our slogan comes over from kara from austin, texas. up with the baby at the crack of down, it's ok. i have my "fox & friends" on. >> key the rooster. brian, welcome back from vacation. >> i missed you guys. i have life sized fatheads of you in my house. i get to stare at you. >> not bobbleheads? >> no, fat heads. i glue you and peel you off. >> ok. very nice to have you back. we missed that kind of humor. >> good. is that what that was? >> i think so. let's start with a fox news alert because you're going to be treated to something really incredibly special this hour right here on "fox & friends." space shuttle discovery scheduled to launch live just 20 minutes from now and joining us live from cape canaveral, chris guiterrez. good morning to you. >> good morning to you, guys. yeah, the space shuttle discovery is gassed up and ready to go on this monday morning. as for the crew, we're told

they've been strapped into their seats for the better part of three hours now. the weather is an 80% chance of go this morning for an on-time launch, the only concern if there was one really is a slight chance of fog. as for the mission, it's a 13 day mission in which the space shuttle discovery will carry 27 pounds of cargo. if you look at the model, the cargo is back in the bay area right here and included in there is a scientific racks and experiments and things like that and a lot of spare parts for the international space station. the shuttle astronauts will take part in about three space walks, three are scheduled. of which they'll spend about 100 hours or so actually moving that cargo around so they have a busy, busy mission ahead of them. before that, they're in for one heck of a ride this morning. if it just takes just 8 1/2 minutes to reach orbit. back to you guys. >> all right. we will be looking forward to that live launch about 20 minutes away. thanks very much, chris. >> all right. i guess we have other headlines, gretchen, to get to.

>> we do. another fox news alert because crews are surveying the damage this morning after a deadly earthquake rocked mexico and three u.s. states. roads are cracked, power lines down, buildings damaged. at least two people were i would by the 7.2 quake that struck near the border town in mexico. one man died when his home collapsed and another panicked and ran into the street getting hit by a car. tens of millions of people felt the ground shake across california, nevada and arizona. reaction now from patricia from our ktt-tv affiliate in los angeles. >> it started out as a peaceful easter sunday. until things started getting a bit shaky. >> i started getting a little bit dizzy. i wasn't sure what was going on. when i saw the water of the pool coming out, i thought oh, my gosh. there's an earthquake. >> for anyone in a tall building -- >> actually it felt like being on a bike.

it just got worse. the room was swaying. the lights were swaying in the room. >> this man lives on the 10th floor of the bunker hills towers where tiles became cracked at the front entrance. >> first just kind of felt like i had really bad vertigo and felt like i was off balance and i started looking around and like my shades were swaying a lot and, you know, then after about 10 or 15 seconds it was clear it was a real earthquake. >> these visiting new yorkers had heard all about california earthquakes but this was their first time experiencing one. >> i knew something was wrong because the ground was shaking and the water was moving. so something was up. the world was probably about to end. yeah, we made it through. >> and in orange county, even closer to the epicenter, the earth seemed to move even more. >> probably the longest earthquake i've ever felt and when it just kept going and going, i started getting a little nervous. >> and at disneyland, the happiest place on earth, folks didn't really much but they had their day of fun interrupted.

>> they started moving people away from all the rides and then as we walked back into the park, we noticed everything was closed down. >> and there have been three aftershocks since that big one and more could be on the way. they're calling it a miracle in china this morning. more than 100 miners found alive. more than a week after being trapped in that flooded mine. this is new video of some of the -- of them arriving at the hospital. 39 miners are still believed to be trapped inside. rescuers hugged each other at the scene broadcast on national television. new video into the newsroom this morning out of southern russia. authorities say a homicide bomber murdered two police officers in a volatile province here chechnya. it is the fourth in the last week including twin bombings in the moscow subway that left 40 people dead. more than 200,000 americans lose their unemployment benefits today after the senate failed to pass that extension before going on a two-week break. republicans led by senator tom

coburn wanted to use stimulus men to pay for the program but democrats said that cash was set aside to create jobs. the senate will take up the issue when members return to work next week. incredible rescue caught on camera. watch this amazing video. look at that baby. a father jumps into a frigid river to save his 2-year-old daughter. the california woman was visiting new york's south street seaport when his daughter fell into the east river. without missing a beat, david anderson jumped in and got her to safety with the help of a french tourist. bridgette was taken to a local hospital is and is doing just fine. coming up in 30 minutes we're on top of things here, folks, we'll talk to a man who witnessed that rescue and captured this dramatic footage. >> he says the french guy who twef deserves a lot of credit. he was having trouble keeping his daughter's head above water. the french guy dove in and stablized both of them and got out of there quick. >> what a story.

such a dramatic picture. you see the 2-year-old, they were going up on to a ship that is moored there at the south street seaport. fell off the gang plank. it could happen to anybody. we'll hear this story straight ahead. let's talk about this. on friday, we told you that the unemployment rate steady as she goes. at 9.7. but the administration touted the fact that 162,000 jobs were gained in march. that is shy of the 200,000 jobs that some had suggested could be new this past month. nonetheless, over the weekend, the talking heads for the administration fanned out and it's interesting because they kind of -- they're trying to keep expectations low. while at the same time, they're saying, you know, we really inherited a terrible situation. that doggone george bush but we're doing a really good job. >> the numbers of -- this is better where we were than a year

ago. seeing 600,000 jobs a month. now the process of job creation has started. we expect that it will accelerate. >> we have been seeing gradually job losses moderate and we've crossed the zeros line and are positive. yes, i anticipate that we're going to continue to see positive job growth as we go forward and what i'm going to be focusing on is how big does it get? because as you mentioned in your opening, we have a big hole when it comes to jobs. >> the thing that -- as i was going on to say, there's an interesting statistic that i haven't heard a lot about. because the economy is getting better, more people that have given up the job hunt saying i'm going to go back in so therefore, they count statistically. for example, people looking for work rose about 200,000 last month. they speculated a lot of those people that quit looking for jobs. add that in, that's the reason more people might get jobs, looking for jobs and feeling optimistic about jobs but unemployment won't go down. >> we've been talking about that for a while.

unemployment rate is at 10% but the underemployment rate. people who simply don't have enough to do or have given up the fight, that's close to 20% in this country. >> let's face it, that they have to put a smiley face on this whole situation because the president, by many accounts, spent the entire first year of his administration pushing health care and so now they have to make sure that they're showing that they have incredible interest in creating jobs. one thing caught my attention, though, with what larry summers said and i'm wondering how important this was or if it was a misstatement where he said that the government will still be responsible for taking proactive steps to help along the recovery process. what does that mean? does that mean more stimulus money? does that mean another stimulus package? that caught my attention and then you go to a very interesting poll that was taken recently, only 6% of the american public believed that the stimulus created jobs. i haven't seen that poll before. only 6%. do you know that that's 1% more or fewer than the number of people who think elvis is still

alive? i mean, that's amazing statistic in our society. >> right. >> they live on. alan greenspan really shocked me yesterday. i watched all the sunday shows. and he was so optimistic. he sounded like a cheerleader. he never sounds like a cheerleader. in fact he always talks about that exuberance that got us in so much trouble. he sees momentum building and he sees -- and he sees that good things for the economy. he says seven months, democrats and by the way, he says in the incomes few months, he really sees a momentum gaining in terms of jobs and the other thing i think is interesting is that out of the jobs of that 162,000 jobs that have gained, 43,000 are with the census. that's a lot bigger than that the number of manufacturing jobs they've created. >> and they're going to be -- >> important point there is they're only temporary jobs. census jobs are only temporary. that's a lot of math for our

morning. let's talk about a new survey where we're blaming basically the tea party movement on. well, lo and behold, who makes up the tea party movement? here it is, folks. let's break out the pie chart. 57% of the tea party, republican. 28%, independent. 13%, democratic. when you do the whole number crunching, you find out that 4 in 10 tea partiers are independent or democrats. >> and that is terrible news for the democrats who are bad mouthing the tea party people or the members of the mainstream media who are trying to marginalize them because when you look at that pie chart and you realize that 4 out of 10 people that are on the tea party and part of that movement, that is a daunting number. this number comes to us from the winston group which is a polling organization. they did three separate polls for an education advocacy group and they realized that out of the thousands of people they

talked to, 500 people on the phone said yeah, i'm a member of the tea party movement. which they found extraordinary. >> yeah, 80% of those in the tea party movement disapprove of president barack obama's performance and 82% oppose the democrats' health care plan. 2/3 overall. if you put that together. call themselves conservatives. if you look at it, 4 in 10 of those who say i'm a tea partyier are either independents or democrats so that's a significant amount. that's pretty much i would imagine why the president told matt lauer on friday that he really was not marginalizing the tea party movement at all and he understands their frustration. >> even though they dislike obama more than republicans. what are the two things that bring independent democrats and republicans together in the tea party movement? number one, the economy and jobs. number two, reducing the deficit. so those are the two big things that, apparently, democrats,

independents and republicans can at least agree upon and form this tea party movement. >> all right. go ahead, steve. >> and 82% of the tea party members, movement members are completely against this health care reform thing. >> 97% of those in the control room want us to do a break right now. let's do it. big development about susan powell, missing woman from utah. what her son told police that have them planning a new search and -- >> one doctor wants nothing to do with president obama's health care plan. look at what he put up on his door. he's letting patients know by telling them to go elsewhere for care if they voted for barack obama. but his -- is he violating the hypocri hypocritic oath? we'll talk to him live coming up. >> space shuttle discovery set to blast off in a matter of minutes. hey!

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>> the moment we've been waiting for is upon us, discovery shuttle launch is set to take place about five minutes and 19 seconds from right now. it is the 33rd space shuttle mission to the international space station. five minutes. 10 seconds and counting. activation will come in just a few seconds. >> only four shuttle missions left. time is running out to get stuff up there to the space station by the shuttle and right now, we are joined by former astronaut tom jones who is in houston. good morning to you, tom. >> hello, steve. how are you? >> we're doing great. thank you very much. so this mission is -- it's really cargo truck time, isn't it? it's taking tons and tons of stuff up there because pretty soon, they won't have a way to get stuff up there. >> this is true. one of the shuttle's attributes is its trucking ability and it's a very cargo hauler on this

mission. it's carrying up about 15,000 pounds of -- in fact, 15 tons of stuff on the leonardo cargo module up to the space station. spare parts, new science experiments and one of the great things about the shuttle is it can return a lot of material from earth's orbit. they'll load leonardo up with a lot of trash and obsolete experiments and bring that stuff back at the end of the mission. >> that's important, tom. there are only a few missions left. i mean, a lot of people maybe aren't paying close attention to the fact that what's going to happen to nasa when there are no more missions? >> well, nasa has got a problem it's facing. when the shuttle retires after the four missions are up, it has a cargo problem, getting carid up to the space station. there's no way to get things back from earth's orbit in the size and volume that the space shuttle can offer. that problem has yet to be solved by nasa. it's one of the quandaries facing the space agency in the

future. >> final test of the flight control surfaces. >> as we hear the countdown in the background, one question on that. how we get up there will be the rockets. what can they take? what are the limitations? what advantages might they have? >> brian, it is a very reliable vehicle that's been flying for 40 years and carries three astronauts up to the space station but only a tiny amount of cargo. basically each person gets a small personal suitcase to take with them. when you come home, it can only bring about 60 kilograms, 130 pounds of cargo back to earth's surface. so having to step in to fill that void is a big problem for nasa. they're hoping that commercial providers will be able to develop robotic ships that can bring small amounts of cargo back bigger than the soyuz but smaller than a shuttle cam. >> we saw some pictures this morning of something the air force is launching, robotic spacecraft called the x-37b. it's built by boeing, 9 1/2 feet

tall, 29 feet long. what could this thing do? >> it's rather intriguing. the x-37b looks like a derivative, small brother of the space shuttle. it's a reusable plaspace plane, robotic, controlled from the ground. it may be able to release them into orbit from the intelligence agencies and bring high value satellites back from orbit and linger in space for as long as 3/4 of the year. it's got interesting traits and, of course, it's going to benefit from the re-entry capabilities. >> tom, we'll let nasa take the final two minutes. >> two minutes and recounting. liquid hydrogen replenished on the external tank. >> you bet. >> t minus 1 minute, 44 seconds and counting. all systems are go.

