>> live from studio e in the heart of midtown manhattan, it's "fox & friends." happy columbus day, everybody. it's a big holiday although a lot of kids have school today. >> great day. if you have an explorer in your family, give them a hug and say this day is for you. >> come on. >> that's a good one. >> you don't have any kids in school anymore, do you? man, you're old. >> sally has got school. starts at 7:15 this morning. >> on columbus day? >> what grade is she in? >> senior in high school. >> that's right. you are getting old. >> they are little. >> peter doocy was a little child and a little munch kin. >> yeah, he was 5'10". >> he's like seven feet tall. he really is. get to the headlines, first of all. president obama is trying to win over democratic voters ahead of the midterm election. today in washington he's going to be pushing for more money for

our roads and rails and then he flies to miami and gets to meet students there from "waiting for superman" that documentary that blames teachers unions for america's failing education system. all eyes, meantime, are on north korea's future leader on sunday, they were yesterday. kim jong-il's youngest son making his first appearance on live tv over the weekend. his father beginning to look a little frail as you can see. they both presided over a huge military parade celebrating the 65th anniversary of north korea's communist party. little is known about him. he was in his late 20's. >> he instantly became a general when he joined the army. isn't that amazinamazing? >> chief suspects have the names in the murder of david hartley. his family remains unconvinced fearing justice never will be served. >> i doubt if they ever make an arrest, i don't know.

as far as finding the body, all we can do is hope. >> mexican police named two brothers who are allegedly members of the zeta drug cartel as suspects. they are already wanted by law. at 8:00 a.m. eastern, we'll be talking to david's wife, she's been here before about the latest developments in the case. after two months, crews put the finishing touches on an escape shaft to finally pull out those 33 trapped chilean miners. really, this wednesday, actually the men are going to be hoisted up one by one and it's a really narrow capsule. doctors will be on hand to monitor their health. interesting way this whole situation is going to unfold. meanwhile, the miners are so anxious, they've been apparently fighting over who will be the last one out. not surprisingly. and those are your headlines for this beautiful monday. >> they built like a family atmosphere down there and they're all pulling for each other and they're going to wait around the exit hatch until they're all out. they're not going to be exited away. >> aren't they going to have the strongest ones first? >> i think the very strongest

ones, the healthiest one first. >> apparently it's going to be a rough ride in that capsule. >> they want to see how it's going to actually work. >> exactly right. they said we'll bring up the sick lest guys first. no, the strongest. >> if they're mediocre, you know, how do -- >> how about rescuers? somebody will have to stay there if somebody else goes up. more on that a little later on. meanwhile, there was some give and take yesterday out on the circuit. the president of the united states and men of the women of the white house fanning out making it clear that the republicans are trying to steer the election through new laws and stuff like that, we'll play a little bit of the president and then karl rove responding and it all has to do with ads that are being bought by businesses. absolutely legal. listen to this. >> the american people deserve to know who is trying to sway their elections. you don't know. it could be oil industry. could be the insurance industry. could even be foreign-owned

corporations. you don't know. they don't have to disclose. >> the president is completely inanni inaccura inaccurate. he said i funded. i wish i had billions of dollars, helped involved in these groups as allowed in the laws of the united states. >> he is unbelievably angry is karl rove. karl rove's name to come up in the second of four major rallies, he finds it -- i just saw karl rove was on the radio on friday and you saw it on sunday with bret baier on "fox news sunday" how angry and off, i think, peggy noonan said it best. this is another example of off pointedness. where did this come from? how could you be leading a rally with karl rove as getting foreign money to sway an election which, by the way, it came from a liberal blog's opinion. >> david axelrod was asked about this yesterday by bob schieffer. scheiffer kept questioning him and questioning him and bob

schieffer was basically saying how do you know this is true? how can you prove this is true? that's why i was essentially saying, prove it's not. i don't know where. >> bob schieffer said is this the best you got three weeks from an election? >> at least they're not blaming bush anymore. they're blaming bush's old advisors. what's at the core here, remember the supreme court decision on citizens united. what they found was that businesses could spend as much to buy advertising as -- for candidates during elections. well, the u.s. chamber of commerce has pledged to spend up to $75 million during the midterms predominantly on behalf of republicans. and so axelrod and some -- rather, some people from the white house were talking about the fact that apparently about $100,000 of fees is collected by the u.s. chamber of commerce from international affiliates. companies that have business with the united states. and so they figure if $100,000 is going into the chamber of commerce, u.s. chamber of commerce from foreign sources, some of that money is going to subvert the u.s. political

system. however, the chamber says that that money is cordoned off so -- and the interesting thing is the white house has said, ok, stop calling for an investigation and we're not saying we have -- >> if you're going to be saying these things, if you're going to be going out and saying these things definitively or at least applying them, let's have a public businediscourse on them. let's not just say we know this might be happening. >> in 2008, everybody is saying how is president obama getting all this money? this money is pouring in from everywhere. i didn't know this. there's a simple computer verification system where she could find out, any of the money coming in to their coffers was coming from. whether it was overseas. whether they're getting two or three contributions that go over the minimum by the same person. they didn't use it. so if anyone wanted to know about foreign sources and foreign money going into a campaign, maybe it should have come up in 2008 or with clinton, gore, remember that, from all

the foreign sources that have gone wayward of the law, they were contributing in 1996 and 2000. >> it seems very disingenuine when you have david axelrod saying we can't prove it to you right now because of the first amendment and privacy issues. >> i remember in the 1970's, everybody wore high socks and tights and tight shorts. in the nba. >> or in your neighborhood. >> and head bands. and headbands. john mcenroe type headbands. >> we also had things like streakers. harmless prank. naked men running around saying look at me. that's what streakers say to me. >> there was a streaker yesterday, the president was in -- >> never the kind of streaker that you ever want. >> let me introduce you to 24-year-old juan james rodriguez. now, here's the thing -- >> he introduced himself already, steve.

>> here's the thing. apparently a billionaire by the name of alki david who is a shipping and bottling magnate, he said i will pay $1 million to anyone who streaks in front of the president of the united states within earshot but he's got to scream the name battlecam.com six times. you can barely see on his chest the l-e from battle kind of a little under that nipple right there of his. big question is whether or not whether this will actually qualify. guy that put it out there says you weren't close enough to the president. >> a salute to law enforcement. he became a human cup right there. am i right? human supporter. he'll do anything to shield the people. >> horrified. >> ok. >> what did she just see that's there forever? >> have we got an interesting question out of this? >> this was going around the doocy dinner table last night

after peter doocy got home. >> sally -- the question was would you run naked for a million dollars? >> what did sally say? >> sally said absolutely not. but think about it. a million dollars. >> if invested wisely. >> would you? >> we couldn't do it because we're on tv and journalism and everything. >> a million dollars, juliet. there are people out there in tv land. e-mail us right now. would you do it for a million bucks? >> would you streak for a million dollars? yeah. do it for your family. you're about to be foreclosed on so i'm doing it for my family of five. i'm going to run -- >> the body -- >> some people are more beautiful than others. >> look, it's one -- the fella who did the streaking 24-year-old juan james rodriguez. you got to figure he needed the money. he did it. also, we should point out there are also reports that apparently a book was thrown. >> you can see -- i saw a picture, there was -- actually, it looked like it wasn't a hard copy book. >> watch here. >> all right. there it goes. a book went flying through the

air with the greatest of ease. the secret service has to figure out who threw that and why did it get so close to the president. >> why did they throw it? >> ship has sailed. what are you going to do? >> there are thousands of people out there. >> oh, you know what? that was a mr. and mrs. happy handbook. i'm just kidding. >> you're terrible. >> let's talk a little bit about -- today is columbus day and a lot of kids have the day off. not sally doocy but up in cambridge, massachusetts, they've been looking at the broo-ha-ha about building the proposed mosque at ground zero and they said we don't like that kind of attitude. what we're going to do is we're going to make sure that one day next year, all kids in the school district get a muslim holiday off. >> this is so -- why -- i don't

understand. why do -- why don't just muslim students have the holiday off? why is it every student? >> i think will be school wise. yeah. >> just like you would -- >> i don't think you could possibly segment making jewish people go to school on christmas. you know, you can't segment -- you go to school. all right, put your kids up if you're muslim and you stay home. >> what they're going to do, there are two different holidays that fall during the calendar year. they're going to get one of them off and apparently the school board will figure out which one it is but there are a number of people up in cambridge, massachusetts, who agree with this idea. listen to this. >> i think it's fine. i think if we have religious freedom and if the school closes for any religious holidays, why not? >> it's something you have to think about. when you live in a country where freedom of religion is -- constituent doesn't sponsor anything, so you know. >> all right, we'll talk more about this from the vice chair of cambridge school committee.

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>> good morning to you, steve. >> let's talk a little bit about -- over the last decade or so, ireland had the most amazing economy. what was it fueled by? >> it was fueled in part by foreign investment. much of it from the united states. fueled by sensible bufrdget poly in the 1980's when they had an earlier budget crisis and fueled by some economic ideas that americans would recognize, reasonably low taxes and free trade. >> it hit the fan. then what happened? >> it was great in the years before the crisis, ireland went from the bad old days of being the poorest country in europe to being the richest country in europe and then the banks throw things in the ditch with the help of weak regulators. >> you're starting to sound like the united states there. >> there are some similarities but the irish banks didn't get it wrong the way we did with lots of complicated things that bankers and government officials

alike didn't understand. they just made dumb loans to property developers because they thought prices would go up forever and they didn't. >> and they didn't indeed. and i understand it was just a handful of bad banks over in ireland that got them into the pickle they're in right now. >> correct. one in particular, anglo irish bank that went from nothing in the 1980's to early 1990's to a successful bank,a model of aggressive risk taking. it was a real profits machine but then it went into the ditch. >> sure, it did go into the ditch and, of course, here in the united states, our wise people said, you know, some companies are too big to fail. we'll have to prop them up. what is ireland doing to these bad companies? >> well, the government stepped in in the fall of 2008 and guaranteed all of the banking system and that worked in the short run but it's left taxpayers with an enormous bill, equivalent relative to the size of the economy to five tarps. >> oh, man! well, when we were over in

ireland last summer, we could already see the impact of the financial crisis over there. what parallels,david, do you see between what's happened there and what could happen here? >> sure. >> obviously it's not apples to apples because it's such a small place. basic premise of living within your means. the irish didn't decide whether they wanted the european path or american path. they tried to do both. they tried to get european security with american low taxes. that doesn't work. now they're being forced to reconcile that choice. >> no kidding. all right. david, provocative new book called "when the luck of the irish ran out" thank you very much for joining us live. >> thank you. >> all right. straight ahead on "fox & friends" for this monday, columbus day, california senator barbara boxer has not made many friends in the military since this exchange. remember? >> the white house has been delayed. >> ma'am, the lacpr -- >> do me a favor, could you say senator instead of ma'am? it's just a thing. i worked so hard to get that

title. i'd appreciate it. thank you. >> yes, senator. >> oh, boy. so why did the vfw just endorse her, a veteran who says he feels betrayed comes up next. >> if you wish you could turn back time on the economy, you're not the only one and things are only about to get worse of senior citizens that depend on social security checks to live. that story, new blow to social security straight ahead. >> ♪ if i could turn back time ♪ ♪ i used to see the puddles,

