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mastermind of the september 11 terror attacks. this man, you've heard about him before, and two other terror suspects refused to show up to court. their hearing was set up after the obama administration asked a military judge for more time on deciding how and where to prosecute the detainees. khalid shaikh muhammad was captured in 2003 and says he wants to be executed by the u.s. to achieve martyrdom. georgia governor sonny purdue has declared a state of emergency as heavy rains continue to flood the state. at least six people have been killed, including a toddler who was killed when his mobile home was swept away. northern georgia has gotten 20-inches of rain in the past few days turning normally calm rivers into raging floodwaters. max baucus making significant changes to his health care bill as the committee starts debating the issue today. join us from washington with more on that is kelly wright. good morning.

>> good morning. hope you're well. the senate finance committee markup begins at 9:00 a.m. today. it's expected to be a long day of legislative jarringian. having said that, there is talk of more than 500 amendments. but since they have yet to write the legislative text we and they don't know which are how many amendments will actually be applicable to this. but we do know the senate finance committee chair max baucus is optimistic. >> needs a lot of the legitimate concerns that i've heard. the most frequent concern is affordability. we want to make sure that this package out of the finance committee next week provides for insurance recoveries that's affordable for people. coverage that's affordable for people. >> he's talking about how to

make it affordable for people. the senator considering these changes. he would offer more general subsidies to low and middle-income foam buy coverage through a network of private insurance exchanges. he also said he may cut the maximum penalty facing middle class families who do not buy insurance. and baucus said he is considering substantial changes to one of his primary sources of funding. and that is a proposed tax on high cost insurance policies. you know, those cadillac policies we've been talking about. a markup is where the bill is literally hammered out in that finance committee. amendments are debated and voted on the bill, can change sometimes in very substantive ways. here's a warning here as well. markups can be deadly, slow and tedious. gretchen, back to you. gretchen: all right. a got of people would think maybe that's not a bad idea because people would see the details of health care reform. thanks. seven former heads of the c.i.a. sent a letter to president obama asking him to stop the

investigations of c.i.a. interrogators. now one of those chiefs, jim woolzly, is speaking out -- woolsley, is speaking out. he talked to bill o'reilly. >> it's not only watching yourself, it's that you can't trust the guidance that your boss gives you that you got in writing from the department of justice. that's apparently what these people did. i think what's really crucial here, too, is that the president, having been elected, gets to set the policy for interrogation or other -- any other way of getting information by the intelligence community. gretchen: woolsley says broadcasting limitations deters agencies from working with us. who can forget the disaster kanye west created for himself last week? steve: i can. gretchen: here it is. >> thank you so much for giving me a chance to win a v. many a. award. a -- a v.m.a. award.

>> taylor, i'm really happy for you. i'm let you finish, but beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. gretchen: no, that was not a "saturday night live" skit. that happened. it seems he's bringing down the wrath of world wrestling entertainment on himself. they are offering kanye west $10 million to step into the ring to do some light wrestling at three different events. you'd have to wonder what that might look like it he takes them up on the offer. brian: that's the first thing i thought. i said, this reminds me of wrestling. gretchen: it remainlded me of extemporaneously speaking. brian: it also reminded me of -- who was the author yesterday we had on when he went through -- gretchen: the guinea pig book. brian: about brutal honesty. david letterman was brutally honest when he said he was thrilled to have the president of the united states for a full

hour in his studio. this would be the sixth time he sat down with barack obama but the first time he did it as host to president. steve: that's right. he was on jay leno since he was elected. it was his turn to do david letterman. when, exactly, does barack obama have time to run the country? that's what somebody said to me, because he's always on tv. and extraordinarily he was at the ed sullivan theater, just a few blocks from where we're sitting right now. do you think he went because the lady had the potato shaped like a heart? brian: standing ovation, steve. steve: this lasted for about two minutes. but it did get serious. last week there was a lot of talk about racism, injected by jimmy carter. last night the president of the united states addressed just that. >> a couple of days ago jimmy carter started talking about this behavior and was speculating that perhaps this unease or poor decorum was

because people -- it was rooted in racism. is he on to something there or is that just something to talk about? >> well, first of all, i think it's important to realize that i was actually black before the election. [laughing] gretchen: which is exactly what the point should be, that by all accounts the whites in america voted barack obama into office. there were tons of white people who voted for barack obama. yes. so for jimmy carter to say that this is all race induced, hat's off to the president for diffusing all of that. brian: he also was talking about health care. he's on the health care agenda, even though he has to talk about the foreign affairs now. necessities town to address the united nations. and, of course, tomorrow is the big day ahmadinejad speaks to the world. he says how farce cal it is, how crazy it is when he talks to other leaders, even leaders who are in -- conservative leaders

of other countries who just can't believe the level of debate when it comes to health care in this country. listen to what he said to letterman. >> it baffles the mind to other countries. when i talk to other world leaders who are paying attention to this argument and they hear some of this stuff, and these are in some cases conservative leaders, heads of center right governments, they don't understand why it is that americans would not want to set up a system that would save them money over time, would work better work make people healthier. brian: that sounds good. gretchen: americans do want that system. they just don't want to necessarily pay for it and run the entire country into bankruptcy for their children and grandchildren. some might argue that. brian: have the quality of care drop. steve: so the president had a very busy day yesterday. not only was he on "david letterman" he was i a community

college in new york. there's the president shaking hands with david paterson, the governor of new york. "hey, you still here?" this after stories in the "new york times" that apparently the white house wants to squeeze him out because they would prefer that this man, attorney general of the great state, the empire state of new york, andrew cuomo, run instead. brian: it's one of these things where the inside source is 100% right it looks like the president of the united states is concerned. reports are it looks like rudy giuliani is pulling so far ahead of the current governor, governor paterson who by all rights by both parties has been an outright disaster in a impossible situation, plus he's dealing with the inherent problem of being blind and governor, not easy. so, of course, rudy giuliani is about 15 points pulling ahead of governor patter son. if -- paterson. if rudy giuliani is going to be a contender to win the white house, he'd have to get a job like governor of new york,

reinvent himself. does president obama want that? apparently not and he's got his man, andrew cuomo, authoring a big comeback story. gretchen: so after he sort of stiffed the governor, governor paterson at the airport with sort of a stiff hug, they wept on to this resemtion where the governor was -- reception, where the governor was not invited into this private room but cuomo was. when president obama went up to speech, he acknowledged from the great state of new york governor paterson, didn't say anything about the job he's doing, then went on to introduce attorney general cuomo and said what i fantastic job he was doing in the state of new york. here's the biggier story. and that is whether or not the white house should be taking an aggressive role in state races. not that this hasn't happened before karl rove was the architect of this not only at the white house but in other states. but if you look at the obama administration, you've got massachusetts, pennsylvania, new york, about six states, california, i believe --

steve: new jersey. gretchen: where the obama administration is saying, here's who we would like to see win. steve: it makes perfect sense. it's in this particular white house's d.n.a. the chief of staff, rahm ree emmanuel, headed up the conditioningal push to get democrats in the house and was very successful at it. so it would make sense that they would continue to think, ok, if we're going to get anything passed here, we need a packed house. and rahm is doing his best to pick the shots. brian: the other thing that is important, governor rendell nailed it, governor of pennsylvania, as head of the party he can do whatever he wants. it's not right for it to come out. why embarrass governor paterson? what dough to be embarrassed like that? what about personal decorum? gretchen: the administrations have done this, to what degree nobody knows but every administration has done it. steve: it is extraordinary the first black president would ask the first black governor of new york to step aside. brian: perhaps, but it shows

maybe he is colorblind, which is great. former massachusetts governor dukakis could be the pick to fill temporarily ted kennedy's seat in massachusetts. they're on the fast track there. gretchen: that would be interesting. he's been out of politics for quite some time. comin up, the top commander in afghanistan says if we don't send more troops right now, we will "fail." so what is president obama waiting for? some people are asking that. up next, a fair and balanced debate. steve: he has called the holocaust a lie but now the president of iran saying something else absolutely appalling. the story straight ahead on "fox & friends" for this tuesday. luke: moving my mind and my hands

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gretchen: the nation's top commander in afghanistan warning the obama administration that

more u.s. troops are needed there or the war will result in a, quote, failure. here's what the president has to say about it. >> until i'm satisfied that we've got the right strategy i'm not going to be sending many young man or woman over there beyond what we already have. gretchen: 62,000 u.s. forces in afghanistan, and now this very serious warning so do we deploy more? here for a fair and balanced debate, pete and jose. good morning to both of you gentlemen. >> good morning, gretchen. gretchen: i've just been chatting with jose here, pete. jose, you tell me that this isn't even a timeline. you are -- you believe all troops should simply leave afghanistan right now. >> that's right. obama said they're waiting for the right strategy. i think the report that general mcchrystal put out is not the right strategy, really. it's more of the same in terms of trying to win the hearts and minds o afghan people.

