steve: good to have you back. brian: world gone crazy while you were gone. no surprises. gretchen: i dipay attention to the news. one of the big things that happened yesterday governor sarah palin. now we call her former governor

sarah palin of alaska. she gave up the reigns of control in that state to sean parnell and she didn't mince any words when she secretary of defense goodbye. >> some still are choosing not to hear why i made the decision to chart a new course to advance the state. and it should be so obvious to you. it is because i love alaska this much, sir, that i feel that it is my duty to avoid the unproductive, typical politics as usual lame duck session in one's last year in office. how does that benefit you? with this decision now, i will be able to fight even harder for you, for what is right and for truth. [cheers and applause] and i have never felt that you need a title to do that.

brian: going to write a book have. a book tour after that and come out. she has about a million dollars in her pac fund with that book fund has huge money. i am pulling for governor perry in columbus. she is going to start throwing her weight around. her popularity. steve: keep in mind, she is deeply popular with the core g.o.p. so, you think about what she said yesterday, you know, i'm going to get out, you know, why stick around while the vultures circle my final year. i'm a lame duck anyway. let sean take over. she had a very not so subtle message to people on tv and people who have great big barrels of ink. listen to this. >> first, some straight talk for some, just some in the media. you have such important jobs. reporting facts and informing the electorate and exerting power to influence.

you represent what could and should be a respected honest profession that could and should be a corner stone of our democracy. democracy depends on you. and that is why -- that's why our troops are willing to die for you. so, how about in honor of the american soldier, you quit making things up. [cheers and applause] steve: there you go. brian: that's what she says is one of the reasons. gretchen: the press will still follow sarah palin like a vulture. they still will. they are not going to follow sean parnell the guy taking over for her. lucky for him they won't. unless something huge happens in his life. they will continue to follow her. brian: don't you think this move is widely unpopular? don't you think this is a bad move for her to say you know what? i'm not going to be governor anymore. most people on the g.o.p. side can't figure out tactically why she is doing it. gretchen: i have come around on this whole thing. first i thought it didn't make

any sense. now i'm like it's her own decision, who cares? let her make her own personal decision whether she decides to stay in politics or not who gives a rip. brian: who gives a rip? you scared me for a second there. gretchen: coming back from vacation. brian: could thing we are in delight. steve: she made the decision on her own to get out of politics. it looks like at least temporarily we know she is going to write a book. what is she going to do next? first dude todd yesterday said don't know. brian: her dad does not know. he goes i wish i knew what my daughter was going to do next. she is running 2012. she has got to be. right now seven out of ten republicans have a positive opinion of her. that's not bad. steve: you travel around the country she is awfully, awfully popular. over of the weekend, of the number one thing people were talking about, i went to a picnic and went to an evening.

brian: a thousand people. steve: people were talking about health care. they are worried about losing their benefits. the other thing is when the president of the united states last week referred to those cambridge cops who arrested his friend henry gates as stupid. well, they are trying to put a good spin on it. we are discovering that apparently, you know, over the first couple of days of the -- after it happened. we had heard that the president had made this phone call to the man pictured screen right. on friday. five minute phone call and apparently it was at the sergeant's suggestion, you know, maybe i could get together with you and have a beer. there is the sergeant right there. he is actually at a place called tommy doyle's irish pub. as soon as the white house operator called and said sergeant cawley the president of the united states. the president called back five minutes later it was his suggestion that they have a beer. gretchen: it will be interesting to see when this happens.

supposedly professor gates is also in on accepting this invitation to the three of them will get together and i guess try to patch things up. the conversation will continue no doubt about race in america. gretchen: saturday's "new york times" which is basically like a pamphlet for the "new york times" because they have very little time. back end of the story is the question we all want answered. what was his thought -- line of thinking going into that press conference? did he embrace the opportunity to answer lynn suite's question or not? and according to aids, of course, who are named nameless, he was privately outraged about the arrest going in. and he wanted to speak out about it in the press cerpt. he didn't put it in opening remarks which was all scripted. it was all about health care. he was distraught that his words at the presser were proving more polarizing. on friday he picked up on the phone and said listen, i'm going to go into that robert gibbs presser and i'm going to say

something and move forward. he didn't apologize but he didn't d. eventually say he regrets the way it's being portrayed. robert gibbs is the biggest change of heart. outraged. listened to him talk about a totally different account written up by that police officer crowley and now he seems to be backing off because i think a lot of it has to do with the african-american cop who was there who backed crowley up and said i didn't believe the way crowley was acting. gretchen: that's interesting. north to mention it was an african-american chief who put crowley in charge of racial profiling classes. if there wassinganyone going toe caught up or mired up in this thing this cop has a leg to stand on. he has a lot of experience in dealing with exactly these types of issues. steve: there san item in the "boston globe" this morning that says the woman who made the initial 911 call, the neighbor, the early reports she called and said there are two black guys breaking into this guy's house.

she never mentioned race. and she is absolutely floored that the suggestions were made that there are these two black guys. she just said these two guys are breaking into the house. yesterday on "fox news sunday" bret baire asked robert gibbs about is this is a case of racial profiling? gretchen: right. we will get to that in a minute. interesting you mention the 911 call, steve. i think that's going to be released later on. we just heard that snippet. that's really interesting point. the 911 call will then shed more light on what exactly that woman did say. that's supposed to be released maybe this morning because now pending investigation they may not release it right away. brian: let's go to the text question. should the president, president gates. -- should the president, professor gates, and sergeant crowley reconcile over beer? should they have one each? bring their own and what kind of beer should it be. gretchen: twitter too? did you take over twitter while

while i was done with? brian: did i but i don't have your password. steve: going to brian's point, what beer should they have they white house? we understand that sergeant crowley when he was at that pub in cambridge, he was having a blue moon beer. brian: right. which is good. steve: it is good. we understand that apparently the professor likes becks and red stripe. also, additionally, if you had a suggestion for a beer menu. what would that beer be? brian: if it's red stripe the beer would have to be gentleman makeca. tell us what's happening in the news if you will, gretchen. gretchen: let's talk foreign policy. no option off the table when it comes to iran. those tough words from israel's defense minister to defense secretary robert gates. this video just into our newsroom shows ahide barack in israel where he says is he not ruling out a possible military strike. gates' visit is partially aimed at getting israel to back off military action to buy more time

tore diplomacy. is he also meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. secretary of state hillary clinton vowing that iran will never have a nuclear weapon. she called iran's efforts to get one futile. meantime clinton was also asked if she may take another shot at the white house. >> i have absolutely no belief in my mind that that is going to happen. that i have any interest in it happening. you know, as i said, i am so focused on what i am doing. gretchen: clinton says she is still hoping for a female president though in her lifetime. police in mexico identifying the border agent robert was shot on thursday while responding to a border incident in southern california. cops say 36-year-old ernesto was arrested near the crime scene with a border patrol issued gun. four other men also detained in mexico in connection with this shooting. believed to be part of an immigrant smuggling ring. one of those men apparently

fingered him as the gunman. authorities haven't said yet what role the four men may have played in the killing a a-year-old boy is fighting for his life this morning after horrific car crash claimed the lives of five of his family members. their minivan was somehow heading in the wrong direction on a new york parkway when it smashed into another car, rolled down an embankment and burst into flames. eight people were killed in this accident. including four young cousins and one of their mothers who was behind the wheel. safety police are investigating why the car was heading the wrongway on the parkway. 12 hours earlier, five people hurt on the same highway in another wrongway accident. new video of french president nickler sarkozy just leaving a paris hospital this morning. he spent the night collapsing while jogging. tests sign no signs of any of heart trouble or serious heart problems. the collapse something blamed on exhaustion and minor nerve condition. the 54-year-old sarkozy being

told to take it easy for a couple days. gretchen: french are not known for working out a lot. when i saw him doing that i thought that was interesting trying to get in shape and has an incident. brian: as we go to break i have a explanation. he loves americans. they work hard marry hard and love hot women. steve: figured it out. another blow to president obama's health care plan as the clock ticks down toward their august recess on capitol hill. the numbers just don't add up. why some say the plan to pay for universal care will mean nearly no savings for a decade. the white house didn't want that news. brian: it's been going on in washington for decades but this year some scary moments when a hydroplaned boat flips over during one of the races. the whole thing caught on camera. shows you there is some danger there. i never thought it could happen to me...