90 seconds away from the launch of space shuttle discovery. t minus 1 minute, 15 seconds and counting. t minus 1 minute. the ground launch sequencer will verify that the three main engines are ready to start. the booster joint heaters are being deactivated at this time. we're transferring to orbiter internal power. discovery is now running off of its three on-board fuel cells. t minus 38 seconds and counting. coming up on a go for auto

sequence start. >> sequence start. >> t minus 25 seconds. discovery's on board computers have primary control of the vehicle's critical functions. 20 seconds. t minus 15 seconds and the sound suppression water system has been activated. we have a go for main start. up and ready. 3, 2, 1. zero. booster ignition and liftoff of discovery. blazing a trail to scientific discovery for the space station. >> roll discovery.

>> it travels through the area of maximum dynamic pressure. it's an altitude of 2600 feet and traveling -- >> discovery, go at throttle up. >> roger. go at tlolthsz up. -- throttle up. >> traveling 1,000 miles per hour. discovery's engines are now throttled back up and performing at full capability.

more than 4 1/2 million pounds and now one minute and 27 seconds into the flight, the main engines and solid rocket boosters have reduced that weight by about half. solid rocket boosters alone are burning 11,000 pounds of propellant per second and the external tank is now 3,000 pounds lighter than when it began. discovery is now 21 miles away from its launch pad and 22 miles an altitude. all three main engines are working just as expected and the three fuel cells are generating power and three auxiliary power units are reducing pressure. everything performing well. 2 minutes and 7 seconds into the mission. booster and mission control center has confirmed solid rooster booster separation. continuing to function well.

two orbital maneuvering systems on discovery's tail are firing as well providing the shuttle an extra boost into orbit. engine burn will last 1 minute and 44 seconds. >> discovery, two engine. >> discovery copy. two engine. >> discovery can now reach spain should one of the main engines fail. all three engines are currently working well. 2 minutes, 59 seconds into the flight and discovery is now 79 miles away from kennedy space center in florida. 48 miles in altitude and traveling at 4500 miles per hour.

>> we've been watching the live shuttle launch of discovery. it's always amazing to watch this happen live. almost unbelievable in a sense. i want to bring back former astronaut tom jones for his take. tom, i know that the president is going to be down in florida. am i correct, on april 15th? and are we awaiting what he exactly will be talking about with nasa? i mean, he's made some very important decisions, most of them to cut the funding, right? >> well, back in february, gretchen, he did announce that he was adding money to nasa's budget but not as much as his own committee recommended for a vibrant and vigorous outward looking space program so he's caught a lot of criticism since then and on april 15th, he's having a space summit in florida where he's going to say some words about the space program and his backing of space exploration. and the details of what he's going to say are still very secretive. no one really knows whether he's going to stretch out the shuttle

program or add extra shuttle missions or, perhaps, even declare that we're going to go some place beyond the space station which was what was missing in his february announcement. >> these pictures are extraordinary and the data that fox news is putting at the bottom of the screen. here we are, 4 1/2 minutes in the mission. this thing is going as close as 10,000 feet -- what does that stand for? so close to 2 miles a second. tom, do you still, when they launch the shuttle, hold your breath. you know, we all remember that moment when challenger broke apart with the o-ring problems back in the day. but they've completely fixed that and now these things are relatively -- are they relatively carefree when they take off? >> well, i would say that the space shuttle is as good as it has ever been in a nearly 30-year career. however, there's always a danger in operating a highly complex vehicle like this at the boundaries of what we know in terms of physics and engineering

that something can go terribly wrong. there's never a way you can reduce the risk to zero. the astronauts are well aware of that. out of seven members, three of them are people i worked closely during the early days of the space station program. so they're very aware when they strap in that there's no way to reduce the risk to zero and i think it's, in fact, riskier than doing combat missions in an aircraft over afghanistan, for example. >> tom, i was shocked to see as we've seen how much stuff is being brought up there, how much equipment is being brought to the international space station, it's not done yet. the international stapace stati. why is it taking so long to finish this? >> they're 95% of the way there. mini russian research labs have come up. one will come up on the shuttle. it's taken 10 years. we were delayed several years by the loss of columbia back in 2003 where the shuttle stood down for more than two years so now, they're shifting the focus to science and on this mission,

they're equipping the space station with the scientific year needs to carry out the research in the three labs, the u.s., the japanese and european laboratories up there. >> you have a monitor right there. can you tell us what we're seeing? >> well, the shuttle has climbed out of the predawn darkness in florida and lofted itself into the sunshine. the sunrise across the atlantic as it heads up the northeast coast of the u.s. off the carolinas about right now so you're seeing the shuttle's belly in the upper right lit up by the sun's rays and you're getting a good view back towards the three firing main engines just beyond the tail of that little stubby wing there you see. >> tom, sorry, i want to go back to politics because it blows my mind when we're look at these amazing pictures that nobody really quite knows what this president is going to do with the future of nasa. what do you want him to say on april 15th? >> oh, i have two things i would like the president to say. one is i'd like him to say that nasa is going to retain the

ability to launch its own rockets to the space station. the president said we're going to go all commercial after the shuttle retires so we'll be relying on only the russians and only on untested commercial companies. i'd like to see nasa retain the ability to send americans to the space station that we built and paid for. and the second thing is i'd like him to clearly commit that america is going to lead in space exploration by sending astronauts beyond the space station and that may be to the nearby asteroids or back to the moon and eventually to mars some day. we have to have that goal in sight to work efficiently towards it in terms of the investment and research and development the president has proposed. >> you've got the advantage over most of the planet that is watching right now. you've actually been on board the space shuttle when it's doing it right here. here they are eight minutes into the mission. what are you feeling inside? what are they doing right now? >> you're at peak acceleration right now. you're squeezed back into your chair with three times the force of gravity. it's like brian and gretchen sitting on your chest for the

last minute or so. you're getting a slight tug out of your chair as if somebody is trying to slide you up the back of your seat because you're riding to orbit with a slight thrust vector towards your head and chest. you're getting squeezed by this giant hand and you know that's the shuttle trying to hurl you into orbit at 25 times the speed of sound part of an amazing science experiment. >> what's happening there? >> well, we're just about to have main engine shutdown so you've seen the main engines go to idle and now the shuttle has broken away from the external tank and using its own thrusters to move away from the tank. in about 45 minutes it will fire its two maneuvering engines to stay in orbit while the tank falls back into the indian ocean. >> that's cool. that white thing with the blue corona back there is planet earth. tom jones, always a pleasure to go through the shuttle launches with you. thank you for joining us from

houston. >> it's been a pleasure. >> we're not going back to the moon. the president made that clear. so i guess we've -- >> we're not going back to the moon. we're going to the space place and guitterez. >> hey, chris. >> good morning, guys. what's amazing for these shuttle launches, i've covered a few shuttle launches from the vantage point of mission control at the johnson space center. to be here at the space coast at the kennedy space center and feel that vibration, the launch pad 39a where discovery took off from is three miles from we are. you can still feel it and your chest is pounding and the darkness of night turns bright as day as it took off. it is really something spectacular to see and remember, there are three more launches scheduled by, i think, the last one is september 16th of this year. but man, if you haven't seen one or been a part of one, it's something else, guys. >> countdown is coming. three more left, right? >> that's right. >> all right, chris guiterrez at the space place, thank you very much. it's 29 minutes before the top of the hour. let's take a look at some of

your headlines for this monday after easter. nato admits it's responsible for the death of five civilians. that's where karzai is trying to rally public support for an upcoming military operation in kandahar. karzai spoke to 2,000 officials in the city which is considered the birthplace of the taliban. u.s. and nato troops will only push into insurgent areas after talking to local community leaders in order to avoid civilian casualties. forces are planning a campaign in kandahar this june. also today, nato forces killed 10 militants in a raid on the afghan-pakistani border. >> new effort under way in afghanistan by u.s. troops to cover or to offer compensation to farmers who stopped growing opium there that helped fund the taliban and started growing different crops. geraldo rivera now with more from the province. >> today is the first day. we're giving them about two to

three weeks to do it, to cut the opium and then they come back and we give them cash for it and also seeds if they want to grow something else because that is banned in the whole country now. we give them alternative to grow different crops. >> to give you an idea of how daunting the task of eradicating the opium around here, i want to show you how prevalent it is. just in the shadow of the united states forces to wean the population off this addictive drug, i want you to follow me into this compound. just open the old door that's been here for quite a while and what you see is a wonderland of opium. as far as the eye can see. you know what's happened in the past is they were given vouchers. when the time came, the vouchers were not honored and never redeemed. very skeptical people. >> yep. we've gotten a lot of people sound like they're ready to do this. what's going on is we're giving them the yellow piece of paper and what they do with that is after they prove to us that

they, you know, they've committed to their end of the bargain, we will send a marine patrol to witness it so they can show and then they will sign this and bring it back to us to verify and we give them the money for following up. >> so it comes out to about $300 every 2 1/2 acres. >> just about, yep. >> how much would that be worth on the streets of new york? >> the opium itself? probably worth a lot more than that. >> the question is will the farmers buy into the program? that compensate them for their crops or will they go for the bigger money with the taliban or the other drug dealers and get this opium processed, shipped out of here and into the veins and noses of the victims of heroin everywhere in the world. >> what do they think of the program? >> the first thing we need in

marjah is security to save our families and make sure we are safe. our family is safe. and our houses are safe. nobody can destroy us or damage it. and second, we need schools. our kids are studying in other provin province but we need a school and a road here. the first thing is we need security in marjah. >> and hopefully that security is on its way. geraldo unbelievable this weekend as usual. john paul stevens is looking at retirement and that has washington buzzing about rumors about who might replace the 89-year-old liberal justice. some of the names mentioned including solicitor general and chicago appeals court judge and washington appeals court judge merrick garland. predicting a tough fight for the senate. justice stevens says he'll step down with president obama in

office. a new search is planned for susan powell, that missing utah mom who went missing back in december. but law enforcement only wants professionals to take part in the april 10th search in the desert. that's because the area being canvassed is considered dangerous. it's also where powell's husband josh says he was camping when susan disappeared. josh is considered a person of interest in this particular case. >> is the ipad leaving up to hype? early sales figure for apple's new gadget are topping predictions. apple sold about 600,000 to 700,000 on launch day. that's several hundred thousand more than expected. the i pod is expected to cross the one million mark within the next few days. a milestone that took the iphone 73 days to reach. that's pretty impressive. >> indeed. >> if you went to the movie theater this weekend, did you see "clash of the titans? "it helped the box office set a new record.

