>> if voters heard this before the election, would they still have supported her? we report, you decide. >> all right. call him eric the cookie monster. one state lawmakecalling police to stop a cupcake caper by a couple of 13-year-olds. the suspects are teens trying to bake their way for some extra dough. we'll break down that story. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> hi, everybody. welcome. if you noticed, we have -- i'm here because i asked myself that this morning. you're here. eric's there. >> i'm here. >> meaning -- >> he's way over there. skooch over. now you're in the little groove. >> gorgeous today. >> thank you for the compliment. thank you very much. you may be wondering where steve doocy is. guess where he is, he's in dallas, texas on the campus of smu for the ground breaking of

the george w. bush presidential center. good morning to you, doocy. >> good morning to you, gretchen. he's absolutely right. you look gorgeous today. this is a model of what the george w. bush center is going to look like in 2013. i got here early last night and i put this together with some things in the hotel room. that will be located just a couple hundred yards from where i'm located right now. right now, i'm at the meadows museum. this is kind of a temporary repository for all sorts of stuff and you've seen this over the last couple of days where there's george bush's sweater that he wore on the world series in 2001, there's the saddam hussein gun. that was captured with him and the iconic bullhorn. these are all things that will wind up in the official george w. bush center. they'll have a library, museum and institute as well. this morning on "fox & friends" not only will we be talking to people here on the center. at 6:30, we'll go inside the center. what's going to happen inside that thing through the rest of

2013 when they build it and then beyond. then at 7:30 eastern time, we're going to go inside the cabinet. we've got andy card and karen hughes and donna evans, former secretary of commerce with us. the old gang is back together. at 8:30 central time, rather eastern time, we'll have the president of the united states. this will be an exclusive. he will be live on "fox & friends." we're going to do something kind of new. kind of crazy. if you've got a question for the president of the united states, e-mail us, friends at foxnews.com. and i will ask him at least two of your questions. that's coming up at 8:30 eastern time right here on "fox & friends." live from dallas and downtown new york city. >> all right. >> steve, that sounds great. now you said you built that model last night, right? >> yeah. >> it was five minutes ago when you said it. does that mean you stayed at a holiday -- at an express last night? >> how did you know? have you already gone up to accounting and looked at my

receipt? >> i've seen the commercial. it's going to be great. going to be fantastic. good thing you're a morning guy. you have to be at the top of your game. some v.i.p.'s will be joining us. that will be fantastic. steve pledged to actually break the ground unlike some other big wheel journalists. you'll actually do the work and dig the hole and set the foundation. >> right. i remember that pledge. >> do we have the gold shovel for me yet? we're working on it. >> all right. wake everyone up there. we'll look forward to those reports. thanks, steve. a couple of headlines because we have a developing story from overnight. suspected u.s. missile strike in pakistan leaving at least 15 alleged insurgents dead. this according to pakistani intelligence. the drone strike targeting a base for insurgents to carry out attacks for u.s. troops across the border. this is the eighth strike now this month alone. brand new details this morning in the case of that missing highway ohio family. the man accused of kidnapping

13-year-old sarah maynard may have been watching the family for weeks. they found the teenage bound and gagged in his basement. investigators searched the lake near his home for the girl's mother, brother and family friend but so far have turned up nothing. a disturbing new development in the case of that missing 11-year-old north carolina girl. police say someone likely killed zahra baker and then went to a lot of trouble to hide her body. court papers say her remains were found scattered in different places. the girl's stepmom behind bars on other charges is asking now for a reduction in bail. she is accused of writing that fake ransom note to distract detectives. today would have been zahra's 11th birthday. a candlelight vigil will be held in her memory tonight. this afternoon, a soldier from iowa will become the first living service member to receive the medal of honor since vietnam. army staff sergeant sal giunta is getting the highest honor to risk his life to save another

soldier. president obama will present him in a melgd of honor ceremony at 2:00. if you've heard anything from this soldier, he said he's really an average soldier and doesn't feel he's deserved of this honor but he'll go ahead and get it. >> i know. i saw on "60 minutes" he was featured on. >> he'll be here live on friday a little birdie just told me. thank you. >> i'll look for a second source on that. it's confirmed. the second source just confirmed it with me. at 4 minutes after the top of the hour, major news, i think. when you talk about rating and spinning, it sounds like rhetoric. every politician claims on doing it. eric, you have to believe that something is going to get done as senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell says count me on an earmark ban. >> this is fantastic. finally, no more turtle bridges and all these projects, small projects going back to the states. this will be fantastic. it means the tea party is making

some inroads. whether or not the elected tea partiers actually can get any legislation through, they're making changes within the g.o.p. and i think that's a great sign. >> and i'll take it a step further to say it means that the voters are having it because the voters are the ones that demanded some of these members of the tea party go to washington, d.c. and now they're having an effect on an incumbent for a long time, mitch mcconnell. listen to this. au >> if it's shown us anything, americans know the difference between talking about change and actually delivering on it. bringing about real change is hard work. it requires elected officials where they're in their first week or their 50th year to challenge others and above all to challenge themselves to do things differently from time to time. to question. and then to actually shake up the status quo in pursuit of a goal or a vision that the voters have set for the good of our

country. >> interesting thing, though, newly elected members will probably support mcconnell on this. it's the people who have been in office for quite sometime who are holding out on this right now. it's going to be a very interesting situation to see if they decide to change their minds like mitch mcconnell. >> mitch mcconnell as a looeadea couple of days ago are saying you can't do that. we're talking about 2% to 3% of the overnile spespending. and this puts all the pressure on the democrats and only one has come forward and say i agree with it outside the president who backed this ban. she said i support the earmark ban but senator leahy says i'm not going to support that. the ones that support this earmark ban are the first ones that call me, call up the secretary and say unless you approve my project, i'm not going to approve my nominee. does he understand it's a new day? >> you know who else stood up and said i'm not supporting that. harry reid. i'm trying to bring money and stuff back to the people of

nevada. problem is that's going to go anyway. these are earmarks. people are ticked off at the pork and the projects. they should just stop. the question is will this thing -- >> president and mitch mcconnell on the same page -- >> probably won't pass. >> problem for some in the republican party, too. let's be fair. there are republican holdouts as well. they may be more accountable the next time around at the ballot box than the democrats will be. but the big onus will fall on the president. let's say this bill comes to his desk and ban earmarks. will he veto it or will he sign? that will be the interesting test. >> i mean, it doesn't mean your state is cut out of getting any money. you have to do it above board and can't do it in the middle of the need. show need and merit. the president is on board. and now they're going to senator coburn who says we're going to put this to the vote. we're the minority in the senate. i want you to write in i'm for earmarks and with more, as you mentioned, gretchen, more democrats up for election in two years in the senate, double as

many up as republicans, you got to wonder if they're saying to themselves, i'm a little spooked. a little too spooked to vote against this. >> let's talk about what's going on way up in alaska. you remember that lisa murkowski was the write-in republican candidate against joe miller who was the tea party candidate, the republican nominee. now, the ballot count today, the military ballots will be counted finally today. and it looks as if lisa murkowski holds that lead with the write-in but she gave a very interesting interview to katie couric of cbs yesterday where she went out of her way to attack sarah palin. listen to this. >> i just do not think she has those leadership qualities that intellectual curiousity, that allows for building good and great policies. and she was my governor for two years. and i don't think that she enjoyed governing. >> really? has anything to do with the fact

that i'm not saying for sure that she actually beat her dad for that slot and knocked her dad out. there's some bitterness here. >> there's a lot of bitterness. sarah palin backed joe miller. why do it on national tv? you have a feud, a spat, keep it between yourselves. do you want to go out there right now as, i guess, a senator-elect and go take a shot at someone who may run for president. this is bad. >> what troubles me most about it, too, and i can say this because i'm a female is i just get so tired of females attacking females. i mean, come on! first and foremost, you're in same political party. i mean, it's just -- it's ludicrous and the part that bothered me most, i don't think she enjoys governing. how do you know? how do you know? you're totally entitled to your positions and feelings but to get inside somebody else's head and say you know what they're thinking, uncalled for. >> i knew you were going to say that. >> i think the most outstanding

thing is republican-republican. does she really need someone from her side. >> does there mean is there's no republican vote, there's a tea party and republican party? >> you know what? i like to talk about this when we have more time but right now there's a bake sale story that's calling my name. >> it's happening in chappaqua in west schchester and two renee teens wanted to raise money. they baked and they sit outside a park and got a table and they sold those goods for profit. and then the floor fell in on their little scheme. >> because a councilman, member of their particular town, a guy named michael wolfingson, he called in the cops. instead of calling their parents, he called the cops. on these two 13-year-olds and did you know that you need to have a peddling permit for $350 for two hours to sell cupcakes in a park. >> that will earn you about $100, tops.

>> here's his statement. a permit is required to sell stuff in the park. this is a safety issue. the town would have been liable if they would have been mugged or hurt. we can't take that risk. what do the kids think about it? >> look, i'm not for more regulations. i'm for teaching a kid how to do the right thing. i mean, go get the permit. this isn't the 5-year-old selling lemonade on the corner. these are 13-year-old kids. my son is 12. i'd say look, you got to get a permanent. go get the darn permit. >> you agee with the councilman? >> i'm not sure i agree with him calling the cops. the councilman saying you need a permit. >> instead of selling baked goods, let the sun go down and do some graffiti tagging. let them sell some goods to raise some money. come on. >> did you say sell some goods to raise some money? is that what you said? >> maybe. you know what i'm talking about. >> $350 for a permit.

come on, that's crazy. >> eric, you have the $350, that's why you don't care. >> i don't agree with the permit part. i agree with teaching the kids how to go through the proper process. things you need to do. >> eric, i cannot believe you're taking a side. kids, if you're watching out there and want to raise the money, one word to keep in mind. >> you want to make money, razzles. people pay big money for razzles because it's half gum, half candy. >> only on long island. >> fantastic. $350. is eric out of his mind or is eric out of his mind? you make the call on that. >> coming up on our show, eric -- >> i want to vote. e-mail us and let us know what you think. the government insists there's no sign of inflation but a super secret survey out says something entirely different. are the feds trying to hide something from us? varney is here next. >> then when the claws come out, a catted putting his nine lives on the line by taking on a caterer?

