violence, former defense secretary donald rumsfeld speaking out against the west wing and his former colleagues. plus his biggest regret. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> good morning, everyone. as you're waking up and overnight, more breaking news coming out of egypt for you. the military now moving troops and tanks between anti-government protesters and people loyal to president hosni mubarak. pro mubarak demonstrators started moving towards tahrir square. some are carrying knives. they are keeping the two groups 80 yards apart. sporadic fighting continued throughout the night in central cairo with automatic weapons fire breaking out before dawn for two hours. tanks fired tracer rounds over the heads of the demonstrators. the opposition leader and islamists are rejecting a government offer to negotiate a

mubarak exit. they are telling americans to get out now, it's the last chance. state department says it's unlikely there will be further relief flights after today. u.n. has ordered its people out, too. in yemen 40,000 demonstrators have taken to the streets there. equal numbers are said to be anti-government and pro government but that's always difficult to figure out who's doing what. >> meanwhile, with conditions in cairo deteriorating, the egyptian army has stepped in again. for the latest, let's start live with dominic on the phone from cairo. >> yes, we are at the pivotal what happens next moment here in cairo. the pro government supporters who had started the fight yesterday appear to have completely pulled back. and the pro democracy protesters are stuck in the middle of the square. they are digging their heels and they've built up a series of barricades around them and they are going absolutely nowhere. we are hearing that the military is intending to plan some form

of operation to try to clear them out but simultaneously, we've heard from people who have spoken directly on mobile phones to people in those tanks who say they're fed one the pro government demonstrators attacking the pro democracy supporters and saying that if the pro government forces continue to fire upon these individuals in the center of the square who have been peaceful for eight long days, the army will turn their guns on them. if that were to happen, that means the army was siding with the people and not the government. that will be a decisive turn. i'm unable to confirm that as fact. that's what we're hearing here in central cairo. if that plays out in the next few hours, that doesn't play well for president mubarak. on top of this, what we're hearing is tomorrow is going to be called the friday of change. change for who exactly, egypt is waiting to find out. back to you. >> i got to ask you, is there any doubt that the government supported those people that

attacked the protesters yesterday? >> there are such strict gun controls in this country, it's nowhere near like america at all. it is very hard to arm yourself. all of a sudden, yesterday morning and we could see it from our windows, a group of people waving mubarak posters were suddenly handed guns by people in black sedans and then they marched upon the pro democracy protesters. it was a very suspicious circumstance. where they came from and very, very curious. too coincidental some people might say they have not been supporting the government. >> thank you so much. we continue our team coverage of the unrest in egypt with peter doocy now. he's live in washington, d.c. with the reaction from the white house and other world leaders. peter? >> well, brian, down here in d.c. it seems like everybody has been on the phone with her egyptian counterparts and from the white house to the state department, we are being told that the message is the same, that whatever the change is that the egyptian people want needs to happen now and can't wait

until the fall and president obama's press secretary robert gibbs says that the president told mubarak that his people, the egyptians are not going to be satisfied waiting too much longer for elections and secretary of state hillary clinton said basically the same thing to the new egyptian v.p. omar suleiman that the transition needs to begin now. state department made it clear yesterday they do not have a horse in the race for who will take over in egypt. listen. >> this is not our process. this is not our list. we do not have a favorite candidate or candidates. we are not going to anoint any successor to president mubarak. these are decisions to be made by the egyptian people as part of a transition that occurs in egypt. our point is this transition, this process to fundamental change needs to begin now. >> and chairman of the joint chiefs, admiral mike mullin spoke with his egyptian

counterpart yesterday and said that he hopes their military can keep things under control. we also heard from the leaders of some other powerful countries yesterday, france, germany, britain, italy and spain said in a joint statement released by the french president sarkozy "we are observing a deterioration of the situation in egypt with extreme concern. the process of transition must start now." so the calls to get going with the new government are international. frank wizner, the former diplomat that the administration sent over there to talk sense into mubarak left egypt and now we have to wait to see if they listen to the calls to the rest of the world who are trying to tell them what to do. back to you in new york. >> thank you very much for the live report from d.c. >> as we just heard from dominic right there in the heart of the matter, things could get worse tomorrow and it's interesting because when you speak to people in the know about this situation like the former u.n. ambassador from america, john bolten, he also pointed to tomorrow as a significant day.

here's his thoughts. >> i think we're approaching a very significant moment on friday. the anti-mubarak demonstrators have said they want him to go by then. you have, again, the friday prayers where those that are allied with the muslim brotherhood may well call their supporters back into the streets. >> one thing is clear, what the heck happened on that phone call for 30 minutes two days ago between president obama and president hosni mubarak and as elliott abrams speculated, was it a big mistake for the president of the united states to come out afterwards and essentially almost take credit, it seems, for mubarak saying i will not run for re-election because it seems to have an opposite reaction to what they wanted. there's huge distances for the first time with our most coveted ally in the most vital region of the world. >> exactly right. when mubarak came out and said ok, i'm not going to seek re-election, that agitated the crowd. >> agitated mubarak. >> sure. and agitated the crowd because

they wanted him out now and p.j. crowley went on to say yesterday at the state department, we want him out now. not menyana is the exact quotation. this is where we'll really see what sort of impact the united states has on egypt and that's the fact that we give as a nation $1.3 billion to the egyptians largely in the form of aid to their military. so we're about to find out what that $1.3 million buys us. >> i think the president can't win in this situation. come on, if he said we parsed his word now yesterday because that struck me as being ambiguous yesterday when he said now. and so i'm not so sure we can blame the president for making mubarak do what he's allegedly done, send in pro government protesters with knives on camels. then yesterday, robert gibbs said yeah, now meant actually

that day, not in september. they clarified that. this situation is so complicateed it, i don't know if we can actually say any other president would handle this any differently. >> the foreign minister -- that's true but the foreign minister of egypt said when they made that statement, they made that speech which by the way was 2:00 in the morning egyptian time. who are they addressing? when they decided to use thmake speech, they used the term it infuriated the egyptian government. when they used the word now. >> what do you think president obama said to mubarak in a 30-minute conversation? i'm sure he said now. for them to be irritated by the word now. >> there's no doubt. when he used the term now and he wanted everything moving towards now, his exit now and a new election now, that infuriated mubarak to a degree he feels one of my staunchest allies that i've stood by is telling me to get out.

whether we like it or not, he took that the way he took it and the reaction is what we saw in the streets yesterday. >> yeah, exactly. >> meanwhile, a lot of this is currently on the plate of the chief of staff at the white house. william daley. last night on the special report with bret baier program, he had an exclusive interview. there's the guy that's chief of staff right now. a guy who was chief of staff during president george herbert walker bush's tenure was james baker and he shared a little bit of advice that james baker gave to bill daley. and it was blunt. >> it is. he took his job in washington. i'll tell you one thing i told him, i said you now have our condolences, pal. you have the worst job in washington because your job is to catch all the javelins that are intended for the old man. if they can't get the president, they want to get the chief of staff so you walk around with bull's eye painted on your back. >> that's a job everybody wants. >> yeah, the spokesperson for

the president is probably the next in line for getting all the heat as well. we have some other big news stories for you. starting with that digout that begins across the country this morning. monster winter storm left 12 people dead, being called one of the worst snowstorms in decades. millions of american affected by mother nature's wrath. check out these pictures. this is chicago. it could take days to remove hundreds of cars buried on lakeshore drive. people getting creative using skis to get to their frozen cars. some people not only have to clean the outside of their cars, look at this picture. they will have to shovel out the inside. roll up the windows. >> i can't believe that there are so many stranded cars. >> i don't think we're anticipating the accidents that caused the backup that caused everybody to get stuck. >> for those of you attempting to fly today, over 1,000 flights still canceled. a janitor at an elementary school is under arrest now

charged with shooting and killing the school's principal. the principal ambushed in his office near sacramento, california, the gunman ran off and the school was locked down for two hours. no children were hurt. police found the janitor at his house and are now trying to determine his motive. a former british airways employee now stands of accused of plotting to bring down a transatlantic flight. he was an i.t. expert for the airline. british prosecutors say the suspect who was born in bangladesh is a radical islamist building a terror cell in the united kingdom and they also claim he was acting as an insider for u.s. born radical cleric. many say he put american lives in danger overseas but that didn't stop a politician from norway from nominating wikileaks founder julian assange for a nobel peace prize. >> great. >> he says wikileaks deserves the honor for its contribution for freedom of speech. assange is due in court on monday. he faces extradition to sweden on charges of sexual assault. and those are your headlines.

