hello and good morning everyone. today is saturday, february 14th. a fox news alert. isis is dangerously close to u.s. troops in iraq. they are attacking a base where 300 of our marines are stationed and taking over a town just five miles away. >> this enemy must be opposed. they must be killed, they must be destroyed. the islamic ideology must be defeated where ever it rears it's ugly head. >> we'll give you his killing

warnings ahead. >> the incredible act of kindness that swept the nation. a target employee tieing a tie for the first time for his job interview. fox and friends starts right now. >> you're watching "fox and friends." >> you shouldn't have, thank you. >> happy valentine's day. >> thank you, we want to get right to the fox news alert. isis attacking an iraqi base. they are beating back isis for now. >> the apache helicopters

returning back to the base without having to fire a shot. isis taking over a shot, all-baghdadi, just five miles away. >> while military officials here in washington are putting the best possible face on the incursion, this is the first time a limited number of isis fighters have penetrated. >> early reports is that some did detonate their vests themselves. they were followed by something roughly around 15 or so other fighters. it does appear now that most if not all of them were wearing iraqi uniforms. >> a former intelligence officer

says the base is about the size of boulder colorado and the terrain offered no natural defenses. and the idea that 300 marines can hold the border 24/7. the former ahead of the agency testified there may be an opportunity. >> i would love to see an unleashing of some iraqi force with the support of our u.s. marines to go after and retake a little village because that would be doable. it is something the iraqis could do with our support. >> the real objective may have been to breech the base member and take a hostage, a high profile bargaining chip now that

the number of u.s. hostages is so few. >> how in the world could this happen and what can we do now? we helped try to build this country from the ground up, and now just a few miles from bag tad. >> and catherine was just mentioning, stealing uniforms and being quite bold. thankfully they're detonating themselves, we saw suicide bombers, reports of that. but just the idea of all of this happening right now when they were supposedly junior varsity not too long ago. >> at the heart of this a small contingent of marines, apparently surrounded and thousands of isis fighters advancing on their position. the u.s. sent apache helicopters

to their aide. >> if we're launching apache gunships and close air support, there is eminent threat to strategic assets or our personnel. if we're putting pie rots toward the ground engages isis fighters, now you a down pilot, what do you do to get them? if we don't have a blanplan -- >> exactly the spokesman says it's fine, it's under control, we have all kinds of contingency plans. of course we do but that doesn't making it a safe situation. you thousands of crazy people outside the gates of this space essentially. >> and these pinprick air

strikes are not enough we need to hit them hard and hit them now. >> you saw secretary of state john kerry say that we're winning this war and we have the metrics to show that we're winning against isis. but this close. we had michael flynn, he talks about the reality of what our military leaders must do because we're at war right now, listen. >> this enemy must be opposed killed, and destroyed in the terrorism form. there are some that counsel patience saying they are not a threat and can be managed as criminals. i respectfully and strongly disagree. >> so what do you notice about what general flynn just said. he is the former head of the

federal intelligence agency. what word did he use that you never hear from his former supervisors. islamic. he named the threat outloud. >> on "fox news sunday" he was nonlast week. and he said you can't treat it if you don't clarify and name the problem. >> are they listening to people like general flynn? >> does the president trust his own military advisors and that is clearly on the mind of lieutenant flynn. >> when we give our military commanders a mission, we should allow them to execute that mission and not overly constrain them with approved authorities

but then having to come back to the administration for permission. either we, you know we need to review those authorities and those permissions or we need to change the commanders. we apparently don't trust them to do the job we have given them to know. >> what is the mission? i think most americans would be willing to send ground troops back to iraq if we had a clear vision of what we want for the region. they're making it up all along. they don't seem to be acting out of a strategy at all. >> when we had the surge, we pushed the enemy back and we held ground. when that falls apart there is no structure there. you have the iraqi military dropping their guns and walking

away. you have no iraqi millitarymilitary, you no plan from the white house and they're a few miles from baghdad surrounding our marines at a small outpost. >> iran has more that willing to pitch in. >> five miles right now, our marines are like sitting ducks in this outpost. we have some other stories making headlines that we want to tell you about now. a planned valentine's day mall massacre. police in canada announced they got a tip that two people were planning to enter a mall in halifax and shoot as many people as they could. a 19-year-old suspect killed himself as police surrounded his home. a woman at an airport was arrested when she was entering canada. a potential motive revealed

in the murder of "american sniper" chris kyle. a witness said quote, i shot them because they wouldn't talk to me i was riding in the back of the truck and no one would talk to me. his enough few showed up and said i'm driving a dead man's truck. a fire at an islamic community center may have been intentionally set. houston fire officials say an accelerant was used to burn a storage building at a key islamic center. cops also telling leaders at another islamic center miles away to be on alert. >> do you remember this harge

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chaos and violence in the middle lest has left u.s. agencies on hi alert. the u.s. government is still spending more money on green energy, whatever that is than protecting them abroad. compare the $39 billion on something they called green energy. is this the right use of resources. joining us now is a former greene beret ben collins. you were a part of special forces, you were in politics, you ran for office in wisconsin, you have seen both sides of this. what does this say about our priorities as a country?

>> i think there are certain times within our economy that the government should especially when it comes to research and development money, and the private marketplace. we saw that we have the breakout with ebola. but something like green energy, they something something to the tune of -- take solendra it was $5 billion. the whole thing collapsed. i think any time the government is going to intervene in a marketplace, it is very tenuous. >> and it is trendy. >> yes, when we start talking about embassy and security there, i think it is difficult to do an either/or. i think the question is are the

embassies there getting everything they need. if you take benghazi that was more of a management and leadership concern. benghazi was deemed a temporary facility. they didn't have access to the same bucket of funds that a normal embassy would. when we look at the budget short falls, in 2010 democrats cut funding, 2011 republicans cut funding. >> my question as a nonexpert is because washington there is a war going on in the region? >> i don't think so and i think that is the reality. there are times you can have what i consider the "it would be nice to have spending" and there are tiles when we have need to have spenders. it is a famous shrimp on a

treadmill, but we can't fund our needs -- >> if you had a son, with isis basically all around would you feel confident he is safe? >> no, i would not. >> that is distressing to hear. >> thank you good to see you again. well he said i shot chris kyle and his friend because they wrn talking to me. was he insane. arthur and john will talk about it. are you safer in the front or back seat of the car if you're driving and you crash?

welcome back, some quick political headlines for you, the embattled democratic governor is stepping down following an ethics scandal involves his fiance. did she use his office as a clean energy consultant to earn tens of thousands of dollars in consulting contracting. his last day will be wednesday. kate brown will replace kitzhaber. the first governor to take officer that has identified as bisexual. >> chris christie in 2016?

supporters are getting ready to launch a super pac. that committee could be formed as early as next week. >> thank you so much. explosive testimony in the american sniper trial. a police officer said he overheard mr. ralph say "i shot them pause they would not talk to me. i was rising in the back seat of the truck and they would not talk to me. they were taking me to the range so i shot them. i feel bad about it but they wouldn't talk to me. i'm sure they have forgiven me. good morning to both of you. does that clearly show he knew right from wrong? >> just so, just to set this up the right way.

his defense attorneys admitted he's done it. it's not a case of he could be not guilty. is it guilty where he goes to a regular jail or inis he claiming insanity. they're saying he suffered from such a mental disease or defect, they're saying no one would kill someone just because they would not talk to them. >> will it hold up the ptsd and the after effects of being in war and the medications, will it hold up for him? >> let's hope that it doesn't, if it does if a jury says every person with ptsd is legally insane, that will be such a set back for every other vet and

anyone that suffers from ptsd. >> we disagree there are different levels of ptsd. >> but there are no different levels of insanity. >> you're arguing that the level is so severe for one person they lost it, but there are very low levels of ptsd. >> what about the dash cam video of him fleeing from the scene. >> it is a consciousness of guilty. insanity is he squeezed a gun but he thought it was a banana. >> he is saying he thought he was on a battlefield killing the enemy. >> as far as what was

discovered, drug paraphernalia prescription pill bottles, marijuana, and whiskey. >> it's the prescription bottles that matter. sometimes when people claim insanity, you don't have anything to back it up. it shows he had a predisposition -- >> he was a drinker and a drugger. and he self-intoxicated and that is why he committed the crime. >> it came out this week too that the uncle testified he smoked weed with him just hours before, does that have an effect? >> i they will help the prosecution. they're going to say this guy did it to himself. that is really the excuse here, not ptsd. >> real quick though, there are texts between the two deceased saying this guy seems like a nut

job. >> yeah, he is really crazy. >> and immediately before they execution, they're texting to each other. >> that clearly caught chris kyle off guard. >> yes. >> thank you for spending valentines with me ladies, i'm very flattered. thank you. 29 minutes after the hour, a fox news alert. the fall of yemen is said to have been a surprise. >> in the past few months the security situation deteriorated far more rapidly than we expected. and a terrifying 14 minutes. a school bus goes out of control with children inside.at's kee ng you from the healthcare you deserve. at humana, we believe the gap will close when healthcare changes. when frustration and paperwork decrease.

