by the way our slogan this hour comes to from us lisa in new jersey. out of bed, dog is fed. "fox & friends" to feed my head. nice. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- gretchen: i think this was early michael jackson back when he was a cute little boy and rising star. eric: don't even say that, gretchen carlson. gretchen: perfect fit sitting in for steve doocy. brian: we are going to be talking a lot about michael jackson. i did not know this but germane was a lead singer. brian: michael jackson's voice never changed. gretchen: a lot of other things about him did. let's begin with the fox news

alert. historic goodbye gets underway for michael jackson today. his family expected to hold a private funeral and later on a massive tribute ceremony. turning into a huge concert with more what we can expect let's go live to the staples center in l.a. with adam housley. >> good morning, gretchen. looking around in los angeles it is quite a scene downtown. 1.6 million people applied for tickets. only 8750 will get in to see the services this morning here in los angeles with overflow crowd being in the staple center is where it is happening. the overflow crowd across the street in the nokia theater. as we came in this morning very early in the west coast, traffic was nonexistent but the reason why downtown was virtually shut down in a four or five block area. you cannot get into this area without a special wrist band or a ticket as the day moves forward, of course, the services coming up here in about seven hours. we are told that taking part in this morning's event stevie

wonder, mariah carey, usher, jennifer hudson, kobe bryant, martin luther king iii among others it all comes a day after the legal maneuvering took place not far from where we are located at the staples center down from the courthouse. where catherine jackson and the family had hoped to get more control over the estate. ruled that the two men named in michael jackson's 2002 will will control all the funds and decision-making for the most part. catherine jackson only has to be notified. she has no say in what they are going to do. could include the taping of the last main concert he did, which was just basically a run up preparation for the big event that was supposed to take place in london. the possibility that may become a special pay purview event. we are hearing rumors about that back here this morning, it is quite an event downtown. i covered president reagan's funeral, was at president ford's and volunteered for president

nixon when i was in college. i was here in los angeles because they asked for college people to volunteer. this is right up there with them when you talk about the satellite trucks and media from around the divlob and massive event that will take place this morning here in los angeles. guys? brian: i understand those who won the tickets are selling the tickets on craigslist but i thought you needed a wristband. i know from my days partying and eric never stopped. you can't take that wristband off and you are not allowed back. in how you can sell your ticket if it's all about the wristband. >> well, you know, you get a wristband and ticket as well. let's say i applied and i won, i got a wristband and ticket so i can maybe bring you. hey, someone want to go with me to tomorrow morning's event? basically you are selling a spot to go with you into the event. brian: as much as 2 a thousand dollars. >> absolutely. eric: there has been a lot made how much this is going to cost

the city of l.a. what about is the estate going to go ahead and come up with a few million dollars to at least defray some the cost of this? >> not that we're being told. los angeles is struggling moneywise and the state is in a worse condition. we have a budget mess putting california in a very difficult position. right now the state is not giving any money to this for security issues involved. it's all coming out of the los angeles city and county fund which, again, struggling here in california moneywise. i want to mention they have a no fly zone above the staples center for this morning's event as well. quite an event going to happen in just a few hours. brian: all right, adam. the other thing is what about the housley estate. what about adam housley kicking money for this whole thing? >> you guys have the acres in new york. last night i went to my girlfriend's birthday and i had to cover this thing up. brian: she gave you a wristband? how many boyfriend does she

have? >> i had to pay for this just to get in dinner. do you imagine going out to dinner? i had to cover it up. i felt cheesy wearing bright blue wristband at dinner. gretchen: oh come on, walking around showing it like this. adam saying he has covered ronald reagan's funeral and president ford. ok, this may be in the same league as far as people being interested but let's not put michael jackson in the same league as the president. that's my own personal point of view. brian: i back you 100%. greta: great entertainer not necessarily a great man. brian: liz taylor is not going to be speaking. gretchen: that was amazing to me she twittered her thoughts what was going to happen at the memorial. brian got exclusive information that she was going to be delivering the eulogy. this is what she says on twitter. what did she say? eric: i read. this.

eric: by the way that's more than 140 characterization. gretchen: special celeb dispensation. brian: part of one of the drug cohorts prescription drug abuse went back with her. he wrote a big book on and this most of his stuff tends to be right. what about lou ferrigno. he was training michael jackson. they have known each other since the mid 19 0s. he was training michael jackson for the huge tour. now is he coming out and saying what killed mike michael jackson was the stress of the debt. the reason he was doing concerts was to pay off the 500-million-dollar debt.

lou if a ferrigno is missing one part of the puzzle. what about the drug use that is coo have been what killed the guy in the debt. brian: why not do the drugs because of the debt. eric: he had debt. boy, if i had his detectives sets. lou ferrigno is facing that asset part. jack co-double. let's see davis, liberaci. brian: they're all dead and all buried at the same place that michael jackson. gretchen: what the name of the cemetery in hollywood hills where these famous people are buried? for rest lawn cemetery. apparently this could be the final resting place of michael jackson today at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. he will be buried before with the huge celebration concert takes place at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. the question, guys, will be

whether or not it will be in a guarded area there are some people buried here who you cannot get access to their actual grave site. the one that comes to mind to me is marilyn monroe buried here? ok, a different cemetery? didn't you see joe dimaggio bring roses every year on her birthday. i remember seeing that video all the time. whether or not you will be able to get access to the grave of michael jackson is up in the air. brian: going to be buried without a brain. figure out the autopsy. they need the brain for another couple of weeks. body without the brain. maybe they can buried brain later. evidently they need to get harder. brain is very soft. michael's is very soft. when you stop using it it gets harder and makes it easy to look at as a coroner. just telling you. brian. gretchen: thank you medical examiner kilmeade. brian: just telling you if you are looking for his brain, it's still out. meanwhile, breaking news out of russia this morning where president obama is turning into

a cold war enemy to help keep rogue nations in check. eric: let's go-to-live to moscow and dana lewis. dana, what's going on there? what's the latest? >> well, president obama had a key speech today at the new economic school. again he has been harping on this message for the last two days that guys the cold war is over. we don't need to be enemies. russia needs to be unified with resisting the nuclear programs of north korea and iran. he warned russia today to respect the neighbor's border in light of the war last year with georgia. here is what he said this morning. >> sure and effective legal condition is condition for sustained economic development. people everywhere should have the right to do business or get an education without paying a bribe. eric: that obviously was a reference to some of the deep corruption in russia and how it effects even the dealings inside

the government here. after spending the date with russian president medvedev yesterday, he also held a meeting, two hour breakfast meeting with the man most people consider to be the real power here. prime minister putin. some feared it would be frosty after saying putin has a past in the cold war but their initial meeting seemed pleasant enough in front of the cameras on his first day here, president obama and russian president medvedev agreed to cut russian american nuclear arsenals by a third if they follow on agreement with the treaty which expires in november can be successfully negotiated. president obama has had all these official meetings but he is spending a lot of time today meeting with opposition leaders, meeting with soviet leader my kyle gorbachev. civil society promote the idea that russia needs to be more free, more open to promote a real democracy. back to you. gretchen: coming up on the show major garrett is travelling with the president. he will have -- did you see

where president obama called him president instead of prime minister. maybe pullen is still pulling the strings and pulling the strings in russia. brian: meanwhile, gretchen, tell us what else is happening in the world as if there are more. gretchen: there is developing stories happening this morning. muslim uighurs clash with police. 150 people have been killed since the violence started sunday. the riots started after two regioners were killed in a fight chinese factory. world's worst ethnic violence in decades. slap on the wrist for south carolina governor mark sanford. the state's top republican leaders late last night vote to the censor him for his extra marital affair. it's time for healing now

sanford's office released this statement in response. governor sanford has vowed to serve out his 18 months office. the police shot that suspected serial killer yesterday leaving him dead. 41-year-old patrick burris had a long wrap sheet before allegedly going on a shooting spree and killing five people. he was paroled just two months ago after spending eight years behind bars on charges ranging from larceny and breaking. >> at some point, the criminal justice system is going to need to explain why this individual is out on the street. we owe that to the victims in this case. we owe that to the citizens who lived in terror for days. gretchen: police in north carolina were called to check out a burglary complaint. that's when they found burris and a shotout broke out. i'm not sure if that was north or south carolina. bulls in burris's gun matched

those that killed the five victims. i guess we are going to do a little weather now is domenica here. >> yeah, gretchen. yeah we are outside this morning. it's a bit muggy in the northeast. change is on the way. we did have a couple of nice days. overall the northeast has been socked in with the clouds and some drizzle. that's going to be no exception today. and there is a look at the satellite and radar across the country. quiet conditions out to the west. but to the east and down to the south. it's really the same old stove story we have been looking at for the last several weeks, clouds and scattered showers. chance for severe storms today along the northeast and out through the corn belt. you could see some isolated thunderstorms and maybe even tornadoes pop up by late this afternoon. highs today otherwise will be fairly nice out to the west. in california looking at 9 degrees with partly cloudy skies. gretchen? gretchen: thanks very much for the update. what's coming up on the show? brian: why do you ask? standing room only.

talking about coon setter or bowl game. turns out we could have standing room only in the sky in the irish leave it to them. have a great idea. eric: doctors cater to rich people. this may be the way for the middle class. what it will cost you and just how safe is it?

