under arrest and awaiting charges in washington. what does this all mean for our homeland security? jack see ibanez is here with more. >> it is supposed to be the most secure airspace in the world. how did a 61-year-old postal worker fly a copter right on to the lawn? >> this is not good, people. >> douglas hughes says he meant no harm when he landed his tiny helicopter in dc. aboard this machine right there, it is special delivery hundreds of letters addressed to every member of congress about campaign finance corruption. >> change the government to build a wall of separation between the government and big money so the government will represent the people. >> according to the tampa bay times hughes had this plan in place for several months. >> the secret service knew about this. they had interviewed him and a co-worker a year ago.

>> the feds never followed up so hughes went ahead with his plan flying through no-fly zones with absolutely no problem. police and bomb squads moved in within a minute of landing. officials say had he got any closer he would have been shot down. perhaps the most disturbing of all of this is the u.s. military says it was unaware an aircraft had thrownflown into the restricted airspace only found out once hughes was on the ground. yesterday's stunt raising serious concerns about capitol security. hughes freedom flight is the latest in the string of unacceptable security breeches there in washington. just last week a toddler got through a white house in march secret service agents slammed their car in front of a white house. back in january a small drone crashed in front of a white house lawn. in october a man: aged to get all of the way inside the president's home all of it undetected.

this morning the gyro copter pilot is in custody. he has not yet been charged. >> jackie ibanez live in the newsroom. >> the hernandez murder trial getting a chilling message directly from the convicted killer. all 12 members speaking out as the former nfl star faces even more murder charges. >> good morning ainsley. good morning to all of you at home. former football superstar to convicted killer. he was a man who seemingly had it all fame fortune and adoration of patriots fans every where. his downward spiral hitting rock bottom as a jury finds him guilty in the 2013 murder of one time friend oden lloyd. >> what say you madam fore person is the defendant not guilty, guilty of murder in the first degree or guilty of murder in the second degree. >> guilty of murder in the first degree. >> sentenced to life in prison

without parole the former patriots tightened showed almost no emotion as the verdict was read except for a moment he appears to send a message directly to the jury mouthing the words, you are wrong. even after that chilling message the 7 women and five women on the panel were not afraid to discuss the trial following the verdict keeping an open mind through out the process. >> you try not to form an opinion until you have seen the evidence. >> we follow the court's orders. we assume the man sitting in that seat is innocent until the prosecution proves he is guilty. >> one of the only people to support hernandez through out the trial was his fiancee jenkins seen leaving the courtroom in tears. >> he is facing another murder trial for the 2012 drive-by shooting of the two men in a boston nightclub. he is accused of gunning them down over a spilled drink. those murders may be connected

to owe den lloyd. lloyd may have known too much about that drive-by shooting. since hernandez was convicted of first degree murder an appeal is already sent to the massachusetts supreme court. >> anna kooiman live for us. thanks, anna. >> spring bringing west. ski resort seeing two feet. a welcome change after a massive dust of wind storms strong 80 mile per hour gusts around new york city and parts of las vegas. wind so strong this trampoline was swept away. >> maria molina has more. >> the big storm system causing all of the troubles out west is moving eastward and now we are looking at the risk of severe weather across the plains. there's an area of enhanced risk. this is what the storm prediction center has highlighted as an area that

could be seeing bonus storms later today that could produce large hail damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. think where from parts of candace down through out texas you have the possibility for severe weather. in the southeast a concern has been rounds of showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rains. that does continue. we are predicting 6 inches of rainfall. flash floods will be a concern. the snow you mentioned is moving eastward as well. take a look at the forecast out here across parts of colorado, even across parts of wyoming. potentially more than a foot of snow locally two feet will be possible in the higher elevations. high temperatures warm in the plains, 70's and 80's forecast there. across the east coast cooler new england looking at highs in the mid 60's. heather and ainsley. >> beautiful day in new york city yesterday. thank you so much maria. >> deliberations underway in the

murder trial. he is accused of killing the 6-year-old boy back in 1979. the jury getting the case after 10 weeks of testimony from more than 50 witnesses. he disappeared while walking from his parents' new york home to a bus stop two blocks away. hernandez was arrested when a family member tipped off police back in 2012. he confessed but the defense insisted it was under duress. the buys pod de never found. >> he was found shivering and scared and hungry. now the boy rescued from the basement of his own detroit house could testify against the people who put him there. a hearing will determine whether his father and step mother will go to trial. they are accused of beating him with a pipe, torturing him with rigorous workouts and locking him down in the basement. he was found 11 days after reported missing and the parents called the cops and said they couldn't find him. >> back to the campaign trail is