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to save any money. 3200 is not going to save any money. none of these schemes are going to save any money until we put the patient back in control. let the patient own the policy. let the patient make decisions on their medical care with the doctor's trusted advisor. example health savings accounts. what the patient needs to do or what the government needs to do is to give the fund contribution a certain amount of money so they will know at the beginning of the year what they will spend at the end of the year. none of these schemes are going to work. gretchen: tara, isn't that exactly the opposite plan of what the democrats on capitol hill want? they don't want the patient necessarily to make all the decisions. they want the government to make the decisions, right? >> no. i don't believe that's true. first of all, a lot of the way the system works right now currently is if you have a preexisting condition, you can be denied coverage. so under hr 3200 which my old boss congress frank pa sloan a sponsor of. that's principallive.

that puts the patients and people in general much dangerous condition. just because it costs a lot doesn't mean we can't figure it out. i believe we have some the brightest mined in the world working on this. we can figure out how to get this con in the most cost efficient way and protect people. that's what this is about. gretchen: besides this report coming out talking about no cost savings is the fact that the leader met with the leader of the c.b.o. of the congressional budget office last week. how do you feel about that meeting? is that supposed to happen between the president and the. >> when the president calls the cbo on the carpet and tells them to do what the president wants rather than what the facts say we are heading in the wrong direction. pharmaceutical companies all cop to the table and meet with the president. president says we are glad you are at the table we like your plans. senators say we don't like this plan. president says we don't like this plan. out of control big government

power grab trying to make uption kel sam m.d. we need leadership from the president. gretchen: why would the president want to meet with the cbo director? why. >> i don't know. you would have to ask the president. one thing we live in america one land the liberty. one of those liberty is the right to privately contract. that's the hallmark of free enterprise system. whatever the government decides will spend, we ought to let the patient and the physician privately contract. that's the hallmark of the free enterprise system. why do we want to have privatized control. >> no one is saying we can't have a health care savings account. i have that one. what about those people who can't afford one like me. i'm well-positioned. what about those people 600, 700 people a week are losing their job in south carolina? what about them? they did all the right things. they played by the rules and through no fault of their own they are losing their jobs. gretchen: i have got to wrap it up there. we do have more time with our panel. coming up next, some major mixed messages on the stimulus. democrats now contradicting each

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gretchen: we seem to be getting some mixed messages on the stimulus. contradicting now what the president said it was supposed to do and i'm back with our political panel they also happen to be related to the health reform industry this morning. start with peter pitts. i asked you in the break, peter, will health care be a stimulus to the economy? >> health care reform is important. as far as the stimulus goes when the government makes a pig power grab and becomes a major pair

the same interest of government is to provide -- stimulus is going to reduce patient care, it's going continue to crease the tax burden. it's probably going to decree the quality of care because the options available to doctors and patients are going to be reduced. stem loves aid isn't going to put money in the economy it's going to put money back in the budget so it can put back big government programs that don't work. gretchen: will health care reform be a stimulus? nancy pelosi the speaker of the houses yes, it will. >> no. it won't. what it's going to do is put us deeper in debt. the president said that if it adds to the deficit, he won't sign the bill. so, based on that statement, we are not going to have a bill signed with the current bills are being pushed in congress. gretchen: tara, let me talk about the second sim columbus package before i went on vacation, at least, that was the talk on the hill. second stimulus coming down the pike. now the president and the vice president and the speaker of the house seem to be contradicting one another. they now seem to be saying wait, let's hold our horses here.

we would he be don't need a second stimulus. where do you see it heading. >> i don't think there will be a second stimulus. president obama has been consistent saying if for some reason we really needed one, he would consider it that is not his priority. that is north something he would like to see happen. democrats are very hetero genius. there is always going to be disagreements here and there over policy. it's natural. it's a good thing. >> difference between a stimulus pang and a trillion-dollar over 10 year health care package which is just huge government spending. spending in and of itself does not mean stimulus. gretchen: while i was away, speaking of doctors, i had a lot of doctors come up to me and talk about the health care reform. many of them were very nervous about it i will let you have the final wonchtsd it had many things in there that were not an emergency. medical records, health information technology that wasn't an emergency there are lots of things we need to discuss about that before we spend money on that. certainly, electronics, the records, very important. but we need to talk about

privacy. we need to talk about many issues. and to russia through, just shows that a lot of thought wasn't given to it you need read the bill and understand the bill before you vote on it. gretchen: that's a novel thought, doctor. read the bill. maybe we should make that a mandate for everyone. thanks very much to the panel guests this morning. great to have all three of you here today. >> thank you. gretchen: fed chair ben bernanke angry about the big business bailouts that's he's authorized. why he says he has to hold his nose through all of those decisions. and an annual decades old boat race goes terribly wrong. check out this video in the middle of the competition this hydroplaned boat flips over. we don't get much of it arranged here. and it turns out that may be a good thing. why getting less sleep may actually make you smarter. wow. happy birthday to alex rodriguez as well. the yankee slugger is only 34 today. ♪ rewrite your hair's past and give it a whole new life.

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she is long. brian: you let the woman play quarterback, right? let her think she is in charge. steve: just a good place to start. gretchen: are you being nice because it's mother? brian: tactically that's a good move that will help you in the game of life. gretchen: very smart twist there left's do a few other headlines for you on your monday morning. house speaker nancy pelosi vowing to pass the health care reform plan but blue dog democrats. those are the more conservative democrats. say she doesn't have the votes. joining us from washington, d.c. are the very latest on the health care drawment is our own kelly wright. good morning, kelly. have you figured out this whole plan? please say yes. >> no, i haven't. if i did i would be a multi billionaire probably. taps very thorny issue this health care reform that we are talking about. speaker of the house nancy pelosi as you said gretchen vows that a health care reform measure will be passed in the house but standing in the way of that promise are blue dogs or conservative democrats if you will who won't vote for the bill. well, later today at 4:00 p.m.,

we have learned that house members, some house members will be in a closed meeting in the basement of the capital to seek a bridge over that elm pass between blue dogs and liberals. also unrest among the most members of the as well as the professional black caucus which doesn't want house speaker nancy pelosi to cave in to blue dog demands. some dems say they need republican help to give life support to a bill that appears to be dying. >> keep putting one foot in front of the other and try to have a plan that can win their support. republicans and democrats. >> president obama has scaled back his demand to have a bill passed by the summer recess. is he now urging congress to pass a bill before the end of the year. >> without a little poking and prodding, not a lot gets done. we're pleased to see progress and as long as we see continued progress, we think we are on the road to getting come prehencive

health care reform by this fall. >> now congressional sources tell fox news that today's meeting could yield a blueprint for the rest of the week and help democrat leaders decide whether there is a way forward on health care later this week. gretchen, back to you. gretchen: all right, kelly. you did a great job of explaining it all. we will continue to follow this story. >> i hope so. gretchen: good to see you. brian: amazing that deadline got pushed back. well, when we get to it. steve: absolutely positively by the end of the year. meanwhile, expect a busy day at car delearships nationwide. today is the official start of the cash for clunkers program. the government giving people who trade in their old gas guzzlers $4,500. if you buy a new car that gets at least 10 miles more per gallon you get an extra thousand dollars. many car dealers are offering their own incentives. go down to your car dealer and see if they got a good deal. brian: i know also on ledger this week is what's going to happen with the delearships and what the house is doing that

would close for no apparent reason. does something stink? federal reserve chair ben bernanke says he has h. to hold his nose over the bailouts for big financial companies but that it had to be done. bernanke held a town hall meeting in kansas city to defend the fed's effort to help save the economy. bernanke said it made him angry that the government had to save companies that gambled with money with other people's money. but he said not acting would have been worse. he told the audience he refuses to be chair of the fed during the second great depression. bernanke also admitted the fed acted too late in addressing the subprime loans and the housing crisis. greenspan never did that. gretchen: all right. hold a town meeting you mean? brian: yes. gretchen: pakistan joining the search for american soldier gone missing in afghanistan. u.s. officials say the country is sharing intelligence information to help find private bowe bergdahl.

the terrorists released video of him but fox is only showing the still pictures. pakistan's cooperation is the best it has been in years. ♪ life can be so sweet ♪ on the sunny side of the street. steve: owe the astronauts are waking up on the sunny side of the universe this morning as they get ready for their final spacewalk of the endeavour. in just a couple of hours, two astronauts will head outside to rearrange some cable lines and install tv cameras. tomorrow endeavour undocks from the international space station as it begins the journey back to earth. brian. brian: looking for a job in a top defense contractor aggressively recruit for a few good cyber warriors. rate i don't know says these people will be on the front lines protecting america's computer systems. found that the federal government is way behind in cyber security with the lack of trained workers being the

biggest problem. gretchen: check out this wild boat crash a hydro boat flips over during a race. watch. that one right there. it winds up face down in a columbia river. rescue crews arrived quickly and remark gli the driver escaped without injuries. he is expected to take part in the upcoming races in seattle that looks like my kids tubing on vacation. brian: i don't think they were going quite that fast. gretchen: they were dare devils. they didn't flip but almost. steve, have you ever been tubing? steve: i have been. and i have been one one of those speed boats. they can scafer the living daylights out of you. we have real heavy thunderstorms moving through delaware. the trail goes back through portions of the carolinas and the commonwealth of virginia. also, a heavy line of thunderstorms to greet folks on this monday morning in the panhandle of oklahoma and texas. down through southwestern portions of o.k. it is ok across the central

plains for the most part. a beautiful morning in the ohio valley where temperatures -- go ahead and hit the button, would you? where temperatures at this hour, as you can see, 60's and 70's across much of the land down south we have got some 70's. heading for 80. 84 in el paso it is a gorgeous 74 in raleigh. meanwhile, let's take a look at the daytime highs and it's the red zone across much of the land. 80's as far as north as the northern plains. up in the new england area we have got temperatures in the mid 60's. and today in orlando, high temperature of 90 degrees. speaking of orlando, out in the port orange area of florida, over the weekend on friday a tornado went through the area, damaged at least -- i think 168 homes. and so a state of emergency has been declared there. 60 of the homes no longer livable for people. that's too bad.