and iraq veterans stands for immediate withdrawal of all troops from afghanistan. gretchen: i guess, pete, you would differ. a lot of people say there's one argument about nation building, maybe we can't do that in afghanistan. but what about terrorism? >> it's not more of the same. in fact, it's a strategy we haven't employed in afghanistan for a long time when we changed strat strategy in iraq, we changed to a strategy that focuses not nosily on nation building but on protecting the population so we can get the intelligence we need to find an enemy in an environment where they don't wear uniforms. we have the right strategy, we just need the troops to execute it. i think it's disingenuous that jose would come on and represent iraq veterans when he, himself, is not even an iraq war veteran and a consciousious objectors a a medic. i've been on the ground. know how these things happen and what it takes to conduct the counterinsurgency. we can provide it provided

president obama gives the troops that general mcchrystal needs. gretchen: it seems while he was campaigning to become president he was in favor of possibly sending more troops to afghanistan. he have always tried to distance himself from the war in iraq but said the real war that president bush should have been fighting was the one in afghanistan. jose, comments on that. >> again, i feel like -- first i'd like to respond to that pete had to say. i was in the military for 14 years. i can assure you we never received any sort of counterterrorism training. so i respect your service, pete. and i appreciate that. >> counterinsurgency, not counterterrorism. there's a difference. >> there may be a difference in your mind, but it's more of the same in terms of what general mccristal asking for. i don't know if you've read the report, but i have. i can see that basically what they're asking for is the troops are going to be learning the language. so supposedly protecting the civilian population. i don't see that as a realistic strategy o moving forward.

gretchen: the political question i was trying to get to the heart of the matter of is that president obama at one point seemed to favor the war in afghanistan, at least that that was going to be the one he wanted to concentrate on. and now he's taking his time to develop the strategy. some people are scratching their heads over that. >> yeah. i think this decision will be indicative of whether or not he truly meant it. on the campaign trail he talked about leaving iraq but sticking to the fight in afghanistan. he was right on that. i think his decision about whether to give the commanders on the ground what they needle indicate whether or not he really believed iraq is the right war is war we must win, the war of necessity which he has refeeted as commander in had chief. you need the resource fights that you believe in wing. and that's why we've launched a petition calling on president obama to give general mcchrystal what he needs. if he does that, we will support him wholeheartedly in this war. we must win in afghanistan. gretchen: people on both sides of this debate, including many americans. thank you to both of you for joining me this morning. >> thank you.

gretchen: what happens when speech writers kiss and tell? you're about to find out. up next, a speechwriter for president bush with some damaging details. he reports. and then you can decide. and joe biden at it again. what the vice president says will happen in 2010 this one is priceless. we'll give it to you for free. ( folk music playing )

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steve: a former white house speechwriter tells us sometimes an unflaftering insider account in his new book that comes out today. matt claims the former president called mr. obama clueless, among other things during the campaign. brian: "speechless: tales of a white house survivor," his bock nationwide today. matt, you worked for donald rumsfeld, then you go to the

white house for two years. how would you describe the president that you knew? the inside guy that maybe only a handful know. >> well, i liked president bush. i found him to be a funnier, smarter, quicker person than he's generally considered being. i enjoyed working with him. i felt honored to have the opportunity to do that. steve: there are a lot of juicy, trivial, almost, tidbits in it here. for instance, tell me about how chuck schumer has an imaginary friend and, in fact, an imaginary family. >> one of the things i do in my book, it's not only about my time in the white house, it's a capitol hill, pentagon, white house. on capitol hill it was well known that senator schumer, and he said this publicly, has an imaginary family that he consultants for legislation on how to vote. steve: he talks to an imaginary family? how should i vote on this health care bill? >> i don't know what's more troubling, that he has an imaginary family or can't find a real voter to support his

decision. brian: you were born alex p. keaton from "family ties" you rocket yourself up. you find yourself in the white house. you were disappointed. you felt as though you could have punched up these speech and so could your colleagues but there was something about the white house system that just broadens things. what's up with that? >> exactly. i saw with president bush and you also see with president obama, they're turning the white house into an infomercial where basically you have to go out and speak all the time, you're always on the air. you're speaking three, four times a day sometimes and it diminishes the voice. steve: before he was elected president, wound up in the white house, what was the former president, 43's, assessment of obama? >> i talk about it in my book. after obama gave a speech about president bush, he said, you know, in guy is clueless, he doesn't have any clue about what it takes to be president. a lot of people shared that

sentiment. steve: clueless? brian: you felt dick cheney was your guy. what i got from reading your book was dick cheney was more of a true conservative in your mind. >> i'm a conservative. liked dick cheney. i saw him in the last few years of the administration. he was not the picture of the person he was characterized when i got there. but i did. i thought he was a good person. steve: are you working on the cheney memoir? >> no. steve: i read that somewhere. what about the hillary memoir? the former president had some colorful comments about hillary clinton. >> he did. steve: that are widely quoted. >> did he have some colorful comments. i think a lot of presidents have used salty language before. we don't think less of harry truman because he's done that. he had a vivid description of hillary clinton in the book. he said at one point, you know, talking about the job, the difficulties of the presidency. he said, you know, which of her fat keister -- wait until her

fat keister gets in this chair and see how she likes it. but the word keister wasn't used. brian: and finally, the president like harry truman, ratings were low. started to come up. do you think the further we get away, the more positive the administration is going to look? >> it's too soon to tell. if you think about it, when jimmy carter left office, nobody thought he would be looked at today as a nobel peace prize winner. but i think he's proving himself to be a controversial character it takes time to decide what a president will look like in the future. steve: matt's new book is "speech-less." thank you for bringing your keister to our couch. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. steve: straight ahead. brian: banning smoking in public places. is it really doing anything positive for your health or just a lot of smoke and mirrors so to speak? steve: the modern day scarlett letter. a woman wearing this sign after cheating on her man. should he take her back? we're going to report. you're going to decide and honk

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>> ♪ wild thing you make my heart sing ♪ gretchen: all right! he's shaking his booty. oh, yeah, he used to be in politics, too. that's tom delay. brian: isn't this good? you tell me. gretchen: i don't like his color choice. brian: i think this is a good part. thought did he so much better than everybody else did. gretchen: look at him. it's his ter cal. oh my gosh! he's down on his knees. this is hysterical. steve: here's what we would like you to do out there in tv land. what was this man, tom delay, thinking at this moment in time? here once upon a time was a powerful politician and now i am shaking my groove thing. gretchen: i love it. steve: he e-mail us right now. we'll include some of your comments later. broib the judges were tough on him. gretchen: they were? they should give him an a for coming out of his shell as a politician. because so many politicians are

just plastic and so predictable i love the fact that he's reinventing hill self a little bit. -- himself a little bit. steve: a fundraiser for a democrat from arizona. the vice president of the united states was down in delaware yesterday. it was very interesting as they kind of pulled the curtain back. we are seeing a little bit of the mentality of the white house. they're doing the math in their head about whether or not they are in peril in the house. and apparently they feel like the pre's popularity going down and perhaps they could lose a lot of ground in the house. brian: thank goodness for joe biden. he says what's on his mind. and here it is.

gretchen: why is this breaking news? brian: a gave a number to it. he does admit it's vulnerable. he also goes ton say in some of these districts where democrats are won, showing that they are vulnerable. gretchen: but i think everyone knows that right now based on the town hall meetings and how many premeditate coming out and that the country is split down the middle on health care. it wouldn't be surprising if the republicans got some seats back. i don't think you have to be a brain surgeon to figure out that 40 seats to republicans means that the obama agenda doesn't get passed. that's just fact. steve: so joe says if they lose 35 sts, hope and change is dead. but if the democrats can hang on

to them, a newer yaf bipartisanship will flourish. brian: bill clinton called up his friend during troublesome times ex-said, bring your tape corder over, record this unvarnished, let's talk constantly for the next two years. we'll keep the takes under my pillow. you keep copy in your closet and we'll see what happens. what happened is there's a book. and reportedly the former president's nervous about it. gretchen: he is? i had heard that he read through it but maybe didn't make any changes to it. but did he participate in it. right? brian: he was there doing the interview. he doesn't have control of the final product. steve: taylor branch was his flat mate in the 1970's. taylor is the author of this. it's interesting though. taylor's been on this program before. brian: really? steve: yeah. one of the interesting tidbits from this particular book is the fact that the president, william jefferson clinton, was told by the secret service, hey, we had a problem last night at blair house. boris yeltsin staying over

there. well, apparently somehow he was discovered outside the blair house on pennsylvania avenue in his underwear, only wearing underwear, apparently really drunk, saying he wanted to go out as he hailed a cab to get a pizza. brian: what's unusual about that? gretchen: just a few too many vodkas was not that unusual. it became a international security event. brian: they almost shot him. the other thing that's important, look at the difference -- president bush had a deal with vladimir putin in the prime of his life. now you got medvedev in the background this two-headed leader of the russian nation who wants to be the soviet union again. that's what barack obama is dealing with. bill clinton and boris yeltsin just signed some agreement that they weren't going to attack anybody. gretchen: i think this book will be a huge bestseller. if, in fact, people think that there's some juicy details in

there. that thing will go right to the top. brian: he explains the lewinsky thing's broke under the pressure. steve: and the political pressure. and he says that after al gore lost, al gore said you and lois cost me the election. brian: and bill clinton said, no, i would have gotten you new hampshire and arkansas had you had asked. and they evidently were screaming at each other. let's do the news. gretchen: mahmoud ahmadinejad, well, he's going to be here in just a couple of days. i think tomorrow. but he now says the holocaust was a lie. i think he said it before. now one worse saying he's proud of his comments. apparently because he claims they sparked international outrage. tomorrow ahmadinejad will address the u.n. general assembly. steve: meanwhile, more unrest in venezuela. this time thousands of demonstrators hitting the streets to protest government control over the education system. they say hugo chavez wants socialism in schools. joining us live from c, steve h.

