i'm bill o'reilly.com, please check it out. we'll see all you premium members coming up shortly. i am bill o'reilly. i hope to see you next time. remember, the spin stops here, because we are definitely looking out for you. gretchen: thank you for reminding me. tgif, everyone. friday, september 25, 2009. we begin with a fox news alert. because three separate yet equally horrifying terror ballots to blow up buildings and kill innocent people. we will reveal the chilling details for you. [chanting] steve: new overnight and another fox news alert. just hours before president obama makes a big announcement before the g-20 summit in pittsburgh the tear gas is flying. what the heck is happening over there we will have details. brian: if it fails, i'm dead. that's the word from our vice president. what is joe biden talking about?

we will tell you or try. our slogan comes from bill in rock hills, south carolina. "fox & friends," with my morning egg sends a great tingle up my leg. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> did chris matthews write in that slogan for us? brian: yes, he did. i wasn't supposed to say that. gretchen: somehow we got the memo of matching. brian: a little purplesque. steve: no indication there was coordination. yet, there are three terror plots that have been busted open in four different cities, they involve new york city and denver. we have been talking about that but this morning we are going to tell you about a new case in springfield, illinois and also in dallas, texas. but let's start with the case that has cap vacated the nation ever since, you know that guy that -- the limo driver out in denver who said i'm not a terrorist? well, yesterday, the eaftd --

affidavit was unsealed and found out for a guy who says is he innocent, sure a lot of evidence to show he was trying to blow something up. gretchen: i blamed it on his girlfriend. why, you ask? he was buying beauty supplies. apparently he was going to use hydrogen peroxide, nail polish remover. things like that can make homemade bombs similar to the bombs that went off in london a few years ago on the buses. wow, you are really going through this stuff. he said yeah, i have a lot of girlfriends. that's exactly what he was up to and now we're getting more and more details, brian. knob of it is good news. brian: this guy his dad is released but left under house arrest. the imam that called him up and said they are looking for you, he is now out but he is being looked at and a big bail there. but this guy, zazi, is the one who went to pakistan.

was in new york selling hot dogs down the street. and then went over to denver. when he came back on september 10th. that is when people went into high alert. the investigators said we are not going to be able to wait any longer. they went in there. checked out his house. they found out he was making this stuff by check vents above his oven. he was working the phones trying to get ahold of someone. the exact ingredients and mixture of the products. what was gretchen talking about? the same same mixture used in london to kill 52 people, including the suicide bomber. exact same mixture that richard reid was going to use. gretchen: if he was on the phone with somebody, he would only be able to be tracked because of the patriot act. remember that? because that offered the surveillance to be able to track those kinds of phone calls, not with innocent people but with people like this guy to be able to figure out how you are going to stop plots like this that, by the way, we still live in the war on terror, folks, luckily they stopped this one.

steve: they got all that evidence he was trying to cook something up at hotel room in aurora, illinois. when he drove to new york city, turns out he drives here looking for muir addict -- murat mur radiculopathy -- acid. they are looking for this man who drove to the federal courthouse. jumped out, got in the car, drove off, and dialed a phone number, hoping to blow up that particular van. as it turns out, the chemicals in the van, because the fbi was in on the plot, duds. didn't blow up. brian: he wanted to target recruitment stations. he said after while let's go for a federal building. he has pledged his loyalty to osama bin laden. he was hoping to blow that up. congratulations to the fbi for setting up this sting. so we got him. and, yet, another plot also

happened in dallas, trying to take down a 60-story, i guess someone called that a scraper sky scraper. gretchen: apparently that was his plot. under continuous surveillance. another car bomb situation. he was arrested as well. you have to wonder. none of these cases apparently are connected. but i think it goes to show that in cities all across america, people are still trying to hurt us and thanks to the authorities for being able to stop these before something major happens. steve: sure. well, you could maybe make a connection all this stuff is happening around the anniversary of september the 11th. but i will tell you what, the people in dallas, texas, who work in the fountain place building in dallas. when they found out somebody was trying to blow up their building, here is some of the reaction. >> i'm very upset that we are

allowed to work in a building when somebody knows about what's happening and we weren't informed. i mean, it's scary, definitely scarey. to think that it was that close to happening and in the building. brian: there you go. overseas contingency operation has come to a building near you. steve: today, hats off to the fbi. local law enforcement have done a spectacular job in thwarting what could have been three attacks on this nation. brian: steve, also factor in the cia. if you are dealing with pakistan and other countries, including countries cairo first. the cia is involved. six minutes after the hour. talk about the stimulus package. it cost us $787 billion, money which we didn't have. how is it going? good news is our economy is a lot better a year ago than it is today, but according to joe biden. this stimulus package has exceeded his wildest dreams. better than i ever thought -- worked better than i ever

thought it would. gretchen: he is also making a different kind of admission, which is if it doesn't work out, here is what he told governor jay nixon pure self-interest, jay, if it fails i'm dead. brian: that's after jay thanked him for his interest in what's happening state to state and putting the package forward and going on conference call to these governors. that was his response. steve: that is exactly right. of these 55 governors and territorial leaders on this phone call apparently four got to ask questions. at one point, interestingly enough, joe biden said ok i know why one guy got to ask a question because he is the head of the national governor's association and the other guy is irish. two times during the conference call joe biden reminded the governors you know, i'm irish, by the way, i will be dead if this thing doesn't pass. he is quite a character. gretchen: there are people who don't agree with him whether or not the stimulus package created jobs across the country.

within federal agencies yes, about 3,000 jobs. whether or not it stimulated all of the economy and most importantly the unemployment level, you have people like darryl ice is a, -- issa who disagrees. he says the only thing is the size of the federal government. steve: look at the big screen, since december of 2008, if there is job growth, where is it? uncle sam getting chubbier. federal government has grown by 25,000 employees. while the federal government is getting bigger. the nation's unemployment rolls are getting bigger as well. unemployment has increased by nearly 4 million people who are having a desperate part-time in many places finding a job. brian: who is going to pay for those people to sustain their jobs. steve: federal employees.

brian: 2,000 hired to oversee the stimulus package. gretchen: that was the argument of so many that didn't want to take the stimulus money. looking at live pictures from capitol hill. why are we showing you this? because right now muslims are gathering for the first ever national day of prayer for them. but others are gathering in protests. joining us live from washington our own caroline shively for more on this story. good morning, caroline. >> good morning to you, gretchen. it's called islam on capitol hill. organizers tell us they expect tens of thousands of muslims to come here to the western front of the capital to pray and hear recitations of the koran throughout the day. as many as 50,000 or possibly beyond. one of the organizers is hassan abdel la. he is calling on muslims to renounce violence to show people more about their faith and pray throughout the day. abdullah isn't without controversy himself. he has defended terrorists a lawyer, president of a mosque. he also serves as a lawyer. another bit of controversy today

a group made of christian leaders. that group is called americans for transparency and honesty in religion. they wrote a letter to the organizers that reads, in part, quote, while the u.s.-muslim community loudly proclaims that muslim islam has nothing to do with terrorism leaders of the community are con pickiesly acts of islam. listen to that as well as abdullah's response rnchts they praying for the well-being of the country or praying against the country? that's a real concern given their inability to speak out against terrorist attacks that have occurred against america and overseas. >> i think these acts that have occurred and muslims individually and collectively repudiate these acts. si don't think tomorrow is a place to repudiate these specific act. tomorrow is about our faith. it's not about politics.

>> now, gretchen, you mentioned that other stop is called stop the islamization of america. they will also be having a prayer group at one of the house office buildings across the street. back to you guys. gretchen: thanks for that update. quick headlines for friday and developing story overnight. crowd protesters at the g-20 turn violent. police in riot gear unleashing pepper spray to break up the crowds in pittsburgh. protesting capitalism. some of them rolled trash bins and chucked rocks at officers. 19 people under arrest. comes hours before president obama is expected to make a major announcement. he is expanding the number of countries tackling global economic issues. 19 countries will join the european union to join a new global forum. the g-2 owill focus on climate change. the g-8 will continue to focus on national security. also overnight fox news confirming iran has a second

uranium enrichment plant. the g-8 just gave them until the end of the year to cease the nuclear program. russia joins the world economic powers in threatening sanctions. but resistance from china could undermine these efforts. iran argues, of course, the program is designed to generate purely electricity. for the third time this week, the new york establishment is slamming the door on iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad, the ethics house has canceled a reception that he was scheduled to host today. ahmadinejad tried to have the event there after two other new york establishments the emslie hotel and gotham hall also canceled on them. the iranian president has been staying at the inner continental since arriving in new york on tuesday. too bad the u.n. doesn't cancel his speeches because those just go on and on and on. brian: i would love to work with that agenda a little bit. congressman behind the push to mandate all legislation to be posted word for word on line. how is that for transparency?

we are going to talk to him next. steve: caught on tape praising the president in song. two parents who had no idea until they saw their son on this tape right here on fox news. hear why they are not happy that he is right there. so you stay right there. we'll be right back.