steve: it's time for sports and brian kilmeade on the hall of fame. brian: absolutely. the newest members of the baseball hall of fame inducted in coopers town. two new people on the all time stolen base leader ricky hernandez got a lot of confidence in himself no surprise. credited with being all around player in his generation and former red sox star jim rice a designated hitter. he didn't bring a glove to the stadium. makes it into the hall on last try. one of the game's best sluggers in 70's and 80's. presteroid era. joe flash jordan. broadcaster could you beck. there is word that baseball commissioner bud selig is considering lifting pete rose's lifetime ban for baseball that would put him right into the hall of fame because he is the all time hit king. we will follow that story. a great championship philanthropist lost his life tragically on the cusp of another comeback. vernon for rest a two division world champion died from gunshot

wounds to the head in attempted robbery in georgia. he was filling up the tire of his jaguar at a gas station when he was robbed. he was a caring humanitarian. spent most of his life providing homes to disabled people. he leaves behind one son. he was just 38 years old. and finally, back to sports. a classic scene in paris as the 2200-mile tour de france comes to an end in france. lance armstrong not wearing the yellow jerusalemy this year. armstrong third. teammate and rival contador takes home the top prize. is he the first. spaniard from spain. steve: most spaniards are from spain. brian: i just want to confirm. steve: check out brian and the judge today from 9 to noon. brian: i just saw the judge at flavors next door. he has informed me that we booked orrin hatch. i'm sincere. gretchen: maybe he would like to

book town hall. citigroup's most lucrative division fibroenergy training unit. he is set to get 100-million-dollar package to honor the commitment and the contract that he had for this particular year. but will there be some sort of a dust up now between. brian: yes. gretchen: between citi and government's new pay czar kenneth fineberg. is he in charge of the top paid salaries at these banks who took payout cash. steve: in april citi did ask the treasury to keep this unit that trades in energy stuff the fibrounit from the federal compensation law. he said you know we can't keep good people unless we pay them what they are making across the street. apparently across the street they make a lot of money. this guy is set to make $100 million if fineberg says it's ok. fineberg in the past has said hook lee are on the hook to citi in billions and billions and billions of bailout money.

unless we make money at citi, we won't get our money back. so, do we give them the money? brian: brian $45 billion when you talk about money, that's a lot of money to keep citi alive. many people think it's a corpse. steve: citi corps. brian: if it's going to come back and we hope it does for a myriad of reasons. this is the type of thing that we need to see happen. i want a guy that or a woman that's so uniquely talented that they can generate 100-million-dollar bonus for themselves. for all intents and purposes, this guy seems to be that rare talent. if you can make 100 million for yourself, don't you think that will help us get our money back? i mean, isn't that it? we cannot -- if we want our money back from citibank. steve: and we do. brian: why force him to a bank where is he going to make that money for somebody else? gretchen: that's a very astute way of looking at it j.p. morgan chase and goldman sachs, they don't have to be under the thumbnail of kenneth fineberg because they paid back their

bailout cash. they did it in a hurry once they figured out the government was going to come in and regulate compensation. steve: this got start with the brouhaha at a.i.g. remember they -- what did they get? $180 billion in bailout money. so when suddenly the people were saying well, we have got to pay them this bonus money. it's like, if you have exposure to trillions of dollars in their back book, do you pay the people to keep making a lot of dough? it's the same thing with this guy. email us right now. do you think that this guy -- that city citi and the treasure riff should say ok let's pay the guy $100 million because otherwise we won't make billions and billions to pay ourself off. brian: or not. he left a high powered job on fifth avenue to create. this it's a shower extender. and the man who came up with the idea says the invention helped get him through the recession. it's here. and he by the way is here with tips on how your one small idea can make big bucks for you. gretchen: first, trying to take down the house, a blackjack

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steve: we have actually got a little good news for you this morning. gas prices went south dropping 7 cents a gallon to an average of $2.49 a gallon. $1.50 less than we were paying this time last year. enjoy it because the cost of crude oil has been creeping up lately and of course that will be reflected at the pump. meanwhile, there a worldwide rush to vaccinate people against the swine flu. some countries in europe are fast tracking the vaccine so they can start giving people the

shots as early as next month. but the world health organization is issuing a warning about the derricks of untested vaccines. the united states is taking a safer approach. the vark seen is being tested right now on thousands of volunteers before it gets approval for the general public. brian kilmeade, a member of the general public. brian: i feel so significant. long time blackjack dealer is suing caesar's palace. she is claiming the second hand smoking is making her sick. now she is pushing for tougher smoking standards and getting rid of smoking. does she have a case? what can this do to the gambling industry? arthur aidala fox news legal analyst. on the defensive here. they join us for the fair and balanced debate. first off, jerve, they allow smoking casinos, i wasn't aware of that but they do it. does this woman have a case and she is representing a lot of the people. >> yeah, i believe she does have a case because the data showing second hand smoke has adverse health effects is overwomenning

at this point. a recent report that came out from the national institute of occupational safety and health which shows significant delay workers in these casinos are being adversely affected as a result of this. brian: second hand smoke? >> they studied and tracked it there is specific data showing. this casinos have an obligation to take reasonable steps to make sure the safety of their employees. they are not saying that there shouldn't be any designated smoking areas. they are just asking that there be some designated nonsmoking areas. brian: this plaintiff has been there for 20 years. she represents a lot of people. second hand smoke you know it's been proven to be dangerous. >> that's where i want to agree with you. everybody knows second hand smoke is a problem. why are you choosing to put yourself that environment. talk about it as a lawyer but as someone common sense. if i'm allergic to dogs should i work at a dog grooming place? if you know there are harmful chemicals in dry cleaning place are you going to work there and sue afterwards? there is a common sense part

that i disagree with. however, is the trend moving toward smoke-free environments? we can't kid ourselves. they stopped smoking in bars in ireland. if they stop smoking in bars in ireland the dominos is going to fall. what steve is worried about don't tell us we can't smoke and let them smoke in ha are as or somewhere else let the smoker goes there let's have across the board rule. brian: will this work. >> many casinos have taken voluntary measures to implement certain effects. i think the casinos will the want a say in what the remedy is. they don't want some court just saying you have to do x, y, and zz. i think it will get settled. brian: hunch in a few years they used allow smoking in casinos? >> basic games football games. you can't smoke is a acigar in football game anymore. >> he is expressive. brian: hit hard by the recession. but, literally these people actually invented their way out

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peril are there are a lot of smart people out there without work but they have got a lot of ideas. >> inventors are every day people who come up with good ideas every day. an idea is free, of course, developing it is not. if you watch your dollars and cents. if you take the right steps, it's absolutely something that can be really fun and rewarding. steve: you actually invented something yourself. explain that gizmo. >> this is a very simple solution to a silly problem. the sticky shower curtain problem. brian. steve: i hate that instead of curving the rod which is difficult to install i came one counseled weight that concerns the curtain away from you very simple. steve: sarah explain your sinches i was let go and i realized i needed to take control over my financial long term. steve: are you telling me nobody was going to bail you out except you. >> can i count on myself. i can't count on the corporate world.

can i count on my eningenuity and inventiveness. steve: you had idea for. >> gold tattoo comfortable jewelry weightless and twear actively on the beach or on the dance floor steve not an actual tattoo you are wearing one. >> there two versions of it. steve: we see a picture right there. >> thin film, breathable, flexible waterproof for a few washes. and different version which is more like jewelry which i actually wear all the time and take it off and put it in my jewelry box. steve: roger, i think you sold your company last year. >> computers for 25 years. steve: had you some money satellited away. lost it all in the crash of the last year or so. you came one an idea because you weren't going to get a bailout from anybody either? >> exactly. i came one a server fridge. does that mean -- now, this is a depiction, a one quarter scale model. does that mean you cool down the gizmos in a server or you put them all in something that looks

like it's a refrigerator? >> this system is called the data center it provides cooling, security, energy efficient, very cost effective to build. steve: that's a great idea. why didn't i think of that? that's the number one thing people much much watching right now. why didn't i think of the gold tattoo or shower bo or fridge. >> thinking about it is easy. what's so great about what roger and sarah has done is take control of their own destiny and they decide to do something about it. and that's what we say they association having an idea is free but actually putting the steps together and getting it right, patenting, prototyping, finding proof there is a market for this, that takes work and it can be very rewarding. steve: congratulations to all of you. >> thank you. steve: translated what's up here into here. >> getting it done. steve: straight ahead on "fox & friends" for this monday, it's a bill designed to protect the

mentally disabled. instead, it's outright offending the community. we will tell you why and what barney frank has to do with that and we all heard what the president said about the rest of the harr harvard professor henry gates. what happened behind the scenes moments before that news conference. dana perino worked behind the scene for years. she is here with her take. sarah palin may have left office but not before taking a couple shots like this one. >> one other thing for the media our new governor has a very nice family, too. so leave his kids alone. [cheers and applause] steve: you go girl. much more news ahead on the other side of the break. right back. - hi. - crowd: hi!