gretchen: 17 minutes after the top of the hour. concierge doctors where they are on call for the rich and famous 24 hours a day delivering elite personal care. this kind of service could be the wave of the future for the middle class. but, will you be able to afford it? eric: joining from us pennsylvania center for bioethics dr. bart caplin. i understand the concept that you pay extra, you get better service or get more fropy service. here in the question, in my mind is, this an opportunity for

healthy people who may be hooked on prescription drugs to buy their own doctor and get the drugs that they may not be prescribed with the regular doctor? >> well, you know, there is really two kind of concierges doctors. one is part of a group practice. they say give us $20,000 a year. we will answer the phone when you call us. we will send you an email. we will spend time with you. what you are talking about is what you are calling the ultra luxury. one on one. hire my own doctor. trouble with that model is almost exactly what you said that doctor wants to please you. that doctor is making a living just by taking care of you. if you are demanding, a lot of these celebrities are you are going to try to please that patient. there is a very big danger that instead of doing things, if you will, to protect the patient's health, have you got to do things to sort of feed the patient's desires. gretchen: one of the interesting things are to me is that a lot of people watching this michael jackson story and the fact he had this personal physician with him. he was just a rich celebrity

that kind of doctor care will never be an option for me. what you are say something that health care reform goes through, this could be an option for people from middle class and up to afford. how and why would that happen and would it be a good idea? >> the middle class, upper middle class, they are never going to get to the one on one situation. that's sort of the super luxury model. if you saw people sawing, you know, there is too much pressure on doctors, we don't have enough people who can answer the phone because we have all this increased demand because more people have insurance, then some people are going to say if you pay me a fee, 10, 15, $20,000 a year, i will give you access, i will give you more exclusive ability to see me and i think we may see some of that happening. it's already underway. people are now saying i don't get very good care out of the system. i will pay a fee. try to make sure that the doctor answers my calls. downside is every doctor who does that. every concierge system who does

that it's tougher for the medicare patient and everybody tolls find a good primary care doctor. it's a balloon, the more people narrowing in to get special access the fewer can do it. gretchen: same theory as doctors not taking insurance now because they don't want to go through all the paperwork and then it separates the classes once again. we have got to leave it there art kaplan. eric: the terrorist is the leader of the taliban in afghanistan. fighting against our troops, the judge napolitano explains how gitmo is becoming one giant legal failure. gretchen: 9-year-old saves his mom when lightning strikes her inside the house. a close call but this little boy kept his cool. >> i kept on the phone with the police and it turned out well. gretchen: harper what else he had to say coming up.

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brian: it's 24 minutes past the hour. there is a battle in the music downloading war. this time over ring tones. music industry group wants wireless carriers to pay a public performance fee every time a ring tone rings. the ring tone industry brings in $5 million a year. that's what his stats say. chicago cubs off the block. tribune company reached an agreement to sell to tv ameriry trade founder rickets. they have been on the market since 2007. i wanted to see mark couldcubant it. eric: don't sell wriggly field.

brian: gretchen see how he grunt interrupted me. long distance travel could lead to blood clots. grows in connection with the length of the trip. recommend travellers to move around a little bit. stretch their leg as little. drink plenty of water and stay hydrated. pretend you have got to go to the bathroom stop short and lean over. eric: you are aed. gretchen: have you ever heard of company called iron air? it's an irish outfit. they wanted to charge people to go to the bathroom. have a coin slot on the outlines of that little rinky dink door you try get into and pull that thing over and then you would have to pay according to to them a pound british money to be able to release yourself. now they are. brian: what does that mean? get cuffs off. brian: relieve yourself, ok?

gretchen: whatever. this is so crazy i can't even speak. they want to get permission from the aviation industry across the world to be able to have people that only stand up in the airplane. they could just sit on bar stools and have a little belt that goes around them. brian: just because it's irish doesn't mean it has to be bar stools. gretchen: that's what it says. it said a bar stool. brian: ryan air -- eric, have you got to respect my people for. this ♪ eric: ryan air travels very short distances. brian: stop it again. everyone has got to go. no one has got 1.50. gretchen: i'm not worried about the people's leg capacity. bumpy ride and now they are flying all over the place. eric: begs the thought do you stand and release yourself while standing? brian: enough with release yourself for a second. irish people news doesn't involve -- i'm happy. how many times you get close and get on the plane just get me on the plane i will stand. ryan air says you are damn right

you are going to stand. you are going to stand the whole time and have a little strap and sit in a stool and be quiet. now you can finally afford to fly to ireland and back. i think this is a brilliant idea so boeing has been commissioned to build an airplane like this. gretchen: it's ridiculous. brian: it works for subways why not airplanes? gretchen: subways are grounded that is the first reason why. brian: don't hold that against airplanes if they fly. gretchen: if they did, this don't you agree you would have to sign a disclaimer that says if you crash and you are standing up and you are not belted in you can't sue the airline for any injuries n. then. brian: ever go on the circus and get on the ride so fast you get glued to the side and you don't need a belt. >> brian, you are fired. eric: has it ever been proven that you if you are in your seat or seat belted you are going to survive a plane crash anyway? gretchen: i'm talking about turbulence in you get knocked on the head. i'm losing this battle. what do you think? email or twitter us. brian: sprung from get know two

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business. eric: alive today thanks to quick thinking of her boy. she was at a sink doing dishes when lightning bolt went through the ceiling and struck the pan she was washing. that's when her son kristin called 911. >> i immediately grabbed the phone from her pocket and then i dialed 11 and then i just kept on the phone. when she was out, i thought she was dead but i kept on the phone with the police and it turned out well. eric: tristen also took care of his six other brothers and sisters before paramedics showed up. gretchen: remember this video of a cop slamming a cyclist in "times" square? the cyclist now suing, no surprise. christopher long wants 1.5 million bucks. lawyers say is he so trauma piz advertised by the event he left new york for a farm in wisconsin. the rookie cop who pushed long originally arrested him for assault and disorderly conduct. he was fired in february for

filing false police reports. brian: domenica has been scrambled this morning to tell us about the weather. right now it's getting you outside. how high are the winds. >> they are whipping. can you tell? brian: it's just crazy what you have to deal with. >> it's actually not bad out here. we do have a little bit of drizzle a couple hours ago. right now it's fairly cool. the cooler temperatures are going to return to the northeast. theyit really hasn't been too we with a. here is what we're looking at for highs today. in the 80's, the 70's, even the 60's. the further north you get up through new england, around maine, you will be looking at cool temperatures struggling to get out of the 50's in some spots. 82 in new york city. off to the west coast it is going to be quiet. high of 3 degrees today in los angeles. 106 in phoenix and 96 in dallas. we do have a chance for some severe weather through the corn belts and again new york, new jersey, you could see an isolated scattered shower,

thunderstorm possible attorney but that would be more likely out throughout corn belts. otherwise down to the south still looking at rain and the hot temperatures. atlanta, tamp parks new orleans. you are looking at some scattered showers throughout the day and could see some flooding. brian? brian: thanks domenica. let's talk some golf. sad news for golfer phil mickelson. his mom has been diagnosedswith breast cancer just months after his wife was diagnosed with the same disease. mary mickelson will have surgery at the same hospital where his wife had surgery. he has not spoken at the u.s. open and not expected to play at the british open in just a couple of weeks. lance armstrong crawling back into contention at the tour de france where they ride bikes in france. is he now third overall after three stages. today the rider also do a timed trial. how far you can carry your woman? your spouse to so to speak?

men from 8 countries went to finland as usual to compete in the annual wife carrying competition. the competition all their wives through 273-yard obstacle course. includinged two hurdles, included a pool at the end of it. finished couple won the championship 11 year winning streak. so it's sad for them and good news for the fins strong husband and slight wife. eric: tour de france? gretchen: with the correct accent that is how you say tour de france. brian: medvedev? france? mousavi. it's not easy being on this couch. gretchen: that is true with some pronunciations. we do know how to pronounce michael steele he, of course, is the head of the rnc. good morning to you, michael. good to see you. >> good morning. i try to make as it easy as i

possibly can. brian: i appreciate that the e is silent, correct? >> that's right. the e is silent. gretchen: somebody hobby silent recently is governor sanford of south carolina. he was basically telling his life story pretty much at least about relationships and now the republican party in south carolina has censured him but they stopped short of asking him to step down. how do you feel about this. >> i always said this is a decision that's ultimately going to be made by the very people of south carolina who put the governor in office. they get to decide whether or not this situation is tenable for them. and so they have at least the legislature has decided censure is appropriate. we will see what the voters think. if the pressure mounts for the governor to resign, that's something i'm sure he will take into consideration. i mean at the national level, as far as the rnc is concerned that's something that the voters will decide ultimately. we don't get to play in that particular pool. my thing is i want the whole matter just to go away i mean

quite frankly. it's a disappointment in leadership for me personally and certainly watching this thing unfold. it's not what we need to be talking about. we have got jobs being lost. we have got homes that are being foreclosed and businesses going out of business. and i think that's where the focus of the american people is. it's a good distraction to talk about the personal foilables of an elected official but the reality of it is finance not getting jobs back and this administration is doing a good enough job of running jobs out of the country. we need to focus on that as opposed to mark sanford. brian: michael, somebody else you are looking for in terms of leaders, certainly one of the well known candidates is governor palin. what do you make of her statement on friday? what do you hear or what has he told you she wants to do from here? what was the point of this? >> well, i am very excited about the opportunity to have sarap freed up now to engage across the country to help you know

reorient the party and grow. she paid a very personal, very difficult decision. i have been amused to befuddled in listening to the commentary over the weekend of people who are, you know, who are slamming her now for making a personal decision that she thought that, you know, everything she is going through is interfering with her ability to be a good governor. i think that's something that folks are losing sight of. besides, sarap has not once indicated what her future plans are going to be. all this speculation whether she is running for president is ridiculous. need to focus on the fact she made a personal decision it was a difficult one, and we take her at her word and she says she now wants to be able to contribute in a different way and as rnc chairman i welcome. sara, come on in, the water is nice. we are looking forward to having you talk about those matters that still matter to the american people pros spater and a voice out there.