>> coming up on our show, the president is getting ready to hit the road and urge americans to go green. will saving energy, though, really save the economy? stuart varney has thoughts on that. he's next. >> and there's stu right there and you slip, you fall, then get on with your life, right? but that might not be the best idea with weather like this. medical a team here to tell us why walking it off could be a very ouch bad idea. ♪

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cyclone yasi packing winds of 186 miles an hour. the power equivalent to hurricane katrina. meanwhile, the chaos in cairo causing fuel prices to go up which is leading to increased air fare in the united states. american airlines is now jacking up fares between $4 and $10 on domestic flights. united, continental as well hitting passengers with a $6 fuel surcharge. the friendly skies just got more expensive. >> well, today, the president heads to pennsylvania to promote clean energy innovation but stuart varney says the focus on green energy won't produce the number of jobs the president expects. >> and the lack of domestic oil drilling leaves us vulnerable to the situation in the middle east. doesn't it? so should we start drilling more or more of our own oil and you see that happening, stuart? >> you know what i'm going to say? >> right. >> of course we should be

drilling for our own oil. it's ours. why do we go and get it? i mean, we're obviously more vulnerable than ever to what's happening in the middle east. the price of oil is going up. but we're not allowed to go and get our own oil. meanwhile, the president today will visit state college, pennsylvania, he's pushing alternate energy. primarily wind and solar. we've invested billions of taxpayers dollars encouraging this kind of energy. what are the results? where are the jobs that we're supposed to have? i can't find out how many new jobs have been created in these industries but i can -- i did go to the wind industry association. there's only 86,000 wind industry jobs in america. that's it. you could double the number of people and make no impact on unemployment. >> at least, though, the president is true to his word because in the state of the union he said he was going to continue to promote clean energy initiatives and here we find him today in pennsylvania. i understand the dichotomy of what's going on in egypt and the

oil situation and pushing clean energy. can you do both? that's my question. >> of course you can do both. but don't discourage oil by stopping us from drilling, not letting us go back to the gulf. don't discourage cokoldiscouragg down the coal mine, by all means, encourage green but if you discourage at this moment when we're so vulnerable to what's going on in the middle east, that's not a really sound policy. that's my opinion. >> and egypt not a big oil producer but their transportation, you know, the suez canal, that's key and that -- >> i had a columnist on my program say, look, you have any interruption, anywhere in the middle east with the supply of oil, the price of oil goes to $200 a barrel. respected authorities on my program saying that. >> results in $5 a gallon gasoline. >> it would very quickly. yes. >> you know what was interesting is before the gulf oil spill, didn't the president open up to the idea of actually drilling

more? >> yes. >> off the united states coast and then we had the b.p. disaster. >> he made all the right noises but never followed through. anwar, the arctic national wildlife preserve know that's off bounds, off-limits. outer continental shelf, we were going to drill. now we're not going to drill. we stopped drilling in the gulf. deep water projects. now they've reversed that but haven't given any permits to go and do it. 20,000 jobs in louisiana alone lost, gone. >> coming up on your show on the fox business network beginning at 9:20 -- >> the virginia attorney general going after the guy at the center of the climategate e-mail scandal. >> wow. >> all right. we'll be listening. >> we'll be watching. >> meanwhile, straight ahead, thanks, stuart. >> after four years of silence, former defense secretary donald rumsfeld speaking out against his west wing colleagues. hear what he has to say and remember this ad? >> what's up? >> what's up? >> what's up?

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>> i'd been a little afraid to suggest what i'm going to suggest. then we begin our crusade to join together in a moment of silent prayer. >> the overwhelming heart of ronald reagan in his life is god. he was religious, yes.

>> we only had one debate in the campaign in 1980 with president carter and everybody knew that debate accordingly was going to have one tremendous effect on the result. and it's about five minutes, seven minutes before he's supposed to go out on stage and he looked at me and he said jim, he said, would you give me a moment, please? i want to have a word with the man upstairs. and after he was shot, you will remember that he said to us, fellas, whatever time i have left, i owe to him. he spared me for a purpose. >> god must have been sitting on my shoulder. whatever time i've got left, it now belongs to someone else. >> ronald reagan's celebration continues here on the channel this sunday will mark the 100th anniversary of his birth. >> it will.

and we will be covering that for you. in the meantime, speaking of religion, the 59th annual national prayer breakfast about to kick off in the nation's capital today. lauren green is live for us in d.c. with more on what we can expect. good morning, lauren. i understand they don't say who the speaker is going to be until the last minute. it's a surprise. >> the last minute was last night and it's randall wallace who is a producer for secretariat and braveheart. national prayer breakfast is a once in a year event where political differences are put aside to affirm faith values. it is multicultural, international, event where everyone is supposed to be equal but the president always speaks. and all the journalists yesterday asked about whether he will address the violence in egypt or other political situations what the u.s. response should be or the tea party, civility or even sort of a more spiritual addendum to the state of the union address. white house official said the

president is expected to talk extensively about his personal faith, more so than he's ever done before. mr. obama will express how his faith has sustained him the last couple of years and how the study of scripture impacts his life both personally and publicly and how important faith-based organizations are in the community. now, this more personal expression as a "deeply committed christian" was seen by some as a way of clearing the air about the president's faith. a poll out last year showed an increasing number of americans, 43% didn't know what religion mr. obama practiced. and nearly 20% thought he was a muslim. only 34% thought he was a christian. now also featured at the breakfast, bravery and faith in the face of danger. jose enrique is one of the 33 chilean men captured from a collapsed mine last year will speak. many of the men emerged from that underground prison wearing t-shirts that said on the front "thank you lord" and the back quoted psalm 95. in his hand is the depth of the

earth. one other poignant moment is expected as the husband of gabrielle giffords speaks. mark kelly is expected to give the closing prayer on behalf of the wounded congresswoman. he's been at his wife's side as she continues to recover from the gunshot wound during the shooting at tucson to killed six people and the national prayer breakfast kicks off in about an hour. i'll be headed right back there to fill you in later today. >> all right, lauren, enjoy your breakfast with the president. >> mark kelly has a big decision to make. looks like he could be heading up in the space shuttle and going forward with the mission. >> he would be the commander of the space shuttle on its last mission. isn't it the last mission? >> unless they extend it again. >> so we'll figure out what he finally decides promptly. meanwhile, take a look at this picture. how the heck did that happen? a car standing straight up in the air. more incredible pictures after the biggest blizzard in decades is pretty much moving through the northeast. >> moved.

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>> fox news alert right now. moments ago, russian security officials detained several suspects accused of having information about that homicide bombing at moscow's biggest airport. the january 24th attack left 36 people dead and 180 others wounded. officials say the suspects know about the bombers' accomplices and logistics. no arrests, though, have actually been made. meanwhile, the images from the monster storm that hammered 3/4 of the country is incredible. it started with pictures like this in new hampshire where the woman's car slid off the highway nose first and somehow got stuck straight in the air balanced on its nose. now over to indianapolis, indiana, where this woman slipped down an icy embankment on the white river.

emergency crews yanked her out. she was so close to going in the river. also in indianapolis, two dogs and their owner got stuck at the edge of the pond. the owner tried to help save them. but she got stuck herself. rescuers had a tough time getting up the ladder with two squirming dogs, as you can understand, under their arms. let's take a look at what's going on right now as people dig out from the northeast down through the plain states. currently from, as you can see, texas along the gulf coast up through the mid atlantic. we have rain storms moving through. it's dry throughout the northeast thankfully right now, but you know what, the more snow, perhaps, on the horizon all the way from the northeast down through the southern plains. big story this morning in the northern plains is man, it's cold again. current wind chill is 15 below in minneapolis. 17 below in albuquerque and in dallas/fort worth, where they're going to have the super bowl this weekend, it is currently 2.

it feels like 2. good -- do you have long underwear, brian? >> right now, yes. >> good boy. >> meanwhile, looking at today's daytime highs, eventually it will crank up into the 20's through portions of the central plains. 30's through the tennessee valley. memphis today, 36. only 25 in dallas but if you're lucky enough to be in tampa, you'll have room temperatures at 72 degrees. nice day in the sunshine state. >> words of a father accuse of killing his daughter play out in the courtroom. an iraqi immigrant accused of running over his daughter for being too westernized while the young woman lay dying in a hospital bed. investigators grilled him. >> whatever she did, living outside of the family, all those things combined, did she deserve to get run over? was it her fault? >> no. she should not -- she's not -- because this is not the first

time. >> unbelievable. she died from her injuries, her father accused of killing her to restore honor to the family. gretch? >> new york now the city that never smokes. cigarette smoking is barred in bars and restaurants and now becoming illegal outside. the city council approved a ban on smoking in parks, times square and on beaches. the ban will go into effect 90 days after the mayor signs it which is expected to happen soon. >> meanwhile, troubled actor charlie sheen thanking everyone for supporting him after his latest and embarrassing reported drug binge. sheen says "i have a lot of work to do to be able to return the support i received from so many people. like eorol flynn who had to put down his sword on occasion, i want to say thank you." his statement coming hours after the l.a. fire department released 911 calls from his neighbor.

>> yeah, don't call 911 but apparently he did. sheen reportedly still refusing to go to rehab. all right. mr. kilmeade, let's take a look at sports. >> remember, he hurt himself laughing very hard. >> do you have your super bowl plans all hammered out i ask you? well, these two do. jennifer lopez, marc anthony, watching the game at the white house. president obama invited the hollywood power couple. they reportedly have been close friends since meeting at the congressional hispanic caucus awards gala back in 2009. and speaking of the super bowl, you got to see this. one feathered fan in wisconsin getting pretty vocal about his favorite team.