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challenges in america with some seeming to just be hell bent maybe on tearing down our nation. perpetuating some pessimism and suggesting american apologetics. gretchen: what else? former governor palin had to say and where is she headed next? if you know, email us. brian: hey a portion of the health care bill designed to protect the mentally disabled instead is outright offending that community. guess who is behind it can you say barney frank? i know i did. steve: and you just did. meanwhile women like victoria secret supper models getting even more beautiful? but men not so much. and scientists are getting paid to figure out why she exists. that straight ahead. our slogan this hour coming from ruth in texas. steve, gretchen, and brian each smoorng must. they leave the competitors eating "fox & friends" dust. [captioning made possible by fox news channel]

captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- steve: welcome aboard, folks it is monday. gretchen carlson in after a relaxing vacation up in the land of 10,000 lakes. gretchen: yes, i was, in my homeland of minnesota it was a wonderful vacation. and thank you so much for all the "fox & friends" viewers that we have thought that area. i played bingo almost every night. old fashioned vacation. nothing better than bingo at :00 p.m. i won one time. lights out at 9:00. gretchen: no kidding right with the kids. brian: talk, fishing and bingo. gretchen: i cop crappies, sunnies, large mouth bass, rock mouth bass. brian: what do crappies taste like. gretchen: catch and release. do you know what that is? brian: you are just saying that for television? steve: hate to have to clean them. gretchen: they weren't big enough. steve: number one topics health care. gates thing calling the police

stupid for arresting that guy. anyway number one thing about the health care this past week for barack obama is he had a very, very bad week. of the congressional budget office last week came out and said it's not going to actually -- oops. i wish i could do that again. lower bills, increase them. congressional budget office came out again over the weekend and said that you might be able to save $2 billion over the next 10 years but in a trillion dollars budget that is a drop in the budget. and then you look at his rasmussen numbers and for the first time ever barack obama is down in the double addition negative. 29% strongly approve. 40% strongly disprove. that is a 51 point swing from where i believe he started in january. gretchen: north dakota is next door to. senator conrad i thought had the most insightful thing to say

yesterday on all the talk shows he said look, we do need the republicans on this health care bill. they make up 40% of congress right now. and even though that's not the majority, we want the this to be a bipartisan effort. i thought that was very good comment because it seems that it's just been steam rolling on and suddenly here is a democrat who says yeah, this would be nice if we could have both sides of the fence on this thing. brian: let's listen to the little gee bait that went on with chris wallace yesterday. >> as you women know having spent any time in this town without a little poking and prodding, north a lot gets done. we are pleased to see progress and as long as we see continued progress, we think we are on the road to getting come prehencive health care reform by this fall. >> i think it is probably unlikely that we'll actually produce a bill in the committee before the august recess. i want to say this is a good thing. this is a democratic republic politic where the people are

supposed to tell us what to do. they have heard about a lot of plans. it's a good thing for us to go back home over the august recess, play it out to our constituents and say all right, folks, what do you think we ought to do? brian: here is the thing to your point, is barack obama being pushed to get republicans involved because he can't get all the democrats involved? because these blue dogs, 52 strong are saying i heard what you have to say, i keep hearing your explanation but we're not budging. steve: right, the blue dogs are the moderate democrats. they are not real left. fiscally conservative. but or could it possibly be this? and that is by them saying look, we really need republicans to get this passed, that's not true. mathematically they have got 60. they have got the super majority. they don't need republicans. or are they setting up republicans for the blame game when it goes down in flames for them to say look at the republicans. the republicans are the reason we didn't get it that is not true. they open the white house they own the house, they own the

senate. they can do it on their own. this is the first step toward the blame game. gretchen: really? do you? usually i'm the cynic but i actually took him at are his word yesterday when which is an interesting thing to do with a politician. brian: it will could that to you. it will mellow you out. gretchen: i'm not so sure that president obama would think that republicans would come on board with health care bill. brian: they have got to change it. gretchen: that's the thing. i took senator conrad at his word that he wanted to have more compromise in this bill. steve: i'm sure they want. they are setting republicans up to blame them. brian: or just have two signatures on the final product so if it doesn't go well look we screwed up rather than i guess they screwed up. brian: not one pressure other than two vote for it as it currently stands. they would have to do a the love changing on that particular bill. steve: look at the white house, last week it was we have got to get this done before they go on vacation. suddenly it's like well if they get around to it by the end of the year that will be just fine. brian: other big story yesterday happened at a picnic. a thousand people showed up as

governor palin said goodbye as she said goodbye to being governor holding office of alaska. she is moving on for the people of alaska. what is she going to do next? we hear the book deal is a done deal. she is going to come out. of course going to tour with that i imagine get sarah palin's book deal going to be a lot of money for her. million dollars in the pac. what's she going to do? her dad is not even sure. listen to chuck heath. >> i'm sure she has something else in mind, yeah, yeah. and i don't know. i spent two days with her over neil river. she is a good poker player. she didn't lead on what she wants to do. gretchen: i think that's refreshing. her dad maybe he has been told don't let this out of the bag right now. look what the press has done for me the last six months. that would be the smart thing to do not tell what you are going to do. she would be immediately eviscerated to matter what she

does. brian: do you think she hasn't made her mind up yet? gretchen: she probably has. i don't think it's our business yet right now. who cares? steve: she decided to step aside. now alaska has a brand new governor sean par nefl who people up there say he is a great guy. not quite as exciting as governor sarah palin. but she actually was looking out for him yesterday. brian: does tina fey impersonate him, too? steve: i'm hoping not. here is governor sarah palin before she relinquished of the job looking out for sean. >> one other thing for the media, our new governor has a very nice family, too. so leave his kids alone. [cheers and applause] brian: by the way that's a microphone cover that could survive a hurricane without any wind noise. steve: that wasn't the mike cover. that was an actual. brian: puppy? i mean it looks like a dog. gretchen: i thought it was her

core sage. brian: look at the size of that mike's phone. steve: wind screen. when luke in the world of politics. when was the last time any politician ever had their children picked on as much as governor sarah palin? i know when people are in the white house, they always go kids are off limits. which is true why the exception for her? because she her family got dragged through the mud. brian: they have had a tough time absolutely. nine minutes after the hour. tell us what's happening. you mentioned your number two topic over the weekend at the picnic was professor gates of cambridge. gretchen: it was. another gates we want to talk about which is defense secretary robert gates. steve: that was the third item. et. brian: let me try it again. secretary gates is in israel if you are looking for him i wonder what's happening over there. gretchen: thank you for that amazing transfer of talk. so, secretary gates hearing some tough talk from the israelis as he visits jerusalem. defense minister ehud barak

telling not ruling out strike against iran. trying to give diplomacy more time. meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. in washington today marks the start two of days of talks between the u.s. and china. the chinese are bringing 150 dip mats. president obama will start the discussion with opening remarks and from there secretary of state hillary clinton and treasury secretary tim geithner will leave lead the u.s. delegates. tensions in areas such as america's huge trade deficit with china antd chinese government unease over america's soaring deficits. notice how hillary clinton started making appearances as we talked about she was missing in action. now back front and center. police in mexico identifying the man who they say murdered border patrol agent. cops say 36-year-old earn net toe parravalenzuela was arrested near the crime scene in mexico with a border patrolled issued

gun. he was responding toe it this border incident in southern california when he was killed. four other men were also detained in mexico in connection with to the shooting. they are believed to be part of an immigrant smuggling ring. one of those men apparently fingered him as the gunman. authorities haven't said yet what role the four men may have played though in the killing. the virginia man convicted of joining al qaeda and plotting to assassinate president bush heads back to court today. ahmed omar will be sentenced. last year appeals court ruled that his original 30 year sentence was too light. the falls church, virginia native was convicted back in 2005. parents, listen up. new recommendations now for the flu shot. the cdc now saying that all children ages 6 months to 18 years should get a flu shot every year. this new information on the heels of concerns over swine flu. as well. so parents are also being advised that they have to vaccinate their children against h1n1, meaning kids may have to

get as many as four flu shots a year. let's hope that they pick the right strain. a world record attempt comes up dangerously short. this is stunt man spanky spangler crashing head on into a ramp. this car immediately bursting into flames. the crowd fell silent as paramedics worked to pull him from the wreckage. they did end up getting him out and he eventually got on his feet before being rushed to the hospital with some possible head and knee injuries. spangler was attempt ago world record jump 200 feet with his car on fire those are your headlines. steve: here is something for your gates item, brian. we asked people what sort of people they should drink at the white house. but when gates and crowley, the sergeant go to the white house. let's see karen says mickey's big mouth. brian: never heard of it. steve: never had mickey's big mouth? >> no. steve: i used to drink that when i was of age in college. darryl suggests apparently

solicits makes a beer called bull. gretchen: somebody else suggested bush beer because they could blame the whole meeting on busch. brian: sleep study coming up which i find heartening. sleep less more successful than most. thomas edison didn't like to sleep. donald trump didn't like to sleep. da vin think didn't like to sleep. that is enough to know that we should sleep less. gretchen you are leaving out one very important figure albert einstein. brian: what has he ever con. gretchen: took naps on top of it the three of us here are road scholars. brian: we are on our way to some type of honoree degree. brian: sleep is a four letter word with us. we don't get it. gretchen: i thought you meant rest. brian: that's true. gretchen: coming up nancy pelosi and vice president joe bind not on the same page recession. how are we supposed to get out of it with all of these mixed messages? dana perino here next on that