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>> welcome back. some quick headlines for you on this holiday monday. the government now weighing a possible foreclosure freeze after allegations of mortgage fraud against major financial institutions. this week, attorney generals -- attorneys general that is to say from 40 states are expected to announce a joint investigation. however, white house officials question the need to halt all foreclosures coast to coast. and a reservoir that cracked last week is still holding back that toxic red sludge in hungary for now. residents there are now being warned about high levels of toxic dust. oh, great. brian, juliet? >> thanks, steve. california senator barbara boxer hasn't always been a staunch supporter of the military to say the least. she voted against the wars in iraq and afghanistan and it's hard to forget when she dressed down a general during congressional hearings in 2007. > >> why has it been delayed? >> ma'am, at the lacpr --

>> do me a favor, could you say senator instead of ma'am? it's just a thing. i worked so hard to get that title. i'd appreciate it. thank you. >> yes, senator. >> so why is the veterans of foreign wars pac, political action committee, endorsing her? critics say this is the latest example of the vfw backing the wrong candidate? retired u.s. marine corps is outraged about the endorsement and joining us today to explain why. so you're not happy about this. explain. >> well, i'm not happy but more importantly, the vfw is a fine organization, has been a fine organization and i hope one day will be a fine organization again. there are some three to four million members. the membership of the vfw is enraged. the vfw pac, i think, consists of maybe a dozen people and sits apart from the larger organization. and it has written in its creed that it will endorse members of

candidates who support the troops and our national defense mission and they've endorsed a dozen or so very liberal or progressive democrats who have opposed the war, voted against pay raises for the military and it's just a total hypocrisy and contradiction of what the vfw stands for. that's got the membership around the country and i would assume around the world, too, a lot of us overseas enraged with the vfw. it's obscene and it's rather disgusting they would go out of their way. you got to question -- it's got to be one of two things. either the vfw pac members that did this are stupid which they're not or they have a political motive. they have endorsed people who are actually all incumbents who are running against veterans, running for congress, it's ridiculous and i think it's going to cause the vfw a lot of problems. >> she also did, senator boxer, not condemn that move on.org ad

that said petraeus betrayed us. remember that? walked away from that. >> i remember that. brian, she has repeatedly voted against pay raises for military and has repeatedly voted against funding the troops and their endeavors in afghanistan and i iraq and then she insults a general and shows the shallowness of who she is. she's one of the less distinguished members of the senate that we have. and i think it's obscene we got a chance to support a senator from california, she's voiced strong support for the military and i had to testify before barbara boxer on several occasions which literally means listening to her talk and i concluded she couldn't pass economics 101. so we get quite an improvement in the senate if we elect carly fiorina in california. >> let's hear what the vfw has to say. they have a statement here. they say the methodology process used by the pac was seriously

flawed at best this year and in immediate need of extensive review. >> that backs up what you're saying? >> yeah. >> i think it's absolutely correct and i have a number of friends in the leadership and i have talked to several of them over the past three or four days and one in particular vows that -- that they will soon be taking up the question of whether the pac should even exist. i mean, this is a traitorous act on behalf of the pac. >> if anyone doubts your patriotism, you were shot out of the sky in 1956 and held as a p.o.w. you've already given to the country and you're still fighting. colonel, thanks so much for your time. >> nice to be with you again. >> thank you. >> all right. the bush tax cuts expire, we know, rich people will get hammered. did you know people making just $40,000 will wind up shelling nearly $300 more each month? stuart varney is coming in here and he'll break it down for us.

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>> all right. welcome aboard, folks. it's 28 minutes before the top of the hour. it's columbus day. hope they have the day off. if not, they're working. 24 hours. >> 28 minutes before the top of the hour. a little bit later, we'll find out what steve's music, how steve's music tastes almost prompted you to call juliet. >> in such a way. >> that's true. >> meanwhile, we got some news for you. the developers behind the proposed mosque near ground zero now suing one of new york city's volunteer firefighters. they are filing a countersuit challenging vincent forace's

$350 million lawsuit to stop the proposed mosque from being built saying his complaints are just "blind bigotry." imam rauf wants the suit dismissed and is asking for a $50 million in damages. everybody is suing everybody. >> ok. carl paladino, the conservative republican candidate with an interesting strategy for winning the seat is coming under fire for some comments he made at a synagogue. he said children should not be brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is ok and not a valid and successful option for raising a family. >> don't misquote me as wanting to hurt homosexual people in anyway. that would be a lie. and my approach is live and let live. i just think my children and your children will be much better off and much more successful in getting married and raising a family. >> all right. paladino standing behind those comments and he released a statement this morning accusing several news outlets of getting it wrong. saying they use quotes that

don't match what's on video. i did see some written text from the text he actually read. >> he was referring to something having to do with andrew cuomo bringing something to a gay pride parade. that can be discussed later on. an amber alert is still out as the search continues for a missing 10-year-old girl from north carolina. her stepmother has been named a person of interest because of inconsistencies discovered during the investigation. she was arrested on unrelated charges. she is described as white, 5'1" and 85 pounds. she has a prosthetic device below her left knee and is hearing impaired. anyone with information should contact authorities. >> meanwhile, a nashville, tennessee, teacher has a meltdown in the middle of his algebra class and one of his students pulled out the camera phone and got pictures. >> who started the fire? no, me. >> me, too. >> is that a computer? >> whoa, donald wood, a 17-year

teaching veteran could not get his 11th graders to be quiet so he -- looks like he lost it. the students were laughing at him. apparently thinking his rant was all a joke. even as he threw a trash can and desks from around the room. look at that. school officials say wood had a nervous breakdown. he was cuffed, escorted out and taken to a hospital. he's now on administrative leave. >> yikes! >> there you go. exhibit a. that's too bad. brian kilmeade has some sports and people were playing football on sunday night. >> they were, steve. it's amazing. it's tackle. that teacher, it makes me think if he was ready to roll the camera at that moment, it must have had other outrageous moments. >> maybe he was just doing it for a second. your theory is probably better. >> sunday night football, eagles minus michael vick. they wouldn't miss a beat. they did fall behind early, though. kevin kolb was really good

through the air. the defense harassing alex smith all night including that sack and fumble recovered for a touchdown in the second half. eagles would use it to ride to victory 27-24. they're 3-2. san francisco is 0-5. no word if mike singletary dropped his pants again. baseball now, the yankey shut o red sox. striking out nine. they'll face the winner of the giants-braves. did i say giants-braves? let's go watch and see what happened over there. atlanta against san francisco. san francisco would rally for a 3-2 win dramatically over the braves. the braves could only blame themselves. errors by brooks conrad was the difference. giants are up 2-1 games and can close out the best of five series tomorrow night and then in american league, the rays stay alive and tied the rangers up at 2-2. they did it with a big win last night. tampa escapes elimination with a

5-2 victory in texas and now game five, will be good for the yankees who get to rest up their older men. meanwhile, an important story. remember this guy with the cigar and mustache made famous by tiger woods at last week's ryder cup. everybody is focused on the white light. i was one of the people looking at the guy with the fake cigar and the fake mustache. we now know -- >> fossgolf ball. >> yes. it was an errant shot. don't blame the cameraman. here's the story about that guy. he's everywhere. he's one shot short of the cloned version of the cigar guy whose name is really rupesh, he's a 30-year-old who lives with his parents still. there he is happy without his mustache. this is what he looks like. another one taking place with him at marlon brando in "godfather" and you'll see him just about everywhere. the creation of adam which is the beginning of men. cigar guy made his way to the curvy couch last week. all through the magic of photo shop. >> what's he doing back there? >> cigar man. >> he's everywhere.

>> hey, coming up on "kilmeade & friends", you will see bret baier and juliann sesler and i think herschel walker is joining us. >> very, very shortly. there has been a major broo-ha-ha in the world of -->> i want to you come in on topic. >> you have tom brady for the pats and you've got new england former wide receiver randy moss. and apparently -- >> he was just -- here's the deal, they've been playing together the last five years. randy moss didn't get a contract. tom brady did. evidently there's a conflict. all types of problems. everybody wants to know why did new england trade randy moss, their best wide receiver in the middle of the year when they hope to make the playoffs. story has been circulating. tom brady told randy moss, get a haircut and shave your beard and randy moss retorted back accident you look like a girl

with your haircut. it's straight. and then he said, i can't let it be curly. giselle buncheon who he married is a model and very attractive, she won't let him have curly hair. now, we -- >> is this for real? >> we're not true. >> this was the story, apparently, circulated yesterday in some pregame activity but then last night on nbc, apparently, some insideers close to both these guys said it's not true. that never happened. >> it's fun to talk about. let's say this did happen, does he look like a girl do you think? tom brady? >> tom brady look like a girl? >> i find him quite handsome. >> is he handsome in a girlish way? >> that's not girly, ladies. please. that's not girly. >> when giselle buncheon, i believe. giselle is having a negative effect on him in this way. she's making him look too pretty. and i think that's what's causing some friction in the locker room. that's why we don't use moisturizer, we keep a rough

texture to us. >> you are in the third minute of coverage of this facial hair discrepancy. >> why do you think he's fixated on that he looks luke a girl. >> brian is fixated on it? >> i wouldn't want to say. >> let's talk about what you want to talk about. first, here with the introduction, juliet huddy. >> oh, hi, stuart varney. congress is taking a break. it doesn't give americans a break on their taxes. lawmakers fail to extend those bush tax cuts before taking off for recess and that means, of course, the 2011 tax table published by the treasury will reflect significant tax hikes for every american no matter how much you make. >> isn't this more interesting than -- >> than tom brady's hair. >> go ahead, stuart varney. >> let me shorten this down to 30 seconds. odds are on january 1st, everybody's taxes will go up because we don't have much time -- we don't have political will to fix things. so -- >> back in november, that's six weeks. they can't come up with something.