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garage underneath it believing it was packed with explosives and tried to detonate those explosives from a remote location using a cell phone. set to appear in a federal courthouse this morning, around 11:00 this morning. jordanian national, just 19 years old. lived in italy, texas. fbi agents first started tracking in march. they started having online conversations with him with extremist group, again online. they said he stood out because of his vehement intentions to conduct damage to the united states that he was targeting jews and christians that he wanted to be a soldier for osama bin laden and al qaeda. but, again, he is set to autopsy in court at 11:00 this morning. we will keep you updated on that. for now, let's send it back to you. steve: so scary. he actually pushed the button. gretch, back to you. gretchen: thanks, steve. the stimulus bill, the energy bill, now the health care bill. there is thousands of pages long, like this one right here on our table. americans and lawmakers alike are all wondering is anyone

actually reading them? well now there is a new push to require that legislation be available online for all of us to read. at least three days before a vote. congressman greg wall accident a co-sponsor of this new bill he is my guest this morning. good morning, congressman. >> good morning, gretchen, good to be with you. gretchen: my question is why do you think this is so important for the american public or is it for hebs members of congress to read the bill. >> it's for you and the press, it's for the public, it's for members of congress. have you got the bill, i have got the bill. too bad nobody had time to read the bill. this cap and trade bill they had 3 0 page amendment got filed at 4:2 in the morning, the day we voted on it 16 and a half hours to read this. you can't read a tom chancey novel that quickly and you are supposed to understand this. this is a bipartisan effort by the way. brian baird from washington state and i are leading the effort to get the resolution out of the rules committee that would allow and require 72 hours for the press, the public, and

the politicians to have a chance to read these bills online before they are voted on in the house. there f. there was one clear message out of all the town halls this summer it was read the bills. have you read the bills? gretchen: you still had very high level politicians who is that corrected at that like we never read the bills. it was disgrace theful but woke up the american public to say isn't that your job? isn't it their job and don't you think it will pass? it's an interesting climate because it probably would not have passed before. will it pass now. >> this is where we are in hand-to-hand democracy in graduate roots. we have five democrats who have signed on our discharge petition. the petition to read the bill. we have a total of 173 members in two days. we need 218. so we need every member of congress willing to stand up and say, you know what? it's time to reform this institution. we heard what people said at home. let's have the chance for them, us, you, and the press to read the bills.

you know, the other things we should have oh maybe a hearing on these bills. before we are asked to vote on them in committee. wouldn't that be a good idea. gretchen: i want to point out that the exception to this rule if it passes is f. any information is classified, then that would -- you would not expose that and put that bill on the internet. but, tell me your thoughts on transparency, because the obama administration said they were going to be very transparent and this speaks to me about transparency. >> well, there is nothing more important than transparency and accountability in public. it's lacking and why so many people are upset across this country. i come from the state of oregon. we required all of this sort of activity to be available to the public, a very public process. i spoke to a city councilman he said when we do a resolution it's three weeks before it's voted on. gretchen: no kidding. ask people to read the bill. congressman greg wall den, thanks for being my guess this morning. >> thanks, gretchen. gretchen: regulating what girls do in dorm rooms like having

boyfriend over? we will talk about that and this. >> hello, mr. president we honor you today. gretchen: the president's praises in the classroom in a new jersey school. up next, parents who found out their son was doing this when they found it posted on the internet and they are not happy. they join us next. luke: moving my mind and my hands at world record speed. i'm luke myers. if you want to be incredible, eat incredible. announcer: eggs. incredible energy for body and mind. (guitar music) roms" zi

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steve: here is something a lot of people are talking about. a video clip. school kids in burlington, new jersey shown on video singing the praises of president obama. ♪

brian: that video drawing a lot of fire from parents who didn't know their kids were doing that and took part in this, didn't get permission to record it. steve: and then post it online. that's the scary part. james and lisa saw the video on fox news and saw their son as well. james, when you saw your son there, we should point out that fox news has fuzzed out the faces of the children so you can't identify them, you found out your son was in there, what was your reaction? >> >> i was stunned. i was actually shocked. i had seen the headline earlier on fox news. and then when i found out it was my school and then my son, both of us were just complete shock. was something that i was very, very stunned at what happened in our school system. brian: you both saw this on fox news. you found out your son, he hadn't mentioned this to you. i understand the school district says this is all about black

history month? >> i guess. but when i first saw it, it was an eerie feeling. i felt like i was watching another country. they were brainwashing my child and watching him hailed like a dictator. i went to all the assemblies and i don't remember seeing my child do this. and he never brought papers home to practice this so they must have practiced it during schooltime. steve: apparently the video was posted online by a woman who had written a book by barack obama. according to the superintendent of schools, they got a statement, the activity took place during black history month in 2009. our curriculum studies honors and recognizes those who serve our country. the recording and distribution of the class activity were unauthorized according to the school superintendent. james, some have suggested it's indoctrination of small children like your son. others have found it just kind

of odd that they would select a song -- i mean, that is to the tune of jesus loves the little children and rather than singing about jesus they are singing about barack obama. >> that's correct. i have a real problem with -- at that age, at the same time, we raise our children catholic and i had enrolled my son jimmy in a communion program. he was going to have his first communion and he was starting to learn about church and god and everything like that. and singing his praises. i just think it caused a little confusion and maybe a conflict to him that we were idolizing someone that was an elected official. i mean, this man is, indeed, i have nothing against the president, he is our commander and chief and i teach my children that but to honor him and praise him to sing along with jesus, you know, in our schools is something that, you know, i just don't approve of. brian: you were alluding james, you would be just as upset if

they were singing about bob doll or george bush, right? >> definitely. absolutely. we praise god. we don't praise -- they took prayer out of school. i feel like we're not allowed to, um, you know, have halloween or call it a christmas tree. it has to be a holiday tree. we are not allowed to reach our religion. they should not preach politics to our children. steve: what a story. we thank you from joining from us philadelphia on this friday morning. by the way. >> thank you. steve: you betcha. an hour from now another family who spotted their child on that video and they are understandably unhappy. brian: reigning in the president's czars what the senate democrats just did to make sure they don't have to answer to congress. steve: and man do we have a lot of czars. the tent flap goes on. why is moammar kadafi's tent still on donald trump's property

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>> libyan dictator moammar kadafi is travelling with 15 attractive female body guards. the guards are there in case kadafi gets attacked or in case he wants to make a music video from 1985. gretchen: well, of course, we had all these world leaders in town here in new york city this past week speaking over at the united nations. and benjamin netanyahu, who runs the country of israel right now, he is about one of the few guys who actually made sense when he got up to speak there. he asked a question that a lot of people are asking. this one. >> to those who gave this holocaust denier a hearing, i say on behalf of my people, the jewish people, and decent people everywhere. have you no shame? have you no decency?

a mere six decades after the holocaust, you give legitimacy to a man who denies the murder of 6 million just while promising to wipe out the state of israel, the state of the jews jews. gretchen: touche. brian: finally stopped soft pedalling that or he did. he held up the minutes of the meeting held with hitler it was the plan to set up concentration camps leading to world war ii and exterminate the jewish people from europe. he held that up, that document and said won't don't you understand about this. steve: he held it up and he had the blunts, is in a lie, ladies and gentlemen in the "new york post" today they said netanyahu gave a fantastic speech. too bad it wasn't by our own

president. the "new york post" writes that it should have been given by obama because, quote, the greatest threat facing the world in the world today is the marriage between religious fundamentalism and weapons of mass destruction. why didn't obama give that speech? gretchen: because he has a totally different philosophy. in the meantime he was busy trying to make sure that we are all friends and talking amongst each other because that is, frankly, the philosophy. it differs very much from what george bush's philosophy was. of course those attacks that netanyahu. he was talking did ahmadinejad, why do we allow these people to come and speak their minds here. none of them make sense including hugo chavez. remember him? he is from venezuela. when he came here a few years ago in 2006. evidence said the room smelled like sulfur because president bush had just been in there. that he was like the devil. guess what he is saying now? he is saying the room has a different aroma this time around. it has a little bit more hope. >> where do you come from? >> i work for fox news. >> fox news. >> fox news, oh, i love when i

see people from fox news. the stupid people from fox news. not you, of course. not you, of course not. deficient. your mind has many confusions. poison. >> yesterday we heard ahmadinejad denying the holocaust. my mind is fine. >> you have seen those? on your channel, on your network and your president criticizing

obama because is he black. that is why your mind is filled with poison. brian: get that driving the translater nuts. the think chavez doesn't like about fox news we actually have both sides of the story. if we didn't have both sides of the story, would we have run that? absolutely not. down in venezuela, what is hugo chavez doing with the radio stations and television stations that don't agree with the government? he is shutting them down. just like that. pulling the plug. he would love to pull the plug on fox news. but, he is there and we are here. brian: he says there is two obamas. the one obama who talks about hope and talks about change and the other one who allows military bases to be built in columbia and allows sanctions to remain on cuba. he also says he hopes obama doesn't get shot like jfk did. and just makes you wonder why danny glover, susan sarin dan

love this guy. gretchen: makes you wonder why they come here. i'm glad this week is over so i can top staying this. i don't know why we give them the time of day to get up there and speak about nothingness. then moammar kadafi was another one who got up and spoke about absolutely nothingness. his tent, guess what happened to that back up in donald trump's new york area estate. that has bedford, new york officials ticked off. they are vowing to go to court if the tent is not taking down today. isn't he leaving? meantime he tells the "wall street journal" can he understand the americans' anger directed at him over the lockerbie bombing. he hopes to build a new era in u.s.-libyan relations. see, i told you they are nuts. can steve? steve: meanwhile, gretch, shocking undercover video of fbi agent posing as illegal alien bribing border guard to get into the u.s. by flashing cash.