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unopposed in many cases. left us in a position where, on relatively short notice in the past few months the situation deteriorates far quicker than expected. >> really, the way that the states exited our embassy in yemen raises a lot of disturbing questions. the white house all week has come under fire from reporters. wait, if it wasn't a hasty retreat, why did the marines at that embassy have to destroy their weapons. apparently according to news reports they were told they had to by the rebels saying we would not let you into the airport while you're armed. >> can you imagine telling the marines what to do. >> and having to flee and get out of there, you don't think that was hasty. >> no we have it all under

control, remember earlier this week, there is nothing hasty about this, we have it all under control. >> first, it wasn't hasty. just because -- >> it wasn't? >> no they didn't know what plans were, but that doesn't mean that the plans weren't in place for weeks. we worked on getting a plane. we always have a range of options we can take when we're talking about a high threat post. >> a spokesman with no credibility whatsoever. the white house and the state department claimed the marines could not take their weapons with them because the airline would not allow it. and then they say it was a charter fight and marines take their weapons all of the time. now they want to say we were forced out at high speed, under threat, and that is

embarrassing. >> so who do you point the finger at? this is the obama administration ignoring our enemy and not being able to name who hay are. >> how many times do we have to go through this? it happened in syria, iraq, libya, it happened in yemen, somali, it is not like something that we have never seen before. that makes it more inexcusable. it goes to the point that if the white house, pent got, state department, all of the agencies are blind to what is happening you have to ask yourself why. they're not suppressing information from the intelligence community. >> we should point out that the government of yemen was only the pro

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it is proved positive that we don't really have a strategy for isis and that the few trips we have deployed there are in danger from a threat group far, far more dangerous than al-qaeda ever was. >> what is the strategy for the country of iraq and syria? what's the long term goal here? >> this is not just about iraq or syria. if you listen to the head of isis he was to reestablish an ever broadening -- he was to take down king abdullah in jordan. he is not just interested in these two countries. first we have to take this very seriously. secondly in the history of modern air power there has never been an insurgency, ever defeated by air power.

if we're serious about this group, if we want to secure that country in which shows of americans shed blood we need the troops of the region, iraq egypt, and the kurds take on this threat with our support. we need a coalition of ground troops to destroy this -- >> we had a report earlier that some of the isis rebels came in they had iraqi uniforms, dozens of them acting bold what do the marines need to do a who are there? >> they know what to do, the question is have they been given the adequate rules of engagement and is there a strategy out of the white house that will provide clarity to the people on the ground? right now we're doing pinpricks. we're sending 100 troops here, 100 there doing air strikes.

it is difficult to destroy an enemy when you're just nibbling at the fringes of his unit. they will look after themselves but do they have enough support and weapons? are they given rules of engagement that forces them to disarm themselves as we saw in yemen. it is not about the marines. it is about the people in suits back in dc and what kind of orders they're getting from them. >> of course unwise decisions by suits in dc that lead to a lot of this. is there any will on the part of the american public to send large numbers of ground troops back into iraq? >> probably not, but that is not really what is required. remember the iraqi army on the books, there are more than 800,000 troops and security personnel on the books in iraq but they collapsed because we county have forces embedded in

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hi, good morning everyone. today is saturday the 14th of february 2015. isis dangerously close to the united states troops in iraq. fighters attacking an iraqi base. more than 300 of our marines are stationed there and they're taking over a town just miles away. the developing details in moments. and i shot them because they wouldn't talk to me. that's a verbatim quote that came after chilling testimony in the american sniper trial. may have revealed the motive for the killing of american chris kile. a truck bursts into a ball of fire. >> oh [ bleep ]. >> get away from the truck.

>> what we just learned went wrong in that video. we'll explain. happy valentine's day. "fox and friends" hour two starts right now. >> you're watching fox and friends the news boss. >> thank you, buddy. >> oh yeah. >> happy valentine's day. >> we thought ahead with the help of teleflora. >> i didn't wear any red. >> i thought you gentlemen did that for me. >> we did. >> thank you. >> i was going to put it in here because i didn't wear any red today. >> very attractive. >> how about this. >> happy valentine's day. >> thank you. we want to great to the fox news alert. breaking overnight. isis attacking an iraqi air base. >> american apache helicopters sent to the area near the air base. the apaches returning safely back to the base without firing a shot. this as the pentagon confirms

that isis has taken over the town of al baghdadi just five miles away. >> we are more on the attack and what military officials are now saying. katherine? >> reporter: tucker, ana and clayton, while military officials in washington are putting the best possible face on the incursion this is the first time that they've penetrated the base perimeter and they used stolen uniforms as a disguise. >> yes, some of them did detonate their vests, detonate themselves. and then they were followed by roughly something on the order of 15 or so other fighters. it does appear now that most if not all of them were wearing iraqi uniforms. >> a former intelligence officer who was station at al assad in 2009 says the base is gigantic

about the size of boulder colorado. if isis maintains a presence in the neighboring down of al baghdadi. the former head of the defense agency testified on friday there may be an opportunity. >> i would love to see an unleashing of some iraqi force with the so you want f 0 ur u.s. marine to go after and retake that little village because that would be doable. and it would be something that the iraqis could actually do with the support of our u.s. marine forces that are in al assad. >> military analysts speculate that the real objective may have been to breach the perimeter and take an american hostage. back to you. we want to bring in pete

hegseth. it's great to see you this morning. you're the first person to make sense of all of this. the most obvious concern is for the 300 marines on this base. are they safe? >> well, as of right now at this moment it appears that they are. but they're living in -- they're fish in a barrel right noup as was mentioned in the report the air base has no defenses. it's surrounded by high ground. there were check points at outposts that overwatched it. marines no longer maintain those. the iraqi army says they do. now the enemy holds al baghdadi a town just five miles down the road. right now the marines i know how they're feeling. it's a mentality of we don't know what's going on outside the gates. we can secure our small portion of the post. the iraqi army is responsible for the remainedder of it.

isis is at the gates and there's very little they can do about it. >> you heard in the report he's downplaying this putting it in context, let's not make too much of this. listen to this and we'll let you comment. >> there's going to be ups and downs, gives and takes here. i don't think we should make more out of this. i'm not saying that we're dismissing the seriousness of the potential breach here or of the increased activity by isil, but we ought not to make more of it than needs to be made. >> pete, you're just making too much of this. >> downplay has been the name of the game from the very beginning and it starts at the top from the white house. admiral kirby has to say what he says because of where he is.

from committing to no boots on the ground from the beginning as wanted to treat this as a police action. isis has taken full advantage of it. even the air strikes hasn't stopped their advance. they're capturing towns and near our own bases. you've got marines who are limited in what they can do. they call close air support, apache helicopters to deal with it. they didn't fire a shot. that means they thought the threat was real and we have to think through the thought exercise if what if one of these apache helicopters -- isis is targeting them. what if one gets shot down. then we've good a helicopter down. we've got to put boots on the ground. no one want to think about what that looks like. but when you fight war half in you create knew vulnerabilityies even worse than you would if you took them on in a frontal

assault. we're tiptoeing in and putting our people in precarious positions. >> what's the danger in treating this like a police problem, like you say, they're just violent criminals and not the savage terrorists? what the you want to see from the obama administration. >> people have repeated this. it's critically important. we have to name who is enemy is what their fundamental belief is. that's what's making it a magnet around the world. they're drawn and attracted to the religious mission. until you reniez it as what it is, as someone that need tore defeated. we're not doing any of that right now because we're treating this as a small thing off in the corner that doesn't need to be fundamentally addressed. until we look at it and approach

it head on, we've never going to see the progress that we want. >> wise words from pete hegseth. we expect so lez. on to other stories making headlines, a potential motive reveal in the murder of american sniper chris kile and his friend chad littlefield. the deputy telling jurors he heard accused killer in jail saying, quote, i shot them because they 0 wouldn't talk to me. i was riding in the back seat of the truck and nobody would talk to me. does this show that ralph new right from wrong in earlier we debated it. >> what the defense attorney is going to say see, he suffers from such a mental disease and defect, nobody would kill somebody because they're not talking to him. he obviously didn't know what he was doing. >> if the jury comes back and says every person with ptsd is legal hi insane, that is going

to be such a set back from every other vet. >> ralph's uncle also took to the stand saying that his nephew showed up at his house after the shooting saying quote i'm driving a dead man's truck. caught on cam raberacamera the terrifying moment a drunk driver slams into a truck causing it to explode. >> whoa! [ bleep ]. >> >> get away from the truck. >> the driver says he saw a woman weaving in and out of traffic. he tried to pull over to let her pass but she slammed into his truck instead. new details about the crash that killed cbs news legend bob simon. the car service operating the vehicle he was in was warned abhis driver just two days bf the crash. a coworker told the boz that he

should be fired after passengers complained about erratic driving. he survived the wreck. the crash is still under investigation. and new overnight, pop francis welcomes 20 new cardinals into the elite club of churchmen who will run day elect a successor. but there was also a tough love message given to the new princes, the pontiff telling them to put aside their pride, jealousy and anger and serve the church in perfect charity and humility. >> that's good advice for all of us. rick is standing by got a lot of humility. it's going to be -- >> humiliation. let's clarify. >> bracing right now because we know what's coming. all anyone can talk nabt the hallways here is how cold it's about to be. >> it's really something. the eastern part of the country incredibly cold, the western part of the country incredibly warm.

san diego, a 40-day stretch of above average temperatures. a lot of people are saying stop talking about so much cold because a lot of places are incredibly warm. we get that. enjoy the warmth. but this cold is really difficult for a lot of people. right now you see the batch of cold air across the northern plains. that's what's going to dive in in the northeast. and it's going to be a really potent storm. starting off as a little clipper. blizzard warnings in effect all throughout the coast of maine, new hampshire, massachusetts coastal parts of connecticut and eastern ends of long island. winds well over 50 miles an hour and we're going to be talking about a lot of snow. the snow is going to be light and fluffy. boston toward the peak of where the snow is. a foot of snow light fluffy snow, blowing around in the wind that's maybe 50 miles an hour, going to cause whiteout conditions and the snow that's

already on the ground redistributing every place where the snow is. starts tonight tomorrow morning and into tomorrow afternoon. >> boston going, can we please get a break? >> they're not. and there's another storm for wednesday. >> the rest of the country saying, you won the super bowl, now take this. he's a congress who spent years abroad fighting on behalf of our country. but the new head of the veteran's administration wants to know this. >> i've run a large company sir. >> what are you done? >> what have you done? congress mike coffman gets the last word when he joins us live next. then two people plunge 60 feet off a bridge, the car left a mangled mess and they walk away alive.