>> that's dusty. he's 14 and a cockatoo who is a true wisconsinite. he loves two things, the green bay packers and cheese and also robert blake. he'll be right there cheering for the packers as they take on the pittsburgh steelers sunday in super bowl xlv. we'll start our super bowl coverage tomorrow ahead of sunday's game and have a lot of big names at the nfl experience. yes, they set it up for us. here's a look at some of them. tony dungy will be there, deion sanders, mark sanchez, drew brees will be with us, michael irvin and rod woodson to get us started off including one of your idols who will be joining us on friday. >> will he do all of his impression? >> i think he bought all the voices inside of his head with him. >> from john madden to bush to even terry bradshaw, his own colleague. >> maybe he does a good steve doocy. >> probably. >> stand by for that. >> thanks, brian. it is expected to change the way people get the news and is

designed just for your ipad. the first ever digital only newspaper, "the daily" yesterday was launched by newscorp which is the parent company of fox newschannel and other media outlets. what makes "the daily" as you look right there so special and will it revolutionize the way we get our news? greg klaman is a publisher for the daily and hear with details. >> good morning. >> big launch yesterday. my wife and i actually downloaded yesterday and said this is the coolest news site. she didn't mention fox news. but what's cool about it is that it's so functional. in a very ipaddy way. >> yeah, it's the first newspaper designed specifically for the ipad and tablet computers so it's got lots of rich photography, audio, video, interactive graphics. it connects to the internet so you can have things like twitter feeds directly in stories, comments, share. >> stuff like that. >> now, obviously, you have the big news story of the day every

day. and -- but you got a little bar across the top where you push news or gossip or sports or stuff like that. but what's interesting is, for instance, i think i saw an interview with beyonce and then you had beyonce's twitter. >> that's right. that's right. so it -- what's amazing about it is when you're connected to the internet, we can bring the internet right into the tablet. right into the experience, so they can connect you when you're not connected to the internet, you can still read the stories and access many of the features. >> uh-huh. one of the things that you can kind of like on my itunes, you can kind of scroll through there, see which story you wanted to look at. >> that's right. you can navigate the stories so you can go around from story to story within the stories themselves, we have things like 360 degree pictures. >> take a look at this one right here. >> yes, this is an amazing story. this is about venice and some of the technologys that are being employed to stop venice from flooding. and we go right in as if you're there yourself. >> uh-huh and also, i noticed

there are polls that you can take and you can read the very latest. how is this going to change the way we read the newspaper? >> well, you know you know, we started from scratch with the ipad, you know, basically the notion is if this device is a game changing device in terms of how you consume content on it in general, we put together a newsroom to create content specifically for this so when we're looking at a story, we're saying what's the right medium for this? maybe it's a picture. maybe it's 360. maybe it's a video. >> i was going to say and you must be surprised at a gigantic number of people actually downloaded this yesterday to start getting their news this way. >> yeah. no, it's already doing quite well. number one free app for the ipad. it's the number one news app for the ipad and it's a two-week free trial to download that. after that, it's only 99 krejts a week. >> that's $0.14 a day. >> you have really cool pictures and this is the only newspaper i know of that actually has video. >> video and things like tough

graphics. for example, we have an apps and games section where we talk about applications for the device. we talk about games and here is -- we interview celebrities and you can see what they have on their ipad. we have reviews of games and apps fortunately you can click right through and buy it from the device. >> check it out, it is brand new from -- it's called "the daily" and it's from our parent organization, newscorp. all right, greg congratulations, over to you. >> that sounds cool, steve. bring it over, ok? thanks. go ahead, gretch. >> it's one of the best and most memorable super bowl ads of all time. >> whasssup? >> whasssup? >> whassup? >> but did it make the top three, brian? we'll find out next. >> it's an iconic piece of american history and now farrah fawcett's red bathing suit will

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>> quarter before the top of the hour. quick headlines for you. former secretary of defense donald rumsfeld holding no punches in his new memoir, the autobiography titled "known and unknown" is due out next week. in it, he blames president bush for what he calls policy failures surrounding the war. meanwhile, the iconic red bathing suit worn by the late farrah fawcett in her famous poster from 1976 is now a museum piece on what would have been her 64th birthday. farrah's long time boyfriend

ryan o'neill donated the bathing suit to the smithsonian. some other items from her estate. piece of history. >> super bowl, most watched sporting event in american history but for many super bowl sunday is all about the ads. so why do these commercials grab our attention and why don't some others don't? >> joining is a ceo of mizlanski partners with his top super bowl commercials of all time and a look of what you can expect this year. this is a hard task. there's been so many great ones. is this your number one choice? >> number one choice. >> number one choice way back to 1984. see if you remember this one.

>> on january 24th, apple computer will introduce -- >> what does that mean? what did it do? >> amazing thing is it was only aired once but it was great when we watched it. it made a really strong connection to the brand. we wanted to talk about apple and had a lasting impact. people still talk about that ad and immediately bring it to mind when they talk about the number one super bowl ad or number one

commercial of all time, it was launching the macintosh. >> you grade that as very effective and very entertaining. >> i remember where i was when i saw that ad. >> i remember that, too. that's amazing. not only did they have amazing technology but did the perfect ad at the same time. >> let's talk about monster.com. they only air one time a year, right? >> some air at the super bowl and some air after. this one aired on the super bowl, it has arresting imagery and one of the best lines of any super bowl ad that hopefully we'll see. >> let's look at it right now. >> when i grow up, i want to file all day. >> i want to claw my way to middle management. >> i want to have a brown nose. >> i want to be a yes man. >> yes woman. >> yes, sir. coming, sir. >> anything for a raise, sir. >> when i grow up -- >> when i grow up -- >> i want to be underappreciated. >> be paid less for doing the same job.

>> and that's obviously humorous and effective. >> just struck a chord. i want to claw my way up to middle management. >> so throughout the show, we've been teasing whassup, that ad. let's take a quick look. >> hello? >> hey, what's up? >> nothing, dude. just watching the game. having a bud. what's up with you? >> nothing. watching the game, having a bud. >> true. true. wassup? >> remember this, you know, this is a funny ad. it was effective. it got the message out for budweiser. tell me about the three c's to keep in mind when we keep in mind. >> the first one is cars. there are eight car companies on air. there are going to be about 15 car spots in addition to other car-related spots. a battle of a lot of big brands. interestingly, ford is sitting on the sidelines but g.m. is on in a big way. computer generated.

pepsi max and doritos will have consumer generated ads and the one to look for is the lack of creative. somebody decides to air something that's not a real super bowl ad. >> thanks so much. we'll be watching. i know you will, too. set your v.c.r. all right. straight ahead -- >> did you see this last night? sean hannity takes on a controversial imam. >> expand into the rest of the world! >> see for yourself how it all played out. >> video may seem funny but what if it happens to you? the medical a team is here with what -- what to laugh off -- when to laugh off a fall and when to get your butt to a doctor. who's your someone? campbell's healthy request can help. low cholesterol, zero grams trans fat, and a healthy level of sodium. it's amazing what soup can do.

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>> not only that, not only do you feel dizzy but the cold lets you know how badly you're hurt. if you have a history of back trouble or twist something, if you have a history of osteoporosis and have brittle bones and more likely to break something, you may not know it right away. if you're shovelling snow and you shouldn't be, you've been sedentary and you're suddenly moving, you can actually pull something or you can have a heart attack. there's a 20% increased risk for heart problems for people that are out there saying i'm going to shovel snow. >> sometimes you got to shovel snow to get out of the house because the kid who normally shovels your walk is in school or stuck at school or something like that. so what is the rule of thumb, dr. cromwell from when you should go to the emergency room. >> go to the emergency room. if you feel severe pain that's not going away. if you have any injury to your head or any risk factors for bone disease or thin bones, see a doctor. >> one of the other things about the bad weather that's going to move through here and

we'll have more snow in the next day or two, it's during cold weather and the cold can mask other symptoms, right? >> that's so true and that's especially true for heart attacks. if you're out there shovelling and it's cold, you may be working and not realize you're feeling chest pains. i would add who dr. cromwell says, if you're feeling chest pains, feeling dizziness, if you're feeling disoriented, not quite feeling right or having palpitations, get to the emergency room. always better to air on the side of being seen. >> all right. man, oh, man and we still got about half of the winter to go. >> that's right. >> good advice. >> all right. stay safe in the cold. >> don't be afraid of being awkward out there. >> better safe than sorry. all right. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> first, iran, now reports that al-qaida could be working on a nuclear bomb. is the united states ignoring two threats staring us right in the face? an expert on iran here to share what he knows. and charlie sheen refusing rehab? maybe the star doesn't think it

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when you're responsible for this much of the team, you need a car you can count on. >> top of the morning to you. it's thursday, february 3rdrd. i'm gretchen carlson. thank you for sharing your time with us. we have to start with a fox news alert. unprecedented apology from egypt's prime minister after the deadliest night of violence in cairo with clashes between tanks and protesters. a live report for you just seconds away. >> so is egypt just the beginning? >> i do believe that the whole world would one day be governed by the sharia, that's a promise. >> one radical imam believes in death by stoning and legally sanctioned domestic abuse could

become common practices in ne g america. >> then i'm moving! he's been getting it done for years. it's america's turn to make larry the cable guy laugh. he's here live talking about his brand new show. "fox & friends" for a thursday getting er done. >> all right. we've got a fox news alert for you this morning on this thursday. breaking news out of egypt. there are reports that six people are now dead and more than 800 hurt in the unrest in egypt. harsh fighting broke out on a side street before an army tank moved in to push pro government attackers back. some of them carrying knives. the egyptian army is keeping the two groups, the pro and the con, about 80 yards apart after stopping a pro government group marching on tahrir square. some of them were reportedly

armed with knives, as i mentioned, sporadic fighting continued throughout the night in central cairo with automatic weapons fire breaking out before dawn for about two hours. meanwhile, tanks fired tracer rounds over the heads of the demonstrators. and opposition leader mohamed elbaradei, and islamists are rejecting a government offer to negotiate a mubarak exit. meanwhile, the united states is telling americans in cairo to get the heck out. the department of state says unlikely there will be further relief flights after today and the united nations has ordered its people out as well. meanwhile, in yemen, 40,000 demonstrators have reportedly taken to the streets in the capital city. it is estimated that equal numbers of them are said to be anti-government and pro government. so it's a stand-off. >> so let's head out to dominic who has been doing a fabulous job for you. he's on the phone now in the ground, not in the ground but on

the ground in cairo. what are you seeing right now? >> gretchen, when we spoke, there ar there was a stand-off but and not doing anything. but there's violence that just picked up. they are hurling sticks and rocks as well to a group of pro democracy protesters. they are backing up to the front edge at the edge of the square. more people from the center of the square are heading in this direction and it looks like it's going to be another big massive face-off today. people saying that they believe at some point, he was saying a few moments ago that a bustle zone had been created. that's clear to see here buchlt the military is not particularly doing anything. i want to build on some of the rumors that we were hearing earlier on this morning with regards to the fact that some people seeing -- some of the soldiers sitting on tanks spoke to the people elsewhere in the city and said they were fed up with the pro government supporters coming up with all this ammunition and starting to