thanks to the power of 3d, hollywood saw its best easter weekend ever. moviegoers bought $183 million worth of prices even though prices went up recently compared to last year's $133 million. analysts are crediting the higher cost of 3d movies, of course, "clash of the titans" came in welcome 1 raking in $64 million. >> what is it rated sf>> i have no idea. i have no plans of seeing it. "why to get married to" earned $30 million. >> for people who were interested in instructional dragon movies. >> exactly. i need one more dragon movie like i need another vampire movie. major league baseball opened its season last night. did you forget? it was on espn 2. the defending champion yankees taking on the most hated rival, the red sox. curtis granderson goes deep in the first. he now plays for the yankees and wears their uniform. i'm splitting the screen with him. he put the bombers up 2-0 early.

new york go up 5-0. you thought the red sox would quit and give up. they rallied back. scores the go-ahead run. it gave boston the lead and believe it or not, the red sox fans cheered. dustin pedroia with the single to right scores right there. the red sox go into a 9-7. they'll likely go undefeated the rest of the way. the philadelphia eagles have traded quarterback don mcnabb to the washington redskins. do you believe this? . the same division for a pair of draft picks. the six time pro bowler led the eagles to five nfc championships, a super bowl appearance in 11 seasons in philadelphia. meanwhile, you're looking at tiger woods at the augusta nationals, home of the masters. the eyes of the world will be fixed on the four time masters champion today. tiger hasn't competed for five months. i don't know why. gretchen won't tell me.

revelation is he had a string of extramarital affairs and has about 90 security guards with him to keep his alleged mistresses away and others, perhaps. >> want them to shut up. >> possibly. >> that will be an interesting day with that press conference. only credentialed reporters allowed in. there are no parameters and right now, no time limit. >> very interesting. >> all right. here's another story that captured your attention at the end of last week, a florida urologist has gotten a lot of attention for posting this sign on his office door telling obama supporters to seek care elsewhere. and now, florida congressman alan grayson is filing a complaint against him but would this be infringing on his first amendment rights? dr. jack cassell joins us live right now. good morning to you, doctor. >> good morning, guys. >> i'm sure that -- thank you very much. i'm sure that you knew you were going to incite some sort of talk. i'm not sure you assume it would be national talk. here we are. what made you decide to put that sign up on your door?

>> do you remember peter finch in the movie "network"? >> i'm as mad as hell and i'm not going to take it anymore. >> that's exactly right. that's exactly what happened and i'm still kind of mad as hell. >> but doctors all showed up in their lab coats on the white house lawn and said they were happy. >> yeah. i know. i know. i wasn't invited. i really, really -- i think there's a real, real problem that's going on here in this country and unfortunately, ob a obamacare fatally compromises my ability or any doctor's ability to uphold the hypocritic oath. i mean, this is a real problem. grayson who is a fool is trying to make doctors shut up and take obamacare which is not in my patients' best interest. >> uh-huh. well, you're talking about congressman alan grayson who says that he is going to try to

file some sort of a complaint with some authority to get you in trouble. and i'm sure, doctor, you've seen that some of the lefty blogs are calling for you to be stripped of your medical license. but ultimately, it comes down to this. is this simply an exercise of free speech or are you violating your hypocritic oath? which one is it? >> well, i haven't really denied care to anyone. i'm just -- i'm just speaking my mind. and for doctors not to be able to voice their political opinions is a problem. >> here's what grayson said about you. i'm disgusted, he's quoted as saying. maybe he thinks that's you, the hypocritic oath says do no good. if this is the face of right wing in america, it's the face of cruelty. why don't they change the nape of the republican party to the sore loser party. are you going to be intimidated? >> absolutely not. i mean, this is -- as i said, obamacare totally ruins the

doctor-patient relationship. you know, i mean, that's exactly what -- that's the only thing that we have left in medicine is being able to orchestrate our patient's care and i mean, i can't believe that people -- more people aren't standing up. i think all the doctors in the united states need to take a stand on this. >> right. >> pretty soon, it's going to be too late. >> i'm sorry. >> i want to make sure i get this in. i'm listening to this interview and i'm wondering how -- how is obamacare going to affect your patients in a negative way? >> well, as of this next year, medicare cuts are going to be huge. did you have -- did you realize that hospice, you know, which is the end of life caring, that that's going to be totally cut in 2012? i mean, not only do they want you to die at a younger age, as they basically ratchet down care but they want you to die a slow

and painful death as well. i mean, it's horrible. and this timeline, david camp from michigan did this timeline, i mean, that's kind of when i kind of got on to this. i mean, obviously, if i saw this two months ago, i would have bolted into action sooner. but this actually tells step by step, we'll have it on the web site how medicare, doing services, diagnostic images and everything. >> all right. joining us from the orlando area, real quickly is the sign still up? >> yeah. >> ok, good enough. >> sure is. >> thank you, doctor. we're see you're dressed for work. have a great day. >> thank you so much. meanwhile, straight ahead, economy adding 162,000 jobs last month, the most in three years. does that mean the economy has finally turned the corner? we'll debate. >> a 2-year-old fell 20 feet into this river. amazing video. he jumps in after her. and the rescue caught on tape.

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>> 13 minutes before the top of the hour. this is a fox news alert. live pictures right now coming to us from newark, new jersey, at the airport there where moments ago a jet blue plane was forced to make an emergency landing. it looks like a piece of the engine fell off. look for yourself right there on the right engine. the pilot apparently noticed the problem during takeoff. quickly came in for a landing. no reports of any injuries. we're keeping a close eye on the story and bring you more information as soon as we get it. now, something to lift your spirits. >> thank you, brian. he turned around for a moment. his daughter disappeared. his 2-year-old had plunged 20 feet into the east river here in new york. within seconds he jumped into the icy waters with her. as he pulled her up for air,

others gathered around to help. the rescue was caught on video. >> the guy behind the camera, eric stringer, a father himself from new york. good morning to you. on auto you were out yesterday. it was a beautiful day in new york city. >> beautiful day in new york city. >> you had a brand new camera. you were taking pictures. what was going on at the south street seaport? >> i just bought -- i'm an amateur photographer. i work in tv and media and i was like, let's go down to the seaport. beautiful day. take some great pictures of the kids and love to see the shops. just finished having a bite to eat and i hear a splash, followed immediately by a really terrifying scream. and my point of view is directly at the ship that the little girl had fallen off of. and i look down and i see this father running sort of like a super hero down this platform. >> throwing stuff out of his pocket, phone, change, everything. >> getting ready to go in the water clearly. and at this point, you know, i'm running after him, too. i have my camera around my neck and he jumps over a fence and hesitates for just about a second and i think he -- the only hesitation was just to see

where in the water his daughter was. my point of view, i couldn't see if she was submerged or not. but by the time i jumped over the fence to -- i was getting ready to go into the water, too, the father was coming up and it seemed like in one motion, he went down, came up from underwater and he knew exactly where she was. brought her up and immediately put her head back and made sure that, you know, her airway was clean. and she could start breathing. >> this is so amazing because as a father, you know that when a 2-year-old falls in the water, the chances that they stay above for each two seconds is zero. >> oh, yeah, i mean, i have a 2-year-old girl. for me, it hit very close to home and, you know, i don't think it's a matter of the father took his eye off the daughter or anything. i mean, you know, accidents happen and just so fortunate that this had a happy ending and there was so many good samaritans there to help out. >> it looks like an easter miracle, doesn't it? >> it feels like an easter miracle. miracle is such a strong word. i was back at the scene yesterday. there must have been 30 ropes and pieces of metal and things protruding that this little girl could have hit on the way down

and i think the real miracle is the fact when she fell, she fell clean. she didn't hit anything. and -- >> when you look at the little baby's face in that picture, what do you think as a father? >> you know, when i first started -- when i first saw the father had her, there wasn't a sense of relief. i was still panicked. i didn't see her breathing and hear her crying. after 10 seconds i heard her let out a little cry. that was a relief. it was knowing that -- if she's crying, air is getting in and getting out and i knew she was going to be ok if there was enough people there, let's get them out of the water. >> you shot this amazing video. a day you'll never forget with your new camera. >> yeah. >> thanks so much for being here. >> thank you. >> great job. the economy added 162,000 jobs last month, does that mean our economy is really on the rebound? a fair and balanced debate coming up next? >> and what really happened to the king of pop in the last moments of his life? we now know what his defense, his personal i physician may use in court. that coming up straight ahead on this very busy monday live from new york city. new mousse temptations by jell-o.

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>> welcome back. the economy added 162,000 jobs last month. you probably know that. does that mean our economy is really on the rebound? >> we're in a very different place than we were a year ago. a year ago, we were losing 600,000 jobs a month. now, the process of job creation has started. we expect that it will accelerate. >> so this really positive or is president obama's policies working? steven rose wrote the book "rebound, why america will rebound from the american crisis." he's a professor at the business of university of maryland and constant guest and a great contributor. thanks to both. do you agee we're on the rebound? >> i think so. i think the economy is like a

big ocean liner. from 1982 to 2007, it's kind of been going forward and there was a series of financial craziness that happened that upset it. it's taken time. a lot of people have been very critical of the obama administration because they set kind of unrealistic expectings but i think we're turning around and i project that we'll probably have five million new jobs between now and the end of 2011. >> democrat worked for bill clinton, of course, yesterday said this is not a recovery yet. how do you feel? >> well, i don't think it's a recovery yet. we've turned the corner but the real question is -- can we create 13 million jobs over the next three years to get unemployment down to 6%? i don't think we can. because the obama administration hasn't addressed some of the fundamental structural problems that gave rise to the debacle during the bush years. namely the huge trade deficit with china, keeps procrastinating about that and the problems of the regional banks. you know, the tarp money created lots of big bonuses on wall street and we've lost over 200

regional banks that have failed because the tarp didn't help them. >> steven? >> well, again, it all depends on what your expectations are. this certainly was an unusual crisis and i don't project that we'll be back to 6% by the next election. i do think it's more likely going to be 7% in november of 2012. and it's just taking time to unwind and obviously, there are problems. but there are always problems. i think we have a strong fundamental base. we have vigorous entrepreneural spirit. we have small businesses, capital starting to free up. >> right. we just -- >> right, steve. >> different experts, you two are experts but i think the average american just very worried about the deficit and the interest we're paying on it. we have to have you back and go deeper into this. thanks to you both. have a great monday. meanwhile, straight ahead, in two minutes the mayor of newark making history. for the first time in four years, there have been no murders. we'll ask cory booker on how he does it. [ male announcer ] there are 16 chevy models

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>> good morning, everyone. hope you're having a great monday so far. it's april 5, 2010. thank you for sharing your time with us. let's check out this fox news alert because space shuttle discovery heading now to space. >> two, one, zero. booster ignition and liftoff of discovery. blazing a trail to scientific discovery. >> have that live during our 6:00 a.m. eastern time hour. the launch happening just 40 minutes ago. going off to the international space station on one of the last missions. >> that was pretty cool. meanwhile, moments ago, a plane forced to make an emergency landing. it looks like a piece of the engine fell off. >> looks like some housing. >> more from jet blue. >> meanwhile, who should be getting credit for our success in iraq? one congresswoman giving it to, of course, president obama?

didn't president obama say the surge wouldn't work? well, former white house press secretary dana perino is here to put it into perspective. our slogan comes from deb in florida. woke up early to "fox & friends" and had to scuttle to go outside and watch the shuttle. >> hi, everybody. this is dick vitale. you're watching "fox & friends." they're awesome, baby! >> you know what? if you haven't got it yet, if you want to get your slogan on, make it very contemporary. respond to the first hour, you'll be on the second hour. >> something as timely as today's headlines. that one just reflected this fox news alert because space shuttle discovery has blasted off into space. here it was. >> booster ignition and liftoff of discovery. blazing a trail to scientific discoveries of space station. >> that is so pretty. amazing pictures, as always. the shuttle on one of its final

missions. joining us right now from cape canaveral in florida, chris guiterrez who had a bird's eye view from the launch. >> it was a picture perfect launch from our view here in florida. nasa, as you know is combing over dozens of different camera angles to make sure the belly wasn't compromised in any way during the launch. it's the 13 day mission in which the space shuttle discovery is carrying 27,000 pounds of cargo inside its payload bay, this area here. most of it is scientific equipment racks of different scientific experiments and a lot of spare parts for the international space station. our astronauts are scheduled to take part in three different space walks and spend 100 hours moving that cargo around. it should be very interesting to watch. back to you guys in new york. >> all right. chris guiterrez at cape canaveral where somebody has been to the gift shop. thank you very much for that live report. >> you bet.