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>> federal reserve chairman ben bernanke says he sees very little inflation in the economy but consumers apparently already feeling the pinch. a new secret survey conducted by wal-mart discovered consumers are already seeing prices of everything, everyday items on the rise. so what does this mean for the economy? stuart varney of the fox business network is here to sort it out for us. stuart, tell us about the survey first. wal-mart sees prices going up. >> it was not a wal-mart survey. it was done by a private company that walked into wal-mart stores unbeknownst to wal-mart and checked the price of 86 everyday items. grocery items. they came up with an inflation figure of 4%.

ok? well, the fed -- annualized, the federal reserve says it's only about 2% or less so you've got this disconnect between what the officials are saying that's the rate of inflation, 2% or less and what the survey found secretly within wal-mart, the greatest retailer of them all which says 4% so you've got this disconnect but eric, it is explainable. the official figures include housing costs. >> housing costs. no housing in wal-mart? >> no housing at wal-mart, exactly and electronic costs, for example, the survey did not check electronic costs. they are going down. no inflation there. and how about clothing? there's no inflation in clothing. surely. and i don't know whether the survey covered that or not but look, the stuff we feel -- >> go ahead. >> inflation was at the grocery level. for basic food items. that kind of thing. and that's probably true. that is accurate. so you've got this disconnect between the inflation that we

feel, we do vs. the inflation that we're told about by the officials which i don't really agree with. >> touch on that. i think that's the real essence of this. tell us why the government excludes things like food and energy out of their inflation picture. >> well, they've got the big picture inflation and they give you the core rate of inflation that takes out food and energy. people don't really look at the official figures that much. but look, you've got the federal reserve pumping out, printing, $600 billion. everybody says that is going to be inflationary. the federal reserve says we don't have an inflation problem. and now the survey says maybe we do. >> maybe we do. all right, stuart varney, "varney & company" on fox business network. 9:20 a.m. eastern. he'll be talking to south carolina congressman joe wilson and he's not lying about that. last night's episode of "house" scared the heck out of people. a hospital locked down over a possible case of smallpox. could this really happen? we have our own doctor right

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>> fox news alert, the oldest son of the late princess diana, britain's prince william is now officially engaged to his long time girlfriend kate middleton. here to read the official statement is englishman stu varney. >> with a british accent or american accent, which do you want? >> more british the better. >> his royal highness, prince william of wales and katherine middleton are engaged to be married. prince of wales is delighted to announce the engagement of prince william to miss katherine middleton. the wedding will take place in the spring or summer of 2011 in london. further details about the wedding day will be announced in

due course. prince william and miss middleton became engaged in october during a private holiday in kenya. prince william has informed the queen and other close members of his family. prince william has also sought the permission of miss middleton's father. following the marriage, the couple will live in north wales where prince william will continue to serve with the royal air force. >> all right! >> you're welcome. >> i had a permit for that, eric. >> hear about this all day. >> you will. >> varney is smart but it's the accent that always gets me. >> right. >> good job. did you watch "house" last night, the hit show on fox, intense episode where a teen breaks a 200-year-old medicine jar and then begins suffering from symptoms resembling smallpox. >> but house and his team are not convinced. let's watch. >> rash under the arm means it's not smallpox. false alarm.

hope the traffic wasn't too bad. >> rash is consistent with smallpox. >> she's probably just allergic to the bed sheets of the hospital gown and simply didn't notice it. we'll air lift blood and tissue samples to atlanta and have the d.n.a. results in 18 hours. in the meantime, please step out of the room. >> fox news medical a team contributor dr. marc siegel is here. all right, so could this really happen? could you break open a 200-year-old bottle and get sick. >> it's interesting she's swimming along and it's an old dutch slave ship and she breaks open this bottle and it has scabs in it. they've actually found scabs in an old civil war book. the idea that a small box virus or some kind of bacteria could live that long, here's what we say in medical school. if you hear hoof beats, think horses, not zebras so it's not likely but it's very, very interesting and of course, these days we're always thinking about bioterrorism, gretchen so the idea that smallpox could resurface because it hasn't been kept carefully enough in the lab in russia, that's a possibility.

in other words, we could see small box and we have to look for it. she had nausea, she had vomiting. she had a high fever and developed this rash from the face on down. red eyes. it sure looked like smallpox. >> smallpox in particular came out after 9/11. even though we had a vaccine for it, they were going to try to reconstitute it because we may not have the immunity for it. some were getting vaccinations. >> in 2002 there was a big scare because of what i said, they were afraid of terrorists getting hold of smallpox in a laboratory in russia. it never happened but one of those weapons of mass destruction we're on the lookout here and then it turns out they think she might have meningitis. that was really unlikely because the rash in meningitis would have to be like a bruise and it really is unlikely and then they finally decide, you know, this could be something that we actually see in new york city. >> what the heck is that? >> that's something like rocky mountain spotted fever. it's carried by mice. and mites pick it up from mice

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>> there's a lot going on. charlie rangel walked out of his ethics hearing today after being refused an extension. he said he didn't have any money for legal representation. no money, what about all the money you saved not paying any taxes? use that money! what about that? >> the other allegation yesterday by "the new york post" here was that charlie rangel actually used pac money for pay for his legal defense which is illegal. >> right. that's a fascinating way to use an ethics trial so he walks into a trial that he absolutely demanded and said i need to be tried. why are you keeping me waiting so long? he walks in and almost a service like atmosphere and says i have no legal defense. my lawyers abandoned me so you know what? i need time to set up a legal defense fund so i'm leaving.

wait a minute, he's broke? i thought this is the guy who underestimated his assets by $500,000. >> it happens. it happens. >> you're right. you can't figure out your taxes and you have your assets and then you have, naming a building after yourself with pac money. it goes on and on. >> they're never going to expel him. >> that is the question of this whole thing is what will this committee do now? right? because apparently, they've decided that they are going to continue deliberating because they say they have all the facts. they have the 13 alleged ethics violations. here is a little bit of the exchange that happened yesterday. >> with all due respect, since i don't have counsel to advise me, i'm going to have to excuse myself from these proceedings because i have no idea what this man has put together over two years that was given to me last

week. >> mr. rangel's counsel withdraw a little over a month ago and further counsel has not been retained and that the committee has indicated an intent to proceed today. >> so he left, he goes to his office, shuts the door. and they have his ethics trial which he demanded, been going on for two years and he doesn't participate so they're using old footage of him trying to defend himself from past years. this is absolutely hysterical. >> let's go back to eric's point. what are they going to do to him, brian? that's what the american public wants to know. >> they can expel which they probably won't do, they can censure or they can reprimand and two out of the three ain't bad. they may find him. he'll be happy to get a fine. >> you think all they're going to do is fine him? >> fine him or reprimand him. >> speaking of teaching our kids lessons, let's move from cupcakes to charlie rangel. >> we'll leave that behind. he's going to leave that behind. here's the thing about charlie rangel. not only doesn't he get it, he

wants his way back as a ranking member on the ways and means committee. so at 80 years old, we'll have to see. >> he definitely knows tax law now. >> 26 minutes before the top of the hour. let's tell you what's happening in the world. breaking news on the natalee holloway case. forensic scientists in the hague are examining what appears to be a human jaw bone found on a beach in aruba. they're investigating whether the remains are those of natalee holloway. she disappeared in 2005. the bone reportedly found near a resort where murder suspect joran van der sloot told investigators to look. >> a congressional watchdog group releasing an eye opening report overnight saying that banks should undergo stress tests to figure out whether they have enough money to absorb losses stemming from investigation into their foreclosure processes. well, the report warned the financial system could be at risk if the allegations of robo signing are proven to be true. eric? >> discounted tuition rates are a big draw for students to go -- by the way, that was stressful.

stress test? >> they are stressful. >> to go to college in their home states while in california, listen to this, that courtesy now extended to illegal immigrants. the state supreme court delivering the controversial ruling. critics say it's unfair to u.s. citizens living outside of california because they have to pay the higher out of state tuition, gretch? >> check out this video from louisiana. a little cat in a tense stand-off, a cat fight with a gator and guess who wins. the cat wins but the story doesn't end there. the gator goes back into the water for reinforcements. and once again, the cat refuses to back down. >> the video already generating over 700,000 views on you tube. >> that's incredible. >> that is incredible. >> what guts. german shepherds take note. 24 minutes before the top of the hour. let's go out again once again to dallas, texas where steve doocy

is at southern methodist university campus for the ground breaking of the george w. bush presidential center with some special guests. >> indeed, thank you very much, brian. yep, they're going to have the groundbreaking at 10:30 central time here at smu's main campus. we got a couple of the guys who know all about it. right over there, we've got president of smu, r. gerald turner and next to him is ambassador james glassman, he's the guy that was going to run the bush institute. good morning, guys. thanks for getting up early. president turner, let's start with you. is this going to be a little confusing now? up until now, when somebody said good morning, mr. president, across campus, they're talking to you. now there's going to be another guy who technically was president. >> and he does come over to the campus and that confusion is a great benefit. >> when did you start talking to your administration? we should try to get smu as the home of the george w. bush center? >> right after the florida vote was determined, the next morning -- >> the next day. >> the next day.

i came into my chief of staff and his name is tom berry and i said dr. berry, what do you know about the presidential library system? he said nothing. i said wrong answers. you're going to become an expert. we're going after this. that's when it started, the very next morning. >> and eventually there were eight in the running. did you have a leg up because laura bush actually went to smu? >> laura bush did go to smu and we're very proud that she's an alumni but there were a lot of very good proposals and some with very large pieces of land and other kinds of things that really commended their application but we felt like given if we were in the heart of dallas, that it was at smu, that eventually we would prevail and we were glad we did. >> we got a model of the grounds, what it's going to look like here, yijim and there's gog to be a library and there's going to be a museum and it's going to house some of the artifacts that we have here at the museum right now but there's going to be the bush institute on the south side.

what's that going to be? >> it's a policy institute and it's really unique among presidential centers. we're going to concentrate in four areas that are very important to the president and mrs. bush. education reform, global health. what we call human freedom which is really the democracy agenda and economic growth. and we're already out there doing programs and beginning to change the world. >> now, i understand you're already working on a program to improve america's principles. at school. >> right. principals, a-l-s. everybody is talking about school reform and president bush did more than any other president for school reform at the federal level. what we determined was that the leverage point, really the way to get schools better so that kids can achieve more was to concentrate on school leadership and 130,000 principals in america. >> that's a great idea. president turner, with the former president, he's going to have an office here and going to show up all the time. that's got to be good for

business. >> it's great for the university whenever he is on campus. he's already taught, guest taught about four or five classes. we've had a number of -- >> let's back up. did he -- did the kids know that he was going to teach that day? >> no, they did not. so when he walked in and most of the time i got to introduce him, the faculty member would just come to class, set up the class and then i would walk in and introduce him and so the students, you know, couldn't believe it and before long, there would be a big congregation of studentsous the classroom waiting for him to come out. >> that's cool. he'll be on campus. he'll be a part of this. this will give him something to do each and every day. he's been working on his book. now that that's done to come to smu. >> all the scholars and public officials around the world that will come here as part of the institute, it will be a great resource for the faculty, staff and students. >> you told me earlier, you guys are working on something that's going to be part of the bush institute. it's called the freedom collection. that's something you're doing right now, right? >> right. in fact, we started it last year. started building it last year.