pelt what had been until yesterday very peaceful pro democracy supporters and they say if they see heavy weapons and if they see weapons brought in, light guns and more weapons brought in, they're going to turn the tank's guns and their own guns on the pro government supporters. and that would mean -- that would mean a turning tide in this stand-off that we had, a definitive one. that isn't happening at the moment. that's what we're hearing from people on the street. that's what the soldiers have been saying. that would spell most definitely if the military side and the pro democracy supporters, that would most certainly spell the end of hosni mubarak's regime and probably mean an immediate end to his regime. >> dominick, what was behind the attacks on western journalists yesterday? >> that was pro government supporters quite clearly. they were holding and pro mubarak side and we do hear that members of the security forces

had told these folks that appear to have been hired to deliberately attack the western leader. and we saw people from all channels from all channels, all western channels from all western nations attacked. some individuals very, very seriously. and it's been a great -- it's a great concern to the western press corps who are just hold up in a variety of hotels near the center of the city and people are very much fearing for their safety. >> exactly. all right, thanks so much and there were some reports also of not being able to videotape anything of what's going on there which would be problematic if we can't find out the real story. >> it's extremely tough to be impartial when you get punched and kicked and threatened i would imagine. 5 minutes after the top of the hour. we continue our coverage with the unrest in europe with peter doocy live in washington, d.c. with the reaction from the white house. this is getting really perilous, isn't it, peter? >> well, brian, washington's

most powerful political diplomatic and military leaders have all been on the phone with their egyptian counterparts and they've all been saying the same thing. that it's time to give the people of egypt what they want. secretary of state hillary clinton told mubarak's new vice president omar suleiman that the transition needs to begin now. white house press secretary robert gibbs said president obama told mubarak that his people will not be satisfied waiting until fall for fair elections and gibbs also said this about the worsening violence in the streets. >> the president and this administration strongly condemn the outrageous and deplorable violence that's taking place on the streets of cairo. that's taking place in the streets of cairo today. we have said that throughout this process. obviously, if any of the violence is instigated by the government, it should stop immediately. >> the chairman of the joint

chiefs admiral mike mullin told a top egyptian military leader he wants things over there to calm down but he thinks the egyptian military can keep the area secure. and the egyptians weren't just getting advice from america yesterday. france, germany, britain, italy and spain all put together a joint statement released by french president sarkozy that says "we are observing a deterioration of the situation in egypt with great concern. the process of transition must start now." so you guys, the whole world is weighing in right now on what they think egypt should do. now it's time to see how egypt responds. back to you. >> all right, peter doocy, thank you very much for the live report. robert gibbs said yesterday, now means yesterday. ok. but still nothing. >> yeah, so far -- >> nothing from whom? >> nothing has happened. >> mubarak is still in the job. >> cairo was infuriated by that remark, steve, and he said evidently even though the administration has dug in and trying to create more distance

between the mubarak administration and the white house, now they're saying, you know, even though we're great allies, not the way you're acting we're not. they are infuriated by that. there's a strong theory out there by the president by going on need to know it's tough to thread this needle. by going on television at 6:00 our time, 6:30 our time and 2:00 in the morning their time, they feel as though it looked as if they were taking credit for mubarak saying i'll promise not to run, not let my son run and to step aside and that really played into their reaction that we saw yesterday. >> ok. so the former u.n. ambassador john bolten had to say about that. >> he did make a mistake in trying to push mubarak to leave immediately and to make public if that's what he's doing. i think if you look at the chronology, i think that hosni mubarak have made him more determined not to go. let's not forget the example of jimmy carter in iran and nicaragua. >> good points. as you saw some of that video

from last night overnight and currently things are currently peaceful in the square. they're forecasting that tomorrow, because they're calling it a friday of change, and it is the muslim holy day, a friday. things could really get tough tomorrow. >> on the muslim web site, it's true -- it seems as though they are not leading this insurrection of protests in egypt but on some of the leading muslim extremist web sites they say the strategy is let them fight it out. grab guns, try to get all the information you can about spies and government workers for future assassination attempts and isn't it interesting that mohamed elbaradei says i will not talk to the government, the prime minister wants to meet with me. his partner in this process, the muslim brotherhood. that's who he chooses to partner with. >> which is outlawed. >> right. that's why he said he does not believe they're a terrorist group because they're supporting him. where does this all line up? who wants to control egypt? last night, sean hannity talked to a radical imam who had some

scary thoughts of how the world could change eventually and having been in egypt, i have to say that i heard this message when i was there just six months ago that the goal was to fly the muslim flag across every nation in the world. here's that debate. >> let me finish my question. you yourself, people who commit adultery should be stoned to death. you said that. you said that egypt and america one day will be under sharia law. you said every woman, muslim or nonmuslim would have to wear a burka. did you not say that, sir? >> what i said was in fact what i didn't repeat is i believe the whole world one day will be governed by the sharia. >> that's a promise. >> you're one sick, miserable s. o.b. thank you for coming on anyway. >> that was the good part. actually i watched the whole thing. they don't like each other. and that guy is not somebody you want to be around. i'm not talking about sean but the other guy. there's another quote from one of the leaders in muslim

brotherhood. they say if they do gain control, a foothold in any of these nations, in egypt, if they have any type of control, the first thing they're going to do is shut off the natural gas deal that they have for israel. scrap the peace treaty with israel immediately so then you will have israel with an enemy, have it under hezbollah control. of course, iran and then you have a 240 mile border with israel who they had a peace treaty with. that's all thrown in the street. can you imagine what that can do when you have a 350,000 million man army that's went from friend to enemy almost overnight. if you're the u.s., do you sit by and watch this and say we can't do anything. what do you want us to do? do we allow that it happen? we seem content to stand back. >> dicey situation. continue to debate it throughout the morning. rest of the headlines. the massive snow storm may be over but americans from the midwest to the northeast dealing with the frigid temperatures today. this morning, chicago's lake shore drive has reopened. most cars have been cleared from

the roadway. after they were trapped in the snow like these pictures for hours. this picture was taken from inside a bus that got stuck. and check out this unbelievable video as the camera catches the moment a roof caves in. here it goes. employees at the tech business in easton, massachusetts, had escaped only minutes before the collapse after they heard strange noises. >> while i was holding the door, it was kind of a tense moment for me because i didn't know whether they were still inside or who was going on. >> we came out here, the fire department was here, the builder was here. we were watching them and it was slowly just settling down. >> officials say no one was hurt in that incident. las vegas police announcing an arrest in last december's heist at the belaggio casino on the strip. remember this guy? he ran off with $1.5 million in casino chips. he was arrested late yesterday and reportedly met up with undercover investigators trying to cash in those chips.

is that the guy who came in on a motorcycle? >> i don't know. is he on the rams? >> i don't know. >> tough love from one piano man to another. elton john telling billy joel he needs rehab for his well chronicled alcohol addiction and as the song goes, he may be right. >> ♪ you may be right i may be crazy ♪ >> sir elton says the rehab programs billy has been to in the past have been too light. but no hard feelings over the intervention. joel responded saying "that's just elton being elton." >> right. billy joel should stop writing songs. meanwhile, straight ahead, first iran and now reports that al-qaida could have a nuclear bomb soon so are we ignoring the serious threat? our next guest is an expert on iran and tells us what we need to know. >> and he's getting america done. larry the cable guy going across the country and today he stops by right here for a curvy couch look. he's getting er done. hey, larry.

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>> as egypt falls into chaos, another country could determine the fate of the entire region. the sobering documentary paints a harsh picture of an unavoidable global showdown with iran. >> for more than 30 years, america has misread the guiding principles of the islamic republic. what happens when the regime that openly desires the destruction of nations obtains nuclear weapons? the world may suffer unthinkable consequences. >> what can we do to stop this potential nuclear showdown? we're joined by former c.i.a.

director who is featured in that film. good to see you again. >> good to see you. >> that sounded eerie but it's unfortunately our reality. people have differing thoughts of how close iran is to giving nuclear weapons. what do you think? >> last summer, both israeli and american officials were saying about a year after this virus business they're now saying a bit longer. it's harder to tell whether it's two years, three years, whatever. we have a limited amount of time to affect this before iran goes nuclear. even after this virus. >> and yet, it seems like it's the same old, same old as far as how the united states deals with iran, right? >> we have been failing to succeed by talking to this iranian government now for 30 years. since jimmy carter tried. every president has tried one way or another to negotiate with them. it does no good at all. the only thing that it has done is help with delay and the persians invented chess and they're good at it. they're distracting us on one

side of the board while they march down to the king's row to turn it into a very lethal queen. that's their nuclear weapons program and they've been doing that for years and still doing it. >> so at the same time that this documentary comes out, we have now from wikileaks, we have information that al-qaida may be close now to getting the nuclear weapon. >> much of that material has to do with dirty bombs. with nuclear material of the sorts you might get at a hospital or something which in and of itself is not all that dangerous but if you explode something and scatter it around, it could substantially make a place uninhabitable. so that's one serious problem. what's even more serious is some of the reports that you've seen about in kazakhstan and sharan africa, some uranium being shipped in. >> lots of stuff for people to

worry about. if people want to check out the documentary it will come out very soon. >> it's worth seeing. >> thanks so much. >> let's go to brian and steve. >> thanks, gretch. >> all right, coming up. do these look like the faces of international heroes? >> that guy? >> well, wikileaks founder julian assange is now in line for the nobel peace prize. >> then president bush put constant pressure on the middle east urging peace and democracy. did president obama drop the diplomatic ball? andrea tantaros join us for a fair and balanced debate next live. ♪