the undercover agent gets a free pass into the country. prison to this videotape. >> 150. >> 150, no? >> thank you. so i don't worry about nothing? ok. steve: 150 bucks. amazing. fbi caught one border agent letting whole truck load of illegal aliens in for $100,000. brian: supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg resting at a hospital. she was taken to a washington hospital yesterday after becoming light headed following treatment for iron deficiency. she is battling pancreatic cancer. doctors said she was cancer-free after battling surgery in february. gretchen: under a new policy, students are banned from fooling around with their significant other in their dorm room if their roommate is home.

university officials say they have gotten a number of complaints from students about roommates disrupting their studies. the rule is not popular with many students who say it violates their privacy. doesn't that go both ways? steve: man. beyonce's back up singers better watch out. ♪ steve: check out beyonce's youngest fan in the -- all the single ladies video. the baby's mom captured it all. of course the clip quickly made its way to you. gretchen: look at that. steve: i haven't seen that kind of hip action since tom delay. brian: you never stop reviewing that footage and it is starting to worry me. tom delay lives to work another day.

i look a little tired, i'm a little worn out. i'm just wondering if s. it possible to stay with the format and still do the sports? can we do the sports and actually have someone else help me out? steve: you mean substitute sports guy? is there anybody here? gretchen: i hope so. brian: formerly with fox now with cbs without a brand new biography? >> call me a substitute. brian: you are two of me. sit here and see how you are do doing. >> 3, 2, 1. >> big upset in college football. number four ole miss goes down to south carolina. the old bowl coach steve furor looking to avoid going 0-2 in sec play. in the third quarter the game quarterback gathers finds patrick demarco. he takes it in for the touchdown. ole miss crawl back into it. marquette summers who takes it 45 yards to paydirt. the south carolina d would prove too much. shut out ole miss for the rest of the game.

a score of 16-10. brian: doing very well. >> thank you very much. >> keep going? >> this is a more sobering story here. >> plaxico burress getting earful of trash talk from prison inmates during first night at rikers island prison. reportedly called him names and expressed dislike of the new york football giants. >> that's a shame. >> so burres has since been transferred to upstate prison where he will be kept in isolation at his q the super bowl hero will spend two years behind bars on weapons charge. brian: of course you were just talking to michael vick and big 60 minutes interview. talk about your bio. guess what, more with james brown in just a couple of minutes. i have really grown into this role. talk about his great interview. james brown, you must be tingling because you got a chance to see me again. tell us what else is coming up.

>> you have seen the controversial videos and now acorn is suing the undercover filmmakers. does acorn have a legal leg to stand on in the judge is coming up. gretchen: i like this guy. >> gretchen. yotavind totor ga rnu t

ithinds- itbelece brian: quarterback michael vick about to step on the nfl field for the first time since 2006. exclusive interview set to air on sunday. michael vick told sports reporter and anchor james brown, quote, this is not the exact scenario overi thought would play out. i thought i would be playing with a team and actually starting. we're back with cbs sportscaster, former fox guy james brown. brand new memoir is out called

role of a lifetime. first, james, you are on 60 minutes talking to michael vick. this is a follow-up. key play this week with the eagles? >> as a matter of fact, you will see him play this week with the eagles. i would expect him to be in for at least a 10, 12, maybe 15 play package for sure. referencing that quote, he thought when he got back to the league he has and does have, i think, starting quarterback skills. but he recognizes this is the best position for him to be in as he works his way back in. brian: how do you get -- isn't he in massive debt and isn't that part of it, too? >> there is no question about it he owe as significant amount of money. is he back doing what his skill set calls for. more important is where his mind set is though, brian. he is very resolute and determined to make amends for the lifestyle he lived. brian: amazing what prison. he says: so what has changed? he is actually studying film now, i understand.

>> he admitted he had the worst possible work ethic. this is a quarterback driven league, the national football league. brian, he was the last person who-to-practice and first person out. he also indicated we didn't show this in the 60 minutes piece. he had some 20 people living at his home in atlanta, hangers on. he realized he had to change that. brian: i want to move to your book. real inspirational book. great athlete yourself. didn't happen in the nba. >> 80 pounds to go but go ahead. brian: you went back, you came from the bottom up an outstanding sportscaster now one of the top five in the country if not the top two. what do you mean the role of a lifetime? what can we read about reading this book and studying you? >> the lessons came from the world of sports being a team player. arecheck your egos at the door. do what you do. use your god-given talent for the benefit of the team. so, in the game of life, i try understand that as well. it comes from the biblical example, if you will, that the

body is comprised of many members. but every joint supplies a foot has just an important a role as the hand does. brian: what does it mean for you? what legislative can we have for you as you get out of the way for dan moreno and terry bradshaw and harry long. sometimes you support the stars in life and sometimes you are the star. >> nothing wrong with that if you understand to use a basketball analogy you are effective team guard you set your team up. isn't that what you do make your team look good? brian: so much easier. >> gretchen and steve are that difficult? brian: yes. we will go over this in the break. fox or cbs. where would you rather be? >> right where i am. oh, look at brian, i told him to ask anything he and he did. i'm right where the good lord has him to be right now. brian: you mean next to me. >> did you see me blushing? brian: hard for me to see you

blush. >> i'm too dark to blush. brian: thanks a lot, james. best of luck with it. >> hard to see me blush. i love it. brian: probably seen these undercover videos exposing acorn's corruption. now this group is stoning by suing the filmmakers. judge napolitano, also a big fan of j.b.'s will be joining us. imodium multi-symptom relief combines two powerful medicines for fast relief of your diarrhea symptoms, so you can get back out there. imodium. get back out there.

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steve: here is some news for you today. the treasury department set to announce its own review of acorn and other nonprofit organizations after these undercover tapes surfaced last week. gretchen: acorn itself has also promised a serious internal investigation after some employees were caught in shady dealings on those tapes. they are also filing suit against the two filmmakers and the web site that posted the videos. here to make sense of this judge

andrew napolitano. thank goods in you are here to do the splaining on this whole thing. >> this requires a fair amount of splains. the bottom line is this. this is a public option in to which anybody can walk. you don't go through security. you don't have to make an appoint want. you don't have to sign. in they are talking about pimps and prostitutes and underage illegal immigrants. while they are having this conversation, people are walking in and out there. is a guy in the background his rarms covered with tattoos signatures on boongeghts he gets up, he detectives down, he walks in and walks out. is this an environment that you would expect your conversation was one covered in privacy? steve: you just described a very public place. >> so a jury will decide not if the woman from acorn thought the conversation was private but if a reasonable person in her place would expect privacy. if a reasonable person in that crazy environment that we are looking at in a split screen now would have expected privacy, they have a cause of action against breitbart and the

actors. if a reasonable person would not have expected privacy, and i suggest to you no reasonable person would have expected privacy there, then they have no cause of action. gretchen: but here is the thing. now they are suing breitbart and these two young kids. they will have to get lawyers and pay for all of that? >> that is the chilling effect on free speech when people do this for living. the kids are journalists pretending to be a pimp and prostitute. the breitbart is the journalist. the expense of defending yourself whether it comes out of your pocket or insurance policy that will hire a launch for you is a deterrent to people doing investigative journalism in the future. steve: here acorn is suing these kids who uncovered corruption. >> and crimes. steve: where are the charges against the people on tape who are conspiring to commit crimes? >> well, that's a great question. the inspector general of the treasury department has jirkz over acorn because they -- acorn

receives tens of millions. steve: where is the district attorney? >> the district attorney is a popular elected official. steve: he is the guy who should be doing it. judge: probably more interested in votes from the acorn crowd. >> of course, political. gretchen: the d.a. in brooklyn new york said they were going to bring an investigation. >> one of the tapes happened here as well. the other day i had to do a hit at the wall doppler astore i can't. as you whack toward the hotel the police stop you. i'm standing in front of a sawhorse and he says to me. he says in his walkie-talkie judge napolitano is here he has got to go in town and do a hit. >> the secret service agent says tell him we won't let him in because is he not steve doocy. the crowd roared. i said we have set this up. five minutes later they removed the sawhorses and we rushed in in time to do the show. only in new york.

