sunday." from the dashboard camera, you can imagine the officers a surprise when the little tyke driving the car got out and made a run for it. deputies telling -- check it out. wait for it. there it is. deputies told the family they might want to find a better spot to hide the heartiest -- car keys. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- jane: good morning. take a look at the dallas. the numbers are on a much more upbeat track. 173 points. jenna will explain. rick: a veteran sportswriter is making lurid headlines of his own. wait until you hear where he was moonlighting in his spare time. jane: it is like nothing you ever have seen before.

this tiny driver took off on the run from the law and a much higher authority. the police will be here with their video. let's start with your health and money. how close are they to reform on capitol hill? this is some momentum. a deal being cut with some of the so-called blue dog democrats. this is a live shot from the energy and commerce committee as democrats mark up the bill. what does that mean, and we have a long way to go, right? >> that is right. but we're seeing here today just began an hour ago. it is the house energy and commerce committee, beginning its markup session for its version of health care reform. it is the third committee to come up with this bill. a markup session is just where committee members get together and mark up the bill, insert

amendments, and argue over them. the chair person, henry waxman of california, indicates he expects the members to stay very late today and hopes to finish by 2:00 p.m. tomorrow. in the end, they will vote on it, and it will be the third version of health-care reform to be passed out of committee. the house will reconcile it before they end up with the senate, what ever they end up doing. these are not always applicable gatherings. we saw a few sparks flying. it was supposed to start at 4:00 p.m. yesterday, then was pushed until 5:00 p.m., then canceled altogether and schedule for 10:00 a.m. this morning, at which promptly the ranking republican on the committee, joseph barton, had words for henry waxman. >> sounds to me like you are trying to do a hopscotch markup where you pick to amendments from your side, adopt them, and

shut the process down without us having a full and open market up. i strongly object. i would like your word kept, which is what you said at the beginning last week that at some point in time, this bill would be open to amendment. >> we should point out that chairman waxman did so assure mr. burton this would be a fair process and no amendments would be railroaded through. jane: a big concern has been, where does the elderly fall in this? >> this is the third rail of american politics. the elderly vote in greater numbers than any other category of americans. few democrats or republicans want to tackle medicare reform, because it always is used against them when they come home to campaign, that you were trying to cut medical care for

the elderly. by all accounts, medicare as a bureaucracy is wasteful and can be trimmed by as much as $400 million without affecting the care. 45 million elderly and disabled people receive the benefits. the obama administration put forth one idea, called an independent medicare advisory council. it would make recommendations to congress about how they can cut down the cost of medicare, but so far, there is limited enthusiasm for this, and even the budget office has said that the program would not turn the cost as much as needed. jane: thank you very much. we will get back to you if anything develops. later today, president obama

will be sharing a beer with henry louis gates jr. and the police sergeant who arrested him at his home, sgt crowley. they will crack open the cold ones at the picnic table you see over there outside the oval office. he wants to resolve lingering tensions that have drawn attention to the health-care system, and resolve fallout from the comment he made that police acted stupidly interesting the professor. as for the beer of choice, the commander in chief says bud light, a professor likes red stripe, and crowley once blue moon -- wants a blue moon. rick: i like all three of those. mother nature is cracking out he to the midwest. portland and seattle are hitting the pool, trying to cool off.

and record-breaking 107 degrees in portland yesterday. air conditioners are flying off store shelves. janice dean is live in the fox weather center. are people going to get a break anytime soon? >> all little, but we will see temperatures well above average heading into the night and through the weekend. we're talking about incredible heat in seattle, breaking not only daily records but all-time records. 103 degrees yesterday. they have never seen or felt he'd like that, ever, ever. vancouver, washington, reaching 108. portland, ore., 106. the good river, 107. temperature speak to themselves. -- temperatures speak for themselves. a lot of folks do not have air- conditioning, so it is a very dangerous situation for them.

they are heading to cooling stations across the northwest. we have dangerous heat from seattle down i-52 eugene. all of these areas could chattered daily records -- chapter daily records. above average heading into next week. current temperatures, only at eight in the morning it is 68 in seattle, 70 in mat for -- medford. 98 in reno, and heading into tomorrow, little bit of a drawback in terms of temperature, but we still are going to deal with 80-degree and 90-degree heat across the northwest. the other big story -- the northeast was stuck with dangerous weather yesterday, reports of a tornado not only in new jersey but pennsylvania. an ef-2 tornado crossed this region. the national weather service is investigating, and we have seen

barnes, cars being tossed around, limbs damaged and shattered. monroe county in pennsylvania, the national weather service indicating an ef-2 tornado. a really dangerous situation. not only did we see tree limbs and roofs from off residences, but incredible flooding, large hail, damaging straight line wind, and unfortunately, we will seek damage like this throughout the northeast today. we still have a frontal boundary that could bring to risk for severe weather not only today but tomorrow. when we get more video across these regions, we will bring it to you live. if you have any pictures, ureport@foxnews.com helps us