>> you bet. >> rest of the headlines for your monday. another fox news alert. live pictures coming from newark airport in new jersey where moments ago, a jet blue plane forced to make an emergency landing because it looks like a piece of the engine fell off. take a look at the left engine. all right. i'm looking real close there. >> all right. >> the pilots apparently noticed the problem during takeoff and quickly came in for a landing. jet blue flight 507 was headed to fort lauderdale and the runway is now shut down. no reports of any injuries. but we're keeping a close eye on this story. we'll bring you more information as soon as we get it. i wonder if there was a bird strike or something like that that caused that plane to immediately turn around and come back. crews surveying the damage this morning searching for trapped victims after that deadly earthquake rocked mexico and three u.s. states. roads are cracked, power lines down and buildings damaged. three people were killed by the quake that struck near the border town in mexico. one man died when his house collapsed and another panicked running into the streets and was

hit by a car. tens of millions of people felt the ground shake from california to nevada, even arizona. >> i was like, i love you. i love you. i was like -- i'm done. i'm done. that was the scariest thing i've ever experienced. it wasn't like falling on me but i mean, it was just shaking. really -- >> so far, three aftershocks. experts say more could be on the way. they're calling it a miracle in china this morning. more than 100 miners have been found alive more than a week after being trapped in the flooded mine. new video right now in to fox. some of them arriving at the hospital. 39 miners still believed to be trapped, though, in that mine. rescuers in tears. hugging each other at the scene which was broadcast. on national television. unemployment benefits expire today for more than 200,000 americans. this after the senate failed to pass that emergency extension before heading on a two-week break. republicans led by senator tom coburn wanted to use stimulus

money to pay for the program. democrats said that cash was set aside to create jobs. the senate will take up the issue when members return to work next week. and those are your headlines. >> well, this morning, as you know, it is a very important day. the first family is set to host thousands of kids on the white house south lawn for the annual extra egg roll. you must have seen this many times. >> been there many times. >> kelly wright joins us here. kelly, you do not -- you are too old to take part but you are old enough to observe. what is -- i'm just saying. you cannot roll anything at the white house. >> i'm never too old to be a child. >> i'll hit him for you, kelly. >> good morning to you. and i guess happy easter to you, brian. gretchen and steve, since you are children like me, you would love to be here because we're anticipating 30,000 children to descend upon the south lawn from the states. i got the easter bunny over my shoulder right here. all from the states and d.c.

the theme is get ready, get set and go and it's because michelle obama because of the let's move initiative. they have to fight against childhood obesity. they'll have actress reese wither spoon as well as mariska hartigay and the glee club will be here. glee, of course, and i've got my smurfs here. this is smurfette right here and i've got clumsy right here and they'd like to get you to move. so brian and steve, and gretchen, we'd like you to move with us right now. let's move. la, la la la la la la. ♪ la la la la la la la la la la la ♪ >> that's it right here from south lawn, guys. keep singing with me. ♪ la la la la >> kelly, it would be better if you just sing. you have the professional voice. >> yeah. >> very nice. >> see you guys. >> it was a good dance. >> big doings on the south lawn today. somebody who has been to that

event many times, dana perino joins us live from the nation's capital. good morning. how was your easter weekend? >> it was great. i'm glad that the white house got a nice, sunny day. i remember a couple of times they had an easter egg roll when it got rained out. good for the kids. >> did you have a chance to take in some of the sunday shows around the dial? over the weekend? >> oh, yeah. oh, yeah. my favorite sunday morning activity. >> and you know, they were talking a little iraq. the administration does not do a lot of that. so they did have a democrat talking about iraq and the fact this they were able to pull off an election. the challenger actually, the sitting prime minister is complaining about vote counting which actually is a good sign if somebody is going to complain. now, all of a sudden, jane harmon talked there. >> this is basically a success story and i applaud the obama government for withdrawing our troops on a reasonable schedule which i think tells the iraqis that they have to manage their

future. >> whose schedule? were you surprised to hear her say that? >> well, look, success has 1,000 fathers. when they thought that iraq war was failing, it only had one person that was responsible and that was george w. bush and history has a long view of these things. president obama is basically a caretaker of president bush's policy. i'm grateful that they decided to keep it. i do think one of the things that will be difficult for them, from a decision making standpoint is this past weekend, we saw some horrible violence in iraq and things are fragile. when congresswoman harman talks about bringing our troops home on a reasonable time frame, i hope they take advantage of the flexibility that they built into the surge in order to make sure we can stay a little bit longer in case we're needed to protect innocent people. >> here's what worries me. after the election, the first prime minister and seems to have won this election has not even gotten a phone call from the president.

now, now it turns out the people of his political party are going to iran to find out how to put together a government. what seemed to be the switch? >> it's hard to say what's going on as sort of advice president obama is getting from either the state department or the military when it comes to letting the iraqis sort this out. hopefully, that's all being taken care of behind the scenes. it's interesting to me that president obama, he was so against the war, vehemently campaigned against it and now they want to take credit for it. but at the same time, they want to blame the economy on bush still. so it's always interesting to watch the sunday shows and see what comes up. >> their hotbed issues with jane harman, talking about khalid sheik muhammad and whether or not he should be tried in a military or civilian court. here's what she thinks. >> our federal court system has been the lynch pin of our ability to convict people charged with terrorism related crimes since 9/11. over 500 people have been

charged, over 300 have pleaded guilty and they're all safely behind bars for life and i think that if he were tried in a federal court, i would predict he would be convicted and possibly executed. >> interesting, dana, because we haven't heard much about him in the last month or so. the administration still has not made up their minds whether or not he will actually be tried here in a civilian court in new york city. where do you think this goes from here? >> i think they said that the idea that attorney general holder put out last fall that he would bring khalid sheik muhammad to trial was not going to happen. >> they haven't officially said that. >> yeah. but they basically put it out for everybody to know that the white house now is taking it back over. they're going to figure out what to do. i predict it will be a military tribunal and i don't think it will happen here in the united states. the numbers that represent what harman mentioned are a little bit facetious. some of those numbers were

people convicted under sort of ecoterrorism or some sort of peta type related terrorism. that -- those numbers aren't exactly true. military tribunals could work. the question is going to be, do we do it in guantanamo bay where it's safe and paid or run the risk of bringing it to the united states. because of all the consequences that come from doing that, such as immigration laws. >> absolutely. it's interesting, the president's financial people were out on the sunday talk shows as well. and at one point, they said look, we're doing the best we can. things are going to get better but, you know, that darn george bush, we wound up inheriting a stink bomb economy from him. while they say that, take a look. there's a new poll out that shows that according to this poll, the people of the united states actually trust republicans more to do a better job with the economy than democrats. republicans lead 48-45. that's up, i believe, nine points from august for the

republicans. so what's going on there? >> i would say that this is what happens when you have a stimulus package that you promise is going to create jobs and it doesn't. when you ram through a health care bill. when you ram through student loans and you have a massive tax hikes that are coming and businesses that are really worried about what their future is going to be like. they don't seem like they have the certainty that they need in order to try to create jobs. i do think that these numbers probably shouldn't give republicans too much confidence. if you look at other numbers about how people feel about their current member of congress, nobody is in good shape right now. that the republicans have a slight edge right now, good. but, you know, follow through is critically important. it is only april. they've got a long way to go to november. they'll have to keep tying back to how much better the economy would have been had we put in -- put in place a better environment for businesses. and that's going to take a while to do. >> thanks for getting our monday off to a great start. >> you're welcome. have a great week. >> drive over to the south lawn. there's some blue people over

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>> welcome back. long before health care reform for the nation was passed, the city of newark, new jersey, kicked off a handful of programs to provide free health care and prescription drugs to its residents. how is it working? let's ask this guy sitting next to us in the orange tie. the mayor of newark, cory booker. good morning to you. >> good morning. great to be here. >> this is a great idea. prescription drugs for pretty much anybody who needs them. >> yeahment we thought that the problem really was -- the idea

was that people using hospital emergency rooms for their primary care driving up health care costs like crazy. so we wanted to say if we could incentivize you to do care with a physician beforehand, preventative care and get you free prescription drugs, we can have a win, win, win. >> sounds great. who is paying for it? >> that's the thing. we brought together pharmaceutical companies along with a great foundation, the heinz foundation to create a model program and the pharmaceutical companies love it. foundation work is doing a great thing. it's a public/private partnership driving down costs and saving us as taxpayers a lot of money because now people aren't knowing when it's really expensive, when the problem becomes an emergency. >> how does this mirror the obama health care initiative? >> it's not really an either/or. we should be looking at a lot more local initiatives to deal with chronic illnesses and deal with the challenges of cost. i mean, the obama health care

program does a lot of things by expanding how long a person can stay on their parents' health insurance by helping people with chronic conditions, not being dropped or pre-existing conditions not being dropped. but this was something that is in addition to that, that helps, i think, a lot of folks who have jobs often who didn't qualify for health insurance and therefore, couldn't buy prescription drugs. >> i know mitch daniels of indiana would fine people for using emergency room for basic care, whether it's a cold or a flu, where you could go to a pediatrician. did you have to get to that point? >> this is the next conversation we have to have in america. i think the bill we just passed does a lot of things in expanding coverage but the real challenge for us going out for a lot of our entitlement programs in america is the cost. it's how are you going to begin to address the cost. >> this plan does not adjust the cost, am i right? >> buried in the plan has some -- feeding some small programs and innovations around the country that can have a lot of

savings in the long term. we have a lot of things to come up so to speak in america about paying for a lot of the things that we think we have -- that we think are important for us whether we think social security is in crisis right now, whether it's health coverage. a lot of the things that we think we should have, we have to figure out a better way to pay for it. >> big headache that you guys have to deal with. mayor, we want you to stick around. we have another conversation to talk to him about because for the first time in 44 years, there were no murders in newark, new jersey, for a month. we want to know why the dramatic drop in crime. mr. booker sticks around. >> this way you don't have to change your outfit. same outfit. >> might want to stick around for this story, too, shocking new allegations being leveled by michael jackson's doctor who was with him when he died. the king of pop killed himself? could that be the defense of dr. conrad murray? you'll find out. ú;ú;ú;ú;ú;ú;ú;ú;

