funeral procession and ticketed for not wearing seat belt. that hitting made them miss a family member's burial. did the deputy go too far. debate coming your way. slogan comes to us from don weaver. 6:00 a.m. you could be sleeping miss "fox & friends" and all day you will be sleeping. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- steve: you missed that rooster, didn't you? brian: did i miss that roost err err. gretchen: brian is back. we're not sure where you were. brian: extensive journey down 27 to monday -- montauk. it's totally different climate. 60 miles away. a lot of big fox fans there. they would watch you guys every

morning and go this is what you guys missed. steve: we missed you. glad to have you back a lot to talk about today. brian: i'm touching my knee and you are touching yours. what's on your mind? gretchen: why don't you continue to touch your knees and i will do the headlines. brian: that's a great idea. gretchen: this happened when you were away, brian. the divers are going to be back in the water today searching for the last two victims in a crash between a plane and sightseeing helicopter in new york city. seven of the nine passengers have been recovered despite challenging conditions. investigators are closely examining photos and accounts from eyewitnesses. neither aircraft had a data recorder. trying to swerve around it. it was too late. herd a blast and the helicopter just went down. gretchen: coming up in just 10 minutes, disturbing information

about the airspace above the hudson river. it's being called overused and uncontrolled. we have a reporter live on the scene with the latest developments. all right. we just said that. we are going to have a live report coming' up in just a few minutes. plane packed 150 passengers forced to make emergency landing when the left engine congressed out. the pilots on northwest flight 1546 heard a loud boom. passengers, of course were, terrified. >> 30,000, 40,000 feet in the air. the engine is shaking and you see flames come from the engine, it really humbles you, you get a sense of humility that comes over you. gretchen: the captain landed the plane in raleigh safely. six incidents of bird strikes since 1990. the video is incredible. raging floodwaters in taiwan. causing a hotel to crash right in the river. all 300 guests and employees

already evacuated when the six story hotel toppled over. worst flooding taiwan has seen in 50 years. leaving a trail of destruction. 20 people killed in the philippines. 12 in jan and 1 million to evacuate in china. another 10 inches of rain expected today. now n. just about four hours, president obama will be meeting with mexican president felipe calderon and steven harper. the three are attending a summit in mexico. last night he met with the mexican president for 45 minutes. the two leaders had a cordial conversation apparently but reached no agreement on any contentious issues. mexico is annoyed with the u.s. over a trucking dispute and its delay in sending an aid package to help the country's drug war. secretary of state hillary clinton heads to the congo this morning. she is going to be there denouncing soldiers and rebel

groups using sexual assault as a tool of war. the eastern congo has one of the highest rates of violence against women in the world. the visit part of secretary clinton's seven nation swing through africa. more trouble now for south carolina governor mark sanford. associated press investigation says that the governor used the state aircraft for numerous personal trips, often bringing his wife and kids along. besides political gatherings, he allegedly took the plane to events like kids sporting events even a hair appointment. you fly to do that state law says the aircraft should only be used for official business, obviously. those are your headlines this morning. steve: didn't bill clinton use airplane for a hair cut once? brian: he was stopped at least. fist fights, arrests, noisy demonstrations and hospitalizations. what could i be talking about?

gretchen: town hall meetings where americans come out and voice their concerns. we started seeing this on thursday and friday of this week. are they going to turn into violent fests? we hope not because both sides now coming to blows. steve: absolutely. you want to take -- well, for instance, and, gretchen and i were here, brian, talking about this on friday, the white house had a one-hour meeting with senators where jim mosema the chief of staff says if somebody shows up at a town hall meeting and very vocal and belligerent to the speaker perhaps a member of congress hit them back twice as hard. memo came out which supports barack obama's health care said essentially that we need to provide them with cover. what we have been seeing over the last couple of days, in addition to regular americans showing up to denounce the president's plans or parts they don't like. a number of members of unions.

brian: they are showing up. you want to hear what it is like? they haven't had a scream fest near you? take a listen. >> who sent me here? i sent myself. how dare you -- how dare you claim that i'm part of a conspiracy. >> it reads like something that was brought up in the early 1930s in germany. gretchen: uh-oh. here is the thing. both sides now are sending out. let's just call a spade a spade. both sides are sending out orchestrated groups to these events that should oversee monday morning can't think the word. that should not make that more important than the average american showing up at these town hall meetings. people are going to stop caring when they hear that it's orchestrated group against orchestrated group. let's get the american citizen back into the equation here. that's my whole problem with this thing. brian: want to hear some more? hear some more from iowa.

tom harken trying to get his point across and people not buying it? >> again these folks are resulting to scare tactics, misinformation and obstruction. there was a nationally coordinated meeting to stop meetings. i don't expect than to happen here. we are juans, we-eye withiniowa. i don't expect that kind of stuff. steve: an article in "u.s.a. today" starts out by saying americans waiting for affordable health care. the ugly campaign and how both sides are yelling at each other. and then, it's interesting, because what they write is these destructions are because opponents are afraid not just of differing views but of the facts themselves. they are drowning out opposing views and that is simply unamerican. brian: unamerican? i thought that was all part of the debate.

the fact is how we failed at this task for decades. she also cites along with steny hoyer that this has been a goal nationalized health care. not nationalized health care but affordable health care from harry truman back to teddy roosevelt. all lbj all tried to get it done. she thinks we are closer to getting it best plan ever but no one read it best plan ever but it's being jammed down everyone's throats. best plan ever no clear idea what this plan is. one stuck in the house, one stuck in the senate. everybody is supposed to go out there and sell a plan we don't know anything about. gretchen: this op ed seemed to be hippo critical to me there hasn't been a more debated issue than the prom mission of affordable issue. if there hasn't been a more debated domestic issue then shouldn't everybody read the bill? bill: and debate --

brian: and debate it? gretchen: historic effort for scrutiny and debate. all worth the time it takes to get it right. all these sort of signs of how important and global this is well then how can you have senators and members of congress and members of the house, i should say who come forward and say why read it? it's 1100 pages. every single member of congress should be held to some sort of a level up here and they should all be asked whether or not they have read this bill. if, in fact, this op ed is true and it's the most important domestic debate out there. brian: 7% of the economy. $2.7 billion in costs out there. everybody is talking about seniors and talking about affordable class and health care. are seniors going to be in front of a death panel? just as you think that's ridiculous. then you realize there are provisions in there that seniors in the last lap of their life will be sitting there going to a

panel possibly discussing what the best thing for them is. steve: you know what? i think so many americans are frustrated that the stimulus got jammed through so fast. nobody read that they are afraid, if this thing, which is so bulking and so enormous and touches everybody goes through so fast without talking about it there, could be dire consequences. now is the talking time. our members of congress are home for a month and this is our chance to do some talking. of course, goings back to nancy pelosi saying that apparently the opposing view to her view is unamerican. that's our text question this hour. is it unamerican to debate health care? if you say no, text friends 1 to 362 8. if you say yes text friends 2 to 36288. the results are going to be coming up for you later on in the show. gretchen: as we told you at the top of the hour rescue workers heading back into the water in the hudson river in new york city to recover the remaining two vehicles after that horrific mid-air collision.

catherine craig from wnyw joins fruts scene with the latest -- us from the scene with the latest details. >> you have to imagine the ones are still in the plane. the area of the plane where it's below. we are being told that it's around this area. there is a coast guard boat right there. there is a nypd. the small plane is apparently 50 feet below the surface. the search resumes around 7:30 eastern for the victims and wreckage. crews know where the plane is they had sonar equipment out here. they located it but getting it out will be a challenge because the hudson river is so murky. the helicopter was pulled up from the hudson yesterday though. it is heavily damaged and it was eventually placed on a barge to be looked at by investigators. crews were spending many, many hours looking for the plane. and by late yesterday they did find it it's a lot lower than where the helicopter was found. the helicopter was about 30 feet

below surface. the plane, again, is about 50 feet below the surface. ntsb investigators have also been taking a look at flight data. when the small plane carrying two men, two brothers and the son of one of them came over here from total total borough airport in new jersey. they contacted advisors pilot of the small plane supposed to make contact. no one ever heard from the pilot. so at this point the cause of the crash still being investigated. definitely a heavy guard between u.s. coast guard and y nd police guarding that area where the plane is believed to be. back to you. gretchen: all right, catherine, thank you for that live update. we will keep you abreast throughout the show whether they are successful finding the two remaining bodies there. brian: told but some of those health care town halls getting heated. now some lawmakers screaming at constituents for asking tough

questions. >> [shouting] [cheers and applause] brian: if there are no town halls, how will american voices be heard? our panel weighs in next. one was canceledis a due for tuesday. steve: a couple stopped during a funeral procession and given a ticket. as a result, they missed the burial. >> i think it was unjust. it was totally unbelievable. steve: did the deputy who stopped them and gave them the ticket cross the line? we are going to report. you are going to decide. for dazzling white teeth, give toothpaste the brush off. you need listerine® whitening vibrant white™ rinse. the mouthwash that gets teeth four times whiter than the leading toothpaste. and kills bad breath germs. listerine® whitening vibrant white™.