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steve: we have been telling you about controversial comment made by the president saying that a massachusetts police officer in cambridge reacted stupidly for arresting a friend of the president. gretchen: right. that professor at harvard. the president will not apologize but he has now invited boast men to the white house for a few beers to smooth things over. former white house press secretary dana perino joins us live from d.c. this morning. good morning to you, dana. >> good morning. gretchen: let me start with the offer now to try and asswage all of the heat that has gone on the

last few days. a couple of beers. is that going to work and would have you recommend that to your president? >> i think -- barack obama is a good convener. i'm trying to imagine president bush doing that. sometimes presidents can be very good conveners and you can start a conversation bring people together. you can do that on the foreign policy stage. bringing like karzai and musharraf together in our administration or do it on domestic issue. it would be interesting if they thought it would be a gooded to bring republicans and democrats together to try to solve some of the problems we have. they haven't really wanted to do that. i think the other thing that will happen is whereas last week they could have made the phone call. they could have said they were apologizing or quasiapologizing and left it at that what they're ensuring now is that this issue is going to continue because they are going to ask well when are they coming to the white house? they will come to the white house and there will be a big show. maybe that won't necessarily be a bad thing but could be good for everybody in america. but i think that this really got them off track last week on a week where they really didn't

need to be distracted. steve all the president said was his words were ill chosen. we understand this beer summit. this beer garden at the rose garden actually, the suggestion of sergeant crowley who was at a beer joint hang out for cambridge cops when the president did call. but, you know, the whole thing comes down to you got to hope that going forward -- somebody said to me over the weekend that they were just surprised that the president would use the word stupidly. >> oh, sure. as soon as he said that word when i was watched the press conference i thought oh gosh, here it comes. when you are commander and chief what you say is very different than, you know, if you are a community -- when he was a community organizer and he would have used that phrase it, probably wouldn't have phased anybody. but it's very different when you are the commander in chief. and i think you saw that. from the reaction of a police officers. he knew that he had to fix something. and there was no way that anybody on his staff could have fixed it for him. he had to go out on friday.

i think they handled that well. gretchen: what will be very interesting to see what those 911 tapes reveal when they are released by all accounts it's coming out now that the woman who called did not use race at all in her description. dana, if you will, stick around, because we have some other things to discuss with you. >> happy to. ok. steve: straight ahead to spend or not to spend. it all depends on which democrat you ask. nancy pelosi says no but vice president joe biden wants more. why the mixed message from the same party on stimuli. greff gretchen wide receiver plaxico burris may only be running routes in prison. why the sharp-shooting pro will be sidelined in stripes. you are one person, but you can move a nation.

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gretchen: welcome back. president obama says the first stimulus was intended to jolt the economy. vice president biden says it was intended to provide steady support. some dems say there should be a second stimulus. others say not so much. >> i would rather just stick with the initiative that we have, get it out there faster if we can, but not worry about doing another stimulus package. brian: so why all the mixed messages? i'm confused. when it comes to government spending why are we doing it? back now with somebody who is going to be with us every monday we think dana perino former white house press secretary. on the stimulus package, do you notice it's not the first area in which the administration can't get their story straight. >> they have mixed messages because they have in fact, a mixed message. it's interesting to me when you say that joe biden said it was supposed to not provide a jolt but be support over time. actually, if you go back and look on their web site in his very speeches he uses the word

jolt over and over again back in february when he was convincing members of congress to vote for it. because there was going to be a jolt. their very problem is that they have a mixed message. remember, four weeks ago they floated this idea of another stimulus package and it got totally panned. and i think it actually hurt them going into their health care debate because people just aren't supportive of the current spending levels and they are not trusting that what they are saying -- what the administration says they are going to be able to provide is what they are actually going to get. steve: sure, dana, you look from jolten joe, you look at the first stimulus, it was supposed to turn us around and immediately unemployment would stop rising and, in fact, that was back when it was at 8%. now it's close to 10%. and we're not going to have a majority of the stimulus dolled out until next year. and people are steamed about that. >> right. that he was why i think you saw speaker pelosi on the exact right message if i were to give any advice, i think that's the right one because she has got a huge problem with her blue dog

democrats. the conservative democrats who are uneasy with the spending and mark my words, when they go back into august, there is going to be so much money spent going after republicans and republicans going after democrats that, in fact, that actually might be the jolt the economy needs. gretchen: that was so insightful dana, obviously because you held the job of being the spokesperson for the president. so insightful to talk about the second stimulus and how they floated that idea out there. that's all we were talking about before i went on vacation. for you to link that to health care, i think, sin credibly important this morning. >> um-huh. i think it's not only just health care, it's everything. it's the cap and trade bill. because when you -- when people started realizing that the stimulus package didn't do what they said it was going to do. then they took the cap and trade vote. then they come into the health care debate and then the administration delays the mid session review numbers, which would tell us where the economy is but yet they wanted people to take that vote before they went on the august recess. i think that's when things started to fall apart. now that vote won't happen before august anyway.

brian: more examples of mixed messages. joe biden biggest, blistering review with the russian economy right after barack obama reached out and said let's reset our relationship. say they are clinging to the past, banking system is not going to last another 15 years. that their population is aging. essentially it's going to be an empty mass of land soon. hillary clinton had to repair it yesterday. what's going on there? how significant? >> when i first read that story i thought to myself i could have been reading this maybe a year ago when he was chairman of the foreign relations committee because it sounded like something that the chairman would say. it actually has a lot of truth in it. the problem was it totally undercut president obama's trip last week it undercut secretary of state clinton because she had to clean it up a little bit yesterday. the other thing it did, it goes back to something i have been saying, i think it was a huge mistake for the administration not to have barack obama go to ukraine and georgia just for breakfast or just for lunch to

touch base there and then to come back. then they wouldn't have had to send biden at all. which i think was an insult to them. steve: joe biden said they are clinging to the past. didn't his boss say something about clinging? that's something else. it wasn't to the past. >> it's like that jolt thing. gretchen: it was nice to see that hillary clinton has reresurfaced as secretary of state. >> she is super smart and she knows her stuff. the show was a little bit on the boring side for those of us who are ready for the partisan fight. i think she did a great job. gretchen: all right. dana perino, great to see you on a monday. thanks for sharing your time with us this morning. >> see you later. brian: ben bernanke held unprecedented town hall meeting last night. is he looking to get reappointed or does very something else up his sleeve? steve: cash. is it possible women are getting more and more beautiful while men not having the same genetic luck? scientists are on the case. we will report. brian: scientists are on the case? gretchen: i bet they are all

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steve: headlines to get you started. man in custody this morning in the death of two sheriff deputies in oklahoma, gretchen be. gretchen: this after a three hour manhunt. 26-year-old hole better will be charged now with murder. investigators say hole better opened fire on the deputies as they were attempting to arrest him for domestic assault charges charges. he surrendered to state police after his mom called police to say he was at her home. steve? steve: north korea hinting it wants to talk directly to the united states about their nuclear brahm program. in a statement pyongyang says it will not turn six party talks but has hinted to dialogue with washington. we just want d.c. at the table, folks. meanwhile service hillary clinton says north korea has never been so isolated from the balance of the world. she credits the chinese with putting pressure on the country of north korea. brian: police have arrested a man in connection with the death

of former "american idol" hopeful alexis cohen ♪ don't you want somebody to love ♪ wouldn't you love somebody to love. >> cohen made legendary appearance on idol was hit in hit and run accident. charged with death by reckless driving and leaving the scene of a crash. gretchen: horrible story. health care bill is meant to protect the mentally disabled. its language is offending that community. massachusetts democrat barney frank introduced a bill in march that referred to the mentally disabled as mentally retarded. bill being debated in congress right now. still upsetting advocates and family members of the mentally disabled community. steve: 62 people behind bars in arizona this morning after massive criminal round up. it first arrested 72 suspects in

massive crime sweep in an attempt to control illegal immigration. but, new federal guidelines prevent deputies from arresting illegal immigrants just for being in the u.s. illegally. so ten suspects released. the move has sparked a battle between controversial sheriff joe arpaio and federal immigration officers. brian: new push to have the civilian justices to hablegdz detainee cases. this follows the arrest of american born al qaeda member from long island. brian vinas. he was given the rights of american criminal suspects after being arrested in pakistan. once in custody, he apparently talked a lot. giving what officials are calling gold mine of intention information. officials say that vinas case may be a good example to follow in future terror cases. gretchen: a big weekend at the box office. and harry potter's magic spells just couldn't hold up to super hero talking guinea pigs?