and it's an archive of interviews, video and artifacts as well, writings of pro democracy dissidents and other freedom advocates from around the world. we've already interviewed one from the czech republic and we've interviewed north koreans, eye reiniaai iranians, it's going to be a great record for scholars but it will inspire people who are out there fighting for freedom around the world. >> it will be complimentary to the human rights program, for example. all of them will tie in some way to programs here on campus. >> i know you have a big day here on campus, they'll give you some golden shovels and you'll turn over the earth at 10:30 central time. thank you very much for being so hospitalable today. >> thank you. >> coming up on our program, just an hour from now, we'll go inside the cabinet. we have a couple of people who you remember. karen hughes will be with us, andy card and don evans, the former secretary of commerce. and then at 8:30 eastern time, the president of the united

states will be live on the fox newschannel. and brian, i do believe this is only the second time in the history of "fox & friends" the former president has been on live. of course, the first time was when you golfed with him down here in texas and you shot that hole in one and then he burst into tears. >> steve, that was -- i told you that and i was kind of lying when i told you my drive off the tee went in. but -- because you were -- i'm going to review footage and tell the truth to the audience. i like to apologize after something like that happens. thanks so much. check in with you again. great job. >> you bet. >> meanwhile -- >> he quit his last job in the most dramatic of fashions. now disgruntled flight attendant steven slater has a new gig, he does? in the travel industry. ok. >> and going to pot. they legalized medical marijuana years ago and facing more trouble than ever. the man trying to fix it has a warning for other states. >> stick around for a great line-up of guests. check it out, glenn beck, leeza

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beth: well, like 50 percent off brand name prescription drugs for people who are in the donut hole. john: really? i didn't know that. beth: you have to keep up. john: come on. i'll keep up. anncr: it's open enrollment. time to compare and review plans at medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare. >> now quick headlines. new york senator chuck schumer moving up in the democratic ranks today. harry reid has nominated schumer to run a new office in charge of policy and press relations. oh, good. former jet blue flight attendant steven slater has a new job. he's judging the mile high text club contest. which has people submit their craziest stories about air travel. last month, slater agreed to pay a $10,000 fine and get counseling after pulling the exit chute on a plane full of people and leaving with a six pack of beer. over to you. >> thanks a lot, eric.

medical marijuana has been legal in michigan since 2008 but two years later, dispenseries are popping up mostly unregulated. now, they're trying to pass the zoning and licensing ordinance that would regulate where dispenseries are located and how many marijuana plant stores can have. what can other states learn from this? let's find out. joining us now is ann arbor city planning commissioner eric moller. eric, why so long for regulation since it's passed since 2008? >> that's a good question. i think a lot of cities around the state of michigan were waiting for the state to provide some guidance in this area when they realized that none was forthcoming, they figured they had to do something on their own and most cities around the state just kind of went ahead and did something based on their own research. >> all right, so tell me right away on first -- after the first couple of years, where the abuse takes place, where it has to be rained in. -- reigned in. >> well, i think the concerns of the city, of the citizens of ann

arbor anyway is where these are popping up in terms of neighborhoods, people could see 1 on their street corner. they could see them kind of congregating in a certain section of town. >> right. >> they can see them being unchecked in terms of, you know, since we had some security issues here and there around the city in terms of these dispenseries and i think people pushed the city council to come up with something in the planning and development department to come up with something so there would be only oversight by the government in this regard. >> i know some people say i can't believe how many prescriptions they're writing now for emergency medical marijuana. let's look at some of the things that you have in play. they must be located downtown or commercial and industrial districts. no drive-ins. how about that? drive in and pick up your pot and no one under 18 allowed to enter a dispensery. you see any push back on that? >> we don't. you know, to the extent that people who are reasonable and

processed understand that the city has to provide some oversight. certainly you'll get some people who say hey, this is a legal business. there shouldn't be any regulation of these things but, you know, to the extent we regulate other businesses and this is now a legal business in the state of michigan, we have to regulate it to some degree so we don't get too much pushback, i think we did a good job striking a balance between the statutory and protective interests of the medical marijuana patients and caregivers and the citizens of ann arbor. >> you say you think it will pass next month. ann arbor, chairman of the planning commission, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> ok. coming up next, we change gears. democrats vs. democrats. nancy pelosi facing a challenge in her race to stay leader of the party. glenn beck joins us to weigh in and more. and some are already calling him a hero. the man who refused the tsa's new patdown procedure as violation of his rights. does he have a case? and what about his catch phrase? we asked judge napolitano next. with rheumatoid arthritis, there's the life you live...

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>> those new full body scanners at airports across the country are coming under fire once again as passengers are now forceed to choose between that and an invasive patdown. in san diego, john tiner recorded his run-in with security with his cell phone. the tsa threw him out of the airport and the video became an internet sensation but homeland security secretary janet napolitano continues to defend tsa procedures. >> it would be unwise to say at the least irresponsible of us at the tsa, at the homeland security department not to evolve our technology to match the changing threat environment that we inhabit. >> joining us to discuss is andrew napolitano, host of "freedom watch" on the fox business network. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> it's a complicated case. here's my fear, if we have more

john tyners who say i'm not going to do the body scanner and you can't do the patdown to me, won't we have chaos at the airport? >> the chaos will be caused by the government forcing us to make a choice between radiation to the body that can seriously harm a lot of people and this gross pornographic violation of human dignity whereby children are touched in their private parts, women, men, older folks are touched in their private parts in a way which has actually is a crime. actually is a sexual assault to touch someone's private body parts without their consent. so how is the government without a vote by the congress putting us in this bind? the government is looking for more than security. the government is looking for pushback. the government is looking for control. the government is looking for excuses. it's not keeping us safe. it's violating our dignity. >> but didn't the american public ask and request for better security at airports so we didn't have to continue to take off our shoes and throw

away oliquids and now we have i and we don't like it. >> we don't like it because it violates the sense of self-worth and dignity that we have to choose between the government having a picture of us naked which we know they keep and which we know they look at and we know they pass around from government employee to government employee. and the touching of private parts. you're a mother of little children. >> right. >> do you want some thug squeezing the private parts of your baby? >> and that happened to my 4-year-old after the christmas day bomber and i said last night on the o'reilly factor i thought that was extreme for children. i think they're going to change the rules to 12 and above. but here's -- here's my point. is that would we rather be blown up by a terrorist on an airplane? >> that's not the choice. the choice is between reasonable procedures to keep us reasonably safe. and draconian measures that only an authoritarian state would impose upon us. it's the duty of the government to find something that will keep

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>> good morning, everyone. today is tuesday already. november 16, 2010. thanks for sharing your time. the g.o.p. giving the dems a lesson in working together. >> banning earmarks is another small but important symbolic step that we can take to show we're serious, another step on the way to serious and sustained cuts in spending and to debt. >> but is the rest of washington willing to listen? will they ban earmarks? >> it's democrats vs. democrats? nancy pelosi facing a challenge in her race to stay leader of the party. hear from her colleagues who say she's too combative. nancy? >> maybe. the white house is letting some companies off the hook when it comes to the new health care law but the list is riddled and filled with unions. glenn beck is here on his take. "fox & friends" starts right now.

>> well, it's a really special show today. not only do we have an unbelievable roster of guests but steve doocy out of -- off the couch and in dallas, texas. steve you're with a soon to be coming up the president of the united states, the former president of the united states, george w. bush. >> that's exactly right, brian. good morning to you and gretch and eric as well. right now, i'm inside the meadows museum on the campus of smu, southern methodist university, in about -- just a couple of hours at 10:30 central time, they're going to have the ground breaking for this, the george w. bush presidential center and it's going to have a museum and a library and the bush institute. right now, here in this room and you probably have seen this on television in the last week or so, this is a repository of some of his stuff from the bush administration. that will be in the official museum and i want to pay attention to this particular letter right here. and if you've seen the president's book, "decision points" you probably have seen this. this is a note that was written

to the president at the beginning of the nato summit in istanbul, turkey back in 2004. it simply says mr. president, iraq is sovereign. letter was passed from brimmer at 10:26 a.m. iraq time. condy. signed by condaleeza rice. as you can see in the sharpie, the president of the united states wrote "let freedom reign." right there and then guy, can you come down to this picture. and then tony blair happened to be sitting right next to the president of the united states. the president covered his mouth so that he would not be overheard and he whispered the news to blair. they nodded at each other and shook hands and congratulations because that's what they were working for. now, coming up, about 20, 25 minutes from right now, we're going to put together some of the old gang from the bush administration, we're going to have with us karen hughes, a former special counsellor to the president of the united states. andy card who was the chief of staff in the white house for many, many years and don evans, the secretary of commerce and then at 8:30 eastern time, the

president of the united states will be joining us live from this room. and unlike those other television shows, we're actually going to include at least two of your questions out there in tv land. so if you have a question for the president of the united states, e-mail us right now, friends at foxnews.com. so we got a busy, busy day live from dallas. >> all right. sounds fantastic. thank very much, steve. we'll check back in with you in about 28 minutes from now. couple of headlines for you. new details this morning in that case of the missing ohio family. police now say the man accused of kidnapping 13-year-old sarah maynard may have been watching her family for weeks. police arrested 30-year-old matthew hoffman when they found the teenage girl bound and gagged, she was in his basement. investigators searched a lake near his home for the girl's mother, brother and family friend but police admitted last night they could all be dead. >> today would have been zahra baker's 11th birthday. we're learning disturbing details about her death. whoever killed the girl went to a lot of trouble to hide the crime.