tell that story. jane: we have been watching the dow, up 154 points right now. new unemployment numbers are out to tell you about. the market is doing strong, despite those numbers. >> right, and thursdays are the day we get a reading of the number of americans to file for first-time unemployment last week, and that number is 584,000, up from past weeks. here is the reason. although still high, 584,000 is better than what we saw at the beginning of the year. we're seeing some indication again the job losses are slowing down. another very important number india's continuing claims is the amount of americans staying on first-time unemployment. we're seeing that number dropped, as well. but maybe people are shifting to extended benefits or not getting benefits at all, falling off the

radar, and that is not good. but because we have seen this number go down, it might be an early indication that the job market is improving, albeit just a little bit. we are going to continue watching for a trend. a weak number does not a trend make, but at least this week, it is something they're looking at a positive light. rick: things are heating up again in iran. sulfone video is capturing police firing tear gas on a group of people gathered for a graveside memorial to a native. that is the young woman who was shot dead on the street. as we have been waiting to talk to you, there are reports of protesters setting fire in tehran. what is happening there today? >> that is right.

these protests are on the go. as you mentioned, it started at the graveside of the young martyr who is a symbol for the opposition, and a martyr. this marks 40 days were for her death, before she died in a violent protest. she has been made a symbol of the opposition around the world. also today, the official iranian leader was at the protest. police whisk him away and beat protesters and a spurt -- dispersed the crowd quickly. but those demonstrations are still ongoing as we speak. rick: the so-called " landslide victory of ahmadinejad that set off the protests -- is there any

indication that it is affecting him or his power base at all? >> even if he takes office again, as he is due next week to do, his vice presidential candidate was revoked by the ayatollah, the supreme leader. so although he is insisting on keeping the presidency, he is certainly not point to have a smooth tenure, and some critics say he might not last that long. jane: the sports writer now facing criminal charges. what police say he was doing after the paper was put to bed? rick: we are waiting for a massachusetts woman to go into court, accused of an unthinkable crime, murdering a young pregnant mama.

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rick: a massachusetts woman in court this morning, accused of a horrible crime. she is accused of murdering a pregnant woman, cutting the fetus from her womb. the good news is that the baby is alive and in good condition. but the body of the pregnant mother was found in worcester, mass., monday. the same day, corey showed up at a homeless shelter with a brand new baby. workers were suspicious and called the police. now she is accused of the crime. darlene hayes has three other daughters now being cared for by the commonwealth of massachusetts.

the two women lived next door to each other, and we will continue to update on the story when more details become available. jane: in new hampshire, a sports reporter accused of running a prostitution ring and that may have -- that may have gone international. he pled not guilty to counts of deriving support from prostitution. the prosecution says he advertised online and would auditioned the prostitutes hotel rooms. joining us is a reporter from the "boston herald." >> it is shocking. this reporter did a double life. he would cover sports during the day, and running a prostitution ring at night. he would auditioned these women in hotel rooms, and one case he

had them put on monterey and took photographs. then he agreed to have sex with them, and after that, they got the job. jane: how sophisticated was it? how did he find clients? his username was nhhotman. >> he would find the johns online, advertising on websites come up and put them in touch with these female escorts and setup times to meet them in hotel rooms. jane: is see any way, but this guy is well respected. he has been with a paper for decades covering sports. >> absolutely. in the news business, you cover these stories all the time. prostitution rings. the fact that he would actually run one when she is in this business is really shocking.

jane: i said it is potentially international, because they're looking to see if you set something up in canada? >> yes, they took his passport yesterday, but prosecutors say he was running a similar operation up in canada. jane: thanks, jessica. rick: all right. coming up, she won a battle, but is he losing the war? a new poll shows what americans think about obama's health care plan. jane: kids at camp dealing with outbreaks of swine flu. a warning as they get ready for school. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years?

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rick: health-care reform is moving forward a bit on capitol hill. take a look at a markup session in the house energy and commerce committee. this is when lawmakers come together to actually look at the bill, make amendments, to debate the merits or lack of merit of a particular bill. so that is going on right now. at the same time, the president's plan seems to be losing support outside of the nation's capital. the public voices of growing doubts and concerns about government possible and in their -- the public is voicing a growing doubts and concerns about the government's role in health care. 22% in this poll say they are not sure. only 36% say it is a good idea. we have our political analyst, kirsten powers, and mr. madden.

this was supposed to be his strength -- taking complicated issues and explain why his solution is best. he does not seem to be doing a good job at that right now. >> this is a failure of communication, for the most part. it was going to be controversial anyway, but i do think that obama has done what democrats have traditionally done, talking about the uninsured. the majority of people in the country are not uninsured. they have health care and are satisfied with it. they are not really on satisfied with the -- and satisfied -- unsatisfied with the quality of care. there is a poll out today that shows that there is great anxiety among the middle class about what is going on.