>> that's not enough time. >> here's the story, the treasury has to publish the tax tables that you and i are going to abide by come january 1st. we don't know what tax levels are going to be on january 1st because congress can't agree whether we tax the rich, do we rescind all the bush tax cuts? so odds are taxes for everybody go up so a family of four, $40,000 a year, we'll be paying an extra $200 to $300 per month. everybody pays. look at a family of -- a single parent family of three. $20,000 a year. that family pays $70 to $160 per month more. you haven't got the time, you haven't got the will to fix it by january 1st. catastrophe. >> what about the social security raise that could be out there? the second consecutive year there's going to be no rise for social security. >> there's no inflation. no cost of living adjustment or allowance. it doesn't go up. second year in a row. that's not going to be popular. 58 million americans receive a social security check.

it's been adjusted to inflation since 1975. first time that two years running, no adjustment of it. >> last year, didn't the president figure out a way to send everybody a $250 check. >> you're not doing that this year. you add up the extra taxes and the absence of the check for social security recipients looks like january 1st, everybody pays more. >> uh-huh. >> let me ask you this, they say that we're not going to have a cost of living increase because there's no inflation but then when the federal reserve goes into their meeting and figure whether or not to do anything with unemployment -- with, you know, the cost of money and interest rates and stuff like that, they're always talking about inflation. >> trying to bring in the federal reserve and social security and you're trying to kill this. >> one branch is saying there is some and the other is saying there isn't any. >> ok, you made your point, steve. i think three minutes on facial hair for bret favre or whoever it was is much better. >> not bret favre. it was tom brady. >> randy moss.

bret favre is a whole different talking point and you've been asked not to be in that. >> should we end this segment right now? >> watch "varney & company" at 9:20 eastern time. >> more on facial hair at 9:20. thank you. >> clean shaven varney. >> thank you, sir. straight ahead, civilians in space, brand new development, making out of this world adventures a lot closer to reality. >> then he's not letting age define him. at 48, hall of famer herschel walker is in fighting shape. kung fu fighting shape. brian seems to feel like maybe there could be a spar. >> i'm a little bit younger and a little bit more well defined. >> a little bit younger? >> i think you're about the same age. >> kung fu fighting? >> he looks great. good morning.

>> at the age of 48, herschel walker has not lot his athletic edge. how do i know? he's right here. he won the heisman trophy, two time pro bowl and recently beared it all on the espn body issue. good job and now the 6'1" 2230 pounder is conquering a new sport, mixed martial arts. he won his debut and returning to the mma cage on december 4th aiming to improve his record to a perfect 2-0. welcome back. >> you beat a guy who was 26 years old. were you nervous? you've never done anything like this before on pay-per-view in a cage. >> i wasn't nervous at all. i love to compete. i love competition and i've been doing it all my life. it was just competition for me. >> this is an art literally. you have to have a formative edge. tell me what you bring to the table. >> i have my athleticism first of all. i've been in martial arts for a

while and i think i'm a little over 40. when i stepped in, i told people i was ready to do this. i went to california and trained with a lot of great guys there and i was ready to go. >> what discipline do you specialize in? >> i started out in tae kwon do for about 32 years and now, i'm doing a lot of the wrestling, you know, that's what you want to do now. >> who is this guy you're going to fight? >> the guy i'm fighting, young guy like myself and that's what people have to understand. i'm not stepping in here trying to win a belt. i'm a young guy that's getting into this sport. i'm young at this sport. there's no doubt. i think i'm advanced for my years but at the same time, you got to respect these guys that do this. >> again, if i had the time, i'd love to take you on and unfortunately, i don't have it. my schedule. steve, settle down. you do not lift weights. you do it on raw strength you did it your entire life. one of the things i used to read you did, you used to do just pushups and handstand pushups. is it possible for you to do one

now? >> oh, yes, i can do one now. >> you just need a wall. >> i just need a wall. >> all you need is just a wall. >> hold my mike for me. >> all you need is just a floor. all you need is this floor. >> ok. >> tear this down. >> oh, geez! >> oh! >> wait. up against the wall like this. >> all right. >> wow! wow! how many of those can you do? >> i can do tons -- i used to do about 1500 pushups. this and this? >> that gets more of the shoulders. you mix your pushups up with your total body and that's what i do is -- and that's what people got to do. you don't need all this fancy egy egy egy equipment. you just need a floor and you can do it. >> the guy you were fighting,

did he know you could do that? >> i don't think so. when i stepped into the scales, he was guessing whether i could really do this and i stepped on the scale and he saw me, i think it shocked him. whoa, geez. >> we're pulling for you. i want you to win that belt. you're not an inspiration to everybody over 40 which is most of this crew and everybody watching. good job. herschel walker, ladies and gentlemen. watch him in december. coming up straight ahead, the president promiseed to go through the federal budget line by line and rig the budget of waste but is he breaking his promise and raising taxes to cover up spending? we'll answer that question next. you can hear this next story, a trip to space. space trips for sale. you cang leading edge i.t. solutions to local hospitals or, like windstream communications, you can dream it and do i windstream lists on nasdaq, the world's most innovative can-do exchange. windstream lists on nasdaq, ready to try something new? campbell's has made changes. adding lower sodium sea salt to more soups. plus five dollars in coupons to get you started.

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>> one of president obama's biggest campaign pledges, remember?

>> well, because it's our responsibility to come back here and to fight against this irresponsible fiscal policy. thank you. >> but now, nearly two years later, the administration is trying to hike taxes for wealthy americans who often help create jobs and often spur the economy. instead of doing that, it's time to focus on cutting wasteful spending and has some great ideas according to some. chris edwards is the director of tax policy studies at the cato institute. good to have you here, chris. >> thanks a lot for having me i'm not going to do pushups like your last guest. >> upside down with your shirt falling off. thanks, chris. well, the president has said, you know, he -- he's got a number and it's $700 billion. ok. that comes from where? >> well, the president wants to raise the top two income tax rates which would raise about $700 billion over 10 years. you know what? that's only a tiny fraction of the federal government deficit. we think -- you know, that would

damage the economy as you mentioned and there's a lot of better ways to reduce the deficit by cutting spending. >> ok. give us some of those strategies. >> i mean, cutting federal worker pay, for example, federal worker pay has soared in the last decade while private sector wages have stagnated so you can save $20 billion a year or $200 billion over 10 years by cutting federal wages by about 10%. a federal farm subsidies, federal farm subsidies cost taxpayers about $25 billion a year. they don't go to small family farms. they go to giant corporate agri businesses so they're unfair and we ought to cut farm subsidies. >> ok, and so you have gone through unlike the president who said, you know, he's going to -- he's going to do that. you've gone through the budget and you've gone line by line unlike the president and so you come up with $700 billion worth of cuts. chris, what are the chances that the white house is going to say,

you know what? those guys at cato have a good idea. we're going to do some of that stuff. >> it's unlikely that president obama is going to cut spending very much. there will be a big battle over the next two years. i want the next president to put spending cuts front and center. ultimately, the american people are not going to agree to all the tax hikes that would be needed to reduce this massive deficit and debt we have. we have to cut spending and i believe we will cut spending. other countries have cut spending. there's no reason why we can't. >> so you propose 10 cuts to the budget and you can find out more about these cuts on downsizing government.org, correct? >> yeah, down sizinggovernment.org is the cato institute's line by line list of budget cuts that i think congress and the president need to look at. >> great. chris edwards, thank you very much for joining us on this monday. >> thanks a lot for having me. >> it's called the national organization of women. so why are they supporting jerry browne? i don't believe he's a woman. correct me if i'm wrong.

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>> good morning, everybody. it is monday, october 11, 2010. i'm juliet huddy in for gretchen carlson. president obama's senior advisor lobbing some serious allegations to republicans about campaign cash. one problem -- he's missing, a lot of implicationses and not a lot of facts. we have the facts for you. >> jerry browne's campaign was caught making racist slurs against his opponent, meg whitman. why is the national organization of women supporting him? >> she's only 17 and she's wearing her underwear on tv. should miley cyrus just cover up? we'll report and you're -- yeah, she's in her underwear. miley!

"fox & friends" starts right now. >> looks like she's making the jump. >> we've been through this before, haven't we? >> like two years ago, didn't she? >> she's got so many young fans. >> i know. >> she's 17. >> she's only 17. >> dana perino is over there, we swear. >> she is over there. she'll be on the curvy couch in a moment. we got juliet huddy in today for gretchen and it's columbus day, big federal day. a lot of you have the day off. if you do, just sit back, relax. we have two more hours for you. >> we've established a lot in the first hour. you would run streaking for a million dollars. >> apparently some guy did streak at the obama rally yesterday for a million dollars and i asked the question whether or not you would do it for a million dollars and i got -- let me quickly read you this great e-mail from a guy who typed in and he said i'm 54, 100 pounds

overweight, a smoker, both hips replaced, one knee replaced and two back surgeries. i'd run if i could naked in a heartbeat for a million dollars. >> hopefully he can walk. >> after taxes, is there -- do you tax streakers? i mean, do we know? >> where's varney? we should have asked him. >> good point. >> all right. >> would you run naked in front of the president for a million dollars? >> do you think that tom brady looks like a girl? >> brian does. >> i do think that his brazilian supermodel has changed his look. >> can't wait to hear that. and he is confronted with that. we want to get to some headlines, though. president obama heads back to the road this week. trying to win for democratic voters ahead of the midterm elections, of course. today in washington he'll be pushing for more money for our roads and rails. then he flies down to miami to wait for students for "waiting for superman" that blames teachers unions for america's failing education system.

rescue workers are finishing up work on an escape shaft that will finally hopefully pull up the 33 trapped chilean miners and bring them up to freedom after like two months, and on wednesday, the miners will be carefully lifted up one by one in a tiny capsule that's slightly wider than a man's shoulders. doctors will be there to monitor their physical and mental health. meanwhile, the men understandably are so anxious, they've been apparently arguing over who has been the last one out after more than two months and this is the live shot of the scene down there in chile. >> that's great. >> the government says it will not appeal a judge's decision to ban a key witness from testifying at the first civilian trial for a guantanamo bay detainee. federal prosecutors say they don't want to further delay the trial and will be ready to begin tomorrow. ghalani is on trial for suspected role of the bombing of two embassies in africa back in 1998. sir richard branson's enterprise

spaceship made its first manned free flight rising from 45,000 feet to textbook landing in california. the ship is on target to become the first manned commercial space vehicle. commercial flights are scheduled to begin -- just two years away, brian. 2012. save your money. flight is expected to cost $200,000 a pop. passengers will have to undergo rigorous testing before their trip including -- then, you're out of it. those are the headlines today. >> all right. and look who is joining us on the curvy couch, dana perino. >> hi. how are you? >> good. what was going on yesterday? karl rove, ed gillespie both being attacked by the white house and the president of the united states. >> been going on for a few days, you know, the -- the white house is obviously in a fix. the democrats are having a rough time. they're going to lose seats in november big time. what you've seen, i think, from the white house over every other week or so, you have a new villian. one day it's george bush and the next week it's john boehner and

then they'll bring probably vice president cheney around. they attacked the chamber of commerce as well. karl rove is a perennial favorite. ed gillespie tucks in behind him. what happened is president obama decided to focus in on his base. how is he going to stem the tide to get democrats to vote in november? it's a losing strategy communications wise especially because it's demonstrably false. they accuse him of inappropriate campaign contributions that have not -- >> stealing the election. >> it doesn't pan out. and when bob schieffer saw it, he looked absolutely exacerbated yesterday. david axelrod sat down with him on "face the nation" and tried to plead his case. listen. >> the issue of the special interest spending is very important. it's never happened before that organizations are spending this kind of money and the american people ask why is the oil industry, the wall street and others spending this kind of

money to defeat candidates and elect others in this -- in this sort of secretive way? >> this part about foreign money, that appears to be peanuts, mr. axelrod. i mean, do you have any evidence that it's anything other than peanuts? >> well, do you have any evidence that it's not, bob? >> is that the best you can do? >> it's from a liberal blog that they are basing this whole speech on. >> you were shaking your head. >> i just remember in 2004 when george thorough said he'd spend any amount of money to unseat george bush. the republicans have been outspent in 2004, 2006 and 2008. there are independent groups that are exercising their first amendment rights, it's not illegal. the other problem is the administration comes out and they attack, attack, attack and they have no evidence and then they say well, it's up to them to defend themselves. >> sure.

