so you know what it's like on the inside. saw that picture of a little buy watching a human being being burned to death. that was his face and action. why is he smiling? >> well, you know what this group has done is they have gone into a place like raqqa where the picture is taken and essentially taken the whole city hostage. a lot of these guys come in looking like heroes, you know war fighters coming, dressed in -- they are wolves and not even in sheep's clothing and a lot of these kids, they are fearful and they play into it and they adopt and they do what they see the older people around them doing. and this isn't just -- this isn't the first video that they have shown by screen by big screen. they have shown the western hostages being beheaded as well on similar public broadcasts. >> what would it do to a

child to see something like this to grow up in this kind of environment. what chances are there that he could recover from this? >> this is destroying their childhood. you know, this has happened with child soldiers in africa. this is very similar situation where individuals have come in and they are effectively and deliberately brainwashing a lot of these kids. >> well how do we combat this? >> solution is the key aspect here. come down to the military campaign in syria assad regime is driving this. why people are joining groups news are a. al qaeda's afill i can't in syria or isis. we are losing the prop began da war. we keep hearing the day about slick videos and slick magazines being produced. but we don't have any kind of counter product to that.

so if that stays -- excuse me, if that remains we will continue to lose the propaganda war. >> yeah. these videos really amount to violent pornography and it's distressing to think there is a market for them but it seems like there is. >> unbelievable. >> thanks for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >> a shocking sight, a lion turns on trainer right in front of an audience. >> plus from the basketball court to the battlefield meet the duke's hoop star will be defending your freedom and tells us why he does not regret giving up a shot at the nba. stay tuned.

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call it the marshall plan from deafening the basket to defending this country. duke basketball player officially sworn into the u.s. army and start serving the moment that he graduates. but we give up on a possible career in the nba? and can you square the two? let's find out. marshall plumley joins us live. welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me. >> so the question, of course, on everyone's mind is are you going to give up a possible career in the nba to go off and join the army? >> >> the truth is my first passion is basketball and my whole life i have also had an interest in the military. and i had always thought it was one or the other kind of situation through making great friends in the military and working with coach k i found out that there is opportunity to do both. so my dream and my hope is to pursue a professional basketball career and serve in the army reserves.

>> so this started pretty young for you right? your grandfather served in world war ii. take pee back to september 11th, 2001 what unfolded on that horrible day. you were nine years old. what changed about you that day? >> >> i there i was too young to really appreciate at that time what was going on but i can say i witnessed firsthand the effect it had on my family on loved ones. horrible day. and, you know, over the course of the years getting more familiar with the military i have met a lot of inspiring leaders who have talked to me about how that day changed them forever. and i realize, you know as i'm getting older, i want to be a part of, you know the force that's driving to protect us from stuff like that. there is a tragedy. and i wanted to join the best team in the world and the united states military to do my part in making sure that our nation is safe and

you know all is well. >> so you were over in germany and you were inspired, of course, you were inspired by your own family, of course, what happened for new germany that really got you on the path of saying, you know what? i have got to join the army? >> yeah, well, a moderate military interest growing up but things really took off as you mentioned. my junior year of high school, when i went on a u.s.a. basketball team to play on an army base in germany in man heim actually it was there that i met one star general at the time robert brown. and he really inspired me to either go play for west point or to go play for coach k at duke. and he could just really relate to me being a taller guy, about 6'7" 6'8", he played for coach k at west point. he could aappreciate how i both value basketball and i have a desire to serve something bigger than myself. >> i love how you mention

height. you are a tall guy. how tall exactly are you? >> i'm 7 feet. >> 7 feet tall. army has height restriction which you know, you would think you are only allowed to be 80 inches tall. what happened? what did the army say to you to you when you applied? >> there was red tape i had to get through. there are certain things i just can't there are some tanks and some helicopters i might not be able to squeeze into. but i'm confident that they can find something for me to do where i can be of service. and right now i'm just trying to find uniforms, shoes that fit. stuff like that. yeah 4 inches beyond the army's 80-inch max height requirement. getting those special waivers. marshall, you are a role model for young boys and girls all over this country and hopefully a fruitful career in the nba if you can be able to do the two just like your two brothers. marshall, great to he so you this morning and good luck on the battlefield.

>> well, thank you so much. thanks for having me. >> coming up. nbc news anchor brian williams under fire for lying about being shot down in iraq and now the men who were really on board were reacting. then this man cannot afford a car. he makes no excuses. he walks 21 miles to work every day rain or shine but not anymore. thanks to the kindness of strangers. >> the reason why i picked a ford taurus is i remember the old tauruses from the 80's. you know they never were expensive or anything but like me they have a strong heart from the inside. >> is here live. get incredible savings at bass pro shops' spring fishing classic - like a spool

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joshted is carrying out new air strikes investigating new claims by the terror group that air strikes killed this lady a u.s. aide worker. live with the breaking details. >> the white house down playing the threat of islamic extremism. susan rice accepts we are winning the war on terror but thed me were are lying about it. >> as al qaeda core has been disseminated we have seen difficult fusion of the threat to al qaeda affiliates isil homegrown violent extremists. >> yep, everything is fine. take a look at the administration's blueprint to fight terrorism. >> and a terrifying moment caught on camera, a lion turns on trainer right in front of the audience.

what happened next is unbelievable. >> "fox & friends" hour two starts right now. hi, this is coach k and you are watching "fox & friends." >> is that coach k? >> unbelievable video. >> pow! >> i'm surprised it doesn't happen more. >> ainsley, we are so glad to see you this morning. >> thank you. filling in for anna this morning and i love sitting on the sofa. such a joy. >> we have a jampacked hour for you right now. >> we do. we are going to start with a fox news alert. jordan continuing to pummellize militants. >> cia is looking into isis claim that the lone american hostage, kayla muriel was killed in one of those air strikes. our own molly henneberg is live in washington where lawmakers are skeptical of that. molly, what's the latest. >> tucker, ainsley, clayton good morning a spokesperson

for president obama's national national security council has not seen evidence by claims by isis that jordanian air strikes have killed american hostage kayla jane muriel. jordan says this is all part of isis, quote, criminal propaganda. some u.s. lawmakers tend to agree. >> it is all too convenient for them to claim that this poor woman was the only personal killed, that there were no other isis people around. just far too convenient as a propaganda move. so i certainly hope and pray that she is alive. if she is not, there is only one party responsible and that's isis. president obama says the u.s. has been, quote deploying all the assets that we can to find muriel the last known american hostage held by isis. three other american men have been beheaded by the islamic terror group. some of the president's critics say the u.s. should be more aggressive, more

focus in its efforts against isis. >> if these are good targets to bomb why didn't the united states bomb them about three weeks ago? you know, why are we waiting for the jordanians to do it? it just shows the lackadaisical nature of the u.s. effort. >> muriel's parents have said in a statement addressed to isis that they're concerned about the report but are quote, still hopeful that kayla is live. back to you all in new york. >> all right thanks a lot molly. >> i can't imagine what they are going through. >> the white house has laid out its blueprint for foreign policy for the next two years of the obama administration. they are calling it strategic patience that the president claim this idea that we can't spread too thinly all around a the world. that the u.s. can't intervene in all of the world's events. we need to be strategic where we go and when we go in. >> as the middle east melts down country after country descending into chaos. national security advisor susan rice says whoa, slow

down, all is well. watch this. >> as al qaeda core has been disseminated, we have seen the difficult fusion of the threat to al qaeda affiliates isil, local militia and homegrown violent extremists. this difficult fusion may defusion may reduce the 9/11 it raises the probability of the types of attacks that we have seen in boston and ottawa, sydney and paris. >> now, colonel david hunt he disagrees totally with her. he says the white house is not doing enough. listen. >> the administration right now thinks it is doing it and what's happening on the ground is stopping isis to a point but nowhere near destroying it if you want to destroy isis as an example, you have to do it soldiers on the ground. u.s. because nobody else can do it. things like jordan, countries like jordan can't make the move 500 miles to

mosul without u.s. help. we have got 3,000 guys on the ground already. >> susan rice also made the point that things are not as bad as we were and we shouldn't really be worried about them we are not facing the kinds of threats that we were facing during world war ii and the cold war. >> these people are so unimpressive. if you look at this document, parts of it will almost stunningly frivolous and dumb and unreflective. at no point in this document do you get the sense that the white house believes pulling out of iraq and afghanistan was a bad idea. iraq is to some united states -- great extent controlled by isis now. no one can look at that and say good plan we did the right thing. >> really if you can't learn from your mistakes then you shouldn't be running anything. it seems to me. >> and the white house this week defending president wants comments about the crusade. remember he was at that prayer breakfast earlier this week and he basically said that what's happening today has happened for generations. it's happened for hundreds of years and that

christians look, we can't get on our high horses. we have about ton blame as well for the crusades. 800 years ago is just like present day. listen to the president on thursday. >> unless we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place remember that diewferght crusade and the inquisition people committed terrible deeds in the name of christ. and our home country slavery and jim crow all too often was justified in the name of christ. >> but we changed. our country has changed. we don't burn people alive. we don't behead people. that is actually happening and that's the issue here. we need to address that and he had a great opportunity to talk to clergy congregations and tell them to please pray for our country because that's extremely important to many of americans. >> of course. the united states has changed. we don't have slavery because of christianity.