rick: did republicans get credit for these poll numbers? is this an example of them knocking the president off stride, or are these wounds self-inflicted? >> i think kissed and makes the most important point, that public anxiety coming from this issue is driven by cost. we had a robust debate about status quo and spending too much money here in d.c., and republicans got the message, but democrats did not. they recognize that the public is concerned about cost, and what is filtered back to the american public very easily is that this is one trillion dollars worth of spending but there is very little reform. that is what has developed a very negative line for democrats on the issue. rick: as far as the strategy about talking to the uninsured, is it too late to change course

and change the scope of the debate, to try to get people on board? or has he said its peace -- said his peace? >> he could try. it will be difficult. he had a health-care conference but stepped on his own story by getting involved on the topic of the gates arrest. it has been overshadowed by something overrated. he can get out and try to explain, but the parameters have been set, and my prediction is that we will end up with a water-down bill that is not health reform. perhaps the white house will try and pass it off, but it will probably be something watered- down. rick: i want to get back to haunt republicans fare in all of this. do you think their involvement in response -- and response will

get them voters next election? >> one reason we did so poorly in 2006 and 2008 was that we were no longer the party of ideas and reform. we lost the traditional alignment that we had with middle-class voters on issues like economic anxiety, job growth, and job creation. this presents an opportunity to not only point out what we think is wrong with the democratic vision and how the program will cost a lot of tax dollars, but instead it offers us an opportunity for a compelling vision for washington d.c., how we would get greater care at a better cost and align ourselves with taxpayer anxiety strike out. -- right now. rick: we are hearing that they do not expect to have anything on time for the august recess. thank you for coming.

jane: you hope you get what you pay for, but if you are spending extra money on organic food, could you just be wasting your food money? research is out and sparking quite a debate. and big chain stores decide which stores get the best discounts -- wouldn't you like to know?

jane: school may be out for summer, but the swine flu virus is still a big problem for kids and parents. all across the country, hundreds of top rates are reported, and some summer camps have been forced to shut down -- hundreds of outbreaks have been reported. there is a picture of little kids on macon knew where in masks -- on a canoe, wearing masks. >> the acting director of the cdc says hundreds of cases of swine flu have been identified at summer camps, and it spreads quickly among children and young adults. so there is a particular urgency, and he says in the fall, we could see a much higher rise in the number of cases than we saw in the spring. jane: where are we in terms of getting a vaccine ready?

>> the cdc are rushing, hoping to get this vaccine out by september. they hooked up $120 million by the end of october to find dosage. they are trying to get the vaccine out maybe even before clinical trials are complete. jane: who is a priority when it gets out? >> the cdc identified several groups. the number one is pregnant woman -- pregnant women. they have shown a vulnerability and they will be first. plus, anyone with an infant under six months of age, because they cannot get vaccinated. health-care workers, up to people 24 years of age, and then those 25 to 64. there are 160 million people in

the priority groups, and they are hoping to have 120 million doses for them. so that leaves 40 million with no access to vaccine, but they do not expect people to rush out and get vaccinated, so they are not worried. jane: we are also looking at developments this hour in the custody case concerning michael jackson's two oldest children. there is an agreement between michael jackson's mother and the biological mother that is imminent. that information comes from jackson's attorney, who says that details of the deals should be announced sometime today. we will keep you updated. jane: sure it is expensive, but organic food is worth it, right? a new study says not so much. joining us is the senior vice president for policy and communications at the environmental working group, who is considered an expert on organic food. i am glad you are here.

i read this study out of the london school for hygiene and tropical medicine, and it basically looked at different literature, they did their own work, looking at 162 scientific papers over the last 50 years, and said there is no difference between organic food and food grown and produced commercially. are they wrong? >> well, this study is outlying. there are many more studies that show the opposite. one of the problems is that it does not look at what has been published of the last year, and there have been 15 studies since 2008 showing that organic has consistently higher levels of key nutrients like vitamin c and antioxidants, two nutrients that the american public needs more of. rick: it gets confusing for consumers, people who want to buy the right kind of food for themselves and their family. to eat better, feel better, the

happier -- be healthier. there are two different opinions. the one you are talking about now, and an article that says there is no evidence to select on the basis of nutritional superiority. what advice would you have for mom and dad, people who do the food shopping. what do they need to know? >> there are a couple things that people should know. organic produce does not have pesticides on it, which this study ignored. a lot of people want to buy organic so they do not eat pesticides, and that is an advantage. the majority of science does show organic having higher levels of vitamin c and antioxidants. one reason that this is the biggest study to date is that a used data from the 1950's and

1960's. there is a big part of the study that is not relevant for consumers. rick: a lot of people are already skeptical. we had a story about bottled water that is just tap water that a slap a label on and sell it for a couple of bucks a bottle. but now we hear something else leading us to believe that maybe there is more marketing going on, that this is more about marketing and profits than it is about actually creating a product that is a superior. to the skeptics, what do you see? >> organic food is the most highly regulated product in the world. not only does organic produce meet all of the standard set of conventional food meets, it meets another layer of very tough standards before it gets to market.

so by far and away, it is the most tightly-regulated and controlled food out there. nutritionally, it is just a fact that science shows over and over again it is higher in vitamin c and micronutrients like any type accidents. these are things that americans need more of. they are lacking. there is a real benefit. rick: thank you so much for coming on. we appreciate it. jane: more older drivers could be hitting the road in states like california, where they expect a number of -- the number of seniors to double. claudia has details on how they will prevent problems. >> the highway patrol and the dmv are bracing for what they are calling a senior tsunami, a surge of elderly drivers on the road.