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complete your thought. >> brian: lawmakers duke it out on the baucus bill. it got worse. we will bring you all the fireworks. steve? steve: i thought i was watching "the view." meanwhile, the vice president making headlines again with this statement. if it fails, i'm dead. wait until you hear what joe biden is talking about. slogan comes from melissa in nebraska. she says i'm a proud american and here to say fox rocks my morning each and every day. thank you. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- brian: incredible, i thought this was actually president bush's first term when i got up and read the papers today and heard some of the accounts last night on the number of terror plots out there. how our courts are now handling guys, would-be terrorists with direct links to osama bin laden and how three unconnected events all went to the courts yesterday

and back in court today. gretchen: a lot of people thought that war on terror thing doesn't exist anymore. check out our map right here all these plots uncovered from denver to dallas to springfield, illinois, right here to new york city. so let's start with the new york city denver connection. this guy we have been telling you about, this 24-year-old guy named zazi who lived out in denver. he drove that shuttle bus that you have probably been on new have gone to the airport and gone over to your rental guy. here is the guy right here. spending a lot of time in beauty supply stores. why? because he was buying things like hydrogen peroxide and nail polish remover to do what happened in london a few years ago and blow up a few buses. they found stuff in his hotel room like he had been cooking this stuff up. they stopped him just in time. brian: and maybe baseball stadiums. steve: he had images on his computer. we saw still frame of different things you can buy across the counter. apparently this guy when he was

staying at a hotel that had a kitchen in aurora, colorado, where we were last year for the convention out there at a place called the beauty supply warehouse on interstate 225 he bought all this stuff. apparently he wasn't getting the concoction right. because according to the indictment, which was unsealed yesterday, he kept communicating with somebody else. each time it was more urgent. essentially i can't make it work yet. he had to use a stove to heat the stuff up. well, fast forward, suddenly he is here in the new york city area. what does he do when he is over in queens? he is looking for a place to buy my muriatic acid. you mentioned the images of sports stadiums. apparently when the police stopped him in new york, they toed his car and they also took his laptop. they mirrored the image on the hard drive so they would know what's on it. when he was arrested and his apartment searched in colorado a

couple days ago. the hard drive from the laptop missing. brian: they found laptops, cell phones, maps. this guy was in pakistan. going back and forth. he was down the block selling hot dogs for a while. moves to denver and comes back here. what about the other guys? imam involved we thought was working with the fbi. he was wiretapped warning zazi they're coming for you. he is out on a huge sum. steve: bail. brian: his dad, zazi's dad is out, yes, but he is under house arrest. he is far from removed from it. gretchen: this was not the only plot. by the way they don't know if they have all the suspects in that particular plot and whether or not they completed thwarted any activity. enough to we go to illinois. springfield, illinois where this guy named michael fen ton but he has now a different name because i believe he has. brian: can a lean islam. gretchen: he decides he wants to

blow up the courthouse there in springfield. he was in that court yesterday because it was still standing because they were able to get inside this plot as well. and they gave him fake bomb material. so when he went to press the button, it didn't work. vow that guy. then you move to dallas where another guy wanted to below up a sky scraper that employs a tremendous amount of people. steve: fountain place in dallas. the fellow who wanted to blow it up, he was arrested and his name is ha sam smadi a 19-year-old resident of italy, texas. is he a citizen of jordan and in the united states illegally. he placed what he thought was a bomb outside of the fountain place and apparently there is a wells fargo location there. he wanted to attack it on 9/11. but apparently he had been talking to a number of undercover fbi agents for a while. and one thing led to another. his attorney, his court appointed attorney now, this guy

says that he was entrapped by the fbi none the less, in a period of one week we have these three plots to kill as many americans as possible. brian: there you have got these plots unfolding and by theway fbi unbelievable sit there on the sideline and give these individual guys explosive equipment knowing they would be buying a car like a ford explorer, park it in front of a major building. never get to take a bow fbi guys can and men and women are not doing it for the money. steve: they are pros and they did it. gretchen: let's talk about health care. it has been heating up over the summer. guess what, the government run option may be back on the table as soon as today. you know, we have never really been able to get a firm answer from the president about whether or not he believes it should still be part of the plan. senator jon kyl doesn't believe it should be part of the plan. he tried to make his point.

watch. >> pointed out a study that 100. >> senator, you have made your point. >> mr. chairman, let me complete my thought here. >> in about one minute and you will complete your thought, ok. we have got. >> i will complete my thought and make another point. >> mr. chairman, you are delaying senator. >> mr. chairman, i am not delaying. i'm making an extremely important point. >> it's very, very important point but you are also delaying. >> chairman, it's courteous if you don't interrupt somebody right in the middle of a sentence in an important point you are trying to make. >> he was speaking in favor of a g.o.p. amendment that could have prevented the government from implementing the bill that baucus put forward even if it was passed and signed into law. steve: kind of looked like one of those town halls for a little bit. when the american people watch that and they see where the democrat is running the committee is trying to stop the debate from the other side, it makes it look like the democrats are trying to ram this through. anyway, later, senator kyl responded to that give and take.

>> senator baucus is under a lot of pressure. his leadership is telling him to hurry up and get this done. most of us are saying wait a minute this a big deal it effects people's lives literally we need to do it right. sometimes when we try to get something flushed out to understand it fully and ask questions of the staff and debate it ourselves, he has gotten frustrated and gastles us to shut us up. brian: if you were frustrated yesterday you will be frustrated today senator baucus does not have a public option. senator schumer and rockefeller are going to put that forward today. they said this is tomorrow, meaning that's when he said it, senator schumer set opening day is is going to be a big, big fight. gretchen: this is some advice to senator kyle, to get in real quick before can he cut you off, here is the question. who is going to pay for it? that's the only question you need to ask right now. who is going to pay poor it? because we have not yet gotten a firm answer on that particular part. brian: the cbo hasn't gotten back to the baucus people about

how much his is going to cost. >> now let's talk about how a number of republicans in the u.s. senate have come up with an idea. in fact, there was an amendment by louisiana republican david vitter. is he horrified at the number of czars there are floating around in this administration. so he offered up an amendment to another bill. in particular, it zoomed in and focused on carol browner whose picture is there. she is the white house climate czar. under vitter's plan no federal funds from the e.p.a. or the interior department could be dedicated to her project. one of the problems that vitter has got with the whole plan is that all of those czars, none of those czars working for the federal government and working for this white house none of them have been vetted by the u.s. senate. that's what our framers really had in mind. gretchen: yet, yesterday, there was a funny exchange. some people thought it was nuny, between the president and a reporter who asked a question and got a response that you might be surprised at.

listen to the president. >> i'm thinking the next time we do this we are going to have you [inaudible] [ laughter ] make you a czar. make you the awning czar. steve: make you the awning czar. they needed an awning. he is making a joke about an awning czar. there is room on the big board over there. brian: senator feinstein seemed to be into. this maybe we will take a look at the czars from here on in. word from the white house we don't want to do this. steve: so that move by the republicans to do something about the czars killed yesterday in committee. gretchen: ok. let's bring the rest of your friday headlines because we have a developing story from overnight where a crowd of protesters at that exact place where the president was g-20, they turned violent. police in riot gear unleashing pepper spray to break up the crowds in pittsburgh. they were protester capitalism and some of them rolled trash bins and chucked rocks at officers. right now 19 people are under arrest. this all comes hours before

president obama is expected to make a major announcement there he is expanding the number of countries tackling global economic issues. 19 emerging market countries will join the european union to join a new global forum. the g-20 will focus on global change and financial reform. the g-8 will continue to focus on national security. also fox news confirming this morning that the u.s. will accuse iran of trying to hide a highly enriched uranium yam plant. iran reported having a second plant the g-8 just gave them until the end of the year to cease the nuclear program. joins the world powers in sanctions resistance from china could undermine the effort. iran argues nuclear program is designed only to generate electricity. jaycee dugard could very welcome face to face with her accused kidnapper phillip garrido in court. her attorney believes if the case goes to trial, she will testify. >> there is no question that she knows the terrible and wrong

things that were done to her. and that the people who did those things must be held accountable by the authorities. and, therefore, she is cooperating fully with law enforcement in their investigation. gretchen: dugard and her daughters are getting tutors, health care, and counseling. an airline bringing smoking back. it will cost you, ryan air the european carrier says it will allow passengers to smoke on flights there is a catch. passengers won't be lighting up. instead the airline will permit passengers to use its new brand of smokeless cigarettes and they will charge you about 9 bucks a pack. that's an interesting twist. that airline always comes up with weird things like charging people to go to the bathroom, too. brian: really. we mentioned it so they accomplished their goal. meanwhile, straight ahead. president obama isn't done talking yet. and he is not -- in fact, he is -- although he has already done more than 120 interviews. he is making two speeches today. do you feel as though the president is overexposed?