eric: i'm a big sarap fan but i'm trying to figure out why she wouldn't use that bigger stage, that governorship of alaska to go ahead and promote the conservative platform that she may run in 2012 or 2016. now it seems like everyone is going to be pulling at her come help us out, come help us out. won't that delight dilute her potential for 2012 run or 2016? >> that's a very good point. you know from, my standpoint, again, not knowing anything, not having talked to the governor, i take 2012 off the table right now simply because given everything she is going through personally, dealing with the financial mess that all of these ludicrous investigations have put her and todd. in getting her house in order, the personal house in order. the media has made this a distraction. for her it was a very difficult and personal decision. i look forward to helping

welcoming her out to our campaigns this fall if he is ready to do that sarah palin will be the ultimate arbiter how and when she will engage. she will make that decision. gretchen: michael steele, if you will stick around for us we have other issues we want to talk to you about including what's the price tag of president obama's health care plan and can you believe that somebody calculated this in pennies. we are about to find out in a new video just released that will help explain the politics of washington. we're going to debut this new video here next. brian: the president in russia right now. he just met with prime minister vladimir putin. fox news major garrett just sat down with the president of the united states. we will bring that you interview first at the top of the hour. and, by the way, i looked at the transcript. it looks strong. you are going to love it. eric: the interview transcript? brian wine we just got it emailed. check your blackberry. eric: hundreds of thousands michael jackson fans.

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this doesn't count the cost of getting the program started or the administrative cost which would add billions to this number. we can't really estimate the total cost of the plan because, like medicare and medicaid the cost just keeps growing and the plan doesn't end. speaking of which these estimates assume there will be no changes to medicare and medicaid so let's just toss them on there. instead of fixing out-of-control -- brian: shapiro the creator of this new program debuting for the first time on "fox & friends." michael steele rnc chair carried over from the last block. where did you get the idea for this mathias? >> it stems from an idea did i a couple months ago with pennies. it's really for me about trying to visualize the information in a way that we can kind of all see. we hear numbers and they don't mean that much. when you start seeing it you are like oh, that's a lot. brian: why does this hit home why is it effective?

>> it's effective because it's common sense. where everybody at america is at this point. we are talking about billions. we are actually talking about trillions of dollars. this is not going to cost us 600 billion. it's going to cost over a trillion dollars for. this the reality of what mathias has done is put it in common sense terms. can you visualize it and see this stack of pennies over here versus what i get and what you are getting. it kind of puts it in a perspective that you now begin to appreciate exactly what the president is saying. what it means. most especially what it means to you in terms of all the spending that we are doing. and i thought it was such an important visualization, an important use of new media that we need to geraldo -- herald it and take what mathias is saying out there. if you want to take what mathias is talking about, this is a great visual representation of what government is spending on health care, on stimulus, and any other pang of spending that may be coming down the road. brian: mathias, what's the feedback been on this. right now you have michael

steele excited about it it's debuting on our show. what's the feedback witness since you put it together. >> everybody has been helpful and supportive. it's all on the internet you have the positive and negative and everybody is crazy. that's just the way things go. brian: serve dreaz. take that personally. brian: deficits don't win or lose elections. what's thanged that? >> the facts that deficits do matter. age old reality here in washington at some point all the spending does create a pile of cash that relates to how much you owe somebody in this case china and middle east debtors that we owe to. and i think the american people are now beginning to wrap their heads around this trillion dollars of spending in terms of pennies. brian: michael, i know you are going to be busy all day today and busy for the next three years. thanks for joining us this morning. i have effective.

simple sells. meanwhile, straight ahead. the president is in russia at this hour. so are his wife and his kids. but where the heck is ourselves hillary clinton? is she being held back by the administration? next we talk to a man who has advised six former secretaries of state and can't believe hillary clinton is in this pickle.

eric: hillary clinton bailed on trips to greece and italy. some say hillary clinton is still healing from elbow. gretchen: is she just taking a seat to diplomacy. good morning to david miller. >> good morning.

gretchen: the story dawned on me in the last couple of weeks as we are watching the national or and international news unfold in iran and north korea. i said to myself, where the heck is hillary clinton? where is she? >> well, you know, it's fascinating because here you have one very smart tough lady who has either allowed herself to be maneuvered into or has been maneuvered into a spot in this power seems to be flowing from state department to the white house. you have got an empire of envoys. dick holbrook, george mitchell. you have got a president who is quite remarkable and has a physical and intellectual persona that just sucks up a lot of space. so, on paper, at least it, does appear to me that she is not in the middle of the mix. but i have to tell you, none of us are going to know much until you have got a real serious foreign policy crisis that happens in realtime. then you will see who is up and who is down. and who is at the center of u.s.

diplomacy and who isn't. eric: aaron, i hear you say that and you are calling north korea and iran not a major crisis yet. the question is this, this s. this a power struggle or not? is this obama saying i have, this step back. because for me i would think this would be a great place for hillary clinton to step up and exert muscle with the russian situation especially in light of what's going on in iran. >> well, you raise a very good point. and clearly, if the secretary is not going to manage pakistan. she is not going to manage arab, israeli. she is not going to manage russia, there is a real question as to what, in fact, her role is going to be. but, again. >> this isn't her choice, aaron want i don't want to intrunt you. i want to make it clear, do you think this is hillary clinton's choice or president obama's choice to marginalize her power? >> no. i don't think it's a conscious choice. i think what's happening is you have got circumstantial factors that are conspiring essentially

to create a strong presidency and an even stronger white house when it comes to managing foreign policy. that means it takes a pretty tough what which she is secretary of state to cut out a role for herself. again, i want to caution. we're not going to know much until you have got a crisis. iran is not a crissments iran is watching and waiting game fort yates. north korea few missile launches and nuclear, no. you are god to need some act the of violence, some opportunity which puts a premium on realtime management and then and only then are you going to know what the role of the secretary of state is going to be. there is a certain reality, having worked for six secretaries of state, i have to till, secretaries of state solve problems. teenagers talk on the phone. beavers build dams and secretaries of state solve problems. that's, in essence, what she has got to do. >> aaron, real quick. by the enact obama went there alone and is he taking this kind

of on himself, if they need her to go over there and make some headway on some issues, hasn't he marginalized her now? >> i don't think it's a question of marginalizing. this treaty had been set up a while in advance. this is a summit between presidents. i think she could probably take a pass on this one. but what's happening is the sum total of this is not looking as if she is playing a commanding role in the direction of our foreign policy. and for her image and for the substance, that's not good. gretchen: it will be interesting to know how she feels about the whole thing and whether or not she would tell us how she really feels about it aaron david, got to run. >> get her on the show. bring her on the show. gretchen: i would love to know how she feels about this. thanks so much for your time. >> take care much. >> as we have been talking about president obama is in moscow making big statements on the future of nuclear weapons and trying to get russia on board. will it work thovment fox news major garrett just spoke to president obama. we will bring it to you first at

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hay here, william bratton does such a great job, he will be joining us live shortly. >> that will be a thriller. the new car czar was tapped with. 31-year-old. you want to know what he drives? you might assume it's an american car. nope? our slogan at this hour comes from david in new york. early to bed, early to rise. i watch "fox & friends" to make me wise, wise, wise. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- brian: adam housley been scrambled since the moment we heard that michael jackson has been in jarred yack arrest. you have who is going to get the kids, who is going to get the estate. what about the memorial and more. adam, are you there? >> am i here? yeah, we are here. we have been here a couple hours already, brian. still a lot of questions that won't be answered in the coming weeks, especially about the autopsy report coming. in that will be finalized. of course august 3rd hearing

about the children and potentially another fight over the estate. and who will control the finances which we saw yesterday, of course, catherine jackson losing that preliminary round, basically the judge saying the two men named in michael jackson's will will be the administrators. at this point they can go forward, put a 1-million-dollar bond down and they will make the decisions. they have to notify catherine jackson but she has no decision-making process. that goes on until august 3rd when the next hearing takes place. as that all goes forward, today is the final we are told at least here in los angeles, the final goodbye for michael jackson at the staples center about. four hours from now people will start to ra riffe and six hours from now the service will actually begin inside. the event taking place in the staples center there will be overflow crowd just across the state at the nokia theater. and then a number of theaters around the country, 50, in fact, at the very least are also going to be playing the michael jackson service live. so it will be quite an event. as we came in this morning, already downtown shut counsel in a number of blocks away from the staples center. the police presence here is

absolutely massive. when you watch local television. when you hear local radio. when you walk down the street or when we flew back from hawaii covering the missile coverage a day and a half ago. people coming in literally from all over the world because michael jackson is such an international super star. is he more popular overseas than he was here in the united states. now, who is taking part in the event tonight or today i should say in the family announced that stevie wonder, mariah carey, usher, line nell richie, kobe bryant. john hudson and martin luther king iii just to name a few will be here. debbie rowe we found out yesterday morning live on fox that came in as we were reporting from the courthouse she decided not to come because of the media scrutiny. she says it should be about michael and not about the controversy. so that's what it is right this morning, guys. before we left you last however when we were talking. we were talking about the massiveness of this funeral and the fact that i covered reagan and ford. no way do you compare michael jackson with those two when it

comes to personality wise. much different, of course, talking about king of pop and talking about politics. buffet when you are talking about media coverage, absolutely. the media coverage here in los angeles as large as we saw for those two presidents, if not larger. primarily because of the international coverage coming in here to see this event today, guys. gretchen: all right, adam. so we'll keep eyened and ears in tune for that what's turning out to be a concert. a celebration of life. it's hard to know how the media should attack this situation because when you have people like mariah carey and usher and. brian: jennifer hudson, stevie wonder. gretchen: can i imagine all the executives across america in media debaghts how do you cover this. eric: one thing for sure they are going to make a buck. >> all these great artists and put a dvd out on your performance and making money on your performance that's a tribute concert, who is meaght money? >> i'm positive that the jackson estate will keep all that money.