it's citizens united and the supreme court said corporations can spend as much as they want to on advertising. white house wants to crack down on business but unions, go ahead. >> they don't care. here's the other thing. back up, bigger picture. seriously, three weeks of foreign election. david axelrod, the president's senior political advisor is out talking about this and karl rove rather than what they can do with the country when it comes to jobs. >> if you were him, wouldn't you do the same thing. >> here's ed gillespie defending himself because he was called out. >> david axelrod is either woefully uninformed or willfully deceptive and dishonest. >> i have to ask you. bob schieffer did a great job sort of looking -- just blown away by the fact that david axelrod was saying things like can you prove it? it was double speak that was -- >> setting aside karl and ed, the same type of attack is against the chamber of commerce saying that they use all sorts of foreign donations to spend on

campaigns. it's demonstrably false and even "the new york times" the day after president obama said it, said so. the problem for me is that what is going on at the white house that they allowed president obama to go out and say things that are proven true less than 24 hours later untrue. >> they're just -- clearly, they're trying to deflect attention from the economy as a dumper. there are no jobs. there aren't that many jobs and, you know, they're going to take a beating in the midterms like you said a moment ago. >> yeah. if you divide the earth in half by population, it's almost 50/50. women and men and when a major organization like now, national organization of women, decides to endorse a candidate, that's powerful people and powerful organization. how surprised are you if at all, not to lead the witness that jerry browne is getting the endorsement of now in california for the gubernatorial race over meg whitman? >> you could have knocked me over with a feather! look, they should be -- i'm not surprised.

very rarely, if ever, does the national organization for women endorse a republican or conservative candidate even if their policies align with their priority. >> why? >> well, because, i think -- here, this is why i think. the national organization of liberals and some women, ok, i'm going to take you back on a little history. connie moreli was a congresswoman from maryland, had been -- had had the endorsement of national organization of women for years. and then chris van holland challenged -- was going to win, i think it was in 2004. i might not have the date right and now, who had endorsed her for years, decided to go with her instead. the reasoning, they said at the time as i recall was they thought that having a democrats in the majority would help protect their priorities. that's why they do it. >> here's the thing. the endorsement comes on the heels of this very embarrassing phone tape that came out where jerry browne & company were

talking about meg whitman and a very inappropriate word was used to describe her. it goes like this, brown says do we want to put an ad out that i have been warned if i crack down on pensions, i will be -- that they'll go to whitman and that's where they'll go because they know whitman will give them -- and another voice, will be blank then and brown says we'll cut them a deal but another voice says she's a -- there's the bad word. >> can you not say that word on tv? >> it's a bad word. everybody, i guess, you can imagine what it is. >> the national organization of women, you would think, would not like having a woman called that word. >> they might not. i mean, maybe like personally inside with their inside voice, they think oh, that's not a very good thing to say but their mission is campaigns and electing liberals and democrats to office so that's probably why they just blew it off. >> here's the whitman camp responding to the now endorsement. meg whitman is a pro choice women ranked among the most accomplished woman in business.

she's now running to become the first women's governor in california on history. on the same day that the jerry browne called her that word, the national organization for women endorses them. it's official, now is a partisan organization. >> yeah. >> has been for a long time. if i was meg whitman, this is what i would do. unfortunate comment. what i'm focused on is jobs. if california wants to go in a different direction, vote for me. if they want more of that, vote for him. >> you would think the national organization of women would endorse the woman. >> you wouldn't because they won't and never will. >> ok. >> dana, always nice to see you here. >> thank you, applause. >> bret baier show. >> yes, yesterday i was. i notice you didn't show a clip of me on the sunday shows. >> why is that? >> we had you live! hello! >> thanks, dana. 12 minutes after the hour. >> teachers union aren't only

talking about public schools but now they're going after charter schools. >> huge approval rating as governor but west virginia's joe manchin may lose his race for senate. he's behind right now and many say it's a referendum on the president. how does he fight back? we'll talk to the governor live coming up shortly. brian? >> is miley cyrus teaching kids a dangerous lesson? appearing nearly nude in the latest music video. we report, she grew up. [ announcer ] how do you plus up breakfast? introducing total plus omega-3 honey almond flax cereal.

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>> welcome back to "fox & friends." the documentary "waiting for superman" highlights the effectiveness of the nation's best charter schools. most charter schools are as bad

as public schools. a new study is out of new york city charter schools and it found that the "bad charter schools" were run by unions. joining us now is fox news contributor tucker carlson to break this down for us. good to see you oochlt good morning. >> you say this is really not a surprise. >> it's not a surprise at all. i mean, the schools in this study that had union teachers scored a full grade level lower than the schools that didn't. about 12 points. >> we actually have a breakdown that we're going to show you on screen in a second. >> that's right. look, it's no surprise to anyone who is familiar with the dynamic of teachers unions. teachers unions are very effective at helping their members keep their jobs and get higher salaries and benefits. they're great at that and much less effective at educating kids and the reason -- there are a bunch of reasons. most straight forward is they don't allow principals the flexibility that effective schools need. i mean, in effective school, the principal can make the decisions about who teaches what and when. very hard to make the decisions when there's a union contract

employee. >> i want to read a quote. this is from the director of research foundation for education reform and accountability in albany, new york. he says we can attribute it to the same advantages that charters over district schools. the flexibility that comes from being able to solve problems today rather than have a union contract that ties principals' hands as well as being able to hire the best teachers and fire those who aren't getting the job done. you say that in fairness, charter schools really -- you're not so keen on them. >> look, some charter schools are terrific. some of the best schools in this country are charter schools and there are some bad charter schools. being a charter school alone doesn't make a school good but it certainly increases the chances it will be good. it gives kids a chance. there's some terrific charter schools. look, unions, again, help their members, they're very effective at that. but if you truly care about educating kids, you know, it -- >> what do you do? how do you deal with it? >> there's a revolution taking place in the country right now. in public opinion, on teachers unions, you're seeing liberals reach the obvious conclusion.

they don't necessarily help kids. why do we have them? i think in 10 years, you'll see far fewer unionized school districts. >> here's a quote from the uft president. this is in response to the study. he says "the public schools are unionized so it's a pretty weak argument. the union contract cannot stop 1,100 public schools from outperforming the charter schools. in response to that -- >> come on now! i don't think you will find a serious observer of public education, that doesn't work from the union or benefit from the union that says teachers unions exist to help kids because they don't, period. >> on that, we'll leave it. tucker carlson, good seeing you, sir. >> thanks, juliet. >> all righty. he was a staunch supporter of president obama in his health care overhaul and now that stance could cost west virginia governor joe manchin the race for senate. ask him about that when he joins us next and then she's the frontrunner to play wonder woman in a remake of the tv hit is made into a show. and now, a new tv show for that matter and now a new honor that

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>> moving on to politics, joe manchin has a 66% approval rating as west virginia's governor. when it comes to his race for senator, u.s. senator, the polls tell a different story. in fact, his republican opponent is now beating the governor by 6% so has manchin's support for president obama become a liability? west virginia governor and u.s. senate candidate joe manchin joins us live today. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning, steven. how are you? >> i'm fine. thank you very much. we just looked at the poll. you're a very popular guy there. why is the republican beating you? >> well, we've worked together in west virginia six years ago, we put party politics aside. we put democrats and republicans and fixed west virginia. we have the most sound financial state right now. we're very proud of that and i think we just believe it's dead wrong in washington. democrats and republicans are both wrong. they're putting their party and themselves ahead of their country. that's not what i intend to do. we have a record of showing that we operate differently here in west virginia. >> are you saying the president of the united states has been wrong on a bunch of stuff?

>> i think he has. he's made mistakes, sure. i think george bush made mistakes. but you know, we don't harp. we go and fix them. i'm not blaming people. i go and fix things and we've done it in west virginia. we'll do it in washington but you've got to bring people together. put the country first. put your priorities, not just throwing everything out. that's what they talk about but people need to start being americans again and fighting for this kuncountry and i don't see that happening on both sides of the aisle, steven. >> i know -- governor, i know that is a while back you did support the president's health care reform of the united states. you were behind it. >> no, i wasn't. >> you were supportive -- ok, i'll give you a chance. you were supportive of it. now you're calling for a repeal of part of it, right? >> yeah. i was -- i still and have always been in support of health reform. if anybody believes that a child should be left off of their parents health care and pre-existing conditions, and

small businesses and all of these things should go uninsured, something is wrong in america. now, with that, the president's plan or the obama care as it's been called is far too reaching. it's over reaching. it needs to have a lot of it repealed. you can fix it. if you can fix it, the republicans and democrats agree on six or seven items, that's a good start. we have in west virginia, we worked together and fixed things. >> governor, i know your opponent is -- and the republicans are running some ads that say we better keep joe manchin in west virginia. it's the only way to stop obama. you effectively, your race for senate has become a referendum on barack obama and right now, you're not doing so well. >> well, the bottom line is that my opponent should be running against me. my name is on the ballot. and, you know, he and his family lives in palm beach, florida. they're totally out of touch and out of connection with what's happening in west virginia and he wants the sales tax at 23% on

food and prescriptions and wants to do away with minimum wage. that's not who west virginia is and not how we operate and do things here. so i think people will start focusing, looking at the difference, other two candidates on the ballot and i'll go there and fight and it doesn't matter who the president, what party. when you're wrong, you're wrong. when you have to fix something, fix it. >> would you agree with the people of west virginia who are upset at the president that they've got a point? that he's overreached and spending a lot of dough that we don't have. >> well, the dough is being spent is awful. we're in the best financial state of almost any state in the nation. we put our financial house in order and this country better get its financial house in order and i really support a balanced budget amendment on the national level in an exclusion of basically a war or national emergency. you have to bet your financial house in order. we've done it here and will do it there. >> all right.