>> imagine if you had to send your children to a school where they taught capitalism is bad, social jism good, and that your children would be socialized. that's what's happening today in venezuela. inside the schoolyard they play nice. gym class, home work, milk and cookies, innocence. outside with the adults it is another story. tear gas, riot police, a nationwide fight raging here over what to teach in venezuela's schools. the man who controls this country's presidency, its oil, courts, parliament and media, is now trying to control its future. venezuela's children. with a new law on education. >> in the capitalist society it is all about the individual. here, no. we are all the same. you are all being socialized. >> chavez is openly defiant about his goal, indoctrination

of the young. >> yes, we are ind.c. trinnating children from the first grade through college, every grade, private schools. the ideology of socialism, our ideology. >> with the two sides squaring off in the streets, the unusual situation results is on the first day of school some of the parents are more nervous than the children. hugo chavez has had a lot of big fights here over shutting down television stations, over running for president possibly for the rest of his life. but nothing has stirred up the opposition like this new law on socialism in the schools. back to you. steve: all right. thank you. brian: so much to protest. how do you figure out which one to focus on in venezuela. you want to finish? gretchen: for the third time the same prisoner escapes from a prison in texas. this time he dug through his cell wall, then used bed sheets to shimmy to freedom. barnes escaped twice before only to be caught days later.

the 21-year-old is serving a 35-year sentence for burglary and assault. steve: a former kentucky high school football coach is heading back to the classroom. after being acquitted in the death of a player, david stinson will return as a teacher. since all coaching positions are filled, he'll have to apply for future openings. >> there have been some folks who indicated that they don't want him back at this school or they think it would be better for him to take another placement. however, the vast majority of sentiment has been for him to return to the school. steve: stinson still facing a civil suit filed by the deceased player's parents that trial is set for february. gretchen: does this woman deserve a second chance? 19-year-old jess making a public apology to her boyfriend on the side of the road in ohio after admitting she cheated on him. when she came clean, he broke it off. she says she doesn't know if her ex saw the sign but she did get

57 honks from pearses by. steve: i don't think there will be any passersby during brian's sports. brian: you pointed out i look sluggish. i always said i'd love to have a backup quarterback like billy kilmer has. i do have one. joe theismann. you were a backup. right? joe, i'm exhausted today. would you dot sports for me? >> absolutely. the stars were out in miami for "monday night football." peyton manning and the colts taking on the dolphins. the first play of the game manning finds dallas clark, hits him for an 80-yard touchdown. manning gets the pass that gets passed on the back from tiger woods who's always at a game it seems like, or winning something. the dolphins would later take the lead on the next run on the touchdown run. but manning would have the last word. he finds pierre who takes it in for a 40-yard line touchdown. colts win despite having the ball for only 15 minutes. brian: how does that happen,

joe? >> because you have peyton manning. his 119th win surpassing johnny unitas for the most in franchise history. former giant super bowl hero plaxico burress expected to head to prison today. burress will be formally sentenced for carrying a gun into a new york nightclub. what were you thinking? according to his plea deal, burress will get two years behind bars but will likely get out in 20 months with good behavior. the 32-year-old receiver has said that he wants to get back into the nfl once he he's a free man. brian: gives up $24 million to go to prison. made some bad choices. if we get out right away,ing you'll have more time after the break. >> i think we have to go. steve: straight ahead, can the arts promote an agenda? you won't believe how the president of the white house may be using your tax dollars to promote liberal policies. that's straight ahead. and more joe in two minutes. ( folk music playing )

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gretchen: just getting up? a couple quick headlines. banning smoking in public places having a draatic -- dramatic effect. smoke-free laws can reduce heart attacks by as much as 36% after being in place for three years. researchers also note that banning smoking is an inexpensive way to promote overall health. they estimate second-hand smoke kills 46,000 americans every year. american taxpayers may never recoup all of the $182 billion given to insurance giant a.i.g. according to a government watch dog office a year after the biggest corporate bailout in our history the company's ability to repay the money still unclear.

isn't this what a lot of people said might happen? although the money helped stabilize the insurance giants, the government accountability office says a.i.g. still relies heavily on government help. brian: 105,000 screaming fans filled the new cowboy stadium. like no other, a new state-of-the-art home turf. you have field level seating, a giant tv screen that a punter could hit, and, get this, joe theismann, cage dancers. want wasn't quite like this when you were playing ball. former superstar quarterback, super bowl-winning quarterback joe theismann here and maybe the hall of famer with a super bowl ring. welcome back officially. >> great to be with you. brian: how unique was that stadium? we all watched. giants-cowboys was the game. it was much more than that. >> it was a spectacle. what jerry jones did, hecreated an entity it transcends football. it's one of those particular places where when you sit -- i talked to people who were there. first of all, you can't walk

around. it is just so big. it's like a small city. but all the venues that are available. i happened to broadcast the san francisco-arizona game in mexico city when there was 100,000 people. that was in mexico city. it had a mode around it and everything else that particular stadium, seeing all of those people, was amazing. i can't even imagine going in as a visiting player into this venue where you have this giant screen, all of the screaming fans. brian: what's with the cage dancers? tell me that wasn't a little over the top. women dancing in cages? >> wait. it's jerry jones and you're saying over the top? this is what jerry is. jerry has been an innovator in football for years. he first started to do the advertising part of it in the stadiums so jerry's always been progressive in his thinking. this is a culmination of a lot of ideas. brian: you're on the nfl network. tell me about something real serious, the abdominal a yortic

aneurysm. you told me steve's dad had it. i deposit even know it. >> it's a bulge in the large artery from the heart that goes and takes blood from the heart through the stomach into the lower extremity. brian: pretty important. >> it's a silent killer. people don't even know they have it. brian: how do you check it out? >> you go to a doctor. that's why i have on my orange suspenders. this frames the abdomen. it's about a 10-minute ultrasound. it tells you whether you have a problem or not. early diagnosis means early treatment. we have a website, ww www.findtheaaaanswers.org. if if you log on, you get a chance to find out what this problem is it's the third leading cause of sudden death in men over 60. brian: you might be our favorite guest of all time. as talented off the field as you are on. and how bugged am i that you're still in better shape even though you're older at this point in your life than i am.

great to see you. >> thank you so much. brian: new details about the obama administration and acorn. is the white house funneling cash into projects promoting liberal groups like acorn? and he received a purple heart but his bravery didn't end there. a 91-year-old veteran sleeping in the buff fights off a thief, just him and his roddy. we'll interview him fully clothed. at least i will be. . 

gretchen: welcome back, everyone. early last month the national endowment for the arts invited the arts community to a conference call to discuss how to inspire service in four key areas. among them, health care. steve: that's got to be a coincidence. right? well, within 48 hours of the call, 21 arts organizations endorsed president obama's health care plan.

of those, 21 -- 16 of them received nearly $2 million in nea grants in days before the conference call. did the obama administration use the nea to frame the debate on health care reform? gretchen: john fund, a columnist for the "wall street journal" is our guest this morning. >> thank you. gretchen: we first started hearing this story percolating that there was this conference call and the nea had been asked to go out and promote health care reform. what is new now? >> we now have the audio of the call. and we also have direct proof that the white house initiated the call and guided the call. one of the participants in the call is buffy wicks who is with the office of public liaison at the white house. she is a political activist. she came out of the anti-wal-mart campaign. i interviewed nate taller. he said it was completely controlled by acorn. acorn inside the white house.

steve: sure. john, some are surmising today that some laws were probably broken along the way by having the coordination between the white house and this conference call. you guys are all here in the room together, remember, we are giving you federal money, now we need your help. >> well the communications director for the national endowment for the arts had to leave his job because of this conference call. what about the white house employees who apparently guided and set up the call. what's happened to them? i think the nea communication director is the fall guy here. what we had was quid pro art. you want federal grants? we'll get you, perhaps, more federal grants but here is what we want. they k. called them the asks. we asks for you. you ask and therefore you receive. gretchen: everybody in the arts community knows you are desperate for the money. not that it makes sense that they would actually go along and promote his health care plan but they need the bow could you -- these bucks. >> it's hilarious, they are not independent, they are hand

maidens of the rich and powerful in the white house. gretchen: do you know who in the white house signed off on this call? >> no, we don't. that's why we should ask questions. we know buffy wicks was involved and mr. abernathy who serve.gov national service program. go to serve.gov the government's web site for volunteerism. it takes you to sites like acorn's. it becomes a portal by which you can find ways to serve acorn. steve: it gets better and better, doesn't it. >> absolutely. steve: john fund from the "wall street journal." thank you. >> sure. gretchen: mass transit systems all over the country now on alert following the would-be terrorist attacks. but now people are in custody. steve: who do you trust? the american people or our political leaders? glenn beck is going to be here in a couple of minutes with new startling poll numbers. gretchen: if she disagrees with the president, does that make her a racist? actress angie harmon joining us