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steve: president obama has appeared on five tv networks this past sunday. then david letterman the next day. he gave a speech on cloiment change on tuesday, addressing a u.n. general assembly on webs. set to address the nation twice today. could this media blitz possibly back fire? he is on television all the time. and so is our panel. first up, a journalist in television personalities steven a. smith. good morning, steven. >> hi there. steve: pat caddell, good morning to you. and we have got jehmu greene,

former advisor to hillary rodham clinton. good morning to all of you. >> good morning. steve: we had brent bozell on yesterday talking about how obama is so overexposed now people aren't paying attention to his message because he is not saying anything new. it's the same thing over and over again. >> well, the bottom line is, you know, it all comes down to whether or not it's working for him. i think that his popularity with the american people definitely is still there the question is, does that translate to you having faith in whatever policies is he trying to implement. i think there is a difference there right now. >> steve: his approval rating are going down. lowest stage right now. >> but they are still high. ratings were for ronald reagan. definitely higher than they were for bill clinton. you have to take that into consideration and understand there will be peaks and valleys at this stage. steve: i do believe his ratings are only higher than clinton than a little bit. reagan's were much higher than that. >> they come and go in the ratings. they have been going down. the problem with overexposure

and this is heavily heavily exposed, is that you your ability to go out and have an impact lessens so that when you really want, to for instance, the president gave the speech to the congress. he got a bump out of that he got a little burden of proof and it went away quickly because partly because the exposure. you can only could that one time time. you request do a lot of these things a few times. people start tuning you out. you just not as effective. some things are you so do. steve: jehmu you look at the ratings because when you work in politics you have to figure how do i maximize my message. if you keep saying the same thing over and over each time the audience gets smaller have you got to figure maybe this isn't working for me. maybe i need some new stuff. >> i think he is actually broadens his aide audience. why was he the first president to go on a late night show. this should have happened before. >> why? >> look for years how their numbers are dwindling and represent a very small. steve: you say he is going to

new places but not necessarily being -- >> -- most importantly he is presenting fax to basically contradict all of the misinformation that has been promoted beyond belief. at the end of the day, i think it's transparency in action. i'm just happy he is working and not going on vacation as much as our last president. his approval ration. >> you definitely have a point. but let's be honest about something when you talk about the issue of afghanistan. you know his support is not what it was. talk about issues of the economy, his support is not what it was. he is definitely trusted more than the republicans are but at the same time, i mean. >> you can't make these kinds of cases. the fact of the matter is, he has been going down. this is a problem that we have. which is this -- coming out and spinning for the party doesn't work. the problem is is that he is losing support among independence, terribly, he is thing good thing to do.

i'm not sure i have advised the president and i have been involved in this. i think you start cheapening the office on david letterman and stuff. all of a sudden it stops being office that is unique. you start being everything and everywhere. >> your youngest viewers, more diverse viewers deserve to hear from their president. >> george f. -- great line ubiquitous, like elevator music. can't get away. >> i was laughing about that for two weeks. >> more exposure he should have been on fox. steve: absolutely. kind of looks bad for not doing it great panel. continue the conversation with them in just a minute. then, straight ahead. a mom had no idea her daughter was being taught this song to the tune of jesus the little children but they are singing not about jesus but obama. she saw it online and now she is really steamed. steve: what is brian kilmeade training for, find out which

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>> you have heard about some of the president's controversial czars like van jones having to step down. but there are still more than 30 czars working this morning and no one is really checked into their background. and senate democrats now shooting down an amendment that would have these czars be accountable to congress in some measure. is the real pressure coming from the white house? we're back with our political panel. as we continue, i should point out that steven a. smith was citing a poll in the "new york times." so he was right about. >> well, that's the problem the "new york times" poll. steve: let's talk about the czars. pat caddell. czars go back to hoover. they have been there for a very long time. nobody has had as many as obama. is this a good idea, effective

idea to run government or abuse of power. >> usually it's been a couple of people and then started exploding exponentially, clinton and then bush. it really exploded and now it's out of control. not only out of control but what we just said is we are putting penal in who are not being vetted the thing about van jones i couldn't believe is look to get white house pass in the carter administration i had to have a full fbi field check. nobody checked this guy. you just put him in there. i mean, you know, it's amazing. bill: they have been able to get around the rules somehow because rather than as a permanent employee, it's like a daily hire thing. >> you are running part of the government. in many cases, some cases the should be vetted. >> to me it is an abuse of power not because of the czars themselves. just because of the number of them. if it were a few, that would be different. but i think the number that was reported was like approximately 34, if i remember correctly. steve: we got the pictures up on that wall. >> then got people talking about

18, this 18 that the senate wanted to talk to. my point is this. you can have a few. but when you don't have -- considering the problems that this administration has already had with the vetting process, and the fact that you have so many czars, i don't have a problem with people complaining about that. >> the reality is,. steve: there they are. >> there is no job title in the obama administration that is called czar. >> he calls them czar. >> he does call them czars. >> if you look at the criteria that people define what a czar is, actually bush had 47 of them. i think there had been. steve: over eight years. >> some claim about czars. the hypocrisy here from the leading voices who are coming after these czars when they have in the past supported czars whether it's representative darryl issa, senator bennett. lamar alexander. appointed czars in the past. >> this is irrelevant. >> this energy has to be directed to constructive

conversation. >> but it's not constructive if the argument is, well, they did it before so it's hip for bring it out. let's address the problem. >> people are scouting out. steve: jehmu we are running short of time. final word, pat. >> when you put people in who shouldn't be there because nobody can vet them who are in fact, a darren to the president lily. i think that's a problem here. and then the senate when they were going to ask him be confirmed have some oversight the white house doesn't it's a mistake. >> accountable to the president he needs them there. steve: that amendment was curtailed yesterday. jehmu and pat and steven a. excellent panel today. very, very nicely done. off we go to the green room. brian and gretchen, what do you have coming up? brian: we were enjoying the panel by listening to ear piece. more controversy coming our way. gretchen: right now a lot of muslims gathered on capitol hill

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the first ever national day of prayer for them. others are gathering in protests. and joining us live from washington, d.c. our own caroline shively. oh my goodness. not good weather for this day of prayer, i see caroline. >> >> no, that could effect how many people show up here today, gretchen for this day of islamic unit. organizers were hoping for maybe 50,000 people. with the rain coming down pretty solidly, that number may go down a bit. we were here earlier this morning though with the first prayer of the day about 6:00. the top of your show. a few dozen people were here. they had to go down on wet grass on their prayer mats. they were here very early to get that prayer. in organizer hassan abdel la is calling on muslims to show up throughout the day. over the loud speaker during the first prayer we were actually hearing them remind people this is a prayer and not a protest. listen to the organizer abdela. >> majority of organizers in america love this country. we believe this is a great country. we appreciate the free exercise

of religion and accommodations that have been bestowed upon us, privileges, not just for muslims but for all citizens. >> but a group called americans for transparency and honesty in religion made up of christian leaders they actually sent an open letter to organizers that said in part reading now, quote: listen to tony perkins, one of the leaders of that council. >> well, i do think that if they expect americans to say oh, it's just another prayer gathering on our nation's capitol we are grateful for the benefit to being able to pray. >> it does race questions as to whether it is for the benefit of the country. >> gretchen, you mentioned a counter group. they will be in one of the house office building that day. the group stop the islamization

of america. here in the capitol building about 10:30 we will hear recitations of koran. starting with little kids school children being bused in and going up to scholars. back to you guys. ryan brian at least two relatively large muslim organizations staying away from this. one which is cair who we get a lot of quotes' of american muslims in the news for whatever reasons. do they have a solid reason why they are not coming? >> cair, fox actually checked with cair, they said it's not that they are staying away, necessarily, it's that they haven't been asked to be a co-sponsor. two muslim members of congress, brian, they are not set to participate today. so some folks, indeed, are staying away from. this one of the organizers we just heard from ha sam abdel la, he does have controversial attashed to his name. he is also a lawyer. in the court he has defended of a number of terrorists including someone charged in the 1993

world trade center bombing. gretchen: thanks very much for that update in washington. brian: braving the elements. steve: speaking of washington, listen, it is a boom town. the stimulus money putting a lot of people to work in washington, d.c. and, in fact, yesterday, the administration had a conference call with a bunch of governors and i think they were all on the call except for jindal of louisiana. anyway, governor jay nixon said to joe biden, who was operating the call, he said, he thanked biden for his work on the stimulus. and then mr. biden said, it's pure self-interest, jay. if it, the stimulus, -- if it fails, i'm dead. gretchen: at least he is honest because that would definitely not be a good thing for the obama administration if the stimulus thing does not work out of too well. but in the meantime some of the numbers are coming in, showing that some jobs have been created, most of them federal jobs that have been created.

take a look at this. federal government grew by 25,000 plus employees since december of 2008. the unemployment rate though increased by nearly -- not the rate, the number of people by 4 million at the same time. so 787 billion has gone to make the government bigger and some politicians don't like that. brian: they hired 3,000 people just to overseas 7 7 billion-dollar stimulus package which is by the way money we didn't have. so in the end you have 25,000 people who are overseen by 3,000 people and although whatever it takes to get the country going again, and there are some really hopeful signs that the recession is going again. what everyone's fear is that what happens when this money runs out? what happens with those jobs those people have? where are they going to go? >> one other thing that governor nixon asked joe biden yesterday if the states could have a little bit more time, fact checking their job numbers. you know, we're going to tell you this many jobs were created can we have a little more time?