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all right. let me just tell you what's going on in the news. congress making a decision on the bush tax cuts set to expire at the end of the year. with time running out, what does it mean for americans? kelly wright is an american. he's in washington. he'll tell us what it means. >> hey, kel. >> hey, you're kidding, right? you're talking to me after that? >> yes, i am. >> and 1492 columbus sailed the ocean blue. >> now, you're showing off. >> thank you, kelly. let's get right to the details, guys. brian, what you're talking about is very serious. it remains to be seen what course of action congress will take on extending the bush tax cuts. regardless which approach lawmakers do take, americans will still see less money in their paychecks starting january 1st. ouch. that's when tax rates automatically revert back to the 2001 rates which means everybody's taxes will go up. the i.r.s. treasury department need more niem to distribute the tax rates to employers.

it could take one to three paychecks to catch up. that will cause a lot of people to lose money. meantime, nonpartisan tax foundation says the bush tax cuts not only benefited the high and middle class but the lower income class as well. the foundation says it is the poor who will be hit the hardest if the bush tax cuts expire at the end of the year. >> for a family of four earning, say, $40,000 a year, the expiration of the bush tax cuts will cost them about $2600 a year. so instead of getting a tax refund of about $1500, they'll actually end up paying about $1100 in higher taxes. that's quite a swing when you're at the margin at the low income. >> and brian, as you already stated, congress failed to act this year because of disagreement about people making more than $250,000 a year. democrats dug in their heels to implement the tax cuts for the middle class. and republicans who want the tax cuts to include people making

above $250,000, everyone, would not budge from their possession without compromise, nothing has been done. >> the president and democratic leadership have been extremely clear from day one that they do not want the tax cuts to go away for people making less than $250,000. and conservatives agree with that. so i don't understand why they couldn't have come together and passed that portion first. >> so here's where we are right now. when congress returns in november, they could pass the bush tax cuts. in that case, the i.r.s. and treasury would possibly have enough time to implement the tax cuts before january 1st. curtis debye from the foundation says the economy can't afford a tax hike. it will remain there if congress fails to extend the tax relief. let's show you what could happen. odds are on january 1st, everybody's taxes will go up and

they have to punish the tax tables for everyone to pay. >> there's the formula. >> looking at it right there. plug in your -- what your income is and you'll find out how you'll be adjusted. thank you very much, kelly. there's going to be a little bit -- >> you and kelly are shopping at the same -- >> you all got this purple thing going. >> pro purple today. good job, proud of you. >> years ago, a lot of people wouldn't have worn purple or pink especially together. >> right. they do now. >> we do. real quick on this tax thing, when they go back in the lame duck session, there will be some different sitting senators. and new york will be filled right away so the lame duck might not be so lame. >> but if it quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck. >> all right. meanwhile, some headlines on this columbus day. the developers behind that proposed mosque near ground zero are now suing new york city's volunteer firefighters. they're filing a countersuit challenging the $350 million lawsuit, trying to stop the proposed mosque from being built. they say his complaints are just blind bigotry.

meanwhile, the imam behind the mosque, rauf wants the suit dismissed and he is asking for $50,000 in damages. >> the justice department battling to save a federal law that makes it illegal to lie about being a war hero. federal appeals court in california and federal district court in denver both ruling the stolen valor act is unconstitutional on first amendment grounds. government lawyers had asked the appeals court to reconsider this ruling. brian? >> all right, shocking new investigation by "the wall street journal" found that exploratory drilling increased in the gulf. surprised inspections dwindled to 1 -- excuse me, to a three year over the past -- dwindled to only three a year over the past decade. i'll get it right. thank you. since 2004, federal authorities haven't made a single surprise inspection on any of the 50 or so natural gas oil and production platforms despite a law that required them to do so. moratorium is still in place. >> and miley cyrus is in some

hot water over this new video. one parent group called the parent television council calling this video "unfortunate." miley will turn 18 years old next month on november 23rd. as a matter of fact. dolly parton is miley's godmother and has strong words for dolly's parents. she closed out the star studded celebration in nashville this weekend where the grand ole opry marked its 85th birthday. courtney friel was there and caught up with dolly in the dressing room. >> take us back to the day you found out that you were going to be a member of the grand ole opry. >> well, at that time, i was working with the porter wagoner show and i had watched the grand ole opry show since i was in the smokey mountains. i thought some day, i was going to be on the grand ole opry and when i became a member, it was one of the biggest thrills of my life. it was very sacred. it was very special, very spiritual for me. >> did you witness some of the flooding that happened back in the spring here?

>> well, i was -- i live here. i live in nashville and we came to see all of the horrible stuff that's happening. it's so great to be back in here and actually they've done some wonderful things. they've redone things. we have a lot of things that were better than before, it was great then. some of the things always come out of the bad stuff, too. >> does dolly parton ever have a bum day in sweat pants hanging around the house? >> oh, sure. like most women are, when they're not all done up but i overdo it a little bit. i enjoy, you know, i enjoy my life. i like wearing make-up even on my down days. i don't like to -- my husband see me looking too bad. i owe it to him to clean up a little bit. >> i have to ask you to being the godmother to miley cyrus. what type of advice do you give to her? >> if they want to ask me things, i tell them what i think. this might not be right for you. this is how i personally handle the situation. everybody's personality is different. i try not to give advice, just information.

>> yeah, because she ends up in the limelight sometimes. >> i know. >> is that just press for her? >> it is. and she's trying -- people are being real mean to her right now because i think she's trying to grow into -- from being a child star and being a child, period, into trying to become a woman and we all go through that. we all want to find our own way and, you know, i think we need to give her a break. >> you know where i want to take my son. >> you're having a baby. >> to dollywood. >> we've got the best places and things to do for kids and grown-ups and moms and dads and grandparents. bring the whole family. >> would you like to sing a lullaby? >> yes. ♪ wake up, little baby wake up ♪ >> he's in there. he's in there. >> that's cute. that's nice. >> she makes a good point. miley cyrus is just trying to grow up but at the same time she has legions of young fans who say that seems a little adult. >> she wants legions of older fans now. >> who buys stuff these days? who down loads songs?

>> that's very true. good point. >> couldn't it be gradual? couldn't you be 17 and then maybe change a little at 25 as opposed to 17 in they filmed the last season of hannah montana so all those people, all those kids are waiting for her to act somewhat like that character and they don't understand that she's growing up necessarily because she didn't grow up last season. and they saw her in may. >> you've done a lot of analysis on this apparently. >> we have. it's on all the time in my house. >> i hear you. you should turn it off and watch some other things. >> yeah, the kids always want to watch sports. i'm like no, this is the last season of hannah montana. 20 minutes before the top of the hour. schools in cambridge, massachusetts will be closing one extra day for the next year in the observance of a muslim holiday. the first day that the schools will recognize muslim holy days. what sparked the change in this community? we're joined by mark mcgovern, the vice chair of the cambridge school committee. why did you do it, mark? >> well, actually, this is

something that had been been talked about by students at our only public high school for a number of years. and i actually came involved probably about a year and a half ago when i was invited to attend a few meetings. cambridge public schools already closes for two christian holidays and one jewish holiday. we have a very vibrant muslim community in our schools and in our city. and it was brought to our attention that considering we close for two of the three major religions, that we should think about closing for one muslim holiday. but just to -- you mentioned in your beginning that the cambridge public schools will be closed one extra day. we actually -- we are still going to go to school the 480 days which are required by law. so this is not -- >> what are you doing? taking away a snow day? taking away a jewish holiday or a christian holiday? >> we're not taking away a jewish holiday or a christian holiday. the superintendent of schools puts together the school

calendar. he's actually going to be coming forward to the school committee with that calendar probably in the next few weeks or so and we'll see exactly how he's going to integrate this holiday into the school calendar but we are not taking away a christian holiday or a jewish holiday. >> why do you feel as though your community should be the first to honor the islamic religion? >> well, we're not the first in the country. there are other communities around the country that do. we will be the first in massachusetts. why do i feel we should be? i'm not -- i'm not thinking we should be. >> you have mormons and you have other religions out there that are going to demand their time with tradition in this country has been christian and jewish holiday. >> well, you know, sometimes you have to break from tradition. and i think it depends on the individual district in terms of what their population looks like and what is best for their district. there are three major religions that are -- that are generally

recognized. christianity, judaism and islam so we honor two of those three and we felt it was important to honor the third as well. >> all right, we'll weigh in and have everyone at fox and friends.com tell us if mark mcgovern has done the right thing. thanks, mark. >> thank you. >> 17 minutes before the top of the hour. >> he stars in the popular "twilight" move wries and in a y show. our next guest is taking on a new role and he'll be joining us live. there he is in our green room. >> all right, pete. meanwhile, he said being gay not a successful option. republican carl paladino is here coming up shortly to explain his comments that have sparked a media firestorm and why reporters may have gotten this story wrong. mr. paladino himself live at 8:15 eastern. >> first, the trivia question of the day --

>> welcome back. he is the most famous vampire dad in america. peter facinelli or facinelli if you're his sisters is joining us on the curvy couch to talk about his career and caring for the environment as well. good to have you here. i met your wife, jenny garth from "90210" she's lovely. >> thank you. >> can you clear up this debate, it's facinelli according to you? >> depending on who you talk to. >> it's columbus day. >> happy columbo day. i love peter faulk. >> that's true. he solved crimes and looked so confused. am i right? >> yep. you're in the "twilight" series. wildly popular. people can't get enough vampire stuff these days. >> yeah, especially around halloween. >> i have this question for you "breaking down" the book will be eventually made into a movie. but the book is so darn big, will it be one or two movies? >> it's going to be two movies. >> it is going to be two movies.

i just read the two scripts. they're pretty fantastic. >> how do they end? >> you have to read the book. >> it's always something. >> i think they have cliff notes on it. >> you knew this was going to be huge. >> i did not know -- >> by the books. >> no. >> probably you were the only person in the world that didn't. >> i mean, when we were doing the movies, i don't think any of us knew originally they were going to be so popular. >> really? >> no. >> the success of the movie helped propel the books. >> i think it was in tandem. what happened was somewhere between the finishing of the filming of the first movie and the release of that movie, everyone started reading the books. but while we were making it, you know, it was just it just had started. not a lot of people knew what "twilight" was when we were making it. >> from "twilight" to saving energy. what are you doing to help save the planet? >> well, what we all should be doing. >> right, steve? get with the program.