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>> time now for the news by the numbers. first, minus 9. that was the temperature in

mexico. how do you say that name? jennifer, you just wrote it. some place i haven't been yet. been to cancun. thank you, lauren. that didn't sound like jen. obviously, much warmer in cancun yesterday -- excuse me. but it's the coldest weather to hit the border town in 60 years. that's why i'm telling you the story. next, 5. that's how many new planets scientists just discovered in our galaxy. i can't wait to greet them. this is an artist's rendering of one of them. we just finished. they're about the size of earth. my favorite. and are located in what researchers call a habitable zone. larry, the cable guy on a little bit later to talk about that. finally, $4,683. that's the average price of a super bowl ticket which is almost four times the face value of the most expensive ticket. steve, please take it away. i thank you. >> brian, larry the cable guy is behind you. meanwhile, we've got fox news alert with violence in egypt escalating there are a lot of questions about what's next? opposition leader mohamed

elbaradei and the muslim brotherhood have both rejected an invitation for talks from egypt's prime minister. they say mubarak needs to step down first so what is the united states' role in all of this? for a fair and balanced debate, we're joined by andrea tantaros, fox news contributor and republican strategist and michelle goldberg, contributor to the daily beast and author of kingdom coming, the rise of christian nationalism. was bush right in pushing for reforms of egypt for years? >> well, i will say this. george bush behind the scenes was not a fan of mubarak and his administration including condi rice pushed them and prodded them to be more democratic. it's unclear to me if this administration has done the same and i say look, obama is in a very tricky situation now but he made a very big gaffe by coming out so publicly asking mubarak to leave. you can't just come out and call for democracy. i think we saw that, the riots in the street got worst when he did that. james madison is not walking the

streets of cairo with a musket. it's not as easy coming out and backing the protesters. it's unclear to me that everybody in that square wants democracy so obama has to be very careful now to strong arm him out and backing the protesters 110%. >> michelle, you disagree. >> i find it astonishing so many republicans on the one hand talked about democracy spreading throughout the middle east when they were preparing to go to war with iraq and now that we actually see an uprising of the egyptian people demanding the right to self-determination, there is not just skepticism but kind of outright hostility. your own network has been running absolutely, you know, lunatic theories about this being some kind of conspiracy between the code pink, hamas and the muslim brotherhood. >> what? i haven't seen any of that. >> but the real irony i see is that barack obama failed to back the green revolution in 2009. he did not send an envoy to back the freedom protesters but now

he'll send an envoy to an ally. that's the real hypocrisy that i see, the left all of a sudden goes to bush. goes after cheney for backing democracy and now obama is all of a sudden a hero for basically shoving one of our allies out of office. how does that at up? >> i would say two things. first of all, the last problem with bush was not democracy. it was the idea that you could impose democracy at the barrel of a gun. every single opposition leader in iran both here and in iran was very clear that it would be absolutely toxic for their movement to be seen as the cat's paw of the united states. for the administration to have come out and said these are oush people. we're with them, would have been kind of completely counterproductive. >> why? why is that different here? why is it totally different? i mean, is he willing to come out and stand with the protesters in iran for democracy in iran? what about china? is obama willing to do that as well? would he go to -- if there were protesters in tiananmen square

right now. >> i would certainly hope so. that's kind of a completely different thing. >> he's cherry picking democracy. >> he's not just cherry picking democracy. the united states was very clearly with the demonstrators in iran but knew that it would only hurt their cause if he came out and blustered about it and made it seem like this was america. >> why is this different, michelle? why is president obama standing with the protesters when he doesn't even know who they are and what they want. >> see if you can answer. >> and the answer -- >> let her answer. >> the difference is the united states has a lot of leverage over egypt and america's image in egypt has improved tremendously since obama came to office. now we actually do have -- >> i don't know about that. >> we have to end it right there. spirited debate, michelle and andrea, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> down to the control room with brian and gretch right now. >> right. and larry the cable guy but he's not on yet. >> first, we'll tell you about this. a man -- a man suing a dress company for addiction. and blaming the men? can he do that?

i guess he can. >> thing talking about gambling, this should be up your alley. think about gambling on the super bowl? think again. >> stop right there, stossel! you're under arrest for illegal sports betting. >> hands against the wall. >> john stossel coming up. >> and finally, larry the cable guy making a special stop on his cross country tour. >> do i need make-up? >> his next stop -- not when we're in the dark. it's fine oochlt just a little cologne would be great.

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this >> all right. welcome back. we have headlines for you. it starts with the weather. cooler temperatures across the nation today. sped up homemade video from chicago. snow falling in front of somebody's window. watch as the drifts get bigger and bigger covering the cars. there they go. where are they? chicago got more than 20 inches of snow. third biggest snowfall in history. it's not all gloom and doom. check out this in indiana. people filmed themselves ice skating in their own backyards. that is something.

nice hood. >> a victim's sister is being accused of trying to cash in on her fortune. donna lawson is fighting the inheritance only to get a piece of the pie herself. he was sentenced for killing his mother and now stands to inherit her fortune. she died last year. and now he stands to inherit the money. prosecutors say lawson and edwards were not close. >> a janitor at an elementary school is under arrest now charged with shooting and killing the school's principal. this is the suspect. police say he ambushed the principal in his office near sacramento, california. the gunman ran off, then, and the school was locked down for two hours. no children were hurt luckily. police found the janitor at his house and now they're trying to determine his motive. >> meanwhile, a former british airways employee stands accused of plotting to bring down a

transatlantic flight. he was an i.t. expert for the airline. british prosecutors say the suspect who was born in bangladesh is a radical islamist who was building a terror cell in the united kingdom and they claim he was acting as an insider for u.s. born radical cleric. >> drugs kill but can they also get you hooked on sex and gambling? that's what a man is claiming. saying the medication for his parkinson's disease got him addicted to women and gambling and he may actually have a case now? experts say dopamine found in the drug can actually trigger compulsion. the 51-year-old frenchman says he blew through his life savings to gamble and hook up. >> it happens. don't be doping. >> speaking of hooking up, some cable. >> and getting it done when it comes to making people laugh. larry the cable guy knows how to get it done. >> he's kicking off a new tv

show on the history channel discovering the people and places that makes america so great. >> there's a bagel! >> is there cream cheese? >> cream cheese! let's go! >> larry the cable guy is here to tell us about his new show, his new series "only in america with larry the cable guy." welcome, larry. >> thank you. and the thing that stinks about that clip, i was in the best shape of my life back then. best shape of my life. unbelievable! >> what kind of military guy would you have been? >> my favorite, if i was in the military, my favorite phrase of the military would be at ease. that would be my favorite phrase. >> and if you were in the military, whose side? >> whose side? well, our side, what are you, nuts? >> in this show, you do crazy stuff. i mean -- >> what kind of question was that? what side would you be on? >> i'm trying to figure it out. you go to nasa and ride a

shuttle simulator. you box a professional female boxer. how dare you hit a woman! >> i know and you know what's funny about that? i never wanted to know what i was doing. i wanted it to be spontaneous and i get there and i go, hey, listen, we're going to put you in the ring. first time you're going to spar with this girl and they showed me which one she was. she's like a supermodel. i go i'll kill this girl and the guy even told me, he said listen, when you hit her, go light because i don't -- because you'll hurt her. you're a lot bigger than she is. it will be a funny thing fighting a girl. it turns out she's two time female gold gloves champion and beat the living hell out of me. >> oh, wow. >> yeah. >> i didn't get beat up. i got hammered by the girl. unbelievable. >> the idea is larry the cable guy is going coast to coast to discover the stories that are unique to america. >> yeah. and kind odoing it in a humorous way, you know, learn a little history about america. learn it in a funny way. examining our culture, why we are the greatest country in the world. >> how did dog sledding go in the icy lakes of minnesota?

>> oh, good night. do you know where we were, it snows 11 months out of the year. >> i'm from there, i know. >> in eely and the only time it doesn't snow is july, the same time we're taking down our christmas lights. it was unbelievable up there. >> have you been tracking on what's going on with the highest paid person in the sitcom television, charlie sheen? >> that's what i always thought was crazy because when people hear i got a show on history, i think to myself, that's crazy. larry on history. that's like charlie sheen doing commercials for eharmony.com. it doesn't make any sense, you know what? i don't know. he continues to get endorsement deals. >> do you believe this? >> i don't get it. >> look at me, i'm like the voice of a new generation. you know. i don't see him flying into me. come on! >> the one thing you said about doing your show is you actually did put on a few pounds. >> i did put on a few pounds

when i was doing the show. i'm going down to the texas state fair and i'm eating fried everything. i mean, you just put on weight. >> i get it. >> but i'll lose some weight. i'll lose some pounds. i got to keep up with my kids. i got kids. >> really? >> when i got off this trip, i wanted to play with my kids and i could barely breathe. i said i got to go on a diet. that's when i'm going to start going on a diet. >> you could hire people to play with your kids and watch them to play with your kids. >> well, my wife actually hired me a trainer and i lost 11 pounds trying to avoid him. >> but i got some workout. i got one of those exercise bikes. now, that thing is hard to dust. that thing is -- there's so many nooks and crannies in there. you have no idea. >> you have a nordic track like that. >> do you? dust all the time. i always try to play with my kids. i like to keep up with him and i got to tell you, i love being a parent. i'm pretty lenient as far as a parent goes. >> really? >> yeah, my cousin, good night. he's strict. you know my cousin won't even let his 13-year-old daughter have a beer in front of her