her remains have been found scattered in different places now. the girl's stepmom is behind bars on other charges asking for a reduction in bail. she's the one accused of writing a fake ransom note to distract the detectives. tonight, a vigil will be held for zahra. iranian state tv now broadcasting what they say is an open confession by an iranian woman originally sentenced to death by stoning. case against her which has caused an international uproar now being reviewed by iran's supreme court. in this tv appearance, she calls herself a sinner. her family has insisted she was tortured into confessing to adultery. just about 30 minutes ago, we learned the oldest son of the late princess diana is now officially engaged. prince william announced he's marrying his long-time girlfriend kate middleton next spring or summer. a royal spokesperson says the couple got engaged last month while they were on vacation in

kenya. prince william asked kate's father for permission. apparently he approved. >> for more on the wedding plans, we'll bring in glenn beck. i know when the royals get married, you twitter. you predicted this marriage! >> no. i have no idea which one of them it is. >> thanks for joining us. enjoy having you on today. >> very good. >> good night, everybody. >> let's move back to politics and talk about the challenge now to nancy pelosi. she still wants to be the leader of the democratic party but now heath shuler, a blue dog and conservative democrat says not so fast. >> not a chance. she is going to -- she's going to win. and this is just a sign of how radical the democrats have become. >> right. >> i started talking about this when they put michael moore in the presidential box in 2004. i said look who you're in bed with, democrats. you're about to be eaten by this nancy progressive wing of the party. they can lose like they've lost

and she still retains her seat? come on. >> listen to this, glenn, michael moore who you look up to or did for a while. >> that's true. he said that barack obama should get the tutu off and take the pink tutu off so he's even turned on the president for not being radical enough. >> brian, we've talked about this strongly over the summer. they are controlled by radicals and revolutionaries. communists. you've seen how the communists coming out. yesterday, afl-cio, the communist party leader for the communist party usa talked about how they are coordinating with richard trumka in the afl-cio. if you're in the unions do you realize your money, your union dues are going to stand with the communists and the revolutionaries in this country? the democrats have become wildly radical. >> examiwe pointed out a little earlier, the unions, the list of exemptions to health care law. it's riddled with unions. >> of course it would be. we're not a country of laws

anymore. we're a country of men. we're a country of special favors. if you look at that -- that health care law, this -- this admits two things. one, that it's a jobs killer. we all knew that. we all said that. we were called fear mongers for saying it. if it's a job killer, if it's not, why do these guys need out so desperately? >> 111. >> and it's all the people who helped create. >> they said it was going to bend the cost curve down. but it's bending it up. >> of course it is. it was intended to. >> we talked about this before. it was intended to. this is their design. they're moving towards one payer system. >> but -- ok, so they're going to give so far 111 waivers to these big companies who say they can't afford health care anymore. >> mcdonald's. >> what happens to the average joe, glenn, who calls up their congressman or woman and says i need a waiver, too. >> we are becoming a country of men and not laws. where if you have connections, if you're in the right level,

really, you win. if not, you lose. well, that's not the way america has ever been set up and 70% to 90% of all jobs in a crisis are created by the small businessman. that's who is being hurt. and i believe it's being -- they're being hurt intentionally now again. america has to do one thing. you have to get out of this cycle of thinking that there aren't people that are actively trying to destroy our republic. >> here's michelle bachmann. >> they're doing it. >> michelle bachmann talks about the exemptions and how alarming it is. >> this is an admission of failure by the white house. they may not be admitting it but their actions are add mithd it. obama care is a cost driving hiker. it's a failure. we were told we had to pass obama care. we couldn't wait. we couldn't even read the billmebill. we couldn't take the time to even debate it. because why? president obama promised us.

he promised that it would drive down the cost of health care. >> she is so strong! the republicans need to start listening to her and stop their -- i think it's upton, i can't remember his first name. he's a congressman and a republican that will be put in as the chair of the energy commission, i think, he's the guy who got us to all buy fluorescent light bulbs and the fwie that wrote the fluorescent light bulb bill and the republicans are putting him in as the chairman of the energy commission. >> the fluorescent light bulb bill, if you break them, you need a haz-mat team to clean it up. >> there are progressives that needed to be rooted out and stopped in the republican party because the democrats have been lost to the radicals and the revolutionaries fr revolutionaries. that's who's in charge. >> you're one of "time" magazine's man for finalist of the year. >> why do you laugh? sexiest man. >> he has it locked up this

year. here's snl kind of paying homage to you in their own sarcastic way. look at you and barack obama. >> surprised to see you embark on this 10-day vacation to asia. that is costing $200 million a day. >> hold on. i don't know where you heard that but this trip is not costing $200 million a day. >> that's not what glenn beck says. >> again, let me be clear, glenn beck has no idea what he's talking about. >> he was right about buying gold. >> yes. >> were you watching? >> no, i didn't -- but i got a lot of e-mails, people are like my friends, oh my gosh, they admitted you were right about gold. after everything, go take a cab now to my office. right about everything in the midst of all these guys coming

out doing investigations, everything else, just hammering me to death. i would like to ask you, you ask your friends if you watch my show, if you do your own homework, i told you to question me. you've told your friends, this is what's coming. ask them now. what exactly my dear friend am i wrong about? >> let me ask you this, did you ever think in your wildest dreams that after president obama was elected and most of the mainstream media loved him including "saturday night live," did you ever dream that two years later, they would be on your side? >> no. >> no. >> this shows how much trouble -- >> are they on your side? >> it shows the power of this couch. this 2-year-old couch, baby. now, glenn, in your book "broke" you paint an ugly scenario. unless people take action to change things. i tend to be more optimistic and try to get you going. the earmark ban is coming in. there's a new wave coming into congress. >> wave is a great word. >> are you feeling somewhat more optimistic? >> a tsunami is coming. now, here's where i feel

optimistic. we're on the -- we're moving in the right direction. we seem to have many of the republicans moving and some of the democrats are starting to be scared by their own party. that's good but what we need to do and this is what we're doing and starting really last night, we're moving in a much different -- forget about the "time" magazine man of the year. we're building the people of the decade. we must show ourselves up to be able to survive the tsunami coming. >> if you win can we go to the "time" matter? >> if i win, i'm bringing everybody. >> all right. glenn beck today at 5 clock alcoholic eastern ti-- 5:00 eastern time. >> you're brian, and i'm glenn. >> hybrid, good engine, i have one. republicans out to prove they're serious about saving money by cutting earmarks but will the rest of washington listen? dick morris is here and a former advisor to president clinton. he's up next. >> schools grading students on their weight.

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>> all right. the center republican caucus set today to ban earmarks and now they have senate minority leader mitch mcconnell on board who yesterday was opposed to the ban. fox news contributor dick morris who is the former advisor to president clinton and so much more. are you surprised by the change? >> i'm surprised that mcconnell flipped on it. it's great. he was originally opposed to the ban on earmarks and i think he felt the pressure from the tea party people but he decided to support it. this is one of the key votes of this new congress. this is a vote by the republicans in the senate that no republican in the senate will get any earmarks during this congress which is crucial.

now, we don't have enough votes there. we need 24 votes to pass it. the republican reformers now have 21 and there's some crucial undecided votes on my web site, dickmorris.com, i list them all. and one of the big ones is ron portman, the newly elected senator from ohio. former budget director. he of all people should know what's wrong with earmarks. kay bailey hutchinson of texas is on the fence. john thune who wants to run for president who better get with the reform program if he wants to do it, viter from louisiana. needs to go to dickmorris.com right now in the morning before the vote and get the phone number and call them. if there's nobody there, leave a message with your view because it's really important that we pass this. this will send a huge message. i think, by the way, if this passes, the republicans in the senate, the house republicans have to do it and then i think

the democrats will follow suit. >> it's hard to imagine any of those names that you brought up not following behind him. we'll see what happens today. only one democrat has come out in support so far, and the president of the united states salutes the effort. this could be the beginning of what is it's going to be like for the next two years. the president agreeing with republicans, could this be a trend? >> well, obama campaigned on the basis of opposing earmarks and then in his stimulus package, he included, you know, $800 billion worth of it and all of his budgets, assigned budgets with huge earmarks in it and this really is the chance for a gigantic reform. earmarks in one year at their peak, i think 2007 or 2008 with $65 billion. almost 20% of the deficit that year came from earmarks. this is a chance to wipe them out. >> so hit the phones. tom coburn says i want to bring this to the floor. i want everyone on record on

this. maybe even in the lame duck session. >> well, i think that once the republicans do it, the obvious question is will the democrats do it and i think this is going to put huge pressure on them but the other question is will the house republicans do it? after all, the senate republicans are in the minority. they can get earmarks, everybody does. but if they abstain, it's one thing but if the majority in the house abstains, that's something even more significant. so i think this will ratchet up the pressure on those freshmen in the house to deliver. >> my prediction between your web site and the legitimate pressure mitch mcconnell will put on them by doing what they're doing, i think they're all going to be flipped and i think the momentum is certainly changing. it's going to be a fascinating two years and certainly next couple of weeks. >> it's wonderful to watch this happening right now. this is like a dream come true. >> right. and you've done a lot of the hard work. dickmorris.com for more. thanks for joining us this morning. >> thank, brian. >> coming up straight ahead, a disturbing discovery on a beach. it could be a major break in the

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>> some quick headlines. 64 people killed and 80 injured after an apartment complex collapses in new delhi, india. the cause of the collapse is being investigated. new details this morning on a massive apartment fire in shanghai. police have now detained four unlicensed welders on suspicion they accidentally started the blaze. 53 people died there. over to you, gretch. >> all right, eric. thank you. best known as the tv and radio talk show host, leeza gibbons,

first shared her personal struggles with alzheimer's in a book that documented her own experience as a caregiver for her ailing mom. two years after gloria jean gibbons died, she continues her crusade against the disease with no foundations that offer resources to families battling the illness. leeza gibbons' memory foundation and leeza's place and today, she's launching another campaign hoping to raise even more awareness. you're a busy woman, leeza. >> you know what? i'm like the a team. all about alzheimer's. >> that's right. and that's so fitting because today is the day you're launching this new stand up campaign. what is it? >> stand together for ad, strength and support for alzheimer's. here's the disease, we're doing this with navatus and i'm proud of what we put together. people who are walking this path need resources. it's like an assault. it's an endurance race, gretchen, it really is and caregivers, if you're taking care of someone you love, chances are you're not taking care of yourself.

>> and so much stress is involved with these caregivers and the number of people affl t afflicted with this disease keeps increasing, why? >> well, age is the biggest risk factor but it's the jigsaw puzzle that scientists so far haven't been able to figure out what's going on. but what we know, you know, this is a story that's so common and it's not all pretty. i don't think you grow up dreaming some day, i want to be a caregiver. you know, it's what we do out of love and honor and because we have to. when i was taking care of my mom and my entire family was kind of in this vacuum of fear, honestly, and isolation, you get to the point where to save someone else, you risk losing yourself. and that much we do know from the science, that caregivers are at high risk sometimes of being even sicker than the ones they're taking care of. this is such a great initiative that you're doing because of that exact fact. that sometimes the caregivers are the forgotten people in this whole battle.