>> it's energy awareness month, did you know that? a lot of people know it's halloween but they don't know it's energy awareness month. i'm working with mastercard and home depot to encourage people to buy energy efficient appliances. >> this is a really cool thing. you work with these two companies and then they're working together in october to -- >> yeah. if you go to home depot and use your mastercard to buy qualified energy appliances they'll donate 10% of the purchase of those products to habitat for humanity. >> you have to use mastercard. >> you have to go to home depot and buy qualified energy star appliances. >> you know what? if you're going to buy appliances why not buy something that's going to save the environment. >> peter facinelli, thank you very much for joining us. good luck. >> thank you. >> say hi to your wife. >> jenny garth is his wife. they serve our country overseas but might not be able to vote. why the government is dragging its own feet when coming to bringing our soldiers ballots back to this country to count.

>> they said being gay is not a successful option. republican carl paladino will be here to explain those comments and why reporters may have gotten this one wrong. >> and also on this day in 1998, the bare naked ladies had the number one song in the world. funny thing about vegetables... they fill you up without filling you out. yes! v8 juice gives you three of your five daily servings of vegetables. that's what i'm talking about! v8. what's your number?

>> all right. the answer to the trivia question is luke perry. winner is not luke perry. sorry, luke, you came in third. van bronson won from mcmurray, pennsylvania. sounds nice. when the move act was passed it was supposed to ensure that military and overseas ballots arrive in time and could be counted in u.s. elections. however, that hasn't proven to be the case and a modification is before congress right now that would require ballots to be delivered within four days using express mail.

so why hasn't the government done that? retired u.s. marine corps and spokesperson for military voting rights u.s.a. says the government is favoring the unions. she joins us right now. welcome, jesse james duff. what do you mean they're favoring the union? >> when congress passed this bill, they didn't -- they gave monopoly essentially to the u.s. postal service and never allowed open bidding on this. when i testified in front of congress, they asked for four day delivery. we wanted our active duty military to place that ballot on friday and have it counted on tuesday. essentially this was ignored by the democratic leadership, pelosi and reid. they said no, you win you get it for seven days. this is infuriating for us. >> the postal service has express mail. >> absolutely. >> not federal express. not u.p.s. it's express mail. what do they say it's a money issue? >> they haven't stated anything. it was automatically granted to them. move act requires that the states get the ballots out 45

days in advance. move act hasn't accomplished that. the state is not in compliance. 50,000 people here in new york city are overseas military voters and haven't got their ballots sent to them yet. >> you would think that military voters would know who they're voting for. their lives are affected by who is in the congress and white house. >> they know how foreign policy works. i was overseas on four separate occasions. while i was stationed over there, i never saw such a profound effort to get the vote counted now as by senator cornin, senator schumer and congressman mccarthy. >> this is private ballots but it's generally thought of that military votes more on the republican side. do you think that has anything to do with this? >> it tends to leave that mystery there to tend us to believe that. the justice department hasn't gone to any length to have the ballots sent out on time. 45 days in advance is not october 18th, that's when maryland wants to get their ballots out.

when you're looking at the scheme of things, not only is the postal service want getting the ballots mailed back, they're taking a week. who is going to get their ballot on time and mailed back on time is the question. >> she's retired from the military but still fighting for the cause. she is the u.s..org spokesperson. thanks so much. i have a feeling you won't give up this fight. >> shall not. >> i think i'm right. thank you very much. meanwhile, at 4 minutes before the top of the hour, straight ahead, mexican police say they have two suspects in the murder of an american on a jet ski along the texas-mexican border but the victim's wife is not convinced. she joins us at the top of the hour. he said being gay, not a successful option. republican carl paladino is in our green room. he'll be here live to talk about his comments and how they might have been misconstrued. fiber one chewy bar. how'd you do that? do what? it tastes t good to be fiber.

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>> juliet: good morning, everybody. here is what's happening. new york gubernatorial candidate carl paladino is under fire for making these comments about raising kids. >> i don't want them to be

brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an evenly valid or successful option. >> juliet: and he's here to explain. >> steve: they questioned her story at first, but now she's questioning theirs. tiffany hartley, whose husband was killed white jet skiing on a lake between texas and mexico joins us live with the very latest on the investigation. >> brian: the midterms weeks away. you would think the president would be focused on the economy. so why is president obama attacking gop strategists? >> the american people deserve to know who is trying to sway their election. >> the president is completely inaccurate. he said i flooded them. i wish i had the billions of dollars. >> brian: are they trying to distract voters from the real issues? "fox & friends" starts now. >> this is her she will walker, former nfl football star. , watches "fox & friends." >> steve: very nice. >> juliet: you have him on earlier, he's talking to you

later. >> steve: brian got him to do amazing upside down pushups,. >> brian: which he's only been doing since he was 12. so he's a big guy. he's a self made huge, very strong man. >> steve: why are we working today? it's a federal holiday, columbus day. >> juliet: because we want to bring these people the news. it's monday, october 11. president obama is trying to win over democratic voters ahead of the midterm elections. today in washington, he's going to be pushing for more money for our roads and rails. then he's going to be flying to miami to meet with students from "waiting for superman" talks they're that blames teachers unions for america's failing education. rescue workers are putting the final touches on an escape shaft that will pull up the 33 trapped chilean miners back to freedom. they will be hoisted up one by one in a capsule you're looking at, just slightly wider than a man's shoulders. doctors will be there to monitor

their physical and mental health. they've been down there for 60 some odd days. they are so anxious they've been arguing over who will be the last one out after more than two months. amber alert still out as the search continues for a missing ten-year-old girl from north carolina. her name is dara claire baker. her stepmother has been named a person of interest because of inconsistencies discovered during the investigation. she was arrested on unrelated charges. she's described as white, 5' 1, 85 pounds and she has a prosthetic device below her left knee. also hearing impaired. anybody out there with information on her whereabouts, contact the authorities immediately. funeral arrangements being made for solomon burke who passed away of natural causes yesterday. his music featured in this classic theme electric "dirty dancing". ♪ .

>> juliet: patrick swayze and jennifer grey dancing to the hit. burke was 70 years old. those are your headlines on this beautiful columbus day in new york city. i haven't been out since 3:00 a.m. >> steve: it's very nice outside. >> juliet: it looks nice. >> steve: it is. after initially doubting the story, police in mexico naming two suspects in the pirate attack on a texas border lake. david and tiffany hartley were jet skis on lake falcon when she says her husband was shot in the head. she joins us live this morning. good morning to you. >> brian: can you hear us? >> good morning. >> brian: obviously it's been an incredibly harrowing time, twice or four times maybe because people were doubting your story. now people are actually hunting down suspects and verifying your story little by little. is that somewhat heartening?

>> it definitely makes me feel a lot better that -- i mean, thankfully we were stopped and thankfully we had the border patrol see us at subway and so that's kind of helping us show that we were together, we were at the lake together. helping people start to turn their head and start believing my story, yeah. >> juliet: we'll get to sort of the mexican government's reactions in dealing with this in just a second. but how are you doing? >> it's day by day. i have some days that i'm just kind of focused on bringing david home and other days i'm a wreck. it's hard. it's just a day by day, i miss him. it's hard not living with him and going to sleep with him and waking up with him. >> steve: okay. so they have named two suspects.

they're from the zeta drug gang, two brothers. now that you know the names, i'm sure it doesn't change much. but did you have any idea that the area that you were jet skiing was such a no man's land? >> not really. i've seen the map, so i kind of had an idea that it was further into mexico than the other parts of the lake. but i really didn't realize that it was such a high traffic drug area. i guess unless we talked to some authorities and stuff, we would have known that. we had no idea. >> brian: could you be any help in further identifying these guy s? did you get a look at them? >> i wish i could. i saw them, but i don't even

really have a picture of what they look like. i was just so focused on that gun hoping that they weren't going to shoot me. i know i saw them, but i don't have really any idea what they look like at all. >> juliet: we want to tell our viewers and also, there is a bit of a delay because of the satellite issue. we want to let you know that. tiffany, these guys that have been named as suspects by the federal government of mexico, these guys are already wanted. is there sort of any feeling in you that this might be disingenuous of the government to throw out the names of two people who are already link to do drug cartels, who are already wanted? >> yeah, it's definitely frustrating because we don't really know if these two people were actually involved in the shooting. or are they just using two names that they've known that have

been part of the attacks. hopefully these two guys are the ones that are responsible and then they can lead us to david. but then we're also hearing conflicting stories that mexican government don't have any suspects. it's frustrating because you just never know what to believe and what's true, what's not. >> steve: it's got to be frustrating because they still haven't found your husband's body. i know some have suggested, because they're in a drug cartel, there is a possibility that his body will never be recovered. what is the very latest from the american officials who are talking to you about what's going on? >> i mean, they're encouraging us, letting us know kind of what is going on over there, that they are searching, they're on land. we last heard they were going to try to get some divers. they tried a couple days ago or yesterday, but they're having some issues.

but that they were going to be continuing that today. we are encouraged that they are looking for him. >> brian: all right. tiffany, any i didn't we could help, please let us know. thanks for checking in with us because america wants to know how everybody is doing and what the latest is. thanks so much. >> you're welcome. thank you. >> steve: it's so doubly tough because in the beginning, it was almost like she was a suspect and the sheriff said, look, we've got evidence, we've got an eyewitness. she's not a suspect. >> brian: they saw that she was being followed when she was coming into safety to find somebody that's going to help her out, they saw she was being tracked by a boat right behind her and that should have been enough. eight minutes after the hour, something not involving life or death, but maybe the direction of the country and that is what's going to happen over the next three weeks. the midterm elections. you have to wonder what the democrats can do to mount either a strategy that will reverse the trends that all the polls show will be a real come uppance on

november 2. what do you think they could possibly do? >> juliet: suggests about money by operatives. >> steve: that's what president obama said yesterday at aialy where there was a naked guy. here is the president talking about that foreign money. >> the american people deserve to know who is trying to sway their election. you don't know. it could be an oil industry, could be the insurance industry. could even be foreign corporations. you don't know 'cause they don't have to disclose. >> steve: he said it could be. what he's talking about is the fact that the u.s. chamber of commerce said they're going to spend $75 million in the midterms and apparently they've got some affiliates from international who have given them $100,000 in fees. so some democrats have said, well, that goes into the kitty, so some of that foreign money is being used to launch an offensive against the democrats. they deny that.