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well things got pretty heated on capitol hill this weekend when mike coffman challenged the new va secretary bob mcdonald on the lack of reform. >> the hospital in my district that has hundreds of millions of dollars over budget and years behind schedule. the public relss is great today but there's no substance. >> i've been here six months. you've been here longer than i have. if there's a problem in denver i think you own it more than i do. >> i've run a large company, sir -- >> what have you done? >> whoa. what has he done? that's an interesting question. he's the only u.s. congressman to have served in both iraq wars. so what does this tell us about the state of the va?

congress mike coffman. now that he mentioned it, what have you done? how many years have you spent in uniform? >> i have 21 years combined military service five overseas deployments, two in combat. i was pretty surprised at his question that i've been a ceo of a major corporation represent coffman, what have you ever done. this was in the veterans committee in a hearing and i'm on the committee because i'm a veteran. was surprising. >> i bet his staff was hiding under the bed when they watched him do that. i've never seen a display like that on capitol hill. it is suggestive of his management style? >> i think he knows what needs to be done. i don't think he has the support of the president to make the kind of tough decisions that need to be made. i mean this is an organization in crisis. it is mired in bureaucratic

incompetence, in corruption, it needs to be shaken up. if you look at the president's state of the union address he puts one sentence about the va in it and it's words to the effect there are a few bumps in the road but veterans are getting state of the art health care? really? i think those bumps in the roads are ueds and the veterans are not getting the health care they need. i just don't know where the new secretary is going to break through and change the culture. he's refused to admit the depth of the problems in the organization. until he acknowledges that, how can he fix it? >> it's not for lack of money. we've spent an awful lot of money on veterans affairs. i don't understand why the president wouldn't say this is a political disaster. we've got to fix this. whatever it takes we have to fix

this one thing. why hasn't he done that? >> he only fired sin second ki m. mcdonald's predecessor when the republicans and democrats were totally quited in the veterans committee and voted to subpoena secretary shinseki over records related to the phoenix system regarding the wait times. that was only when he left. the way that secretary mcdonald's has glossed over the problems is a clear indication that he's merely a place holder. that this administration is not engaged and does not care about our nation's veterans. but i tell you the republican and democrats in congress do and we're really united, i think in fighting for our nation's veterans against this administration. >> what a shame. we sent squesquestions over to the va. they did not get back with us

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he's a uniter. he alleging that racism played a role in stripping the team of its little league title. listen to this. >> six months after the team played a championship game, determined eligibility to play the game in the first place. is this about boundaries or race? >> racism huh? the league says its decision came after learning that the team's roster was rigged with players living out the boundaries? here to debate that, gary cobb and trial attorney eric guster. nice to see both of you. eric, it's racism that they should be stripped of the title. that's why jesse jackson says that racism a is at the heart of the issue. if this was a white team we wouldn't have the discussion. >> we would have the discussion no matter what because a team is being stripped of a title. it's going to be a grand slam if lawyer can show there was no precedent for this. the lawyer came out and did a

statement saying that it's not about race. this is about whether other teams were held to the same standard. and if he find in his investigation that other teams were not, he may hit a grand slam and hit it out of the park. >> racism? >> you had a filipino team stripped of their title. >> why? the same thing happened? >> they were stripped of their title because some of the guys were overage. that's why they were stripped. in the bronx we had a team from the bronx that was stripped because watz youngster that was overage. clearly there's precedent. and if you break the rules, you'll be stripped of the title. the kids didn't do anything wrong but it was the people that were running the team that clearly were in violation. and you notice they're not saying anything. >> age is different than boundaries. when you're talking about 14-year-old, 15-year-old plays against 12-year-olds, that's different. >> you're breaking the rules. >> and the thing is --

>> what lesson does that say to the kids. jesse jackson will step in and say this is racism. breaking the rules is okay. >> the adults made the decision. the adults did this. and you're taking sol 12-year-olds who worked hard, didn't have cork bats, didn't cheat on the field and now you're stripping them of their championship. >> that's a shame. the adults made the mistake. but see the thing is this is all about money. i think the little league might have known something was awry but they made millions of dollars off of these kids. and the thing is that they should have looked closer at them when they started. but clearly the adults broke the rules, knowingly broke the rules. >> is it all about money? is that why jesse jackson stuck his nose in this? does he stand to gain in this? >> one of the attorneys has been retained by the family. the issue is what about these children?

these children deserve to keep their championship. it's not -- it's a horrible thing and they should have -- this team should have been within the rules, i agree with that. >> they should have looked at it closer. >> there is precedent that other teams found out to have children outside the boundaries and they were not stripped -- >> they did not want to strip them of this title. this is a great thing for them. going to the white house, been national celebrities and everything. they didn't want to do this. but clearly the parents and the adults were wrong. >> we've got to leave it there. interesting debate. >> yeah fun. >> my man. >> naings for drinking your coffee. >> you're still all right with me. >> great to see you this morning. coming up on the show, slamming the brakes on illegals driving. plus a truck driver fierds over jesusgee jesus. let's look at what's coming up shin' in.

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secret service hitting the box office just in time for valentine's weekend with a whole lot of action. let's step into the blinding glare of light with michael to mayor ro. good to see you. >> this weekend is set to be a box office battle, action versus a well, a different kind of action. ♪ >> it's brawn versus well -- >> is this what you want? >> yes, please. >> in one of the weirdest box office battles with "kingsmen" dukes it out with "fifty shades of grey". >> mr. grey will see you now. >> who is going to dominate this double holiday weekend? what's the "kingsmen" all about. >> this is kind of a cool training program. >> take ever element you like from the espionage movies and

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update facebook". should it matter if a president has a college degree? former presidential candidate howard dean thinks so. >> this is a particular problem from scat walker which has not been an issue yet but it will. he would be the first president in many generations who did not have a college degree. the issue here is not just the issue of dancing around the evolution for political reasons. the issue is how well educated is this guy. >> do you really need a college degree to be skifl? here to debate it is michael peril and communications consultant ashley pratt. michael, i'll start with you just for an average citizen, does it matter these benchmarks, these ticking the boxes. can it be duplicated through business experience and life experience or does one need to go to college many. >> this shouldn't matter at all. college can be a great experience for a lot of people

pep and it's certainly on average people who graduate from college toned make more money and do better. but that's on average. there are a lot of people out there who are quite successful and did not granl wait from college. by all accounts scott walker seems to be one of them. >> i want to show a list of former united states who did not have college degrees. but ashley, you know, are we living in a different generation? does it matter more now than it did with the previous president who didn't have a college deeg harry truman as howard dean says? >> i definitely have a lot of respect for people who don't go to college and then end up having success. my parents both of them went to two-year schools and have said to us they've sacrificed as much as they can to have the education and opportunities they were not afforded. i think that's huge today to realize. i've had family members close to me who have been laid off and

cited lack of education as a hindrance if their ability to find another job. i think in today's job market when it is a down economy, education level is now a bench especially, i mean even for me. i have a bachelor's degree and i'm seeing the need for a graduate or to go on for a master's degree. >> in order to compete. certainly there are exception to the rule. a lot of famous people without college degrees, bill gates, steve jobs, mark zuckerberg. is this different when they're talking about the president of the united states. does it matter if the president our commander in chief is somebody who is of average education? >> what should matter anytime you're trying to hire somebody -- this is what the american people are going to do over the next two years. we're going to have this extensive job interview for who should be the next president. you want no know does this person have the knowledge, the skills and the proven track record to be successful. and in fact there's way too many employers out there today who

require a college degree for jobs that don't really need one. so we should to kwus on his track record. like all candidates he's got to show us what it takes. >> i want to give you the final word on this. we see presidential candidates out on the campaign trail having a beer, eating at the grease pits in iowa where they start typically. is there a danger in seeming too normal? >> i think there is. in this economy when obama's administration has killed off a lot of manufacturing jobs and jobs that wouldn't require college education i think now it's more important than ever for students to get a college education. the president should be a role model, someone people with look up to. college education is one of those things in today's job market. i hate to say it because you can have success but it's harder to do that in an evolving economy >> thank you for your time. and everybody at home what do

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caught completely offguard again. >> i love bungling burglar not so fast. the group of bungling burglars, look at them fall over an over. are those marbles under there? >> happy valentine's day. to you and yours. >> look at all those flowers. >> that's the thing a company like teleflora comes in and deck rates our studio and we get credit for it. >> i hope natalie and susie aren't watching. >> on our desks at home. >> isis attacking an iraqi airbase staffed with more than 300 u.s. marines, the iraqi army beating back the brutal fighters, killing them all. we are learning they used homicide vests and stolen iraqi

uniforms as disgriese. >> early indications are that yes, some of them did detonate their vests, detonate themselves. and then they were followed by roughly something on the order of 15 or so other fighters. it does appear now that most if not all of them were wearing iraqi uniforms. >> wow! american apache helicopters were sent to the area near the airbase but never fired shot, we are told. this is the pentagon confirms isis has taken over the town of al baghdadi five miles awhat i. >> military officials fear our marines and the iraqi troops may in the be able to protect the 13-mile perimeter of the massive base and why would they be able to? it's too huge. it's a huge, huge base and huge swaths of iraq as we know are

now controlled by isis. so these guys despite what anybody tells you by definition are in peril. >> imagine 300 marines sitting there, sitting ducks. they said earlier on the shows called them fish if a barrel sitting there. he says he understands the bunker mentality. they den know what's going on outside the gates. is anyone coming to protect us? it's unbelievable. he had these to say about these precarious positions we find ourselves in. >> downplay has been the name of the game from the beginning. this president from naming the jv, the downthreat, from committing bother on the ground wanted to treat this as a police action. isis has taken full advantage of it. even our air strax haven't stopped their advance. when you have a threat, you create new vulnerabilities worse than you would if you took them on in a frontal assault. we are tip toeing in and putting

our people in precarious positions. >> it's scary. if you listen to the pentagon spokesman, everything is fine, i asked ben collins a former beret, in a commercial break, if that was your son in iraq and knows the area very well, if this was your son, would you be worried for his safety? he said, yeah i would are you kidding in i'd be very concerned. >> jack keen was the architect of the surge if you think of what has happened to that country since the surge and tackling large swaths of geography now dwindled down to just outside of baghdad. we saw that massive explosion unfold in baghdad a few weeks ag. now right near one of our airbases, but we need to face reality, apparently general michael flynn says we're at war. we need to call these guy was they are. we are not calling them that. listen. >> there enemy must be opposed.