>> absolutely. >> it was christians who led the abolitionist movement. to invoke the crusade in order to say look, you have no right to judge isis? you have no right to judge al qaeda? you have no right to judge anything because you are every bit as sinful, that was the president's point? that is dorm room philosophy. for a guy who get a lot of credit for being this brilliant guy mr. president of the harvard law review that's pathetic that's mindless. >> bishop jackson was on the show early this morning and he agrees with you on the mindless part of this. take a listen. >> he fails to bring up relevant facts. this president likes to get on his high horse and lecture the rest of the country about how bad we are. i wish that he would have some negative harsh things to say to islamic terrorists about the evil things that they are doing. he just needs to try to bring the country together as one nation under god rather than many different factions under president obama. >> can't judge isis because crusades.

crusades. >> let us know your thoughts and go to our facebook page this morning and weigh in on that story ff weekend. >> we're going to begin now with your headlines. start with with a fox news alert. six are charged with a plot suspected ties to isis, all them are bosnian natives immigrated to america. they allegedly sent money and weapons and other military equipment through the u.s. postal service over to turkey which then smuggled all of that into militants in syria or to the militants in syria. the charges carrying a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. nbc is calling brian williams' credibility now. the company launching interm investigation into his reporting because it included coverage of hurricane katrina and then being shot at when he was in the helicopter. after he had admitted to lying about being on board that helicopter being struck in iraq. now veterans are sounding off at williams for his lie telling the reporter who broke the story that williams is taking credit where credit is not due. >> they think that he wants

the glory. he wants to share in the glory of this war story and it's an extraordinary story what happened to this chip nook. these guys who were on this one chinook could have died easily it was extraordinary that they survived. >> the pilot flying williams in iraq hasside that the only thing that their chopper hit was a dust storm. >> a terrifying moment caught on camera. watch as a lion turns on its trainer right in front of a live audience. amazingly this woman gets back on her feet and walks away with minor injuries. perform alongside the big cat for the egyptian circus. and a pair of car thieves they crash and dash in new york. >> wash the watch the lady. >> these two crooks get in a running car and they speed off hitting a woman in the street. dash cam video showing them riding along eventually hitting another car and abandoning that vehicle. they only had the car for

about one minute. and those are your headlines. >> watch the lady as he said. good advice. >> all right. did you hear the news that pope francis made this week? >> yes. >> well, he was asked a question and he was having a discussion about spanking and corporal punishment as it related to one father over here in one father. he was asked about this and he said quote one time i heard a father say at times i have to hit my children a bit but never in the face so as not to humiliate them. that's great. he had a sense of dignity. he should punish, do the right thing and then move on. well, of course a firestorm erupted over this debate around should to spank and not spank if the the pope says okay. >> hit my kids, listen, we grew up in a spanking maybe got like one or two. my sister got one or two. my brother got a lot, you about he ended up being a great kid. he got in more trouble than

the girls did in our house. dad was a strict discipline narayan, he and my mom say if it wouldn't be for that. he is on a different path. successful, he and his wife are married in south carolina. i think that the dad -- what kind of struck me is when the dad dad says i hit my kids. i don't like that word. i like spank. spank can be a pop. spank can be on the bottom or something like that. hitting sounds. >> use whatever language. >> i would never hit my kids you want to call it spanking or light pop. doesn't call it a smack. i'm never going to hit my kids that's my choice as a parent. doesn't sound like pope agreeing to hit disciplining your child. >> as long as there are conditions is he okay with spanking. >> when i was younger someone once turned to me says sometimes it's not worth expressing your view on things. the unexpressed thought has value i ignored it by and large. >> you give us your opinion on everything. you are not going to tell us about this. >> obviously abusing your

child is bad. it's a pretty personal decision. >> of course abusing your children is bad. >> i think most normal parents who don't overthink it overthinking a bad thing in parenting understand setting some limits having some punishments is a good thing. hitting your kids probably not useful. >> i think -- >> -- i'm sure i think when you hit your kids, what you are sending a message to your kids is i don't know how to communicate with you as a child so i'm going to hit you because i don't know how to discipline. >> guess what we live in america and parents can make their own choice. >> no you go to jail for disagreeing now. >> abuse is bad. >> i think you betray weakness when you overreact. and i think striking a child should be a symbolic act. i'm mad at you therefore i'm spanking you with this spank i recster my disapproval and that's enough. do you know what i mean. it's symbolic gesture. >> send us your comments. tell us what you think. >> all right. coming up on the show he

yelled ala akbar when he opened fire on our military fort hood. victims have been denied one of the military's highest honors not anymore. a man shot seven times that day joins us live with a big update. >> then we showed you this story right here on "fox & friends." a group wanting under god removed from the pledge. but one teenager won't let that happen and now the court has ruled.

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fire. the administration has refused to call it terrorism. labeled it work place violence and blocked certain benefits to the victims of it. >> they will receive one of the highest honors purple heart. >> lumsford was shot seven times that day at fort hood. we are thrilled he is he here on the curvey couch this morning. nice to see you. >> welcome back. >> i have never met you in person, having talked to you so many times. i didn't realize you were 6'9" and a half and a father of five. >> yes. >> that's amazing. really nice to see you in person this morning. >> well, it's an honor being here as well. >> your reaction now, of course, to the big news about the purple hearts yesterday? what are your thoughts. >> i'm happy. i am exextremely happy and relieved by the same token, i'm thinking about the families of the 14 that are not here with us physically. so nothing no medal no war can replace life. i'm quite sure those families are happy as well by the same token their

loved ones aren't here to have that medal pinned on their chest so they have to receive it in a posthumous matter. it's relief for my families. when i talk about family i mean fort hood family, military civilians alike. when i got a call yesterday was i at work. and so i was getting ready to teach my class and coach what's wrong, everybody come to the floor so i can tell you what's going on. the kids they gave me an innovation. but, still, it hit home and i get a little emotional about it. the fight shouldn't have taken this long. service members, we put our life on the lines so that we can live free life pursuit of happiness. to be treated the way we were treated in aftermath is just not right. but, we're trained to be focused disciplined and

resolve. then we won this battle. >> the president had an opportunity to address the world right now. do you think the president missed an opportunity to talk about the threat that the world faces? >> absolutely. >> absolutely. the state we are in now dealing with isis they are out of control. even in the islamic community they are their actions because these people, they have no heart. no soul. they call themselves followers of the koran which anyone who knows the koran knows doesn't speak of what they are doing. doesn't support it. that comes give a person power and they go overboard. the only way we he can stop this from happening anymore we have to eliminate the threat totally. >> what do you say to the president still calling this work place violence because you were shot by the enemy. he was screaming ala akbar.

>> what i would say to our commander and chief have a sitdown with service members that have been in the heat of battle our commander and chief hasn't had an opportunity to wear a uniform of that nature. let us give you the edited version and then decide for yourself. remember, when you lay your head down on your pillow out of secret service being there, we have brothers and sisters that are in foreign lands putting their life on the land by choice so that he can have that opportunity to sleep peacefully. and he needs to cherish that. >> well, we are honored by your service to this country and congratulations. >> it's a pleasure meeting you in person. >> it really is. i hope you will come back. it's great to see you. >> well i hope to come back and it's been an honor but in closing, i would like to say that with the price that we pay every day we have a campaign that we are starting it's called stop

22. every day 22 service members commit suicide. >> system with our satellite is going to cut us off in five seconds. when we come back we will tell our audience more about this. >> pleasure for meeting you. >> thanks a lot.

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lunsford for being on the show and congratulations on purple heart as well. ainsley over to you. >> we can all get $22. thank you so much clayton. he might be the hardest working man in america. james robertson could not afford a car but that never stopped him. for nearly a decade, he was walking a grueling 21 miles to and from work every single day. rain sleet snow whatever to that job that pays him less than $11 an hour. that all changed when someone took notice of him and decided to lend him a helping hand. soon enough, james' story got around and nearly 12,000 strangers have donated more than $300,000 to help james. and that's not all. this morning, we have an incredible update for you. joining us now is shane, engineering employee james robertson himself and the man who helped him with that commute, blake pollak. thanks so much for being with us. so great to see you both again. >> we're glad to be here. >> good morning ainsley.