>> brian: it's incredible that no one is talking about the people actually in the election. they're talking about people from the past election, that's karl rove and ed give recipe. >> the president is completely inaccurate. he said i funded them. i wish i had the millions of dollars that george soros has. i'm helping both of these groups give raising money as allowed by the laws of the united states. >> juliet: he was on bob schieffer's show yesterday and basically, when bob said, what kind of proof do you have that this is happening, what kind of proof that it doesn't? you can watch it on the internet and it's all over the place right now. >> brian: the internet scares me. stay on television. >> steve: his comments igniting a fire storm saying children should not be brainwashed into thinking homosexuality is okay. but carl paladino says reporters are getting the story wrong. he's here live, coming up next. >> juliet: we told you about

welfare money being spent on vegas vacations. how is this allowed to happen on the taxpayers' dime? we'll have answers on that finally this morning.

>> steve: never one to hold his tongue, new york candidate carl paladino finds himself in hot water this morning after making some remarks some people are calling antigay. >> i don't want them to be brainwashd into thinking homosexuality is an equally valid or successful option. >> steve: what exactly did carl paladino mean? brian, he joins us live right now. >> brian: carl, let's find out what you meant. what was the point of even bringing up that issue and your stance about how you feel about homosexuality?

>> andrew cuomo had come out with a statement saying that in his first year gay marriage would be passed and he would sign the bill. we wanted to clearly define our position on gay marriage. i have unequivocally had no reservations whatsoever about homosexuality. i know the difficulties that homosexuals suffer. i have a nephew and i have employees who work for me who are of that persuasion and we have never had a problem and i say that very clearly, unequivocally. none. >> steve: you did make that other comment. >> i made a further comment that was based upon andrew's statement that last year he took his children, young teen-agers, to a gay pride parade. now, i stumbled on one in toronto one time with my wife. we watched this. there were men in speedos grinding and doing things, okay, to each other, on this tract trailer. i just said, that's not right.

what's wrong with him, taking young children? we wanted to make a clear statement. schools have no business teaching children about moral questions. that's reserved to the parents. young children should be handled -- in their mind should be handled delicately. homosexuals suffer from a horrible discrimination. it's terrible. you saw what happened in new york this week. >> steve: and new jersey last week. >> i have absolutely no time whatsoever for that type of discrimination. i would never allow it in my organization. everybody gets treated equally. live and let live. >> brian: would you say i don't want kids brainwashed into thinking homosexuality is essentially okay? >> no, i certainly don't. it's a terrible thing. it's a terrible thing to have to live with the discrimination that they suffer. look at the beating they gave that poor kid. that's wrong. >> steve: now, some reporters have said that with your comments there at brooklyn yesterday, you said, in prepared

statement, the copy said there is nothing to be proud of being a dysfunctional homosexual. >> i did not say that. >> steve: in a prepared statement. >> it was in a prepared statement with a submission that came from the rabbis that we were talking to. >> steve: so they wanted you to put that there. >> they put it in there. >> brian: the rabbis did? >> right. well, i don't know who wrote the thing. but somebody did. in the car before i arrived, i scratched out that section. i said, this isn't me. and i scratched it out and i did not repeat it. i didn't say it. i certainly don't feel that way. and then that's what led this whole issue up. andrew went and took a clean copy of that and went and sent it out to the press. >> brian: how did he get it? >> that's the same old nonsense from andrew. he accused me of being an anti-semite. yesterday i met with 200 leaders of the jewish community and they don't think i'm one. then he accuses me of being a racist and he heard from every leader in buffalo, okay, i am

not a racist. >> steve: some are concerned he's going to let people write his remarks, if you're letting these jewish leaders -- >> no, hey, i review my remarks. i stand behind everything i did say. and i don't have a problem with them. the whole issue was raised, though, on remarks that i did not make. >> brian: carl, do you have a 500 page attack plan of just background information on andrew cuomo that you're working off of? >> our staff has information, our opposition research has information on andrew cuomo. >> brian: and do you plan on using it? why do you think that would be effective for the people in new york? >> i don't. i'm out there -- i don't think it would be effective right now. i think right now, okay, people want to hear about the message. andrew keeps shoving this gutter stuff out there and i have to respond to it. but my message is very, very clear. it's very simple and it deals with the entire spectrum of our

society in new york state. cut the taxes, cut the spending, jobs, and enough of the government corruption and get our medicaid straightened out. >> steve: a couple weeks ago you were closer in the polls. he's opened up -- >> you've seen what happened. the polls are all over the place. they have been. three days before the primary, they had me down one point. three days later, all right, i won by 26 points. so you tell me what's wrong? they can't gauge the turnout and the turnout is a factor that they just can't estimate. >> brian: do you see user that 500 pages of background information that you found on andrew cuomo? >> we'll handle our campaign, we'll strategize it. >> steve: meanwhile, going back a little bit to the comments yesterday, we've got the statement from andrew cuomo regarding what was said. he says mr. paladino's statement

displaces home phobia and disregard for basic equality. these comments, along with other views he has espoused make it clear he's way out of the main stream and is unfit to represent new york. >> i obviously, all right, ring a bell with him. they're nervous, they're very nervous and very much afraid of a paladino administration. it's going to take away the feeding trough that keeps these guys eating. >> steve: would you have any gays in your administration? >> i have gays working for me today. >> brian: i guess that's a yes. >> steve: carl paladino, thanks for dropping by today. >> thank you. >> brian: coming up straight ahead, glass shatters as a teacher loses his cool. caught on one student's cell phone camera. >> steve: then taxpayer tickets to paradise, vegas vacations purchased with welfare money? how can this money? this morning we're getting some answers. we will be right back.

>> juliet: welcome back to "fox & friends." quick headlines. 350-pound addition at sea world in orlando. the 7th calf is born. the father is tilley, the whale that killed the trainer in february. the white house weighing in on a possible foreclose freeze. david axelrod says the faulty paperwork investigation is a serious problem, but calling off all foreclosures could do major damage to the current housing market. >> steve: do you think you know where your tax dollars are

going? in california, people are thinking again because there, welfare recipients reportedly spent $69 million on trips and gambling in places like vegas and going to miami and hawaii and now officials are saying budget cuts are hindering investigation noose possible cases of abuse. >> juliet: joining us is the president of the howard jar kiss taxpayers -- jarvis taxpayer association. it blows my mind. how does this happen? they have atm cards, i understand that are being used. >> yes. they have little cards that are the cash equivalent, which i think is the genesis of the problem. i don't think californians are very generous and they don't mind food vouchers or housing vouchers, things to make sure people are using the welfare in the manner intended by state policy. but when you give people cash equivalent, you're just asking for abuse. you add to that a lack of transparency, a lack of oversight and you're going to have problems and the number one

destination for these people was las vegas, $11 million cashed in these welfare cash equivalent cards at casinos and purchasing such necessities of life as poker chips. so it's a real problem. >> brian: you could name stores that these places ought to be located in, whether food, shelter or anything like that and you could just designate that. there has been other programs like that. but you say it could be simpler. just use vouchers. >> absolutely. the federal government has like section 8 housing vouchers. so we know it can be done. we know that for direct assistance, you can actually hand out food in bags. those are the kinds of things to make sure that welfare recipients and frankly, their children. for every dollar spent in las vegas or in the caribbean is a dollar taken out of the mouths of the children of some of these welfare recipients and there needs to be corrective action here. >> steve: okay. so millions spent in places like

vegas and hawaii and miami and stuff like that. john, please tell me the legislator is going, that's not right. we've got to fix it. >> yeah. immediately, i mean, this story broke a couple weeks ago and immediately everybody went into def con 5 and started saying, we're going to start correcting it. we will see and our organization will monitor this over the long-term to make sure there is actual progress here. we will propose in the next legislative session after the election that new accounting procedures and new policies be implemented to make sure this doesn't happen again. this is not just budget dust. this is $69 million. that's a lot of money. >> brian: they can't afford enforcement due to the budget cuts. it's a circular firing squad. john, thanks so much. >> you're very welcome. thank you. >> brian: straight ahead. >> juliet: take a look at this video. this is the president speaking in philly yesterday. who is throwing a book at the

president? literally. >> steve: there it goes. who is behind that? and we showed you this picture of the mustache man stealing the spotlight from tiger woods. now we know who he is and he's popping up literally everywhere. >> juliet: plus, donald trump said you're fired to trace atkins. what does trace think about the donald's plan to run for president? we'll go to the 85th grand ole opry birthday party.

>> brian: check out this video. it's a book that was thrown at president obama during a rally in philadelphia. not funny. it just missed hitting him in the head. it's not known obviously who threw it, but why they did it. it should not be hard to find out what the book says or what it is. the president's secret service team is facing questions because the streaker also disrupts the same route. i assume it's separate because the streaker doesn't usually throw a book. >> juliet: we're not going to show you the streaker for obvious reasons. >> steve: but it sounds like he did do it for a million dollars. will he collect a million dollars reward for doing it? president obama will renew his call today for more spending on america's infrastructure. once again he's asking republicans and democrats to work together. something that may be difficult with midterms less than a month away. mike emmanuel joins us from the white house.

hello, michael. >> good morning. i was at the event yesterday. i did not see the book fly. i did see the streaker. >> brian: you saw the naked guy. >> like a european beach, it's always the people you don't want to see naked that are naked. about infrastructure, the president today will make his pitch once again. he started this on labor day for infrastructure spending. he'll have some republicans with him today as well, some local officials, state officials, making the pitch that if we spend on our railway, runways and roads, it will be good. help the manufacturing, construction sectors of our economy. then the president will head out on the road later today. he will head to miami for a couple of fundraising type of events for the democratic congressional campaign committee. obviously the president has been out on the road trying to help democrats in the midterm elections. obviously recognizing that it is critical for democrats to hold

control of the house and senate, for him to be able to pursue his agenda over the next couple of years. yesterday in philadelphia at that event, we heard him make the pitch for 2008 level enthusiasm, trying to get his supporters, his base to go to the polls in big numbers, trying to get the youth vote motivated, which was obviously critical to his victory two years ago. >> steve: mike, we just saw the podium there in philadelphia and the presidential seal wasn't on it. have they decided not to put it back on 'cause it fell off last week? >> yeah, that pesky seal, dropped last week. he was talking about the aid, sweating bullets in the back of the room. no seal yesterday. >> steve: mike joining us from the white house where they're working on this columbus day. >> brian: 26 minutes before the top of the hour. >> juliet: police in hungary say they arrested the owner of a chemical plant, the man behind the massive leak there of toxic sludge. that sludge already responsible for the deaths of seven people.