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gretchen: good morning, everyone. check your calendars. tuesday already. september 22nd, 2009. thanks for sharing your time with us today. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan. you know what he has been saying. he saying we need more troops or else the war will fail. why is the white house dragging its feet? we are going to debate and you can decide. brian: who do you trust in the american people or politicians? steve: that's a tough one. brian: can i finish please, steve. that s. that the voice in my head or are you talking outloud. the number that should make those on capitol hill think twic now to the nude man. steve: that's news man. is he a decorated war veteran who shows bravery off the battlefield. he stopped a robber in his

tracks and, oh, yeah, he did it while he was naked. the naked man will join us live coming up very shortly. what a story he has got. meanwhile, you are watching "fox & friends," the best fully clothed show on television. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- hi, i'm joe theisman, you are watching "fox & friends." i wake up with them in the morning, not with brian, who would want to wake up with brian but "fox & friends." steve: joe theisman and glenn beck. glenn signing new book. this is a fox news alert. you guys have a connection, right? >> yeah. we both do some work at acorn on the weekends. [ laughter ] >> i work fridays he works weekends. gretchen: they were in radio together. >> when i was 18 years old he was the sports guy. i remember i came in the program director said to me what do you think of the morning team i said good, i don't know who that

sports guy thinks he is. and he says he thinks he is the quarterback of the redskins. gretchen: famous one. more with the story in a minute. thanks joe for being here early today. also we have harmon coming up on the show. she is going to be talking about politics, parenting and maybe even a little fashion. warning from the department of homeland security. be careful on trains and buses. mass transit systems all over the country being told to conduct random searches since they could be open to terrorist attacks. new warning coming after three terrorist suspects arrested in a plot to bomb new york city. authorities say the man at the center of the case, zazi has video of grand central terminal and may have been planning a backpack bombing like the 2004 attacks in madrid, pain. a state of emergency in 17 georgia counties. why? because 20 inches of rain has

fallen in northern parts of that state causing severe flooding there. six people have died, including a toddler who was killed when thinks mobile home was swept away. rescue crews have been working overtime pulling people from the raging waters. we have a live report from the atlanta area coming up later on this hour. new haven police say they do not expect to make any more arrests now in the murder of yale grad student annie le, dismissing those rumors that raymond clark had help. despite being named a suspect, clark's campus i.d. card was not disabled until after his arrest. police say clark was under constant surveillance though. le's funeral is planned for this saturday in california. massachusetts lawmakers will vote as early as today to allow governor patrick to name interim senator for the late ted kennedy's vacant seat. one name floating around former

governor michael could you -- dukakis. more footage of michael jackson in rehearsal being released. in the new video jackson is practicing for comeback tour this is it. his voice appears strong while he sings his hit human nature. the concert footage is set for a worldwide theatrical release next month. tickets for that two week run go on sale this -- >> i saw the extended version of this he does look all right. besides being thin he looks fine. steve: they do creative editing they edit around the song and cut to something else. the great new glenn beck has a book coming out today. gretchen: thank you so much. this is a heavy one. the last one was a paper bag. >> i know it was. gretchen: let me hand them out. oh, this one is to me. did he spell your name right? steve and brian.

steve: talk about something in the news today. we understand from general stanley mcchrystal that it is desperate in afghanistan. they need more guys. and, yet, the president of the united states says not so fast. let's just figure it out before we send more guys over there. >> i heard the two guests on again last hour. i actually agree with both of them believe it or not. my view on this is when you fight, you fight to win. you fight with everything you have. it's immoral not to. it's wrong to send our troops into harms' way if you are not going to fight that way, pull them out. get them out of there. it's wrong. brian: i had so much respect for them when he said this in the spring. i want you to hear what he said in the spring. look at general mcchrystal and his background. this is the perfect guy. republicans and democrats say this is a good guy. he has got to come up with a plan. here's what president obama sounded like in the spring. >> if the afghanistan government

falls to the taliban, or allows al qaeda to go unchallenged that country country will be a base for training more of our people as they possibly can. gretchen: he puts mcchris tall in place and comes back what his analysis. >> we had 1100 page stimulus package that was ready on this man's desk january 15th. we have 1300 pages of health care bill. we have all of this stuff that they do. steve: herry, hurry, hurry. >> hurry, hurry, hurry, they have it all prepared. don't know if we are in a right strategy during the borrow. give one interview instead of five. skip late night with david letterman. do your work and keep our troops safe and either fight to win or bring them home. i will take either one. brian: it gets worse though. the "wall street journal" says today the plan was done. they were told don't release it because the administration is evaluating how things might have

changed on the ground. that's what a general who is on the ground should be evaluating and putting that in heir report. >> abraham lincoln in the civil war he had bad general after bad general after bad general. he let them fight and he kept saying ok, wait a minute, what do you mean? ok, help me, fight, fight, fight. they didn't. none of them would fight. he let those general make the decision and lose. then he would pull them out and replace them. replace this guy. if you don't believe him, replace him. but do it now. fight to win or get out. it's wrong. steve: you just said it again. fight to win or bring them home. pull out. are you close to calling for that? >> look, i have been saying the very same thing under george w. bush. i had a real problem with george bush in iraq. we went in. we did great things. and then we got all mired in this muck because we were nation building and everything else. you fight to win. and then you bring them home. enough of this you know, never

ending war. enough of it fight with everything you have. gretchen: isn't that the essence of this argument we need to fight to win nation building and some say we need to fighter rad eradicate- >> that is not our job. that is not our place. you cannot tell me that you can -- you can free people but they are not necessarily going to understand freedom the same way we do. gretchen: that's why some people say don't do it. >> you kill the terrorists. you kill the people that are stomping on freedom. but you let them decide what they want. if they are not willing to step up to the plate after this many years, well, you know what? we can't help you. brian: they have a three part plan. it is protecting the people. going after the taliban, and, at the same time, allow -- building up the afghan forces. >> i only care about protecting

our troops at this point and protecting our nation. that's it. i have members of my family in the service. it is immoral, immoral to put them in harms' way and not give them everything they need. when are we doing? gretchen: toughest decision for barack obama so far. ironically international policy. >> no it is not. it is the easiest. the hardest is to send troops in and ask them to die for something. the easiest is give them what they need to win or pull them out. brian: politics is back. senator levin chairman of the armed services committee says i don't think we need new troops because senator levin in detroit knows everything about the military. mood like senator pelosi. republicans have opportunity to show that politics should stay to the side and back this president like they did the last president. >> the message from the republicans and the democrats and the independents and

everyone in this country should be the same. fight to win or bring them home. either way, enough is enough. brian: right now it's unacceptable. steve: enough is enough merv american people. rasmussen has a new poll out who do you trust more? the people or the people's leaders? 70%, a landslide say the american people. big problem for capitol hill. people don't trust them. >> let me ask you this, that's 30% that believe the politicians more than the american people. who are those people? who are those people? there should be more than 70%. you know, let me ask you this question. if i asked you, do you trust the politicians or the military? i guarantee you that number would be, what? 80%? 90%? military? you bet. steve: it's like the number of people in the house of representatives who voted to continue to fund acorn. who are all those people?

gretchen: people who want to be reelected in their particular districts. >> corrupt. gretchen: do you believe government has become a special interest group that looks out primarily for its own interests? >> no. no. they are a car company and insurance company. gretchen: that's why people don't trust politicians because it's all about special interest groups and lobby, right? >> look, we all know it's about corruption. that's why i have been saying on the air for a while now, we cannot pass any more bills. we cannot give them any more structure. we can't give them any more power. because you are giving the power to special interest groups. you are giving it to acorn. you are giving it to seiu. the sister organization of acorn the unions. you are giving all of this away. we are turning our structure into the corrupt scrurecket -- structure of mexico. it must stop. we must demand accountability. brian: on the cover of "time" magazine and cover of new book. >> this drives them crazy.

what is that? that's the book czar. buy my book. brian: why what is it like to be praised by frank rich sunday in the "new york times"? straight ahead, up next, looking to our future leaders? >> who is your favorite president and why? >> benjamin franklin. [ laughter ] >> because? >> because he is the one that hats book, right? gretchen: he was not president. he has the book and more. he is going to tell us more about arguing. steve: he is the book czar. a world war ii veteran fights off a robber in his own house. by the way, the guy was naked. he was right there. he is live with all his clothes on and his dog on "fox & friends." if you're taking 8 extra-strength tylenol...

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gretchen: 15 minutes after the top of the hour. a fox news alert now because chill new details in the tear plot. suspect at the center of the case zazi had cell phone video of the busiest train terminal in the country and may have been planning a backpack bombing like the 2004 attacks in madrid. catherine joins us live now from new york's penn station with the very latest. what do you know this morning, catherine? >> good morning to you, gretchen from penn station one of the busiest transit hubs in the country. this entrance here always crowded. there is an alert. a nationwide warning going out this morning calling on transit officials to step up patrols. federal authorities are recommending that police officers and also federal officers who patrol this station and the others conduct random security sweeps at tran stations

also searches on trains and buses. this morning stems from arrest from zazi who investigators believe may have been planning with others to detonate backpack bombs on trains and planes. he lives in colorado and also a new york city man were in court yesterday as a result of a terror investigation. they are charged with making false statements to federal investigators. but, in that terror case, the feds say they uncovered a lot of information, a part of which shows that there was some kind of alleged plot targeting transit in new york city. at least the commuters we have been speaking with, they tell us that they are noticing quite a bigger police presence than usual. this is one of the places always inhabited by a lot of police officers. and federal agents, under cover. some in uniform. commuters are telling us that they are noticing extra security. back to you. brian: i noticed it too. thank you very much. catherine. i take that very railroad home. so you see them all. the cops just walking around.