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brian: we is been showing you town halls getting. tough guess like. this you chose to come and to do it on your own. not a single one of you had the decency to call my office and

set up for a meeting. ok? then do that. >> i did yesterday. >> do that. but don't, don't come and take advantage of what these individuals have done. you want a meeting with me on health care, i will give it to you. brian: one on one, i guess, without debate? how can americans have their voices heard if they can't debate in the open forum? joining us to discuss that and more is richard editorial page editor for "the washington times." the president of environmental defense fund and john fund, no relation, columnist for the "wall street journal." richard, can we debate this or is this out of control? is this unamerican. >> the obama administration is not used to debates. this is affecting millions of people who have stable health care plans and they are frightening more people than attracting. i thought the "new york times"

article was fascinating. people who benefit the most or most apathetic about health care. brian: are you surprised about this debate? >> there is no question there a lot of synthetic grass roots out there. brian: they call it artificial turf. >> astroturf. we traced on the energy bill contributions from the coal industry. three congressman have gotten letters from the local branch of the naacp and others that just don't exist. brian: back to this footage is that synthetic standing up and cheering. somebody who stands up and protests what he sees as a danger to their health care? >> both sides in a heated issue try to bring people to these meetings. you can't force people to go though. can you send them emails and make phone calls. if they show up, it means they have not passion to get out of their house and go to a meeting. the ororchestration is going toe on both sides acorn and ffl-cio

are having a big meeting in maryland. that is orchestrated on one sense. i'm not going to say those people aren't valid, of course they are. here is the issue. barack obama was elected in part as his experience on a community organizer it seems a bit rich for a whitewhite house that is y a former community organizer to complain about people being organized to go to meetings. that's what american democracy is all about. >> when you start faking letters and bussing people from one side of the state to the other start of the state. paying people to attend meetings. this is really over the line. >> there is no evidence anyone has been paid to go to meesmght give it to me. one example, give it to me. you can't, there aren't any. give it to me. >> there is. >> no. >> there are letters that being made up. >> give me an example of somebody being paid to go to a meeting. brian: point taken but finish. >> letters made up sent to

congressman that are absolutely fraudulent. investigation going on. >> those are three examples, fine? >> not three examples. more than half a dozen examples to more than three congressman. there are death threats now, john. >> of course those are deplorable. they are also. >> thank you for that. there were death threats during clinton care. we got over that rather than discuss these tactics which i think happen on both sides, if they are really egregious and illegal we should nail them. otherwise, let's talk about the real issue. brian: sadly tuesday's big debate in missouri is being canceled because of what happened over the weekend. that is problematic for the entire process. richard, you lead off the next debate. new threat against national security. global warming. our political panel breaks it down. it's almost unbelievable a prison riot that lasts 12 hours and ends with 250 inmates injured. where this happened and how in the world this could happen. that's coming your way. me again.

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brian: is climate change now a threat to u.s. global security and u.s. security here at home? let's get it from our political panel. richard miniter. john fund. richard, let's start with you, how could climate change change, global warming effect the war on terror. >> the theory is it will lead to thousands of death, starvation and increased fighting around the world. that's nuts. what's really going to happen is we are going to alienate china and i understand i can't. they are setting new records for consumption of oil and natural gas year after year. even if we were to entirely give up imported oil, that vast supply of oil in the middle east would be devoured by india and china. india has already said. not only will they not sign any global warming treaties but they

are annoyed by us having asked them to sign it. brian: we understand the arctic circle is melting. therefore water ways we are going to have to spend money to protect. john kerry sudan result of did he vert in the north and repeat many times over and therefore terrorist also flourish. the center for naval analysis has looked at this and in 2007 came back with study arctic sea ice we have a whole new side of the continent that we have to defend. in terms darfur. really the first example of a country where climate change is exacerbated drought and the conflicts have been intensified. in fact, climate change is a force multiplier. you combine that with the idea that not only do the effects cause mass migrations. but also we are sending all these billions of dollars to our enemies. why? who could be about reducing the amount of oil. brian: john, a lot of people don't even see something that's

valid global warming. so why even debate it. >> i take the charges seriously however, fred, each the most extreme reductions that we could actually do on carbon emissions would not dramatically effect the climate. therefore not dramatically effect our national security. i think the real national security security issues are, for example, poland. poland something ordered by the european community to stop using coal in the ground instead use gas from where? russia. that would put national security at risk. that's a key ally. brian: we accept the relationship. it's going fine now. >> darfur is on the edge of the is a hair ravment not like they haven't had a drought before. >> this is a forced multiplier. >> look, i have been to the other side of sudan. end finding have the government stop financing. >> create a huge wind industry. solar industry. america needs to get into the

clean energy game. brian: we're about to. and we are about to either way because that's what this administration wants to. a wonderful debate. way to kick off the week. i'm proud of all of you individually. congratulations on your clothing deal because it's strong. it's fantastic. general electric now paying out $50 million for cooking the books. the same g.e. that got bailout money from the taxpayers and warren buffet, is the can be using your money to pay for your wrongdoings? we will take a look. gossip in the workplace, should it be banned? it worked for one ceo. hear about gretchen? first, happy birthday antonio banderas. we went to high school together he married melanie griffith. he turns 49 today. does your mouthwash work in six different ways?

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sparked by racial tensions between african-american and hispanic inmates. the riot was the prison's most violent since december of 2006 when 200 inmates rioted for 90 minutes. all 10 prisons in southern california remain on lockdown. steve: meanwhile, national security advisor general jim jones is nearly positive the top terror leader in pakistan is dead. >> put it in 90% category if you want but pakistan has confirmed it we know that there is some recordings now from the mehsud tribe that he wasn't, but the evidence is pretty conclusive. steve: it is believed mehsud was killed in a drone attack. also reports two leaders of the taliban were involved in a deadly shootout over who should replace mehsud. brian? brian: steve, daniel schueler likely won't face any criminal charges his wife killed herself and seven others while driving drunk on the new york parkway.

prosecutors say they would have tariff time proving schueler knew his wife was intoxicated before she got behind the wheel. now diane schueler had a blood alcohol level of .19 at the time of the crash. that is the equivalent of 10 shots of vodka. tests show she was also high on main marijuana. schueler still claims his wife didn't drink. three niece and three people in another car died in the crash. >> gretchen: the d.c. metro safety system has a history of failing. that's according to the national transportation safety board. another d.c. operator had to use his emergency brake to avoid hitting a train months before the deadly crash in june. metro's deadly officer insists the two incidents are not related. nine people killed in that june accident. more than 70 people hurt. steve: meanwhile, the state of hawaii bracing for tropical storm if he issue will sexual harassment even though the storm appears to be weakening. many beaches are being closed because several islands could

get slammed with heavy winds and also heavy rains. a flash flood watch has been issued for honolulu tomorrow. one of the biggest fears? the possibility of mud slides. meanwhile, let's go ahead and take a look at what kind of a day we have got ahead weatherwise here. as you can see heat advisories are out for portions of the central plain states. and for the most part, it's going to continue to be feeling a lot like summer throughout the northeast. all right. that's a quick look at your fox travelcast at 26 minutes now before the top of the hour. and, brian kilmeade, you have got a special guest over there in the light. brian: yes. in 48 hours, it looks as though kristen will be ending second internship here. her first at "fox & friends." step over and she has wisely chosen one of the finest interns ever to do the sports. >> yes. brian: are you ready to deliver the sports.