some sort of deal with the aeg. concert promoters on the hook for many dollars. maybe they will donate some of that back to the stiff l.a. who is footing the bill for all the security and everything for this memorial service. all right. in the meantime we have to get to otherbreak breaking news this morning because president obama continued whirlwind tour of russia this morning sitting down with vladimir putin to discuss u.s. relations. he also took the time to sit down with one of our own. brian: major garrett. joining us now. there he is. you have got your one on one with. it looks fantastic. what was his demeanor? he gave a long speech prior to talking to you in front of a big audience, correct? >> that's right, brian. gretchen, and eric. 12 minutes with president obama, first time i have had a chance to sit down with him since march of last year. who is counting? 12 minutes no, questions about michael jackson that either makes me a very good reporter or today one of the worst in all of

america. i will let our audience decide for themselves. as you mentioned, today was putin day here for president obama. meeting for the very first time with the very powerful russian prime minister vladimir putin. who, after all was once president of the russian republican republic and put in power the current president medvedev. the president mentioned president medvedev four times. he never once mentioned prime minister putin. i asked him was that your indirect way, mr. president, of answering the question you tried to dodge yesterday who really is in charge? russia? here is the president's answer. >> i think that the president medvedev is my counter part the president of russia. the prime minister who i just met today obviously still has enormous influence. interestingly, nothing putin said contradicted anything that

medvedev has yesterday. it was consistent. now that is absolutely fascinating, guys. that's absolutely fascinating for a couple of reasons. first of all, if, in fact, prime minister putin had said something that contradicted what president medvedev said to president obama just yesterday in their very first summit here in moscow that would be sensational news. the fact that it was an open question that in fact there was a potential that prime minister putin could trump the president of russia. president medvedev is a fascinating look into the way the u.s. administration views this tandem of power here in russia. the fact that they were consistent in what they said also tells u.s. administration one important thing, whatever so far president medvedev has committed to, whether it's arms reduction, cooperation in afghanistan, possibly dealing down the road with some sort of potential ballistic missile threat that might come from iran, all those things now can be more believed. why? because prime minister putin has validated them. so i also asked president obama

this. last week he said he thought that prime minister putin still had one foot stuck in the cold war. upon hearing that prime minister putin reacted very negatively saying, you know, i need to inform the american president that i have both my feet right underneath me and they're planted in the future as is everyone in russia. so i asked the president after meeting prime minister putin do you still believe he has that one foot stuck in the cold war? here is our exchange. >> i think that, you know, he would admit that his formative years were. >> i mean now though. >> were shaped in the cold war and that some of his continued grievances with respect to the west are still dated in some of the suspicions that came out of that period. but as i have said, i think he genuinely would like to see u.s. russian relations improve.

i found him to be you have tough, smart, shrewd, very unsent mental, very pragmatic. on areas where we disagree like georgia, i don't anticipate a meeting of the minds any time soon. on areas where we have common interests, like fighting terrorism, i think that there is great potential for us to do some work together. >> so he does or doesn't? >> does or doesn't? >> still have a foot stuck in the cold war? >> well, i think that as i said before,. >> you said that last week and then he says he doesn't. i would just like to know after your meeting if anything changed. >> i think i answered the question, major. what i said his formative years came out of that period. >> i think i answered the question, major. well, maybe yes, maybe no. didn't really come clear to me whether or not he thought that vladimir putin was a particularly modern leader for russia has he has described president medvedev there, still

seems to be concerted effort within the obama team travelling here in moscow to elevate president medvedev and in some small ways diminish the influence of prime minister putin. as the president himself said that is impossible because prime minister putin in the president's own words still wields enormous influence. gretchen: as i was watching that interview that was the exact question that needed to be asked, your follow-up question. you didn't answer the question, president obama. and he didn't seem to really like the fact that you challenged him on that. but we have seen that before, right? >> no. he and i have a bit of a history there. i like follow-ups. the president doesn't. that's usually the way it goes. but i'm not going to stop following up and is he probably not going to stop giving me the look. gretchen: i saw that look. gretchen: i saw that look. by the way the other question both are but we appreciate you bringing us this news from around the world as well. thank you, major. trace: very good. a major story can change the world. michael's can't.

10 minutes after the hour. what else is going on, gretchen? >> new air force tool can give our military a clear look at the battlefield without even being there the new video sensor, will it make it easier to gather battlefield intelligence. taking improved pictures from unmanned aircraft. air force is creating 2500 new analyst jobs to help interpret the pictures. the sensor is expected to be deployed on limited basis early next year. former figure skating champ is taking a hard fall. nicole bow beck being charged with distributing methamphetamine that's her in jail making a video appearance in court. quite a change of venue from former glory days on the skating circuit that's when she was a blind. she held the u.s. figure skating title in 1995. she played a significant role in the operation of a drug ring. she could face 10 years behind bars if convicted. a rapper is joining forces with the feds? "new york post" reports little

wane hired jennette cyst gun charges. cops found semiautomatic gun on his bus but wayne wants to challenge the d.n.a. test matching him to cells found on the weapon. wayne faces 15 years in prison. let's go outside where a little bit more upbeat weather forecast. gorgeous day on the east coast it looks like at least. >> not a bad day at all. we do have a system though. upper level low spinning to the north of us. that means we are going to go back and forth with the clouds, a few showers. not a watchout, but basically from new york all of the way up through new england it is going to be a little bit on the cool side with the clouds and showers sticking around in parts of maine. they will be struggling to get out of the 50's today believe it or not. out to the midwest we have another system producing rain showers that can make for a chance of severe weather today. mainly through the missouri valley, parts of the corn belt and down through the south. still dealing with a stationary front that is going to bring another soaker from florida all the bay over to texas.

you are going to be looking at some heavy downpours. isolated thunderstorms. really far and few between. main lay steady heavy rain with highs in the 80's. that's the latest from here. guys? >> all right. thanks very much domenica. all right, guys. what's coming up? >> he was released from gitmo two years ago. this terrorist is the leader on the helmand province for the taliban in afghanistan. fighting against our troops. judge napolitano explains how gitmo has become one giant legal failure. >> then michael jackson's memorial costing the city of l.a. a bundle. is it also costing taxpayers of los angeles? the l.a.p.d. police chief bill bratton joins us live. ♪ this is the new iphone...

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brian: thousands of marines sent to afghanistan to face off against insurgent taliban who killed seven of our guys yesterday. they have face a familiar terrorist. zakir was sprupg from gitmo two years ago and now is leading the taliban against us a leading strategist. eric: talk about a giant legal failure. fox news senior jill analyst judge napolitano. best dressed man in the building. how did this guy get released? what happened? >> the government created a constitutional quagmire, a legal mess in guantanamo bay. with a patchwork series of procedures. each of which was declared unconstitutional by the supreme court. so they had inadequate evidence gathering, inadequate prosecution and inadequate review. look, and brian and i argue about this all the time on brian and the judge radio show. it is clear that it was wrong for them to have released this guy. whatever evidence they had

against him, was not clearly evaluated that's mistake number one. mistake number two is the evidence should have been gathered so he could have been prosecuted, tried, convicted and incarcerated for the rest of his life. mistake number three, afghanistan is our ally. when they agree to take someone, they don't agree to take him to set him free. they agree to take him to incarcerate him in his country. gretchen: we should have known that. >> we either should have known it or is an agreement with our ally whose government we installed and we protect every day not to do this. about four breakdowns there. brian: there is no breakdown. there is no answer. war n. a war on terror not against a country. we have nothing to do with these terrorists who dress like you and i or in their man dresses and they try to kill our guys. >> john why he wasn't prosecuted. i don't know why. brian: because they couldn't dust for prints. >> they don't have to dust for prints. i don't know where he was arrested. i don't know why he was set free. he should have been prosecuted, tried, and convicted, or sent to

a country which would not set him free. brian: about 20% of these guys are killing our guys. back out killing. gretchen: this was 2002, right? >> yes. this guy was up in 2002. and he was released in 2007. correct. gretchen: that's even worse. he was in gitmo for five years. that's a long time in which to gather information about a person and prosecute him and they dropped the ball. eric: what about spending five years in gitmo trading trade secrets. this is how we would do things. there has got to be some of that going on. >> gitmo fixed feelings about it as a physical plant it is suburb in terms of the facilities of the prison and facilities for surveying these people it produces people who are more bitter, more angry, more hateful, more detesting of the u.s. when they leave than they were when they got there. gretchen: some would argue any prison does that to people. >> you could make that argument ms. carlson. gretchen: great to see you. apparently there is going to be

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brian: good news, i have been chosen to give you your news by the numbers. let's talk about it. 1400 police officers will be on duty in los angeles to provide security for the michael jackson memorial. is it enough the police chief bill bratton joins us live in just about 10 minutes to discuss that. i sense he will say yes.