daughter. you know what? >> in front of her daughter? >> unbelievable! >> standard. a moment ago, you mentioned the texas state fair. down in texas the big doings aside the bitter cold temperatures this morning, the super bowl. >> oh, boy, i'll tell you. i'm going to be honest with you, and i love the state of pennsylvania. i love the people of pennsylvania. and i'm not just kidding. i got great shows there and they're good americans. i got to go with the packers. i'm a big green bay packer fan because my wife is from wisconsin and she'll slit my throat. no, i became a packers fan way back in 2003. i mean, i'm not a life long packers fan. but loving my wife, born and raised a packer. i'm from nebraska. she's from wisconsin so she's a packer fan but i remember back in 2004, bret favre got interviewed one time wearing a git er done larry the cable guy shirt. i said favre is wearing a get er

done shirt. >> now i'm die hard. i mean, live and die with the packers. >> so you don't mind wearing one of those big cheeseheads. >> shoot no. i wish they were the real thing. i'll tell you that much. i love cheese! >> i'm sure they can get you one. i'm busy on super bowl sunday. this might be an opportunity for you to invite gretchen and steve to your house for the super bowl party. >> down in sanford, florida. i'm down there in the winter time. nebraska is too cold. >> can we do it live from your house? >> yeah, we'd love it. >> come down, it's a great party and at halftime, we all wear nipple clips. >> that's fantastic. just like our house. >> like charlie sheen. >> is that bring your own or a door prize? >> they're chip clips from the chip bags to keep the chips fresh. get the drink, never mind. the blue collar comedy tour. >> can we edit that part out? >> no, i've edited it out

already. >> tell us about the blue collar comedy tour. there you are with jeff foxworthy and bill. >> that is right there. what we're doing there is called the -- them idiots. we're kind of getting together for a few dates together because we enjoyed touring together. ron is not with us. we're not going to call it the blue collar comedy tour if ron is not with us. that's the blue collar comedy tour. we got together to do about 20, 25 shows. me, bill and jeff called them idiots. jeff said what should we call the show? i just picture some guy sitting on the house and nothing on tv and he says man, put that d.v.d. in. what is that? them three idiots so we figured we called it them idiots. that's why we called it them idiots. >> in a funny creative way. you opened up to me and told me you and jeff foxworthy has achieved your goal. be successful enough to -- >> be successful enough to pay somebody to cut our own lawn. we didn't want to cut our own lawns anymore.

>> can you say one thing? i go out to eat last night, ok, did i mention -- i won't mention the name of the place. olive garden. my waiter was horrible. >> what? auto he's horrible and he had on a bracelet that said what would jesus do? and i got to thinking, i bet he would have brought my appetizer out about an hour ago. >> that would be great. >> i'm starving here! >> very productive work ethic. >> all right. larry the cable guy. >> good luck on your new show. >> it's a great show. "only in america, larry the cable guy" tuesday nights, history. >> i'll think about you during halftime during the super bowl. >> all right. speaking of the super bowl, making a bet on it? better think again. it got our own john stossel arrested. he's here next handcuffs free, i think. >> we're talking about charlie sheen. apparently he's refusing to go to rehab. that's a problem according to actor danny baldwin. he went through rehab himself and he'll join us live.

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betting on the super bowl. but john stossel learned the hard way the odds aren't always in your favor. >> this weekend is super bowl weekend. i'm excited because i like to watch and i like to bet. i got $100 on green bay already. >> stop right there, stossel! you're under arrest for illegal sports betting! up, your hands against the wall. >> this seems ridiculous and in truth, gamblers rarely get arrested for social betting but a bet on a sporting event is illegal in many states. why? >> and that was the scene, an ugly scene a short time ago, the man with the cuffs is here. stossel. welcome. >> thank you. >> is it true that it all but two states in this country, it's illegal, the betting, the office pools, everything. >> no, the official booky sports betting is legal only in nevada and in tiny parts of montana but even friendly bets are illegal

in a third of the states. your friendly poker game and it's the authoritarians as usual trying to make us all moral. they do too much. >> are they trying to get revenue for their states in this way? >> they're losing revenue. there are more than 2,000 off shore betting sites, all the money that could have stayed in america goes off shore. $12 billion there. >> what are you proposing? >> let adults do what they want with other consenting adults. >> let us bet. >> let us bet. in large part, we do bet. those are dangerous laws, the cops can enforce them against someone they don't like. >> thank you very much for joining us. we will watch stossel whether you like it or not. it will be tonight on the fox business network starting at 9:00. >> i am not going to go in those handcuffs. you know, a guy that's always in handcuffs, charlie sheen. he has a big decision to make. should he keep partying or go to rehab? daniel baldwin knows what that's

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>> welcome back. well, this is big news. after several troubled arrests, charlie sheen is refusing rehab. so is there any hope for that guy? >> actor daniel baldwin who has had his own battles with cocaine addiction says yes, there is hope, but it has to come in a certain way and he joins us live now. good morning to you, daniel. we were discussing in the commercial break and you said it has to be the right place.

what do you mean by that? >> well, for me, i had been to rehab several times and i think i was doing it for other people and other reasons other than my own personal need and my desire to get sober. for charlie, i think it's kind of ridiculous to think he's going to do this on his own. you wouldn't go and fight a battle and not bring your gun. you know, so why would you want to make this choice to try to find out whether or not you can do it on your own when the services that are necessary to him and where i got sober are right there in his backyard in malibu. >> you mean there's a center there, a malibu center for addiction much that's what you recommend? >> well, there is -- there's a lot of different places but the place that i finally got out of it going nine times to rehab. it's a really simple google search and i'll tell you why it was different for me there. when you turn around and you go in and you open up all these

different emotions when you're in rehab and you learn all these different catch phrases and things you're supposed to be doing, you're then sent down on your own devices to try to live that, it's really, really hard to do. you're a raw nerve, if you will. by adding on the addition of sober living to this component and staying six months or for me, it was a year that i stayed. i went out and worked and stopped movies. it wouldn't stop charlie from doing his tv series or anything like that. they would assign someone to him. he gets to live sober and learn how to do that. reprogramming those tapes is not an easy thing to do. it's -- i believe it's something like 3% to 6% of the population stay sober for one year with sober living. >> you've known charlie for a long time. what's your message to him today? >> call me, charlie. you have so much -- let's remember something, too, with all the bad headlines about him. this is a really good guy. he's a very sensitive guy. he's from a wonderful family. i mean, his father is one of the

most loving, giving human beings you'll ever meet and i want so desperately for him to succeed at this because he's just on his path now as far as his tv show and the things that he can do to help other people and i want him to call me or i want him more importantly to call greg hanley, that's where he needs to go. that's the place where i got it and that's where he should be. >> real quickly, do you believe his parents should take over as in britney spears' case where the parents took over? >> well, you know, again, to my knowledge, you know, martin sheen is not an addiction specialist and i think what would be good would be -- and you'll never see this happen but the network and the people that represent him and everyone should just turn around and say if you're not willing to do this, we're not going to be with you anymore. if he was to have people that stop enabling him and we were with the same management company for many, many years. i know those guys that represent him and i know they care about him. it's time for them to step in and say you must do something or

you're on your own. >> we're up against a break. good point. stop cashing in and focus on him. daniel baldwin, thanks so much. best of luck. >> god bless, guys. thank you. >> straight ahead on this thursday, the voters in north carolina ousted their elected official. but who cares what they think? right? because that official was just handed a taxpayer funded gig -- >> gig. >> michelle malkin on that next. [ female announcer ] women move the world. move our families forward. move us all to a better place. and caltrate moves us. caltrate knows 80% of us don't get the calcium we need. and when we don't, our bodies steal it from our bones. caltrate helps put it back. with 1200 mg of calcium and 800 iu of vitamin d.

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>> steve: voters kicked him out of office. but he's got a new job. watching over taxpayer money. oh, goody. michelle malkin is going to dig into that next. >> brian: seems so nice. to plug them in or cut them out? which leads to healthier kids. the mother who makes her kids study by candlelight. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> gretchen: good morning, everyone. welcome to the developing news now out of egypt. al-jazeera reporting there is heavy gun fire in tahrir square in cairo where the majority of the events are taking place and security forces are preventing cameras in and around the square. the latest reports say six people have died. more than 800 hurt. egyptian army tanks and soldiers

carrying rifles are keeping anti-and pro government protesters apart. there was an apology by supporters of president hosni mubarak that. turned cairo into a battle zone yesterday. the apology is surprising. protesters accuse the regime of using paid thugs and policemen in paid clothes. >> brian: that was the rumor yesterday, who are these people? getting out of egypt is a top priority for americans. leeland vitter is at cairo airport where thousands have been trying to leave for days. what's around you? >> good morning. we're hunkered down here at a compound that they're using as a base to try and get folks to about another quarter mile from where we are into the airport and then get them out. australian and u.k. embassies set up shop in this compound that's incredibly heavy security. they're banning cameras here as

well as they try to prevent pictures from getting out. the pictures from tahrir square were unbelievable as the military, which had been standing by and watching everything happen now finally decided to actually do something. the military moved in against some of those pro-mubarak protesters that had been accused of this thuggery and accused of being paid supporters. one person told the associated press they had been paid about 3 or $4 to go out and commit some of the violent acts that were done against reporters and also against the general public overnight. we saw the molotov cocktails and light being thrown. today things seem to be calmer. but there is still the booth of those protest groups as they try and take control of tahrir square. of course, there is a lot of people also trying to escape all the violence and also trying to escape what comes tomorrow. tomorrow there is supposed to be another enormous protest planned.