>> i'm ready. >> brian: and more. cue the music. let's get started. life is tough right now if you hate the new york yankees. they are clicking on all cylinders completing a four game streak of the hated red sox in the bronx. eighth inning the red sox finally broke 31 inning scoreless streak on victor martinez home run of the yankees would storm back with the long ball. johnny ties the game with the shot. the yankees ahead to stay. they win 5-2. complete the four-game sweep and lead the al list by 6.7 games. seven is definitely a lucky number for tiger woods. country club in ohio for seventh time. 70th win on the tour and his second in two weeks. woods stared down the irish golfer padraig harrington on the front nine. seal the deal on the 16th hole with a beautiful approach shot. harrington would chip it into the water and woods in serious

give momentum into the pga championship. that starts in minnesota. tiger could soon have his sights on another prize in the olympic gold medal. the committee considering adding golf to the 2016 olympics. considering adding rugby and softball. they will take a final vote in october. brian: wow. that was too good. what time do you get up in the morning to intern? >> 1:30. brian: what mode of transportation do you take? >> the long island railroad. brian: and then? >> and then i walk from 34th street to 48th. brian: this is your second internship. you were a fan of the show as a child. >> yes. brian: when chris chulo was coming into his own. self-way past his peak now. have you done unbelievable job. >> thank you. brian: proud of iona by the way.

let's talk about the history. with your dad. this is the first time in the picture with your dad and i'm diagnosely up right there. there i am. and that's 1975. and then we go back. i think i have another photo there again, the same pose. they always make the golly get down in the native american style position. >> my dad is here. and i think you just huehumiliad him. brian: up until that moment he always wore his suits with arm pants in it just as homage to years as a golly. how many years do you have left of school. >> two more years. brian: two more days left of internship. >> yes. brian: do you know what that means? >>no that means you have got to finish producing the show. round of applause. gretchen: left me just say. steve: she has done a great job. gretchen: personally she takes care of me in the green room in the morning. what am i going to do without you. she prints stuff. finds out facts for me.

it's like researcher up the you know, what have you been fantastic. thank you so much. steve: it's important that you point out what time she starts her trek into work. she goes to work, folks, while you were sleeping last night she was on a train to get here because it was a couple hours trip. that kind of dedication you don't see a lot. brian: if she decided not to go to every ladies night there was she could come in here a little more sober. gretchen: she is like 19, brian thanks a lot, chris attachment let's talk about something she handed me this morning which is this very interesting article in one of the newspapers here. the "new york times," which is very interesting. an article about general electric, g.e. could it be the new enron? are you kidding me? the "new york times" is writing this? well, apparently they say since 2001, when jack welch left the company on the third time i got it, that it just basically went to smitherenes.

they did a lot of accounting with the numbers. steve: they have just settled with the sec and paid a 50-million-dollar fine. this is stunning. four separate violations, two of which descended to the level of fraud. the sec says they fiddled with the books repeatedly in this decade. now, here's the thing. people for years, general electric under jack always made the number. always made the number this particular writer for the "new york times" points out and apparently he quotes a fellow by the name of james who went to the wharton school in pennsylvania and now a jesuit priest and wrote about his time at g.e. apparently when he was first a bean counter at g.e. he said you know what?

we are not going to make our number. they ed you know what you have to do? just reverse a few journal entries. the corporate numbers had come down hard if they had missed the number. so essentially the boss was saying, just fudge it a little bit. this article details how through over the last decade, g.e. has been fudging the numbers. brian: you have to wonder about is this the next enron? by the way to finish up on dialogue. the jesuit priest, another boss told him ok, you are taking those accounting courses way too seriously. people are investigating their money. the small investor, big investor. people buying stocks and of course they were bailed out brilliantly by warren buffet who said here, take all my money but i want a huge yield in response. now you have jeff immelt who was on one of those key councils with the barack obama administration over the future environmental issues. gretchen: not only is there interesting accounting going on at this company, you have to

also ask about the politics going on with warren buffet being so tightly within jeffrey immelt within the obama administration. a lot of the people questioning that as well. brian: it's impossible. i'm telling you right now it's impossible. brian: which part? gretchen: which part? brian: to ban gossip in the workplace. a ceo noticed there were knots of employees talking behind doors or con forking with each other and every time he would walk up, sam chapman noticed suddenly they would shut up and they noticed wait a minute we have a gossip problem here at this firm. he laid down the law. we are not going to have any gossip here. if you don't like it leave. two left. 9% of them, he says, have continued to toe the line and are not gossiping. brian: so they say. gretchen: so they say. now here is the other stat that came out of this.

65 hours a year apparent solid what the average worker spends time on gossiping. 65 hours a year i think it's more than that don't you? brian: i'm not going to say because then it looks like i have been compiling statistics. gretchen: i don't know how you ban this sort of thing. i think it's actually a pretty good idea. i don't know how you enforce it and people spend a lot of time, instead of working try to snitch out people who are gossiping. i'm not sure which one is better. brian: here is the problem. what's gossip. steve is wearing a green suit today. how about this? steve is wearing a green suit today. gretchen: that's a good point. brian: define gossip. steve. steve: chapman did. gossip is anything negative and said outside the presence of the subject. because you said it in my presence it's not gossip. brian: what if you turned your back. steve: if i turned my back and you talked about my suit then it would be gossip. gretchen: went to psychologist

that gossip is a good thing. forges friendships. third party not there makes them closer? i can see that a little bit. steve: i don't buy that. gretchen: i'm not sure i give half the weight of that article to that theory but they did in this one. brian: talk more about the gossip in the break. gretchen: i'm going to twitter about this. brian: do this in the 150 hours. gretchen: let's gossip about brian now you can believe he cannot do math? brian: on the way to heir their sister's burial but they missed it they were ticketed for not wearing a seat belt. did the cop go too far? steve: a plan by congress to buy eight jet for themselves coming under fire this morning. the lawmaker who says it makes her, quote, sick to her stomach. we will talk about that straight ahead. they want some of them. ♪

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the plank plans to roll out features. something about that doesn't seem right. steve? steve: all you need is the routeing number right there. on their way to their sister's burial. this couple missed it the reason? police officers pulled them over and ticketed them. here to debate the issue arthur aidala defense attorney and former federal prosecutor fred tecee. we are going to have this couple with us later on but we will talk about it. was one of those officers doing click it or ticket stops. they are in the midst of the funeral. they were at the funeral they were going to the burial. >> the that's the key they are in the midst of the funeral procession. we have seen that in every part of the country. cars, headlights on, sometimes funeral sticker in the window. this is why police officers are great people that they are. they are supposed to use the use the discretion. use god-given common sense and decide when to act and when not to act.

when to give a warning and when not to give a warning. maybe not even to stop a car and when to stop a car. here, look, he made a mistake. they could take -- they could use any cute terms they wanted we are not here to stop that -- what they -- they have all these fancy lines in press release. weighs wrong. period, amen. steve: fred? >> i don't think its with a formal procession. not like he pulled them out of a line of cars. secondly, there is no dispute that all five of them weren't wearing their seat belts. they know that's the law. thirdly, i understand discretion is better part of valor. he pulled them over and where was the rest of the family members? first of all, it's their faults. steve: they weren't wearing seat guilty. as soon as the cop pulled them over look, we are going to our sister's burial. cuff cut us some slack here? and the officer said no, look. the law is the law. and the law is the law but -- >> i understand that but that's not his fault. ok? >> fred, fred, beep beep, whose

fault it was? like he had some supervisor there screaming at him i don't care what you say you have to write this up. it was his fault. i'm north saying he was the worst cop in the world. >> let them drive away five guys without seat belts. >> shooting heroin in heir armsen or rolling up a fat joint. click, give me a break. >> where were the other family members. why didn't they wait 10 minutes on these people? everybody's to blame the police officer were when there is a lot of other blame to go around. >> he should have used his discretion. >> discretion is the better part of valor. you can't blame him for it. steve: tv land, what do you think? do you think the officer acted professionally or just given him a pass? arthur and fred, thank you very much. >> thank you, sir. steve: friends at fox news.com. disturbing information about airspace where a plane and helicopter collided over new york. up next, we talk to a former pilot who has traveled that airspace many, many times over the hudson. %%%%%%%%%%%

brian: experts say it was a disaster waiting to happen. collide over the hudson river in new york city. gretchen: why did this happen? does it have to do with the airspace gee we are joined by retired expert. j.p. cass tane. you do not believe it was an accident waiting to happen, why? >> because it's a congested airspace but it demands pilots that go into that airspace to be attentive to. know what the requirements are. see and be seen, communicate. yes, it's a tight controlled airspace. it's not a playground for tourists. brian: from what you saw and from what you know, whose fault was it?