the government says it will take over the company's operation and it's going to investigate any shady practices that might have led to the broken tank and the destruction of several small towns. so far more than more than 700 people have been forced out of their homes. >> steve: meanwhile, democrat joe manchin has a 66% approval rating. when it comes to senator, the polls tell a different story. his opponent is beating the governor by 6 points. governor manchin talked to "fox & friends" earlier this morning. >> democrats and republicans are both wrong. they're putting their party and themselves ahead of their country. i'm not blaming people. i basically go and fix things and we have done it in west virginia. we'll do it in washington. but you've got to bring people together, put the country first. put your priorities. >> steve: he says west virginiaans need to look at both names on the ballot and not just party affiliations. >> brian: remember this guy with the cigar and mustache made famous by tiger woods at last

month's ryder cup? we couldn't explain what the guy in the mustache and cigar was about. he appears to be getting around and we now know his name. here is one shot show ago clone version. >> steve: he's everywhere. >> brian: he's a 30-year-old who still lives with his parents. here is another one of him in the place of marlon brando in the godfather. here is more of him on the cover of sergeant pepper's. he made his way into the curvy couch last week, thanks to the wonders of photo shop. >> steve: i'll be darn. there he is in our background. >> brian: that's good night. >> juliet: does he capture your heart? >> steve: indeed he did. >> brian: he just stood out in a bizarre picture. you see groucho marks behind him. >> steve: widely scattered thunderstorms in the central missouri valley moving into the mississippi valley. also a little rain activity in eastern shores off lake erie.

otherwise much of the country is nice and dry at this hour on this columbus day. as you head out the door, if you're going to work on this federal holiday or you're going to school, it's 60 currently in new york city. we've got 50s across much of the ohio valley, 60s as well in portions of the tennessee valley. 68 right now in memphis. 63 in new orleans and if you're wondering how warm it will get later on in the day, the answer is it will be beautiful. take a look. 75 in new york city. about the same for cleveland and chicago. 92, though, in memphis and temperatures for the most part in the 80s across much of texas. that's your fox travelcast. >> brian: always wondered why randy moss, who was in the last year of a contract and the patriots hoping to get to the playoffs was trade to do minnesota. some say there was a big fight on the plain between belichick and moss. he was being outrageous, they had to make a move. they said ross phoned it in. next thing you know, last week a big trade. randy moss ends up in minnesota.

everyone is wondering what happened, what could you tell us? here is the deal. there is a report all over on cbs and yahoo yesterday that they had a fight, did randy moss and tom brady, his quarterback, about randy's hair. and randy moss evidently, tom brady said, why don't you just change your hair? get a hair cut? >> juliet: did he say it with that tone? >> brian: evidently it became contentious and they almost came to blows because moss said, you look like a girl. >> juliet: did they not like each other initially? >> brian: they used to get along, we thought. >> steve: it's that comment, moss reportedly said to brady, cut your own hair 'cause you look like a girl. >> brian: and said giselle doesn't let me, i have curly hair. >> steve: whatever she said. but people who are close to these guys say that story never happened. that is untrue. they never had that argument. but brian did bring up the bigger question was whether or not mr. brady does look girlish with that hair.

that was the question. >> juliet: take it from a cougar, no, he doesn't. not at all. >> brian: a lot of people out there are considering marry ago super model and want to know if they have to give in on curly hair issues like tom brady. here is what kristy from florida said. i was watching him and i told my husband, honey, he looks like a girl. what's happened to him? hey, thanks for saying something. so again, we did a public service. >> steve: there is a guy named brian in north carolina who is watching this and he says, brian is right. tom brady not only looks like a girlie boy, he is a girlie boy. >> brian: you got like a jet fan writing in now. >> juliet: here is what greg says from michigan. giselle is trying to make brady look like the justin bieber with the somali pirate look. justin bieber doesn't have hair anywhere near that tom brady's

hair is. >> brian: everyone thinks you marry a super model, life is good. there is some down side. you got to wear what she wants you to wear and you can't have curly hair. >> juliet: can you imagine getting into a fight and him saying my wife makes me do this. no. no. >> steve: e-mail us, what do you think? meanwhile, grand ole opry marks its 85th birthday today. >> brian: courtney friel was back stage with some of the biggest stars, including trace adkins. >> steve: our friend. >> what does it mean for you to be here for the 85th birthday bash? >> well, i still have to pinch myself. when somebody called me, it's still hard for me to believe. it's a thrill, an honor. this is an institution that i have a great reverence and respect for and honored to be

part of it. >> did you witness any of the flooding and what do you think of the renovation? >> it's beautiful. it's beautiful. i mean, what they've done with the place now, they captured so much of the history. there are many more pictures on the wall than there used to be that captured the history of the opry through the years. i love what they've done with it. all the dressing rooms. it's great. >> i loved you on celebrity apprentice. i've got to ask you about donald trump's potential run for president. >> well, he hasn't discussed that with me. i only heard that was a rumor and probably one that he started. i don't know if he's serious about it. i kind of doubt it. >> final question, i'm seven months pregnant. i'm wondering how my baby is holding up? >> it's not as big as your

belly? >> should i not have said that? i don't know. there is no correct answer to the question that she just asked me, people. >> thanks so much for talking to us. >> it's beautiful. >> steve: that's a question you don't get on the other channels. >> juliet: you said you listen to every word of his -- >> steve: i think he's a very funny guy. >> brian: with four publicists and he looked at all four of them and they probably all went, i have no idea how to get out of that question. >> steve: coming up. >> juliet: we're fact checking one politician who claims to be cutting your tax bill, but votes in a much different way. >> brian: teacher off the edge. >> steve: caught on camera. we'll do some explaining straight ahead.

>> juliet: welcome back. quick headlines now. a teacher in nashville not having a very good day. donald wood is his name, couldn't quiet his class. so he lost it. students laughed at him as he threw a garbage can and a desk. they thought he was joking at first. he's now on administrative leave. and sir richard branson spaceship made its first manned preflight gliding from 45,000 feet to a textbook landing in california. the ship is on target to become the world's first manned commercial space vehicle. flights, brian, are set to begin in 2012. >> brian: i am there. >> steve: fly me to the moon, baby. >> brian: 22 days 'til the midterm elections and it's a tight congressional race, in arizona especially. now it seems like ann kirkpatrick is anxiously trying to change her political stripes. >> steve: what's up with that? now more there our l.a. bureau

with the latest. good morning, william. >> ann is one of the ten most vulnerable democrats in the house. she lives in a district where democrats outnumber republicans but she's down by 7 points, about, even as she tries to distance herself from her president, her party, speaker nancy pelosi and much of her own voting record. >> i am proud to be a democrat. i always say i'm a democrat. >> neither in her campaign ad nor direct mail does ann kirkpatrick say she's a democrat. >> independent, like arizona. >> nor does she mention voting for two big democratic bills, health aircraft and stimulus. >> she has run away from her record. >> critics point to her statements on fox news. >> i'm so disappointed that the president is talking about more spending. >> records show she voted for multiple spending bills, including one experts say increased the deficit by $134 billion. >> people will say you're trying

to portray yourself as one thing when you voted as another. >> i am concerned about spending. those were tough votes, believe me. >> she campaigns like a fiscal conservative. >> this is not the time to raise taxes. i've always been an independent voice. >> but "washington post" says she votes with nancy pelosi 84% of the time. >> i have opposed all of the bailouts. >> she claims to have stood up to the democratic party and voted against bank and auto bailout when is, in fact, she wasn't yet elected and couldn't have voted. >> do you feel those were factually inaccurate statements or at least misleading at the time? >> no. in fact, i have voted against every bailout since i've been in congress. >> yet many would maintain that the $26 billion bill to help out the states was a bailout bill, tarp 3 was $30 billion for small banks and there were homeowner bailouts that you voted for as well. >> i don't feel they were bailouts. what a bailout is, is saying you're too big to fail.

>> now, kirkpatrick maintains she's more independent than her record suggests. actually she says her under congressional quarterly, her party score is 74, not 86% and she voted those things to get out of the recession and now feels differently. now back to you. >> steve: because there is an election coming. william, we thank you for the live report from our l.a. bureau. >> brian: meanwhile, straight ahead, at first scientists found these ideas too hard to believe. roller coasters that cure asthma? what about the bra that doubles as a gas mask? they make you laugh, but now they're actually getting big time recognition. we'll explain next. >> steve: right now let's check in with bill heller who is not going to -- hemmer who is not going to touch that with a ten foot pole. on a monday, michael steele talks about the newest republican campaign strategy. this is important because the map is shifting on this election. we'll show you where, 22 days

away. what's behind the decision to halt foreclosures in america? is this decision a good one for your neighborhood? we're going to get into all that this morning on a monday. see you in ten minutes on america's news room.

>> juliet: talking about weird science. would you believe that the dynamics behind hula hooping won a nobel prize or that the inventer of the plastic flamingo has won as well? i'm talking about the ig nobel award, an honor given to things that may seem weird, but it often has real scientific value. we have the founder of the ig nobels and i got to be honest

with you, if i'm a scientist and i come up with something, i'm thinking if i get a ig nobel, maybe i'm being disrespected, but you say no, this is a good thing. >> it's not good, it's not bad. this is for things that make people laugh and then make them think. we had something quite wonderful happen this year. we've been giving these prizes for 20 years. this year one of the people who won a prize ten years ago for using magnets to levitate a frog was awarded a nobel prize for something different, though. >> juliet: has anybody ever turned down an ig nobel? >> not very many. we give people the opportunity to quietly decline the honor if they want. but almost everybody decides to accept. and then they fly themselves at their own expense to the big ceremony we have at harvard university where we have a bunch of nobel prize winners who shake their hands and hand them their prizes. speaking of which, i brought an ig nobel prize.

this is one of last year's. >> juliet: what is that? >> you can see it's giant dice. it reflects the year's theme. last year the theme was risk. this year the theme was bacteria. prize was a little smaller. >> juliet: the prize is just a piece of paper, but it's more than a piece of paper. >> well, it's a cheaply made trinket and also a piece of paper and a piece of paper signed by several people who have nobel prizes. so it's a nice piece of paper. >> juliet: let's get to some of these other inventions. roller coasters that can reduce asthma. >> yeah. this is two scientists in the netherlands and they discovered that people who have bad symptoms of asthma can often make them better if they take a roller coaster ride. afterward they feel better. >> juliet: we saw a bra that converts. >> i have one right here. this is a doctor from chicago. she invented this. she was a doctor at chernobyl.

>> juliet: can we see it? >> yeah. i just brought it. i wasn't wearing it. >> juliet: i would never suggest that. >> thank you. it's a br that, in an emergency can be quickly convertd into a pair of protective face masks. it's got clasps in the back and front. let me see. so here is one and then it goes on more or less like this. >> juliet: and this is seriously -- this could seriously be used in case of an attack, a gays tack? >> oh, yeah. she has announced this is available for sale to the public. >> juliet: let's take a quick break and please stay tuned because we have so many more inventions to tell you about. be right back.

>> juliet: you win a lot of money if you get one of these igs? >> this year you do. this year you win something that itself won a prize. this is a $10 trillion bill. this is from