california is expecting more than 4 million drivers over 65 by 2020. seniors like to say that thanks to years of experience, they are the safest drivers on the road. but some elderly drivers do pose a danger, as evidenced by this incident in 2003, when 89-year- old george weller plowed through a farmers market in santa monica, killing several people. public safety officials are hitting the road, offering glasses and giving tests at senior centers across the state and offering this reminder -- regular checkups and healthy diets are important, but so are games that exercise the brain. >> chess, bridge, crossword puzzles -- anything that stimulates your mind. >> that sounds good to this 71- year-old, who suffered a stroke, and he worries his vision may affect his driving. >> i went through what i went

through, and it was one of the biggest worries, not being able to get around. >> that is everybody's biggest fear. giving up keys means giving up independence. they hope that this will ease the transition. california is at the forefront of preparing for the boom in senior drivers. but the time is coming when more and more families and individuals will have to decide when it is time to put the car in park. jane: tough decision. let's get back to wall street. the dow has been up this hour and is still up 150 points. attention all shoppers -- if you're thinking of hitting the stores, you should know that not all sales are created equal. if you see an outfit on sale at one department store and think you are getting a deal, maybe not. across the way, the price might

be higher or lower. explain how this works. how do we combat this and find the best deal? >> that report specifically talked about "banana republic" in manhattan. but based on my research, it is not true around the country. there is a shift in retail, because cash is king, and so is the consumer. retailers are looking to specifically cater to the region or community they are in. i talked to the national federation of retailers, which mentioned macy's. at macy's, you will see more less the same product everywhere, the same atmosphere. but what they're trying to do in a pilot program is to launch a "my macy's." because these retailers are not just competing with recession, but their on-line stores as well, where you can get exactly

what you want. so that is one way we're seeing retail chains, but it may not be true for all areas. there are no national supermarket chains in the city of detroit. our retail analyst says that we have not seen that in over 100 years, and this is one of the worst situations we have seen in 75 years, one of the highest unemployment rates. if you live in a city like detroit, he will pay higher prices, because there is not a change there to compete with local grocers. local grocers. rick: nasa is facing budget cutbacks. could they be looking for a

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darfur. this means the joint african union peacekeeping mission, which expired today, will continue through july, 2010, to maintain security in saddam's were-torn region. -- sudan's wartorn region. militants there are responsible for murdering thousands of black africans. since then, the u.s. has campaigned hard for international action to stop the killing, but the allies in china and russia and the arab league have hampered efforts. atrocities continue, with a staggering toll in the hundreds of thousands despite the peacekeeping mission. had the peacekeepers pulled out, it could spell disaster, as african troops would have to take over. over the past years, some u.n. personnel have been killed in

the violence. but pulled out of the region, only 9000 less affected african troops would remain. -- less-effective african troops. 2.7 million people have been displaced from their homes. >> as you may remember, since day one as secretary general, i made this crisis number one. we made progress in terms of deploying these forces, but it has been quite a long delay. >> of that interview came right before this vote a minute ago. the security council demands that all rebel groups and the government immediately engage in peace cox -- peace talks without preconditions and they call for an immediate end to the violence. jane: the baby is driving the

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rick: budget cutbacks are hitting the space program. nasa spends four years, more than $3 billion, designing a rocket to return astronauts to the moon, eventually. but a panel is reviewing the plan and wants nasa to come up with new plans and possibly cheaper rockets. this has been making news and a

bit of controversy this week, right? >> without a doubt. this is the commission designed to assess the nasa plan as it is to return humans to space beyond the space shuttle retirement, scheduled for 2010, next year. it is controversial, because engineers have been encouraged to consolidate the rockets and come up with a cheaper version. a secondary rocket after eight capsuled could launch, a second- stage -- a capsule will launch, and a secondary rocket will help break or a bit. but as the hearings were going on, sally ride said there is no way they will get humans into space by 2015, as is the target

right now. another committee member says that there is no way that nasa under current budget restraints will get back to the moon by 2020, as is currently the plan. so, this commission will report to the obama administration by the end of august, and they will have to decide where the future goes. rick: thank you very much. jane: now to a police chase like no other in utah. this dashboard camera shows a driver speeding down a two-lane roads, not slowing down. he blows through a stop sign and almost hits a pedestrian, all before hitting onto a dirt -- heading onto a dirt road. pretty good, considering who is behind the wheel. take a look at this. one little boy who is 7 years old. he knows he is in trouble, because he gets out of the car, he took off on foot. he really really did not want to

go to church. joining us now is captain clint anderson from the sheriff's office. you got a call about erratic driving? >> yes. one local resident called our dispatch, 911, when this 7-year- old drove the car to the stop sign -- through the stop sign. 47-year-old, he did an excellent job of operating the vehicle. i wish some adults without competence. but we knew when we were following him -- my deputies knew that he was underage. we did not appreciate how young he was. first we take precautions, and the goal was to get him safely stopped. so they were following with their lights and sirens. but he led them to his house, where you see him jumping out.