>> the month of march has marked the first full calendar month without a murder in a year. >> we have incredible officers out there pouring their heart and soul into it. a genius police director who we have had on before, incredible strategies, adding more police. adding technology, expanding narcotics operations and really removing entire drug markets but then partnering with the community. newarkers have been stepping inup in dramatic compelling ways doing community caravans, gun buyback programs, we've paid out tens of thousands of dollars in partnership with our residents and ministers have been stepping up and the religious community has said enough. and have gotten involved with

the police department and also significant ways. >> taking away from the attention from yourself, though, because you're the guy in charge there. you're coming up for re-election, talking about how goal oriented you are as a person and you have a slightly morbid calendar that's in your bedroom for these days. >> yeah. i really believe if you focus on something, if you believe in it, you achieve it. in every area of my life, i put up the goals in my bedroom and go to bed every night thinking about them and wake up every morning focused on them and planning about them. when it comes to shootings and murders in newark, i have goals for the city and we've actually now over three years have the number one city in america for reducing shootings with -- almost with the exception of one which is los angeles so we're seeing good things happening in newark but every step, every inch of ground has to be earned and sacrificed and sweat. i'm glad the officers are doing that and our police officers. >> one thing that contributes to the fact that violence is down, crime is down is jobs. newark has a terrible, at this point, unemployment rate. it's bad across the country.

for newark, it's a little north of 13%. where are the jobs going to come from? >> that's the tough thing. as we were talking earlier, you have to get jobs in general for folks and we're building on our transportation and logistics hub and tracking some good companies and building our first hotel in the downtown. you have to get jobs for guys coming home from prison. they go back to doing things. we have one of the best programs in the state now helping dads come home from prisons. the kids are most likely to get in trouble are children of incarcerated adults. we have statistics that are lower, we have a program for fathers coming out of prison that's less than 5% on two years of data that we have so far. dramatic change. >> another thing you have a problem with in newark, if you don't have enough problems, obesity and you've signed on with michelle obama to fight this. >> michelle obama is the leader and the democrats and republicans out there saying we're wasting billions of dollars on health care costs that could be prevented if we

really focus on our children and the obesity problem and kids have lower self-esteem and less productive in so many ways, it is undermining our nation's strength. we're out there talking about the real issues. how do you get kids better access to healthy foods and make sure our kids move more, get away from the tv and get away from the video games and get out there and exercise. >> i know you probably cut out exercise -- >> i mean, schools cutting gyms. not kids. >> oh, i thought you were saying. >> how dare you i was on the balance beam. >> the mayor of newark new jersey, you got to go back to newark. something just fell off a jet blue jet. >> thanks for joining us. >> thanks. >> a woman asked president obama if we're being taxed too much. seems simple. his answer wasn't so simple. it took 17 minutes to answer the question. stuart varney boils it down for us. >> in less than 17. at least he said he would. tiger woods taking his first cuts in public on the golf course. he's talking to reporters at the masters for the first time since

that sex scandal broke months ago. what's he going to say? live report coming up. >> and will erin andrews keep dancing on "dancing with the stars" even though she's apparently received some death threats. answer is coming up straight ahead on this monday.

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near chechnya this morning. homicide bomber blew himself up at a police station killing two police officers. the bomber's car blew up as well. the attack is the fourth in the last week including twin bombings in the moscow subway that left 40 people dead. islamic militants apparently to blame. >> wow. senator joe lieberman says americans have to be protected from attacks like the one that took place in moscow that gretchen just mentioned. lieberman said he's worried about an attack on the nation's subways, the rails, the buses. >> the nonaviation is the vulnerable part of our transportation system and we frankly need to give it more than we're giving it now to protect the american people. i worry about this. >> lieberman, the chairman of the senate homeland committee knows a thing or two about it. he's working with officials to improve security at train stations as well as bus terminals. >> an ohio high school is in mourning this morning after a star football player who was set to play at notre dame this fall

died on a spring break trip to panama city, florida. police officers say matt james apparently was drunk and fell off a hotel balcony. investigators say james was with a large group of people including several chaperons but school officials say this was not an official school sanctioned trip. >> wow. >> terrible. michael jackson's doctor had stunning new defense. the king of pop killed himself. according to tmz, dr. conrad murray plans to argue in court today that jackson administered the injection that ended his life. he's hoping to avoid manslaughter charges. dr. murray is, by claiming that he was out of the room at the time that jackson did that. >> death threats, yes, that's what erin andrews is receiving and she will perform regardless of that on tonight's "dancing with the stars. "she's been excellent. she tells "people" magazine she's committed to the show. here it is. i don't want to let my family down. i don't want to let myself down. i don't quit on things.

it's not an option for me. last month, the man was sentenced 30 months for filming andrews through the peephole of her hotel room door and posting it on line. >> you don't have to go on line to get your weather. here it is on fox news. there's a rumble of thunder through portions of the great lake states over the last couple of hours and right now, the storms are moving into the eastern shores of erie and ontario and going to move through portions of the northeast and it trails back across the central plain states. also a little bit of rain through portions of minnesota at this hour. and right now, at 33 minutes after the hour, take a look, in cleveland, ohio, currently, it is 60 degrees. yippie. another great day temperature wise. a lot of 50's from the big northeast and corridor cities. 60's as well through florida. a little cooler in the northern plains right now. but things are going to warm up later on today in chicago, room temperature. 72. about the same for cleveland. and new york city should top out

out at the airport at 76 degrees. 80's, upper 80's from the mid atlantic back through dixieland and through portions of the lower mississippi valley later on today. it should be 80 in new orleans and san antonio and 80's as well in the central plains. in augusta, i believe, temperatures will be in the 80's as well, brian. >> we've been talking about this story all morning and so are you. the eyes of the world will be firmly fixed on tiger woods today as he faces the media at golf's most prestigious tournament, the first of the majors. joining us live from augusta, georgia, justin gray. first off, tell me right now, what did you see of tiger and the so-called 90 security guards that are surrounding him? >> yeah. brian, we haven't counted 90 but one of our producers here did kind of bump into tiger by accident yesterday. surrounded by about six guys. we've heard those reports of 90. there might be 90 here but not 90 with him at all times.

he definitely has a lot of security with him and they're clearing the grounds as he makes his way around augusta. something that doesn't normally happen down here. >> he has a 2:00 press conference. we're all covering it live and we'll all be watching. are the reporters under any constraints? is it true there's no time limit right now? >> it is a traditional press conference. 215 credentialed media. that's it. but those folks in the room will be able to ask the questions they want to ask so this really will be our first chance to listen to tiger, have him answer questions asked by the open media and any question they want. >> any question. perhaps, one of those questions might be less about the mistresses and perhaps a little bit about his association with a doctor that's now under federal investigation, canadian doctor, and wondering maybe somebody will ask a question of what his linkage was with him? what does this doctor linked with hdh do for him?

>> that could be one of the questions. of course, the questions can be asked. we don't know what tiger will answer, what he'll say. that's why all eyes are going to be down here in augusta, 2:00 p.m., why there's so much build-up for this press conference. no one knows what he's going to say down here. >> it's interesting he picks today. most times, they have a presser on tuesday. does it have anything to do with the fact that most people are focused on the ncaa tournament and a lot of people are getting pumped up for the beginning of baseball. >> cynical way to look at it. maybe the masters folks might have something to do with that. they don't like one person to be the focus. they want the event to be the focus and get this press conference out of the way at the beginning instead of the traditional tuesday. they're hoping maybe the focus won't be quite so much on tiger much we all know everybody is going to be talking tiger all week. >> yeah, normally he possibly would be favored to win this tournament if he hadn't been out for so long. and competing so little. thanks so much for joining us. we'll continue to follow you and at 2:00, carrying it live here

on the channel. thanks. justin gray. meanwhile, baseball officially starting. that's not the big news. ya yankees lost to the red sox. that's not the big news. this picture was caught in between innings, i believe it's curtis granderson. no, it isn't. that's stuart varney! >> he's the star of varney & company and he's keeping us company as i walk past your shot and right to it. >> first time you've done that. >> you were asleep during this. what's it like knowing you were smiling at fenway park? >> it was the big shock when i woke up this morning. i got some e-mails. big shock. i'm really flattered. it was wonderful. >> it's great to have you, stuart joins us as many mornings as we possibly can afford him. and today, it's interesting, stuart, the president was down in charlotte a couple of days ago, a woman by the name of doris had a question. mr. president, is this really such a good time to be doing this health care thing because

we need to have money in the bank and stuff like that. here's a little snippet. his answer ran 17 minutes. >> my question is, though, in the economy times that we have now, is it a wise decision to add more taxes to us with the health care because we are overtaxed as it is. >> well, let's talk about that. and the final point is that the cost of health care, setting aside anything we did in reform, i mean if we just allowed the current trajectory to go on is out of control. number one. we'll have the basic principles that everybody gets covered. point number 2 is we've got the strongest insurance reforms in history. boy, that was a long answer. i'm sorry. but i hope everybody -- but i hope i answered your question. >> 17 minute answer. >> yeah. >> to a simple question. >> the question was about taxes. and he covered everything but taxes.

i don't think the president wants to admit that an awful lot of taxes, new taxes are coming down the pike at all of us to pay for health care reform. you're going to have taxes on drug companies, medical device makers, investment income, tanning salons, health insurers themselves were taxed, health savings accounts will be taxed. all of those taxes are going to be levied in the next few years. all of them will come down the pike at us, middle america we'll be paying and the president doesn't want to have to come out and say that. >> on camera. >> too bad doris didn't have a chance for a follow-up because maybe after 17 minutes, she would have said, excuse me, mr. president, you didn't answer my question. i asked about taxes! >> where is brett baer when you really need him to jump in and keep the president on track answering the question. >> isn't that the point he goes -- that's a number one rule of distraction is to keep talking about something else. >> you run out the clock. i mean, he knows he's got a limited amount of time to stand there and answer questions so he takes 17 minutes with a

nonanswer because the real answer will be damaging to the health care reform operation. >> when you also factor in that everyone is going to have to get insurance or be fined, you can look at that as a tax. >> yes, you can. >> $960 if you don't have it. >> it will be i.r. s. which levies that. it's going to be called a tax and not a fine for legalistic reasons but the i.r. s. will levy that tax. tha there's a long list of taxes, i just gave you a partial list. >> you could go on for 17 minutes. it's only a three hour show. yesterday, the president's men and women went out on the chat shows and were talking about the economy, we're going around the corner but they really kind of were tamping down expectations. >> they have to because there's a very difficult summer coming up. we're going to get rid of all those one million census workers. they'll be back in the employment pool. there's an awful lot of discouraged workers coming back into the labor pool. you could see the unemployment

rate go back up to 10% in the late summer, early fall. right before the november elections. >> larry summers said something about the government will still play a very important role in bringing jobs in the economy back. when i heard that, i said uh-oh. are they going to start pushing another stimulus bill? >> that's exactly right. is he laying the groundwork for another big spending plan from the government like plan one, plan two, are they going to do that? i don't think so. but i wouldn't put it past them. they're laying the groundwork. >> i bet you a buck. >> you can format your show. you've seen our show. good luck at 9:20. we'll see you there live. there you are smiling again. >> vacancy in the co-anchor, brian. >> i didn't know. >> no, there's not. >> look for the company man! >> thanks, stu. if you feel the government isn't listening to you and you're concerned where our country is going, stick around. peter johnson jr. has a prescription for truth. >> kids say i'm going to run