>> and you know what? it makes sense, too. you have this kind of life that you become used to and then bam, something like alzheimer's disease breaks in. but you have to let go of the life that you had to make room for the life that's waiting for you. whether you've asked for it or not. and i think that's a really good core experience that we have as caregivers. and why reaching out for support is so important. and if you go to the web site, alzheimer'sdisease.com at the web site you can sign up for additional support or just surf freely and get lots of information there. >> that would be so helpful for so many people. let's talk a little bit about a cure. i mean, are we any closer to finding out what causes this? >> you know, i think every dead end is an answer. every time a scientist doesn't get the outcome they hoped for, that's an answer. because it gets us closer to figuring it out. i'm certainly not the person from the medical side to speak about cure but as a patient

advocate, what i know is that we're learning more about the brain. you know how 10 years ago, we had such a decade of progress with cancer, for example. i think that's where we are now with neurological disease fortunate. i'm hopeful. i'm really hopeful. >> your work is so commendable. and today, you launch this whole new initiative. if people want more information, they can go to our web site as well and we'll link up to yours. >> lovely to see you, too. >> coming up on our show, elementary school kids, they're now being weighed, measured and then graded on how fat they are. good idea? we report, you decide. i was a chubby kid. i would have failed that one. >> come on! >> court rules that illegal immigrants should get discounts on an american education. discounts paid for with your tax dollars. will this ruling stand? peter johnson jr. takes a closer look at that and former members of the bush administration back together. this is a live picture right here. they're weighing in on this, why is the trial of the alleged 9/11

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>> president obama's picture book for kids comes out tomorrow. that's when you know things have changed, when bush writes a 500 page memoir and obama hands in a coloring book. what is going on? >> well, i guess the comedians are finally finding funny things. >> it's amazing. >> remember when they said there's nothing funny about president obama. >> after 2 1/2 years, they finally found some humor. meanwhile, the book is called "of thee i sing." it opens up with a poem to his daughters and tells stories of 13 ground breaking americans and proceeds are donated to the scholarship for children of wounded and fallen soldiers. and there you're seeing it right there. >> that was the book that jimmy fallon was alluding to that the president put together but it's for a fantastic cause. so i think i'll pick up a copy of that. i'll get one for you guys, too. auto ai'll read it after you. >> let's too a couple of headlines for you. breaking news in the natalee

holloway case, the dutch newspaper "the telegraph" reports forensic scientists are examining what appears to be a human jaw bone now found on a beach in aruba. they are investigating whether it belongs to natalee holloway who disappeared in 2005. the bone reportedly found near a resort where murder suspect joran van der sloot has told investigators to look. eric? >> the first civilian trial of a gitmo detainee may be headed for a mistrial because a juror told a judge she felt threatened by the other jurors. the judge rejected her request to be excused. this raises the possibility of a hung jury. he's on trial here in new york and is accused of blowing up u.s. embassies in africa in 1998 killing 224 people and wounding 12 americans. >> remember, they had to throw out his confession. so that is why they're going to the civilian trials. word is mortgage companies were foreclosing on people without checking paperwork, already

causing alarm in washington. a new report says the problems could threaten the banks with billions of dollars in losses and according to the congressional rock star group, that could worsen the already dismal housing market. >> arizona school district will be issuing report cards now on kids the school feels are overweight. or headed in that direction. this after a pediatrician tells the flagstaff school district board that childhood obesity is becoming a serious problem. as a result, elementary school kids in the district will all be weighed and measured. are you kidding me? the district's head nurse estimates about half the students will get a weight report card. and those are your headlines. but you have a comment on that. i was a chubby kid. how dare you weigh kids like that and ruin their self-esteem for their life! i would have gotten one of those f's. >> i want to know if the teachers are weighed. >> ok. i'll vote on that. i like that. >> give them the pinch test. >> exactly. >> that's how you find out how much fat you have.

>> all right. let's head out to dallas because the former members of the bush administration are back together and they're all with steve doocy this morning. at what will be the george w. bush new library. good morning, steve. >> good morning, gretch. that's exactly right. one hour from right now, on "fox & friends", world exclusive, the president of the united states, george w. bush will be joining us live from smu, southern methodist but right now, we've brought together some of the old gang. members of the cabinet. we've got andy card, former chief of staff. don evans, former -- congress guy, some money guy. and the message guru and special counsellor to the president of the united states, karen hughes. great to have you with us. >> thanks for having us. >> karen, i overheard you talking a moment ago. right now we're in the meadows museum and when you came in here, tears came to your eyes. >> it was very emotional. i looked at some cards when the president ordered troops into afghanistan.

the last time i had seen those were on the teleprompter as he gave that speech. it was emotional to see the highlights of his presidency here. >> sure. let's talk a little bit about something. we'll come back to memories of what's the bush administration a little bit but let's talk about something that's gone on in the news today and that is the administration, current administration has announced that it doesn't sound as if they're going to decide where to try khali shaikh mohammed until 2014. rather 2012, after the next presidential election. they are effectively punting. here's a soundbite from last night's bill o'reilly show where brit hume talks about this. >> this is an example and there are a number of others of the fact that this was a president who for all his talent and all his charm didn't know enough to know what he didn't know. and for this administration to have plunged ahead as it did into this morass with the khali shaikh mohammed trial and the closing of guantanamo and other

things, for them not to be able to see that was a sign of political naivete that i think is striking. >> let's talk to members of the former president's administration. andy, what do you think about that? this guy politically -- >> none of the decisions as a president should be easy. in fact, the president is making an easy decision, the chief of staff hasn't done his job. but president obama is kind of punting on a tough decision. and my concern is that he's punted a little bit because of politics. i don't know enough about it to say that's the reason. but it -- >> a little bit because of politics. >> and look, all i can tell you is that you can be very intelligent when you run for president. but i pray that our president is always smart so i want intelligence combined with smart and i'm not sure that this was a smart decision. >> don, what do you think? i mean, closing gitmo was the first thing he did. >> listen, andy's right. there are not immediate decisions that get to the

president's desk. this is a national security issue and any suggestion and any hint or any thought that politics may have had a role in this is just beyond any -- >> don't you think politics were involved? >> you know, you have to ask them. but i'll tell you this, i know the bush administration clearly told the incoming obama administration that closing gitmo is not that easy. we've looked at this. we've thought about it. we've considered all the options we have out there. none of them are particularly good options. but this is absolutely the best option. and to try to close it is -- is not as easy as you might think it is. >> karen? >> i think the lesson i learned from president bush is the things that are politically the hardest sometimes are the most important and i think of our boss, president bush, two of the most popular decisions he ever made were two of the most important ones. that's the surge of iraq and an outcome of a war hinges on it and the intervening on tarp, rescuing the economy, preventing probably another worldwide great depression and it was not

popular at the time but the president made the tough decision and i think that's the lesson. i wish president obama would do the same. >> he addressed the decisions that he had to make and he made them. >> let's talk a little bit about something else going on in washington. they've just convened the lame duck session of congress. they got to decide what to do about the bush era tax cuts. what are they going to do? don, this needs to be -- >> job loss, number one in america is creating jobs and the idea that you would raise the taxes on the entrepreneurs, the small business owners that really create the jobs is just mind boggling to me and i just -- i quite frankly think they're going to be extending the bush tax cuts but, you know, they simply need to stay focused on job number one. we have to create jobs in this country and you don't raise taxes on the number one job creators. >> sure. >> the uncertainty has already hurt a great deal. businesses don't know -- we don't know whether we're having a $6 trillion tax increase on january 1st which is what will happen if they don't act. it's urgent and imperative that

they act and raising taxs in the midst of sort of a fledgling recovery, the absolute worst thing they can do. >> the i.r. s. is working on the taxtables in january and so if they don't act quickly, people will find that their take home pay went down. so they've got to act on this. i agree with don, i think they're going to pass the bush tax cuts and keep them in place. remember, what they'll be doing is having a tax increase if they don't keep the bush tax cuts in place and this is the last time our economy needs a tax increase. >> an hour from now, we're going to have your former boss, george w. bush here on the program. as you look around at some of the stuff from your administration, anybody got a story they'd like to share they've never told anybody before? because we're kind of flashing back with the dedication later today. >> karen? >> i remember the day of september 14th going to ground zero and standing with the president, andy was there watching him, you know, get up on that fire truck with bob beckwith and rallying saying the

world here -- the people who knock down these buildings will hear from all of us soon and i stood there and turned to a friend who was with me at the time and said that's going to be in his presidential library some day. >> the megaphone is right behind me. >> it is. because i realized it was -- you know, it was totally off the cuff, unscripted. but delivered with such resolute conviction at such an important time for our country. >> just a couple of weeks after september 11th, andy card, you were talking a moment about maybe getting socked in the nose by the president of the united states. >> the president and i had a candid relationship and i have the bruises to prove it. no, obviously there was a lot of tension because the world was afraid. america was afraid. and the president had come back from a very short trip and the limousine drives up to the south portico on the south lawn of the white house and the secret service had said, we're a little worried, we think something bad is happening. and i slide into the limousine with the president and i say, we may have to evacuate the white house and there could be an

attack. and he says, i'm not leaving. i'm staying right here. in fact, i think i want a hamburger and cheeseburger for lunch. >> in fact, i told him i've been dieting. i said you you might as well have a cheeseburger. >> he wasn't too happy with me. >> he's surely happy you're all here today for the dedication of the george w. bush center here on the campus of smu. andy card, don evans and karen hughes, thank you very much. it's a privilege to have all of you. all right, back to new york we go. >> what a fascinating discussion. thanks very much, steve. we'll look forward to the interview with george w. bush coming up 8:30 eastern time. >> wow. 18 minutes before the top of the hour. caught on camera stealing a puppy. who would do such a thing? >> the 100th anniversary of the boy scouts and how about recruiting one million more? the scouting grandma that can make it happen. >> born on this date in 1964, this former pitcher won a world