they must be killed and destroyed and in the associated extremist form of the muslim ideology must be once it reers its head. therefore it can simply be managed as criminals. i respectfully and strongly disagreement. >> i respectfully and strongly disagree. a blistering testimony is what nt of congress saying mr. president please act now and act strong and hard and quick. >> act now. another example of the white house being caught completely off guard by soliciting world events. the government of yemen, pro-american, our president a few months ago bragged how yemen was a success story in the region, they're on our side seemingly out of nowhere, that government overthrown by a small group of shiite extremists, highly anti-americans. it culminated in the u.s. body

being hastily evacuated. the mains ushered on to leave yemen without their weapons which they destroyed and left behind along with a lot of embassy vehicles, an embarrassing retreat by the united states. >> listen to nick rassmussen, the director of the national counterterrorism center. he says, basically, they just walked right in. >> as the houthi advance took place, it simply bais became the case, they were unopposed. it's left us in a position on relatively short notice over the past few monthings,s, the security situation deteriorated far more than expected. >> president obama says the american-backed government there was a model of success. look at it now. these americans having to leave in such a flurry there are reports their ignitions were still in their cars as they were trying to get out. >> it's also despiriting and dangerous. what's the message of this? >> the message is that the

united states runs away. it doesn't defend its allies. we described the government of yemen as our allie. allowed them to be dethroned, didn't do anything about it. jen psaki she works for the state department had this to say. this is how she described the exit from yemen. watch. >> why was was the evacuation so hasty? >> well, it wasn't hasty. >> it wasn't? >> just because they didn't know what the plans were. the plans were in place for weeks. you referenced the ships obviously, we worked with the amanis when getting a plane. we have a lot of "options action" we can take when we talk about a how threat post. >> how many embassies deserve this? >> there are tens of thousands of u.s. citizens serving around the worked and you like to think the agency for which they work the state department, would have their back but apparently not.

>> we'll ask general jack keen about that in a few moments. meanwhile the headlines. >> on your saturday morning, a potential motive revealed in the motive of chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield, a former deputy saying he heard accused killer eddie routh i shot to them because they wouldn't talk to me. i was riding in the back seat of the truck and nobody walled talk to me. does this show routh knew right from wrong? earlier, we dewitted it. >> what the defense attorney is gone say see, he suffers from such a mental disease, a defect nobody would kill somebody because they're not talking to them. so he obviously didn't know what he was doing. >> if the jury comes back and says every person with ptsd is legally insane, that is going to be such a setback for every other vet and any person who suffers from that. >> routh's uncle also taking to the stand saying his nephew showed up to his house after the shooting saying, quote, i'm

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welcome back, a fox news alert now. the grip of isis spreading in iraq. the terror group dangerously close to u.s. forces. taking over a town a few miles away from an airbase where hundreds of marines are currently stationed. >> that base attacked by isis fighters wearing iraqi army uniforms. all this raising questions about terror general too get your latest news overnight about marines trapped in that base. your thoughts. >> well, first of all, they're not trapped in that business. they're capable of defending

themselves. what's serious here is that we defend bases with a perimeter and the iraqis are responsible for. that number two we defend for depth for miles outside the base with overhead systems and also at checkpoints and other soldiers out there. so we've lost our defense in depth with their being able to seize this town five miles outside of the base. we have to retake that town and iraqis should have the ability to retake that town. if they will not retake fallujah they will not retake mosul, that's for sure. >> do you have confidence in the iraqi army? after all we spend billions of dollars training them. now we learn isis using tear uniforms an their guns, they have simply taken off their uniforms and dropped their guns. >> i don't have confidence in it given its collapse. we are trying to remake this military, not all of it.

certain amounts so they have enough combat power to retake the territory that's lost. changing uniforms is something that's been done in this part of the world for years. obviously, they've cap chushd hundreds of iraqi units and soldiers and more equipment. so those uniforms are plentiful. >> another dire situation, though, general, failsing this morning, that what's unfolding in yemen? the top white house terror analyst official admits the fall of yemen took us all by surprise. we didn't know this was happening. it wasn't a hasty retreat according to white house. what do you make of this? >> listen yemen is a big issue for us. i think it's being a little understated if general by the media. this is a huge strategic loss for us. it affects our interests in the region and also the security of our partners. because what we are talking about, we have just changed a pro-u.s. government to a

pro-iranian government and that is very significant. this is another capital, the fourth capital. beirut lebanon, damascus, syria and baghdad-iraq that iran has influence over. that is very significant. secondly, it's an operational loss for us because when we close down the embassy in a contested area, it's much more than a diplomatic post. s the also an operational post swrechlt an all source intelligence center in there with all of our agencies represented to include the headquarters of our classified forces that operates inside the country. fought representatives from that headquarters, excuse me. so we've lost that. our screen has gone blank in yemen now. what's in yemen? in yemen is a directed al qaeda affiliated unit axap that al qaeda central gave orders to to conduct out of region attacks in europe and in the united states. and we have lost and diminished

the capability to deal with that so this is significant strategically and also operationally. >> general if you were advising the president this morning, what would your advice be? >> well, i think the major problem that the president has is that he doesn't have a comprehensive strategy to defeat radical islam. he is doing it in the very thing he says he's opposed to doing it. so-called whack a mole, his termsh not mine. where we do it piecemeal. we need a comprehensive effort that involves the nations in the region and those outside of it that have a vested interest in it. then you start to have impact. my concern is we will eventually coast isis. but the fact is, we will eventually do it. but then that is going to have to be something else to deal w. we have to push back and use the countries in the region. they do the heavy lifting here. not the united states. it's their forces that must do

the heavy lifting. but we can assist them and help them with intelligence, with training, with technology and we can also help motivate them to get into undermining this idea ol, which clearly must be done. >> general jack keen we always appreciate your thoughts here. thank you so much for joining us. >> good talking to you. >> coming up big news for chris christie. what we learned overnight a. pop quiz, who wrote the declaration of independence? some say questions like that are counterproductive. done waste your time. shopping online is as easy as it gets. ♪ wouldn't it be great if hiring plumbers carpenters and even piano tuners were just as simple? thanks to angie's list, now it is. we've made hiring anyone from a handyman to a dog walker as simple as a few clicks.

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hello, good morning friends, some quick political headlines for you now. on the ground's embattled governor stepping down. his eresignation involves a scandal with his fiance. they are looking into whether she used her role as a clean energy consultedant for tens of thousands if private contracts. kate brown will become the first bisexual u.s. governor to take office and chris christie, 2016, an a.p. source says the new jersey governor supporters are getting ready to launch a super pack for a gop presidential run. >> that committee could be formed as early as next week. >> well, here's a quiz who wrote the deck loo racing of independence? the new answer, who cares? that question others like it are quote counterproductive.

that's according to a research group at tuft's university. that group is upset about new laws in arizona and north dakota that require students to pass the u.s. citizenship exam in order to graduate. asking kids, basic civics. is it pointless? is it offensive. in the co-creator of learn our history and whitney neil from the bill of rights institute. welcome to you both. >> thanks for having us. >> good morning. >> thank you. whitney, why is it ever counterproductive to learn about your own country? >> it's not counterproductive to learn about your own country. it is counterproductive to tell students that to have civic only in to be a good citizen you have to pass a test with a 60% pass rate. we really want children to engage with civic knowledge to become active citizens to be passion fat and excited about those things that make this country wonderful. in a test, it doesn't do that. >> brad, couldn't you saik make the same argument about math?

it's important to know math. we will not test you. really, what's a test? aren't tests the way that we measure learning among students? >> it is. and the problem with this study that's come out. it is the functional equivalent of saying, gee, we'd love infants to run within they can't even crawl. it's time to end the national embarrassment of what our country knows about the history and civics of our country. i looked at recent studies have shown 40% of adults right now can pass the test. the fact that 60% can't 70% of millennials can't name one from their own state is embarrassing. we found the problem starts much earlier. that's the elementary school age level. we make finance animated videos for kids that have shown 97% of kids actually learn from them. >> right. >> we do it by addressing topics public schools won't even touch. we think this is so important. we created the new video called one nation under god that we are giving away for free at

freegoddvd.com. >> whitney there is an idea ideological idea here. they focus on the civil rights movement and ignore things like the civil war? >> leak i think that the american founding and everything that guides people to the acts is a beautiful and inspiring thing. i think what we need to say civic only in needs to be increased. it's embarrassing that people graduating college don't know how many senators we have. they couldn't tell you who our president s. all of that is horrible. to get people to be passionate about those things we need to integrate that into all of their courses and elementary high school. we need to make you excited about those things and make it relevant. >> i don't agree. brad the last word, ten seconds guess to you. >> i don't disagree the problem is people who oppose testing like this are ones who

fundamentally don't believe that we are special and better than other nations. they don't want kids to learn the reasons why we have surpassed freedom, democracy and our economy. >> we should point out, by the way, in the interest of accuracy the civics exam that immigrants get, the ones kids are being tested on not that hard. >> it has a 97% success rate. >> how could you not pass it? >> thank you so much. it's interesting. >> thank you. >> here's a question, are you safer in the front or the back of a car during a crash? is the driver safer than his passengers, in other words? surprising new findings that could change where you want to sit. plus surprise your valentine with breakfast in bed. the sweet recipes you still have time to make. it's 8:30. it's not too late for this segment.