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considers honest american voices and what the president's cry of, yes, we can, has become. peter? >> good morning, steve. thank you. you know, have you ever cared about someone or something so much that it hurts? have you ever worried yourself sick? a lot of you care about america are hurting and sick with worry. as you consider where our country is going. more unemployment than almost three decades, the prospect of higher taxes, fines, deficits and a new government mandate from a health care law that most americans did not want. big government spending more dollars which seemed harder to come by in a new global economy. you ask, will i have a job next year? why didn't my opinion and those who made up the majority of americans matter as the president transformed a sixth of our economy. why were we patronized by white house officials who acted as if they know better? they said you don't understand what you're getting. they lectured us. you asked, can popular will survive in the growing shadow of big government? in the blink of an eye, the

allegedly humble post partisan face of a new american government engorged with political victory openly mocked those who spoke out in opposition. even the smug bravado of embarrassing vice presidential bragadocio became a proud fundraising tool for 2012 and legitimate objections to an arguably unconstitutional scheme demanding that you buy health insurance as the price of citizenship were dismissed by a presidential laugh line about asteroids and armageddon. to win the hearts of maybe move on blogers. last week in greensboro, north carolina i met a sensible mother who said to me, i didn't vote for the president but i understood what, yes, we can, should mean for americans. hope and opportunity for all. now it's being used to divide us. not unite us. it's a sad dilemma for a lot of americans. one man i know in upstate new york tells me, peter, i don't have time to be a tea partyier but i can't afford to be quiet.

it's not fair to say that if i'm opposed to new health care, it means that i'm against civil rights, too. i'm for everybody's rights, he says. the shared message of passover and easter is that hope springs eternal in resilient people like ours. the promise of new jobs, a new faith in a government that earns our confidence and a new era of american exceptionalism will only be won when the disquiet and disillusionment of a nation whose popular will has been ignored is replaced by a commitment that yes, we can, is a rallying cry for an entire people and not just a single political party. the lives and points of loyal americans are not legitimate subjects of mockery, mimicry and modularization of government it relies on and oppressed. it requires that our leaders reach out in reconciliation to reassure disagreeing voices. next year we hope with the

annual return of the cherry blossoms a fresh wind of change sweeps across the potomac. it may be too much to hope that the white house heeds your honest voice. it's not too much to expect that our president is not embarrassed by your strong voice. and that he understands that you care so much for america it sometimes hurts. the prescription for truth and for james, continues in your hometown and on this channel. steve doocey. >> peter johnson, well said. thank you. all right. he's a cross between dog the bounty hunter and dr. phil, a former cop dedicated to tracking down runaways and bringing them home. he and one of his rescues join us next with something all families should hear. first, today is april 5th. back today in 1614, pocahontas married john ross in virginia. george washington casted the first veto in presidential

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>> answer to the trivia question of the day, peter king, the winner is kevin in louisiana. congratulations to all. >> each year in the united states over 1.6 million teens run away from home. thousands of them will be exploited or even killed. one man has made it his mission to find them before that happens. >> guess what? they're here. it's a new real life series called "rescue squad". it follows his team as they track and rescue and reunite runaways with their families. joe of rescue squad is here and with him is diana vasquez, one of the young runaways saved by his team already.

>> correct you, runaway squad. >> all right. runaway squad. i forgot what i called it. i guess it wasn't right. first off, you found diana two years ago. >> two years ago, sure. >> tell me what happened. >> she was missing for nine months. i was contacted by the mom and, you know, she wasn't getting any help from mom and it was a gang situation. you know, where diana fell in love with this gang member and he was obviously no good and not accepted by the parents. and he kept her hiding for nine months. >> so you fled your home and you came to manhattan here. you were working as a waited res. >> yeah, i was. >> what did you think when joe came upon you and said hello, i found you. >> i was really nervous. i didn't know what to do. i had a lot of emotions. like i was -- but like now i'm happy. >> you wanted to go back home, right? >> yeah. i didn't know how to. i was embarrassed. i wondered what my parents were going to say so i kept going.

>> joe, you lived this drama without the cameras. what are we going to see with the cameras as we watch this show on this series? >> it's real. you know, it's horrific at times, you know, the gangs that m will exploit the kids, the pimps, sometimes cults from mentally challenged children who run away and we find and we bring them back and then, you know, they run away again because the system fails them. >> and you talk about the system and that's so important to bring out here, joe, because police are so -- they have so many cases they're trying to work on. when they hear a teen has run away, they say not going to put too many resources there. >> right. it's a low priority, no doubt. i was a new york city detective and it's a very low priority and the challenge is want only to find the child. obviously, you don't -- you know, i walk through that door and meet parents and she has a wonderful family. mother, father, not one of these broken homes and they were so distraught and, you know, they

really needed help. no doubt. >> diana, what are you seeing there as we see you in the car? that you were somewhat relieved but yet upset. >> i know. when i saw the video again, i was actually crying because i realized like how stupid it was to just run away from home. and, you know, make that mistake. >> right. we're talking about an honor student. you taught sunday school and lived in a good home. and now you're back there and thanks to joe. >> yeah. thank you. >> she's a sweetie. >> she is and thanks for sharing your story. there's no acting here. this is real. and a true reality show which we see so little of. it's going to be on a&e 10:00, it premieres tonight. and good luck with the series. >> a talented guy. >> that's where you're having your premiere tonight. >> yes, we're having the premiere party tonight. yeah. >> thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you so much. >> this happened during our show earlier, jet blue plane grounded after a piece of its engine fell off. update straight ahead. >> could a doctor be facing some

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>> gretchen: hope you're waking up to a fantastic morning, april 5, 2010. check out this plane that returns to the terminal making an emergency landing. why? because part of the engine cover fell off during the flight. the pilot looked around, noticed it and said, put this puppy back on the ground. >> steve: i wonder if the people on the ground were watching. meanwhile, space shuttle discovery heading to space. >> lift off of discovery. >> steve: you saw that live right here on "fox & friends" earlier this morning. we have a live update from the cape coming up straight ahead. >> a 2-year-old girl goes under water. her dad and a complete stranger from another country jump into action.

dramatic river rescue. we talk to the man who jumped in. our slogan comes from james in florida. finding slogans that are on topic is often catastrophic. but when it comes to america, come to "fox & friends." >> this is curt shilling, you're watching "fox & friends." >> how was he on the after the show show? >> gretchen: very straightforward. because he knew that there were no fcc relations. >> brian: he wanted a beer. i left the morning show to do the radio show. he said, can i have a beer. did you have a beer? >> steve: we did not. but the mimosa bar opened at 8:30. >> brian: a little bubbly in the knows. >> gretchen: let's start off your morning with a fox news alert. crews now are searching for trapped victims investigating the damage after a deadly earthquake rattled mexico and three u.s. states, including arizona, nevada, california.

this is surveillance from a salvation army showing the power of the tremor. let's go live to l.a. with casey stegall. what's the latest on the daniel, injuries and where did the quake have the most impact, because it was so far reaching? >> yeah. it really was far reaching. in this situation, it is very fluid. a lot of the numbers are changing as crews are out once daylight will come up and they'll be able to get a look at the damage and get a better feel for what exactly happened. the epicenter was inside mexico, about 19 miles south of mexacali. and a town that sits along the u.s.-mexico border, 120 miles east of san diego. a lot of damage done in mexicali and another city. a lot of products fallen off with the jolted store, bricks

have fallen out of buildings and a number of shop windows broken out. so again, the damage still very early on. all of the assessments are coming in. two deaths have been reported inside mexico. but the good news to report this morning is no major injuries and no major damage on the u.s. side. gretchen. >> gretchen: it's interesting, my husband was flying to california laos night. his flight diverted, far reaching implications. what about the after shocks, because the experts say more could be coming. >> yeah. aftershocks, we've already experienced. a 5.2 and another and then a 4.3. there is definitely a chance for these aftershocks, although the u.s. geological survey saying there is a less than 5% chance that this particular 7.2 event would trigger a larger quake, larger than 7.2. but talk about the far reaching aspects of this in your

husband's flight being diverted, you see the water sloshing around in the swimming pools. people in phoenix, arizona and las vegas felt this. the buildings in downtown l.a. swayed and on a personal note, i was live yesterday in north hollywood reporting on the shooting at that restaurant. we were sitting inside our satellite truck and it's a pretty big truck and it felt like someone was on the outside pushing the truck. it was swaying from side to side. so a lot of people felt this, even in the northern part of california. hundreds and hundreds of miles away. so pretty scary when you're talking about a significant event like that. but so far reaching felt by 20 million people in three different states, gretchen. >> gretchen: wow. amazing. thanks so much for the update this morning. let's do a couple other headlines. an update on the jet blue plane that had to make an emergency landing in new jersey this morning. it had just returned to the terminal after a piece of the engine fell off shortly after

takeoff. take a look at the left engine. this is the cover called a cowelling. it snapped off. this is a picture from a viewer that you're seeing on our computer screen. the viewer is on the airplane, sent it in toes. thank you. this was flight 507. it immediately came back in, it was heading for fort lauderdale, florida. the runway expected to open shortly. the plane was brought back to the terminal under its own power. another fox news alert. discovery blasting off this morning. >> one, 0, booster ignition and lift - off of discovery, blazing a trail to scientific discovery. >> gretchen: discovery and seven astronauts are on a 13-day mission to the international space station. hearing bringing 17-tons of supplies and equipment. three space walks are planned. only three shuttle flights remain after this one. more than 200,000 americans are waking up without their unemployment benefits.

those benefits expired after the senate failed to pass emergency extensions before heading on a two-week break. republicans led by senator tom coburn, they wanted to use stimulus money to pay for the program, but democrats said that was set aside to create jobs. the senate will take up the issue when members come back to washington next week. this amazing story, video, a father jumped into a frigid river to save his two-year-old daughter and it was all caught on camera. the little girl, she fell into new york east river and without miss ago beat, david anderson jumped in and found her. he was helped by an unknown french tourist. earlier on "fox & friends," we spoke with the man who captured the footage. >> when i first saw the father had her, there was no sense of relief. i was panicked because i didn't see her breathing or crying. then after ten seconds, i heard her let out a little cry and now it's a sense of relief. it wasn't when i saw her get out. because if she's crying, air is getting in and out.

i knew she would be okay. >> gretchen: that little girl taken to a local hospital, doing just fine now. those are your headlines. >> steve: i think that photograph of the jet blue cowelling was taken by a viewer by the name of paul hewitt. we thank him for letting us use it. let's talk about this, the president's men and women who look at the economy and try to figure out how to turn things around were on the tv chat shows yesterday. of course, they did blame george bush for the terrible predicament that barak obama came into when he came into office. but it's interesting, they said, unemployment, which currently stands at 9.7%, might actually go up even higher in the coming months because people out there feel like the economy is starting to get a little better. so people who had been discouraged or ran out of benefits or for whatever reason are suddenly coming back into the job market looking around. so by virtue of them coming into the job market, that number could go up before it comes

down. here is one of the talkers yesterday. i think it's larry summers talking about it's not going to be too big. >> we're in a very different place than we were a year ago, a year ago we were losing 600,000 jobs a month. now the process of job creation has started. we expect that it will accelerate. >> we have been seeing gradually job losses moderate. we've now crossed zero line in our positive. yes, i anticipate that we're going to continue to see positive job growth as we go forward and what i'm going to be focusing on is how big does it get because as you mentioned in your opening, we've got a big hole when it comes to jobs. >> brian: it's strange because geithner on friday said unemployment is unacceptably high, will stay higher for the foreseeable future. then alan greenspan, he says, the odds of a falter economy have fallen economy.