>> well, the aircraft that was overtaking, the fixed wing aircraft overtook the helicopter, the visuals are that he struck the aircraft. he was above and he came up behind the helicopter. it's like running into a buzz zaw with that rotor blade. who was at fault? speculation, connecting the dots, there is one dot that stands out. you are supposed to give ground when you are overtaking another aircraft. the same way who is at fault if you are on a highway and run into the tail end of a car? gretchen: so, i said to you it was beautiful, clear day. right around the noon hour. it's not like there were foggy conditions. so would this pilot not have seen that helicopter and you said? >> i said that in a very probability he was looking out at the big apple. what would that pilot be doing there? he was on a trip down to ocean city. so, he was looking out probably at the big apple. brian: you believe the answer might lie in the communication. what channel were these pilots

on? explain. >> ok. there is a common frequency that you check in on, all the pilots clear each other. you hear them talking, 12305. something like that. on that frequency, for instance, the rules of the road when you drive on the right side of the road, that's how you proceed northbound. you fly on the right side of new york city and fly up toward the g.w. bridge. when you come the other way the rules are you fly down the jersey coast. i give a broadcast i'm pipe everywhere 152, i'm passing the lady proceeding northbound at an altitude 800 feet. on a common frequency, everybody is listening, pilots respond i have you in sight. gretchen: you say they could look at the dials of these aircraft to see if they were listening to the common frequency once they get that up out of the water. a lot of people want to know are there too many airplanes, helicopters, et cetera, doing this type of viewing as you were

discussing. the helicopters was on a touring should that airplane be there. >> that airplane should not be there if you are going on a tourist flight. that is a high tense density area to fly. in pilots must be properly briefed and understand the limb stations that they are entering into. they cannot just take it as, well, let's go sightseeing. brian: would like to do is have you back when we find out more facts about this and theories as they are about to recover the plane. >> yes, sir. brian: coming up, straight ahead in fact next hour of information, town halls gone wild. finger pointing and fighting all over health care. now nancy pelosi says anyone who speaks out is unamerican. report about that and you decide. gretchen: latest job figures giving us opteddism. are the figures being fudged to make the unemployment rate look better? dana perino will be here. brian: plus, our all american bride give away kicks off next hour. you can nominate a soon to be

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not everyone agrees. we are going to report you decide about that steve? steve: brian, now "the big story." parents say a pet potbellied pig has changed autistic's life for the better. now the pet something banned by the city. find out how they are fighting back. we will report. you decide. our slogan comes from les mills. food for my head once i get out of bed. steve, brian, and gretchen,-enuf said. brian: thanks. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- gretchen: good morning. brian: the slogan has life of its own. have people walking up to you on the street with slogans. get. this over in marijuana -- montauk. try this one. i don't have a pen. i can't remember my address. how about this for your opening? gretchen: you don't have your baby you? can write them in as a draft.

steve: he is on vacation. better not. brian: i should have done that. gretchen: i take notes on my blackberry and save them as drafts. brian: write the show. friends@foxnews.com. put you on. we have three hours to fill. steve: keep those slogans coming. we use a three a day. friends@foxnews.com. gretchen: divers back in the water today searching for the last two victims in the deadly crash between a plane and a sightseeing helicopter in new york city. seven of the nine who lost their lives, they have been recovered now. debbie hearsayman, chair of the ntsb talked about how difficult the recovery mission has been. >> that helicopter was in water that was about 30 feet deep. the divers had extremely challenging conditions with current visibility at times the visibility was no more than one foot. gretchen: closely examining photos and accounts from the eyewitnesses. >> trying to swerve around it but it was too late.

hit it and all of a sudden heard a blast and the helicopter just went down. gretchen: neither aircraft had a data recorder. attorney general eric holder is ready to put the cia on trial. all over how agents treated detainees at gitmo. justice department officials say holder now close to appointing a criminal prosecutor to look into claims of excessive waterboarding and authorized interrogation methods. abuses took place. today marks the 40th anniversary of the second man son murders. three of the women making fresh bids to get out of prison. susan atkins patricia krenwin kel and leslie van how then wanting us. atkins has brain cancer. seeking release to be with her family. governor arnold schwarzenegger oppose her release. isaiah timothy is the newest edition to the hasselbeck family. congratulations to the co-host of the viewvment elisabeth

hasselbeck and husband tim on third child. isaiah was born 7 pounds 7 ounces. proud father tim says momma and baby doing great. those are your evidence lines this morning. steve: talk about the story that has cap vacated america. that is now that the senators and congressman are at home, and we know they are really working hard reading that thousand page health care bill, whatever it's going to look like, they are going to get an earful. we have been showing you pictures over the last week or so. you know, they have been very noisy. now, they have not only noisy, but, in some cases violent. watch this. >> that's right. >> punk. >> says is he pawnk. -- a punk. nazi. >> who is the angry mob? >> you are. [sirens] >> you attacked him. you weren't anywhere near. shut up. you came running.

i saw where you were. >> did you just hit me? did you just hit me? did you just hit me? i got it on tape. >> steve: some bad video but the audio is terrific. we put the words up there it's interesting because you heard her talking about how these members of seiu these service employees union, remember, they were called in apparently by the white house or associates of the white house to go ahead and provide cover because some people who were opposing health care were showing up, they wanted to have something from the other side. well, now, that they have arrived, things have gotten much noisier and in some cases violent. brian: in memphis they had a congressional town hall held by sergeant cohen. the sheriff had to separate people nose to nose just as the thing began to open up. cardiologist was one of the people who spoke up and got yelled at. local doctor come up and he was cheered. so much passion and tension.

but, of course you don't want the violence. you don't wanted people going to the hospital. you don't want to see arrests. steve: it's ok to be noisy. just don't throw a punch. gretchen: i agree with that i think that the noisiness needs to keep keep it at a seven instead of a ten. the louder and crazier you are. if you are not willing to listen to the other point of view it's not a debate. ry can see how we have come to this point now. both sides are going to come out in force. let's just all agree if we can to keep it at a seven so we can actually hear people discuss and debate this. brian: the guy here that got knocked out. i don't know if you saw it in the video, gretchen, is he going to be talking to us how he was blind sided and hit. joining us with his lawyer to tell us the feeling he had going in and feels now. steve: we know a lot of you were concerned. i was at the dermatologist on saturday. don't worry, i'm fine. but they had all this information laid out. here is one side, here is the other. and then they asked you would

you sign this petition that we are going to send to our senator and our congressman because we are four square against this thing. is that the kind of grass roots stuff that the the opponent or the proponents are talking about? no, this is at the grass roots level. it's not fake, it's real. brian: still using prescription moisturizer? steve: no, he told me to use over the counter stuff. gretchen: steny hoyer come up with an op. ed today. to a certain extent it gets a while to get to the headline of this. here is what they write: gretchen: you see, i think you

can take this a couple different ways. at first blush when you read this is anyone who comes to these town halls and doesn't agree with what you think are the facts of the health care reform bill are unamerican? if they were here to defend themselves, they would say both sides are being unamerican by not looking at all of the facts first. but it is a little hypocritical. didn't we ask members of congress to read the whole bill and get the facts themselves first? brian: what also was brought up did anyone rent john adams on hbo show? founding fathers set up the framework we still can't figure out. steve: we showed a little of the video earlier, this one guy, listens to his congressman down in georgia, and this guy stands up and says i have got a question. he asked him about the massachusetts plan and how it hasn't worked. the congressman started yelling at this guy. brian: david scott. steve: said this has been hijacked. the problem was the congressman

was yelling at a doctor. he wasn't part of any grass roots anything. a doctor who had apparently called his office a number of times trying to ask some questions. so, now that you see -- i mean, clearly the democrats and those who were supporting the health care are ready for anything to happen, but apparently, you know, this guy flew off the handle even though the guy who stood up and had a question, had a question. brian: democratic congressman david scott, the guy who yelled was dr. brian hill. about a rogue project any questions about anything else, dr. hill put up his hand and he got yelled at. brian: this is why some members of congress are not going to hold town halls anymore it defeats the purpose, i think, when both sides get out of control. anyway, is it unamerican to debate health care? right now 100% of you say no. keep texting us if you say no, text friends one to 36288. if you say yes text friends 2 to 36288. updated results later on in the show. let's talk about some more spending of money, shall we? brian: it's time to build some

more lehrer jets. congressman men and women need to travel with their families. its expanding the budget and caught many people by surprise. bipartisan opposition in the senate and the house who want the lawmakers to not spend 550 million for additional passenger jets for senior government officials. i would assume that would be unanimous. golf gulf stream and boeing planes out there. being built. that means jobs and money and helps the economy. what are the reasons? should would he be spending to jetdid -- jet sen these people around the world? steve: they said four. the obama administration said let's ask for more. somehow in the meat grinder. the sausagemaker that is congressman they said let's not get them four. let's get them eight. that is the problem right now. half a billion dollars in jets at this time when these lawmakers are yelling at the ceos of the big car makers about how dare you take a private jet.