>> get off the road, fool. [ laughter ] gretchen: this looks cute. i didn't know it was out. disney's 3-d movie g-force raked in more than $32 million. some of the voices behind the characters include nicholas cage and tracy morgan. steve: fantastic. what's going on weatherwise. thunderstorms moving through portions of delaware. back through maryland and some heavy stuff as well as you can see in south central and southwestern portions of the great state of oklahoma and northern portions of texas. blevins the country for the most part is nice and dry a little bit of rain activity moving through portions of the northern plains at this hour. temperaturewise, take a look. it is a very pleasant, if you factor out the humidity, morning to be waking up. we got 60's and 70's across much the map down through much of texas. 70's approaching 80. >> same thing for florida. already. it's 96 degrees in phoenix, arizona. later on today. let's take a look at what we

have got in store. approaching 90 in the northern plains, 91 in kansas city. dallas-fort worth 90 as well. 102 in el paso. 112 in phoenix. up and downtown eastern seaboard, 70's, 80's, and 90-degree temperatures and substantial humidity makes it a little sweaty and a bad hair day. brian kilmeade not having a bad hair day. brian: thanks, steve. as a broadcaster, you try to talk to one person, just visualize one person. i thought i would bring one person with me. it looks like nfl star plaxico burris will not get off the hook easily after weapons star don't react. robin morganthal was insisting on jail time. they are digging this out. they have offered burris two years in prison deal. he says he might accept one. meanwhile, he has got no contract and no prospects. hey, he is bringing sexy back and that's to the links. is he helping the environment,

too. i'm talking about steve's childhood idol justin timberlake opening his golf course to the public. one of the world's first echo friendly golf courses. i guess it's not using astro touch right where timberlake grew up in memphis. >> it's amazing to do something to give back to your community, a place that you grew up and, you know, right over there on the tenth tee was where i hit my first golf bar ever. brian: recycled rainwater used to water the greebs. he plans on buying a fleet of solar powered golf carts. i hear is he a good golfer for a celebrity. you have to figure out if he will ever try it again. there you go. i don't care what outfit you are wearing that's going to hurt. that's a quick look what's happening in the world of sports sports. listen to brian and the judge

9:00 to noon. you can watch us. i strongly encourage that. steve: the judge is kind of your mascot. brian: i wouldn't say that the judge went to college. gretchen: maybe mascot for professional teams are wearing cups as well. brian: i would think so. steve: not by his reaction. brian: steve. i'm going to echo that. steve: i think not. let's talk about. this a study being released by a researcher at the helsinki in finland. they have found that through evolution. women are becoming more attractive. >> yes! gretchen: john on the floor crew endorses new study that's come out. i don't know. i don't know why they spend time and money studying stuff like this. do you really care? isn't beauty in the high identify the beholder? how can you really say that women -- that that woman is more attractive than the other one? brian: let's just look at them one more time? gretchen: these are not the average women walking down the street. and this does a disservice to other women. gretchen: to have to live up to

that butt? come on. gretchen: unless all women decided together to walk down the street in those outfits that would certainly stand out. steve: what they are saying. brian: that's my contribution to the story. gretchen: as you continue to peer at the screen. steve: here is what it comes down to. apparently women who are judged to be beautiful are having more children. and these beautiful women are having children that are -- they are having more daughters than sons. and so that means they wind up having more girls who continue the attractiveness. gretchen: how does the guy figure into this. steve: not attractive at all. brian: one point the guy has got to figure into it. gretchen: if they are having attractive daughters then the guy has to be attractive as well. i say this study is biased. you guys should be defending your own gender more for. this what does it say about the guys. steve: it says they are -- according to the study, since the caveman times, guys have not been very attractive. up to today.

brian: i looked at those old was muffin polls during the caveman times and they are very accurate. i'm taking a six month sabbatical with finish studies. steve: we're finished with that one. gretchen: let's move on to something more substantive the health care issue. it's supposed to elm help the employee. what if there is no place for those people to work it could stifle small businesses forcing them to lay off workers. brian: one ton in desperate need of spell check. one sign three areas. where this typo took place. gretchen: was that stimulus money? brian: yes, it was. some lunch.

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steve: fed head berne bernanke doing something very unusual in kansas city, missouri. he held a town hall meeting which is extremely rare for a federal reserve chairman. joining us now from k.c. is fox business network's peter barnes. what's up with that? >> well, steve, you are absolutely right. this has never been done as far as anybody knows by any federal reserve chairman. ben bernanke coming here to the federal reserve bank of kansas city last night for a town hall-style forum question and answer for a television broadcast with the news hour starting tonight on pbs. the chairman taking questions from 190 people, including business executives, small business owners, people in labor unions. people without jobs. homemakers, about the economy, about the financial crisis about howked fed responded to it about home foreclosures and investing and all kinds of subjects much

the fed chairman reu. using this session to review the fed's responses to it. including rescues of a.i.g. and stearns. he said hey i was really angry that the fed had to go in and save those companies. i was very frustrated. quote of the night was i was not going to be the federal reserve chairman who presided over the second great depression. for that reason, i had to hold my nose and stop those firms from failing. steve? steve: all right. peter varnes reporting live from kansas city. before you come back go to gates barbecue it's my favorite. >> we went yesterday it was fabulous. brian, gretch? brian: discount had he talked to you sunday. could president obama's health care cause small businesses to go under? gretchen: in massachusetts where near universal health care already exists business owner judy bringings has had to close an office, sell two trucks and let go of a worker in order to stay afloat. tell us your dilemma in massachusetts where universal

health care i think has been in effect for two to three years now. how has that affected you as a small business owner? >> at one point did i want to offer health benefits to my employees but about two years ago i was forced. i was at the limit where i had 11 full-time employees at that point. which was the requirement for the state so i had to offer a health care plan to my employees. as you know, health care benefits are not cheap. so, over the last couple of years, it's been ok. but, you know, given the economy, i have had to make some changes over the last 8 to 10 months. such as sell a couple of trucks, close an office and i was forced to lay off one employee this year. the health care costs just continue -- brian: all because your state said you have got to offer everybody health care. 8 of 18 took you up on your offer. >> correct. brian: barack obama's health care is given passage in the fall as he plans. 72% of all employers, you have

to give health care to 72% of all your employees so you will contract in what way. will things get worse for you? >> the health care costs will increase significantly. right now i pay about $12,000 annually. if that changes, 72% is going continue to crease my spending to about $48,000 a year. brian: so you will lay people off? gretchen: judy, here is the other thing, you will also be hit in this plan with an 8% penalty as a small business owner if you do not provide health care for all of your employees? >> that's correct. so it's actually more of a cost to you than just providing health care because what if you can't supply it to all of your employees then you are going to get hit with that penalty. >> yeah. right now the state requires us to pay about 33%. so, if it goes up to 72%, it's going to have a significant impact on my numbers. brian: that's the big question, too. those 8%, i imagine, so if you say i'm not offering it, i will

pay the tax. then they go to the scawlgd public option, which they are probably not going to be happy about because they are going to look, according to some it's going to look like medicare or going to look like medicaid or with the v.a. -- with the veterans have to deal with, which is a bureaucracy without the care and they will, of course, pay less and doctors are involved. judy, have you talked to other small business owners? are they going through some of the same things you are going through? >> i do have conversations with other small business owners in the community. and everybody is frightened right now because it's -- you know, it's something that i think everybody's to be able to provide for their employees but at the same time we need to survive. and you know, to have to pay an extra, you know, say 30%, it's going to have a significant impact on small businesses. gretchen: all right. well ironically you would know both sides of the fence. you used to be in health care industry yourself. now you are a small business

owner. judy brition, thanks so much to you. >> brian: 1-800, got junk that's how to get judy in that area. we invite you to the wedding of kelly hill brant and kelly held brant. these two people with the same exact name tying the knot because they have the same exact name. gretchen: i love this story. wait until you hear how they met. on this date in history 1995 korean war veterans memorial dedicated in washington. brian: one of the great things you see in washington. on this date in 1982 number one song eye of the tiger by survivor. this is one of the fights that rocky would win. ♪ eye of the tiger . one hundred potato chips, or one hundred pringles.