>> james how do you feel $300,000 and you got a free car. what's your reaction? >> well, you know,. >> i couldn't express how i'm feeling about this whole thing has blown up. i keep asking myself, you know, who would have thought that something so small that i have been doing since i was 8 years old, you know who would have thought that something that small would have blown up this big? >> you deserve it. this is the american story. we're all so proud of you because some people make excuses as to why they are not going to go to work. you say there were no us bas because you had to face your girlfriend and your boss. >> yeah, you know there were times that i was thinking that sometimes i don't want to go in. voice inside of me leave it alone. your girlfriend don't want to hear about it. your boss and co-workers

don't want to hear about it your friends don't want to hear about it you have to get out there and do it the next day. so, you know, i just go ahead and keep on doing it no matter what. >> you have those responsibilities. blake, i want to talk to you. what was your reaction when you see that video. i know you were there with him when he got the car. did you think, gosh i picked this guy up we became friends and now it's turned into this national story, is he getting a free car and the money, what did you think yesterday? >> you know, we kind of tricked him into getting the car. we had gone to lunch and i said hey, you know, if you ever do get a car, i don't know, you said something about a ford. said something about a taurus, you know, do you mind we got a cup can pell minutes, james was all worried about having to go to work. it's all about going to work for james and he wants to get in work in time to be early for his shift. i said we got a couple minutes. let's go in here and grab a couple brochures or something. we talked into that dealership at suburban ford in sterling heights and i mean i seriously got tears in my eyes. it was just overwhelming. there were hundreds of

people there to congratulate and give him the car it was overwhelming. there wasn't a point i was so amazed until then. >> the ford dealership gave you the car? >> yes, they did. >> okay. why did you decide on the taurus? >> >> growing up i remember the old tauruses from the 1980s, you know. i have always described them as like dull on the outside inside and inside they were strong and can go long distances that's me as well. >> you are not dull on the outside. you are the quintessential gentleman. you are the man that america is looking up to today and we all want to be leak you. congratulations. i'm really proud of you. what was your inspiration behind all of this?

>> >> guy got it from my parents. my mother was a homemaker and my dad was a military person. can you imagine what the military training does to you, you know. it teaches you self-discipline and everything, you he know. i sort of got it from him. he never let up on all of us since we were children. >> what are you going to do with the money, $300,000? >> i haven't figured it out yet. i will figure it out when the time comes. thankfully people like mr. blood wood will help me because they know more about finances than i do. and, actually, if i may say something quick. >> sure. >> people haven't asked me yet, but my biggest -- to me my biggest accomplishment in living in detroit, there is a transportation system a bus system that has had problems for the last 40 years and i think it started at the top, as far as attitudes and egos are

concerned. and i have had -- i had a couple of from the detroit free press they were talking about problems and certain attitudes about certain people, you know, egos were clashing and was getting nowhere, you know. so hopefully my biggest accomplishment was not the car but now it's got everyone talking having people saying that there is a problem here in detroit with the bus system. now what are we going to do about it. >> maybe because of your story, james, everything will change there in the city of detroit and that system will be back up and running for everyone. thank you so much, james blake, good to see you both. congratulations. >> you are welcome, thank you. >> if you thought it was over? think again. the irs, all of that mess just got worse. find out who they are hiring this morning. plus, we are going fishing. bass pro shop is here to kick off with the world's

greatest spring fishing classic. stick around for that. tucker is excited. he loves fishing. first, let's check with eric bolling for what's coming up on cashing in. eric. >> hey guys, burning victims alive. burying children alive. isis's appalling tactics could those images make you think of what christians did centuries ago? it's the president's bizarre comparison and what it means for america. and we launch our new #campaign wake up america we just might break twitter at eq 11:30. it's not muted. was that you jason? it was geoffrey! it was jason. it could've been brenda.

well it's seize first ask questions later. the agency took millions of dollars with no proof of any wrongdoing and they are not giving it back and that's not all. >> mike emanuel has more from washington. >> there are new questions about the irs's use of taxpayer money at a time when its commissioner is openly complaining about a lack of resources. >> it clearly is going to be a difficult filing season and the service is going to be if not miserable abysmal. whatever it is. >> a treasury inspector general reports the irs has been rehiring employees who had had serious conduct issues. more than 7,000 rehired from january 2010 to september 2013. 824 of them or 11% had prior employment issues, including 141 who had a prior tax issue. senate finance chairman republican orrin hatch says,

quote: there is no reason to hire employees who have already failed to uphold those expectations. this week a fellow top republican senator blasted the agency for practices that don't make sense. >> the irs has shelled out over a million dollars in bonuses $10,000 in paid vacation time to 1100 irs employees who owe back taxes. >> there is also this report from institute for justice which says thanks to federal civil forfeiture laws the irs has seized thousands of dollars from bank accounts without proof of criminal behavior. among the findings from 2005 to 2012 the irs seized more than $242 million for suspected structuring violations in more than 2500 cases. at least 1/3 of those cases arose from a series of cash transactions under $10,000 with no other criminal activity alleged. >> the irs now says it will focus its limited resources on cases where there is

evidence the money comes from illegal sources in washington. mime emanuel, fox news. >> thanks mike. >> well now to your head lines, a massive pileup in new york in upstate new york turns into an interstate junk ward. look at that at least 40 cars smashed into one another on a snowy slick road. amazingly no one was seriously hurt including iraq war veteran able to pull himself out from the twisted metal. >> i'm all right. and i got a little scratch on my finger and that's it. >> it was a year ago yesterday, probably about this time considering the time zone differences that i was headed out to go patrol in iraq. i guess you could call this alive day number two, huh. >> the highway reopened after about five hours. an unusual move by the courts jurors in the aaron hernandez case are visiting the former football player's home in north attleboro massachusetts along with several other key locations,

jurors were allowed inside the house even though his finance has been living there since he was arrested. they also visited the house of victim oden lloyd and the industrial park where he was found shot dead. learned remains on trial and has pled not guilty to lloyd's murder. >> a win for a knowledge high school senior as the courts are now allowing one nation under god to remain in the pledge of allegiance. samantha joins went up against the american humanist association who wanted that phrase removed. she joined us to talk about why that phrase is so important to her. >> the pledge sums up the values. our do not come from a government but from a high you are power. they can't take those rights away. i don't believe any student should be silenced because some disagree with timeless american values is. >> new jersey does let students opt out of saying the pledge in they like. those are your head lines. >> rick is freezing, he is

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his speech at the national prayer breakfast when he spoke of isis and then issued these words of warning to christians? >> and lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the crusades and inquisition people committed terrible deeds in the name of christ. in our home country slavery and jim crow all too often was justified in the name of christ. >> joining us now with his reaction is dr. ben carson. professor emeritus at johns hopkins university. great to see you this morning, doctor. thanks for coming on. >> good to be back. thanks. >> the president's message as i read it is christians you have no right to judge isis. you have blood on your hands. have you sinned, too. is that the message, do you think? >> well, certainly his words give us some insight into his thinking and his actions

or lack therefore. and, you know, there have been atrocities committed throughout human history in the name of religion. and they are all horrible. and to sit down and try to decide which one is worse than the other doesn't make any sense. we should condemn them all give no quarter to anyone who is involved in such activities. and to try to divert the attention away from the outrage that has been focused on the radical islamic terrorist in this manner is rather disingenuous, i'm sure, to say the least. >> well it, seems like the president's outrage is reserved for people who would dare judge these acts. how does it make you feel as a christian to hear that? >> well, obviously, it makes me feel that perhaps we are going being portrayed. perhaps we don't have a leader who feels the same about things system in place

that has alieud to us take control. we need to observe carefully what our oleaders do and what the people who support them do. we can't forget who those people are. and we will have another opportunity, coming up in 2016, looking at all the senators and the congressman who rabidly support this man. let's make sure that they get the message. >> dr. carson, you grew up in the inner city single parent household. you have said that you struggled academically when you were young. you now have a new book out offering advice to teens who might be going through some of the same things that you went through as a child. the book is called "you have a brain. the teen's guide to think big." what's your message in this book? >> my whole professional life has been centered and the well being of children. and i want to make sure that the next generation of adults are are the kind of people who will make america into a better place.

i want outcome people to it understand that the person who has the most to do with what happens to them in life is them. it's not somebody else. it's not the environment. because you have this incredible brain which allows you to take responsibility for who you are. which allows you to analyze, determine what your strengths and weaknesses are. and to act accordingly which allows you to live a life of integrity based on values and principles. those are things we seem to be getting away from in this society. and we always want somebody else to take the blame for what we do. so think big is an acronym. for our viewers tell them what it is. talent, nice city, insight, niceness books in-depth learning and god. niceness is the one that jumps right out at me. it's not something you hear people espouse. what do you mean why that? niceness? >> well, i think being able to put yourself in somebody else's shoes, look at things the way that they are

looking at them and treat them with respect. even if you disagree with them. you know, a say about me, i'm too nice. and, therefore, you can't be tough. you can't deal with issues. that's not true. you can be very nice and still deal with things in a rational and intelligent way. that's what i want our young people to understand. i want our whole nation to understand that we the american people are not each other's enemies. >> once we learn that we will be on our way. >> thanks for joining us this morning. may be running for president so we'll follow you very closely, thanks. >> thank you. >> a teen from minnesota tried to nab isis. one of many cases of this happening in the heartland of america. is the united states becoming an incubator for homegrown terror? we will tell you coming up. then, warm up with your sweet heart on the beach. courtney scott is here with some very best deals on last minute get aways for you and your valentine. there she is.