i will be taking a private jet to england in two weeks. how dare you. gretchen: senator clair mccaskill who, by the way is, a democrat said. this. gretchen: she does not want them to be spending half a billion dollars on these new airplanes. john thiewn, a republican who says this. funding for new planes is a classic example of congress being out of touch with the realities of deficit spending. brian: dana perino is here. you were a white house secretary. now a fox news contributor do. these lawmakers have legitimate business? do they really need these planes? and hi, by the way. >> hi. they have very lit jat -- have legitimate business. if they are planes are out the maintenance records. they have a problem. we would want them to be saved it does seem they were a little bit tone deaf this time around.

steve: asking for four and then somebody in the congress just says oh, let's double that. let's get them eight. >> might as well, right? the thing is in government you don't get like a two for one deal. they're not saving any money. just spending more money. steve: maybe they got a coupon. gretchen: has to do congressman through that particular state gulf stream. will you stick around? because the latest job figures. are they being fudged? brian: a pet, potbellied pig being credited for helping autistic child. now that pet pig has been banned, shipped off to a farm. family joins us live with how they are fighting back. steve: brian, leave the fighting to the professionals. woman in on the action. brian: my goodness. steve: brian was watching this at 5:00 this morning. state ahead. i love this job.

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brian: people have become so discouraged looking for a job that they are no longer looking for a job. steve: bureau of labor statistics removed those people from the unemployment report that showed the economy improving. is it getting better or numbers getting fudged? we continue the conversation with former white house press secretary dana perino. dana, 8:3 a -- 8:35 number of people filing for first time jobless claims actually going down. still over 6 million actually out of work. how do you think this white house might be manipulating the numbers to put on a happy face. >> every month when you get the numbers it was always a game

what will it somebody in when we had five years economic growth we would have to every month revise upward from the month before. why wouldn't we have these numbers right the first time? steve: sure. >> what's trouble guilty about numbers from last week you have many people who have become so discouraged that they have become long-term unemployed. so discouraged that they are stopped even looking. i think those people need to count they don't count in this number. we were accused of not counting them when we were in power. i think the obama administration should be held to the same standard. because there are many people out there who are so disappointed. they have been knocking on so many doors. they have decided to give up for a while. brian: other thing, deign navment let's get these statistics out because there was impressive run there. in june of 2002 from may, june, july, august, september, the unemployment was 5.8, 5 .8, 5.,

5.7, 5.7. in may, june, july, august and september. 6.1, 6.3, 6.2, 6.1. significantly lower. you are at danger as opposition party or minority party of cheering against country at the same time being critical of the way the numbers are looking? for example, we're all about consumer confidence. if you criticize the numbers, are you worried about republicans looking like they are worrying down the economy? >> i don't think there is anyone in america who doesn't want people to find a job. all of us now have friends or family who have been unemployed for a long period of time and that they are discouraged. the toll that that takes on a person's personal life and on their personal confidence is very troubling. and so, yes, it's a difficult balance. but i also think there is a really good point that republicans can make and it's this. last february the obama administration said it was critical that we pass a 787 billion-dollar stimulus because

it would create jobs. it has not created jobs. they have hardly spent any of the money. it's hard for me to see that with a straight face they say that they rescued the economy. i think the numbers are that we are seeing now probably would have come back regardless because of the cyclical nature of the economy. steve: somewhere over the weekend only spent like 10% of it dana perino, always a pleasure. thank you for joining us mondays here on "fox & friends." >> thank you. brian: thousands of chrysler and g.m. delearships are shut down. we were told they there were just too many of them. now there is word these delearships could reopen in the same towns but under different names. steve: what's that about? then some gitmo detainees were shipped to bermuda. others may be heading to michigan. some are happy about it they say hosting terrorists could be good for the town. that story straight ahead. come on. [ kissing ]

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that representative steve la tourette joins me live from washington. you spearheaded this effort because you believe that the termination of these dealers, many of whom were profitable. you believe that was unamerican and in some cases illegal? >> well, illegal and despicable. what happened basically is both car companies submitted plans in february that didn't call for these wholesale dealership proposals. the president's task force pushed back and said you have to be more aggressive and boy were they. 2600 g.m. dealers. but underneath all of that is about 200,000 people that work there. gretchen: exactly it seems at a time when unemployment is at an all time high that wouldn't be such a great idea. what have you heard about your constituents about this? >> people are angry. as a matter of fact, i was just home in hudson, ohio last week and they had a petition going at a local g.m. going marhofer and they have been in business since 1919. they were the leading general

motors seller in summit county, if your viewers, it's akron, ohio. and they can't figure out what happened to them. they are mad. gretchen: these stories are going on all aways the country. it appears that the battle is going to get even uglier now. maybe general motors and chrysler didn't realize americans might wake up and smell the coffee. i'm not sure we should close profitable businesses. now testimony as that general motors, at least, may be realigning some of these delearships. in other words, not only terminating dealers who are profitable but then taking away their franchises and giving them to a person down the street. you have heard that rumor? >> i have. and part of the wind down agreements, the pitches, if you want to stay in new g.m. or new chrysler. you have to sign a new agreement. agreements that they could never get under state franchise law but for this expedited bankruptcy process. and they are saying oh, and by the way you have to wave some stuff. if we reach the conclusion that we want to open another shop and give the franchise to somebody

across the street, too bad whereas the old agreements had things you can't compete within five miles or seven miles. they have just completely driven a truck through this thing and are attempting to strip these small business people of the few rights they have left. gretchen: that would be their entire operation, what was once a profitable business to be handing it over to somebody else for free. would that not be highway robbery it? >> is highway robbery. some these people paid 3, 4, $5 million for franchises. one dealer came to d.c. at the request of the company spent $7 million in upgrades on their showroom to make it more palatable. at least a couple of dealers that i have talked to to help out the company, even though it was a bad business decision, they ordered more cars as the economic troubles were going on. and one guy, on the west side of cleveland, he got his letter saying thank you but see you later the same day it that a truck pulled in with more chryslers on it that's really sickening. gretchen: where do you think this legislation is going to go?

because obviously g.m. and chrysler don't want this thing to pass. they are working actively against it passing to reinstate these dealers. your prediction? >> well, my prediction is that september is going to be a critical month. i know everybody is home at town hall meetings talking about health care, if you care about small town auto dealers, you have got to put some pressure on your lawmaker for september. if we don't do it by september, general motors and chrysler are hoping these things just go away. gretchen: steve la tourette a republican congressman from ohio. thank you for your time this morning. >> thank you, gretchen. gretchen: more trouble for south carolina governor mark sanford. he came clean about having an affair back in june. now, more accusations. what a new investigation has turned up. and a puppy shot in the face. she survived the awful attack and now needs a home. the miraculous story next. plus, our all american bride give away kicks off in just two minutes. you can nominate a soon to be bride whose fiance is fighting for this country for a chance of a dream wedding.

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a hair appointment. you need a plane for that? brian: is it in argentina? steve: i don't think so. state law says the aircraft should only be used for official business. gretchen: duh. brian: it wasn't me who said duh. fight for their lives. cache of the immune system. doctors made the discovery after look at 28,000 emergency responders. four of the eight responders are under 45 years old. the average age for people diagnosed with that kind of cancer is 71. the doctors aren't saying yet if their cancer is linked to the toxins released during the tragedy. gretchen: bush administration was hammered for years nor not not -- for not doing enough to clean up toxic landfills. the obama administration plans on cleaning up less. the e.p.a. will finish cleaning up 21 sites this year and 22 sites next year.