next, 20,000, that's how many people the stamsz center can cold. last up 1 billion. that's how many people are expected to watch jackson's memorial live on television and on the web around the world. and that's how many watch eric bowling every time he is on television. >> joe biden making a bold statement. he said the administration was wrong about the economy. >> we misread how bad the economy was. buff we are now only about 120 days into the recovery package. the truth of the matter was, no one anticipated, no one expected that that recovery package would, in fact, be in a position at this point of having to distribute. >> no, but a lot of people -- eric: is the administration getting ready for another stimulus? joining us former economic advisor to president reagan arthur. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, eric. >> we have only spent 10 or 15% of the current stimulus package. already we are talking about another one. i have got to think mistake,

right? we should wait and finish this one first. >> we shouldn't even finish this one. it's a mistake that they are doing it. what vice president biden is really saying is their policies aren't working. they didn't misestimate the economy. the economy was right where they thought it was. it's true. and their policies aren't working and to say that they have only been doing this for 120 days is really not correct. i mean, the pelosi, reid congress along with president bush and the paulson, they have put huge amounts of stimulus into the economy. and it didn't work then either. the economists of. >> art? >> go ahead, eric. sorry. eric eric i want to take it one step further. biden seems to be flat master flex. every once in a while he will come out and say something. does the obama administration agree with biden's comment that they misread it or is this joe being joe? >> i think the administration must agree with. this they wouldn't have let that happen and his economists jared burnstein is a good economist

and a great guy. and i'm sure that bind isn't slipping on this one. although he does have a reputation for doing that now, doesn't he? >> ok. so you mentioned jared burnstein. i have spoken to jared berstein many times. i don't think anywhere along the line anyone predicted a 9.5% unemployment rate. 14. a million people out of work at this stage in the obama administration are they surprised by the rapid increase in unemployment? >> well, yes. they are surprised. and something has gone wrong. but it wasn't their estimate of the economy when they took office. the estimate they vf their policies is wrong. they are doing everything that's going to make the economy worse and worse and bores. you can't spend yourself into prosperity. and that's what they're trying to do. if you tax people who work and pay people who don't work, you are going to get lots of people not working. if you go back to jared berstein's paper along with christina roamer and they have the path of the economy without the stimulus and compare it to the actual path of the economy with the stimulus, you can see

the stimulus is doing enormous damage to the economy and will continue to do enormous damage to the economy until they stop. and they have got to just stop this stuff. eric: art, they talk about create or saving jobs. at what point do they start creating or saving joption jobs? have they dropped out now in unemployment? >> they aren't going to create or save jobs. i mean, you know, when the last guy is unemployed, they are going to try to raise taxes on the unemployed it is crazy what they are doing. they are not only not saving jobs they're costing jobs and costing lots and lots of jobs that will do damage to the u.s. economy for years and years to come. >> we have got it leave it there. thanks a lot for joining us. >> thank you, my pleasure. >> you won't believe what our new car czar is driving. shear a hint. it ain't american. it's foreign. cops and donuts. they go hand in hand. in one small michigan town. handcuffs and cream puffs have taken on a whole new meaning.

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gretchen: historic goodbye to michael jackson today. family expected to hold a private ceremony. his sister la toya was seen holding preps at the moratorium. the star studded contributed toe staples center. i'm sorry. it starts in just a few hours and will feature stars like diswreef wonder and mariah carey and usher. 17500 tickets were issued to randomly selected fans. brian: william bratton who used to patrol these streets in new york city joins from us the staple center. chief, welcome back to "fox & friends." could you describe the challenge for this ceremony as opposed to the lakers or anything else that comes down your way? >> well, major challenges we really have no idea how many people from the public will attempt to come to this facility. we have about 18,000 ticketed

individuals but we have no idea as to what the other crowd might be. so we have ramped unfairly significantly. we are prepared to ramp down very significantly if we don't get those large crowds that are being speculated about. gretchen: chief a lot has been made about who is going to pay for all of this. it's my understanding that the city of los angeles will be responsible for footing this bill. is that correct? >> that's correct. as of this time, the funding for this is coming out of public tax dollars. however, there is a number of efforts being made by various city council members seeking to get business support to help defray the cost. so we will see where those efforts go. the recent lake kerr's parade, for example, was paid for totally by private donations. eric: chief bratton, you know, the lakers won and there was, you know, rioting. people were turning over cars. do you expect any sort of violent behavior at all? >> no. we don't anticipate anything of

any magnitude in terms of disorder here for this event. we are expecting at the most large crowds but we don't anticipate that they are going to be unruly. that's not the nature of this event. brian: chief, the other problem, i imagine, if a guy like usher, smoky robinson, some of the more famous people beyonce they come to town. do they have to call you up and say hey, i'm probably going to need some security to get, in to get out, to land, to get around? is that your responsibility, too? >> we coordinate with security personnel. their security is really up to them. as private citizens. and they are pretty adept at getting in and out of these types of venues. we will work with them. so we are not expecting any problems relative to getting any of the mourners who are attending this ceremony or any of the people who are coming in to provide i guess entertainment

is the wrong term. this is a memorial service and they are coming in to participate in that memorial service. gretchen: some people would actually question whether or not it's a concert or a memorial service but, chief, that's not your venue. i hate to keep coming back to the cost of things with you, let's face facts here. california. >> unfortunately i have to keep coming back to it. gretchen: exactly. that's why i am coming back to it let's face it, california may need a bailout from the entire nation. i'm not sure exactly how los angeles is doing financially, but has the jackson family reached out to you at all, chief, to say hey, we would like to make a personal donation from the can a zillion of dollars from his estate to help pay for this? >> no. i think their interest, understandably is focused on this memorial service this morning. they have a private service at 8:00 our time. and more public event is at 10:00. as to the payment of this, that again we are obligated to pay for securing in the city of los

angeles. we have a half billion-dollar budget deficit that the city leadership is working to reduce. again, there will be efforts made to see if a number of the business interest, for example, might be willing to pitch in. but as of right now, we're expecting this will be come out of public coverers. eric: chief, what about after michael is buried at forest lawn. who is responsible for the cost of the security and securing that grave site? >> that's a private venue forest lawn will be responsible for the security. as to what will actually happen with mr. jackson's remains, i have not heard anything specific to that. that there has been a number of news reports relative to possible cremation. i just have no information relative to what the family has decided to do. >> brian: now, chief, by the way, you might be the most respected chief on the planet. what did you in new york set the stage for what we are experiencing now that is almost all lack of crime.

people don't even walk against traffic anymore. good job. >> just over the weekend it was very ebb joible weekend. brian: absolutely. chief, you said if the crowds come, we understand that the crowds are there, that people are lining up already. are you still not believing that they are going to have this huge influx of people? >> we'll have to wait and see. when we had the recent lake kerr's event the crowds were there the night before. when i came in this morning, around 3:00 my time, there was lit teferlly nobody here other than the media than in this media, the media venue for the last hour or so. i don't have a sense of what might be forming up there at the moment. but we're prepared for very large crowds. that's why i have so many people here. but if they don't materialize, we will very quickly deescalate the police presence here to try to keep the money cost down. >> we certainly hope that you don't have any problems there today as we keep our eyes on los

angeles. chief, thank you so much for getting up early and sharing your thoughts with us this morning. >> pleasure. all the best. brian: chief bratton not getting much sleep. let me tell you what is happening around the world. london mark the four year anniversary of the city's deadly terrorist bombings. memorial to the 52 people killed. also being unveiled at this hour prince charles on hand for the ceremony. leading the nation in remembering those who lost their lives that day. eric: chaos in the streets of china as muslim uighurs clash with plismts at least 150 people now dead since the violence started sunday. police arresting more than 1400 people. the riots started after two uighurs were killed during a fight at a chinese factory. it's the area's worst ethnic violence in decades. the united nations condemning north korea's fireworks. calling the missile test as threat to regional and international security. north korea launched the total of seven rockets saturday including a new type of scud

with extended range and improved accuracy and they said they were going to do this long before. i'm not exactly sure what this u.n. statement will do. brian? brian: usually nothing. new details in the murder investigation. police in nashville now saying a gun bought by the married quarterback's girlfriend was the murder weapon. they are waiting for the ballistic tests to see if she fired it she reportedly bought the gun just two days before she and the former football star were found dead together. the titans's organization still coming to grips with what happened. >> i will miss him as we all will miss him. i ask you to honor what he did on the field and in the community. and what he was is a tremendous teammate. that is his legacy. brian: coach fisher with the oilers as well as the titans. he promised weighs divorcing his wife. however, there were no records that he filed for divorce.

eric? eric eric running across the street without looking both ways can get you tased in the head. that's what happened this-to-this 14-year-old girl. an officer pulled the trigger and said he had no choice. since the girl was putting herself in danger. doctors just performing surgery on her. right now she is anyone tensive care. my goodness. first look at the rain. kevin jonas proposed with and the diamond tally, 211. the oldest jonas brother helped design the ring he gave to 22-year-old fiancee. it's three carats. cushion cut guys. jonas and jolissa celebrated engagement with 30 friends including joe and nick. miley sigh roughs dates another one of the jonas brothers. possibly she could sing at the wedding. brian: she is pretty good miley. gretchen: she is pretty good.