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>> tucking a puppy into her shirt and walking off from this south florida pet store. the stolen pup is a black miniature schnauzer worth $1100. and big news for beatles fans who have been waiting for years to buy their music on itunes. apple is expected to announce today it's finally struck a deal to sell beatle songs in the itunes store. stones, the who, led zepplin, rockband, beatles, not so much. over to you. >> earning a profit. >> well, she is a one woman

recruiting machine! and to mark the 100th anniversary of the boy scouts of america, eleanor clark is on a mission to sign up one million new boy scouts. >> she's written a brand new book based on the founder of scout movement, called "the legacy of lord, baden powell." good morning, eleanor. >> good morning, brian. it's such a pleasure to be here! >> you could host a morning show with this energy. >> oh, i have plenty of it. >> well, that's good. we know how much she has because you've been so successful in signing up people to become boy scouts and now you've put your hard work into a book. why are the boy scouts so near and dear to your heart? >> because i'm a third generation scouting grandmother. and they teach the same core values that you teach your children. >> now, more than ever, you think this really plays out. >> oh, more so than ever. more so than ever. and we have to turn america back. and i can do my part by recruiting more young men

through scouting. i'm so sick and tired of this politically correct stuff. brian, you don't have to apologize. that's our constitution. don't implode it. we've got to turn america back to being morally straight. >> we just saw video of you at a grocery store. >> oh, yes! >> tell folks how you do this recruiting. >> well, here is one of the signs that we put in yards. it's like a campaign to me because i can't do it alone. but with the help of all of the scouts, i can. >> i understand that you even solicited a waiter at a restaurant to help you. >> that was the general manager. how did you hear about that? a little bird told you. >> little birdie definitely told me. >> came around and he says how was your dinner? connecticut, somewhere, new haven or derby, hartford, i don't remember where but anyway, how's your dinner? i said were you a boy scout? yes, ma'am, i was. i need you. he agreed to help me recruit scouts. >> this is the first in a series, correct? >> that's the first in a series. i have another series of seven

books that teach the girls character traits. >> i love that. so you -- >> and i have one for your daughter and for your daughter. >> thank you so much. >> that's the eleanorseries.com. >> you will continue to do this mission for as long as you can possibly can. right? >> oh, yes! and even though i'm nearly 80, i think i can go on another 20 years. >> there's no way you're almost 80. >> you better believe it. in one year, i will be. >> well, hats off to you on the wonderful legacy that you're creating for this wonderful institution and i love what you say about core values because i agree with you. >> well, that book is a tool to reinforce the core values that you teach your children. and for those less fortunate than your children. it will put those seeds in there and teach them because we need more godly leaders for tomorrow. and we take america back, we're going to have to have them. >> all right. well, she is the author of this book eleanor clark, "the legacy of lord baden powell."

a first in the series on the boy scouts. thanks for being our guests today. >> thank you. tell them to go to young men of honor series.com so they can sign up for boy scouts and go to their scout shops to join scouts or buy the book. >> told you she was a good salesperson. >> absolutely. >> straight ahead, illegal immigrants should be allowed to get in state tuition but should they get a discount on an american education? peter johnson jr. here with a legal perspective>> on this date, "the sound of music" premiered on broadway. be right back. 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? easier to book and more affordable.

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>> california supreme court ruling that illegal immigrants can still be eligible for in state tuition at state schools rather than paying higher out of state rates regarding -- i'm sorry, regardless of immigration status, students who attend california high schools for three years can qualify for in state tuition rates according to the supreme court ruling. is this the final spot for the debate? peter johnson jr. joins us. california just continues, continues to baffle us. what are they doing here? >> well, this is about 10 states that have a similar law with regard to illegal immigrants, unlawful aliens paying the in state tuition rather than the out of state tuition. in california, if you attend high school for three years and graduate from that high school, unlawful alien, you have the capacity to receive a discount as much as $23,000 a year in terms of university of california. so it's went all the way to the

supreme court in california and they said, yeah, it's legal. it does not conflict with the federal law that says we will not provide student financial aid to unlawful aliens. and so there are other challenges in nebraska and texas and as i said, 10 states in the country have the similar law. >> so if i'm from out of state, i may be subject to higher tuition rates than an illegal immigrant within the state of california. >> that's correct and what california is saying by virtue of affirming this law and by virtue of passing the law, is that there should be a pathway for children and young adults who are the sons and daughters of illegal immigrants. unlawful aliens and so it poses a great social and economic question in this country. the economic question you touched upon, it costs $200 million a year to pay for subsidized 25,000 unlawful aliens in california. on the other side of the coin, the issue is raised, that money

better spent than putting those folks in a pathway where they don't have educational progress, where they don't have the opportunity to achieve in a society and should they be punished for the sins of their fathers and mothers and being illegal immigrants. >> this is a state that's underwater to the tune of $25 or $30 billion. they shouldn't be doing this now or any time. is this the path to some sort of immigration reform, amnesty? >> i think what we're going to see in this country is immigration amnesty. we saw it with president reagan several decades ago. i think that's what we're going to see with the republican or a democratic congress, republican or democratic president in this country. we have to decide, though, whether we're more upset about these folks getting the subsidy or more upset about 25,000 or 50,000 californians on a bad path. >>ual we'll have to leave it th.

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persistent fever, bruising, bleeding, or paleness. ask your rheumatologist if enbrel is right for you. and help bridge the gap between the life you live... and the life you want to live. >> gretchen: top of the morning to you. it's tuesday, november 16, 2010. thank you for sharing your time with us. senator mcconnell showing democrats how to compromise and now supporting a ban on earmarks. will this set the stage for the rest of washington to listen to the voters? >> eric: it's the hearing he's been asking for, but new york democrat charlie rangel already making a bad impression. >> since i don't have counsel to advise me, i'm going to have to excuse myself. >> eric: will he even bother showing up for today's hearing?

>> brian: what kind of strategy is that? we're live in dallas where they're breaking ground on the brand-new george w. bush presidential center. we have an exclusive look inside, plus the president with steve doocy live on our show. "fox & friends" starts right now. # >> gretchen: we're glad you joined us today. eric bolling is sitting in. >> eric: i can't wait for sanchez. >> brian: andy garcia is also here. >> gretchen: we have big name guest, as well as george w. bush, the former president of the united states and for that we go to steve doocy who is live in dallas. >> yeah. so eric bolling just say, andy garcia, george bush, he's more interested in andy garcia? >> eric: no.

>> gretchen: no, sanchez, garcia comparison. >> coming up short lyrics we will have the former president of the united states here on the campus of smu. right now we're in front of meadows museum. they're going to dedicate his presidential center a couple of hours from now. also we've got with us the smu cheerleaders and i understand you've got a message for the former president. right? >> yeah. usa! usa! usa! usa! >> very nice. that's right. >> usa! >> what you defies cannot tell is they're freezing. right? just a little bit cold. the president is going to be with us very, very shortly and i promise at least two e-mailers will have their questions answered this hour by the former president of the united states, george bush, live from dallas. this is a big final hour right here on "fox & friends" on this tuesday. >> gretchen: we look forward to that.

let's do a couple headlines. new details in the case of a missing ohio family. police now say the man accused of kidnapping 13-year-old sarah maynard may have been watching her family for weeks. police arrested 30-year-old matthew hoffman when they found the girl bound and gagged in his basement. investigators searched a lake near his home for the girl's mother, brother and family friend. police admitted last night that they could all be dead. today would have been zahra baker's 11th birthday. we're learning disturbing details about the death of the girl from north carolina. according to court papers, whoever killed her went to a lot of trouble to hide the crime. her remains have been found scattered in different places. the girl's stepmom, she's behind bars on other charges. now asking for a reduction in bail, she's accused of writing the fake ransom note to distract detectives. tonight a vigil will be held for zahra. this afternoon, a soldier from iowa will become the first living service member to receive the medal of honor since

vietnam. staff sergeant salt junta is getting the highest military honor for risking his life to save another soldier during an am burr in afghanistan back in 2007. president obama will present him with the medal of honor in a ceremony at 2:00 o'clock. sergeant junta will join us live friday on "fox & friends." it's official. a royal wedding is now in the works. prince william has announced his engagement to long-time girlfriend, kate middleton. amy kellogg will be live right now from our london bureau with the very big news. good morning. >> hi. this story is dominating the news here. i think that the bar would be really, really high for any other story to get onto the british air waves today. there is excitement in the air from the top down. we just heard from prime minister david cameron. here is what he had to say. >> prince william, i spoke with him a few moments ago and passed

on my congratulations and also welcomed the fact that he returned safely from afghanistan. he was obviously extremely excited about the news. >> he was talking about the prime minister, about happiness for the nation. this is not a surprise. the bookies here stopped taking bets on the year 2011 for the royal wedding because it was considered it would happen then. but now we know that that is the case. prince william and katherine elizabeth middleton, kate, will be married in the spring or summer of next year. they'll begin their married life in wales where prince william will continue his career as a helicopter pilot. there were so many rumors that were creeping out about the fact that well, the question had been popped, the engagement was a done deal. actually when it did happen, nobody really did know about it and apparently prince william popped the question last month to kate when they were on vacation in kenya. the press has not been able to dig out too many details of

their intimate life in this period, but that is about to change as they officially become a royal couple. little nuggets like their terms of endairiment for each other have been coming out. prince william calls her baby kins. the press are cruelly been referring to her previously as waity katie because they were looking at her as someone who is waiting for this engagement. the public will be eating this up as they start coming out, they'll want to know particularly about the venue for this wedding, the timing, what kind of dress kate will wear, menu, food, guest list, et cetera. there has been talk about maybe it being an austerity wedding because there have been cut backs in the u.k. and across the entire continent. but all buckingham palace is saying now is that the details of this all will be coming out in due course. we will certainly be bringing them to you as we have them. back to you. >> gretchen: what an exciting time to be the reporter based in london.

amy kellogg, great to talk to you. thanks. >> brian: let's bring in laura ingram. >> austerity wedding, forget about it. it needs a blowout. they need one. >> brian: absolutely. since david beckham left. first off, charlie rangel has an interesting way of handling his ethics trial, which he was pleading for a speedy trial. he couldn't wait for it to get started. he walks in and walks out. what's he thinking? >> i think that he doesn't know what to do. he hired counsel, but then most lawyer also require money up front in a case like this. so he needed to put up another million dollars. doesn't he have a condo to sell down in the dominican republic or something? i thought he had a couple extra pieces of property. he didn't put up the money, so his lawyer quit. now i think he believes he can skate on his charm and personality and his status as a korean war veteran to say look, guys, this isn't fair and just get up and storm off. i mean, it looks incredibly

arrogant and i think fuels the public cynicism about this entire process and about corruption in general in washington. >> eric: nice guy probably. like to have a beer with the guy. but if he violates or cheats on his taxes, he should be punished. what's the punishment for charlie rangel, if he is found guilty of some of the violations? >> look, even the attorney yesterday, who is putting on the case at the ethics committee, said some of the charges, he didn't personally benefit. when he used the stationery to raise money for the charlie rangel center in new york. he didn't personally benefit and char key rangel said, this is just sloppy. this is an administrative error. this is not something that rises to the occasion, that kind of thing i don't think will get him in as much trouble. the other tax issues, that could get him in a lot more trouble and could jeopardize his position, period, in congress. we'll see how it plays out. >> gretchen: the committee decided to go on even without him present. so we'll see what determination they come to.

in the meantime, big news on capitol hill yesterday because mitch mcconnell, very well-known republican, changed his stance on whether or not he would be in favor of that ban on earmarks. let's listen. >> if this election has shown us anything, it's that americans know the difference between talking about change and actually delivering on it. bringing about real change is hard work. it requires elected officials, whether they're in their first week or their 50th year to challenge others and above all, to challenge themselves to do things differently from time to time, to question, and then to actually shake up the status quo in pursuit of a goal or a vision that the voters have set for the good of our country. >> gretchen: were you surprised, laura? >> not really. i mean, this is like hurricane rand, right? was that mitch mcconnell or rand paul up there? when this new senator from his

state, kentucky, comes in and is just a transforming figure on this issue of earmarks, puts a lot of pressure on mitch mcconnell, i don't think he wanted to deal with the wrath of the tea party movement. the next question is whether imhoff will be the next to fall on the earmark issue. >> brian: yeah. it's going to be significant because now there will be pressure and president obama said, i salute senator mcconnell for doing this and senator mccaskill, the lone democrat to support the ban, and she did that on monday. >> oh, yeah. everybody is trying to outdo the other person on oh, i'm really anti-earmark. no, i'm really anti-earmark. i thought of something, remember eric bolling, eric, you and charlie rangel have a similar voice. i just noticed that. >> eric: charlie rangel and i need a beer. >> i heard it. it sounds similar. it's the only one i got.