bush administration cleaned up 35 sites each year. obama claims sites aren't easy to clean up. steve: this cute little puppy. [awe] steve: that looks like my charlie before he became an 8 a pound drooling machine. after being shot in the face. no one knows who shot carlie, the dog, but police think whoever pulled the trigger did it on purpose. there are still signs of where she was hit but carlie is on the road to recovery. thankfully. >> certainly nice to see that she is probably feeling ok. i know that she slept a lot of the way from northern minnesota and shoe had a little bit of a bloody nose. so, i mean, she is certainly your loopy little puppy. steve: adorable. because of her injuries, carlie will not be available for adoption for another four weeks. if you are interested, you can

contact retrieve a golden of minnesota. the web site is on our screen. gretchen: i'm sure we're going to link it to foxandfriends.com. go there and figure out how to get that adorable puppy. brian, the intern did your sports cast last hour. brian: better than me. gretchen: she did a bangup job. i'm wondering how you are going to do. brian: a year ago i got my pickupy. my dog was once that size. now he is 110 pounds and thinks he is that size. he runs over people thinking he is 10 pounds. it really hurts. it's like having -- it's like buying tiki barber and getting dick butkus. in trouble for fighting taxi driver over 20 cents. the incident happened in the hometown of buffalo. police say the black hawk star and cousin started punching the cab driver in the head because he didn't have 20 cents change to give him. the two fled from the cab without paying. kaine who made $3.7 million last year was charged with robbery. football now, new information on

ben roethlisberger's rape case. the nevada woman accused accusing him of sexual assault reportedly bragged about having consensual sex with ben roethlisberger with a hotel worker. she even claimed she was pregnant. ben roethlisberger we vehemently denies the allegation. the woman in the black dress was the star of the show. she slugged people with her purse and then unloaded a huge sucker punch, more than 17,000 fans packed the wachovia center for the event. steve: to watch her? brian: we should have showed some of the fight. it is a crazy place. sometimes the intensity gets high. so there you go. this goes on like two minutes.

brian and the judge for the first time in a while. 9 to noon. xm serious and hopefully local station. i would riddle you now with the guests but they allude me at the moment. steve: put together three hours of great broadcasting. gretchen: i have to apologize. the latte you bought i spilled the entire thing on. steve: on me. [screams] gretchen: it's on the pope 6 his shoes. steve: the shoes are the color of coffee. brian: i'm so glad it wasn't me. twitter about it. gretchen: i just twittered that you get the lattes in the commercial breaks for us. now i have to twitter that i spill them. brian: let the record show that steve turns me down every day. steve: i want coffee i don't want a glass of hot milk. let's talk a little bit about. this over the last three or four weeks, we have had a number of people who have contacted us and said, you know, aarp is supporting the president's health care initiatives and we are so incensed we are canceling our subscription.

well, we had somebody on this show last week, thursday or friday, who said that they actually had seen that. they contacted aarp. and aarp said, no, we do not support the president's health care initiative. we just support the idea that somebody has got to fix it and, of course, he is anyway, here they are. talking about that phone call. last friday. i explained to them that i was watching "fox & friends" and they indicated that aarp was supporting the president's health care reform and the representative i talked to absolutely denied that she got little bit defensive. she said that they were not supporting the president but they were supporting changes in the health care. steve: so, did you hear that? they are not supporting the president. just changes in health care. that's what they told them on the phone. but an email differs. gretchen: i have seen them on camera also say that they are

not necessarily supporting the obama plan. here is what the email said. we can't stand by as these special interests try to bully these senators out of supporting reform. get in the last word and remind them what this is bawl before leaving on recess by sending your message today. because when we get back to washington we will need to be ready to win. that was an email from the aarp. so it sounds like they are in support. in this email they seem to be supporting the health reform bill. steve: of course, since the president's bill is the only bill out there being worked on congress. they say they support health care reform that means they are, by extension, supporting the president. brian: i think arguably the most important in this entire health care debate are seniors. because they say that half the costs of all health care costs are in the last six months of life. and that's where they are talking about setting up council that provides. steve: end of life care. brian: end of life care that would say let m give you some options. you could hang on a while or

save us some mope -- money and call it a day. gretchen: my dad is 75 years old, people are amazed that he is 75 years old. he is still in great health. what happens if there is sort of a new plan where people over 65 have different circumstances than they do now? a lot of people concerned. brian: getting a living will. steve: that was brought up during this debate. god willing, we will all be 75 some day. if they pass this in the next number of months, we will all be probably living through it or try to live through it. brian: being that we are on television now. if something does happen to me, i would like to be frozen. gretchen: oh my gosh. steve: whole body or just your head? brian: my whole body. gretchen: i thought it was just your brain. brian: i'm going to give it to science, absolutely. totally smooth. gretchen: let's talk a little bit there b. this story that in the "new york times" no less this morning. here is the headline, is g.e.,

general electric, the new enron? i mean, that is quite an accusation today but apparently this article goes much into depth about how since 2001 when jack welch was in charge and he left the company, that maybe there was some number fudging going on. and they have some pretty good evidence because right now g.e. has agreed to pay $50 million to settle a lawsuit against them for those exact accusations. steve: in fact, this article, it's lengthy and it's thorough and draws some parallels between enron and g.e. remember we showed you some locomotives, there was that crazy scheme that enron had, well, actually g.e. was involved in locomotive thing. also, remember when arthur anderson, which was enron's auditor, the local auditor didn't inform the national office about some discrepancies, same thing with g.e. apparently the local affiliate of kpmg, the auditor for g.e., didn't listen to the home office.

also, there are some people -- there is at least one guy who is a jesuit priest who said i told my boss we weren't going to make the number they said advise it up. brian: jeff immelt first year didn't want to post a loss. would not admit to wrongdoing. steve: told to reverse a few journal entries so that g.e. looked good. brian: let's talk prison. prisoners from gitmo could be headed to a small town in michigan. some residents want them there. they say terrorists could be good for the economy and jobs. we will debate it. gretchen: a family who says hot belly pig changed their autistic chimed's life for the better. o now the pig is banned and the family joins us live with how they are fighting back. commitme? - ♪ whoo! - what do you say we dip into our wallets less... - ♪ are you feeling it? - ...and grab ahold of the latest tools out there... - ♪ oh!

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gretchen: welcome back, everyone. would you believe that the air force and the military would actually be using twitter to try and get their message out or find out whether or not their message is getting out. remember when the obama administration this that 747 come -- that's right. it was air force 1. come over new york city and do that fly by and was all for promotional purposes? apparently they were monitoring the blowback that they got in society by looking at twitter accounts to see what people were actually saying about it and whether their message was getting out to the american people. steve: there is something called the combat information cell at tyndall air force base down in florida. they have 8 or 9 analysts who look at social networking sites. and the military, in particular, the if you are a marine you cannot use marine computers to access things like twitter and myspace and facebook and stuff

like that because they say it's an eventual way that information can leak out. so, apparently and we don't know exactly the complete nature. this is the story from the associated press this morning. we don't know the complete nature of what this unit looks at. after the flyover with scare force one as it was referred to in the "new york post," they started looking at the reaction. and there is the fighter that took the pictures. and apparently it became pretty clear to the air force team that there was no way that they could put a happy face on this positive spin that everybody, 100% of the comments about it were negative. gretchen: i don't know how you could find that there would be positive spin. but, in fact, one of the pieces of research done was entitled no positive spin is possible. no kidding. but i find it highly interesting that they are looking at twitter and other social networking sites to develop the mood that america feels right now. i guess that's where we have

come to. brian: it seems like every progressive organization in the white house prides itself on what they were able to do with their direct messaging, text messaging. remember they named vice president on text message to. me it makes total sense for them to go to the social network way. steve: you know what? if this happened during the bush administration. keep in mind this the is military doing. this if it happened during the george bush years, people would go look at that they are looking at my twitter account to see what i am thinking. anyway, do you think it is ok the military has this unit or not? email us right now friends@foxnews.com. speaking of the military. brian: 11 minutes before the top of the hour. gretchen: members of gitmo some terrorists could be -- brian: it the james folk signed legislation creating the sith sownian. good move. i owe you one. this song 1967 "light my fire"

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steve: here is a question for you would you like it is suspected kidman terrorists who were in your town, but it could mean jobs in your community? one town in teç standish, mich. it is hurting from unemployment, and bring detainees might help keep jobs in their area. let's have a fair and balanced debate. we have a mechanic who thinks

they should keep the jobs. meanwhile, others, like this restaurant owner, does not want to be anywhere near them. good morning to you. dave, whitey you say it would be a travesty to bring these guys have there? >> it is a security issue, number one. number two, it is not going to keep those 300 people working at the prison. it will bring soldiers to town, federal employees, but it will not keep those 300 jobs at the prison. steve: we had someone from leavenworth, apparently another town that is on the government's map for uxis plan. the mayor said that they are not worried about a jailbreak so much, as they are followers of

these people in the town. çdoes that worry you? >> not at all. there has never been a prison break there. they are locked up for life. as far as them being terrorists, it will not matter. once it is all said and done, in most important thing is keeping the doors and open. the town still benefits from it. i would look to see those people keep their jobs, but if they cannot, we are still going to have people come in to run the prison and contribute to the community. as far as their families staying there and what not, they will not be able to find work to maintain themselves.