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thanks for waking up with us. filling in for anna today. a fox news alert. jordan carrying out more air strikes overnight against isis as the cia is investigating new claims by the terror group that u.s. aide worker is her picture killed in the assault. breaking details live from jordan. >> and finally purple hearts for the victims of the fort hood shooting. why did it take so long? one of those men shot seven times that day has this message for the president. >> have a sit down with service members owe doesn't stop there. >> you have got it hear this story. the man who walks 21 miles

to work each day. did you know his military dad set the example for him. hear the inspiring message from one of the hardest working men in america. "fox & friends" hour three begins right now. >> hey y'all, this is blake shelton, i've been drinking and i'm watching "fox & friends." >> and you are not alone blake shelton. great to see you this morning. bass pro shops is here at the spring classic. can i set my calendar. >> they're most important is ainsley earhardt is here. >> i don't trump bass pro shops. have you ever been in one of those those are pretty cool. >> you are lety close i would say. >> thank you for having me here. our producers on the show worked all night long. y'all are amazing of the i love being okay the show. >> very positive person. >> she is positive. >> get to a fox news alert now. overnight jordan unleash ago barrage of air strikes against isis militants. this as cia investigating a claim that american hostage here is her picture kayla

muriel was killed in one of those air strikes. conner, what's the latest? >> good morning. jordanian air strike killed the u.s. hostage kayla muriel. so far those claims isis so far that kayla muriel was killed or is still alive. just simply made the claim and left it at that very unlike isis which generally has provided some type of evidence that somebody has been killed. one of their hostages. a lot of speculation here in jordan really across the middle east that this was an attempt by isis to try to deflect attention away from the brutal killing of that jr. deignian pilot. still, u.s. and cia and state department officials are trying to investigate this claim. trying to hold out hope that maybe she is, in fact, still alive. there is a lot of speculation that maybe she was killed long before the

recent claims. isis in iraq and syria. jordan continue the stepped up assault on isis on the video that was release that jordanian pilot being killed. it's not really clear that jordan has a sizeable arsenal to continue this sort of expanded fight against isis themselves. it's very much part of the u.s. led coalition. and jordan still says that they are going to continue expanding the fight against isis. but what we are hearing here is it is very much going to be part of the u.s. led coalition as opposed to something that jordan itself guys is going to do on its own. >> conor powell from jordan. thanks conor. >> as jordan continues to reign down air strikes on isis there. the president receiving a whole lot of criticism after what the president said on

thursday at prayer breakfast. christians in this day and age can't get on high horse that he they're also responsible for these types of barbaric kills going back to the crusades. listen to the president on thursday. and lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember, that during the crusades the inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of christ and our home country slavery and jim crow all too often was justified in the name of christ. >> whenever he puts on his phony southern accent you know something ludicrous is about to drop. the message was you have no right to judge sure isis set somebody on fire and impails people and kills children. >> beheads people. >> you have no right to judge because a thousand years ago people did bad things. think about a non-seq. could you sector.

>> we asked him about that very issue. here was ben carson's response. listen. >> there have been atrocities committed throughout human history in the name of religion. and they are all horrible. and to sit down and try to decide which one is worse than the other doesn't make sense. we should condemn them all. give no quarter to anyone who is involved in such activities. and to try to divert the attention away from the outrage that has been focused on the radical islamic terrorists in this manner is rather national prayer breakfast two years ago. that's when the country really discovered who he was and and learned his message. i think the president is comparing christianity today to isis today or christian yantd, i guess before. but christianity today has evolved in this totally different, we as christians our message is love and

peace and understanding and mercy. setting people on fire. you look at isis and that's what they are doing. that has nothing to do with what the bible teaches. >> of course not. what's so striking is the fact that he referred to the crusades. i don't believe why he did. this was not part of his scripted speech he ad-libbed this according to the white house. he just came up with it on the fly. but he used the same language that isis in al qaeda used to rear to the west in their press releases they refer to us quote crusaders, for the president of the united states to refer to the crusades in saying you can't judge isis pretty heavy thing to say. a propaganda victory i would say for the islamist. we talked to bishop jackson the founder of stand church. we talked to him earlier this morning. here is what he had to say about the president's comments. >> he fails to bring up relevant facts. this president likes to get on his high horse and lecture the rest of the country about how bad we are. i wish that he would have some negative harsh things

to say to islamic terrorists about the evil things that they are doing. he just needs to try to bring the country together as one nation under god rather than many different factions under president obama. >> the president really just missed an opportunity to speak to the most evangelical individuals in our country. >> let us know your thoughts on this. weigh in on our facebook page this weekend ff weekend and read your responses later in the show. >> right now we will transition into headlines. we will start with a fox news alert. six people in the u.s. now charged in a plot to support terrorists in syria with suspected ties to isis. all of them are bosnian natives who immigrated to america. allegedly sent money weapons, and other military equipment through the u.s. postal service over to turkey which were then smuggled to militants in syria. the charges carrying a maximum sentence of 15 years in pringeg. another fox news alert. the army announcing that will finally award the victims of the fort hood shooting. one of the highest military honors. the purple heart.

the obama administration still refusing to call that attack terror instead labeling it work place violence. sergeant alonzo lunsford was shot seven times on that day and he joined us earlier with his message to the president. >> have a sitdown with service members that have been in the heat battle. our commander and chief has had opportunity to wear a uniform of that nature. sit down and talk with us and let us give you the unedited version and then decide for yourself. >> lunsford and a the other victims will now be entitled to combat pay, increased v.a. healthcare benefits and tuition waivers as well as scholarships. more than two years later we could soon have answers as to what exactly happened in benghazi the night of the deadly terror attack on the u.s. consulate. the special committee investigating the attack plans to interview current and former figures from president obama and president clinton's circles as early as april. susan rice, jay carney and joins chiefs of staff martin dempsey. four americans were killed

in that attack including u.s. ambassador chris stevens. a rare peek at the kennedy family. never before seen photos of the first family enjoying vacation on cape cod. they are set to be be sold aten auction. most of the photos were snapped by "the washington post" heiress catherine graham and show a completely candid side of john and jackie kennedy. the auction begins on february 19th. those are your headlines. >> thank you ainsley. >> sure. >> it's a much photographed family, i would say. >> all right. i'm still on camera. zooming out? >> let's go to rick reichmuth because i think he has got important information about life beyond these walls. >> i can come over into your camera if you like. >> come on over. >> more snow for the northeast and more sun out across a the love the west unfortunately. >> good. >> here is what is going on right now. northeast spectacular day today. series of clippers moving in from canada in throughout the northeast and that's going to continue sunday, monday, tuesday, and by the time it's done we're going to see pretty good snowfall totals out of it finally we

have rain coming in across parts of the west. a little too much. we have seen some flooding some mud slides across northern california. we are at an incredible deficit of snow. we need snow for the drought to really improve things and we are not getting it this winter. reno nevada, have you only had 2 inches of snow. should see about 15 by now. flagstaff you are well below your average. salt lake city only 6 inches of snow this season. go out across the northeast. not the case. most of this snow that you see has accumulated over the last couple weeks. boston, you normally would have had about 25 inches. have you had 55 inches. so more snow on the way through this next storm. the cold is in place. once the cold is in place now we start to see these storms come through and mostly new england and upstate new york seeing the snow. come areas, -- some areas looking at a foot of snow. a lot of shoveling. >> you know there is an app. now that you can download an app. and have someone come over to your house and shoveling for you. >> drive that person to shovel for you. >> i say you can download an

app. and drive that person to shovel for you. >> can stay at your house and shovel. >> okay. well, up next, the $10 an hour factory worker who walked 21 miles it to work every day because he couldn't afford a car has been given a car. he broke down as he was given a brand new ford. he was on the show earlier,just a minute ago. here is what he said. >> who would have thought that something that small would have blown up this big. i remember -- growing up, i remember old taurus from the 1980s, i have always described them as how should i say dull on the outside but inside they are really strong and can go long distances. i felt that was like me also as well. >> i got it from my parents you know. my mother was a homemaker and my dad was a military person, you know, can you imagine what the military

training does to you. >> he gets up super early and his shift starts at like 2:00 in the afternoon. it takes him that long to walk. >> 8:00 in the morning. >> peoples in thed it finally wait a second we see this guy walking every day. they set up a go funneled me account. >> it was. >> started out small and ended up being over $300,000. help james robinson get a car go fund me page. people poured in donating money to get this car. >> including many of you who are watching. many of you have contributed to this guy and really really sweet of you. he has raced over $300,000. he gets that money because the ford dealership in detroit has donated this car for free. >> it's so nice and it's also -- americans are really nice. we know that. they are always turning out to give and help people less fortunate. so nice to see the recipient be someone who is trying so hard and is work sphblg james is saying he will go

pick up blake for work. >> you love to see feel rewarded for trying hard. he said he thought about sleeping in some days he said no, i have got to do this. i have got to work. my boss expects of it of me. >> six people in the u.s. charged with helping isis. they are north the only ones three thendz busted for trying to board flights overseas. is anybody be done to. >> tucker loves this story. lion turns on the trainer in front of the live audience. what happens next is even more insane. so stick around.