joe biden said not really. he went on to say don't worry because the information is not going to be perfect. gretchen: oh. brian: fantastic. steve: other thing joe biden did say, remember he said if it fails, i'm dead. he said i can't believe how well the stimulus is working. brian: it's almost to quantify. just like when george bush mailed everyone $500. we didn't know what happened to it what did you do? did you save it? did you spend it? steve: i spent it. that day. gretchen: i got to spend some time right now doing some headlines. we have update for story that we have been telling you about, north korea -- north carolina man plotting to wage an attack. he also planned to attack a u.s. marine base in virginia. obtaining maps of the vittle. federal judge denied bail finding boyd and several others planning to provide support for terrorists. steve: new york establishment

slamming the door on iranian president ahmadinejad. the essex house hotel has canceled reception pork-free and alcohol-free that he was scheduled to host today. ahmadinejad tried to have the event there after two other places the helmsley house and gotham hall also canceled on him. the iranian president has been staying with he intercontinental hotel right here on 4 th street in midtown, manhattan. brian: firefighters working around the clock at this hour to stop a massive california wildfire believed to have been sparked by manure. so far 16,000 smelly acres. fire crews launching a full attack army of 1800 firefighters. right now the fire is 65% contained. gretchen? steve: you are looking now at a life picture of the delta 2 rocket getting ready to blast off in space at 8:20 eastern time. two previous attempts have been derailed by bad weather. it is carrying two missile

defense satellites. right now the weather looks good for blast off. we will bring that to you live on "fox & friends" when it happens. brian: gretchen, you called me twice, you called steve once and you government voice mail. do you know why? gretchen: i'm just going with this. gretchen: honey, at home i didn't call brian. anyway. brian: put up the barometer i will -- put up the prompter. michael strahan burst on to the professional football screen in 1993. we were kids then. seven bowl selections super bowl tight. one controversial brett favre. one super bowl ring later he is moving on to a tv series called brothers. it premiers tonight. 8:00 eastern time on the fox big channel. steve and i cut up with strahan at a big promotion for the event. and we took part in a little football fun. we learned how easy it is to be a pro-athlete. steve: oh yeah.

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>> won't be seeing them again. >> those guys were such great actors. they inspired me. steve: how many times you have woken up in a cold sweat thinking about terry bradshaw's butt? >> exactly. sleep and think about it. it scares me when i'm awake. >> for this interview, i need you guys to compete, ok? ♪ ♪ steve: when brothers, one brother who should stay at home, talk to mom. >> yeah. steve: how about if we have brian actually run the challenge and because mom is not here, i will talk to you. >> you know what? i like that. brian: one brother who stays at home? come on. steve: action. ♪ >> go through the gauntlet. that was a little weak.

come on, man. i don't understand that strategy. oh, my goodness, did you see him going through those ropes? oh, that was so -- oh, that dummy i think won that. your 40 looks like a 7-8 right now. i'm glad you do what the morning man. i couldn't do what do you and i see you couldn't do what i do. brian: i can't act as good as you. forecast as good as you. i can't play as good as you? how do i get up in the morning? steve: if you ever need a heavy breather on the show? brian: it's tough. it's a lot tougher than it looks. steve: it was. gretchen: who won between the two of you? steve: i didn't compete. i did the interview while brian ran the gauntlet. brian: be someone had to do color. >> hats off to the graphics department to the bobble heads

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steve this is a fox news alert on this friday. the man accused of plotting and planting a car bomb outside a 60 story sky scraper in dallas is in court today. kdfw's adrian is live with the very latest. adrian? >> good morning. and the fbi says that this guy

wanted to blow up that dallas sky scraper behind me that he drove a car believing it was packed with explosives into the garage underneath the building, left, and then tried to detonate those explosives using a cell phone. this morning at 11:00 a.m. he makes his first court appearance in the federal courthouse blocks away. the fbi started tracking this guy in march. found him in online chat room for islamic extremists. he chose this building because of its beauty. because it housed banks and reminded him of the world trade center. they say it wasn't his first target that he also looked at a national guard armory as well as an airport. reportedly dfw airport but security was too tight. as far as his motivation according to federal agents they say he wanted to inflict pain on christian and jews and wanted to be a soldier for osama bin laden and al qaeda. with that we will send it back to you. steve: all right, adrian. the key though is they stopped the guy. hats off to law enforcement. thank you. all right, brian?

brian: hard to keep all the plots straight. young -- video of young children singing praises to barack obama. causing controversy. gretchen: andrea had no idea her daughter was in that video until her husband found out and told her. she joins us live now from philadelphia. good morning to you, andrea. >> good morning. >> gretchen: so i understand you found out through text message from your husband that your 8-year-old daughter was on this video. she is in the front row. what was your reaction when you first saw her singing praises to president obama? >> when i first saw her, i was a little horrified that she was, you know, just so out there. as far as singing praises of obama, it was really in a larger context and i'm -- you know, i'm just -- i'm so upset that my child is being used this way. gretchen: what do you mean by

larger context? >> this was a program put on by all the second grade students. there were -- every second grade class was there. there were songs about groundhogs day, valentine's day, marredy gras, chinese new year, president lincoln, president washington. there was -- this is like a minute and a half out of a hour-long program. brian: wow, ok. brian: here is what the superintendent said because a lot of parents are saying why are you getting our kids involved in politics. even if it is our president. and here is the quote: brian: does that satisfy you? >> it does. you know, i was surprised to find out about how the song was -- i didn't realize there

was a connection to some -- there is a religious song involved that was probably poor judgment. gretchen: andrea, here is the problem that a lot of parents have. you can't even say the word god in school anymore. this has gone all the way to the supreme court. and, yet, you have a song like this, some people would scratch heir heads and say i wonder if they would have sung a song about president bush. your thoughts? >> oh, probably not. yeah, they probably wouldn't have. i did, you know, i do think it was over the top. i wish it hadn't happened. brian: all right, andrea. thanks, it was sung to the tune of jesus loves you. gretchen: which complicates matters even more. >> it does. brian: have a nice weekend. >> thank you. brian: straight ahead. gretchen: senate finance committee strikes down a measure that would have helped senior citizens. peter johnson jr. explains up next in his prescription for

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steve: the senate finance committee has voted down an amendment to the health care reform bill that would cut medicare drug prices. that would have been a good deal. with president obama's deal with the big pharmaceutical companies are intact, will senior citizens suffer the most? peter johnson, jr. is here with "prescription for truth." >> i was raised with the proposition that when either take the bus home from school, my mother told me, if you see an old man or old woman having some problems, you get up and you

allow them in your seat. what the u.s. senate did yesterday was to throw senior citizens under the bus. there was an amendment by senator nelson from florida. it was voted down in the finance committee. steve: why? >> big pharma made a deal with the white house and with the senate democrats to say we will give you a $80 billion over 10 years, but we will not give you a dime more. even though you pay less for medicaid, we will not charge the same prices for medicare recipients, for those 6 million americans better covered by both. steve: this is incredible. we would like to think our

legislators are trying to come up with a way to do this so it does not cost anybody an arm and a leg. for you to say that the white house has cut a deal with big pharma, and also we have cut deals with lawyers and hospitals. >> this goes back to the summertime. the white house denied there was a deal with big pharma. what more confirmation could there be? big pharma is financing millions of dollars in commercials to sustain the so-called health reform. the seniors are under the bus again. seniors were mugged again yesterday in the senate. steve: thank you very much, peter johnson, jr. with today's "prescription for truth." 3 domestic terror plot foiled by

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idea? a fair and balanced debate is straight ahead. >> it's "fox & friends." steve: coming up, we will talk to her role though. we were talking about the terror bust. this is such great news and big news of law enforcement was able to stop this. >> it is the real deal. brian: three separate plots, four different cities. gretchen: you are looking at live pictures of the delta ii rocket that is about to blast

off. stay with fox for live coverage. muslims gathering in the nation's capital for a national prayer rally. president obama will demand that iran permit international inspections of its covert plan. iran has admitted that it has a second uranium enrichment plant. the g-8 gave them until the end of the year to seize the program. russia now joins the world's economic powers in threat to the new sanctions, but china is now showing resistance and could undermine the efforts. iran argues that the nuclear program is only designed to generate electricity. ruth better ginsburg resting at a hospital this morning. she became lightheaded yesterday following treatment for an iron deficiency. she has dawdled pancreatic cancer, but doctors said she was cancer free in

february. the father of tim russert has passed away. he died in his home in buffalo. he gained fame when his son published a book about the lessons he learned from his father. his father, and world war ii veteran died of natural causes. brian: let's talk terror. to do that, no one better than geraldo rivera. >> i have got to get you trained. i could not believe how when did you work for a 40 yard dash. [laughter] brian: let's talk about the biggest ones. that is this guy, najibullah zazi. >> it is far and away the

biggest one. the other two are in a different category. steve: there's one in texas and one in illinois. >> najibullah zazi is the real deal. he took the training from al- qaeda. he came back. he was under surveillance. first of all, to kudos to the cia. the fbi now takes the case. they had him under surveillance. he has been buying hydrogen peroxide and other bomb making materials. this man wanted to commit acts of mass destruction and recanted on areas -- we still do not know specifically. it was here in the new york city area. there was some confusion with the nypd and the intelligence division. one of the people that najibullah zazi was in

communicating with was an nypd informant. the spiritual leader in queens was the man who tipped off zazi. zazi, who has driven from denver, probably with his bomb making materials, and is laptop with a nine handwritten pages of how to make a bomb, and they have been monitoring his communications. he got tipped off by an nypd informant. he went back to denver. obviously, throwing the hydrogen peroxide and everything out the window on the way. why did the nypd communicate to their informant about the investigation? there is some confusion. that aside, najibullah zazi is the real deal. the feds say this is the most significant terror bust since