the tail of two candidates as the 20 -- 2016 race picks up steam. rubio's campaign off to a hot start. some question whether one of hillary clinton's events in iowa was staged. live from washington with more on this. good morning leland. what is up? >> good morning. you might remember during the 92 campaign bill clinton famously said it's the economy stupid in the 2016 clinton campaign is taking a page out of that page book. when bill clinton said it he wasn't fresh off paid speeches at 200,000 a pop like his wife is. >> i want to build the economy of tomorrow not yesterday. i wrant to make middle class mean something again. although our country has come back from tough economic times thanks to a lot of hard work and sacrifice by americans and their families, we need to do more

than just get by. >> hillary's well scripted rollout is still tightly choreographed with almost zero access for reporters to ask questions. those asked are answered and news the campaign staffers drove in at least one attendee for intimate gatherings raise questions about her attempt of retail politics. republicans are competing for every minute of air time they can get. >> we want our economy to be dynamic and vibrant. we want it to be the single best place in the world to create jobs. we want a tax code that says the more you innovate and invest in to the american economy the lower your tax burden will be. that was the purpose of our pro growth approach to this matter. >> marco rubio was rolling out part of his new tax plan. he's riding high after his monday announcement that he is indeed running. reports indicate he raised

$1.25 million the first day of campaigning. certainly quite a hall but it could pale in comparison to what hillary raises after the reports come out early this summer. >> where do the candidates go from here? what's next? >> for the republicans they are headed to new hampshire. friday big cattle call up there where you get to see declared candidates also a lot of the undeclared candidates as well as they try to jockey for position in iowa and south carolina and also new hampshire. >> leland vittert, live for us. thank you. >> now it is time forto take a look at who is talking. former new york city mayor rudy giuliani is sounding off on the problem with hillary clinton's perceived untrust worthiness. >> part of a problem, and that goes to the biggest liability which is trust worthiness. if she is going to present herself she has to present herself as an authentic person

to over come the untrust worthiness that has built up over the years with regard to all of the different things. i don't have to mention them all. >> she has a vicious temper. >> what she needs is spontaneity. she goes into chipotle lay, theoretically nobody recognizes her. >> she has on the glasses. how can any one recognize her? >> the legal decisions in our country's history doesn't mean he can't serve jury duty. john roberts showing up like any ordinary citizen to do his civic duty at a courthouse. roberts answered a few questions from the judge and injure or 49 was dismissed. >> the time is 10 minutes after the top of the hour. straight ahead out of a hollywood movie cops say this was all too real. meet the heart doctor who was supposed to be saving lives.

instead he was catchinghatching an evil plan to take out the competition. >> parachute malfunction sending a sky diver plunging down to the earth. his terrifying fall and it was all caught on camera. >> what really happened with dennis quaid? >> whatted (bleep). i am acting here and this (bleep) wanders on to my set. >> the real story behind the freakout.

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>> welcome back to "fox and friend first straight out of a cop movie. it is all too real. a murder for hire plot hatched by a cardiologist to take out a rival which he used to work with. >> we charged a doctor, a cardiologist a man who took an oath to save lives with a

complex scheme aimed at ending the life of another doctor. >> anthony macheto of long island new york is charged with hiring two men to burn the other doctor's office and he hired an under cover cop to kill him. the reason to get him out of business. he used guns drugs and blank prescriptions to pay for all of it. he fayses up to 25 years in prison if convicted. >> parents under fire for letting their children walk to the park alone for a second time. this morning some brand new 911 calls reveal the moment a stranger called to report it. >> two kids that are unaccompanied, they have been walking around for about 20 minutes by themselves. >> after that call sunday the 6

and 10-year-old were taken into custody of child protective services in maryland for five hours. the parents have been under fire for their free range parenting style in march they were charged with unsubstantiated child neglect. this latest run in with police has forced them to file a lawsuit against montgomery county. >> a sheriff in oregon taking a controversial stand against gun regulations by ignoring state law. josephine county sheriff daniels refuses to enforce the up coming law requiring background checks for all private gun sales. he says he doesn't have the resources to police that. supporters say the law helps keep guns away from criminals. critics say it is useless because criminals will ignore the law anyway. >> to a fox business alert. before you leave the house for work prices at the pump going up. >> lauren simonetti is here to tell us what we can expect.