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fox news alert now. overnight, isis releasing a horrifying video claiming to show 17 kurdish fighters in cages paraded through the streets of the iraqi city of kirkuk. the orange clad and shackled prisoners believe to be on tear way to be burned alive. the sickening images eerily similar to those of the jordanian pilot brutally murdered last week t. chair of military theory at the (core university joined us earlier.

he says the united states needs to step up and leave the fight on the ground. >> we need to have the troops of the region especially iraq maybe even egypt and the kurds take on this threat with our support. we have to lead a coalition of ground troops to destroy this skurnl. >> this all coming as a twitter account linked to isis if libya claims the terror group las slaughtered 21 christians overnight. >> that is not confirmed. >> we ask to your responses this morning ability jimen. when you put limits on what the military can do and what weapons they can do this is not fighting a war. >> the president and our administration are deceived about the situation in the middle east and the threat of the extremists. >> on facebook, none of this would have happened if obama didn't pull out of iraq without a status forces agreement. by the way, you will notice, they don't have a status forces

agreement. we don't have one now. i think that was a ludicrous excuse in the first place. >> so your thoughts you can go to our facebook page and weigh in. >> let's extend our stories to saturday now. your tax dollars hard at work. the federal authority is spending almost 55 million bucks to buy 60 green buses for six states. that's nearly 1 million dollars a pop. a diesel bus costs $300 bucks. it's a part of a program to replace them with low emission hybrid vehicles. the national security agency is closing after edward snowden leaked more documents. details about cyber intelligence gathering could be made public as early this weekend after a firm uncovered the techniques. the nsa is not competenting this morning. riding in the back seat may actually be more dangerous than sitting up front in your car. the insurance institute for highway safety now says airbags

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you have incredibly cold temperatures. it will be a dangerous situation for people across the neat and across the mid-atlantic, it will be cold as well. snowfall totals, possibly over a foot in boston. not good news in a place that's seen so much snow in the past couple of weeks. this week the bottom drops out, all the way down to the southeast. we are talking highs in the 30s and 40s across parts of the southeast. a very rough week in store for a lot of people a. dangerous weekend in store across new england. all right, guys. that's it. happy news for you. >> you want hot chocolate? we have some for you. >> come inside. >> why not start the day off with a romantic breakfast? >> mark bailey joins us nice to see you. >> thank you for having me. happy valentine's day. >> let's start. i mentioned the hot chocolate. >> it's a little booze. >> a hot chocolate lover fair. >> it's valentine's day.

we will make it real quick. we have hot water. this is simple syrup. >> simple meaning water and sugar. we have aced rum. >> kick the morning off right. >> then we have the godiva, dairy free. >> that's a concern when you drink alcohol in the morning. >> light on calories. it's home-made whipped cream. >> what would happen if you brought up a boozy cocktail to your spouse in bed on a saturday morning? >> you would be drunk in love on a great saturday morning. >> we have the raspberry banana morning parfait. so this is for the demo to it. >> some shredded wheats. >> i recommend it because it's yummy. nine out of ten doctors recommend it. >> kwlowho is that other doctor? >> exactly. >> what kind of yogurt is this? >> there is non-fat greek

yogurt. get your protein in. >> get some razberries in there. >> does it soften up under the milling? . >> yes. >> what kind of nuts? >> almonds. >> it makes it easy, it's hard to carry that big tray upstairs. plus you would drink. >> bananas. you can't go wrong. >> how do you? these are obviously wonderful something in them. >> hazel nuts. i used that in the batter. >> does that make it fluffy, runny? >> it doesn't add texture. it adds that chocolate favor. >> you are a genius, how do you get them in a heart shape? >> i have a pan. >> i'm not surprised by that. >> everyone should. the trumoo is good as well as in

the packet. >> what is this? >> that's egg and potato hash which has a little kick to it. it has tobasco sauce. it's excellent. valentine's day, all ability love. >> keep your honey in bed, stay here, i will be back in four hours. >> the idea is to plan in advance, guys. >> then don't make her do the dishes after you eat. >> you can log on to fox and friends.com. find these recipes and more from chef mark bailey, a genius. >> thank you. cheers. >> here's what's coming up on the program. hillary clinton, governor scott walker and governor chris christie, all names thrown into the 2016 ring. what do voters think of them? frank lutz is breaking down the pulse of the people next. dog lovers, mark your calendars, the west minster dog show is back. i get to meet the breeds right here on "fox and friends." first up america's headquarters.

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can protect yourself by keeping windows closed and fans off. >> a millionaire battled on the republican side and the democratic side is heating umm. cop contenders have emerged from both parties. >> here to give chris christie and governor walk ter dial treatment. we're not talking about a shower. pollster and distribute i contributor. good morning good to see you. >> i never thought at 8:45 in the morning we would be talking about showers and soaps. what's great about this we started earlier than ever before to get reactions moment by moment, seconds by second. i think we will start with hillary clinton. this is when she said she was poor after leaving the white house republicans don't buy it and democrats aren't that favorable either. let's take a look. >> we came out of the white house not only dead broke but in debt. we had no money when we got

there and we struggled to, you know, piece together the resources for mother-in-laws for houses, for chelsea's education, you know it was not easy. first of all we had to pay off all our debts. you had to make double the money because of obviously taxes. >> that is the lowest response we have registered for hillary clbt among republicans in our history of styling. >> do you know how much it costs to operate a private aircraft? they were really struggling. pilot and co-pilot. >> a g-4 rather than a g-5. >> the democrat, she said we struggle to pay off our debt. it's going up and up and up. >> the democrats will vote for her. these are swing voters. no matter what she says or does based on that it tells me republicans will vote against her no matter what she does. >> so scott walker. very popular, all of a sudden you see his name everywhere. how did your dial group respond

to it? >> in reaction to him was partisan because it's already starting to zooid divide. but he does better among democrats than the republicans we have tested so far. let's take a look. >> really? >> we western afraid to go big and to go bold. not only for my sons but for their generation and for countless generations yet to be born. they're going up in the state where we're on a better path. i think people like the direction they're headed. >> i think that sends a powerful message to republicans in washington and around the country. if you are not afraid to go big and go bold can you actually get results. >> once again, you see that split. that partisan split. that's what republicans will have to face over the next year and they're fighting to get the nomination. they're going to say things that will alienate independence and democrats. the question for the gop. do they say things so extreme that they end up being unable go back to win that center on election day?

>> chris christie making news overnight. saying a super pack is lining up pushing for chris christie's candidacy. you have dial on him. how do people respond to his speech? >> any candidate so far, republicans do like what he has to say, democrats instinctively go against him. it's very early in the political process for that to happen. let's take a look. >> i do not believe that any of the patriots in this room want to be a part of the generation that turns over to our children a lesser smaller america than the one that was given to us. it is time for us to stand up and fight together for the country that we were given. for the country we believe in. for the country the world needs and for the country i want my children and your children to have. >> now i acknowledge, i'm a chris christie fan. i do like what le has to say. i am not convinced in how he

says it. the public doesn't want to be measured. they don't want to be yelled at. there is a pleasure that's enjoyable to watch. i can tell you among swing voters, they lins to that and say too much. >> i get what you are saying, he is if anything toned down a bit. he got elected twice in a strongly democratic state. >> walker got elected three times. there is a difference in the tone of these candidates. i want viewers to see the difference between someone who brings people in and someone who pushes a message out. that's the difference between walker and christie. >> frank bottom line, whose message right now in this state 2015 is resonating most with voters? >> in our testing, it's neither of those guys, walker is doing well t. one that dials the best is marco rubio. we don't know if he's running. by the way fox you viewers if they go to lutzglobal.com they

can be given a dial and react to these democratic candidates. >> i want a dial. >> you will have to pay for one. >> that's fine. >> it's worth it. $49.95. >> i am taking you up on that. >> coming up on the show the incredibling a of kindness a target employee helping a teen tie his tie for the first job interview. was he hired? this morning we will have a huge update. >> dog lovers, mark your calendars, the westminster dog show is back. before they strut their stuff, you will meet those breeds right here on "fox and friends." the place for dogs. ♪ they call this puppy love ♪ ♪ oh i guess they'll never know 'like s pping hungry equals overshopping.

well the annual westminster dog show kicks off this week. let's meet some of the breeds. joining us in the competition is american kennel club spokesperson hillary prune. good morning. thanks for being with us and bringing all the furry friends and this one who isn't so furry. >> not very furry at all, hairless. >> but this is lilly what is her breed? >> he's a wheatley. she's a mexican hairless breed and she'll be joining us along with all of these dogs at the first meet the breeds partnership with the west minister kennel club today. >> tell me what's unique about this breed. >> sure. i think certainly the hair. the hairless components and it's also one of the most ancient breeds in the world coming from mexico. >> she's shivering. is it because i'm scaring her or does she need a sweater. >> >> she might be camera shy. >> hoping she works out the kinks. >> this is an ancient french herding breed. this dog is not totally recognized by the american

kennel club so you can't see him competing at westminster but you can meet him at meet the breed. >> he's very well behaved and knows a lot of tricks. >> they are all very well behaved. >> up next we have cooper. >> we have cooper. oops. and allie, the skye terrier over to here our far right. >> an interesting haircut here. >> yeah the skye terrier actually cooper here won best of breed in westminster in 2013. this is a terrier that's actually one of the more calm terriers i would say of the terrier breeds and cooper is actually the father to allie. >> how nice. >> yes " yes. >> is that typical? do you see a lot of families keeping with tradition and doing the same with their litters? >> sure, absolutely. i think a lot of breeders and owners like to keep dogs within their own lineage and it's always good to see the next one come down the pike. >> next up? >> we have the budlington terrier. we have vince and lilly.