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paragraph path a fox news alert. six bosnian immigrants charged in the u.s. for allegedly supporting isis. not the only ones in america turning to terror, apparently. 19-year-old hamza ahmed from minnesota just arrested after he and three others traveled across the country to take international flights from new york to the middle east to join isis. joining us now with more detail is fox nine minneapolis investigative reporter tom lyden. thanks for joining us this morning. what do we know about these guys on their ways to istanbul and from there syria? >> i think there are two big take aways. young we have young men and women leaving from minnesota to fight isis is. they seem to be changing tactics a little bit. 19-year-old hamza ahmed and three of his friends all around 19 and 20. they left and took a bus from minnesota from minneapolis all the way, a thousand miles to jfk airport in new york. and from there only hamza ahmed got on the plane. customs ended up stopping

the other three. took him off of this plane and interviewed them and said hey i don't know these other guys. i wasn't trying to go to syria. i was going to spain by myself to spend a few days. fbi found out that wasn't true. they had vape from the greyhound bus station showing all of these guys were really traveling together. he has been charged with lying to the fbi. the other three have not been charged at this point. we don't know the status of that investigation. what's really interesting is this social media profile. we looked into and it we saw all these conversations direct messages on twitter between them. and it's very interesting. you go back a year and a half and hamza ahmed is talking about how he is lonely and doesn't have any friends. then you see this kind of evolution where he talks about meeting people at the mosques going to religious lectures. religious lectures off the hook and then talking with his other friends about how we need to be secret and we need to keep this all on the down lo. and then of course leaving on this gray hound bus. >> we should note for our viewers who are not aware minnesota has a large muslim

population muslim refugees have been resettled there. what about this other terrorist suspect also from minnesota. somali man now been released from prison. what do we know about him? >> he is fascinating. one of the first people who put this whole issue on the radar. he left for somalia back in 2007. went to a terror training camp. but became disalewis after a couple weeks because he was clearing trees and said this isn't really what i signed up for. along with another friend who got skin rash they ended up going into mogadishu. escaped and arrested and cooperated with the fbi and led to the indictment of a key recruiter instead of looking at 15 years in prison he was now looking at three years. got out this week. he is not a u.s. citizen. so he was handed right over to immigration. of the thought was that he would be turned over right away or sentback it somalia. they realize if they sent him back to some mall la he

somalia. they are worried about him now in the u.s. i'm told from our sources this they are trying to find a safe place to release him. >> tom from fox 9. that was a great summation. thanks for joining us this morning. next on the run down caught on camera, a man's car is swept away by raging floodwaters. strangers came to his rescue. we will tell you how this ended. time for pop quiz. what's good for your finances, your health and your happiness? there is a panacea, it's called marriage. we have got the science to prove it kicking off a whole week dedicated to wedded bliss. that's next.

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welcome back, extreme weather headlines for you. check out the scene at least 8 people had to be rescued from a home as others were forced to evacuate. a flood warning remains in effect until this evening. and this rescue caught on camera. a torrential downpour leaves a man trapped in a raging flood water in kosovo. a group of nearby minors used a rope to pull him to safety. been waiting hours to be rescued 82% according to the heritage foundation that's how much higher of the chances are of a child living in poverty if the parents are not married. >> marriage isn't just good for your finances it's good for your health and happiness. social science proves all of that that's why we are celebrating an entire week dedicated to marriage. >> here to kick it off this week is the executive director of the national marriage week u.s.a. sheila weber. niles to see you sheila. >> great to be here. >> those are great statistics.

>> national marriage week wants to celebrate marriage and help people find more success. we want to promote the benefits of marriage. in fact, just this month the federal bureau of economic research says that marriage does actually make people healthier and give them greater satisfaction. however, fewer people are choosing to be married. so in 191970 only 79% of the adults were married and now only 52%. we have dropped from 79% down to a 2% of the adults who are married in this country. and we just want people to know that marriage is actually good for you. it gist you greater financial stability. >> how so? >> married couples have far and above the accumulated assets that single people do. and guest you greater health and. men drop 10 years off their life span. it makes men live longer. >> why is that because they are going out and boozing it up and doing crazy stuff?

i wouldn't begin to know why that was. >> keeps them under control. lunatics. >> marriage in general, for both men and women causes less depression and less problem drinking. there is something about the comfort of having to it, you know, not be lonely and have someone, you know, observe your life. there is something just incredibly rewarding to get to the end of your life knowing that someone has been a witness to your life this isn't opinion, study after study is incliewivel. one time in seven years say maybe you should get married one time, why? first of all we are very understanding that people have regrets. single parent households and divorced households and we know they want to do better next time around. our hope is they would send messages to their children that marriage is good for you. it's still an aspiration. what we are marriage week

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ed? >> for the first time ever we are seeing kayla muriel her family allowed us to use this image as they confirm the 26-year-old arizona woman is being held hostage by isis. today the islamic militants claimed the young aide worker was killed after jordanian fighter planes bombed a building where she was being held while marie harp says they are deeply concerned about mueller but not sure of her fate. >> i cannot confirm those reports. obviously people are looking into them but cannot confirm them. >> mueller would be the fourth american hostage to die while in the hands of isis in a matter of months. this as the president's national security advisor susan rice unveiled a new national blueprint that classified climate change is a threat while down playing concerns about terror. >> while the dangers we face may be more numerous and varied, they are not of the existential nature we confronted during world war 2 or during the cold war. >> republicans quickly

mocked the stated goal of strategic patience. at the end of a week where isis burned a jordanian hostage alive and even as she talked down alarmism, rice warned about strong possibility of more terror attacks. and she struggled to square previous claims that al qaeda was on the run and isis was the jay vee squad with recent terror attacks by simply claiming the threat has evolved and diffused. >> we have seen the difficult fusion of the threat to al qaeda affiliates, its isil, local militia and homegrown violent extremists. this may for how reduce the risk of spectacular attack like 9/11 but it raises the probability of the types of attacks that we have seen in boston and ottawa sydney and paris. >> as rice again avoided using the term islamic extremism, so did vice president biden in brussels. >> both europe and the united states face the threat, as you mention, of

violent extremism. >> a threat so real that now a democrat on the house armed services committee is urging the president and his team to finally call out islamic extremism. >> when you look at 99% of the terrorist attacks that have been conducted around the world over the last 15 years, there is one element that's in common that they have all been fueled by and minnesota vacated by and conducting by these radical islamic extremist. in order to defeat that threat, we have to identify it. >> senator jeff blake should be remembered for trying to help people in syrian hospitals and the best way for congress to honor here is passing a new many at the white house, ed henry, fox news. >> and now to some headlines. a bombshell report have a huge impact on the "american sniper" in that murder trial veterans group ray ralph my not even even have ptsd.

they say that ralph was never in combat or even left the base while he was serving one tour in iraq. could this be a game changer for that trial? we debated it earlier. >> ptsd may not be caused only by someone in combat. it could be being in a war zone. it could be other triggers that may have caused it, not just someone in combat. >> this person has to prove that he couldn't form the specific intent that he did know right from wrong at the time of the criminal act and that he was in the throws of a flashback. >> opening arguments are set to begin next week. police opening a criminal investigation as whitney houston's daughter, bob did i christina brown is fighting for her life. tmz is reporting that police are targeting her boyfriend nic gordon. sources say the two were fighting before the 21-year-old was found unconscious in the bathtub. she had suspicious injuries. she remains in a medically induced coma. watch as a this lion turns on its

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lady. >> watch the lady, can you see. cuz. dash cam show suspect hitting a lady in the street. abandon the vehicle. the whole thing took about a minute. closing security gate take as man out. bonking him right in the head. the car drives through first. the man must have thought he had enough time to make it before the gate closed. but he didn't. clated? >> that's why they are walking paths people. is there a culture it of war on her police? ola threatened nypd officers with 18-inch machete back in 2010. he just maids out with a $5,000 payday thanks to bill de blasio city law department. pled guilty but shot in the leg curing the attack. why was this allowed to happen. retired nypd lieutenant

first of first of all a thousand dollars after going through this lawsuit. >> frivolous lawsuits knowing that the city is willing to pay them. >> let's get this right. he was threatening going on the attack an 18-inch machete and gets shot by the police, and how in the world is he entitled to money in the first place? >> his own lawyer i believe, stated that it was a justified shooting. somehow they sued the city for $3 million. and it was thought that it was a better decision to give him a thousand todd's let this lawsuit go away. i guess we are not worried about what's right or wrong but just to kind of dismiss some of these cases. >> it reminds me of like you know the hatchet guy we saw, you know, does his family have a right to money as a result? >> are we going to say he was shot too many times? where does this stop? start using common sense. the city law department whoever made this decision i would love to hear from them, why this was given, $5,000. can't be just that it's a cheaper alternative for the