>> ainsley, heather good morning. just as the weather warms up you pay more for gasoline. naturally the price is up $0.02 overnight. probably paying 2.41 today. the reason oil prices have risen five days in a row. yesterday if you look at a barrel of oil it was the highest point this year about $56 a barrel. the reason for that is the government said oil supply didn't grow that much. >> beautiful day yesterday. >> all of the house of cards bloodline it is paying off for netflix. >> between january and march netflix signed up another 4.9 million people the strongest quarter yet. worldwide it boasts 62 million subscribers. investors are cheering. by the way bloodline really good show. >> the web site that encourages

adultery ashley madison wants to hook up with investors. is it doing well and looking to go public? >> it is doing well. it wants to do so in london this year. ashley madison.com, the dating web site for cheating spouses is looking to become a public company hoping to find success in europe. the thinking is europeans are more liberal when it comes to add dull tree. you wouldn't belief how big this company is. it is the biggest dating toreforum after match.com 36 million numbers. af individual life media wants to expand further hence the ipo. wall street will lel come two new stocks today fc and party city. you know both of those names. you can see stock futures are completely flat ladies. >> thank you, lauren. >> to find the fox business network lauren and others log on to

foxbusiness.com/channelfinder. >> it is time to brew on this. do you like to share pictures of your children on facebook? you are not alone. not all of your friends might like it. >> mom jade ruth haven learned that the hard way. she loves to share photos and updates about her beautiful daughter abby on facebook. but a group of her friends decided they were tired of all of the over sharing they called it. >> jade found this anonymous letter shoved in her mailbox telling her to knock it off. some highlights include quote, she crawled off the map we don't care. she is six months old. big deal. not everyone is as interested inas you are in what abby does. give us all a break. >> is this lretter just fine or over the line. send us an email at foxfriendsfirst@foxnews.com. >> it when your friends share pictures?

>> it's fine. >> i like it too. >> the irs blowing millions on stair climbers, stuffed animals, bathtub boys and even kau zoos. the only way to make it better, more of your money. >> she has been walking the runway for 20-years. but now yes gizelle has taken her final bow. see her last catwalk up next.

>> it's time for the look at the lighter side of celebrity news with pop culture. we start with the story behind the dennis quaid melt down

video. here with details is michael tammero. what's popping in pop culture? >> the dennis quaid melt down video everybody suspected was fake turned out to be just that. >> what the (bleep). i am acting here and this (bleep) wanders on to my set. i can't even get a line out until (bleep) starts whispering in your ear and you are not even watching me any more. >> comedy web sites revealing the pranks of the video showing the behind the scenes frustrations of making a viral video. people are actually upset this is not real. >> i am relieved. he is a really nice guy. >> otherwise he's a horrible person. >> his first prank. did the whole thing on ellen. he had history of doing this. >> he's a good actor. >> gizelle hanging it up

retiring. >> the world's most famous super models officially retired from the runway. gizelle bun chon made his final strut down the catwalk. her husband tom brady was there to see her walk down the runway. she started modeling when she was 14 years old. she will continue to do print and modeling work. >> how about that couple? are they not gorgeous? >> $2.86 million. mcdowell is bringing in more money than tom brady. >> she is beautiful. she earned everly penny of that. >> american idol there was a tense moment. >> things got icy on american idol quentin alexander got into a fight with one of the judges. >> tell me what's on your mind? >> this sucks. >> okay. >> what sucks. tell me what sucks. >> we have two of the best

vocalists my best friend is sitting over there. this whole thing is whacked. i think it's highly disrespectful. >> this? >> you say this whole thing is whacked, i thought that's what you meant. >> what's what can? it's a competition. >> i understand that. >> my personal feelings it sucks to see two people who i have grown to love go home. >> at the end of the evening clinton's close friend joey cook was eliminated. it's the first rule in competition shows don't get into a fight with a judge. >> not a smart idea. you might not last too long. >> we are covering the american idol finale in a few weeks. pure culture pops on this fine thursday. >> and that was wonderful. thank you, michael. >> you know what is not what can? staying tuned to "fox & friends first". coming up a pilot landing on the capitol lawn undetected.