>> i will tell you, my security chief has met with fbi and police here, terrorism in new york, and he tells me every month these guys are on top of it. hats off to our police and fbi. these guys are good. brian: this was a plot that could have come off. by the way, glenn is here. brand new book is out today. arguing with idiots. hopefully we are not in there. >> no. i'm just looking at the chapters. second amendment. defense of capitalism. education. energy future. the unions, illegal immigrants. the nanny state. all of these things. economics 101. what it is, you know that stupid friend that you have that's like oh well you just and then they just go off on bush or whatever it is and they don't really have the argument. this is the book that will give you all of the. gretchen: the answers? >> the answers. gretchen: you have pictures too. >> you went out and did a test

to see what the american public knows. >> we went to the bags of liberalism berkeley california and we just asked them a few questions. brian: this is the future of our country. >> before i even get inaugurated during the transition we are going to be calling all of you in to help us shape the agenda. we're going to be -- having meetings all across the country with community organizations so that you have input into the agenda for the next presidency of the united states of america. >> how about the funding for acorn. >> you know, frankly, it's not really something i have followed closely. i didn't even know that acorn was getting a whole lot of federal money. >> who is your favorite president and why? >> thomas jefferson. >> finally a couple of smart dames. >> benjamin frankly. >> because? >> because he is the one that has the book, right? >> yes. america, benjamin franklin was our finest president, the one with the book.

gretchen: there were some erroneous mistakes ahead of that it? >> could be mistaken for berkeley, california. the book is on sale today not tomorrow. brian: this has you sweating on your show every night. it gets you passionate. you shed a tear on the back cover and sometimes you shed a tearn the show. you feel these -- >> this is just because the people have -- only in his wildest dreams could an actual suicide bomber hope to do as much damage in this country. that's from nbc. half informed blow hard, a death lover. gretchen: i love the fact you a put the quotes on your book. some of your words are going the wrong way. >> are they going the wrong way? it's the new way. buy my book. brian: congratulations on the show. >> thank you. brian: see you tonight. don't give bill o'reilly too hard of a time.

spell my name right. gretchen: coming up next, decorated veteran. did you hear this story? >> i don't want to think of him naked. gretchen: robert thompson and his dog caught a would-be thief and why he was naked when it all happened. glad to see you got clothes on today. @ xxxxxxxxxxxx

brian: a burglar gets more than he bargained for when he entered the home of a world war ii veteran. >> 91-year-old robert thompson managed the capture the guy. the twist, he happened to be buck naked, armed with a .38 caliber revolver when it all happened. good morning to you, robert. >> good morning. gretchen: i guess the world found out that you sleep in the nude. but you are pretty good at fending off burglars

nonetheless, right? >> that's the reason i dressed this morning. i wanted everybody to know i'm not a streaker, you know. [ laughter ] brian: robert, could you tell me when you first knew that there was someone in your house and you wanted to take action? >> well, my dog -- my bedroom opens right up to my patio. my dog was barking fiercely. and i knew there was something out there. so he ran out and instead of running to the right and going outside, he turned to the left. and i knew there was somebody there at the time. he attacked the man. gretchen: the dog got the burglar cornered, so that gave you time to be able to go get your gun, right? >> get the gun but didn't give me time to get my pants on. brian: i get it. i know what you mean. life full of decisions. >> i ran and got the cell phone -- i ran in and got my

3 and cell phone so i could call 911. brian: you had the opportunity and chose to confront the burglar. what was it like seeing him. what did he do when he saw you? >> well, he was very frightened. my dog was pursuing him at the time, he had him cornered. and he was very frightened. then i called my dog off of him and he started walking towards me and i didn't want to shoot the man, so he -- i kicked the chair towards him and i said "sit." and he sat down. that was about the end of it. then the duties arrived then. gretchen: maybe you learned your bravery from being a world war ii vet and earning the purple heart, sir. robert thompson, congratulations on fending off the burglar and getting national attention

because you were in the nude. what a great story. thank you so much. >> you are welcome. thank you. brian: robert said your two daughters, 10 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren are all very proud. i hope to act the same way under pressure and stress like you do. thanks for your service and thanks for sharing your story. >> all right. thank you. gretchen: let's check out steve in the green room. steve: i'm in the green room arguing with angie harmon about our coffee. >> it smells lovely. steve: seven former chiefs ask him to drop the investigation of the cia. what is he saying next. and, as you can see, actress angie harmon has something in common with tony blair? that's right. she is here to explain live after a break. shall we? i will hold the coffee. come on. [ kissing ]

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>> hey, listen to this. according to "newsweek," the word in washington is that supreme court justice john paul stevens is going to step down next year, which means there is going to be another opening on the supreme court. and you know who obama is going to pick as the new judge?

have you heard? ellen degeneres. steve: fourth judge on "american idol." brian: looks so much different than the tonight show. steve: long way from johnny's curtain. brian: going to destroy television as we know it no more sitcoms and dramas all more reality shows amazing race and talk shows. gretchen: that started long before leno came out with new show. brian: when were you going to tell me about this, gretchen? you never tell me about these new trends. gretchen: there is a book coming out by a friend of this show chris anderson written by princess diana and new book coming out barack and michelle. and apparently there is a little bit about hillary clinton. and the whole thing about whether or not her husband, president obama, should select hillary clinton as his vice presidential running mate. here is apparently the quote from the book from michelle obama.

so in essence michelle is apparently the one who asked her husband to lean towards joe biden. brian: and then the fun started. steve: also in this book, it is excerpted today in the new york daily news, talks a lot about how he was just starting out in politics and for a number of years barack obama essentially put politics ahead of the family. it was driving her absolutely nuts. it also talks about how he was a bit of a slob. he left ashtrays filled with butts all over the place and didn't pick up after himself. at one point she said to him, this is a quote. "why are you bothering me with this crap while i'm busy changing the world?" that's what he said to her. come on, i'm doing this political thing. i can't be bothered by that stuff. brian: next page expletives and response to that i can only imagine in my house how that would go over. gretchen: she did respond women

who had punctuations pensions for bunching his behind. brian: when someone does a good job i have got to show them to keep up the good work. gretchen: nice little pat. steve: look at weather. we start with a fox news weather alert. as we take a look at the radar and the satellite combined, we have had some terrible flooding situations over portions of dixie land. a number of states have had awful flooding over the last couple of days. as you can see, it is continuing to rain down there today. some severe thunderstorms moving through portions of the lower mississippi valley. also some widely scattered showers across portions of the northeast today and the northern plains as well. real quickly, the temperatures to start your tuesday, 49 right now up in caribou, maine. a beautiful 70 in cleveland. temperatures for the most part in the 60's and the 70's.

a few 50's and 40's out west. and today's daytime highs, the high one is going to be phoenix at 100 degrees. 76 today here in new york city. 67 in kansas city. and temperatures along the gulf coast today in the 80's and the 90's. also, we're going to have widely scattered thunderstorms continuing through portions of the deep south. gretchen: couple of quick headlines for tuesday. senator baucus changing health care reform bill as they start debate today. he made changes after critics pummeled the plan saying it's too expensive for families. >> the main discussion was ok, how do we make these -- make insurance affordable to people, people have to get insurance, it has to be affordable. next question is how do you pay for it? increasing provisions to make coverage more affordable. gretchen: the new bill would increase subsidies for low and middle income families to buy insurance. it would reduce the penalty for families that don't have insurance. and it would trim the tax hike

on high-end insurance plans. brian. brian: seven former heads of the cia sent a letter to president obama asking him to stop the investigations of cia interrogators. now, one of those chiefs, jim wolsy speaking out. he talked with bill o'reilly last night about the entire message this sends to the intelligence community. >> it's not only watching yourself. it's that you can't trust the guidance your boss gave you that you got in writing from the department of justice because that's apparently what these people did. i think what's crucial here, too, is that the president, having been elected, gets to set the policy for interrogation or other -- any other way of getting information by the intelligence community. brian: wolsey said broadcast limitations deters friendly intelligence agencies from working with us. it's a problem plus it's a reinvestigation. steve: meanwhile, update on that run away christian convert rifqa

bary. she is a teenager who says she is afraid her muslim parents will kill her for convertigo. her parents yesterday filed a motion from florida where she is living back to home state in ohio. next hearing set for october 27th. gretchen: brand new guidelines out about h1n1. adults and kids 10 and older being urged to get just one shot for protection. kids under 10 will require two swine flu shots, unfortunately. the swine flu virus tends to target kids and young adults. steve: that makes sense. gretchen: brian, quit schmoozing angie harmon and get to your spot because it's time to do sports. brian: angie harmon married one of the nicest guys in sports history jason seahorn. does she know football enough? does your small talk revolve

around football apparently it's know. first play of the game. peyton manning, tight end, dallas clark. 80-yard score and as class clark runs in peyton manning would run off. guess who is there to greet him the same guy in our green room tiger woods. like he does with me he pats me on the back. by the way, the dolphins played extremely well. hard-luck losers. take it in from 48 yards out. that would be the difference. dolphins lose. colts win. victory for manning 119 on his career. he some football fans take a loss pretty hard. watch this. but this college kid may take the whole thing to a new level. he buried his face in his hat after his tigers lose to georgia tech. they had a big come back. look at this kid when he takes

his frustrations out. punches a kick and gives up lying down. it's just a game and you didn't play. i like his. [baby crying] brian: dress the same but i won't act the same. now i would like to brick in my childhood friend angie harmon. come into our big set. brian: you can't cry. [baby crying] >> they care so deeply about their teams and they want to win. they are not there for the money. they are there because their hearts are in it clearly. and their hat and everything else. brian: you watched that video live with me. that is your knee jerk reaction after watching that guy weep. >> yes. steve: an give is going to talk about -- of course whack on tv involved in the diaper raves today. >> um-huh. brian: too controversial. steve: also in town, in addition to ms. harmon, we have got tony blair in town a bunch of world leaders are here. a former world leader for the

u.k. you got something in common with tony blair. >> it's not that we have something in common. last night my husband and i, we had just felony in. -- flown. in we had the baby with us. first cross-country trip flying. she did so well. standing elevator. please. one elevator working. steve: at the hotel. >> outside there is just chaos and cops and photographers and then around the corner here comes tony blair. of course he has earn standing around him and the ear things. it's very intimidating and you -- you just all you can think is i'm in the way. my baby and my husband andry in the way. that's all i could think. literal live i just -- i didn't even get to thank him so i just wanted to thank him now. literal live one elevator is working. all of this chaos is going on he literally stopped everything please let them go ahead. they have the baby. left them go first. >> seriously you can really tell a lot about someone. gretchen: british accent. >> it was heavenly.