>> gretchen: he doesn't sound like miss is a murkowski. she's ahead in the write in ballot count out in alaska. tomorrow is the deadline for the military ballots. we're looking now at how the race is stacking up. she's still ahead of the republican nominee joe miller there. what did you make about the comments that she made to katie couric? let's listen to them first and get your reaction. >> i just do not think that she has the leadership qualityies that intellectual curiousity that allows for building good and great policies. she was my governor for two years and i don't think that she enjoyed governing. >> brian: really? what do you think, laura? >> every time i hear the phrase, intellectual curiousity, i let out a really live yawn. okay, because that's the criticism of george w. bush, that's been the criticism often waged by the elites against

conservatives who win. okay? and look, lisa murkowski and sarah palin clearly don't like each other. all right? this goes back to when obviously palin defeated her father. her father passed over palin and named his daughter, lisa murkowski, to be in that important senate seat in 2002. there is bad blood. it's not surprising. i don't even think sarah palin is really surprised that she would make some of these comments in the aftermath. but it kind of looks at this point, she's probably going to win, which is amazing. so why doesn't she just enjoy her victory. kind of sticking the knife in palin, i think that doesn't really achieve much and it looks kind of low rent. >> gretchen: laura ingram, she's going to stick around after the break 'cause we'll talk about nancy pelosi's new challenger in her bid to become a minority leader. a fellow democrat trying to boot her from the leadership post. >> brian: and steve going one on one with president george w. bush, number 43, when we go back live to dallas, texas for the ground breaking of the president's presidential center.

>> gretchen: you just told us a joke and we couldn't hear it. we're back with laura ingram. let's talk about this, the fact that schueler is going to challenge nancy pelosi for the dominant role in the democratic party. you think this is actually a reality? >> well, i think he promised his constituents that he would do so

during the campaign and there is no loss in it really for schueler. there is no down side. we were just talking about the risk gained during the break. schueler wants to throw the 88-yard touchdown pass and see if actually someone catches it on the other side. we'll see. >> eric: # 8-yard or 55-yard hail mary? really? look what they did, they lost 64 seats and she's house speaker and they got health care. >> well, but she's nancy pelosi. she has an enormous amount of clout still. she ran through health care and pretty much as far as i can tell, people are afraid of her. i'm not sure what's going to happen with schueler, but i think it's actually smart of him to do this. he makes a name for himself and he wants to get reelected two years from now. he was kind of silent during health care debate. we didn't hear a lot from him then. so he needs to say something now and stand up for the middle of the democratic party and independents who i think will

like this. >> brian: i think that he should think about being a republican. he tends to be more conservative. but here is some democrats out of a job who weighed in on nancy pelosi. let's listen. >> the real problem is the hyper partisanship of congress and rightly or wrongly, speaker pelosi was the public face of that. the democratic party would be better off if we picked a new leader and can start fresh, someone who didn't have a history of being quite as combative. >> i think that what she did was to create the opportunity for an economic policy to move forward. >> gretchen: you have diverging thoughts there. >> delauro, an old entrenched liberal and minick is middle of the road, but he's outgoing. you have these outgoing democrats who are voicing their concerns about pelosi.

pelosi, i'd be surprised if she lost this. i know that's the drama and that's what we're covering in washington now, but i'd still be surprised if she lost out on that leadership position in a minority. >> brian: i know you had a late night last night. thanks for getting up early and being so fresh and insightful. >> brutal game, guys. >> brian: not if you like michael vick and the eagles. >> he was unbelievable. but i'm a redskins girl. >> gretchen: coming up, shocking new information on the qantas plane with that bad engine, could have blown apart in midair. we'll have the details for you next. >> eric: you may remember him from "the godfather" and "oceans 11." the newest role creating oscar buzz. he's here next.

>> brian: quick headlines. a dream vacation turns into a nightmare for 17 cruise ship passengers, robbed at gun point while on an excursion. celebrity cruise lines canceled all trips to the caribbean island indefinitely. the engine explosion on this plane more serious than thought. the plane was plagued with multiple problem, including brake issues and new information shows it would have blown apart in midair. now for fun. >> gretchen: thanks, brian. he's been in everything from "the godfather" to "oceans 11" and his movie "city island" is getting serious oscar buzz. >> don't you got to study or nothing? >> fine, whatever, dad.

>> you know, i'm concerned about you being behind in your studies. i'm concerned about your education. >> stop, dad! >> gretchen: andy garcia joins us right now. good to see you. >> thank you. >> gretchen: that was your real daughter actually playing the role of your daughter in the movie? >> yes, it is. >> gretchen: because you had the producer write for this movie, is that how you wanted to act with your daughter? >> no. i'm honor to do act with her, she's terrific, but that was editorial choice. i obviously supported it. but he discovered her really. >> eric: your producer, your acting, how did you get involved in the film? >> it was sent with the caveat he wanted me to play the part. >> eric: who? >> the director. it was an easy decision from the point of view that the script had such a humanity in it. it was a beautifully constructed piece of material. but knowing that i've done half

a dozen independent films like this, i know it's romantic to say you're a producer, but the reality is if you're trying to make a film outside of the system because the studios for some reason would not support it at the time, it's hard. this movie took us three years to finance. which is a pretty good contract to sign. three years to find a movie. it's pretty standard. so we did okay with it. i got one movie i did took me 16 years called something else. >> gretchen: you shot it two years ago and it came out in march. >> in march of this year. >> gretchen: now it's getting a lot of oscar buzz. what i love about you is you are going out and selling this movie because you're doing it yourself. a lot of these big hollywood places have tons of millions of dollars that they use to advocate an academy award. you're doing it by yourself. >> people want to talk about it, which is beautiful. movementy lasted about 24 weeks in the theaters and people are still talking about it. people are asking me to come out and support it and i have a

responsibility -- it's like a child, you know. we care a lot about this film. we're very proud of it. as a producer, i also have a responsibility to the people who invested in the movie to help it be -- to have as long a life financially for them to return their investment. >> eric: we follow the money. that's what i do. it's a tough business, really tough business. do you need an oscar, at least a nomination, if not the actual award, to pay back investors? >> any notoriety a movie gets, the more it gets, the more people want to see it and rent it. so that's important from a strict business situation. like i said, i do have a responsibility to people who have supported us to make this movie. but at the same time, to be recognized by your peers is your greatest thing that could happen to anybody because these are people you most respect and for

someone to say we really dig what you did and we want to recognize that, that is the greatest honor that one could get bestowed upon them. >> gretchen: that's the phrase of the morning. we did what you did on our couch today. thank you for being our guest. >> thank you for having me. >> gretchen: good luck. >> thank you. >> gretchen: coming up on our show, don't go anywhere. steve is standing by with former president george w. bush live from dallas at the ground breaking of the george w. bush presidential center. >> eric: new york jets quarterback mark sanchez will join us here. he's going to share so-called secrets of staying in shape.

>> this is going to be a rough week for president obama. he has to pardon the turkey, got to deal with a lame duck congress, he's got to eat crow. and the chinese just flipped hip the bird. it's been a rough week. it's been a foul week. >> brian: clever. we're about to see the president being interviewed by steve tuesdayy. now your headlines. breaking news this morning on natalee holloway case. i don't know if you heard, but the dutch newspaper reports dutch forensic scientists are examining what appears to be a

human jaw bone found on a beach in aruba. they're investigating whether the remains are natalee holloway's who disappeared in tie. it was found near a resort where the murder of the suspect, joran van der sloot, told investigators to look. >> gretchen: new york senator chuck schumer moving up in the democratic race. today he's currently the number three democrat in the senate. yesterday majority leader harry reid nominated him to run the new office in charge of policy and press relations. schumer is known as a fundraising power house. >> eric: massachusetts woman calls 911 when a cab driver refuses to let her out. listen. >> please help me. i'm in a taxi that will not let me out of the taxi. let me out of this taxi! >> eric: they say the driver got into an argument with the male passenger and the man demanded to be let out. but while the woman was trying to pay, the driver sped off with her still inside, refusing to stop. police eventually tracked down the cab and arrested the driver. he's pleaded not guilty to abduction charges.

brian. >> brian: actor cal penn is trading in the white castle for the white house. yes, they left washington, d.c., third installment of the comedy series. this week he returns to his job as associate director of white house, office of public engagement. penn will serve as a point person to artist in asian and pacific islander communities. he was first appointed for that spot last year. >> gretchen: all right. those are your headlines. let's go live to steve in dallas with president george w. bush for the ground breaking of his presidential central. >> good morning to everyone and mr. president. >> welcome to dallas, texas. >> thank you very much. the big d. and it's a big day for you. we're right now live on the campus of smu, southern methodist. give us a tour of the george w. bush presidential center, you're going to be breaking the ground later today. >> the center will house a

museum and archive and an institute. it will be focused on transformative policy and i tell people it's politics, but not through with policy. this is where laura and i will spend a lot of the rest of our life working to spread freedom and worry about kids in school. >> that's probably important. you've been working on the book for a couple of years, since you left office. now you need something to do. >> yeah. that and plus i'm passionate about some subjects. this is where we'll express our passion. this will be a beautiful landscaped area here on the smu campus. >> absolutely beautiful. let me ask you this, why smu? >> well, one, it's in dallas. secondly, it is a fabulous university. thirdly, the alumni base has been very supportive and finally, laura went there. >> finally. i think that's probably number one. >> just in case she's watching. number one, laura went there.