that's his way of saying it doesn't look like we'll have a double dip. the other thing is if you look at 162,000 jobs, i'm all for the positive, but when you think that there have been more census jobs created as opposed to manufacturing jobs created, that brings you down a little bit. >> gretchen: it does, because those are people who are going to then not have a job potentially after five or six months. it also doesn't factor in all the people who stopped looking for a job because they got frustrated and so they're all still out there in that special pool of people who are not getting unemployment benefits and not looking for a job. here is the line that caught my attention. larry summers saying the government will still be responsible for taking pro-active steps to help along the recovery process. a lot wondering whether or not that will mean another stimulus package. i'm going to go to my poll and i'm going to get it right. 6% of respondents say that they actually feel that the stimulus created jobs in this country. only 6%. who are you?

i mean, i'm amazed at that stat now. that's 1% fewer than the number of people who think elvis is still alive. that's not a very good survey for people who supported the stimulus. >> steve: no kidding. let's take a look at the big board over there. how many people are in the tea party and what sort of political parties do they belong to? the winston group did a survey and it was for an education advocacy group. this is what they found out. 57% of people in the tea party who identify themselves as tea party member, 57% republican. 28% independent and 13% democratic. for people that say, oh, they're all republican, that's not true. take a look at this. four in ten are either independents or democrats and it makes you realize, folks, that when the democrats try to margin alize or speak bad of the tea party people, they're

shooting themselves in the foot because a bunch of swing voters are part of that movement. >> brian: and their predominant issue, the economy and two main issues, and reducing the deficit. that's what they all have in common. that is a concern. there was a time in this country where i don't think people cared about the deficit. now we've been educated to the point where we are call kind of worried about the deficit. >> gretchen: how times changed like that. let's talk a little about something we brought to your attention at the end of last week. dr. jack castle down in florida put this sign outside of his office and said if you voted for president obama, look for health care elsewhere. that got a tremendous amount of attention, including from congressman grayson, who says he's going to try to file some sort of legal action against the doctor for speaking with his first amendment rights. here is what grayson said. i'm disgusted. maybe he thinks the hip cratic oath says do no good. why don't they change the republican party to the sore loser party. earlier today that doctor was an our show and here is what he

said. >> i think there is a real, real problem that's going on here in this country and unfortunately, obamacare fatally compromises my ability or any doctor's ability to uphold the hi poe cratic oath. i can't believe that more people aren't standing up. i think all the doctors in the united states need to take a stand on this 'cause it's pretty -- pretty soon it will be too late. >> brian: he's not backing off. he's sticking with it and he'll continue the fight and he went into detail, even more than the president went into. >> steve: he joins us and talks about the big changes. for instance, hospice care. as for that sign that got all the attention, it is still on his door there in the orlando area. >> brian: 12 minutes after the hour. straight ahead, the final 45 minutes of our show, case against the three navy seals charged with assaulting a suspected terrorist. and the president could end it all with his signature.

why doesn't he? >> gretchen: breast-feeding could save 900 babies' lives each year? the study parents can't afford to miss. >> steve: plus, at the white house today, they're putting politics aside to continue a tradition, rolling easter eggs on the south lawn. we are there live. you'll see some of it straight ahead on this monday after easter. #

>> brian: cracks beginning to form in the case against those three navy seals charged with assault ago suspected terrorist. could president obama make this entire case go away without even going to trial? >> steve: we're joined by fox news senior judicial analyst andrew napolitano. good morning to you. >> good morning, guys. >> steve: it is a great question that brian poses and that is could the commander in chief actually step in and say, come on, let's just stop it. >> in a word, yes. the president is not only the commander in chief of the military, he's the chief law

enforcement officer in the united states of america. so with the stroke of a pen, he could decide for policy reasons anybody in the federal government is prosecuting, civilian or military, there is more harm than good will come about from the prosecution. he could stop the prosecution of his friend blago, his friend from illinois. >> brian: he got kicked off celebrity apprentice, so blago has time now. >> unfortunately, these guys don't. the system is similar. military investigators come up with evidence, they sit down with a military prosecutor, decide whether or not they want to prosecute and then they get permission from the commanding general or admiral of those three and decide whether or not to prosecute. the f.b.i. and federal prosecutors do the same thing in the civilian side. eventually military and civilian prosecutions lead to one person, the president of the united states who could say, given the military mission, given what these guys have done for us, given what this could do to the

rest of the military, i don't think they should be prosecuted. so stop it. >> brian: judge, some people need to be caught up in the story. there's a most wanted terrorist that we wanted with the best of the best for two years. we finally get him into custody and a petty officer says that he saw one of the navy seals hit this guy and he was bleed from the mouth. and the other two navy officers see a navy seals are accused of lying, saying it never happened. >> they're accused by filing a false report and saying it didn't happen. there is somebody else involved whose name hasn't been given to us yet who was given immunity, meaning that person could have been a defendant or could have been a witness, but he cut some kind of deal. this also happens in civilian prosecutions with his commanding officer and in return for immunity, we won't prosecute you no matter what you say. he'll testify against them. >> steve: okay. the judge is going to go ahead and be dismissed now because you got to prepare for your radio

show in 42 minutes. you got stuart varney and juan williams on. >> it's been incredible. >> brian: congratulations on your book. number 13. straight ahead, how did you get your credit score up? what's the difference between chapter 7 and chapter 13 bankruptcy? all your real estate question answered by bob massi, he continues our special series, america's housing series. >> steve: then jesse james checking out of sex rehab? what's next for him and his wife, sandra bullock?

>> brian: news by the numbers. the average pay for an american ceo. yes, last year, according to a compensation firm, that's down

15% and the question is, how did you live on 9.53 million? next, 911, that's how many babies could be saved each year if their mothers breast-fed them for the first six months. published in the journal of pediatrics says it could prevent sudden infant death syndrome. new york city student who was handcuffed and arrested for doodling on her desk is suing the city. she is claiming excessive force. guys. >> gretchen: thank you. now more than ever, it's important to make sure you understand exactly what effects your credit score and how some of the decisions you make with your bank could spell long-time trouble. >> steve: our old buddy, fox news legal analyst bob massi joins us live from vegas. he's here with -- you are in vegas, right? >> yes, sir. >> steve: some people think wayne newton is there, no, it's bob massi. part 4 of our housing crisis

series. bob, a lot of people are thinking, i'm under water on this mortgage i've got. i should declare bankruptcy. but there are two kinds of bankruptcy. there is chapter 7 and 13. what is chapter 7? >> chapter 7 means that your liabilities far exceed your assets and there is criteria now where you have to make under a certain amount of money even declare a chapter 7 bankruptcy. used to be in the old days, literally anybody could declare chapter 7 bankruptcy. but you're basically going to the bankruptcy court and saying, look, my liabilities are so far under water because of everything going on, my assets are a 13. it's called a wage earner's reorganization. that means you're asking the court that you will pay a small percentage of your debt over a three to five-year period. there is certain criteria to be followed, but that's the difference. you're not discharging all the debt. crew paying a small portion of it over time. >> gretchen: why would one person choose one over the

other? which is easier to come out from? >> may not be able to qualify for the 7. so a lot of times, if you make too much income, married couple over a certain amount of money, or an individual, that means they may not fit into that grid of the 7. so they don't have a choice. psychologically, some people feel better on a 13 that they're paying a little something back that's really many time a psychological issue. there is a grid that has to be followed to determine the 7 versus the 13. >> steve: sure. in the past, we've talked to our other old buddy, dave ramsey, about fico scores. when you do declare bankruptcy or other things with your financial history, points are subtracted. for instance, if you have a short sale, how many points would you lose? >> short sales, there is a company called credit source one that breaks this down pretty good. but obviously bankruptcy is the worst and that could go anywhere

from 100 to 150 points. believe it or not, steve, if your credit score is better now, let's say you have an 800 credit score, god forbid you're here, you'll be hit worse at times than somebody that has a 650fico score. and everybody right now is concerned about how this is going to impact. let me say this to our viewers, there is no question in my mind fico is important, but in time, the lenders are going to have to adjust. and i'll tell you why. there is no way that lenders can exist in this country unless they ultimately loan to second, third, and fourth tier people. they can't continue to lend to first tier people, otherwise they'll be out of business. so they'll make the appropriate adjustments over time. more money down, higher interest rate like they did years ago going back to the old time. so i don't want our viewers to think god forbid, if they lost their house, they'll never be able to own something again. that's not true. there will be an adjustment. >> steve: that's what got us into trouble in the first place.

>> gretchen: interesting information. for our viewers, if you have questions for bob about any of this stuff, e-mail those questions to us at www.foxandfriends.com. >> thank you all. >> straight ahead, the life of high school football star heading for notre dame, cut short. we'll tell you what happened to that young man straight ahead. >> gretchen: it's a true story of paying it forward. one person decides to donate a kidney. wait until you hear what happened next. >> steve: it's a great story. and the annual right of spring kicking off this morning at the white house. we'll go live there for the annual white house easter egg roll. those are live pictures.

>> brian: we want to update you on this story that you've been tracking. a jet blue plane makes an emergency landing at newark airport. the cover of the engine fell off after takeoff. there you're looking at pictures of what happened to the left engine. the cover called a cowelling, snapped away. it immediately was back in for a landing, heading for fort lauderdale, florida. no one was hurt. the runway is expected to be open shortly. workers are cleaning off the debris. the plane was brought back to the terminal under its own power. you got to wonder, i am not a pilot, but i imagine that took some skill to bring that plane

in. >> steve: sure. creates all sorts of draft. once again, they do a great job. speaking of flying and piloting, we've got another fox news alert. space shuttle discovery has blasted off in orbit, lighten up the early morning skies over florida. we showed you this earlier. >> two, one, zero, boost your ignition, and lift - off of discovery, blaze ago trail. >> steve: you never get tired of watching those amazing pictures as the shuttle blatses off on one of its final missions. joining us is kris gutierrez. good morning to you. >> good morning to you, steve. picture perfect day out here at the kennedy space center and a picture perfect launch according to the folk here's at nasa. take again a look at the launch. it was beautiful, a sight to see and you could feel it, three miles away. immediately after the launch, nasa starts looking at different camera angles to make sure that there wasn't foam lost, particularly foam that would compromise the integrity of the

belly of the orbiter and they did spot something around the four minute mark. we should point out this is way past the point of concern. you're looking at the video. you see that piece of foam that jumps off of the external fuel tank and smacks the belly of the orbiter, or appears to? nasa says that past the 2:15 mark, anything that comes off the external fuel tank is not a concern because the air is so thin up there that it doesn't carry the force to damage the belly of the orbiter. again, it's something that nasa is looking at, but at this point, doesn't appear to be a problem. >> steve: so if they did have to go back and try to eyeball it with their own two eyes, they do have three space walks planned. right? >> yeah. plus flight day two, standard procedure for them to use their sensor system. they have a robotic camera that comes out and surveys the bottom of the orbiter from head to toe because, again, they want to make sure following the columbia disaster, that nothing hit the