australian accent is very nice as well. brian: relove the australian accent. >> very sweet and kind. i thought that was really, really lovely. he didn't have to do that. it speaks a lot about someone. gretchen: been on the show before. maybe he is watching right now and he has heard you say thank you. >> as i give a shout out to tony blair. brian: do you have a bad story about gordon brown you want to share. >> no. gretchen: couple of them going around with gordon brown. has to do with the terrorists. steve: cut you off at the valet line. >> no. brian: you married a great guy. you should stick with him. he is a nice guy with great food speed. >> it's true. you should see him chasing the little girls around. they love it they were circling the house the other day. it finally like rang true to me i was like babe, you are a professional chaser. like that's what you did in the nfl. and that's what you do now. and it's just -- no one can ever

get away from him, ever. brian: called him babe, too. i'm sure they did. i know they did. brian: great to walk in a giant locker room. mike strahan. tiki barber great on this couch and not too great on nbc. >> wow. brian: i'm sorry i let that slip. your husband is another great guy. you could walk in the locker room and have great conversations. >> it really wassments michael introduced. >> michael introduced you. >> i thank him every time i see him. gretchen: so nice to hear about the relationship. we will hear more about angie's three little girls when we come back. young women in hollywood like blake lively dressing too provocatively? >> i have always said that. >> she looks beautiful. really? that's beautiful. that's not provocative. brian: i'm anti-back. steve: what would you do if federal officials barged in your house and forced you to get a swine flu shot there is a bill

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steve: we continue the conversation with angie harmon. what's the deal with your, you got a diaper race today? >> die. i myself. it's fantastic. lots of press showing up. i have teamed up with hugies, and hugies has teamed up with

kaboom. it's a nonprofit organization. their main goal is to build play grounds within walking distance of all children in urban areas. steve: nice. >> hugies teamed up with them and the launch of their new little mover diapers. these diapers, i don't know if you remember back in the when they were just walking stage, i'm not sure what is actually in diapers but when they explode it's -- you can't get that stuff -- you never forget it. you are like what is this? it should be in the space program. brian: might have started there cosmonaut first first first teflon and then diapers. brian: your daughter is going on in this race. >> she is on the brink of crawling. gretchen: line up jason behind her and he will chase her. >> gra her and off he goes. is he very competitive and these poor children that have to race with him. >> oh, look, there are my girls.

if you go to the hugies facebook page, they are having an auction of a bunch of tennis shoes that tons of actors and celebrities have signed. and that is all the money that's raised for that is going to help kaboom and go to these play grounds. gretchen: sounds like fantastic cause. blake lively. >> and she is just god-awferl, isn't -- god-awful. she is beautiful. gretchen: not really sure. provocatively would mean. >> steve: she is 22. >> she is 22. i think this is -- i can't really see it now. it looks fine. her shoulders look lovely. is it low cut and high cut? brian: do you think they should be wearing a coat? >> no. it's l.a. and blazingly hot. she looks lovely. if this were my daughter. i would be fine with. this there. how is that?

she is beautiful. steve: you mentioned hollywood where you make your home. >> um-huh. steve: where you work on television. going back to work? >> yeah, i am, actually. i just did an episode of chuck. steve: funny show. >> it is. i really had a good time. it's a great, great gang. and just seeing him makes me laugh. is he a very funny man. but, yeah, we had a great, great time and i play a fun character. i play an evil super spy. gretchen: we had a lot of tweaks and emails today saying i wish she would come back to law and order. >> we are doing reunion portrait for the 20th reunion every single person that's been through there. brian: you started that at 14. >> about that yeah. steve: thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you very much. gretchen: one thing as a parent you might be aware of. >> this makes me nervous.

gretchen: you don't want one of those? well, go straight to jail. a new bill could force you to get one. even if you don't want it. judge andrew napolitano has a serious problem with that and he is here next. brian: but he doesn't have the flu. steve: first on this day in history in 1862 president abraham lincoln issued emancipation proclamation. the first issue of national geographic magazine was published in 19 8. number one song in 1985 money for nothing with dire straits. brian: wearing you out, steve. . .

judge: him to declare an emergency. once he declares an emergency. he can authorize non-health care licensed personnel. read that to mean police to vaccinate people against their will. now can they force adults to take vaccination? no. they will incarcerate adults without a trial. without charges. without even a search warrant who refuse to be vaccinated. this is what the statute authorizes. it also authorizes the -- the statute also authorizes the police to remove children from adults, vaccinate them against the will of the child and the will of the parents. steve: this is so troubling on so many different levels. first of all you think wait a minute, they have got a great big list with everybody who got a flu shot's name on it? and, are they going to just have neighbors turn in other neighbors? hey, they're sick. they haven't gotten the shot. >> it's interesting you say that. there is not a clause in this statute that requires you to

report a neighbor. but the government will encourage people to do it. steve: it will. >> this is the reason we have federal judges. federal judges in massachusetts will have to take this statute and compare it to the constitution. the constitution says the police can't break into your home. and the police can't take your children away from you. and parents decide what medication the children get. not the government. steve: man, the first time, if this were to happen and the first time some cop goes in and gives some kid a shot, it's going to hit the fan. >> yes, it will. the state of massachusetts will be sorry it enacted this because people will revolt against it. steve: judge andrew napolitano. thank you very much. >> good to be with you, steve. happy birthday to cavuto. steve: that's exactly right. happy birthday, neil. top commander in afghanistan says if we don't send more troops right now we will, quote, "fail" mission failure. so what is president obama waiting for? laura ingraham is waiting for us at the top of the hour. two-time grammy award winner is

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. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] >> very good tuesday morning to you, september 22, 2009. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan says we will face failure if we don't send in more troops. why is president obama dragging his feet. >> he wrote a letter to the president urging him to stop investigating c.i.a. agents. now the former c.i.a. chief speaking out for the first time. wait until you hear what he has said. >> from capitol hill to the dance floor tom delay makes his dancing debut. the highlights. tom is terrific.

by the way, our slogan is from linda in illinois. now that summer ends fall begins with "fox & friends." >> more of that tom delay footage in a minute. >> i thought he did good. >> they didn't like his politics. president obama bringing israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and mahmoud abbas together for the first middle east summit since netanyahu took office. what are the expectations other than extremely high? >> correction, robert gibbs the white house press secretary said expectations low. that basically the white house is looking for all sides to work together trying to build on progress, on regional meetings that have taken place in the middle east. but the fact that they are

getting together seems to be an accomplishment of sorts. things have been very tense between the israelis and palestinians so the fact they will sit down with president obama is at least a minor accomplishment an they are hoping to build from there. >> part of that cautious assessment is based on the individual leaders abbas and netanyahu, right? >> you are absolutely right. president abbas of the palestinian side is upset about the west bank settlements. he wants the israelis to stop building there. there are thoughts he doesn't have that much power because the palestinians are fractured beneath him. as for netanyahu, he says he wants to close the gaps between the two sides. he has security concerns as well. so it will be interesting to see the body language and what comes out after they meet. >> where does it go from here because after today we will be discussing the middle east peace issue. that is not something that will be solved overnight.