steve: there was a debate like this in dozen years ago or so when this present first opened. add your restaurant bar, you have put a coffin in there, for what purpose? >> [laughter] we put one outside to show that when the prison closes, that is what is going to happenç to our town, it is going to die. steve: because there will be no work? >> that is correct. there is aç huge security issue with the gitmo detainee's because their friends will follow them who will have crime issues. we've all have problems with crime in the population because they are there. steve: dave, you have the same

were raised that the mayor of leavenworth and did. >> it is just my point of view that you will not see a difference in the town. as far as their followers, they will not be welcome. i do not consider this a major security issue. now everybody wants it. steve: thank you for joining us. what do you think? would you like it if they came to your town? meanwhile, we told you about these health care town halls getting cheated, and now some union members are screaming at constituents. >> you came to do this on your own. not a single one of you had the decency to call my office and

set up a meeting. çsteve: actually, he is yelling at a local doctor who did try to set up a meeting. so if there are no town halls, how will the americans be heard? v@

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the air space we are in after an airplane and helicopter collided and plunged into the hudson river below. brian: unbelievable the video of a six-story building falling into the river. no one was hurt at the time. this comes from their land. -- maryland. ç>> you are hanging with the coolest show on tv. gretchen: coming up, theç "g.i. joe" movie. steve: it made $100 million in its first weekend. brian: "funny people" -- i thought it was going to be funny, but it was unbelievably

and disappointing. gretchen: news flash, we are on live tv. brian: they need to tell adam sandler to edit. gretchen: i saw the guinea pig one. we have to get to some serious news. over the weekend, after that crash in the hudson river, divers will be searching for the remaining survivors.c seven of the nine who lost their lives have been recovered. the chair of the ntsb talked about how difficult their recovery mission has been. >>ç the helicopter was in water that was 30 feet deep.

divers had extremely challenging conditions with current and visibility. gretchen: neither the helicopter or airplane had a flight recorder on board, but investigators hope that they will be able to find a clue ts. >> he was trying to swerve around, but it was too late. the helicopter just went down. gretchen: we are also learning about the air space where the accident happened. they say that it is overcrowded. daniel shuler will likely not face any criminal charges. remember, his wife killed herself and seven others while driving the wrong way. prosecutors said they would have a tough time proving the husband knew his wife was intoxicated

before she took the wheel. çshe had a blood alcohol level of 0.19. tests show that she was also high on marijuana at the time. çalong with her, and their two- year old daughter, two nieces, and three others died in that crash. president obama will be meeting with the mexican president and canadian prime minister at a summit in mexico. last week president obama met with mexican president and had a cordial meeting. mexico is upset with the u.s. and its trucking policy and its stance on the war on drugs.

secretary of state clinton plans to travel to the common good to shed light on sexual violence issues. this is part of her trip of african nations. çraging flood waters in taiwan. that building goes right into the river. all the guests had been evacuated from the building. )sq @ in 50 years. the typhoon has left a trail of destruction through asian nations. 22 people dead in the philippines, 12th in japan. another 10 inches of rain is expected today. steve: i think they got 7 feet of rain in one day. what is it looking like in the united states? a bit of action in the great lakes, but it is mostly dry

elsewhere. feels like a monday in august, 70's, 80's in much of the northeast. this is what the high will look like today. it will be 97 degrees in new york city. gretchen: "twilight" ruling that night at the teen choice award. çit also took home the award fr favorite,. other winners include "gossip girl."

>> this is the best place. this is where all my friends are, the fans. it is great to be back. gretchen: the jonas brothers opened up to the awards show. ellen degeneres also won the award for"bes "best twittererç" brian: can i make a confession? i follow paula abdul. çthe next thing you know, i was following her every day. steve: last week it was all about how the town halls were very noisy.

that apparently allies of the president had said in members of the afl-cio, the seiu. they are noisy and also some who violence. there was a congressman in atlanta, and he may presentation. one man stood up in the present -- question and answer and said, what are you voting for a plan similar to massachusetts and has not worked? the congressman felt that he was a plant. çthat he was hijacking his town hall. here is the problem. the man he is yelling that is a doctor from his town who had been calling the doctor -- cjp >> you chose to, and to do this on your own. not a single one of you had the decency to call my office and

set up a meeting. do that. but don't come and take advantage of what these individuals have done. you want a meeting with me on health care? i will give it to you. brian: the doctor tried, and then he was screamed at. the congressman was david scott. that question was brought up over the weekend, and minority leader mitch mcconnell, about the criticism coming the democrats' way, and put itç all in perspective. >> attacking citizens in our country for expressing their opinions about an issue of this magnitude may indicate some weakness on the position of their merits. i also think it is absurd for

the democrats whoç have an 8 million e-mail list for criticizing american for being organized. frankly, we do not know who is organizing. gretchen: that is the crux of the matter. both sides have organized groups, but to lime that organ -- accusation against oregon -- lob that accusation against ordinary americans, that could be what is leading up to this heated debate. nothing will get done and this is the end result. before you throw the dagger, maybe you want to look in the mirror to see who is doing the organizing. steve: i understand why people are organizing. you go down to this town hall,

you are not part of an organization, and then you are accused of being a month? that is a crazy tactic. --!reing a mob? gretchen: take a listen to this meeting where a camera woman was assaulted. steve: so you have one woman in a heated dialogue. gretchen: now joining us is the

author of the "culture of corruption." brian: michelle malkin, which in the american people be doing? >> and they only got out of control when the union member was introduced into the mix. it is noç coincidence we see ts kind of violence and true thuggery. union members were also dispatchedç by obama allies to counter a bonafide grass roots movement. i have a chapter in my book that talks about the seiu's history. brian: by the way, congratulations because your book is already a top seller. we are going to hear more about this on the other side of the break.

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steve, we had to take a commercial timeout. we areç speaking to michelle malkin. we were talking about the seiu, a division of the afl-cio. and they had a very cozy relationship with the white house. >> that is right. in fact, they broke off from afl-cio. there is a quotation that is very telling, because it is the

m.o. for this organization. we prefer to use the power of persuasion, but when that does not work, we use the persuasion of power. everything that the left has accused the tea party movement and grass roots movement of, they are guilty of themselves. the obama administration has not condemned the by left perpetrated by these thugs, and in fact, kathleen sebelius had a teleconference the seiu çand is purple army to keep on doing what they are doing. gretchen: if it was just one function on this side, another faction on the other side, and it did notç turn into fisticuffs, that would be fine, but where do you see this going?

to us, these offenses of violence, -- i do not know, where does it go? >> unless the white house says something specifically about these seiu members, when they did to the camerawoman, unless there is specific condemnation, they are basically condoning it. brian: last question, are you shocked that barack obama allowed it to get to this point? he did not write the bill, and mitch mcconnell made it clear that they were on board to cut costs and increase on access. they agreed that health care needs reform, but now we are in a partisan battle. >> it shows you the illusion of post partisanship.

nothing could have been dogged that further than obama telling his critics to shut up and get out of the way. steve: thank you very much. plwase by her book. by the way, she just mentioned that man who was beaten up in st. louis, the african-american member of the tea party movement. he will be joining us. gretchen: these pictures painted a horrifying picture. çthe airplane and helicopter tt collided. we will be speaking to someone who was supposed to be on that helicopter, and how her son saved her life. brian: and a pig credited for helping an autistic child, but now is being banned.

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gretchen: that mid-air collision over the hudson river claimed nine lives, but two lines were spattered. one woman and her son were to be on that helicopter tour that collided with the airplane. she is with us on the telephone now. you were standing on the platform, ready to go on the next helicopter,ç but your son was light. you should have been on the one that went down, but your son was scared? >> yes, he was nervous. çgenerally, he is a very sweet boy. that morning, he was really nervous and he did not want to take the helicopter.

all morning he said, i do not want to come. i told him, it is a unique experience that i just did with your father some years ago. it was marvelous. it is a clean -- completely different way to see the city. gretchen: you have done this six years ago. there was some sort of a sixth sense that your child had. he said he did not want to go, so you were late. çyou now believe this was some sort of divine intervention? >> i think so. i think somebody, probably god, çand also may be my father.

i lost him when i must 20 or so -- when i was 20 years old. and gretchen: let me ask you this. the other people on board were also italian tourists. they also died, but wasn't a coincidence that they were italian taurus? >> no, we are separate. we just visited other friends that live here. we do not know them. gretchen: i know that you were frustrated with your son that morning, but i can imagine now you are hugging him at every moment possible, thinking him

for being apprehensive it. thank you. general electric now paying $50 million for repair and the cooking the books. çso is the company using your money to pay for their wrongdoings? we will tell you about an sec investigation. and swine flu vaccine testing gets underway today in the u.s. moreç importantly, do we need o get the vaccine?