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brian: i asked for my mark for this segment, and he said stand here. 3000 is how many record low temperatures have been set this july. $95,600 is how much someone paid for a gun that john doe lungillr carried. three spelling mistakes on the sign in wisconsin. steve: it is a tale of two kelly's. kelly hildebrandt came across a young man who had exactly the same first and last name, kelly hildebrandt. now they are getting married. kelly hildebrandt and kelly hildebrandt joined us from florida.

because you have the same name, do i call one w. kelly girl? >> kelly girl would be good for girl kelly. steve: you are on facebook. you type in your own name, kelly hildebrandt. what did you see and what did you do? >> he was the only one who came up. i sent him a message that said i saw we had the same name and i just wanted to say hi. a couple of days later, he responded. steve: kelly girl said i bet you have a texas accent, and then a phone call was made. >> i said, if you want to find

out, you can give me your phone number. steve: then you guys wound up talking on the phone and little bit. eventually, he came to visit you in florida. when you first met kelly hildebrandt to kelly hildebrandt, what happened? >> we were at the airport with my family. i was just excited to see him. >> by that time, we had gotten to know each other very well over the phone. one of the things people ask -- are they related? that is something we s write off the bat. we found out there was no relation. through that, a french ship was built -- friendship was built.

it felt like i was meeting an old friend. steve: kelly girl, what would have happened if you typed in kelly hildebrandt and there were two? would you have a date-off? >> i probably would not have sent the message. it would not have been as rare. steve: who popped the question? >> he did. steve: what did you say? >> i said are you serious. i thought it was a joke. >> i proposed to her on the beach. i buried a treasure box. it was fun. steve: is it true that you were going to make a trip and some of the canceled one of the

reservations because they thought it was a duplicate? >> right. we were taking a cruise with our company. she was booked with her mom and i was booked with my mom, and they canceled the deal because they thought i had been booked in two rooms. steve: crazy. congratulations, kelly hildebrandt and kelly hildebrandt. >> thank you. steve: straight ahead, farrah fawcett's will is finally revealed. her partner got nothing. your money literally flushed down the toilet. wait until you hear how the feds are spending millions of dollars of stimulus money.

[captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- gretchen: good monday morning to you. if you are not dealing with it now, you will. taking care of aging parents is no easy task. will health care reform make doing that a lot harder and more expensive? steve: the rose garden is about to become the beer garden. president obama is hoping a cold one will help ease tensions. is this a good idea? brian: the annual boat race turns into a rescue it seemcene. we will tell you what happened. from ohio -- you should start

your day with brian, correction, and steve. gretchen: good morning, everyone. brian: you are back from vacation. gretchen: before i left, there was a deadline. i know the deadline has been pushed away. brian: let's go for the fall. he wanted it by the time they went for recess through the senate said we are not even voting on it. the house says we cannot even get out of committee. barack obama has his first minor policy crisis on his hands. steve: mike emanuel, where do we go from here?

>> good morning. yesterday, the white house press secretary robert gibbs made it sound like they're getting there. >> we are 80% -- we have about 80%. we are still working on the last 20%. we are enthusiastic about the progress that has been made. >> it sounds like the 20% may be the hard part. gretchen: what about the idea of asking the house and senate to stay in session? to give up their summer break, would that ever happened? >> it sounds unlikely. it came up yesterday.

robert gibbs did not seem to jump on the idea. he said the idea is continued progress. he said the president wants to continue to make progress. steve: this so-called cadillac option. if your company gives to the really good health benefits. i heard there are members in the house, the senate, and the white house that if you have really good health care, they might tax that. this is john kerry's idea. >> we have not gotten a recent update on that. we have heard a lot of ideas floating around we will have to ask robert gibbs this morning if they are seriously considering that or not. discussions have come up of all kinds of ideas. the president is having a difficult time because he wants to make this deficit neutral. they are looking at a lot of different options.

do we have a cadillac option? brian: not sure. the smartest people in the world do not need much sleep. how much sleep does mike emanuel late? >> two or three. stbrian: he is a genius. gretchen: thank you very much for joining us. barack obama only needs four hours of sleep. let's talk about sarah palin, who is now the former governor of alaska. yesterday she turned over the reins to sean parnell. she did not leave without taking some parting shots, specifically at the media. >> first, some straight talk

for some in the media to have such important jobs reporting facts, and exerted power to influence. you represent what could and should be a respected, honest profession, that could and should be the cornerstone of democracy. democracy depends on new. -- on you. that is why our troops are willing to die for you. how about, in honor of the american soldier, quit making things up. steve: keep in mind, she is deeply popular with a core gop audience. a lot of people wonder what is next for her. she will write a book. she will be at a ronald reagan event next month. after that, stay tuned.

brian: she has her hands full. seven of 10 republicans in an abc poll have a positive opinion on her. gretchen: another controversy that was brewing over the last few days. a beer between professor gates, sgt crowley, and president obama. gates was arrested by crowley. he is back in court. he is the one who suggested having the spbeer with the president and prof.. brian: there is the president -- there is they started going down to work. the police union asked the president to apologize for

saying that crowley acted stupidly. he did not apologize. he said that his words were billed chosen -- ill-chosen. brian: on top of that, one to find out what was going on behind the scenes. was he planning on talking about gates before the press conference? according to "the new york times" aides have said that he wanted to speak about this at the press conference. the word in particular is open coast of the believe." gretchen: he thought about that? brian: he thought about wanted to bring it up.

on top of that, what he was surprised at the reaction -- when he said the word, routed the use of that werenords. steve: gates was really mad and wanted and apologiy. he now says it is time to move on. using somebody made a phone call? gretchen: i do not know. i think that is a smart move on his part. brian: somebody call them from washington, d.c. gretchen: less serious thought. we wanted to text in. you can't whether -- you can twitter us as well.

brian: i am always for the beer. gretchen: what about the museuty meeting? brian: let's find out what else is happening. gretchen: a tragic story yesterday. a 5-year-old fighting for his life after a terrible car crash claimed the lives of five family members. this minivan was heading in the wrong direction on the new york parklikway. 8 people died, including four young cousins and one of their mothers. state police are investigating why the car was headed the wrong way. five people were hurt on the same time it in another wrongly accident. pakistan and joining the search

for the american soldier gone missing in afghanistan. the soldier was kidnapped by militants in june. u.s. officials say the cooperation of pakistan is the best it has been in years. hillary clinton dealing with a number of issues. does she still have her eyes on ththe white house? >> i have no interest in it happening. as i said, i am so focused on what i'm doing. gretchen: but she says she was still like to see a female president in her lifetime. some stimulus dollars going down the drain. the feds are spending tens of millions of dollars updating toilets. the government is renovating everything from outhouses to

national park toilets. some people call this prok. -- pork. they're a faucet left her fortune to her son, redmond -- farrah fawcett left her fortune to her son, redmond in a bid to help him get clean and sober. he is currently behind bars. farrah fawcett left nothing to longtime love ryan o'neal. the pair were together for 15 years. i hope that money will be a help to the son. steve: it will be tightly regulated. if you're not dealing with it now, you will. taking care of aging parents. with health care reform, it may become more expensive.

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brian: as the debate over health care rages on, the proposed plan will affect the oldest patients. gretchen: a lot of elderly people, how are they going to be impacted? >> older people are very concerned about what will happen if the health-care proposal does go through. when the president told the daughter of an elderly woman that maybe she really did not

need the operation but she got. >> will we can do is make sure that at least some of the waste in the system that is not making anybody smother better, that is loading up on additional test for drugs, that the evidence shows will not necessarily improve care. at least we can let doctor's note and let your mom know that maybe this is not going to help. maybe you are better off not having the surgery, but taking the pain killer. brian: sucking it up and not having the surgery customer that is what this trend is. >> absolutely. some people say this is health care reform. other people say this is some form of euthanasia. when you start looking at the proposals, yousef, what is happening?

section 1233 talks about advanced care planning consultations. that is a fancy term where the doctor explains the benefits of so-called -- of not giving active treatment. the hospital room becomes the waiting room. do not go gentle into that good night. gretchen: if you needed a heart valve replacement for a hip replacement, you get that now under medicare. >> the concern is that based on so-called comparative attentiveness standards, so- called -- what is effective for you and what cost the least for all of us. there will be determinations based on should you really have the operation. if i am 85, say i have

diabetes, do i deserve the operation? i believe i do. does the government believe that? maybe not. brian: can you imagine been over 65 been wondering if the government will allow you to survive? >> the plan calls for cutbacks in cover wheelchair's, calls for cutbacks in imaging services, calls for cut backs in the home health-care services. these are ominous trends. no one is looking at the numbers. the numbers say will add 25% over the next 10 years until 15 years. we will reduce cost by half a trillion, and at the same time, we've reduced 10%. gretchen: we all have a gene

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and you are taking a live look at nasa's astronauts on the fifth and final space walk. the shuttle endeavour leaves the international space station tomorrow. steve: thank you very much. new video this morning of sgt crowley going back to work in cambridge, mass.. his arrest of harvard professor gates raised questions about police protocol. gretchen: the current member of the police department joins us this morning. good morning. the way that you see this coming down the pike is very interesting that the case has been dismissed quickly. you find that interesting. what do you think about this gathering of the three coming together to have a beer at the white house? >> any time you sit down to

talk, it is a good idea. i think the issue is somewhat watered down by the president. he is looking to belt out gracefully -- bow out gracefully. steve: the president is having a bad week that started with the rest. -- with the arrest. everybody is asking, did the cops do the right in? should the guy had been arrested? >> absolutely. there's no doubt the sergeant crowley did the right thing. basically, you do not have the right to create a tumultuous atmosphere, a fighting atmosphere, or any type of misconduct on your own property. there's a misconception of what was said.

the courts have upheld a speech, protected speech, and we understand why. you cannot yell fighter and a movie theater -- you cannot yell fire at a movie theater. in massachusetts, it is not so much causing the actual cash, but creating the risk. in this case, the sergeant backed out and have a confrontation with the professor. he is a highly educated individual who chose not to communicate and comply. steve: and he said some inflammatory stuff. gretchen: officers are used to that. will we have not yet heard are the 911 tapes. on the whole, the word is lee hit out that the woman who called it did not use race.