9/11. the dallas office building and the courthouse in ill., i believe they fall into the second category, far more common. you have an undercover cop who was part and parcel of the conspiracy. the man in dallas drove a van to the building. he thinks it is going to blow up. it is a fake bomb because the fbi created it. those cases, like the new bird case where the informant was the leading agent in getting a man to attempt to blow up a synagogue -- to me, that is much more theater. it reminds me of when the nypd used to sell dope and then they arrest him i think that is far less in the again then the zazi bust. gretchen: but the people who

worked in the skyscraper thought it was a big deal. to me, it signifies the war on terror is alive and well. there's no doubt about it. it does not appear that the would-be terrorist had any capability of creating a weapon. it is much different in the zazi case. he started to acquire enough material so he could do a madrid train type act, in which many people were killed. and during the time, the president of the united states was here. steve: the president has left town and he is in pittsburgh. we are about 20 minutes away from a major announcement by president obama at the g-20 in pittsburgh. that is where major garrett is standing by. i know it is picturesque behind you, but there were anarchists in the street last night. >> that is very low level.

by g-20 standards, what happened yesterday was incredibly small. a little bit of pepper spray from the police. no injuries and no arrests. that is really not the story here in pittsburgh. what we will see in about 20 minutes at the podium here at the convention center in pittsburgh, the president will stand up and said iran has been caught red handed by u.s. and western intelligence hiding an underground highly enriched uranium the solti meant to produce more fuel, possibly for nuclear weapons. all of this is hidden away from international inspectors in violation of agreements iran has signed onto. standing with president obama will be prime minister gordon brown and french prime minister. they will not speak, but the president will. the three of them will try to send a signal that the time is

driving their for iran to be more candid about what it is doing, and to stop any enrichment procedures that may lead to a nuclear weapon or face tough new rounds of sanctions. the administration believes what it accomplished at the u.n. this week and a new disclosure will add momentum to that. that is always on the we have to wait and see for the un to work in coordination. steve: major garrett in pittsburgh. a bunch of world leaders are in pittsburgh. >> my sister lives there. steve: a bunch of the leaders had been in new york. hugo chavez said a few years ago that it smelled like sulfur after george bush.

gretchen: now he has changed. he was speaking about president obama. >> i do not necessarily agree with some of our colleagues here. i believe that obama's outraged to crazy leaders is a good thing. i like that he is going to talk to ahmadinejad and hugo chavez. i believe that ignoring them or just breaking them out on a regular basis does nothing. an aggressive foreign policy like that does nothing. you can sew a lot of this court in their countries by been civil. brian: let's watch him, hugo chavez. >> where do you come from? >> i work for fox news. >> [laughter]

i love when i see people from fox news. the stupid people from fox news. not you, of course. gretchen: big surprise. >> i wish i could have interviewed him in spanish. this slander is the way to avoid dealing meaningfully with substantive issues. rather than talking aabout the way he runs venezuela, yehe tals about us. you avoid the substance and to attack the messenger. brian: al upset argue that danny glover, susan sarandon, sean

penn worship him? >> they are liberals. let them . i will tell you what i do not like. i do not like all this fuss about qaddafi putting up a tent in westchester county. i do not like this fuss about why is ahmadinejad invited to the united nations? new york is the world capital. the place where there's a forum for people from all corners of the world, that dictator, this one, that one. new york is a world center. gretchen: you should move the u.n. out of here. >> if you do that, move it to

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brian: the obama administration under fire from lawmakers on both sides of the ideal over a decision to drastically alter our missile defense shield. judge sessions joins us. senator, it was outdated and

that is why we got rid of it. what is the truth about the missile defense shield? >> that is not correct. the missiles were exactly the same ones we were putting in alaska and california to protect us. it would have given a redundant double protection for all of europe, and then for the united states. we always planned to build these missiles, which would be a great protection from short range missiles. it is not true. we were going to build both of them. brian: one thing that you brought up to me, they are put in the czech republic and poland for a reason to a missile from iran has to go over those regions. >> absolutely. they were not paid for some political reason. they did agree to stand with us

and allow them to be deployed even though some of the leftists in their country opposed it. they stood up for us. they were doing this for several years. they got a call in the middle of the night that we have changed our minds. brian: in the big picture, you feel the new evolution of the missile shield will not keep us safer. is there something disingenuous about secretary gates' announcement? >> the ground-based interceptor would protect us from the long- range iranian missiles. this system they're talking about will not. they say that they are going to build a new system that might be able to deploy in 2020. the one we have now is able to be deployed by 2015, which is when the intelligence community told us could be the data that

we could face a risk from iran. it indicates the they have a second nuclear process in iran. our intelligence apparently did not know that. i think they could meet that 2015 to date no doubt could we might as well be ready for it. brian: a year the passion in your voice. thank you very much for sharing that inside information with us. have a great weekend. >> thank you. steve: this is a fox news alert. you are looking at pictures at the space place as the delta ii rocket gets ready to launch. it is delivering test satellites into orbit. we just heard the senator talking about shooting down ballistic missiles. these are two satellites that will test visible and infrared cameras designed to protect and

track ballistic missiles and to provide information accurate enough to help missile defense assets should come down. gretchen: the launch is about to go off. let's listen to nasa. >> 15 seconds. 13 seconds. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. we have ignition and liftoff of the delta ii rocket on a missile defense agency mission to demonstrate future space technology. >> good symmetrical burn on the ground. 22 seconds into the flight. still looking good. altitude now, about half a mile.

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gretchen: if you are and mom or dad, you may have one of these up homat home. this is an american girl doll. this is a homeless girl doll. she cost $100.

i'm joined by dr. janet rose. welcome to both of you. the stdoll is trying to send a message. i believe it is the company's point that they want to show things that exist in the world. >> the story behind this doll is amazing. american girl always tells the real stories of kids overcoming adversity. the scrolls mom lost her house. there was an economic situation. there was a homeless shelter there that the family could live in for a few months. the mom picked herself up after a few months and got an apartment. it is a really beautiful message of kindness and help gretchen:. gretchen: i am wondering what kind of message this sends to a young girl. >> i totally a girl.

let's play homeless. what is american girl thinking? i spent much of my life researching what makes women successful. what is it in their child lives that helps them grow into strong, independent women? the message we send our children about being female is critical. messages about independence, about being strong, about the resilience. on concern and giving our children and homeless doll to play with sends a whole new variety of messages. messages of women being dependent and submissive. not what we want to be telling you. gretchen: having grown up with my children in new york city, and we would see the homeless situation. i felt it was a tool to teach my children about life. >> absolutely. american girl has a doll that is a former slave girl. they are not advocating slavery

of. it is about overcoming and moving on. that is the message here believe it's a very human, american message. gretchen: the dollar cost $95. there seems to be a mixed message. why not give a lot of the money to homeless causes? >> a girl should be playing with toys that are positive. look at the violence in our schools because of violent video games. are we going to have children now that homelessness is a comment word in their household? i want my children to flinch when they see homeless mont. i wanted them to be appalled. i want them to say why. >> of called is not the word. you should not be appalled when you see a homeless person. gretchen: we will leave it to our viewers. thank you very much for your time.

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steve: you are looking at a podium in pittsburgh, pa., which is host to the g-20 summit. the president of the united states will be there shortly. he is expected to make a major announcement, as we just heard from major garrett. brian: maybe it could be iranian sanction related. gretchen: and we also found out that they have a second nuclear cited . let's go to chris wallace, who joins us from washington. he had the big interview with the bertha lewis from acorn. what do you have this week? >> we will be talking about this announcement by the president about the nuclear installation in iran that we had not known

about for a long period of time could we will be talking to the chair and the vice chair of the intelligence committee. are they even closer to a nuclear weapon than we thought? we will talk about the extraordinary situation in afghanistan. general mcchrystal said we will lose this war if he does not get more troops, and the white house says not so fast could we will be talking to the republican candidate in perhaps the biggest race, the race for governor in virginia. we said, with above a debate between the two of you. the republican bob macdonald give us about handed the democrats -- and the democrat said he did not want to debate. we will talk to bob macdonald. steve: let's talk about what has been the one on in the capital.

senate republicans put forward an amendment on a bill that essentially would have focused on the czars. we have been looking at all these czars that the president has appointed. the van jones thing was a huge embarrassment for the white house. the democrats have rallied around the fact that is a bad idea to look into the backgrounds. >> this is getting to a question of congressional oversight. on the one hand, a lot of people with a lot less power than the czars have to go through senate confirmation. if you are a czar, you do not have to answer to anyone except the president. it becomes a question of checks and balances.