brian: if i want to buy an american car, i want to look to the guy brian dies who is overseeing the american car industry and helping to bail it out. what does brian drive? eric: here is he 1 years old. obama tapped him on the shoulder to fix the car industry. gretchen, the family is involved. would you trust this guy with the future of the car industry? gretchen: before my family was really involved in this continuing i was asking about a lot of questions 31 years old. one point he gave an interview to the a.p. saying i'm the only person on the entire auto task force the entire auto industry is in my hands and he has no experience in the auto industry. and now he does not -- his only experience was that when he drove to washington, d.c. he slept in his car in a g.m. parking lot. eric: what kind of car was that? gretchen: a honda which apparently has not been repainted since it was in an accident a few years ago it still has connecticut license plates from his stint at yale. but you might think, i don't know, maybe you disagree that the guy who is running now the car operation in the united

states of america might drive a u.s. car. brian: he chooses not to. that's why they both went through bankruptcy. they are both out of bankruptcy right, eric? eric: theamplet. brian: old g.m. sold cadillac and few other lines to the new g.m. >> yeah there is a lot of dealing going on under the table right now. so, look, the bottom line is, i wrote an article about this in april. in the car czar, the auto task force, most of them didn't drive american cars. most of them were hop does, civics, acuras. gretchen: most of them had no car experience at all. tim geithner drives an acura. larry summers these guys aren't on the auto task force but in the obama administration. mazda and peter or zag drives honda as well. we do know that the president has a ford, right? brian: right. he ♪ driving much these days. so they're not buying american buff they want you to. straight ahead. new video just released of michael jackson rehearsing.

he was taking drugs used to knock patients out for surgery. how can rehearse and take drugs and dance like that in slow motion, perhaps. talk to an thuener obligor gist next about that drug that's used to knock you out for surgery. not in your home. eric: leann rimes is here. she is opening up about a very personal battle. first aflac trivia question of the day. born on in date in 19 o en a majl wanted to add on to their benefits package at no direct cost to the company, their very first word was... aflac! aflac! find out more at aflacforbusiness.com

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gretchen: police say they have found that highly potent drug propofol in michael jackson's home. this is a drug used to knock out parents before surgery. what was it doing in his home. brian: joining us is dr. jason giles. doctor, first off, what happens to you when you take this stuff? >> well, good morning. what happens, you can't really take this drug yourself. it has to be administered to you by a trained professional. by another doctor, by an anesthesiologist. what happens is as a patient you will go from being awake to being asleep, unconscious. gretchen: we heard all these reports that michael jackson was having trouble sleeping and he had begged at least his nurse to give him this particular drug. she said. no but now it looks like maybe this doctor conrad murray gave this drug to michael jackson and he somehow had an overdose. would that be how you would see this playing out as an anesthesiologist? >> well, it's hard to say from the facts.

this drug should only be given under monitored medical conditions. this is not something that a person could get ahold of and give to themselves it would have to be given to them by someone else because it produces unconsciousness. you are out. so, what may have happened is a doctor may have been giving him this medication in order to get some sleep. now, i don't think that's a very good idea. it's not really sleep what you get under the influence of this. it's being unconscious. what may have happened is, you know, this is a very creative individual. this a guy whose mind was going all the time. and i understand he was on some other medications as well. he probably wanted a break from the thoughts. probably wanted a break from his own mind. and to t. isn't really sleep but it is unconsciousness. gretchen: we are watching this video that is released of his last rehearsal. and when it first came out over the weekend, a lot of people said well wow, look at michael jackson, is he singing and dancing. he couldn't possibliable a drug

addict or somebody who is abusing propofol. drug addicts are highly functioning people are they or they can be. >> they can be, absolutely. there is no way to say he wasn't on something while he was doing this rehearsal. i can say that he is not on prop follow while is he doing this rehearsal. it would make him unconscious unless you are talking about mayor yet strings or weekend at bernie's. brian: you would say this is addicting or not addicting? >> well, i think the seeking of relief became a habit for him. i think that relying on doctors and medications, it sounds like, is his way of dealing with his internal demons, if you will. and also with the tremendous strab that he was under with getting this tour going. brian: dr. conrad murray would not comment when it came to propofol he did deny if he gave

him demerol or oxycontin. that does tell you something. >> it may. gretchen: thank you for your time today. >> my pleasure. it would be illegal for that doctor to have had that drug in the house. he was not licensed in california to have that drug. brian: which he could be in a lot of trouble. straight ahead. gretchen: christian group has been organizing the same event for 42 years celebrating our troops. for the first time the pentagon has denied request for a flyover. is the government targeting christianity? brian: meanwhile, you have the right to remain glazed. a bunch of michigan cops love donuts so much they decided to buy their own bakery that's over 100 years old. they will join us right after the break. brian: first your day in history on this day in 1930, construction began on the hoover dam they finished and the november arizona border was formed. on this day in 1981 president obama nominated sandra day o'connor. she has sense retired. number one song in 19 8 michael jackson's dirty diana.

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brian: aflac trivia answer is michelle kwan. wayne white is the winner from florida. a donut shop owned and operated by cops in claire, michigan, a popular bakery is were to be shut down, and that's when the local police department came to the rescue and bought it. joining us right now is one of the police officers who is co-owner of cops and donuts, brian gregory, and he's with the rest of the claire police department. congratulations on your purchase. bri, how's it going? >> we're having a great time. >> everyone wants to know did the cops get free donuts?

>> actually, we don't get free donuts. we all put our money into the till, so we're not eating up our profits. brian: what made you and did others pool together the money, or the department, and save this shop that's over 100 years old? >> that has a lot to do with it right there. it's 100 years old, and it's one of the first three original businesses in downtown claire, and as the economy started to affect us, too many storefronts were closing up, and we hated to see this icon close, so we stepped up and said let's keep it going. >> it's not police department money, it's your own personal money? >> that's correct, we're getting no money from the city to keep this going, but it's been a whirlwind for us to keep this open, and the people have kind of embraced it downtown by coming in and buying donuts. brian: and you can dress in

plainclothes, and you can do some undercover work. you did a great thing and the town has rallied around you. but doesn't it play into the stereotype that cops hang out at the donut shop? >> that comes from a long, long time ago when the only thing opened late at night was the donut shop, so the old foot cop beats didn't have anywhere to go but the donut shops. >> is it safe to say if i get pulled over from now i can say to the cop just go get a donut, and he went get mad at me anymore? >> yeah, i'd suggest you say that. that probably wouldn't work very well. brian: put your hand up if you're baking today. is anyone baking today? >> none of the guys are baking. we're actually not working inside here. we've actually employed local people and high school students

and former students to work here in the bakery. >> show of hands. who's gotten fatter since the donut shop opened up? >> we've been so busy, we've had some guys lose some weight since this has begun. not yet. we haven't had time. brian: he's co-owner of cops and donuts, brian gregory, over in claire, michigan, a great american success story. please patronize that institution. >> thanks a lot. brian: thank you. the last time major garrett asked barack obama a question it went like this. >> in your opening remarks, sir, you said that you were appalled and outraged about iran. what took you so long? >> as soon as violence broke out -- brian: major sat down with president obama this morning in russia, so who's really in

charge, president medvedev or president putin? >> we're finally hearing from michael's closest friend, what elizabeth taylor is saying about the king of pop plus jesse jackson. (music plays)

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gretchen: a very good morning to you, we start with a "fox news alert" on this july 7, 2009. just a few hours from now billions across the world will tune in for the michael jackson memorial. it has become a star-studded event. a concert, we talk live with jesse jackson. >> major garrett just talked to the president about russia's two leaders. >> interestingly nothing putin said contradicted anything that medvedev has said.

it was consistent. >> major garrett joins us live in 15 minutes. brian: for years the pentagon has had flyovers. our slogan comes from nicky. "fox news alert" starts my day, wouldn't have it any other way. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- ♪ gretchen: that's the music from the olden days back when it was the jackson five and mks mkds was a young boy. eric bowling is here sitting in for steve doocy. brian: eric would not do the weather for free, therefore, we had to scramble a professional weather caster. >> i gave up my wrist band for this. just kidding.

gretchen: a historic goodbye of epic proportions gets under way for michael jackson in a few hours. his family expected to hold a private funeral, and later that mass' tribute ceremony. joining us is reverend jesse jackson. >> good morning. gretchen: a very early morning for you out there, and i know this ceremony will be getting under way in just a few short hours. how would you describe how this all came together and what you expect it to be? >> there will be a very private ceremony, and then there will be this massive celebration here at the staple center, but i cannot help but think about the journey. in gary, indiana, that house, 11 people, four rooms, those six boys and their parents living in one bedroom and those girls on

the couple of in the living room, the father, a crane welder and the mother made the uniforms. that is a disciplined family. i have to appreciate the journey from gary to this high place. brian: reverend, right away while the family is mourning their loss of the youngest son, they still are in court, and they still have a lot of paperwork and financial decisions to make. how would you describe mrs. jackson after yesterday's proceedings which does not put her in control of the estate until august 3rd? >> the family has had to endure the mourning, the suddenness, and the grief, the glory of the global response to michael, and suddenly the bizarre behavior of the doctor and then the custody of the children and then michael's assets, his business. they've had to go through an

awful lot, but in the end, they will endure. michael made his will very clear. his mother is to be in charge. he requested for his children and his assets, and so those are real legal battles beyond today's celebration, but give the family some time to mourn and grieve. they certainly deserve it, and michael deserves to be celebrated today. >> this is his final goodbye. give a sense, why is the reverend jesse jackson there and why is he on tv? >> in 1967 i saw this group perform at mayor richard hatcher's inauguration in gary, indiana, and a couple of years later in chicago, they said we want the group of kids to perform, and i said there's no room for them. we have sammy davis jr. and qunicy jones, and he said well at least come down and speak to them, and they were in the station wagon, all the boys and

their dad at the wheel, and the u-haul attached to it with the guitars and the drums in it, and they said let us perform, and they did a matinee, and that was a big impact, so across these years, we've known them since 1967, we were with them in the victory tour, neverland, we've been through them today, so it's a kind of family celebration, a relationship that's lasted more than 40 years. gretchen: and yet there seems to be some controversy attached to all the coverage that this has received because michael jackson was in his later years a controversial figure, and so some people are asking whether or not this coverage is fit for somebody who was not a president of the united states. what are your thoughts on that? >> because his reach was bigger than an american president who is president of a nation. michael's music was beyond that.