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>> it is thursday april 16th. this is a fox news alert. a major security breech a pilot landing on the capitol lawn undetected. a oo this is>> this is not good people. >> how did the pilot get so close and how do things like this keep happening? we are live on the capitol lawn. >> hillary clinton taking her message to everyday americans. are the every day people slanted? we are we have new questions about the coffee shop visit. >> their engagement is off. why does sophie's ex want her

babies? is the fight over their frozen embryos. "fox & friends first" continues right now. >> good morning to you and your family. welcome to "fox & friends first" if you are just joining us. i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers. half past the hour. let's get right to the fox news alert. a pilot sores through a no-fly zone with he's. >> and the military says they had no idea what was going on. doug luzader is live from capitol hill with why the feds should have been more prepared. doug? oo this guy did this in the most public manner possible. he started oven terring washington down there toward the washington monument did a big turn around that monument and came down the national mall here until he got to the end of the mall which is the u.s. capitol and he set down right on the west lawn there. take a look at the video.

this was certainly a big surprise to tourists and there were many of them out here at the time who didn't know what to make of all of this. >> i said oh my goodness. they are using drones with men and they are delivering the mail. that's how google is going to deliver the mail. then i saw a police car with a siren and he said that's not the u.s. mail. >> the pilot identified as 61-year-old doug hughes from florida was surrounded by u.s. capitol police. all of this looked like it caught capitol security off guard maybe it shouldn't have. hughes was open about his plans he talked to tampa bay times as a postal worker he intended to deliver letters to members of congress for campaign finance reform. a reporter was outside watching all of this happen. he said hughes wasn't exactly under the radar so to speak. >> he wanted everybody to know. he wanted the media to know. he wanted the authorities to

know. he was i live broadcasting this live streaming it so he could see where he was. >> hughes may face all kinds of charges as a result of doing this. first and foremost federal airspace violations. capitol police, capitol security they are all going to face a number of questions as to how this wasable to happen and seemingly it happened at a time when they were unprepared. back to you guys. >> doug, among those questions how is it possible for the aircraft to go unnoticed by u.s. military once it violated dc airspace airspace? >> you have a light weight aircraft flying treetop level. it is not the sort of thing they are necessarily on the lookout for. it wouldn't give much of a radar signature if any. it is always just a guy in a tiny air frame flying at a couple00 feet. >> doug luzader live for us. thank you, doug. seconds after being found

guilty of cold blooded murder aaron hernandez sends a message directly to the jurors. and even as the gavel drops on this case his legal troubles are far from over as he is facing another murder trial. anna kooiman is here with the latest developments in the blockbuster trial. >> it is a riches to rags story. aaron hernandez only has himself to blame. found guilty of the 2013 murder of his one time friend owe den lloyd. >> what say you madam fore person is the defendant not guilty, guilty of in you are der in the first degree or guilty of in you are der in the second degree? >> guilty of murder in the first degree. >> and sentenced to life in prison without parole. the former patriots tightened showed almost no emotion as the verdict was read except for a moment he appears to send a message directly to the jury mouthing these words, you are wrong. seven women five men on the

panel reveal the shock when it was revealed. they are happy the chiletrial is over. >> we were all shocked. >> surprising. >> we will all remember it for the rest of our lives. it will definitely be a part of us. >> i never want to do it again. >> the victim's mother also relieved the trial is over and justice was served. >> i would like to thank the prosecutors and everyone that had a hand in helping the prosecutors to come this far. >> hernandez is now facing another murder trial for the 2012 drive-by shooting of two men at a boston nightclub. he's accused of gunning them down over a spilled drink. those murders may be connected to the death of owe den lloyd. lloyd may have known too much about the drive-by shooting. since hernandez was convicted of

first degree murder an appeal is automatically sent to the massachusetts supreme court. >> thank you anna. now to extreme weather. maria molina is tracking snow, wind all of that across the country for us. >> maria is here with the latest. >> hi. it feels like spring across most of the countries but out west we have been dealing with snow and quite heavy at times across utah we have seen reports of 1-2 feet of snowfall. that is forecast now for parts of colorado. i want to share with you the severe weather risk today. ahead of this system we have a lot of moisture warm temperatures and conditions that are favorable for severe storms especially across parts of the texas and oklahoma panhandle southwestern parts of texas. there's a small chance some of the storms could produce isolated tornadoes. please be careful out there. further east we have been dealing with heavy rain across the gulf coast. that risk does condition today.