>> everyone will watch to see what announcement will come at the end of the meeting. will they say talks will resume in the middle f of october. netanyahu sucked th-- suggestedl be the case. will he say we will stop the settlements in the west bank and george mitchell has continued meeting. his style is to keep meeting, try to build trust and it will be interesting to see what announcement comes out of this. >> mike, thanks very much. now for the rest of the headlines foe begin wi-- we beg with an urgent warning. workers on mass transit are being told to conduct random searches. this comes after the three terrorist suspects were arrested in a plot to bomb new york city. authorities say the man at the center of the case, najibullh zazi, had cell phone video of grand central trl in new york and may have been planning a

backpack bombing like the 2004 attacks in madrid. mahmoud ahmadinejad said the holocaust was a lie. now he is going one step farther, saying he is proud of his comments because he claims they have sparked international outrage. tomorrow ahmadinejad will address the u.n. general assembly. for the third time the same prisoner escapes from a prosecutor in texas. this time joshua barnes used bed sheets to get to freedom. he escaped twice only to be caught at nearby motels. he is serving a 35-year sentence. >> taking a look at these pictures out of georgia this morning. six flags amusement park almost completely under waterment parts of the roller coaster sticking out of the water. the floods caused by more than 20 inches of rain and killed six

peop people. >> he may have been known to drop the hammer in congress but tom delay a little light on his feet on the dance floor. former house majority leader danced the cha-cha shaking his hips. that is the clean version. and lip synching to the tune "wild thing". he got cheers from the audience. the judges didn't know what to think. >> you are crazy like sarah palin. >> i told you it was about politics. what was tom thinking? you can tweet them as well. i think that is fantastic. i'm not sure what laura ingraham thinks about tom delay shaking his booty. >> welcome, laura. >> yes, let me tell you

something. i could not sleep all night. this is a true story. i fell asleep watching part of the "dancing with the stars," brown spandex on anyone is a bad idea but on tom delay -- did you know that the brown spandex matched his hair color? >> never a coincidence. >> not good. until ducey does it, if he does spandex i will say it is ok. but until then it is not going to go. >> don't hold your breath. from tom delay to talking about the situation in afghanistan. i listen to your show and you are talking about the guys there all the time. the general has told the president in this memo that was leaked to the papers that unless they get more troops over there they will have mission failure.

you would expect the president to jump on it. no. he is taking his time. >> that is what is stunning. this leak of this memo, really, represents a major fissure within the obama administration. and let me tell you guys what stunned me when i woke up this morning other than the clips of delay is this. look at this lead editorial? zoom in. this is the lead editorial of the "washington post" and it says wavering on afghanistan. wavering on afghanistan. they start it, again "washington post," saying the president in march 27, on march 27, said he had outlined a comprehensive new strategy in afghanistan and rolled it out. that is when mcchrystal was in place, getting the commanders in place. now we are finding out i guess there is yet another new strategy for afghanistan that we are still waiting for.

so, i understand the need to be cautious when it comes to troop deployment but this is unbelievable. >> as put out by gleb beck the stimulus package cost $770 billion but in seven months we don't have a policy and find out that they are done with the new troech, the new strategy and they are told to hold another month. listen to what barack obama 15id as president in the spring. if we allow the al qaeda to go unchallenged and taliban and allow the taliban in their country to make that dpsh if we allow the taliban back in that country they will make it a base for terrorists who want to kim as many of our people as they k. to succeed we must reverse the taliban's gains. this plan should reverse the taliban's gains. >> the question is this. who has more influence in the obama administration moveon.org and the daily coast or the

commanders on the ground that barack obama himself appointed? this is stunning for people who follow foreign policy and military affairs for this memo to have been leaked, for stanley mcchrystal to have been told by robert gates who said it is not the right time for him to testify on capitol hill. here is my prediction. mcchrystal will testify in the next several weeks on capitol hill before the armed services committee, carl levin will demand it and that will be embarrassing. >> this is the toughest decision that president obama has had to make thus far? >> sure. >> i mean that politically. a lot of policeman say he should go with the general that he put in place, but for him politically this is an incredibly tough decision because of the people on the far left who are going to be opposed to any increase in troops. >> this is why you don't want a president who is bee olden to extreme elements in politics.

in fact, you don't get the se e sense, in other words, that there is a consistent policy that makes sense and that was a big criticism, right, of the obama campaign of president bush, that our policy was all over the place and people didn't have confidence in what we were doing in iraq, our strategy. and here we have nine months into this administration and no one can follow what the policy is and apparently this is what he was planning to fix. >> i don't think that it is hard, because he told everybody before the election afghanistan is the priority, that is the war that has been sidelined and he puts more troops in there, that can't surprise anybody that voted for him to not. that is surprising. >> maybe we should stay off the golf course one sunday and sit down and focus on what our afghanistan pilolicy. because we have people who need a clear policy. >> maybe forget off the golf course, just off the television.

also seven c.i.a. directors, of various parties, wrote to the president saying stop it with the interrogation probe of the officials during the george w. bush years. here is a portion of the letter written by those directors. >> clearly this is extraordinary to take such a rearview mirror look at what was deemed legal back then. >> remember what the president said, i'm not going to being looking backward to the bush era except unless how i conduct myself. again, all of that is out the window. and it is the same analysis we just undertook on afghanistan. the far left in the united states wants scalps.

they want the heads to roll of former bush administration officials, as many as they can get and as frequently as they can get them. they think thais political pay dirt and they demand that president obama does this. again, what is best for the country is not necessarily what is best for the far left of the democratic party. but the president seems beholden to them more than to the intelligence experts. >> he could stop the investigation if he wanted to, right? >> of course he could. eric holder answers to him. so when people say this is eric holder's decision, no, it is the president's decision and he needs to show what he says he has which is leadership capability. >> so, going back to your earlier question regarding the troops in afghanistan, is the president going to listen to the generals over there or listen to the daily cause, the blog and moveon.org? sound like your answer for two in a row is the far left, daily

cause. >> he will go to the left because he thinks he has to politically. he will maybe add marginal troops and announced some revamped strategy but watch mcchrystal's testimony on capitol hill. that will have me on the eventually of my seat. >> this is his reputation on the line and he will be questioned by a chairman who does not want the additional troops in there and if mcchrystal -- if it is mcchrystal's plan and they don't take it, he should walk away. >> he might. because these are his men and women on the ground. you can't ask him in good faith to proceed with no strategy. >> we have laura fired up and she will have more on the acorn scandal. is the white house involved? why the justice department is investigating its own ties to the group. >> students who can't prove they are citizens being booted from skls. luci: i'm luci romberg.

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steve: in the wake of the tapes you saw last week on fox news channel and big government.com. it looks like acorn's troubles have just started. the department of justice inspector general is now planning an investigation. brian: those are the words from glenn fine the inspector general. do you agree with the president this is not a major issue facing the country? >> the best thing ever with

president obama who you know follows this story minute by minute is i didn't know -- they got all that money? wow. millions of dollars, huh? that leads me to ask this question. how many other organizations are getting money that either the congress doesn't know about or the white house doesn't know anything about? i found that to be disturbing about his acorn answers to george stephanopoulous. i know congressman smith said something about the culture of corruption is good because john conyers in march said the powers that be have basically told him to back off any investigation of acorn on the congressional level. the people of the country can smell a rat here and this thing is so -- it just stinks to high help and has to be examined and the obama administration should just wash its hands of this organization if it can but can it in gretchen: i don't know what was more alarming is the five

interviews sunday only one outfit asked a question about acorn. number two, his answer really, really, i have to say, shocked me. because to say to the american taxpayer that it is not a high priority for the president to be looking out for the tax dollars, take politics aside, to be so careless about the feelings of people that are doling out tax dollars to washington i thought was unbelievable >> at least he got in a basketball game last night at the church in manhattan. so he has his priorities straight. and you have to give kudos to stephanopoulous for asking the question but chris wallace would have been a little more aggressive than all of these individuals. it doesn't lack god. steve: something that looks good is the charity you are working on. >> fisher houses do great work for troops. wounded heroes, families when they visit them in military

houses. we have launched this thing on the website. called freedom czar gear, hats, t-shirts. all the profits go to fisher houses. steve: thank you, laura. gretchen: the baucus bilk debated another form of government run insurance in peter johnson jr. has his prescription. brian: is your hard earned money going to countries that openly criticize the united states? ou: t s nnge toaghw, roms" zi

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$1 million is how much a netflix awarded a team of researchers from around the world to improve its movie recommendation system. finally, 103 pounds is how much that giant squid weighed the firster caught alive in the gulf of mexico. gretchen: the president still pushing for the government plan for healthcare reform despite criticism from both sides. >> i have already made some pretty substantial changes in how i was approaching it. >> public option you effectively said to the left it isn't going to happen. >> that is not true. what i said is it should be a part of this but we should not think that somehow that is the silver bullet that solves healthcare. gretchen: is the government plan alive and well still in washington? peter johnson jr. is here with

the prescription for truth. it seems to me that the president kind of wants it both ways depending on who he speaks to. the government run option when he speaks to the far left yes, it is in but when he is trying to sway the blue dog democrats it is out. >> i think that is an accurate perception. he said on the spanish language television univision sunday that absolutely the public option is not dead. he was really unequivocal about it. so i believe that based on his own statements and based upon the vociferous support in the house by many extreme left democrats, that the public option is still alive. and today, as a matter of fact, healthcare for america now and moveon.org, an amalgam of unions and move on, are staging and calling in their words targeting

insurance companies for protests today based on the public option. so, they are standing outside or plan to stand outside insurance company headquarters and offices and target those companies based on their belief that we should have a public option. so it is well alive. >> the speaker of the house said monday no bill can pass the house without a public option in it. at the same time you have max baucus a senator who has now revived a plan he laid out last week. >> he put forward what was at first perceived to be a moderate plan, then it was determined that it affected a lot of working americans including poli police, firefighters, construction workers, afscme union members for having so-called cadillac insurance policies, not cadillac salaries. which would be taxed. so, they pulled back on that and said we have to provide more

federal money to help subsidize insurance for people in this country. so, the new baucus plan adds to the cost. senator kyl the republican whip from arizona the number two republican in the senate, had an interesting statement yesterday. not so much with regard to the public option because it is not in that senate bill at this point. but what he said is that when you talk about government mandates, compulsory insurance the government satisfying you must have insurance then you set up an insurance exchange that regulates each and every piece of your insurance, you are moving toward government cont l controlled insurance. so if you have a government option by which you set up millions of measures for government insurance, he says and others say that you will destroy private insurance in this country because they won't

be able to compete. gretchen: that has been one of the main arguments feel thanks for coming in and dissecting this for us. he has created outrageous things saying the holocaust never happened now he makes them worse. then parents need new information about the h1n1 vacci vaccine. guidelines about when they should get it andow many shots they need. then we have been showing you the video, tom delay. the last chance to e-mail us about this. ( folk music playing )