>> i tend to believe that. in this case, the caller said there were two men who forced entry into this house. 911 operators usually ask for a description. steve: how angry are your friends on the force about the president saying the police acted stupidly? >> when you take the role of the president and pay them all with a -- paint them all with the same brush. i think his statement is really a board game. gretchen: how will it affect you? >> there's nothing we are going to do to change the set up. it comes to the credibility of the president. steve: sgt mullins, thank you.

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gretchen: we have had a very volatile question this morning. should they president, prof. gates, and sgt crowley meet for a beer? 78% say no. 22% say yes. maybe if they had red wine? steve: in addition to just text ing yes or no, they say professor gates and the president owe sgt rally and an apology. who knows? maybe they will have a beer and then apologize. brian: i am with the 22%.

i am in the minority. 78% of people are totally against how i feel. gretchen: a lot of people think it will just keep the story d'going. in the meantime, steve is the only one on the panel who has had to spend thousands of bucks for his son's college education. steve: for the young man. peter has details on how you can save tens of thousands of dollars on tuition. gretchen: the is so excited. brian: the only person he would listen to is his dad. defense secretary robert gates is in the middle east pushing for diplomacy over concerns about iran. this is brand new video of

secretary gates shaking hands with the israeli prime minister. the two held a meeting. israel says it is not ruling out the possibility of a military strike on iran. gretchen: does something stink? fed chairman ben bernanke says he has to hold his nose over the bailout for big financial companies, but it had to be done. he held a town hall meeting to defend the fed's efforts. he says that made him angry that the government had to gamble the money, but he said not taking the action would have been worse. he said the fed acted too late in addressing subprime loans and the housing crisis. steve: police have arrested a man in connection with the death

of alexis cohen. she was killed in a hit-and-run accident. a 23-year-old was arrested last night in new jersey, and charged with death by reckless driving and leaving the scene of the crash. brian: kenneth feinberg will rework contracts for companies getting government aid, according to "the wall street journal." it could affect aig, citigroup, general motors, and more. he has control over the pay over 100 of the highest-paid employees of those companies. gretchen: you are a parent, so

listen to this. new recommendations for flu shots. all children, ages six months to 18 years should get a flu shot every year. parents are advised that they will have to vaccinate kids against the swine flu. kids may have to get four flu shots this year. are you kidding me? steve: it is always something. maybe it does not have to be injectable. thunderstorms moving through portions of oklahoma and texas. widely scattered showers over the northern plains. also, some portions of maryland and delaware today. temperatures in the '60s, the '70s, and some eighties. pleasant temperature across the northern half of the united states. take a look at today's daytime

highs. it will be a scorcher. in the empire state, a tornado ripped through a four-mile path near buffalo. severe thunderstorms also knocking out power to homes in that area. brian: we showed to the boat crashed at the beginning of the show. if liftover multiple times. it wound up face down in the columbia river. the rescue crew of arrived quickly. remarkably, the driver escaped without injuries. he says he plans to race again next month. i believe he will be another vboat. gretchen: adoption agencies are calling for a boycott of the movie "orphan" and they are afraid people will be scared away from adopting kids.

>> this is wrong. . >> please do not let something like this influence the way that you think about adoption. gretchen: warner brothers has apologized for appearing insensitive. it said the movie is fiction. i saw the trailer for that and i had the same reaction. it is really a disservice to people who adopt children. steve: one of my children is here. he is the youngest correspondent for fox news, covering things affecting college kids. you have some news on how parents can save big money. >> in this country, the unemployment rate is almost 10%. one of the most heartbreaking things that you hear is that parents are having a hard time affording college for their kids. i have found out something kids are doing right now to help their families save big bucks on

tuition. >> she is in summer school for a reason. >> saving roughly $15,000 in tuition. >> he is also taking summer school classes. >> probably saved me $40,000, including housing and meal plans. >> how do they save thousands? by graduating early, cramming four years into three. others are going to summer school at a local community college, where it is cheaper. >> i am getting two classes here for about $1,100. it is more than half off. >> across the country, more students are trying to graduate early. >> in the economy, a lot when you're looking as student loans and the burden on your parents,

it becomes difficult to justify staying longer. >> some colleges offer a three- year degree programs. the former education secretary would like to see its cash on everywhere. >> and low-cost option for well- prepared students that cuts 1/3 of the time and saves mont1/4 of the money. >> some say students will lose out on the college experience. >> i really believe it takes four years to mature into someone ready for the work force. >> i am doing this more so for myself so i do not have that letter on. >> he will graduate one year early, saving a bundle in the process. >> those kids are healthy now their families a lot. it is easier than you think. if you think you're interested, you should talk to your high

school or college counselor. brian: how about ap courses? in new york, there are two major community colleges. the aroma is up 33% this year -- the enrollment is up 33% just this year. steve: some kids are going to the community college to get court credits so they can transfer. on foxnews.com, starting at 9:00 a.m., you can start watching "the strategy room." brian: 1:00 p.m. mondays and thursdays. steve: i am more random in appearing.

>> i need somebody big. i need somebody a list. >> ♪ there goes my hero watch him as he goes ♪ >> welcome to "the strategy room." brian: that is lantast fantasti. steve: by the way, if you have story suggestions for peter, you are on facebook and they can twitter you. gretchen: great to see you.

let's talk a little bit more about health care reform. what about the elderly? our next guest says our aging parents will be left out in the cold. brian: these are designed to raise money for breast cancer awareness. there's a new law charging people who want to them an animal feed. the creator not happy. sandra..."that's just gonna be four dollars." i said, "you're joking." amandai know sandra personally. and she was only able to afford a week's worth of medication at a time. sandrasome of my medication was $100 for one prescription.

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brian: president obama says a few sacrifices will have to be made on the new health-care system. opponents say senior citizens, small businesses will take a hit. "the wall street journal" columnist is here. from what you can ascertain, how will it be affected under obama's plan? >> if small businesses do not provide health insurance, they will be hit with a payroll tax

that could be up to 8%. you have to basically provide full range health care for your employees. brian: if you are a small business and you now have to pay 8%, are you going to hire people? >> i had dinner with a small businessman last night. he said he was taking about hiring people, but he will wait. this will delay our economic recovery. brian: the 8% goes into giving you the public auction so the people who were working for you now will now will go into the public aoption. >> this is not the health care plan that president obama

promised. this is forcing people into late one size fits all plan. brian: so much of your health care dollars go to those in the last quarter of their life. how does this plan address that? >> i think it will cut back a lot of their choices. 22% a medicare patients have gone to something called medicare advantage, which is a special program that provides anothebenefits that are better. this plan takes aim at medicare advantage and cut back dramatically. a study in florida shows the people will be forced into traditional medicare and they will have to pay between two thousand pay and four thousand dollars per year. brian: bottom line, grandma and grandpa, take these to blur the

paint instead of getting the surgery that could save your life. brian: thank you very much. straight ahead, doing a good deed should not cost you. people are now charged extra to get these license plates that raise money for breast cancer. it is just not right. megyn kelly will tell us what is coming up in her show. megyn: a big sports star declared dead with a heart attack. a big sad story, if he were dead. the lawsuit in kelly's court. will the latest congressional budget office report a lack of savings in the democrats' health-care plan kill it once and for all questions and answers at the top of the hour. .

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gretchen: check out these pictures of the nasa astronauts on their fifth and final space walk. the shuttle endeavor undocks from the international space station tomorrow. ♪ steve: that is to meet. meanwhile, a custom license plate that raises awareness for breast cancer, but it is being retired in colorado because a new law would impose an annual payment plan. the creator says that that is not what the license plate was intended for. gretchen: this was a successful license plate, the third biggest

seller in colorado. what happened? >> over the last year, a bill was introduced to add a $25 required annual fee to the license plate to cover the uninsured. i cannot oppose that. what i oppose it is the original vision of theç license plate ws to fund research and donations to a juror. -- a cure. steve: was this new legislation going to affect other license plates as well? >> no, only this one. steve: why did they single this one out? >> certainly, it continues to grow each month, so popularity could be part of it. people believe that we should be doing more by raising money and

go into certain activities. we do not oppose that. in fact, we were providing o that. but the money being raised is going to such targeted populations that it will take a long time before the money gets to work. it could be about eight years before the money can be available to do anything. we believe we can put that money to work immediately. gretchen: and the only way to prevent confusion, you believed, is to pull the design. (announcer) crest whitestrips has created a revolutionary strip...

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