that is when the anti-mubarak government had said they want mubarak out by, which was friday. there are hundreds if not thousands of people trying to get out before that protest. >> brian: wow. there is so much going on. we'll check in with you again because there could be another big stand-off. everyone will be focusing what life will be like after the prayers in the morning. leeland vitter in cairo. >> gretchen: first, let's check in to that monster storm that may be over now, but people are still going to have to dig out from nearly two feet of snow. chicago's lake shore drive reopened this morning. most cars have been cleared. we're not going to have that picture. but this is a tape. this is the disaster zone it was after all that snow. look at all those cars stuck in the freezing temperatures. some people were trapped in their cars for nine hours. for those of you flying today, over 1,000 flights still canceled today. police are trying to determine why a janitor at an elementary school allegedly shot

and killed the school's principal. this is the suspect. police say he ambushed the principal in his office near sacramento, california. the gunman ran off and the school was in lockdown for two hours. no kids were hurt. police found the janitor at his home. a former british airways employee stands accused of plotting to bring down a transatlantic flight. he was an i.t. expert for the airline. british prosecutors say the suspect, who was born in bangladesh, is a radical islamist building a terror cell in the united kingdom. they also claim he was acting as an insider for u.s. born cleric anwar al-awlaki. former u.s. defense secretary donald rumsfeld holding no punches in his new memoir. it's due out next week. in it, he remains unapologetic for his involvement in the u.s. invasion of iraq. he also blames president bush for what he calls policy failures surrounding the war.

this is the first time donald rumsfeld has spoken out since president bush fired him back in 2006. those are your headlines. >> steve: let's go to colorado right now and michelle malkin joins us. good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. >> steve: okay. it isn't still a tense situation in the square there in central cairo, although that could be one of the safest places for the antigovernment demonstrators. we want your opinion on how the administration is handling this. but first let's queue up john bolton, the former ambassador, he was on the greta show last night. >> he did make a mistake in trying to push mubarak to leave immediately and to make public if that's what he's doing. i think if you look at the chronology, i think that hardened mubarak and made him more determined not to go. let's not forget the example of jimmy carter in iran and nicaragua. >> steve: michelle? >> i think that ambassador bolton is right about that. i think the problem with the

white house pr handling of all of this is that they've tried to insert barak obama in it at all the wrong times. they haven't had any clarity about their message to mubarak, to egypt, to the world, to those who are truly committed to reform and freedom in that country. of course, this goes back to the way they botched the handling of the iranian freedom movement last summer. and i think that it's not just the world that's unhappy with barak obama. here at home they're unhappy with him, too. the white house correspondence association demanding more access, wondering why they've been shut out. >> gretchen: michelle, to play devil's advocate, obama was slammed for not speaking out when the iran situation happened last year. now you have the egypt situation, which by all accounts is accounted and dicey and many presidents have dealt with it. now he does speak out and that doesn't seem to be the right

thing either. >> well, i think that's a fair point, gretchen. i think that the point that ambassador bolton was making was not so much about barak obama and whether he stands with the cause of freedom, but the way in which he handled setting a time line for mubarak to leave. >> brian: we're going to see what will happen over the next 48 hours. bottom line is, we could be use losing our best ally in the middle east, the most vital region. tell us about chick filet. private owned business, now under intense scrutiny from outside organizations about their christian values. >> yeah. i think put plainly, this is a prominent, successful american christian business that had been put in the cross hairs by a couple of left wing blogs and so-called social justice activists. it's a perk lating campaign and

persecution, i think, that was amplified by the "new york times." over the weekend there was a reporter who reported on this and failed and neglected to disclose her own personal and ideological interest in promoting same sex marriage. so this was the issue with some of these protesters. they didn't like that chick filet was one of its independent outlets donated sandwiches to the pennsylvania family institute, which is a conservative leaning group that happens to support traditional marriage. the company also is very open about its corporate goal of glorifying god and enriching the lives of everyone that it serves. it has a bib lickcally based corporate philosophy and apparently this is something that left wing activists think is some sort of sin in america.

>> steve: they don't like it. meanwhile, let's move down to north carolina. there is a former congressman, bob etheridge, and famously in june of last year, he was caught on tape not far from the capitol with a college kid. let's play a snippet of that. >> do you support the obama agenda? >> who are you? who are you? i have a right to know who you are. >> we're students. >> who are you? >> let go of my arm. >> sir, sir! please! >> who are you? >> steve: who are you. >> gretchen: who are you? >> steve: no kidding. there he is. he wound up getting bounced out of his congressman job. but now we understand and tell us a little about his new job overseeing stimulus money. >> yeah, i don't think that the voters and taxpayers of north carolina will be surprised that this arrogant entrenched

incumbent has been recycled by government. the democrat governor there has now appointed him to oversee federal stimulus money to the state. so there is a very rich irony in a guy who was booted by the tea party revolt, which in large part arose against the federal porkulus and now this guy is in charge of it! it's something akin, i think, to the dance of the lemons, that's what they call it in the education business, when bad, rotten teachers somehow are able to get around and apparently it works for former arrogant congressmen as well. >> steve: he got a job. >> gretchen: always great to hear your insight. thank you for joining us today. >> thank you. take care. >> brian: coming up straight ahead, do you know the difference between a will and a living trust? you should. it makes no difference if you're young or if you're old. legal eagle bob massi breaks down the differences next. >> steve: then one mom encourages her children to use

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>> brian: even in a struggling economy, everyone needs to make sure their affairs are in order and you don't have to be rich to set up a trust or a living will. fox news legal analyst bob massi is here to tell us what your options are should that come your way and why you should be taking care of that now. >> good morning, brian. >> brian: first, a living trust. how much would that cost if i have to do that? >> a trust can cost from $1,000 to $5,000, depending upon how large your estate is. what a living trust means is

this, you own a certain amount of property and you go to a lawyer and you basically say, i want this property to be placed into this document called a trust. what that essentially means is that upon your death, there is no need to go through the court system if it's done correctly, to distribute your estate. and because of all the things we've talked about with real estate in the last several months, brian, people are more aware more than ever before as to putting their things in order for themselves. so it's very important, no matter how little you have or how much you have, to have an estate lawyer look at and see if you should have a living trust. >> brian: the trust is a document that avoids the need for probate. a private, unpublished document. where do you keep that? with your lawyer? >> yes. the lawyer always keeps the original document. you give the copy of the trust to your heirs or yourself. it's a document that's not published. when you pass away, if you don't have a trust and you have a will and that will has to then go

through the courts which is the probate process, that will is a public document and that's when a lot of people, brian, get scammed. you'll read about people that all of a sudden they were contacted by somebody that tried to sell them an investment. that's because there is actually people that go to the courthouse to see the will and see how much money they had, where they own property and that's how a lot of people get scammed. >> brian: so the other element about living trust, most are revokable. when it comes to wills, you see the wills could be probated and can be made public record, which could lead to some fraud and being scammed. and it gives parents of minorities the chance to name a guardian. >> very, very important. so many young couples, brian, don't think they need to do a will. well, i lost a best friend five years ago from an accident. he left a wife and four children. in a will, you appoint who would be the guardian -- for example,

what if there is a common accident, who will take care of those children? how will you want your estate and the money to be handled? do you want them to go to college? if so, how do you want that money to be distributed? just because you're young couple doesn't mean you should not have at least a simple will to set forth who is going to take care and raise your children and how would that money be distributed? very, very important. i cannot emphasize young couples, even if you don't have a lot, get a simple will done by a lawyer to make sure your children will be taken care of. >> brian: if you wanted to do that, a quick price? >> i mean, simple wills could be $250 each, up to maybe 4 or 500. but very, very affordable and trust me, very, very well worth the price. >> brian: all right. bob, thanks for getting up with us. bob massi, thank you. >> okay. >> brian: steve, gretch, what's up? >> steve: thanks. it's not just restaurants and bars banning smoking now. another big ban on smoking in america, a ban on lighting up

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>> steve: we've got quick headlines for you. a lot of damage, but luckily no reports of death or serious injury after a cyclone whipped through australia. it was packing winds of 86 miles per hour. new york is now the city that

never smokes. the city council approved a ban on smoking in parks, times square, and even on the beach. the ban will go into effect 90 days after the mayor signs it, which is expected to happen real soon. gretch, over to you. >> gretchen: interesting debate. how long do you think you could go without texting, e-mailing or checking your facebook? one mom decided to cut her kids off from using all electronics for six months to see what would happen. she found they survived and excelled at school, music and personal relationships. but not everyone agrees. some think technology helps kids' development. joining me is susan, and the mom, she cut off her kids from technology. and author of the book "the winter of our disconnect." and jane, author of "reality is broken." good to see both of you. let me start with you, susan. you decided to cut off your kids.

why? >> i was worried about them. i was worried about the shear amount of time they were spending in front of a screen versus the amount of time we were spending interacting with one another as a family. the irony that they were and i was communicating all the time and yet, not really having any face-to-face interaction in real time in three dimension i thought was ironic and sad. >> gretchen: what were the results? >> the results were spectacular, i have to say. i hoped that by cutting off the technology and make eye contact again, but it sort of went far beyond that, to the point that our relationships were revitalized. my son rediscovered his saxophone, his musical talent that he pretty much shelfed when he took up game not guilty a big way. my daughter slept again. i believe she was sleep deprived for years. in many ways, it was really positive. >> gretchen: jane, you come at this exactly the opposite and we should mention, you work in the gaming industry. so you think that actually three

hours a day for kids is beneficial. how? >> it's actually a decade of scientific research that shows that games provoke positive emotions and build stronger relationships, emotions like curiousity, optimism, confidence, and the research shows that these emotions spill over into real life. if you're playing games within moderation, that's why i say no more than three hours. >> gretchen: that doesn't sound like moderation. i have to say in my own family, my son, not my daughter, would be addicted to games if i did not stop him. the way i do it is i make him earn his time. it's only 30 minutes. i think that's still a lot. how can you say three hours is moderation? >> the research shows that three hours a day is safe and has benefits and more than that, can start to have risks and consequences. up to three hours a day is safe. but less than three hours can work, too. but the key is you want to give them enough time to really develop those collaboration powers, develop that confidence.