today -- continue today. we are looking at 6-10 inches across alabama and eastern texas flash flooding will be a concern. as far as the rockies we are expecting more snow. we have winter storm warnings in effect. the forecast is for as much as two feet of additional snowfall from parts of colorado into wyoming skiers are very happy out there. you can see temperatures across the country very warm in the plains 80's and 70's. cooler as you head eastward into the great lakes and the northeast with highs there widespread into the 50's and 60's. heather and ainsley, let's head over to you. >> thank you, maria. 2016 race picks up steam. marco rubio's fundraising campaign is off to a hot start as some are questioning if one of hillary clinton's events in iowa is staged. leland vittert is live with the latest. >> during the 92 campaign bill clinton's team famously said it is the economy, stupid.

the 2016 clinton campaign is taking a page right out of that play book. although when bill clinton said it he wasn't fresh of speeches at 200,000 dollars a pop like his wife is. >> i want to build the economy of tomorrow, not yesterday. and i want to make middle class mean something again. although our country has come back from tough economic times thanks to a lot of hard work and sacrifice by americans and their families, we need to do more than just get by. >> hillary's well scripted rollout is tightly choreographed with almost zero access for reporters to ask questions. those asked aren't answered. there is news that campaign staffers drove in some attendees for what were billed as inthe mat gatherings and there are

attempts at retail politics. they are competing for every minute of air time. >> we want our economy to be dynamic and vibrant. we want it to be the single best place to create jobs. the more you innovate and invest into the american economy the lower your tax burden will be. that was the purpose of our pro growth approach to this matter. >> marco rubio yesterday after rolling out his tax plan, he's riding high after his monday announcement that he is officially running reports. reports indicate he's raised $1.25 million in the first day of campaigning. it is quite a hall but it could pail pale in comparison with what hillary raises. many saying hillary clinton has been avoiding the press. any word on when she is going to field tough questions and face the music? >> whenever she feels like it.

it is up to her in terms of when she wants to. her campaign said she is looking forward to it. she is looking forward to talking to the media. any time the media shouts questions at her or asks to have an interview with her they will turned down. we will all have to wait with baded breath together. >> maybe we will have to wait until she debates with one of the other candidates. >> the time is 20 minutes to the top of the hour. the president called for credibility at the va bombshell report, another coverup. the pictures are incredible. a passerby pulls a man from his wrecked car and then vanishes. now police need help finding him. >> and the irs blowing millions on scare climber shut down. bathtub toys and even kazoos. wait until you hearr this. flush

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ok. >> a fox business alert now despite new claims the irs blew millions of dollars on furniture, exercise equipment and toys the agency wants even more of your money. >> image that. ashley webster from our sister network fox business with the jaw dropping request. >> the agency that spent 8,000 dollars on a stair climber forked out 4 million bucks for office furniture not to mention the bathtub toy boats and kazoos

is now asking for more money. irs commissioner told a senate committee yesterday that his agency doesn't have enough resources to properly serve taxpayers. the irs had seen the budget cut by $1.2 billion. as a result koskinen says 40 percent of tax payer calls are in person and lines and help centers are getting very long. republican senator orrin hatch had little sympathy offering the agency budget saving tips including no paid vacations for irs employees who owe back taxes or employees who have serious conduct issues. he also suggest stop spending millions of dollars on organized labor activities. democrats claim the irs budget cuts were revenge for the agency's targeting of conservative groups and they say it back fired ultimately hurting taxpayers. senator hatch said they spent money on thomas the tank engine rubber wrist bands should

prioritize spending. >> you would think. thank you so much, ashley. from one candidate to another the scandal around the va. the department sends regional offices a memo instructing them how to cook the books making old claims from veterans look newer. the philadelphia office used that memo to justify rescinding dates of claims hiding how old they really are. that increased delays by an average of 10 months. >> the new jersey teacher suspended to having her third graders send get rel letters to a cop killer defends it. she said it was all her kid's idea. >> i mentioned to my students he was very ill they told me they wanted to write get well letters. her students wroteq[÷'ñ letters to