city. you have to go by what's right or wrong then you are telling the cops that evan a though you did nothing wrong, we are still going to give this person money that you shot talks about the press dent being set here. what are the cops facing in new york city right now. >> i think if you look at facebook youtube, every day you see videos of people trying to antagonize cops. following them down the street and trying to get them in an altercation and trying to get them on video, saying something wrong so they can make these lawsuits. it would be nice to he soot de blasio administration say something that, you know, if you are trying to go after these cops, antagonize cops, why are we discounting these people. rules of harassment. i don't understand why we are not doing. this i know de blasio are's administration has given out tons of money and i think it's known out there, so people are looking for lawsuits against the city. >> you know, people want to enter into law enforcement think of the nypd, of course, argues the greatest law enforcement police department in the world. and they aspire to get to the nypd. do you think that all of what is unfolding lately is

going to hurt recruiting numbers people will be unlikely to want to join the nypd. >> people have shown year year how great of a police department it is. is it hurting it? right now, you may see a decline a little bit. i mean i think but i saw friends that are on the police department where their sons, you know their daughters are looking to join the police department. it's unfortunate over the last year so, unfortunately during the de blasio's administration it has been tarnished a little. and i think we are going to obviously get back to where we were. i think, you know, just some things have toing that. it's nice to see if de blasio i know he approved some vests lately. you have to show that you are supporting the police department. i don't find some of the stuff that he says is sincere and he is trying to save face at this point. >> john rafferty, great to see you this morning. >> thanks. >> coming up on the show the measles outbreak is growing and so is this debate. could you and should you get sued for not vaccinating your child? ed and cheryl casone says more of our vets are finding work but selling themselves

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as more of our soldiers are returning, they are facing new challenges, including finding a job. back here at home in america and while the job market has gotten better careercast.com says based on their skill sets our men and women in uniform could qualify for much higher jobs than the ones they're currently taking. they had ranked the top jobs in fox business network and sherrill is here with that list. good morning. this is great. >> look, we know that veterans have the skills that companies want. the companies tell me that, the veterans tell me that. they're organized. on time great team members and want to succeed. they want they don't have bad attitudes. any way, they're not lazy, put it that way. and sometimes, regular american workers can be criticized for that. that's a different story. but some of these jobs are

perfect and the first one, emt. you have to have training, but they have that. and states are recognizing those battlefield skills they have in an emergency situation where someone has a busted arm, they're not breatheing, this is a first level underneath paramedic. you do need to get licensed in a state. every state has different requirements, but the great news is that the states are now realizing they could fast track these vets in these programs by say california and illinois are doing a really good job of that. median salary is $31,000. >> and you can retire early. >> then you'll get licensed by the state, but you're working for hospital, emergency care facilities where the pay is really good right now and you also again can move up into the medical field. a lot of doctors started out as emts so there's a path there for you and i think a lot of vets would like to have that. >> you say another is paralegal and legal assistant. >> not a lawyer, but you're

doing all the things to support the lawyer and the median sal ray is 47,000. it's going to be higher in place places like california and new york and massachusetts, but again, you've got the basic education going, but you can train to do that and it's a lot of paperwork, but also the organizational skills and gosh, that's great. >> and if you want to make even more, you could become an electrician. >> oh, this is a good one. at least you'd need a high school degree, but if you are only a veteran with a high school degree, this is a great paying job if you don't want to further your education. electricians are responsible for wiring the maintenance of wiring, repairs and everything. you have to get licensed in the state you're working in. we all want you to have that license. but once you get that certification, again, they're really in demand right now and construction is picking up.

>> i have so many friends that are remodeling their houses, but they're scared to do is electrical work because it's so dangerous. >> i shocked myself in my own apartment when i was trying to change out an electrical switch. >> see, you should have hired one. construction program manager. >> this is a great one as well. at least associates degree. it would be better if quou had a four-year degree, again, for veterans, you're manning, construction projects. that could be building an apartment, a a house, a major project, 82,000 is the national average. >> great salary. >> that's pretty darn good. >> what's the last one. personal financial adviser. the banks are really looking and particularly, the bigger banks, for vet ans to fill these positions. they will train you. financial advisers used to be a stockbroker or banker. now, it's kind of a new thing

because you're helping the customer with everything. retirement, getting the kids to college, the house, savings and how to do their investments and 401(k)s and stuff like that. you're kind of holding the hand of people. again, the training programs are really good. one thing i've learned is that veterans when they go to these training program, man, they are committed. they sit down get to work and don't mess around. i had one hr guy tell me this. i'd rather hire a vet than a kid out of college because they're more disciplined. they show up and they care not that kids out of college don't care. i'm trying not to offend anyone today. >> thank you so much. you can catch her on the fox business channel thanks for being here. a fox news alert. six people just charged for helping terrorists tied to isis, breaking details straight ahead. then, is it illegal to drive under the influence of mcdonald's? a judge just ruled in the burger case. we've got the update top of the hour. ♪

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anything you want. learn from an fbi negotiator. the tips you don't want to miss, coming up. fox and friends hour four starts right now. gosh, the show is flying by. we're having so much fun. >> it is so nice to see you. >> and tucker -- we start at 6:00 a.m., so if you're waking up and thinking should i put on the wiggles, dora no no. no one's thinking that by the way. >> that's where we start. let's start with a news alert this hour because overnight jordan launching fresh air strikes on isis militants in syria in revenge for their murdered pilot. >> as this as the ciis a investigating a claim that an american was killed in one of those strikes. >> conor? >> good morning. well both the cia and state

department are striing to investigate this claim that kayla mueller, who's from arizona, was in fact killed by jordan air strikes sometime in the past few days. here in jordan, there's a lot of skepticism about that claim. they say this claim by isis is really just an effort to deflect and distract attention away from the brutal murder of the jordan pilot. more propaganda rather than anything true. there's a lot of skepticism in the u.s. have a listen. >> it is all too convenient for them to claim that this poor woman was the only person killed, that there were no other isis people around. it just far too convenient as a propaganda move, so i certainly hope and pray that she is alive. if she is not, there's only one party responsible and that's isis. >> now the state department

says they are obviously checking into this claim by isis. they say there are other americans being held by the organization as well and there's a real concern for their safety but they're not saying whether they think she's alive or dead. they're just trying to verify. jordan of course continues air strikes as part of the u.s.-led coalition against isis in both iraq and syria. the unit in charge of the air strikes here in the m saying they are continuing to launch air strike, not only in rack kai but also in kobani and across iraq as well. the u.s. really is leading this charge. there is a lot of talk about the jordan effort and they are stepping up their engagement but this is still very much a u.s.-led effort. the primary function of the air strikes and the real backbone of it does continue to be the u.s. military. back to you. >> thanks, conor.

it looks like to you the world is falling apart or at least the middle east is, rest easy. the white house has a new position on that question saying actually, all is well, we don't face any real threats and claims to contrary our mere media alarmism. this is susan rice explaining it all yesterday. >> while the dangers we face may be more numerous and varied they are not of the nature we confronted during world war ii or during the cold war. we cannot afford to be buffetted by alarmism and a nearly instantaneous news cycle. >> lighten up, america, just a media thing, this isis thing. >> i don't understand what she means. that during world war ii millions being killed, just something thought up? it was a philosophical debate?

>> she's saying we can expect to see more attacks like the smaller ones versus a 9/11, world war ii. >> it's larger and perhaps we had a nation state. germany was a seat of naziism. now, these desperate twigs in the wind right now, beheadings, lighting people on fire. >> they don't know what to do. the white house has no idea how to respond. syria, libya, iraq, all of them in much worse shape than they were when obama took the presidency. their new response is to down play it. don't judge the atrocities, because christians, you've done worse during the crusade and media, you're just making this into a bigger deal. >> if we're not supposed to be alarmed when people are getting their heads cut off and people are being burned to death, what should we be alarmed about? >> susan rice should be embarrassed to stand up and say

the things she did. just because this isn't the same sized threat as the nazis or soviet union, we shouldn't be worried about it? it's still a big threat and we need to deal with it and this administration is not doing it. >> read our minds. he wanted to jump in and make that comment on that. >> it worked. >> the president, white house, also this week having to defend the president's comments from that thursday prayer breakfast speech that the president gave. he had an opportunity to there to speak to all of the different congregations and -- >> synagogues. >> and talk about the this threat of islamic fundamental israel m and she chose to talk about this. listen. >> unless we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the crusade, inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of christ. in our home country saveory and

jim you all too often was justify nd the name of christ. >> the new is, the president is outraged and outraged at christians to judge isis when they have a plank in their own eyes. actually, christians ended slavery. behind the crusades. by the way the same term isis uses, they refer to the west as crusaders and here's the president basically affirming that by saying really the crusades prevent us from judging because we're as morally suspect as they are. >> jw jackson was on fox and friends earlier responding. >> he failed to bring up relevant facts. this president likes to get on his high horse and lecture the rest of the country about how bad we are. i wish that he would have some negative, harsh things to say to

islamic terrorists and the evil things they're doing. he just needs to try to bring the country together as one nation under god rather than many different factions under president obama. >> i can't remember the last time i heard something more upsetting than that. i never thought i would live to see the day where the president in the face of watching a jordan pilot get burned to death, start lecturing christians for judging. how did we get to this? >> let us now on facebook. breaking at this hour, three separate bombs ripping through background leave inging more than 30 dead there. it happened at a restaurant and a shiite neighborhood. the attacks come just hours before the government was due to lift a long time night curfew on the capital. also, six people in the united states here in the u.s. now charged in a plot to support terrorists in syria with suspected ties to isis.