jane: how could he do it? i could not imagine his legs are long enough. >> he would scoot down, pushed in accelerator, and then slide back and look where he was going. jane: how did he learn to drive? >> we're not sure, except his father bought him a video game that involves operating vehicles. i have no idea which game. i did not ask the father. but some video games are pretty realistic. jane: no charges, but i imagine he is in trouble with his parents. what does that dad say? >> he is as shocked as anybody. this is something they did not expect. they do not routinely let him drive anything. so they were unaware he had taken the vehicle, and they did not know he had the skill to

operate it. he has never done it before and we hope he will not do it again for a while. jane: captain clint anderson, from the weaver county sheriff's office in utah. thank you for your time. rick: thank goodness he did not hurt anybody. i am a little upset. is to to see the kids jump out of the car, but still -- jane: keep them away. rick: rights. the highway trust fund is running on empty. guess what a federal agency spend your money on instead?

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[captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- jane: nancy pelosi is taking aim at insurance companies who say they are trying to kill health care reform.

a deal is reached on the house side, anyway. rick: striding over a pot holder you mad? we have a story of to make your blood pressure -- hasn't driving over a pot hole made you mad? we have a story that will make your blood pressure rise. jane: they are going around the country, complementing people. and today there are in new york city. who knows what the reaction will be? tonight, obama will post a professor gates and the cambridge police sergeant, crowley, at the white house. they will sit down for beers at a picnic table, in hopes of washing away the arrest controversy that has stolen some of the spotlight from health- care reform. mike emanuel is on tap for us. should we expect anything out of this meeting?

>> the white house is hoping that the image a professor gates and sgt crowley sitting together and talking about their differences will basically leave americans with a positive feeling, seeing two people with differences talking to one another in a civil way. we do not expect any announcements at this point, so it sounds more like a visual image than anything else. jane: a new poll suggests that mr. obama's handled the situation with his comments. what does it say? >> yes, from the pew center, a nonpartisan poll says 41% disapproved of the handling of the gates arrest, compared with 29% who disapproved. the poll also attracted general approval ratings for obama and it shows that it slipped as the

days went on. jane: american beer makers are upset about what will be on the table. >> prof date is having a red stripe, produced by a british beer company. the sergeant is having blue moon, which sounds like an american beer, but is now controlled by a mostly british company. and the president will have bud light, which is now owned by a brazilian and belgian company. so no american beer, at least for the main three players at tonight's event. jane: we will get back to you as soon as something happens. rick: the government accountability office has a report out today showing money wasted from the low-priority transportation projects. some of these projects are real doozies. billions spent on bike paths and

flowers as the trust fund runs on nt. so it needs another congressional bailout? >> that is right. now they need another $5 billion just to keep operating. john mccain and tom coburn says it is time to examine where the money is going. take a listen. >> we need to reexamine priorities, and as we get roads, bridges and highways prepared, we can spend money on getting it to look better. >> the trust fund gets its money from gasoline tax and other taxes, and contributing to the shortfall is that when gas prices are high or there is a recession, people buy less gas and less money comes into the fund. another reason he says, it is time to prioritize.

some projects may seem like they're on the periphery, but they are related to highways and bridges. the department of transportation noted that activity such as safety, planning, and environmental activity contributes to a culinary work force and some programs not related, such as bicycle lanes on roads and bridges. jane: 80% of car crashes describe a distracted driver. they could be readying a map -- writing something or reading a map or talking on a cellular phone. today, the top-10 foods to avoid behind the wheel. at the very top of the list is coffee, because it can find its way out of the mud and burn you. also in the list, things like tacos, chili dogs, hamburgers, ribs and wings, fried chicken.

not just donuts, but jelly donuts. rick: who is eating ribs when they drive? jane: soda and chocolate. it could get sticky under wheel and the slippery. rick: chicken and ribs, pullover. jane: if you do not have time, you do what you do. support from behind sotomayor, the pick to be the next justice. senator lamar alexander of tennessee says even though judge sotomayor's political and judicial philosophy may be different from mine regarding second amendment rights, i will vote to confirm her, because she is qualified by character and intellect to serve as an associate justice on the supreme court. 23 will vote no, and 11 said so

far they are still undecided. it is widely believed that she will be confirmed by the full senate next week. jane: the house is set to fund the military with billions of dollars of ships, helicopters, crayons, and other hardware. today or tomorrow, lawmakers are expected to vote on this giant defense spending bill, setting up a possible showdown between congress and the white house. jennifer, why would this be happening? >> well, it is basically because defense contractors give a lot of money to congressman, who attack on things that are good for their district, like planes and helicopters and other things the pentagon says they do not need. both sides of the aisle can do it. but take one example. john murtha is essentially the head of the appropriations committee, and according to one

report, 70 of 540 amendments tacked onto the bill, $636 billion already, 70 of them come from a lobbying group called pma with questionable ties to john murtha. they are being investigated. a prime example is marine one. they were going to replace it, which is about 30 years old. the replacement got to be expensive. i am sorry. we do not have the sound bite. helicopters cost nearly half a billion dollars apiece and enable the president, among other things, to cook dinner while on a flight under nuclear

attack. so secretary gates does not find this necessary, but it is argued that $3.2 billion has already been spent on the helicopters, five of which are already made, and it will be 4 billion down the drain if they cancel now. jane:, to this is what you call pork? >> $6.9 billion the pentagon says it does not need. jane: not great news. thank you. rick: it may be behind the times, but there is one fast- food place, attracting a huge following since opening next month. and now there are plans for even

more branches. hamburgers, french fries, waffles and beer. patrons also say they like eating there because the place is clean. jane: you know we're watching health care on the hill. is your help and money we are talking about, and blue dots have struck a deal to move forward on the house side. are they convinced that their democratic colleagues will stick to the conditions