we have two lillys with us today. and the budlington terrier comes from england. it's a breed that used to hunt things like badgers but it's a great sweet breed great for families and kids. >> this is the 139th? >> 1339th9th west minister and there's the masters agileity partnership. >> is that the really fun part where they go in and out of the cones and jump over? >> yes. >> what are some of the obstacles? >> hoops and going through tunnels and weave poles and agility is well because it's due to the mixed breeds due to the enrollment program. >> any predictions we'll see on monday and tuesday? >> actually the skye terrier here is one of the favorites i would say for best in show. >> yes? >> but you'll see lots of great excited, happy dogs competing in the ring. >> i can't wait for that. i pitched to producers i want to

go! what an experience. it's the second oldest annual sport compared to the kentucky derby? >> exactly. >> wow, only second to the kentucky derby. all right, hillary thank you so much. >> tucker? >> good heaven. i love dogs. fox news alert for you this morning isis now hits miles from a base where american marines are training iraqi soldiers. anything being done to keep them safe? we're live with breaking details. then i shot them because they wouldn't talk to me. chilling testimony during the american sniper trial. that may impact the defense's entire case. can they still came ptsd? we'll speak to a former va psychiatrist straight ahead. [meow mix jingle slowly and quietly

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good morning, everyone, today is saturday the 14th of february, 2015. and a fox news alert. isis advancing closer to the u.s. troops in iraq.

fighters attacking an air base where more than 300 of our marines are stationed and taki over a town just miles away. just how dangerous is this? we're live with the detailing details. and as isis gains ground the administration downplays the threat. >> we've said from the very beginning there's going to be ups and downs. there's going to be gives and takes. i don't think we should make more out of this. >> but should we be worried about americans in iraq? are they in harm's way? and a true love story on this valentine's day. look closely into that rainbow. it's a couple getting engaged. a photographer had no clue that his camera captured the special moment. who are they? they join us live to hopefully find out. "fox and friends" hour four. can you believe we got up at 6:00 a.m.? hour four starts right now.

get right to the fox news alert this morning. as many as 25 isis fighters have been killed by iraqi troops. they were advancing on a military base in iraq some with suicide vests on. at the base where u.s. marines are training iraqi troops. >> yeah. and marines and iraqi troops may not be able to protect the base's massive 13-mile perimeter. katherine herridge is live with the very latest on the developments with isis closing in on this air base. good morning. >> well, good morning. after this perimeter incursion yesterday, we heard from a former intelligence officer who was based at al assad in 2006 and he pointed out as you just did the size of this base. about the size of boulder, colorado, with its 13-mile perimeter. and he said the idea that 320 marines could really protect the

perimeter and at the same time train the iraqi security forces was simply not credible. others have pointed out that the objective here not likely that isis thought they could take over a base of this size but their objective was to have a high-profile incident to get them more publicity which they have effectively done. number two to penetrate the perimeter and if they were able to kill a half dozen or a dozen individuals with a suicide bombing, that would be a great victory for them as well. or number three, a home run to use the cliche would be capturing a member of the american military and then having them as a high-profile hostage because as you well know, the number of western hostages held by isis in iraq and syria is really diminished. but they did achieve at least

one of their objectives to have sort of a global event which once again put them back at the center of attention. >> earlier on the show a general was concerned about the deep perimeter which he says we protect against and we have iraqi forces which protect the deeper perimeter. he's not confident that that deeper perimeter is protected at all and being able to train iraqi soldiers who lay down arms and take off uniforms this is a big concern. >> well, that's correct. and given the size of the base and as this former intelligence officer pointed out to us it has no natural defenses. so it's a very flat, open area. and very difficult to defend on that point. and general keene i'm sure was getting into the fact that while the iraqi military has have been more effective than it was a year ago when it essentially collapsed in the face of isis morale remains a key piece that the u.s. is trying to rebuild. >> we know as you've been

following we heard from pentagon spokesperson rear admiral john kirby yesterday talking about a couple dozens of isis fighters wearing the stolen iraqi uniforms some of them suicide bombers blowing themselves up, certainly acting very bold in this situation. but we want to play a sound bite from him yesterday basically saying, you know, in times of war there are ebbs and flows. let's not make a mountain out of a molehill. listen. >> we've said from the very beginning there's going to be ups and downs there's going to be gives and takes. i don't think we should make more out of this. i'm not saying that we're dismissing the seriousness of the potential breach here or of the activity by isil. >> critics of the pentagon and the white house and the state department are saying that they're downplaying isis and that this is putting americans in danger namely these 300

marines. you say? >> well, admiral kirby is correct, that in any conflict you are going to have the sort of ebbs and flows and ups and downs. but i would argue in this particular instance he should be applauded for being so firmly set on the talking points, because in washington there was clearly an effort friday to put the best possible spin on this event. at the same time admiral kirby was making his statement we had testimony on the hill in front of the house armed services committee from the former head of the defense intelligence agency, general mike flynn. mike flynn is someone who has been knee deep in the intelligence about the rise of isis and the capability of isis. and while kirby was saying that we should not overemphasize what happened at that air base, general flynn was saying that with every metric that people in the intelligence community measure the threat -- so the number of individuals recruitment, money the territory that they're holding,

he said with every metric what you see is that the threat from isis is greater today than it was a year ago. so, there is the contrast between the intelligence professional who was knee deep in this information and the pentagon spokes man. >> yes. just to expand on that, so isis obviously evil, but also tactically very shrewd. what do we think their end game is? what's their long-term strategy? what do they want? >> well, they've been -- one of the things about these groups i've found over the years is especially with al qaeda and we see this also with isil is they actually tell you what they intend to do. there's no mystery here. so, when bin laden said i'm coming after america that is exactly what he did. isil wants to establish this islamic state or caliphate, and we see them making every effort to do so. of course, there's a difference between taking territory and holding territory.

i'm not sure that they really have that capability in a broad sense in iraq. but the ideology has spread. and we heard testimony in the last couple of weeks from members of the intelligence community on the hill that there's now a significant presence in algeria, libya, and also the sinai. so, the ideology is spreading. it's part of their broader goal, and we should think long and hard about what baghadi reportedly said when he was released from u.s. custody, the sort of infamous line now, i'll see you in new york. so, they may not have the capability now but we have to certainly consider that that is part of their -- that's part of their game plan over the long term. and as general flynn testified friday, isis is not an existential threat to the united states at this point. in other words, it's not a direct threat to us here at home. but that does not mean that we should not act in a very

aggressive manner so that we can avoid sort of a larger play in the future because every time you have to make a large significant military play, there's something called the law of unintended consequences. the bigger the gesture, the larger the unintended consequences. and that's what you want to avoid. you want to take the small steps early so you can avoid big, unexpected events down the line. >> boy, that's the truest sentence ever uttered. >> thanks for having me. >> very impressive i have to say. >> absolutely. >> if you listen carefully to what she says, not your average reporter. she knows an awful lot and she can explain it well. some other stories making headlines on your saturday to get to now because we've got another fox news alert. we turn to yemen the home of the latest u.s. intelligence failure, the white house now admitting it was completely caught off-guard when tutsi rebels took over and forced the

embassy to abandon. >> it became the case that they were unopposed in many cases and left us in the position on relatively short notice just over the past few months the security situation deteriorated far more rapidly than we expected. >> at least seven countries have closed embassyies in yemen. a planned valentine's day mall massacre thwarted just in time. overnight police in canada announced they got a tip two people were planning to enter a mall in halifax and shoot as many people as they could. the 19-year-old suspect killed himself as police surrounded his home. a woman from illinois was arrested at an airport entering canada. police say the suspects were obsessed with mass murders. two others are also being questioned. it was the incredible act of kindness that swept the nation. a target employee helping a teenager tie his tie for the first time before a job interview. was he hired? >> i think we are ready to offer you a job at chick-fil-a at

triangle town center mall. >> he got it! yes, he accepted a job working at a north carolina chick-fil-a. and there was another surprise waiting there for him. the target team that helped him on the journey was there to congratulate him. >> they helped me so much. they helped me change other people's lives. >> moore will now sport a chick-fil-a tie. you see it going on right there. congratulations to him. and please teach us how to make the pepper minute milk shakes and the spicy chicken sandwich. >> are you a fan of the pickles? >> yes. >> rick? >> yes. >> the breakfast. >> they do breakfast more than anybody. >> really? i've never had it. >> you'll never go back to not eating. >> they're so friendly there. >> that's true. hey, guys, incredible storm system that we're starting to watch take place across parts of

the northeast. it will also be incredibly cold and the cold air settled in across the northern plains. minus 3 is your actual air temperature in memoriesinneapolis and it's windy. and factor that in. the jet stream is going and that's where we're seeing really lily windy conditions. wind advisories across the plains and southern appalachians and mid-atlantic. look at the blizzard warnings in effect across long island and up the coastal areas of maine. we're dealing with snow showers some of it heavy maybe on the eastern side of the lakes there but once this moves out over the water that's when we'll see explode into an incredibly strong storm and we'll be dealing with the winds 50 to 70 miles an hour. also we'll be talking about snowfall totals maybe up to around a foot in the boston area. the place that has seen six feet of snow in the last few weeks another foot of that and winds 50 miles an hour. you get the point a really dangerous night tonight and

tomorrow. then the cold weather sets in, the cold temperatures. take a look at tomorrow morning's temperatures. 19 in new york. not that bad. 23 in boston. go towards monday morning take a look at this minus 1 for your temperature in boston, 3 in new york. the coldest temperatures we've seen here in about two decades across the northeast. >> you don't want to fly through those winds. >> no. in fact, we'll have so many flight delays for tomorrow to be honest. you can't get in and out of that kind of wind. >> thank you. >> i got the thermal underwear. >> wearing them now. coming up, shocking -- speak of shocking! shocking new details about the man who shot american sniper chris kyle. he was released from the va against his mother's wishes. so were warning signs missed? sounds that way. a former virginia psychiatrist next. look at this. two people plunge 60 feet off a bridge in new jersey. the car left a mangled mess, and they walked away alive. incredible story coming up.