>> i was reading in parade magazine this past weekend where i do a lot of my important research, and i read an essay that you had written and it talked a little bit about the importance of friends and you have had a lot of friends for a very long time. >> i have. >> and you told the story about how friends would come to the white house and they'd say -- >> i take them to the oval office and they'd say, i can't believe i'm here. and then they take a look at me and say, i can't believe he's here. laura and i are blessed with a lot of friends. friends before politics and they were the same friends no matter what the issues might be. they were very supportive of us. >> it took a lot of friends to put together the money to build this. >> yeah. we've got over 160,000 contributors from around the country, from one dollar to a lot. we are very appreciative. >> right now we are in the meadows museum and this is a couple hundred yards from where

they'll build your museum and stuff like that. essentially they've got sop of the stuff from your administration. george bush, this is your life. let's walk over here and take a look at some of the things. these really are iconic items, from the george w. bush administration. >> part of the purpose of the museum is to let people relive history. one we don't forget the past and secondly, we can learn lessons. and from the past. this, for example, is one of the weapons that was on saddam hussein's presence. >> one of the guys who grabbed him gave it to you. >> right. four of the special operators came by and said, we've got something for you, mr. president. and i kept that around because i am always marveling at the courage and sacrifice of our troops. this weapon is an example of their courage. it's also interesting example of a tyrant who brutalized

25 million people was finally arrested hiding in a hole. >> no kidding. that's perhaps the most famous mega phone in the whole world. >> that's the bull horn that i used when i climbed up on top of the rubble and stood next to a man named bob beckwith on september 14. yeah, i never realized how famous it would be when i said what i said. >> you went to baghdad. i saw you walk out from behind a curtain carrying a turkey thanksgiving you were wearing that right there. >> i was. >> old iron sides, it says. >> yeah. that was given to me -- i can't remember who gave it to me. but when i walked out to address our troops, i was wearing that army jacket. i had snuck out of crawford thanksgiving weekend to fly to baghdad. >> right over there, that's the warm-up you were wearing when you threw out the first pitch in the 2001 world series. >> yeah. i wasn't very nervous at times during the presidency, but i was

really nervous when i was standing on the mound there. >> you're a baseball owner! you better get it across. >> i know. i was pitching from a mound. the crowd was chanting, the ball felt like a shot put and todd green, the catcher, looked really small. as i said in my book when i finally finished the pitch, i was a definition of a relieved pitcher. >> no kidding and there is the ball right there. >> yeah. >> i know you were watching earlier on the program, mr. president, let's come back over here. i know you were watching from your house. >> right. >> and who was watching the "fox & friends" program? >> barney. >> barney and you. >> yeah. god, he loves you. >> that's good. >> i'm number one with schnauzer s. we asked people to send e-mails and i promise to do ask two. christopher from washington, d.c. asks, as a marine who worked with president bush for over three years with marine one, i would like to know what your final message to the military would be.

>> well, to the marines, semper fi. to the chopper crew, i now know what a traffic jam feels like. but to the military it's, i admire you and i appreciate your service to our country and so do most americans. >> that's good. last from crystal river, florida, writes during your eight years in the white house, which person were you the most excited to meet? >> i'm met a lot of exciting people. it would be a group of people. i really think it's when i flew to baghdad, when i wore that jacket. you know, i was flying into a war zone and we liberated 25 million people. i walked out from behind a curtain and the troops there had no idea i was there. and the response was very emotional. emotional for me and for them. but i was really looking forward to thanking them on behalf of the people. >> we were watching at home and

it brought tears to our eye. >> it was really an unusual experience. people say, what do you miss about the presidency? frankly i don't miss that much. i like being pampered, of course, like anybody. >> that's why you got barney. >> exactly. by the way, i am the pamperer of barney. but i do miss being the commander in chief. i respect the military a lot. >> i was lucky enough to do a wounded warrior project soldier run from the white house and when they had the guys come up and you shook everybody's hands before they headed off for annapolis, i saw you get a little misty. >> of course i did. i'm fairly emotional guy at times. when i think about the sacrifice of our troops and their unbelievable courage, not only the troops, but also the families, i can get emotional. try not to here. >> you think you'll be emotional today? last night you had a gathering of the administration and a lot of the members of the cabinet were here.

>> i'm grateful. i don't think i'll be that emotional. shoveling dirt usually doesn't cause that much emotion. i'm extremely grateful and we'll look forward to publicly thanking my friends for being here and for thanking smu for hosting this event and partnering with this library. >> it's beautiful and that gets started today at 10:30 central time. thanks for being here. thank you very much. it's great having you today live. the last time you were live is when you were golfing with brian kilmeade. remember when he hit the hole in one? >> that's interesting. the last time i was alive? >> live on tv. >> he's got a lot of potential. >> gretchen has a question for you. >> gretchen: i loved in his interviews that he talks about his new domestic policy, meaning being at home with laura. i'm wondering how he's doing it making a cup of coffee. >> okay. very good question. how are you now that you no long have is a white house butler, at

making coffee? >> i was pretty good before the presidency and honed my skills during the presidency. so i would call myself awesome at making coffee. more importantly, i'm good at delivering coffee. >> really? >> which i did this morning at 5:00 o'clock to former first lady laura bush. she expressed her gratitude. >> do you have one of the coffee makers where you just push a button? >> yeah. >> eric: could you ask the president if that library in center is a shovel ready project. >> that's a funny question. eric bolling has got a question for you. is the presidential center a shovel ready project? >> he's trying to drive me into current policy. >> no, he's just talking about shovels. >> the project is going to create job, yes. it takes people to build it. the good news is we've raised

enough money to build the building. >> very good. it's a real pleasure. thanks for stopping by "fox & friends." we ran some of the interview yesterday. some tomorrow as well. >> i enjoyed that a lot. >> mr. president, thank you. >> yes, sir. >> it's a big day here in dallas. all right. gretchen, brian, and eric, back to you. >> gretchen: all right. very nice job, steve. great to see the president again. >> brian: big day. coming up straight ahead, kids selling cup cakes in trouble with the cops. the local law maker says every business needs a license, no exceptions. >> gretchen: mark sanchez warming up in our control room. he's heading up to our studio and he has big secret to share. >> brian: how did he get control room access? >> gretchen: i don't know.

>> gretchen: couple quick headlines. law enforcement officials say the f.d.a. is expected to take a stand now on those energy drinks

that combine alcohol and caffeine. that could happen as early as tomorrow. the move targets drinks like 4 loco, which contains 12% alcohol, the equivalent of four beers all in one can. and call him the cookie monster. one state law maker calling police to stop two teens from selling baked goods in a park. councilman reportedly ratted out 13-year-old andrew and kevin for holding a bake sale in the park without a 350-dollar permit. they would have had to purchase it just for two hours of selling. what do you think about that story? let us know. >> brian: 13 minutes before the top of the hour, his second year with green and last year one step away from the super bowl. we're talk being new york jets second year quarterback mark sanchez. quieting the critics and showing his fans and solo players why he was drafted with the fifth pick in 2009. >> eric: how is the 24-year-old

quarterback living life as a star right here in new york? how is it going, man? >> gretchen: i like the football lingo. >> eric: first place, gutsy performances. overtime twice. >> gretchen: i got to tell you, i am a minnesota vikings fan, but i acknowledge a superstar when i see one. you know what's so troubling, is my five-year-old son is now a jets fan. >> i like that. >> gretchen: are you hurt? >> no. i'm feeling good. and i'm ready to work out. who am i playing today? >> brian: you're playing me. i have been training for nine minutes. and i really feel that this game is incredible, that i could actually do it 'cause most games i pick up and cannot do it. we'll talk about that in a second. you drafted out of usc, had a couple years left of the college. your own college coach says, i don't know if mark is ready to go pro. what was that like hearing that and what is it like now here

17-10 overall, best record in football? >> it was difficult at the time, but i know coach carroll as a competitor, he was competing to keep me on the team. he wanted me back. i took it as a sign of respect and a little bit of motivation going into the draft. things worked out. i couldn't have landed in a better position. very fortunate to be here in new york with the team, the players around me, management that will go out and get players like ladanian, all those question acquired in the offseason, and now we're doing well. won our first three games of our division, won a couple tough games on the road. now if we could win some of these games in regulation, that would be nice. >> eric: what's it like to walk around this city, the biggest capital city in the world, you put the city in -- split it in half, you take the west, he takes the east. >> it's hard because we're so busy and our facility is in jersey. i get to the city once a week. >> gretchen: here is a difference between you and eli.

he's married. you are not. you are the hottest single guy arguably, one of them. here is what my note says and i don't believe my notes. you say that your girlfriend is the jets. >> serious girlfriend. >> gretchen: okay. so casual girlfriends are who? >> none really. too busy. it's been good, being focused on the team. it's important for me to show that to the guys. it's true. >> brian: i want to see what kind of competitor you are. when we come back, we're going to compete in this brand-new game, the x box knkt, and if i'm winning, i'll let you win at the end. >> eric: i'll let you win. let's go, big guy. bill hemmer is waiting to show us what's on america's news room. >> thank you, good morning to all of you. there are new warnings about the real estate market. this will shutter you down the spine. lou dobbs on taxes.

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>> eric: we're back with jets quarterback mark sanchez. that un. he's about to show us the secret to staying in shape without going to the gym. >> brian: we'll compete. guess who he's pulling for. >> eric: i'm going to help you out. >> brian: this is the x box knkt. this is amazing. >> you're touching everything on the screen right here. >> gretchen: okay. >> you got to punt opposite and

kick opposite to dodge that thing. >> eric: you're in the hard level, too, mark. >> yeah, i know. >> brian: you know who is sweating? brian. he shows your ankle hurts and she wonders why you're kicking. are you going to jump in here? are you ready? >> brian: yeah, sure. here it comes. >> it's going to be a blue box and then you'll be up. >> brian: all right. eric, give me the play by play. >> eric: get in there, brian. here comes the blow. green. punch. punch. nice. he dodged it. >> brian: kick! >> eric: come on, kick it. >> brian: punch! don't give me advice. >> 3-2.

>> brian: this looks like you're dancing. you had one. >> eric: 11 calories. you should probably give it another shot. she's talking to you. >> brian: it sounds like she was talking to you. that's the woman you started with. >> no, that was you. >> brian: okay. when we come back, we'll play another game. i'm pretty sure that i beat mark sanchez. >> then down. >> brian: play the same game again. what planet am i on? i feel like i'm on "avatar." it's from x box.

>> gretchen: i thought somebody was singing to me, but it's your game. >> brian: in the break, eric beat our combined score by six points and mark, you were quick to blame me. >> i mean, my partner was really lacking. >> brian: mark sanchez, this is a great game. if you have the package with x box, go get it.