a man whofdz serving a life sentence for killing daniel falkner in 1981. that officer's widow says the teacher doesn't understand the impact of what she did. >> i was just about her age when i walked in to jefferson hospital in the middle of the night and saw my husband's face blown off. i mean, she needs to realize that what she is doing is so wrong. >> the board will decide if she will be fired at their next meeting. >> the time now about 15 minutes to the top of the hour. nightmare in the air, a parachute. look at that. it malfunctions sending a sky diver plunging to earth. his terrifying fall, all of that was caught on camera. >> take a good look. that is no guard dog. a robber comes in and that pooch heads out. >> but first steve doocy with what is coming up on "fox & friends" this morning. >> that's not a dog.

that's a chicken. >> good morning to you, ladies. >> coming up on "fox & friends", hillary clinton makes a major stumble in the campaign trail. the story not true. what does harry reid think of the candidates running for president on the republican side? let's say he is not pulling any punches. you are not going to like it. senator marco rubio is running for president. had a big announcement yesterday about a boat load of dough he hauled in. busy 3 hours right now right here on your channel for news.

a nightmare in the air for one sky diver caught on camera. his parachute malfunctions

moments after jumping out of the plane in south africa. his helmet had flies off as he opens the emergency shoot. the helmet tumbling 5,000 feet to the ground. a group of kids picked it up. after all this he was not injured. here's something else you don't see every day. a military helicopter making an emergency landing there on a california beach. the crew of a training flight north of san diego when a low oil pressure light came on. they landed the 100 foot long chopper on the beach. they found a huge oil look. has mat crews cleaned up the mess. a deadly flu targeting dogs in the midwest. the virus killing six dogs and making over 1,000 more sick in illinois, wisconsin, ohio and indiana. dogs with a cough and runny nose should avoid the dog park day care and pet boarding.

two new health warnings, a broken can kill you. a new study shows divorced people are more likely to have a heart attack than married couples. researchers believe it has something to do with emotional stress. do you snore? doctors say snoring cuts off air supply and limits oxygen to the brain. a hollywood legal battle over frozen embryos sofia vergarra is being sued by her ex feonase over two female embryos. lowe wants to keep the embryos safe. let's keep talking about vergar vergarver vergara vergara, does her exhave a case? >> gas prices about to take a big jump today.

what to expect when you head out. stop posting your kids' pictures or else. the letter one mom just received from her friends about her facebook post. your e-mails on this next. ♪

it is now 57 after the top of the hour. before you leave the house the florida postal worker who flew a gyrocopter into the capitol lawn is behind bars awaiting charges.

he was arrests by police moments after touching down on d.c. the house voting on repealing the estate tax. and expect to pay more at the pump today. the price of gasoline nationally is up nearly $0.02 overnight. the reason for the higher price, oil prices have risen five days in a row. time now for the good bad and ugly. the good do you know this mystery hero? take a look. idaho please are trying to find this man who saved this man's life. the mystery hero left before giving police his name. the bad thanks to the fast food protesters dollar menu may be a thing of the past.

a $15 minimum wage means you pay higher prices. the ugly, this dog is all bark. out he goes. do not count on this guy to protect your home. he runs out the doggy door when the burglar breaks in. that crook still on the loose. it is time for the brew on this responses. earlier we told you about the mom who got an anonymous letter from her friend telling her to knock it off. is this letter fine or overthe line? thomas says they are not your friends. unfriend and block them. if you don't want to see the post check high post. why make a new mom feel hurt. >> i get sick of facebook updates from people about

everything their kids do, too, but i wouldn't send them a nasty note. >> i think i agree with all of them. we hope you have a great day. join us here today. >> 5:00 a.m. "fox and friends" starts now. good morning. today is thursday, april 16th. i'm elizabeth hasselbeck. al a postal worker waking up behind bars for breaching security at the capitol on a flying bicycle. this is true. his unexpected delivery wasn't unexpected at all h. why was he allowed to land in the first place? that is crazy. meanwhile, he sabotaged republicans in the last place for president lying about mitt romney's tax bill. harry reid sinks to a newer low. >> who is the republican nominee likely to be? >> i don't really care. i think they're all losers. >> tell me how you really feel.