gray area in the leading edge. the foam, size of a suitcase actually smacked the orbiter. but again, that was much earlier in the launch time. it was within that 2:15 mark. but at this point, they're looking at something that fell a off around the 4 minute mark. does not appear to be a concern. >> steve: kris gutierrez, where it's a beautiful day. thank you. >> gretchen: couple other headlines. they're calling it a miracle in china. 115 miners are alive after being trapped for more than a week. 38 miners still believed to be trapped in that mine. rescuers in tears, hugging each other at the scene, which was broadcast on national tv. brian? >> brian: all right. ohio high school is in mourning this morning after a star football player was heading to notre dame and had already committed there died on spring break. he was in panama city, florida. cops say he was drunk, fell off

a hotel balcony and not able to recover. investigators say james was with a large group of people, including several chaperones. school officials say this was not a school trip, though. >> gretchen: that didn't take long. and last long. sandra bullock's husband, jesse james, reportedly out of rehab after entering last week. there are reports he's upset that sandra bullock would not take his phone calls and learning a moving van was spotted outside their home. james checked into the center reportedly for sex addiction after allegedly cheating on her with several women. sources say he wants to fix the marriage. but that sandra bullock apparently wants out. >> steve: he was there for a whole week, boy, he must be all better. let's take a look. we've got widely scattered thunderstorms moving through portions of the great lakes states in the last couple of hours and they continue to march toward the east at this hour. right now impacting folks who live around lake erie and ontario and the rain showers go

down through portions of dixieland. the main rain out west is right along the pacific coast from northern california down through southern california. current temperatures, as you can see, 40s in northern plains and portions of new england. otherwise 50s and 60s across much of the map currently. right now it's already 70 in san antonio and there in san antonio, later today they hope to add ten, 80 should be the high. 86 in tampa. and 76 here in the big town of new york city. let's talk tiger, brian. >> brian: it will be the big news of the day. about five hours from now, the eyes of the world will be firmly fixed on tiger woods again. he's used to that. but not like this. he'll face the media ahead of his return to competition at the masters. he's at augusta yesterday where he shook hands and hit 40 balls before returning to the clubhouse. he has not competed for almost five months following revelations he had a string of extramarital affairs.

you may have heard. major league baseball opened its season last night. the new york yankees decide to let the red sox win. deep in the very first, you say i rod jogging. says the tigers should have never let me go. the red sox said, we'll give you even a bigger lead. then there is a go ahead run on a fast ball to give boston the lead they will not relinquish. mike cameron would score ahead of the throw. red sox win game 1. i was stunned by this news. the philadelphia eagles traded donovan mcnabb. we heard this rumor, but they traded him to their rival redskins? they're going to face him two times a year for at least a year for a pair of draft picks. two second rounders. when he was there with the eagles, there is only two teams who won more games than him, the colts and new england patriots. underappreciated from the day he

was drafted, we'll see what he can do. >> steve: the tradition on the white house south lawn continues this morning. the first family hosting the annual white house easter egg roll. kelly wright joins us live there. kelly, i understand that moaning the easter bunny and other famous people, there is going to be justin bieber and a special guest who is within earshot of you right now. >> exactly. i'm going to walk and see if i can get to him. it's actually, first of all, we'll get back to our president is right there. but we have one of the most winning medalists in history right now. waiting to get to him. he's taking pictures right now. while we do that and wait for him, over here we have president teddy roosevelt, president mckinley, they're from the victorrian society here in d.c behind there is miffy, here is big rabbit and all of these great people you see behind me here, about 30,000 kids are coming here and right here, this is the man of the hour.

this is apolo ohno. nice to see you and congratulations again personally for the feat you did during the olympics, the most winning medals in history. how did you do that? >> a lot of training. when i was at the games, i never set out to win any records or break any medal count. i go out there and compete 'cause i love to do it. i'm on the road ever since and pretty wild actually. first time here at the white house for the easter egg roll and first time here for easter. >> what's really cool is that you're so athletic and the first lady, who is the official sponsor of this event, first lady michelle obama, has the program, let's move, which is the initiative to stop childhood obesity. your effort in that capacity has been what? >> a lot of the same values that i align myself with, with my foundation, along with a company that i partner with. we value the same thing, get

kids active, get them educated on making the right decisions in their life and saying no to underage drinking and drugs. >> do you have what it takes to roll an easter egg? >> that's what i'm here for. i'm here for the eggs, man. >> we know you're a dancer. we got miffy here. here are some kids. come on over here real quick. those kids have some talent as well. you could probably compete with them and win and we also know you like to dance. so miffy has asked to dance with you and i'll sing for you. the earth, wind, and fire song. ♪ let's move today watch miffy work. thank you so much. say hello to your good friends at "fox & friends." >> "fox & friends," good morning. >> thank you. >> gretchen: i love that, kelly

wright having fun out there, shaking his booty. >> brian: i think the bigger story is the mckinley impersonator who hasn't been booked in 50 years has a gig. >> steve: good job. 19 minutes before the top of the hour. the president says his health care bill is good for small business, but that's not what two entrepreneurs are saying. and they work in the medical industry. they think it will kill innovation and join us live. >> gretchen: you're looking at some people who are paying if forward. the amazing story of these folks who decided to donate their kidneys to complete strangers. they're coming up as well.

>> gretchen: the president's new reform bill on health care may help provide millions with

health care insurance in the short run, but will it kill medical innovation in the long run? our next guests say yes, it will. sam and peter blankenship are the co-founders of streamline, a medical device company that manufactures medical infusion stands. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. thank you for having us. >> gretchen: you're welcome. you came up with this invention a few years ago. you actually have it now in five hospitals across the country. what's going to happen to you when this medical device tax, 2 to 4%, hits you? >> well, we're lucky streamline is fortunate in that we are exempt from any fda regulatory process because this is a class 1 device. however, we, like any other medical company, will need to manage this tax, which is, like you said, 2.3%, we believe now. it was originally going to be up 4. that's going to mean slower hiring process, it's going to mean just more efficient ways of handling our cash, which is nothing new, but it's something

to really be mindful of or over the next four years, it will cost $1 million. >> gretchen: won't it stunt innovation? you're in minnesota, which is a state that is well-known for having these kinds of inventions, especially in the medical field. what's it going to do as far as passing that cost along to the consumer? >> yeah, the tax will definitely do a few things. passing it on to the consumer, the whole point of this health care reform bill is to reduce the cost of health care. and having to pass this cost on to customers is just going to increase their cost. the big problem that we see is innovation really does come from the smaller start-up companies, your med electronic, boston scientifics, they have large distribution networks and sales force, but their real source of growth are these small innovative companies that they just acquire, put their new innovations into those

distribution lines, and this tax is going to really end up hitting those smaller companies. >> gretchen: tell us what streamline is exactly. >> well, streamline basically what we are going to be doing now and in the future is taking old antiquated equipment, you've seen wheelchairs, i.v. poles, their heavy and rickey and outdated, and that's kind of a new year's eve we carved out and there is a lot of room for improvement. going forward, we're excited and we're positioned well with this new product, which is one of a kind. but yeah, any green initiative that this administration seems to push right now, thain intensifiesing companies and in some cases subsidizing. it seems counter productive to us to impose these barriers when what we're doing is what health care reform should be about. >> gretchen: the push from the obama administration has been that this will cut cost. but maybe what you are saying is it will cut innovation and

that's what america and medical, the whole society is known for. >> you're absolutely right. it comes full circle. if we're going to get charged more to do what we do, you have to handle that some way. we're not excited about passing that on to the consumer, which ends up being hospitals and health care providers. but that could be a reality going down the road, something we'll really need to consider. >> gretchen: sam and peter blankenship, co-founders of streamline, inc. thanks for being our guests this morning. >> thank you for having us. >> gretchen: you're looking at other real life heros now. you're about to see them. check them out. you know what they did? they took part in a real life pay it forward program where people donate their kidneys to complete strangers. we're going to ask them why next. first, let's check in with hemmer for what's on at the top of the hour. >> hope you had a great easter on a monday here. new concerns about the jobs picture. we'll explain that with stuart varney. juan williams and a warning to democrats about the tea party movement. the roaming gang blamed for more

than 1,000 murders near the u.s.-mexican border. how can we stop them? tiger talks today. you pick it. duke or butler. see you in 11 minutes on america has news room.

>> steve: welcome back. you've heard the phrase, pay it forward. well, some good samaritans at loyola university medical center are doing that for people who need kidney transplants. all doctors ask in return is for the gesture to be paid forward, cause ago chain reaction. from a single donor, potentially six lives could be saved. joining us is the director of the living donor program as well as good samaritan donor tina lamb. she's right there. and rob who received tina's

kidney. thank you for joining us. >> good morning. >> steve: let me explain how this kidney chain works. it begins with a donor steps forward and offers to donate a kidney to a stranger starting a chain. the donor's kidney is given to a compatible transplant candidate who has an incompatible donor who then agrees to give a kidney to a third person, also with an inaccountable donor. tina, let's start with you. five years ago, your husband received a transplant, a kidney transplant. so you went to the fine folks at loyola and said what? >> i asked if i can do the same, donate. >> steve: even though you had no connection to robert, who is seated -- rob, who is seated right next to you, who ultimately received your kidney? >> correct. exactly. >> steve: why did you do it? >> i believe in paying it forward. it was important. somebody did it for my husband.

it was tore me to do it for somebody else. >> steve: you've got tina's kidney, how do you feel? >> i feel great. >> steve: i bet. that's the understatement. dr. milner, explain who all those people are behind you, because i know one has already donated a kidney and two more are about to. >> sure. that's right. so behind me to my right, dr. welten, a ceo of loyola university hospital. dr. susan ho, a transplant neverrologist. she's given a kidney about ten years ago. here is tim, initiating the second of loyola's chains in paying it forward to a hospital likely in philadelphia. next to him we have jody who will be donating this week and paying it forward to ucla for a stranger there that she's not met. and that none of us know. next to jody is dr. david holtz, director of the kidney

transplant program at loyola. >> steve: that's an amazing line - up. dr. milner, you've been in the medical business for a very long time and traditionally, people will come forward and say, i would like to donate my kidney to my brother or my sister or my father to save a life. but the fact that these people come forward and are donating kidneys to people they have never met, that's got to make you feel so good that you are in this business to make this happen. >> this is an incredible feeling and it's really exciting coming here every day when i get to work with people like these people right here behind me and beside me. it's very wonderful. >> steve: tina, you have donated your kidney to rob seated between you and the doctor. for people out there who are thinking about this, why should they consider it? >> it's a good feeling, it's the right thing to do, honestly. it's hard to explain. having to see somebody go

through dialysis and being sick all the time, it's heart breaking. it's not needed. it's not needed. >> steve: well, what a story you all have. dr. milner and tina and rob, we thank you very much for joining us live. if folks would like more information, the kidney transplant office at loyola, here is the phone number, 708- 216-2023. also a living donor coordinator at loyola and they're number is 708-216-3456. if you would like to go on-line, we've got all the information at "fox & friends".com. thank you very much for joining us, everybody. live from out in illinois. more "fox & friends" continues on this monday in two minutes.

>> gretchen: no who will be on the show tomorrow? the captain of the mirsk, the ship taken over by somali