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global warming would be a threat to national security. i am trying to figure this out. i thought we had much more pertinent issues to talk about than -- like the economy and health care. brian: and john kerry is leading the charge here. he says maybe the arctic circle is starting to melt, so we have to protect some areas and we need to divert some of our budget to that area. that's a fear that global warming is condos drought in sudan and bangladesh. we may have some people who are displaced and may turn into terrorists. we would need to take care of that. steve: ifç the arctic circle n, john kerry ponce beach house would be under water. gretchen: send out the troops.

this question was in the "new york times." inside of general electric, a bit of enron. we all remember what happenedçt that company. this article now asks whether general electric was doing the same thing. word is they are paying a $50 million fine to the sec for doing just that. steve: according to this complaint, this started in 2003, the first year when jeffrey immelt took over for jack welsh, and apparently they were not doing well enough. now they have agreed to pay the sec $50 million.

there were four violations, two ascending to build level of fraud. here is the extraordinary thing. bge fought back so hard, apparently they spend $200 million on outside lawyers. the entire secç budget to investigate thousands of firms, $300 million for the whole year, for the whole agency. now there is thisç thing out there, and thathey say that he s asked to adjust the numbers. brian: one of the officials said this. we came in low because of overseas operations.

they understood corporate would come down hard on them if they missed the numbers. also, they were taking accounting class way too seriously. gretchen: we will continue to go into that. the taliban now winning the war in afghanistan that is the word from general stanley mcchrystal. he says we need more troops to take the upper hand. he will deliver a strategic assessments on the war to the white house later this month. brian, the general jim jones is almost positive that terror leader in pakistan is dead. >> pakistan has confirmed it. we certain tribes that he was not, but the evidence is convincing.

çbrian: word is he was gettingn diabetic drip when he was killed, and the people who were supposed to replace him, killed each other. that is good news. steve, in other news, the washington, d.c. metro system has a history of failing, according to the ntsb. another subway operator had to use his emergency brake to avoid hitting a train, months before this crash in june. officials say that the incident were not related. gretchen: help could be on the way for the 3000 chrysler and gm dealerships forced to close. house congressman steven laughter that would in state aid bill that would help them.

he joined us earlier and said it is outrageous that some dealers were shut down. >> some of them paid millions of dollars for their franchise. one of them spent $7 million at the request of the company, to make their showroom more palatable. çgretchen: the bill is currenty under consideration. brian: we have heard about winning crashers, but how about crashing the party in a plane? one wedding had an unexpected guest after one pilot forced to land in the water. >> we said it would not be boring. >> she is the director of a riding school, and i am a sailor. we did not think we would get any airplanes. brian, it seemed like a pretty

nice event. apparently he was taking a joy ride to avoid a friend's wedding. steve: and you wind up having in dance. meanwhile, the u.s. is conducting its first cause on a swine flu vaccine. tests are taking place at emory university. gretchen: that is where we have jonathan serrie. talk to us about these trials. >> they are trying to determine not only if these vaccines that they areç looking at will work, and also what the proper dosage is. it is possible that you will have to get two separate shots to build up full immunity. that is one thing they will be testing in this building behind me, emory univ.'s " clinic.

late this morning, they will be injecting approximately 25 volunteers. they expect to do so every day for the next five days. that will hopefully give them some answers and lead them to a bible of vaccine. steve: they are doing these tests with the flu vaccine. do they then exposed them to the flu to see if it works? >> it does not need to be that invasive. they can do follow-up blood tests to see if the volunteers have developed antibodies to the disease. they do not need to expose them to the actual disease. gretchen: when do they need to have this ready? some places have already gone back to school. most do not until september. >> that is right, throughout

metro atlanta, it is the first day of school for many. the world health organization is trying to fast-track all of this testing. originally, the planned to have a vaccine introduced by middle october. now officialsç say with this ft track testing, they are optimistic they will have a vaccine available to the public as early as next month. steve: are you going to roll up your sleeves and go into the building behind you? >> [laughter] actually, the demographicç grop they are really looking at is the over 65 category. almost there, not quite. on almost have enough gray hair for that.

steve: really? gretchen: thank you for joining us. brian: let's talk about a reality show that is catching everyone's hearts and breaking them. "john and 8 + -- jon & kate plus 8 she spoke about the role that she played. she said she liked -- she felt like she failed. how about now? >> what role did you play, if any, in what happened? >> no one is perfect. obviously, it takes two. i do not know to be honest with i would change. it is hard to say. >> does any part of you still love him?

>> when i think about the jonçi knew, yes. steve: apparently, he will respond to what she said tonight in a one-hour special onç e! television. gretchen: i do not understand. apparently he did not like the attention, but all we are hearing about is his new relationship, and now he is going to respond. if he did not want the attention, maybe he did not -- should not have done that first interview. ratings have really plummet it now. -- plummeted now. steve: there was all of this anticipation about them separating, and it was not very

happy. brian: i only care about these kids. they do not understand that this is a show. let's talk about what is coming up here. he was called on american by nancy pelosi, and then after he was punched at a town hall meeting, he is with us after the break. gretchen: and an autistic boy makes a turnaround things to the family pay. the great taste of splenda® no calorie sweetener and added a little fiber? sweet! sweet! (together) sweet! (announcer) now for the first time, a gram of healthy fiber in every packet. sweet! (announcer) splenda® with fiber.

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me" and so what happened? >> while i was doing that, i was talking to the pastor's wife. she was admiring some of the buttons i had. then one of the guys in the purple shirt came up to me and said, who is selling this stuff? i said, this is my merchandise, would you like to have a flag? then he said, what kind of -- are you? he took my stuff, i tried to

take a back, and thatç is when everything proceeded. they knocked me to the ground. steve, that man in the purple shirt was a member of seiu,ç service employee international union. brian: what are you going to do? are you going to press charges? >> of course, it is up to the prosecutor. however, we are pursuing a civil suit at this time. in the weeks to come, we will be coming up with that. gretchen: you think this is a hate crime? >> yes, i do. i am calling for the attorney general to prosecuted as such. there were three different individuals involved, one white male, two black males. the two that precipitated the event was a black male, and even

though this would be a black on black crime, i feel it was precipitated by the color of his skin because he did not believe a black person should be selling "don't tread on me " flags. gretchen: what involvement do you want president obama in this -- to have in this? should heç stay on of this, or should he get involved? >> i think he should get involved and call for a halt of these types of things going on çaround the country. we're just citizens voicing their opinion. >> it is important that he said an example. if he is going to set an example in the professor gates case, it does not matter if you are

democrat, republican, independent. you set your example for the country. this time of hatred and violence will not be tolerated. steve: i sent a beer summit. >> they are going to mean whiskey this time. brian: thank you. gretchen: an autistic child was making a amazing progress things to a family pet pig. now they have shifted away, saying it is not supposed to be a pet. megyn: nancy pelosi says those to disrupt town hall meetings are not american. the father of a ton was terrible palsyç who was removed from one meeting joins us. and is your dog smarter than your two-year old? and updates on that deadly crash

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gretchen: you are about to meet a family fighting to keep their pet pig. they say that it helped their autistic son make a turnaround for the better. now the town is trying to ban the pig. brian: they are joining us now. welcome, family. bobby, what happened? you were thriving with the pig. what happened when the inspector came by? >> basically, the inspector was told to come by the house next door where they had a problem with the in ground swimming

pool. they were informed that we had a hog, but that was not the case, they figure that a pig was a pig. they left a note on our door saying that they had concerns over our having a hog house. gretchen: they actually took her away and she lives at a ranch, you are battling to get her back. not just because you want her back as a pet, but because you have seen significant development with your son, anthony. tell me about the relationship between loopy and your son. >> it is just great. anthony really opened up. there were so many things that she held him do, from behavior to social to just coping with everyday life. when you have a child that is autistic, if you can find something like that, it is a

wonderful thing that you embrace and keep. steve inbrian: they are puttinga special clause in the city council, where is that at? >> they basically had a vote to vote on a vote. they voted to take a look into may be changing the ordinance. -- maybe changing the ordinance. they had disagreements on if it should be a blanket change or one that should be a special exception for certain people. gretchen: we have got to wrap this up. anthony, lisa, robert, victoria, best of luck. >> we appreciate it. brian: hopefully they will get the next two. "fox & friends" will be back in two minutes to tell you

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