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hi good morning everyone, 16 minutes after the hour. a potential motive revealed for the first time in the murders of chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield. a former deputy telling jurors he overheard accused killer eddie ray routh in jail saying this i shot them because they wouldn't talk to me. i was just riding in the back seat of the truck and nobody would talk to me. then he went on to say i feel bad about it. but they wouldn't talk to me. i'm sure they've forgiven me. well, this week we also learned that routh was treated and released from a va hospital weeks before the murders despite concerns from his very own mother and a ruling he was a danger to himself and others. so, were warning signs missed here? here to weigh in is dr. margaret

moxen a psychiatrist who has worked at the va hospital in west virginia. thanks for being with us doctor. >> good morning, how are you? >> fantastic, thanks for asking. this is troubling, though. is this something that you would point the finger at the va and say, hey you dropped the ball? >> yes. yes yes, i think that's very apparent, though, your viewers might be better informed to know that there are a lot of mothers bringing their troubled children to e.r.s today and it's quite a congestion, so there are reasons why you could miss that call. but it's a little tough to understand that one in this case because you not only have the mother who was right but he had the report from green oaks. the patient was committed, that is, he was put on involuntary status, so he no longer is allowed to leave if he wants. he has to take medications if the doctors say so he was -- >> at the same time you can't

hold somebody forever, you know involuntary against their will like that. >> right. >> and in some instances maybe the moms aren't right. >> that's so. that's so. >> how do you draw the line? >> yeah that's why i call it the knife's edge because if you make a mistake you c violate someone's civil liberty and obviously and the other mistake is disastrous. so yes it is -- it is a -- i was a dedicated evaluator of these patients in my last job. that's all i did. several a day and -- >> well it does seem like the writing was on the wall doctor. some text messages revealed this week between chris kyle and his buddy chad littlefield said this, this dude is straight up nuts and littlefield said he's sitting right behind me. between them saying this and his very own mother saying that, how could things go so wrong at the va? >> well i'll imagine a hypothetical situation.

the patient arrived in involuntary status and in several days' time, two, three days given enough medication, his hallucinations go away and his paranoia goes away and he feels he has to get out he might be very convincing. the papers that commit these patients say there has to be evidence of threat, of imminent harm to himself or others. so if there's no present evidence you could argue that there's no imminent threat. and that's how they leave. and these forms expire two, three days unless you renew it, the doctor signs up again. >> yeah. a lot of paperwork and a lot of red tape there. >> a lot of hard calls, yes. >> another question is this insanity defense and where do you draw the line between ptsd and insanity and the ripple effects that the decision in this case could have ongoing. so what do you say? >> well, there's a person, a

criminal, did he commit a criminal act and does he have mental illness those things aren't mutual exclusive. but there are mental illness and episode of mental illness that suspend the patient's ability to tell right from wrong. that's what the jury has to decide. but in the cursory evaluation, the guy got two marksmen killed them, with a gun, and then took the truck and sped away from the police, so sounds like he knew what he was doing. >> right. well dr. margaret moxness we thank you for sharing your insights, your unique perspective with us today. >> thanks for having me okay. we had two attorneys on this program earlier, and both of them believed the insanity defense will fail and he'll spend the rest of his life eddie ray routh, behind bars. 20 minutes after the hour now. coming up on "fox and friends," two states claiming the breaks on illegals getting behind the wheel. and he said he's learned the

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quick headlines for you. utah is one step closer to reinstating firing squads for executions. the statehouse nearly approving the measure which now heads to the senate. supporters say they are much more humane than lethal injection. opponents say it's a grewsome reminder of their wild west past. and colorado and mexico slamming the brakes on giving driver's licenses to illegal aliens. the colorado state senate just voted to cut off funding to all but one dmv office for issuing

licenses. thank you, tucker. with over 50 years' experience in professional sports basketball hall of famer pat williams knows a thing or two about leadership. >> in his new book "it's not who you know, it's who you are" williams shares the best lessons he's learned along the way from the nation's greatest leaders of our time. >> senior vice president of the nba's orlando magic our friend pat williams, coach, great to see you. >> great to see you. >> it's not who you know, it's who you are. what a cool title. where did this advice, where did these seeds of wisdom come from? >> it occurred to me in my five-plus decades of sports that i've run in to wonderfully amazing, interesting people and they've planted a story or two in my life even if it was just a very brief short meeting and so i sat down and wrote out about 300 interesting people that i have encountered and a little note about their stories.

the publisher wasn't going to go with an encyclopedia. >> right. >> you remember what that was? >> used to deliver them. >> we ended up with 150 of these stories designed to inspire and uplift and take a look at prominent people behind the scenes through my eyes. >> very cool. >> first up america's mayor rudy giuliani saying this. set real list stick goals, encourage people to relax and conquer fear and overcome worry. tell us the story behind this. >> he was speaking at one of those giant motivational days set at our arena in orlando and i knew the guards down there and i asked if they would tap on mayor giuliani's dressing room door and see if i could slip in and talk to him and he invited me in. and i said mayor, tell me the four keys in your opinion to be a good leader and that's what he shared. you just read them. the one that has stuck with me the most is you're always a

teacher. in fact, vince lombardi and i'm writing a book about him now called "vince lombardi on leadership" he said they call it coaching but it's really teaching. so i think every great leader is a teacher. >> the reason i watched the nba growing up michael jordan. the greatest nba plairp of all-time. you had a chance to go behind the scenes with him in the locker room one time and he knew you were writing the book. here's one of the lessons you pulled from him. he said everything i am today is a result of the way my mom and dad raised me and all the things they taught me. >> that came right after i'd written this book "how to be like mike" and i was on the road promoting the book. i was in boston and i got to the game last night that michael this landed. i got there early and went into the washington locker room and michael spotted me. he was some sort of changing and there he was, he sees me, and he

yelled, he said, you're telling all my stories! and i thought boy, he was up early today watching tv. and then i got -- and i said, well michael, they're good stories and he said none of them would have happened without my parents. they taught me well. and he said that right in the dressing room. >> good for him. >> and i thought, wow that's an interesting little look at michael that the public probably wouldn't be aware of. >> from the george w. bush i've known grace and mercy in my own life, i'm offering it to you now. you are forgiven. >> wow. that may be -- and every time i read that story i get a little lumped up. long story short one of his employees, i guess he's in the white house, and he got caught plagiarizing these columns that he was doing back at his hometown newspaper and he was just devastated. he resigned. he knew that was the end of him. but president bush welcomed him.

forgave him. brought his family in later to tell them what a great dad and husband they had. and there's george w. who has taken his share of criticism but, you know, a deeply caring guy. and timothy gaglan's life was basically saved because of what w. did for him in the white house. he forgave him. he forgave him. >> so many great lessens. it's called "not who you know it's who you are." pat williams, great for being here. isis sending this threatening tweet to a military wife but she's not letting the terrorists win. she's here with the story you need to hear. >> remember this? >> oregon and washington and michigan! and then we're going to washington, d.c., to take back the white house! yeah! >> well that guy says scott walker is not qualified to be president of the united states since he doesn't have a college

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>> so disgusting accompanied as always by violence porn that you are looking at. a twitter account linked to isis made the claims yesterday for the first time. before the murders egypt's president vowed to spare no effort to tracking down the citizens who were then to be in custody. >> isis in iraq released a horrifying video claiming to show 17 kurdish fights paraded through the streets. it's believed the shackled prisoners on their way to be burned alive. other headlines to tell you about, two women in new jersey cheated death after their suv plunged 60 feet off an overpass. police say the driver swerved to avoid a truck and hit a snowbank and fell off the bridge. it landed upright feet from a river. rescuers had to cut the door and roof to free the woman but amazingly they only had minor injuries. the state with the largest. of obama care customers in the country will have to restack its tax forms. covered california says 100,000

incorrect forms were sent out this year. there's apantly conflicting information between how much money families receive to subsidize insurance premiums last year and the data health providers have on file. should it matter if a president of the united states has a college degree? former presidential candidate howard dean seems to think so. >> scott walker were he to become president would be the first president in many generations who did not have a college degree. the issue is how well educated is this guy? >> scott walker has been gaining steam across the gop field. but also dropped out of college. but is a degree what it takes to be successful? we had a debate about this earlier on "fox and friends." >> i think in today's job market where it is such a down economy and people are competing education level is definitely now a benchmark. >> there's actually way too many employers out there who require a college degree for jobs that don't really need one. so, we should focus on his track record. >> your comments are pouring in

on this one. edward tweeted i'll take life experience and success over academia. >> dawn agrees, she writes common sense and logic are more important than just being book smart. >> and scott writes, this country needs to be run by somebody who has business sense not just the ability to be able to sit in a classroom and be lectured to. hard work is the key. >> the funny thing is coming from howard dean who is not famous for his intellect i guess you'll put it that way at all. rick! >> ahh! >> let's be honest. we have texas and north carolina. houston, texas what do you think about this cold weather? >> i love it. >> love it? >> i like to come here this time of year because of the cold weather. hoping for snow a little later on today. >> go home. go back. if you're here you're kind of tired of it. houston, you get your cold weather occasionally. take a look at this, you can go to boston if you want your snow. they are on their sixth snowiest season they've ever had.

we've got a long ways to go and by the end of this week we could be at the emednd of our second. the overall pattern continues to keep everything dry across the west. rainy season in the west and we're not getting any rain but we're getting lots of snow and cold across the northeast and nothing going out across parts of the west over the next couple of days and i think by monday and tuesday we'll see a bit of a storm down across the south. probably the farthest south storm we've seen in a while bringing icy conditions so we'll be very prepared for that. right now the biggest concern is the blizzard we'll watch overnight. 50 to 75-mile-an-hour winds, a foot of snow, that kind of wind overnight and tomorrow we've got rough conditions. very dangerous. you got to stay inside. in fact, guys we're telling people to stay off the roads and the boston transit will be closing down for tomorrow, so lots going on up there. >> thank you, rick. >> thank you much. do you have a romantic valentine's day dinner planned

for this evening? >> well, there's no better way to follow the dinner than with delicious homemade desserts. >> we have an expert here brittany from bluefish grill she's from tampa and she's struggling with the cold but she's brought amazing things. what are those? >> i'm excited to be here. those are doughnuts. we'll start with the chocolate creme brulee, we put our own spin on it by agd the elements of chocolate and grand marnier. and we've paired it with the fresh raspberry martini, it brings a nice refreshing element to it. we'll go ahead and make this raspberry martini which you can come to bonefish grill and try. we have some muddled raspberries that we've added lemon juice. >> how do you muddle it? >> you'll just put the fresh raspberries in the glass.