all of them immigrated here to america, allegedly sent money weapons and other military equipment through the u.s. postal service to turkey which were then smuggled to militants in syria. the charge is a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. nbc calling brian williams' krezable thety. launching a report into his past after he admitted to being on board the helicopter struck by enemy fire in iraq and now, veterans are are sounding off at him for his lie. telling the reporter who broke the story, williams is is taking credit where credit is not due. >> they think he wants the glory. he wants to share in the glory of this war story and it's an extraordinary story what happened. these guys that were on this one chinook could have died easily. it was extraordinary they survived. >> the pilot flying williams in iraq said the only thing that hit their chopper was a dust

storm. how about a size of vindication with that cheeseburger? the case against a man cited for eating a cheeseburger while driving near atlanta, georgia, has dropped. the state saying it did not have enough evidence to prove the case beyond a a reasonable doubt. madison turner says he told the cop, quote you can't just go down the road eating a hamburger. >> you can eat a jumbo sandwich. >> not a hamburger. >> one of rick's favorites. >> while you steer with your knee, right? >> soup and right. >> work your zippo with the other hand. >> more snow coming to the northeast. sorry to say it. it's mostly new england and upstate new york event. a series of clipper systems. first moves through today, the next one tomorrow and tomorrow night. that i think is going to be more snow with it so sunday into monday is our biggest snow event with that, then more rain across

parts of north carolina. it's a really warm event so not that much snow across the mountains. we need the snow pack. that's what helps our drought. here's the system across parts of the northeast. we have the cold in place. we're going to see this snow start to move in and i think areas around long island, new york city, seeing a bit of mixing of icing and rain at times. not that much of accumulation. the heaviest is going to be up towards the north and you see this bull's eye here the berkshires, the white mountains good news for the skiers. that's where many of the ski resorts are. unfortunately, places like boston up towards portland and portsmouth, a little more snow to dig out of. temperaturewise, enjoy that spring like conditions across part of central plains. temperatures in the 70s across parts of western kansas. >> jealous. >> crazy talk.

dogs and cats living together. >> especially we are jealous. >> thank you, rick. up next, eric holder defending his legacy as he prepares to step down as attorney general. >> i will leave this department in a way that i found it when i came here back in 1976, with high moral. there's no plitization of this justice department. >> is that really true is this department of justice whistleblower tells us what holder left out. plus, it's the side of jfk you've never seen before. the new photos just released of the kennedy clan straight ahead. meet the world's newest energy superpower. surprised? in fact, america is now the world's number one natural gas producer... and we could soon become number one in oil. because hydraulic fracturing technology is safely recovering lots more oil and natural gas. supporting millions of new jobs.

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eric holder defending his legacy as he prepares to step down.

>> i live l leave this department in way that i found it when i came here in 1976, with high moral, with people who are dedicated doing things on basis of the facts of the law. there's no pau litization of this justice department. >> you heard that. it's not been politicized. joining me now is the doj whis m blower, jay christian adams. so the attorney general outstanding says it's not been politicized. is that true? >> attorney general eric holder apparently has no self-awareness. this has been an extraordinarily politicized department. it's no accident his poll numbers are down in the low 20s. he is the most unpopular member of the administration. most unpopular in washington. there's reasons for that. first of all for example, he has defied the inspector general

at the justice department and in a hiring lit mas test the used hiring attorneys from groups like the junta for progressive action. he has used the department to aid the president's re-election. when he's attacked states like north carolina south carolina, texas, over voter id laws. he has scared minority voters. into thinking that their voting rights are about to be taken away, just to mobilize them for the 2012 election. zpl he's also targeting political enemies of the obama white house again and again which may be the most basic sin an attorney general can commit. not applying the law equally. >> for example, he has targeted pro-life groups and targeted fox

news' james rosen. for the pro-life groups he's dragged them to court for peacefully protesting. of course, these are the enemies of the emergency and federal judges have slammed his department for bringing these cases and dismissed them. he's targeted james rosen at fox because they want to read their e-mails. he's done worse than that though. he's divided the country among racial lines. he went to places like ferguson and announced he was a black man as if nobody knew this. announced he was going to take sides frankly, on the side of the protesters the mob the looters that eventually burned things. he was there to validate their world view. he's divided the country racially over and over and over again. for a political motive. there's a benefit to his party his re-election by having people polarized and he's been the number one political organizer for this administration. >> and i got to take issue with

your description of his motive. clearly, the it's been a great help to the democratic party, but my read is it's sincere, too, he thinks it's 1955 in america. he means that. >> absolutely. he's a true believer in the whole far left wing version of america that people got a raw deal. that there's structural racism. that america is the rich versus the poor. all of this gibberish that goes on in classrooms in universities, he's a full believer in so he's using his power to help transform america fundamentally like his boss promised. >> it will be so interesting to see who hires him. we'll find out. thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> thanks, tucker. >> talk about a dream they're here illegally. we just learned they can now cash in on tax refunds. wait until you hear this. then the measles outbreak is

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dollars to find out how to get more tax dollars. earl bloomenour introduce inging a bill to -- study a new fact that would charge people for every mile they drive. clayton. >> listen to this. nationally, 95% of kindergartners are vaccinated but in as many as seven states, that number is is lower. with that measles outbreak growing, many are are wondering if those parents should be held criminally liable. or just liable in general. so, can and should they be sued? joining me now for a legal debate, former prosecutorer, elliot and e-- you could go to disney land, put yourself in these family's shoes. you have a newborn perhaps.

and because some parent doesn't vaccinate their child, your baby gets brain damage as a result of contracting measles. does the family have the right to see? >> absolutely. choices have consequences. bad choices have bad consequences and sending your kid to disney land or school without them having been properly vaccinated is is an especially bad choice. almost as bad as sending your kid to school with a loaded gun and when your bad choices impose harm on others you have got to pay. >> how difficult would this be to prove? how do we know this family is responsible for my child. >> that's a great point and that's an issue for the courts. and then you have a lot of states that have different laws. some states only for medical reasons. others for religious and quote unquote philosophical reasons and so the problem is, you should then look to the states have the legislature take this and say look, we're only going to grant it for medical extension.

that's how the law should read. it's very difficult for anyone to prosecute them criminally. the one exception that you would have is say you don't like little tommy and you know your daughter has measles. let me invite him over so i can give him measles. >> what about the court here? did they have an obligation and can they do something? all of these people coming to disneyland in california what can they do? >> i know there's a way for a large entity, which has so many people passing through, to really prevent this from happening. that's why we have to impose the liability on those who can prevent it lakeike the parents. this is a public safety issue. it's very rare there's such

wide -- we know it. >> let's talk about the schools. sitting there, your kid you've got your kid vaccinated and then suddenly little tommy comes to school. his parents chose not to. what legal rights do the other families have? >> courts are going to fashion this by themselves. first of all, it's too expensive and as you pointed out earlier, you made a great point how do you know who infected who? how do you get the names the addresses of people. how do you find out? you can't. it's too expensive and courts are not going to waste their time on finding out and going on this goose chase. >> the causation issue is the challenge. that's why we look to larger enter theties. whether it's the schools, the states.

the debate is over on this. public safety trumps religion, other factors and there's no debate anymore on the efficacy of these vaccines. >> it's pretty lax in california. they've also got philosophical exceptions there. >> you can get any kind of note. >> nice to see you. thank you very much. you guys can weigh in on our facebook page this morning as well. coming up e an incredible story. a man wakes up from being in a vegetative state 12 years later. so, what are they saying? you're going to hear from him, next. plus, the secret to getting anything you want. learn from an fbi negotiator, the tips you don't want to miss. i have moderate to severe crohn's disease. it's tough, but i've managed. but managing my symptoms was all i was doing. so when i finally told my doctor, he said humira

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a democratic boycott? vice president joe biden won't be there when israeli prime minister netanyahu addresses congress next month. >> a growing list of democrats say they may skip the speech as well. >> molly is live in d.c. with the latest for us. molly? >> good morning. we don't know where the vice president will be on march 3rd. his office says he'll be out of the country somewhere when netanyahu addresses congress.