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jane: congress is marking off its version of the reform bill for health care after a breakthrough from the blue dogs and the more liberal party leaders. henry waxman warns that they will be burning midnight oil tonight to make up for lost time and john boehner said a little bit. here is a little part of it.

>> this is not what i want, now with the american people want. we can make the current system work better. for more americans, at lower costs. but that has to be the focus, not having 53 new agencies, boards, commissions, and programs as we see allied -- outlined. rick: we have the co-chair of the new coalition on task for health-care reform. a lot of people wanted to throw you and your fellow blue dogs into the doghouse. you're not one of them. you did not like this. how come? >> we made a huge step in the right direction, improving some of the flawed parts of the bill, and most importantly, we delayed the floor consideration of this bill for the month of august until after labor day so every

american, including fox viewers, will have six weeks to review the details. we improved it. i do not know if it is where it needs to be for support, but this is the legislative process, and we took a big step. we have to have score of all savings in the long run. this is a 10-year cycle, and we must have documented savings by the congressional budget office, and right now, the bill in front of us before the improvements made actually costs money over 10 years. this is all about reducing the cost of health care, and first and foremost, we must do that. rick: the bill agreed to yesterday had a savings of $100 billion. that sounds like a lot, but if you take a look at the overall cost of the original plan that one trillion, this is still

crazy expensive. >> that is over 10 years. we spent 2.5 trillion dollars every year right now on health care, and the discussion will always be about whether we keep all we're doing right now or try and improve the current system. i think we can do it in a way that will save money for small businesses and families so people can keep their health insurance if they like it. we will maintain the same high- quality care and intervention -- innovation and technology. rick: do you believe that? is there any way to reform health care without raising taxes on somebody? >> i absolutely believe that. the way you do that is you squeeze out all the cost to you can out of the current system, the inefficiencies making up our current system. you reach a dollar amount, $500 billion, $600 billion, and that is what you have to work with.

you bring in as many uninsured people as you can without having to raise taxes. rick: so you are not looking for the universal coverage the president campaigned on. >> it is important to get as many people in the system as possible because that lowers cost for everybody, but i do not support raising taxes to do that. we can do this by squeezing inefficiencies out of the current system and bringing in as many people as we can. rick: so if we go with 50 million americans as the number without health insurance, which we keep hearing, if we go with that number, what is acceptable to you for getting as many as we can to get coverage? 10 million? 20 million? >> it is not a matter of what percentage is acceptable. if you get your savings, you can get 93% coverage, 93% covered. that is a step in the right

direction. everyone has a different idea, but i think before we move 50 million people into the system, we have to fix the fundamental flaws in the payment system to restrain costs in the long run. rick: thank you for joining us. good to talk to you. jane: on the senate side, a key senator involved in the talks on health care says that there is no way that a breakthrough on his side will happen before the senate recesses for august. the bill is "not ready for prime time," and he does not know of any way to complete it before the break. enzi is a key member who has been negotiating on legislation. we have heard that they have made significant progress, but it is still up in the air. rick: we will talk when we come back about the swimsuit that has

been smashing records. is it giving swimmers an unfair advantage in the pool? now it may even keep michael phelps out of competition. so many arthritis pain relievers -- i just want fewer pills and relief that lasts all day. take 2 extra strength tylenol every 4 to 6 hours?!? taking 8 pills a day... and if i take it for 10 days -- that's 80 pills. just 2 aleve can last all day. perfect. choose aleve and you can be taking four times... fewer pills than extra strength tylenol. just 2 aleve have the strength to relieve arthritis pain all day.

jane: a high-tech swimsuit is affecting the world of competitive swimming. michael phelps is threatening to stay out of the pool until this issue over whether you can wear this swimsuit is settled. rick: in rome this week, a german athletes beat the phelps

record by a second, an eternity in competitive swimming. but he was wearing the new x -glide suit. and phelps was wearing a model from last year with only 50% polyurethane. joining us now is a senior writer with espn magazine. >> these suits compress your muscles so you do not get fatigued. they also trapped air between the suit and your skin, making you more buoyant. 100 records have fallen since the suits came to competition. jane: something at play here is people might say, why doesn't michael phelps get a new suit?

but he deals with speedo, and they do not make the suit. >> in baseball, if player x has a deal for one steroid and player why has another. this is a controversy. the thing about it is that they did not see it coming, or if they did, they did not act. now they have a bonafide rick: mess on their hands rick -- a mess on their hands. rick: cells is talking about banning competition. >> this is the pot calling the kettle black. michael phelps, a poster boy for speedo, who introduced the suit last year -- someone has overtaken them, and acting next year they are looking at banning all of the suits. the question is, what do to with these records now? jane: it does remind me of baseball where people say the records were broken and they think the guys were using steroids.