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>> anne considerry interviewed ahmadinejad and i tries to come off yiek will intimidating world leader and when you see him sitting there he is not that impressed. look at the interview. >> would you like to address the question did you steal this election, sir? >> i don't know what you mean by that. steve: little man. gretchen: that explains everything. steve: iran's president will be making his fifth appearance before the u.n. general assembly

this week. he is does not -- he doesn't back down on the claims that the holocaust never happened. brian: he is proud of it and here is the quote untranslated. steve: what he said is he called the holocaust a pretext used by jews to trick the west into backing the creation of israel. he says that the jewish state created out of a lie and mythical claim. he is proud that he continues this line because it shows that even though his country is in a corner, he is defiant. brian: the russians also condemned him for saying had again and it is one of the reasons why the, ens, the iranian people have turned on him. they say you are isolating us with these statements and that

is what his opponents said in the debate. so, he is determined to show that he is still in charge after throw months of embarrassing turmoil at home. so bad is it at home even a week ago there were rallies in the capital. gretchen: if it wasn't so sad it would be funny. the rest of the world knows he is a nut. the idea that he gets access to come to spew hatred in front of the u.n. general assembly is beyond me. i'm for peace but why allow that to happen. brian: the united nations you don't have a choice so he is speaking tomorrow. we will see if we have our ambassador there are the president. steve: but this is the guy that we are going to sit down and talk to? brian: why not today? gretchen: this is a fox news alert. you are looking at live pictures of world leaders arriving at the u.n., united nations right here in the new york. they are in town for the u.n. summit on climate change. president obama expected to

arrive later. he will be giving his first speech to the u.n. later today. steve: john travolta may be one of the first witnesses to take the stand in the bahamas today as prosecutors there begin their case against two men accused of blackmailing him. they are accused of trying to extort $25 million from him just days after his 16-year-old son jet died last january. brian: a former football coach is heading back to the classroom after being acquitted of the death of one of his players. he will return as a teacher since all coaching positions have been filled. he says he is looking forward to being back at work. he spoke this morning. >> i'm excited to see the kids, but the thing that people need to understand, there is no winner in this case. this is a terrible, terrible tragedy. a young man lost his life and that is one thing that people seem to forget in this.

brian: he faces a civil suit filed by the deceased player's parents. that is set to start in february. gretchen: guidelines about the swine flu. adults and kids 10 or older are only going to need one shot of the h1n1 vaccine to help stay healthy. but kids under 10 years old are going to require two shots. h1n1 usually tends to target kids and young adults. the new information is from the national institutes of health. brian: we have been showing you this all morning. tom delay debuted on "dancing with the stars" last night, season number eight, i think, but session number one of this season. the majority leader chose the cha-cha. the song is "wild thing." we heard the judge thought now let's get some of your thoughts. we showed you this caption of when he was dancing. we asked you to provide the

caption. steve: what was he thinking at that moment that that was going on in the brown spandex as laura ingram mentioned. mitch says it is ok to turn left, it is ok to turn left. it is ok to turn left. gretchen: very funny. henry from long beach. brian: what is interesting, tom delay said they asked him in the interview leading up to the dance what is your hardest thing, he said finally getting in touch with my feminine side. steve: he found it. gretchen: why this is good for men to go on "dancing with the stars" to find their feminine side. brian: if you want to find the girly man that is the place to find it. gretchen: no problem with a little emotion. brian: i'm crying now.

steve: on the inside or outside. brian: inside. gretchen: you may be crying where your tax dollars are going. millions are being sent overseas by the u.s. state department. we are tracking that for you. sorry for the weird transition from tom delay to you, william. i knew you could handle it. >> you did a very good job. there are many types of foreign aid, military, disaster, humanitarian. we look at primarily economic aid to help poor nations prosper. many might wonder why we give money to country who openly vilify and owes that are rolling in dough. americans went broke last year filling up tanks hafrgs to opec, yet this year the state department budget provides millions to oil rich kingdoms. saudi arabia, oman and bahrain. while everyone wants peace in the middle east are we buying it?

>> that doesn't even represent the government in gz. >> i don't think that we are really creating security forces for the palestinians. i think we are helping subsidize an army for putative state. >> we spend generously where dictators rule. >> arguably one of the world's richest nations is russia. >> we cannot point it any relationship between foreign aid and growth, between foreign aid a and the right policies or institutions that create

prosperity. >> the list goes on and on but i want to tell you we give about $200 million to integrate the former yugoslav country into the e.u. $177 million to help green house gas emissions around the world, not here. the one i like best is $11 million to help the reunification of si previecypru. brian: $98 million to a vilified regime and why that much money to the russians? >> they are giving us natural gas as well. one thing we're doing is paying them to dismantle their nuclear weapons. als you said, arguably russia can afford to do that themselves. we are paying for border security, paying for them to look out for w.m.d. these are expenses that many would argue they should pick up themselves but ambassador bolden said if we don't pay it they won't do it. gretchen: william, live from los

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steve: right this moment president obama is on his way to the united nations where he will be joined by some of the world's post controversial leaders in some cases on the international stage. linda schmidt from our affiliate station wnyw joins us. >> good morning, steve. i heard you talking about this earlier. this is a very busy day for the president. i will arrive any moment because at 9:15 he will be speaking to a smaller group a summit on climate change.

that will be about 9:15. later on he will be sitting down face to face with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian president mahmoud abbas. the interesting thing is these two leaders have not sat down face to face with one another since netanyahu took office in march. a lot of people look at this opportunity as pretty much just like a photo op. but the obama administration is hoping that it could build some momentum to get these two world leaders talking about resuming the peace talks that broke off last year. that is all going to be going on today in addition to other things. tomorrow is another big day for the president because that is when he will have his debut speech to the full u.n. general assembly. that will be the first time he ever addresses them as president of the united states. in addition to that, and this could turn out to be explosive news, libyan president moammar

gadhafi speaking tomorrow and iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad so everybody will be watching that and what develops with those speeches. that is the latest from here. we expect the president any minute. steve: tomorrow is dictator day. brian: linda, i know the emmys there is a time clock on how long you can speak. is there a chance gadhafi will be held to a time limit or could he drone on? steve: they have a calendar. >> i think -- i'm not really sure how long each one of these leaders is allowed to talk. but i have never heard of them pu pulling the hook. gretchen: unfortunately they don't have many rules. they let them say whatever he they want. linda, thank you. >> you are welcome. gretchen: i would like to start a movement to move the u.n. out of the united states? we spend a lot. the u.s. picks up 75%.

brian: mayor giuliani said our city benefit from this financially i think even though they don't pay their tickets. gretchen: let me know when you particular out how it pivots the -- how it benefits the united states. steve: story out of del rio, texas, something that goes on every moment. they notice across the river from there is suidad acuna and van loads of student from mexico go over to del rio and then the vans drop them off in front of the school and the kids get out, they are clearly mexico,residents, get out around go to school. this has been going on for decades. but apparently the superintendent said you know what, this is costing us a lot of money. we will post people at those bridges that go across the rio grande and we will check

residency. if you do not live in texas you will be expelled from school. gretchen: they are just thinking of this now? it seems crazy how many decades this has been going on and they are just now checking for i.d.'s? this is one of the most egregious crossing border stories i have ever heard. i guess we have to commend the superintendent for starting something new, but here is what he said. we have a law and we have a policy. we follow it. i'm just doing my job. steve: the problem is the supreme court made it clear you cannot ask them to verify their citizenship. but the problem for the school board is they get a lot of money for each kid in a chair. un fortunate unfortunately for local taxpayers they are -- the local tax rate is high because you have perhaps 400 illegals going to school in your school district. brian: that is who is paying for the textbooks. he has two grammys to his name and we have the pleasure of

hearing him sing live. jon secada to sing one of his biggest hits. one off the brand-new album. chances are you will love it. gretchen: first we check in. >> not just another day here. there an active search for bomb making material in the five b burroughs of new york. dozens of world leaders gather in manlt. what will israel do with the threat from iran? and is the government laying a heavy hand on certain insurance companies in order to control what tcan and can't say. see you it pen minutes. . these days, everyone's looking to save money. switch to nationwide auto insurance, and you can save up to $43 every month.

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gretchen: in the middle of the 1990's he went triple platinum, selling millions of copies of his self titled cd. now he is back with his brand- new apollo, expressions. -- brand new album, expressions. steve: too early for a song? >> i love singing in the morning. brian: we told angie harmon that you were here for her and she believed it. fantastic. steve: johnson caughsecada doin just another day. ♪ >> ♪oh yeah

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don't want to make it through the day i can't replace no, no, no, no another day without you just another day withou making the time makine you stay forever though i got to tell you no, no, trying to hold on to something

give us the chance to make it hold on to never? no i'm not that strong ♪ (announcer) what do people notice about you?

people notice my devotion to family.

gretchen: john is going to sing another song for us. remember this one? chances are? steve: eurand new cd is coming out? >> . steve: "america's newsroom" starts in a minute. play us out, john secada. >> ♪ chances are because i wear a silly grin the moment you come into view the moment you come into view