vice president biden as president of the senate usually would attend the joint meeting of congress, especially when a foreign leader speaks and usually sits behind the podium. he has missed another address by a leader, the australian prime minister in 2011. they say this friendship tripp was praned before john boehner addressed that netanyahu would be addressed long makers. they have been critical of boehner for lining up netanyahu without coordinate wg the administration. president obama has a tense relationship with the israeli leader mainly over iran's efforts to develop nuclear weapons. other democrats also skipping the netanyahu speech include john lewis, gk butterfield and bloomenhour. taking the vice president's cease will be orrin hatch who is the president pro tem of the senate and third in line to the presidency. neither -- nor john kerry will meet with netanyahu when he's in

town. they say it's too close to the elections and don't want to appear to take sides. >> thanks, molly. >> empty chamber. starting your headlines this morning, the army announcing it will award the victims of the ft. hood shooting one of the highest military honors. the purple heart. the obama administration refused to call the attack terror. sergeant lunsford was shot several times that day and joins us with this message. >> have a seat now with service members in the heat of battle our commander in chief hasn't had an tubtopportunity to wear a uniform of that nature. sit down and talk to us and let us give you the unedited version and then decide for yourself. >> they will now be entitled to combat pay, increased benefits, tuition waivers and scholarships. a british man is speaking out after surviving more than a decade trapped inside his own body. he slipped into a vegetative

state when he was 12 years old. he was unable to move, communicate, but amazingly, his mind never stopped working and after 12 years a nurse took notice and got him the help he needed. >> she altered the course of my hif and changed everything. i think being seen and having another person is is incredibly important. >> he went on to graduate college, to get married and write a best-selling book. and a rare look at the kennedies. dozens of never before seen photos of the first family enjoying their vacations in cape cod. back in 1961, and now, these are being put up for auction. most were snapped by catherine graham and show a completely candid side. the auction begins on february 19th and those are your headlines. out to rick. >> got to talk about your weather. big weather going on. more snow and then spring like

temperatures for some. take a look at the weather map. here's your temperatures as you're waking up. going for a run, doing something, not that bad, really, except for caribou, maine, where you have minus 8. we've got temperatures well above average across the high plains. 30 degrees above your average in western kansas. tomorrow, you remain warm, but it spreads towards the east and part of the southeastern mid-atlantic. through we have snow over the next few days. this is what one of the model outputs is showing. boston possibly about 10 to 125 inches. 12 inches. we'll see maybe up to 2 feet of snow for a few people there. that's good news for the skiers. this is the first batch moving through now and across parts of the northeast and the next batch you see across canada, that will get here overnight tomorrow. all right, it is the spring fishing classic. the biggest event every year. bas proshop, you want to --

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but first let's check in with neil cavuto. >> frororget going after isis with bombs. we've got a new plan to go after their -- plus, a top defense official said nearly one in three released gitmo detainees returns to the business of terror. is this more proof they need to remain open for business? and instead of boots on the ground, the u.s. need to beef up foreign aid to nations like jordan and in the region to attack and defeat isis once and for all. we'll see you at the top of the hour. fish like a pro at the bass pro shops spring fishing classic. featuring great gear at our lowest prices of the year. free pro seminars. and register online for your chance to audition in stores tuesday for our next great angler show.

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have the best interrogation tactics like melissa mccarthy in the heat, however, there is a right way to get exactly what you want and not just from the bad guys. today, we are getting tips from the pros on how to negotiate your way through almost anything. joining us now, christopher voss. great to see you this morning. before we get into how you use your training to help in your daily life, tell us a little bit about your background. >> well, i was fbi agent for 24 years and a hostage negotiator for most of that period of time. while i was running our international kidnapping response, i just wanted to get better, so i went outside law enforcement, started working with harvard law school and some other people and realized i could start applying this stuff to business and every aspect of my life. >> to get exactly what you want. so, give us some examples. number one, do your homework you say. >> but you don't want to go overboard with that. you want to learn a little bit about it.

for example, if you're dealing with your cable company, they've probably done the homework for you, so you find out what they're offering new customers because i've done a will the of market data. they have that. you have to do some, but don't want to get crazy and spend so much time doing homework that you never negotiate. >> and you shouldn't get worked up like some of us lose our tempers because they've jacked up our bill. stay calm, you say? >> right there's two problems with that. first of all, they're used to that, so if you get angry with with them, that's what they deal with and you're not approaching them in a new way and you're probably not quoing to get what you want. a problem driving out with a positive frame of mind and getting angry, you just don't pick up on the clues and miss good opportunities. positive frame of mind keeps you smarter. >> a lot of people these days don't want to say i'm sorry. no one wants to take responsibility. should we say i'm sorry? >> great. and i hear that all the time, especially in the regards to women, that they shouldn't

apologize. i'm sorry is an enormously powerful thing to use. just more of a matter of when you use it. oftentimes, if you say i'm sorry at the beginning of the conversation it really gets the other side's attention because they wonder what in the world you're apologizing for and they listen closely, so it can be a great way to start a conversation, especially with a customer service person. >> i have a friend that says you can say anything, it's all in how you say it so if you're about to say something harsh, should you say, what i'm about to tell you is going to sound harsh, but -- is that a good tactic? >> pretty close. i wouldn't say but because after you give them a set up, just hesitate for a second, and say, i'm sorry. >> clearly, i'm terrible. i need to learn from you. what do i do. sorry. >> that's all right. just say, this is going to sound harsh and then hesitate a moment, give them a chance to collect themselves and then say

it. but's usually a bad word to use and it kills whatever you've said beforehand, so just avoiding that word is helpful. >> what about appreciation and comparison. >> you know, people love to be appreciated and it's actually genuine appreciation, which is genuine from flattery. so, when you tell them things that are positive that are true and then after that, if you simply just say, all right, here's what's also true and it's not so positive then just ask them how do we compare these two things. some people call confrontation a bad thing, but if you look at it as just a focus comparison and then put it out in front of people without actually impaleing them with it making them look, it's very effective. >> how often does this work for you, chris? >> well, you know, it works a lot, it works i would say enough to have it dominate most of the communication of my life.

it works so much more than than it's unsuccessful that it's worth using almost all the time. >> it's great advice. thank you for being here this morning with us. chris voss. we appreciate it. a major debate brewing after guns might be allowed on college campuses. is that safe? the debate coming up next. for many prescription nexium helps heal acid-related erosions in the lining of the esophagus. it's my prescription. there is risk of bone fracture and low magnesium levels. side effects

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miller and director of every town against guns, mark glaze. >> so, mark in some ways isn't this just a common sense correction? if i'm coming from hunting and pull on to a school parking lot and leave the gun, i can be arrested for that. isn't that -- >> well, i think we have to divide this into two questions. i feel abt the way you feel because that's how i grew up, too. one thing about nevada, you get a background check, which means you're not a foal lon, not a domestic abuser. i think it's mostly a convenience. the second thing is whether guns in schools make schools safer. there have been 104 school shootings since newtown. >> this is

>> also takes up suicides in school and school shootings are down. that being said any school shooting is terrible and we need to focus on that, but when you talk about people just logging on people who have carry permits who to carry on campus they are not creating any problems. there are no stories, there are no examples of someone who has a law-abiding carrying permit on a campus being a problem. >> mark, wouldn't it be useful if a school shooting breaks out to have some decent normal, sane person with a firearm to protect the kids? >> well, that happens historically. some school districts are still trying it. wed me to columbine, there were school guards, officers nearby often the kids are intending to commit not just mayhem, but suicide. but i will point out that we do count all the school shootings to take place in getting there

since newtown. some took place in the parking lot. like taking tinder into a hot area where you don't need it. >> on school shootings numbers, it is a problem because a lot of mainstream media picked up the study, and poei don't think scaring parents is really a smart tact tick mark is be honest. any school shooting is terrible and we've had terrible, horrible tragedies, but let's focus on where the real problems are. if a kid is dangerously mentally ill, he should be in a mental hospital. he should be getting treatment. having a new gun control law is not going to stop that kid from shooting into a zool. that's where the real issues. >> mark you've seen a bunch of shootings in gun-free zones, clearly those didn't help. shouldn't we be focussing on mental illness. >> that's one of the things we have to focus on. here's the thought i like to present to people, in the united kingdom, they are not more or

less mentally ill, treatment is not better or worse, they play american video and we have 25 times the murder rate with guns in this country than they do theirs. only because of how we regulate guns not how we deal with mental illness. >> explain this like maine, which has a ton of poverty a ton of single families, a ton of drug and alcohol abuse and a ton of guns, but no violence, why is that? >> i don't even like to talk about what's going on in europe we're not europe. this is america we have our own culture and second amendment. that's the fact. the second amendment says the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. that's clear. mark, tell me if you want to disagree, tell me one gun control law that has ever reduced gun crime. >> okay. so we're down to 15 seconds here mark. >> you can't measure with any event, but when we pass the universal background check in colorado, hundreds of people who are not qualified to buy guns

because they're felons, domestic abusers, or other crimes are stopped. >> sadly have -- >> i know, but let me say in colorado, there is no provocation. >> we're completely out of time. thanks so much. >> thanks for joining us, appreciate it. more "fox and friends" coming up, stay tuned.

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joining me is this crowd. welcome to everybody. okay. gary, some reports show isis is no longer relying on oil as it's main source of revenue, so how do we cut off the crash? >> well, you started the segment with two questions, one how do we do it and then two, would it work? let me answer the first one first, would it work absolutely? if you look at the history of