>> he is probably a nice guy, but the amount of trashing the freestyle was so much that i do not know -- it will not be able to be brought naturally. it is the same problem with track and field. a lot of records were set that people were sure involve steroids. what do you do? you could put an asterisk next to them, and they could be viewed as aided of records. jane: the man who smashed the record is on the left. he is not a swimmer in michael's category. he has not had a lot of checking ships are metals before. -- he has not had a lot of championships or medals before. >> i have never heard of him.

i'm sure he is a nice guy, but he had better enjoy his 15 minutes now. jane: they take a long time to wear. this american -- there he is. it has direct riven over it. the singapore write-down him, and he went swimming anywhere. i wanted to get that in. >> it is good to get that in. it is just an embarrassment for swimming. this is a great sport. michael phelps has done more than anybody to put swimming back on the sports map, right? even after the controversy that died down, people are paying attention. people are paying attention to the world championships.

they have to get this dealt with fast, and they cannot worry about the suits. and phelps came back. this is why he is a great athlete. the one thing that it will argue, though, is that he has great genetics. why should he necessarily be allowed to win with his genetics? should someone be able to even the score with equipment? that is the argument we see across sports. rick: 90. very good reference -- thank you. i am looking at my suit and wondering if it gives me special powers. [laughter] not really. when we come back, selling state offices and leasing them back -- the lengths that state lawmakers are going to to fill big budget

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jane: minnesota's governor tim pawlenty is going to be the keynote speaker for a big republican meeting. is he looking to move into a different home base? carl cameron sat down with the governor. rick: jonathan is headed to college in atlanta. >> that is right. we will be talking about health care reform with some future doctors for the nation. a live report coming from emory university. jane: how about giving a total stranger a complement? they're going around the country, randomly telling people nice things. they are in new york city. how do you think that goes.

rick: critics say that health care reform will entice workers to dump -- owners to dump workers into the government plan and saddle us with trillions in debt. but how will the private sector really be affected? shannon is taking a closer look. are they continuing to promise that americans will not have to give up their private insurance if they do not want to? >> yes. all of these town hall meetings and press conferences -- the president says again and and again, if you like your doctor, you will keep him. here is what dick durbin said on the senate floor, very familiar. >> we have to make certain that the end of the day we allow people to choose their own doctors, hospitals, and health

insurance plans, and keep the plan they have if they want to. >> that is a sticking point. people read their coverage as could or excellent, and they want to keep it. rick: will private insurers really survive? >> many express great concern about that. they say it is hard to look at the plainfield and consider it level. if you are going to be a referee and a competitor, it will not be a fair game. they do not have to negotiate the same way we do with doctors and hospitals, they can handle payment differently, and it will be tough to survive. so there is much concern in the insurance industry, even though many will tell you they are for health care reform and they know something has to change. they really are very wary of the government been a player.

rick: what did the president's former doctor have to say? >> his name is david shiner, and he is here in washington. he was the president's physician for 20 years and voted for him. but he weighs in on this issue about health reform. he wants to see a single-payer plan where you have one entity overseeing all payments. the president has stopped short of that, that we're over hauling a big chunk of the economy and we cannot afford this. the doctor says that when he deals with private insurance, it is trouble all the time. he says the only time he has a good experience is with medicare, which is essentially a government-run. so this official says that that is the way we should go, people need to stop being so afraid of it. jane: lawmakers are having to use creative accounting to

balance the books. here are a few examples. in washington state, they assume public employees will stay on the job lager and die sooner than expected. that is supposed to save the state $45 million. california says about $1.2 billion will be saved by paying state workers one day later than usual, shifting the payroll costs to the next fiscal year. alabama balanced its education budget, but only after scrapping money for school supplies. that means city and county school districts have to pick up the tab. at illinois is leaving $3.2 billion in bills unpaid this year. that will free up money, but vendors keep waiting and waiting and wonder how much longer they have to wait to get the money. rick: in arizona, desperate lawmakers are trying to sell house and senate buildings. the idea is to lease the properties back into the state resumes ownership.

the republican governor there veto the plan in the last budget, but the state may not have a choice next time. they face a $3.5 billion deficit, and earlier gimmicks have all been tapped out. jane: in oran, supporters have been arrested for trying to honor the memory of the murder of neda, who had become a symbol of the opposition. we have a freelance journalist from tehran on the phone with us now. earlier, you are in the middle of one of these demonstrations. is this where you are now? >> yes. there is violence here.