brian: i am amazed that we have a "60 minutes" interview with general mcchrystal and he said to "the new york times" yesterday that there was no rift between him and the white house. in the big picture, does this make president obama's decision to do all these interviews look stranger and stranger? >> i'm not sure that is fair. the president has to be able to bake more than one cookie at a time. there's enough that a strange about the afghan decision without linking it to health care. only six months ago on march 27,

the president announced, here is our policy for afghanistan, and i feel so strongly about it that i am taking out a general and putting in my man, general mcchrystal. six months later, general mcchrystal says we will lose this war is unless we get more forces. president obama said not so fast and is supposedly this need to joe biden who says we do not need a counterinsurgency strategy, we need a counterterrorism strategy to do it all from 30,000 the with the drones going after taliban and al-qaeda operatives. there are it awful lot of military who will say to you, you cannot fight a counterinsurgency from the air, and this is a bad way to go. when mcchrystal said there's no

rift, i think he is being a good soldier. it does not mean he agrees. gretchen: he is in a tough position. that is what he has to say. we look forward to seeing your show on sunday. thank you for joining us. brian: now your headlines and an update to a story we will be telling you about. the north carolina man accused of plotting to wage a holy war over seas is facing new charges. he also plans to attack a u.s. marine base in virginia. he went so far as to obtain maps of the facility. last month, the judge denied bail. gretchen: just a few moments ago, we showed you the delta ii rocket blasting off from cape canaveral.

the rocket is carrying two test missile defense satellites. finally blasted off after delays caused by bad weather and a gas leak. steve: schoolchildren in new jersey are shown on video singing the praises of president obama. steve: earlier we talked with parents whose son was in that class. >> i feel like we are not allowed to have halloween or call it a christmas tree. we're not allowed to preach our

religion. they should not preach politics toward children. >> the school argues of the activity was recognized black history month. brian: parents are of french in florida because the middle school teacher -- parents are outraged in florida because she gave students fingerprint. she's a she was given a lesson about forensics. >> i said, you were fingerprinted? why tal? brian: the school administrator says the teacher did go overboard and has been reprimanded. gretchen: $500,000 is how much this wedding dress cost. it is the most expensive wedding dress. it is called the platinum wedding gown.

it is actually on sale right here in new york city. would you pay $500,000? who could? the beautiful model, jenna, i bet you would not mind wearing it. brian: the designer should lend it to her. steve: do not sweat. they are trying to sell the thing. brian: if jenna wears it, it might be worth more. gretchen: the designer said i wanted the final dress to be on inspiring.

steve: thank you very much. gretchen: thank you very much. steve: this is a fox news alert. president obama is due out to make a major announcement. he is at g-20 in pittsburgh. he will behind the podium in about one minute or less. what a week he has had. he gave his speech to the united nations. then he chaired the national security committee meeting on nuclear weapons. now it is off to the g-20. he has a decision on afghanistan and the health care debate raging in washington. amongst those remarks could be about possible sanctions, in the direction of iran. he is trying to rally support among the chinese officials as well as the russian officials. steve: the leader of united

states three countriesunited, france, and great britain will demand that iran open date covert facility to inspectors by the international atomic energy agency. that will be the big news. gretchen: what will be up for debate will be whether or not having open dialogue with for countries like iran changes the scope of the situation? that is the big question. will this new tactic work and do anything better to stop the production of nuclear bombs? brian: and that is happening october 1 to the u.s. will be

meeting with high-ranking iranian officials. that will start next week. this sounds like the run up to iraq. this just sounds like a familiar process. this is as direct as it has gotten. steve: g-20 will be addressing the world in economic crisis to if you have been watching the ticker, things have gone down with the stock futures. there's a bigger than expected drop in demand for stuff like durable-goods. gretchen: here is the president. >> good morning. we are here to announce that

yesterday we had the united states, the united kingdom, and france, presented detailed evidence to the ieea demonstrating that iran been building a covert enrichment facility for several years. earlier this week, the iranian government presented a letter that made reference to a new enrichment facility. years after they have started to the construction. the existence of this facility underscores iran's continuing unwillingness to meet its obligations under u.n. security council resolutions and iaea requirements. we expect the iaea to immediately investigate this and report to the board of governors.

iran's decision to build another facility represents a direct challenge to the basics challenge. these rules are clear. all nations have the right to peaceful nuclear energy. those nations with nuclear weapons move toward disarmament. those nations without nuclear weapons must forsake them. but compaq has largely held for decades, keeping the world far safer and secure. that depends on all nations holding up their responsibilities. this depends a growing concern that iran is refusing to live up to international responsibilities, including specifically revealing all nuclear activities. the international community knows this is not the first time that iran has conceal information about its nuclear program.

iran has a right to peaceful nuclear power that leads the energy needs of its people. the size and configuration of this facility is inconsistent with a peaceful program. iran is breaking rules that all nations must follow, endangering the global regime, denying its own people to access the opportunity they deserve, and threatening the stability of the region and the world. this time, for iran to act immediately to restore the confidence of the international community by filling its international obligations, we remain committed to the serious, meaningful engagement with iran to address the nuclear issue. we are committed to demonstrating that international law is not an empty progress, the obligations must be kept, and that the treaties will be

enforced. that is why there's a sense of urgency about the upcoming meeting on october 1 between iran, the permanent members of the u.n. security council, and germany. at that meeting, iran must be prepared to cooperate fully and comprehensively with the iaea to take concrete steps to create transparency in its nuclear program and to demonstrate that it is committed to establishing its peaceful intentions through meaningful dialogue and concrete actions. to put it simply, iran must comply with u.n. security council resolutions and make sure it is meeting its responsibilities. we have offered iran a clear path to greater international integration, if they lived up to its obligations. that offer stands. the iranian government must now demonstrate, or be held

accountable to international standards in international law. i should point out that although the united kingdom, france, and the united states made the presentation to vienna, that germany and chancellor angela merkel wishes to associate herself with these remarks. i would now like to turn to president sarkozy of france for a brief statement. >> ladies and gentlemen, we have met yesterday for a meeting of the security council on disarmament and nuclear disarmament. i repeated my conviction that iran was taking the international community on a dangerous path. i have recalled all the intent that we have made to offer a negotiated solution to the

iranian leaders without any success. what has been revealed today is exceptional. pauline the enrichment plant in 2002, -- following the enrichment plant, this is now revealed. it was designed and built over the past several years in direct violation of resolutions from the security council, and from the iaea. i am expecting from the iaea a rigorous investigation, as president obama just said. we were already in a very severe confidence crisis. we are now faced with a challenge, a challenge made to the entire international community. the six will meet with the iranian representatives in geneva. everything must be put on the table now.

we cannot let iranian leaders gain time while the motors are running. it is by december there is not an in depth the change by the iranian leaders, sanctions will have to be taken. this is for the peace and stability. thank you. >> america, the united kingdom, and france are odd one. iran's nuclear program is the most urgent challenge that the world faces today. the level of deception by the iranian government and the scale of what we believe is a breach of international commitment will shock and anger the whole international community. it will harden our resolve. confronted by the serial deception of many years, the

international community has no choice today but to draw a line in the sand. on october 1, iran must engage with the international community and joined the international community as a partner, and if it does not do so, it will be further isolated. on behalf of the united kingdom, we will not let this matter rest. we are prepared to implement further and more stringent sanctions. let the message that goes out to the world be absolutely clear. iran must abandon any military ambitions for its nuclear program. thank you. brian: the president of the united states began what would be three quick speeches. steve: a hand on the back of gordon brown on the way back. that is interesting. brian: a nuclear facility was

found, undisclosed by the iaea. it was too big to possibly be for peaceful purposes, which is energy. it is big enough for weapons. steve: they just said iran is breaking the rules. more on this throughout the day on fox. gretchen: we are tracking your taxes. william la jeunesse tells us why your hard earned cash is going to bogus productprojects.

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has been tracking your taxes. >> the stimulus money is supposed to help jobs, but it is going here. the national institutes of health is the federal agency that supports medical research. only one in five brands gets funded. you might wonder why we are spending $650,000 to give pot smoking 10th straight students a peptalk. and $592,000 to give parenting lessons. over europe, a study about couch potatoes in college -- over year, a study about couch potatoes in college.

a half a million dollars to get people to stop smoking did they say it is innovative approaches. 22 million people per year tried that. gay fathers are getting depressed. the adopted children and they get confused about their identity, the strife in their relationship, and they have risky sex. here are the risks facing female drivers. i think we'll have that problem. and finally, they will study the effect of walking, bicycling, and the gardeninon the lifestyles of urban adults. congress yesterday wrote a letter to you what is killing going on. >> watch your bottom line every day. we need to be more accountable now.

right now, is unbelievable. it is outrageous. >> they are also giving money to trump in drunken women. steve: co approved that -- who approved that? >> that is what congress wants to know. how are you funding this? gretchen: thank you for exposing this, i think. thank you very much. steve: coming up this weekend, come on over yhere. gretchen: are you going to split the difference?

what is coming up? >> we always talk about hazing at colleges . and now athazin -- now, hazing in high school. and getting put on a list of promiscuous girls. some girls want to be on this list because they may ke you more popular. >> former u.s. ambassador to the un, john bolton will join us. he will join us with his take on the g-20, qaddafi, and ahmadinejad, and how president obama is handling all of this. >> getting married is a smart move financially. turns out it might not be the case anymore. getting married might be financially detrimental. gretchen: thisht