>> talk fast it gets confused. >> and smash them down until they're nice and pureed and we'll add vodka which is traditionally the best part of a martini. and we'll shake it up nice and cold. >> i tried to do this shaking. >> yes. >> it could end badly. >> shaken not stirred. >> shaken, not sired. >> okay. >> we'll strain it into our martini glass which we've added extra sweetness to by giving it a sugared rim. and you can cheers and enjoy this tonight with your valentine's and it's perfectly paired with this chocolate creme brulee. >> holy smokes. >> the smell has been filling our whole studio this morning. >> those are the fun ones and they are so fun and playful for a valentine's day date. these are your do it yourself doughnuts which is new at bonefish grill which features hand crafted cocktails and small and shareable plates. >> you can get these at the restaurant? >> it's an icebreaker. >> inject it inside your

doughnut. we have sea salt caramel and a chocolate sauce. >> they are intravenous doughnuts. >> for more indulgence dip it in which ed whipped cream. >> it's so fun. >> will they explode? >> they may but that's the best part and you just enjoy. we've paired the doughnuts with -- i have an espresso martini which is like a drinkable dessert and it's got some elements of vanilla vodka which we make our house made vanilla vodka. if you pass me that i'll shake it up nice and cold. >> running out of time. >> running out of time but this would be perfectly paired with the doughnuts. >> love it. >> enjoy with your valentine. >> we'll enjoy it on the commercial state. >> brittany, you are a total star. we'll see you at tampa. >> definitely. >> thank you for joining us. isis sending this threatening tweet to a military wife telling them she's not safe from them and not letting them win. she's here to tell you her story. you need to hear it.

a true love story on this valentine's day. look closely under the rainbow, a couple getting engaged. a photographer had no clue he captured the special moment. who are they? he joins us live to hopefully find out. let's check with neil caputo. >> good morning, the president asking congress for more military authority against isis, but would declaring a full-blown war be the best way to protect our lives and livelihood from isis? a government union boss saying he'll whip the next rule maker with his belt who says that we need to tighten our nation's belt. is this a sign we will never get control? and drones flying wild. what just happened in the sky that may keep you on the ground. we'll see you on "the cost of freedom." long-acting levemir® an injectable insulin that can give you blood sugar control for up to 24 hours. and levemir® helps lower your a1c. levemir® comes in flextouch®

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buchet was standing up against an alleged terrorist that was threatening her on social media. she got the following tweet amy, you think you're safe, but isis is already here here #cybercaliphate got into your pc and smartphone. imagine finding that. she was among a handful of military spouses who were tweeted from someone claiming to be with isis. joining us now to share her story is amy, managing editor of spousebuzz.com. nice to see you this morning. >> thank you for having me. >> so, amy what exactly happened? you saw this message come through on facebook or twitter? >> on tuesday morning of this week i received a friend request from somebody appearing to be affiliated with the isis group or cybercaliphate and then i was alerted by a friend that i had been named in a series of text messages targeting a handful of military spouses. >> why were you singled out?

>> well all of the people who were singled out in these tweets and who received these friend requests on tuesday had been quoted in a cnn article several weeks ago that was actually about whether or not we were going to be changing our social media lives to react to apparent isis threats. >> so, initially, how did you feel when you first saw the messages coming through? what did you feel? >> well, you know, i think who gets a direct contact from even someone claiming to be a part of a terrifying terrorist organization would feel fear and that's what i felt. i felt a little bit afraid. but i think that the difference is between being afraid and acting afraid. fear is a natural reaction, but i'm not going to act afraid. >> right. it's all how we react to these type of situations. you didn't back down. you're not planning to back down. what are you going to do? >> well i'm just going to keep living my life. this is what military spouses

have been dealing with for more than ten years that our nation has been at war on some level. we face terrorism every day. our spouses go overseas. they face terrorism head on. and we fails itce it with them in our own way back home. >> did you contact authorities? what did they say? do they know who is behind this? >> i'm not up on the investigation. i'm not an acting part of that. i know that authorities are involved and they are investigating it and that we're just interesting them to do their jobs. >> what does your husband think of this? >> my husband's immediate reaction was when i called him, right after i saw this, this stuff come through, was, well don't let any terrorists in the house today and so that kind of tells you, you know, he's not taking it overly seriously. of course, he's being cautious, as all military members are trained to be. but he's not living in fear either. >> these cowards hiding behind anonymity online, too.

amy, thanks for joining us and thanks for not backing down too. >> thank you for having me. coming up on the show, somewhere under the rainbow, a mystery couple got engaged, but who are they? can you help find them? the photographer that captured this magical moment is here live next an engagement underneath a rain be. ♪ love potion number nine ♪ i make a lot of purchases for my business. and i get a lot in return with ink plus from chase. like 60,000 bonus points when i spent $5,000 in the first 3 months after i opened my account. and i earn 5 times the rewards on internet, phone services and at office supply stores. with ink plus i can choose how to redeem my points. travel, gift cards even cash back. and my rewards points won't expire. so you can make owning a business even more rewarding. ink from chase. so you can. ♪

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he captured something else. >> once you zoom in you see this. this moment that the couple gets

engaged but who are they? >> joining us with that photographer, is dan mcgeorge. he launched an online campaign to find that couple. dan, thanks for joining us this morning. >> hi. my pleasure. >> how nice that you cared enough to try and find the couple in the picture. what spurred you to do that? >> you know, when i was working on the photo and i zoomed in to take a close look, i saw them and, you know, what a magical moment. this is something that someone i think would treasure, and there was no way i knew how to get ahold of them. and i wanted to get ahold of them and give them a print of this as a gift because, you know, it's something really special. >> well, dan, we found them. we found them this morning. >> yes! >> and we've got them on the phone with us this morning. robert treble and megan pert was the couple standing there getting engaged live while you were taking that photo. good morning guys.

>> good morning. >> good morning dan. >> hey rob, good morning. >> amazing little reunion here. did you guys have any idea? when did you first learn the social media campaign was out there and someone had caught this magical moment on camera? >> it was actually last night. my brother scott called us and he said you guys are not going to believe this. they live in st. louis, missouri, he said we just saw a link and there's a photographer who captured the exact moment of your proposal and your engagement in san diego and he's looking for you guys. at first i didn't know what to think about it and we started -- i talked to megan and we went online and sure enough we saw that dan had launched this campaign trying to find us and it's such an amazing -- >> dan what's it like for you? very often proposals they've gotten so extravagant and they'll have an actual photographer there to document it but this was something totally different. it was from so far away, you got to capture every moment

>> i knew it was a very special photograph. the rainbow over the hotel was magical. to zoom in and see the couple that i had just right after the rainbow taken some pictures of at their request they ran up to me with their camera and asked if i would take a picture because they had just gotten engaged and i did they went on their way and i went on to mine. to zoom into the photograph and see that couple standing there with their hands clasped together there they are. rob and meghan. that's fantasti my heart skipped a beat i have to tell you. >> what a great reaction. meghan, what are you going to do with this picture? >> we are so excited sam was able to capture that beautiful moment. we'll find a good spot for it in

our new home. >> robert, how in the world did you plan this to propose to her underneath a rainbow? >> i had it all designed. everything went to plan. i wanted to do it at sun set. coronado beach i thought would be a perfect place for the engagement, meghan loves beaches and loves the water. the place i had been was fun and she had never been before. while sitting there on the beach watching the sunset, we noticed the amazing rainbow starting to form at the corners. at that moment we stood up and i said this couldn't be any more perfect. i reached down and i got the ring and i started the proposal. at that moment, the rainbow had connected above us. it was just such a hard sight to describe. >> thank god you said yes. otherwise, we wouldn't have this segment today. >> we wish you rainbows and sunshine and lollipops forever and forever.

thank you, too, dan. >> thank you. >> amazing. >> more "fox and friends" coming up next.

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hid them in local parts. >> $273 million is how much americans will spend on their furry friends this valentine's day. >> what a great country it is and what great viewers you are. see you tomorrow. the gitmo veto threat. president obama promising to veto any legislation that would ban high-level or immediate threat risk to gitmo. his former spy team says go slow. >> to do tactical interrogation -- if we bring them into the united states and they get red their habeas corpus rights, that spops the process to get the information you can get through very pofgsal alprofessionally done interrogations. >> i heard that argument thousands of times. >> i've been involved in thousands of interrogation operations to get to that