i remember being in russia 20 years ago, and the iron curtain was still up, 11:00 at night, and the radio was on, all night was michael and the jackson five and diana ross and the supremes, so the music transcended nations, so the impact, a billion records sold, maybe more billions will be sold, so michael was a global figure, so the coverage is fitting. brian: one quick question. you mentioned that the bizarre behavior of the doctor in those last days of michael jackson. how interested are you, number one, is the family into his condition and that last rehearsal and what do you know now about what the doctor did or didn't do in those final days? >> all we really know is when i came out here last friday, the parents were grieving and crying

over his loss, celebrating the response, but then the doctor had not called them, did not sign the death certificate, did not call the coroner, could not be found, his car was impounded, he shows up ultimately with a lawyer, and those questions, and the medical prescription drugs, and then the custody of the children, and then business, so so much has happened in the last ten days, it's taken them far away from the pain of it all, but yet they grieve, so they let them mourn with some dignity and let michael rest in peace. gretchen: a lot of eyes will be on this memorial service today, you're close to it, you're close to the family, thank you for sharing your thoughts with us this morning. >> thank you. brian: reverend jackson will speak, we thought for a while liz taylor would be giving the eulogy, she's not, but she did twitter.

gretchen: i want to say a follow-up thing about the interview with reverend jackson. he said that michael was more global than any president of the united states, i think there are a lot of people would disagree with that. he was wonderful entertainer. i'm not so sure he would have the global impact of the president of the united states, but it sounds like the -- brian: i'd give the nod to eisenhower. gretchen: it sounds like the family is blaming the doctor for what happened here, but a lot of questions will go to the family too about who was going to help michael jackson through these last couple of years. a lot of unanswered questions. >> a lot of enablers. brian: liz taylor and he together were abusing prescription drugs and kind of blames liz taylor. here's what she says and twitters about it. my love goes to katherine.

gretchen: that's more than 140 characters for twitter, but maybe she gets special dispensation for twittering. >> that slap on the wrist for mark sanford, he was censored for his extramarital affair. the party says it's time for healing. following this sad chapter, sanford's office released this statement. he's repeatedly vowed to serve out his remaining 18 months in office gretchen: let's talk about sarah palin. there's no legal bombshell forcing alaska governor sarah palin out of her office. she's leaving due to the combative nature of the alaskan

legislature and the constant filing the of ethics complaints. of the 16 files, most have been dismissed. earlier michael steele had this to say about the governor's latest move. >> from my standpoint, again, not knowing anything, not having talked to the governor, i'd take 2012 off the table because given everything she's going through personally, dealing with the financial mess that all of these ludicrous investigations have put her and todd in at the moment, i think she's trying to focus on getting her house in order, her personal house in order, the media has made all of this a distraction in so many respects, so it was a very difficult and personal decision. i look forward to welcoming her and helping us out in our campaign this fall. sarah palin will be the ultimate arbiter of when she will engage and how she will engage. gretchen: he also went on to say that he does not believe she's

run for president in 2012, but what does sarah palin have to say? stick around. we will hear from palin herself in the next half-hour. keep it right here. brian: let's go out to -- take a look at the weather, right? gretchen: why not. domenica. >> dry conditions in the northeast, but that is all going to change because we have this upper level low, and it is going to bring scattered showers back to the northeast yet again. here's a look at the highs. 82 new york, 89 in raleigh, in the south plenty of rain, soaking rain, from florida all the way over to texas. off in the west coast, los angeles, not on the map, but a high of 81 to 83, and that should hit around between 1:00 and 3:00 there with partly sunny skies. taking a look at the satellite radar where we'll show you the chances for slight risk of weather, through the missouri valley, and off to the

northeast. there you go. a look at the satellite and radar. and that heavy rain stays down to the south. guys. gretchen: thanks, domenica. we heard the vice president say he misjudged the economy. what does the president have to say? major garrett just sat down with him. brian: and a big interview there. and her life on public display, but leann rimes has been keeping a secret for years. (music playing) well, this is new... i'm working on my digestive health. whatcha eatin'? yoplus.

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really good stuff here. what stands out most with your meeting? >> well, good morning, eric, brian, and gretchen, good afternoon here from moscow, it's about 4:15 in the afternoon. a couple of things, and i forget to mention this at 7:00, but right before i sat down with president obama, i had a brief conversation with the president's national security advisor jim jones who sat in on the meeting with putin and obama, and he said the first hour of the meeting was taken up entirely by putin talking about his history of the cold war. and the president, president obama, listened, for an hour, one full hour, prime minister putin explained to the president of the united states all of his recollections, how it ended, how russia merged from the cold war, so whether or not vladimir putin as president obama said last week still has one foot sort of stuck in the cold war, that's something that prime minister putin disputes, he spent an hour

talking about the cold war which did not allow president obama to talk with the prime minister nearly as much as he wanted to about contemporary issues like iran, afghanistan, energy, economic transparency in russia, so for that full hour it was a lecture from putin directed at the u.s. president, but i asked president obama in our 12-minute interview, today in your speech you mentioned president medvedev four times, you never mentioned president putin when you talked about policies that you thought were worth discussing and worth cooperateing with the russians going forward. is that your way of saying president medvedev is more important than president putin? >> i think president medvedev is my counterpart, the president of russia. the prime minister who i just met today obviously still has enormous influence. interestingly nothing putin said

contradicted anything that medvedev has said. it was consistent. >> there's a good thing for the united states because it was inconsistent, then they'd have to start from scratch, but consistency means all the things talked about with putin and medvedev can be taken to the bank. i also asked the president about the u.s. economy. is there a need for a second stimulus? here's the response. >> i don't think that if you look at how this economic tsunami has unfolded that we could have spent money any faster. we had tax cuts about as fast as you can go, and they still went out, you've got a lot of money going to states to prevent the

firing of teachers and police officers and firefighters. and so you knew that that was going to be the early money and that you were going to have money that comes out of infrastructure, and you just can't push that out that quickly, partly not just because the federal government has to process applications, but also because states and local governments have to gear up to get these projects going. my sense is that we are going to see those projects hit in the second half of the year. we're going to see some improvement in the economy, but you're still going to have high levels of unemployment, and that's something that i said back in january. >> well, the inconvenient truth is if congress passed the stimulus, unemployment would never rise above 8%, it was said, now it's headed toward

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gretchen: when i first read this story i found it hard to believe because for 42 years at this rally in idaho the pentagon has authorized a flyover. suddenly this year, a new president in office, and a new policy. what do you make of it? >> we're stunned, actually, and it's a reminder that hour constitution promises freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. i think the viewers need to understand the flyovers that were held for 42 years were not to endorse or promote any religion, but to honor the military who there was in force. think about this, gretchen. thousands attended this rally, 70 recruits were sworn in at this event, our heroic men and women who proudly served this country were looking forward to this flyover, and for the first time in 42 years, it does not happen. i think it causes one to pause and say what changed after 42 years?

what changed? and gretchen, the only indicator we have is that we have a new commander in chief, and i think that we are wondering when we look at president obama is there a culture of hostility toward expressions of faith in the public square particularly christian. let's put this in context. several months ago the president spoke at georgetown university. when he spoke there he covered a cross and he covered a sacred symbol for the name of jesus. the president did not celebrate the national day of prayer at the white house, at no event at the white house, and yet just a couple of weeks ago he had a major reception to celebrate gay and lesbian pride month in june. we are filing a freedom of information act request with the american center for law and justice, and we want to get to the bottom of this to ensure that no american citizen, no group, is denied access to the

public square because of their faith tradition. gretchen: and i understand that the organizer of this event in idaho was stunned when she called the pentagon to get more explanation, and they simply told her what? >> this is incredible. they said because of the christian nature of the event. there can be no doubt from the pentagon in conversations that this flyover after 42 years was canceled because of the christian nature of the event. and we want to be assured that no faith tradition is denied access to the public square. gretchen: let me ask you this. does the obama administration direct the pentagon on issues like this? >> they do, and don't take my word for it, the "daily kos" which is a left-leaning liberal blog praised the obama administration yesterday for taking this action.

we're going to find this out in the request, but it does appear right now -- we don't want to make accusations, but it does cause one to clearly think what changed after 42 years, and the only thing that changed is the commander in chief. >> the name of that rally was god and country, and the last time i checked, god was still on our money as well. reverend patrick mahoney, thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on this topic this morning. >> thank you. gretchen: a man suing a casino because he lost his shirt? seriously? where's the personal responsibility. that story coming up next. and governor sarah palin speaking out for the first time since announcing she's calling it quits. it's the cemetery to the stars. we are live there with details on michael jackson's very secret burial. taking its rightful place