there goes an officer. [inaudible] things are on fire. jane: we are going to have to leave it there. it sounds like your signal is not great and we are having trouble hearing you. but we will continue to try and reconnect with him and get a better symbol and bring it back. jane: thousands without power in pennsylvania after a tornado ripped through the state, cutting what one official called a five-mile long, 300-foot wide mile path of destruction. they say this is a category ef2 twister that hit monroe county, snapping power poles and damaging buildings and homes. janice is live in the weather center. they are not used to that weather in pennsylvania. >> no. really, we do not typically see

a lot of tornadoes. i want to go over the category for you. winds of 111 to 135 miles an hour, with considerable damage, boris off of mobile homes can be severely damaged, foundations shifted, cars can also be shifted, as well, and trees are uprooted. this is an impressive reading. as well, there are reports of a tornado in new jersey yesterday, with powerful storms moving across the region and most of the showers now moving into new england. but we do have another round that is going to move in today and even tomorrow. watching the northeast yet again for the possibility for severe weather, and also watching areas across the deep south and texas, where we could see a few inches of rain in a short time. flashes of are posted in to the

tennessee river valley, and the other big story we're following is the heat across the northwest. seattle was 103, an all-time record. jane: this is a recipe for trouble. a high school and a coach are being sued by a cheerleader because of some emails on facebook. let's get to courtney friel. what is going on? >> and other social media lawsuit. listen and learn. a high school students in mississippi is suing her coach and school districts for violating her privacy and free speech rights. mandy jackson claims that she was forced to hand over her facebook password to her cheerleading court -- coach, who allegedly read her e-mail, saw profanity, and exposed what she found. jackson said she was punished. federal court trial date has not yet been seen.

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>> i like your hat. next umbrella. i thought your ear 30's. jane: nice complement to go along way. did your mother tell you that? just ask these college juniors about it. i knew it.

where did this idea come from? >> we went out and bought a cheap assigned, and we did ourselves. cameron was like, i am doing this with you. there were a lot of smiles and laughs. even when people were not expecting it to be out there. 10 different cities are the last couple of days. rick: 11 in new york talking to

people. new yorkers tend to be standoffish. jane: are rude. >> we have gotten a great reaction in new york city. everybody says, have you been to times square? there's a lot going on. >> yes. rick: there are only tourists there. >> that is not true. we do not seem negative reactions, really. he would be surprised. everyone has been really positive. people can walk by and ignore us, and we are ok with that. we are ok to connect. jane: and now you are sponsored.

kodak said it would give you an are before the summer? >> yes, kodak is a company that likes to build relationships through the power of photography and video, so they made this. and video, so they made this. we have been out there in the rain, this note. rick: you look great. i like those black shorts and that search -- shirt. nice job. today's medical school students are tomorrow's's doctors. what do these guys think over

the debate about reform? we will talk to these very bright men and women and ask them when become right back.

rick: everybody has an opinion on health care reform in this country, but one group we have not heard a lot from our future doctors. we ask them what they think about it. we're live at emory university with more of young future doctors. good to see you. >> were better than at one of the top medical schools. we're talking about primary- care. you're from a small town and

tennessee, and you want to be a country doctor, but it will not happen. why not? >> the current system makes it challenging to be primary care when you spend most of time counseling the patient must and doing studies. until that changes, it will be hard. >> i think it will change things. we need to focus our ports on new areas. help me fix ^ my patient in the early stages of their disease, rather than 20 years down the road when they have high blood pressure. jane: you want to be a physician's assistant. >> we will help fill the void, and once we are in place, we

will use medicine to keep costs down. rick: and we will see more of you in the future? >> i hope so. i want to go into primary care, and the government is providing incentives that i hope to take advantage of. >> i hope we see more preventive medicine. the best way to save money is to use prevented it as a medicine -- primitive medicine. it can make our homes and workplaces safer places to work and be healthy. rick: you are working on a ph.d. in health care policy. what are you finding when you look at the insured versus uninsured when it comes to this?

>> having health insurance results in greater access to care in terms of cancer screening and ongoing monitoring of chronic conditions. so if people get insurance, it can help improve care. >> just a few thoughts from students at emory medical school. back to you. rick: thanks very much, jonathan. and jane: he is known as an up and comers. tim pawlenty of minnesota, what he thinks about the debate. also, 2012. carl cameron just spoke with him. . 4 times the number... of pills compared to aleve. choose aleve and you could start taking fewer pills. just 2 aleve have the strength... to relieve arthritis pain all day.

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[captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- jane: at the top of their agenda is to -- how to stop president obama's health care reform plan. let's get to carl cameron. he is there. let's start with the attitude toward health care and what they are seeing on the hill. >> the republican national committee is having its meeting in san diego. the republican leaders from around the country have convened. at the top of the agenda is how to come up with a health care reform that they can support because they firmly believe that the one president obama would be a disaster. tim pawlenty is mentioned as a likely white house hopeful in 2012. he makes it clear that obama care has to be stopped. here is a bit of an interview

from a moment ago. >> we have a president in a democrat-controlled congress that is spending out of control. the only to rising faster is chris matthews' man crush on barack obama. we have e to be the party of fiscal discipline. we have to also engage constructively on fixing this health care system. it is broken. we have an education system that is broken. republicans can be the party of solutions, not just complaining. >> one of the things that tim pawlenty that republicans should not support is the idea of a public option. jane: we have about 20 seconds. does he have a health-care proposal that he told you about? >> as the governor of minnesota, he has been involved with health care legislation for quite a bit he is more involved in a subtext spat with mitt romney. they h