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that sang this. gretchen: amazing entertainer. he will be buried at the forest lawn cemetery in a private service. let's go live to burbank and anita vogel. what's going on where you are? >> well, a lot of activity right now, gretchen. this information on this story has been a little hard to nail down, but we do believe there will be some sort of private family service right here this morning at forest lawn. take a look at this row of police cars here. these cars just rolled up, and it gives you an indication that something very high profile is about to happen here. there was activity here last night at forest lawn. we did see members of the jackson family roll up here. we saw latoya jackson wearing a big hat and big sunglasses and randy jackson among others. we believe they were here for a

private viewing and that the casket was left here overnight, and we are expecting the jackson family to arrive here this morning for some kind of a private family ceremony to begin at 8:00 a.m. and then the jackson family will make the 13-mile journey from here to the staple center for the very public memorial. brian: anita, i know they definitely wanted him buried at neverland, they even asked the governor to get involved. they couldn't get it done. who else is buried at this celebrity-strewn place? >> this is the cemetery to the stars. there are so many luminaries. bette davis, sammy davis jr., an andy gibb, john ritter, david carradine. forest lawn is very familiar, very used to dealing with celebrities, it's quite possible that michael jackson could be

laid to rest somewhere behind me in an area that's not even accessible to the public. we do know it's going to be extremely private. >> at some point in his career he was a baptist and then a muslim. do we know what denomination the funeral ceremony might be? >> we don't know for certain. what we do know is that michael jackson was raised as a jehovah's witness. he has been for most of his life we do know the public ceremony is going to be nondenominational. we really don't know. brian: anita vogel, thanks so much for joining us, a lot of action there shortly, 5:30 in the morning, but what time do we think it's going to get started? >> we believe 8:00 a.m. we should be seeing a lot of

activity here probably about quarter to 8:00 as the cars roll up. brian: two and a half hours away. thanks anita. gretchen: let's get to some of your other news for this tuesday, brian. brian: another developing story, chaos on the streets of china as muslim uighurs clash with police, you know, the nonviolent uighurs? 250 people have been -- 150 people have been killed since sunday. two uighurs were killed at a fight at a chinese factory. after all it is china. a curfew was just declared to keep the people off the streets. >> he gambled away over $23 million, and he's still passing the buck, a korean man is suing a casino for fueling his addiction. he was awarded a small amount. he's currently getting weekly therapy for his gambling addiction. brian: follow that story. gretchen: have you ever heard this phrase before? wake up and smell the coffee?

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question about whether or not they had put on weight. they said they've been too busy. brian: he said who got the fattest? >> is that what i said? gretchen: usually i'm not pc, but i was asking the pc way. >> latest celebrity mug shot. joyce dewitt found herself in a tight position. i remember her. she was arrested for drunk driving in southern california, pulled over after drinking and driving past the barricade. not the kind of booking she had in mind. brian: just like "three's company," maybe it was a misunderstanding. every episode was a misunderstanding. >> that was before my time. brian: you are lying to me. you saw "three's company" every day. it aired on tuesdays, right, chris? tuesdays at 9:00. right, eric? >> definitely. gretchen: something that was airing 24/7 over the weekend was governor sarah palin, and the

announcement that she was not going to run for governor in alaska again but that she would step down this term july 26th. we finally have more answers from the governor this morning about why she says she is quitting. >> you don't just embrace the status quo of politics as usual going you know, i'm just going to muster through a lame duck session. sure we won't get anything, but milk it. i don't need a title to be the one to usher in what it is that needs to be done in our states and in our country. i don't know what the future holds. can't predict what the next fish run is going to look like, but my focus is on my state, still, and it always will be, and my family, and what is best for them, what is best for them is to not run for reelection and to avoid a lame duck wasteful

session. gretchen: she called high ranking republicans in the last couple of weeks before she made the announcement. she called rudy guiliani, she called vice president dick cheney, she called governor crist down in florida. >> does it bother you she made the announcement on july 3rd? brian: maybe she wanted to put it behind herself for the holiday. gretchen: nothing about sarah palin has been predictable. brian: she has the coolest hobbies. she shoots animals from a helicopter and she fishes in a great outfit. gretchen: apparently she took all the reporters out with her family for these interviews while they were doing that fishing. i don't know if they're fishing for salmon or what. >> they caught the salmon and threw the fish back. gretchen: is that how it works up there?

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brian: you're looking live above the staple center in los angeles where in just a few hours michael jackson's star-studded memorial will take place, but the investigation into his death just beginning. could his doctors be to blame for the pop star's untimely

demise? gretchen: geraldo rivera is here to discuss it, and geraldo, you had access to michael jackson like many people did not. do you believe that the doctors will be held responsible for his death? >> yes, i do, and i say that without equivocation. there is no way i think that drugs and polydrug use and multiple doctors prescribing were not responsible for michael jackson's death. go through the four possibilities. natural cause? no. we would have heard. suicide? no indication at all that michael jackson took his own life. that leaves the most probable cause, accidental overdose, which is caused by multiple drug use, or some kind of homicide, and number three and four can be related. i believe there will be as in the anna nicole smith case there will be doctors charged with manslaughter or other charges. brian: this is his last

rehearsal. as you see that and know he was dead 24 hours later what does it make you think about the circumstances of his death? >> i think the video surprised me in how relatively spry and fit he looked. yes, he was thin, but he was doing the moves. not the truly athletic moves that made him a world star, but for a 50-year-old athlete coming out of a 15-year retirement i think he did pretty well, but the only way that was possible was with these injectable painkillers and remember a couple of things. dr. arnold klein, his long-time dermatologist, the dermatologist who hired debbie rowe, she was his secretary, that's where michael jackson met the woman who would be the egg donor and the gestational carrier for him, for his in vitro, arnold klein was seeing michael jackson very frequently in the last several weeks of his life, so arnold

klein had the ability to prescribe demerol, oxycontin or any of those pin killers. then you had dr. conrad murray, the total sleaze bag cardiologist, a man who once promoted pit bull, an energy drink that had viagra in it. he did not have the license to prescribe those schedule three narcotics, but he did have the ability to give him the propofol, the knockout drug -- gretchen: his lawyer will not go on the record whether or not he in fact did that. the lawyer will say no demerol, no oxycontin, but will not talk about propofol. yes, doctors were charged in the anna nicole smith situation, but will they be convicted and go to prison? if all this media attention of michael jackson's death actually changes law and makes it more of a crime for these doctors, then i think this media coverage may have been worth it.

>> i look to jerry brown. now the burden is on maybe the future governor of the state of california. he has to step up. he indicted howard stern and the hours that were around anna nicole smith. he said these are no more than drug pushers. he has vowed to crack down on this. examples have to be made again in this michael jackson case. there is no doubt in my mind but that the star and the -- the star suckers around him, the bloodsuckers, who all look to get either the celebrity and/or rich reward for their complacency and their -- the fact that they were compliant and gave him access to the drugs it took to kill him, i think these people have to be held criminally responsible, and i also believe that the promoters and everyone else involved has a

fiduciary responsibility and a financial interest, we have to examine every one of those motives. if someone said, for example, to the body guard, give michael whatever he needs whenever he needs it, keep him going, ok, boss, i think that you will -- this will be a major grand jury, and i think you'll see people go down. where were you stars showing up at this memorial? where were you in 2005 when he only talked to me? where were you now that you're going to be celebrated in the world's largest ever television event. gretchen: this is the celebrity event that we live in. it's called enabling. >> that's why i'm not there. it's my protest. >> good to see you too, geraldo. look who is here. leann rimes is here to talk about a very personal battle straight ahead. brian: let's check in with bill hemmer.

bill: good morning. no shortage of news today. we are packed. sarah palin, one-on-one with fox news, the suspected serial killer shot dead. who gets custody of michael jackson's kids? who has the best case? all that coming up in ten minutes on "america's newsroom." . kelly saunder's nature valley, the place that inspires her to go faster... and slower, elk mountains, colorado. where's yours? 100% natural nature valley granola bars. the taste nature intended. .

♪ gretchen: if you know the battles that lee and rimes has been fighting since she was a young child. she suffers from a severe skin disorder that affects 7 million americans. steve: now she is sharing her personal story. you have been famous your whole life, dealing with this in front of a camera.

how did you do it? >> it was very hard. i was covered by the time that i was 6 with siriasis. brian: do we know what causes? >> it is a chronic skin disorder. >> what makes it come and go? >> stress can aggravate it. there are so many streeters -- triggers. i have finally gotten together with my dermatologist and founded the right treatment for me. there are so many available. we are encouraging siriasis -- psoriasis sufferers to find treatment. there are so many things coming down the line. there is a lot of hope out there. gretchen: i would imagine that there are psychological effects. >> big time. gretchen: help me understand. lots of people wonder what it

is. it is a rathje -- it is a rash? >> it is. very debilitating, mentally and physically. it is hard. it has been linked to diabetes, heart disease, depression. we are trying to encourage sufferers to get the treatment they need. it is out there. there is a web site where psoriasis sufferers to learn more, they can get into talking into other people who suffer from the disease. >> it is not a cure. >> there is no cure. just learning more and what causes it. there are a lot of treatment options out there. you can deal with it and manage it. managed -- gretchen: as a performer, i have to ask you if your cat ever cross michael jackson. >> -- if your path ever crossed

michael jackson's. >> we have not, but it is a very sad loss. brian: looks like a concert is going to be released on dvd at the end of the day. gretchen: we will learn more about the organization. you can go to foxnews.com to find out more, we will have a special link. >> thank you for having me. taking its rightful place in a long line of amazing performance machines. this is the new e-coupe. this is mercedes-benz.

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gretchen: you are looking live at an overhead shot of the staples center. on the right, the cemetery where michael jackson will be buried in burbank, california. the concert celebration at the staples center, 1:00 p.m. eastern time, anchored by shepard smith right here on the fox news channel. fox news channel.