a few minutes a day might not be enough. >> gretchen: what i find is that my son immediately wants to play this when he gets home from school. was that your concern? >> absolutely. it's interesting, first of all, i love jane's book, i thought it had much food for thought for me and for all readers. but she mentions statistic that the average child growing up today will have logged in 10,000 hours of gaming by the time they are 21. she asks, what are kids really getting good at by putting in those hours, which is a good question. but it's also a good question to ask what aren't they getting good at and what are they missing out on? i guess that was my concern. i felt they were missing out on lots. >> gretchen: jane, what you argue in your book, and i think you argue well, is that you say that children need to play these games to be competitive with the rest of the world. >> that's right. these games are teaching kids really interesting collaboration skills that are necessary in the workplace and also how to set goals and achieve them.

we're seeing games being used to help kids who have attention deficit, become better at setting goals and following through ask achieving the goals. we're seeing that these games make you more likely to cooperate. this is a really strong, positive impact. >> gretchen: it's an interesting debate and i know a lot of parents grapple with this issue at their home. for all of our viewers, let us know what you think. who is right? are they both right and it's a matter of moderation? he said it was coming, but this soon? eric bolling up next with the plan to hike fuel costs today and guess who is going to get stuck with the tab. then millions of taxpayer dollars missing while the feds look the other way. guess who is stealing the money? convicts! we'll explain that story to you. ♪

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>> gretchen: fox business alert. i'm surprised 'cause the numbers just came out. the labor department releasing the weekly jobless numbers. 415,000 first time unemployment claims were filed last week. that is less than expected and it's a big drop from last week. so who would know better than this than the guy who joined us last week, eric bolling? >> last week we had the 445, that was a big jump. it came down. analysts were looking for 425,000 this week.

415 is the number. a little better than expected again. week after week. we talked about 400 being way, way, too high. that's very elevated. you want to see 300, 350,000. tomorrow morning at 8:30, the most recent number, the unemployment rate is going to come out. expectations are for it to tick up from 9.4% current level to 9.5%, even though the expectation is also that we're going to create 140,000 new jobs. >> steve: once again, the critical mass, when it comes to looking at these numbers, 415,000 americans filed for the first time unemployment this past week. what's the number where if we can just get down to that, then we're adding jobs? >> around 315, 325,000. first time, you walk in the unemployment office and say, i need help. give me help. the continuing claims, the people who have been on, still runs around 3.85 million americans. that's very, very high. >> brian: egypt is not a big oil

producer, but it's the canal, the suez canal that we're worried about keeping open. how is that affecting prices? >> oil prices jumped since the egypt unrest started, they're up 7 or $8 a barrel. more importantly, gasoline prices up 14 cents a gallon and then this, jet fuel goes up when gasoline prices go up. airlines are really hurting right now. they have a 93-dollar a barrel price to deal with. united, american, delta, jetblu, raising prices. calling it a few surcharge. we haven't had that since 2008 when -- >> gretchen: how much is them taking advantage of the situation? they're skyrocketing and airlines made a profit for the first time last year. >> the airline tells us for every dollar per barrel higher, they lose $1.6 billion. so add $7, which it's gone up, $7 higher on a barrel of oil,

that's $12 billion that the airlines will lose. they don't have that kind of profit margin. you will likely either see more fuel surcharges or those airlines starting to lose money again. my guess, they'll lose money again. they could be the dumbest people on the planet. if you can get on a plane and fly down to florida for $39, that's a good deal. it drives them into bankruptcy. >> steve: it does. let's talk a little about this, i believe it was in the 6:00 o'clock hour last night, the u.s. senate, the republicans tried to repeal obamacare. they were not able to get the super majority they would need. they needed 60. but there were a lot of organization, including union, who cares, because they wound up with waivers from this administration. >> you had michelle malkin on and she's been on this for a long time. when there was 100 waivers from

obamacare, you can petition the hhs to be exempt from obamacare for a year. there were 100, then 200. then recently, the only reason i'm bringing this up now is they jumped from 222 to 733 in the last couple of weeks because people are just jumping on board saying if they get it, we want it. by the way, 40% of the 733 exemptions or waivers go to unions. that's bloated. the union work force -- i'm sorry. 7% of the work force is unionized in america. you get 40% have gotten it. >> gretchen: i'm going to clarify that these are corporations asking for waivers so they don't have to pay -- >> mini med. what that means is if you provide mini meds or a small amount of insurance and you had to comply with obamacare, you may have to pull people off coverage. but the point is who doesn't? are you not going to drive companies to mini meds now?

are you not going to say, push them to mini meds so they can apply for a waiver? >> brian: one of the big controversies is labor unions. you talked to very powerful ceo. am i right? >> we talked to the cio, organizing director who -- i asked him point-blank, what's the story? the afl-cio in conviction with the seiu gives a lot of money to the democrats. here is what he had to say. >> in addition to the federal state, local and county employee s union. >> around $55 million if i'm not mistaken. what percentage went to democrats in the last election cycle? >> the vast majority. we do endorse republicans when they give us a chance. >> right, but the number exceeds 90% of the contributions going. >> over 90% because republicans don't give us a chance to support them because they don't

support us. >> steve: oh, really? >> if you add in the afl-cio combined with the seiu, another union, they had $100 million and spent more than 90% in 2010, the last election cycle, more than 90% contributed to democrats. then the fciu says obamacare, we need it. and they have 27 waivers. >> steve: mr. money, we thank you very much. follow the money on the "fox business" network with eric bolling monday, tuesday, wednesday, and friday nights at 9:00 o'clock and thursday, tonight, at 10:00 p.m. >> brian: right after stossel. coming up now, headlines. let's go live to cairo where violence is erupting again after egypt's prime minister promises that the events in cairo's tahrir square will be investigated. and instigators brought to justice. the comment was from al-jazeera

tv. >> steve: you're looking at the prayer breakfast which kicked off at the white house just moments ago. >> brian: you're about to see. >> steve: i don't think that's the white house. it's hosted by members of congress and is meant to be a time to put aside partisan differences and focus on family and faith. president obama is expected to address his own personal faith as the event's main speaker. he will take to the podium 20 minutes from now. stand by. >> gretchen: captain mark kelly, the husband of gabrielle giffords will be at that prayer breakfast and will give the closing prayer on behalf of his wife who was shot in the head last month. the words of a father accused of killing his daughter play out in a courtroom. the iraqi immigrant is on trial, accused of running over his own daughter for being too westernized. this audio tape was recorded when she was lying in a hospital bed before she died. when investigators grilled her

father. >> whatever she did, living outside of the family, all things combined, did she deserve to get run over? was it her fault? >> no. she's not. >> gretchen: accused of killing her to restore honor, in his mind, to his family. >> steve: meanwhile, a deal has been reached to end prison scheme to scam taxpayers out of money. inmates filed fake income tax returns from behind bars, but the outgoing paperwork was not checked because of a privacy rule. now several senators are announcing a plan to close that so-called loophole to hopefully stop the fake checks. >> gretchen: let's talk super bowl. >> brian: yeah. can we do that? do you have your own super bowl plans hammered out yet? if you hope to invite jennifer lopez to your house, bad news. someone beat you to the

invitation. her and her husband, mark anthony, will be watching the game at the white house. president obama invited the hollywood power couple to his place. they've been close friends since the congressional hispanic caucus back in 2009. there was a big gala. i'm going to start our super bowl coverage tomorrow, friday, at the nfl experience. come down and be part of it. we have a lot of big names. >> steve: look at that! >> toni dungee, mark sanchez, drew brees, some people say they play quarterback, rod woodson, one of the all century teams. kurt warner will be there, marcus allen, colt mccoy over the weekend. we have chad johnson now. he's no longer ocho cinco. he changed his name. the. >> gretchen: look at all those guys. why am i not going there? >> brian: i'll see if we can work it out. i'm sure they'd rather see you.

>> steve: you're taking the traveling curvy couch? >> brian: i would love to, but you need it tomorrow. >> steve: many americans ditching their primary carry doctors because local emergency rooms are cutting better deals like offering a appointments in advance? is this just another sign that health care problems in this country are getting worse? we'll have a debate. >> gretchen: they're calling it the worst snow storm in decades. we'll take you live to chicago. look at that guy on skis! he's trying to get to his car on skis. you got to be kidding me. two feet of snow in chicago. will they recover? ♪ just one bite opens a world of delight... ♪ ♪ a flavor paradise of delicious fishes ♪ ♪ friskies seafood sensations. ♪ ♪ feed the senses. and then there's most complete. like what you get from centrum silver ultra women's, the most complete multivitamin for women over 50.

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about 15 degrees. we'll keep our eye on this and bring you any updates. looks like it's out of control. >> brian: the senate has voted against repealing the health care law despite a federal judge ruling the law is unconstitutional. that happened yesterday. now florida senator bill nelson, a democrat, has introduced a measure that asks the supreme court to rule on the health care law so you can go and -- so the health care can forget about the 11th district court and go right to the supreme court. is this right? >> yes. this is peter johnson saying good morning. >> brian: it's very significant. >> it is significant. >> brian: democrat saying -- >> nelson is saying, we've had enough of this. we know what the issues are. the federal government at this point wants to pursue appeals in the sixth circuit, 11th circuit, the 4th circuit. there is a capacity under the supreme court rules to say we can have a direct appeal to

united states supreme court. if we have a direct appeal to the united states supreme court, if they accept it, then we can have this decided this year. >> brian: here is the rule. this says that cert will be granted if the applicant can show the case is of such imperative public importance to justify the deviation from the normal appellate practice. is this all about money? >> cert means to be more fully informed or to make more certain. so this procedure by which the supreme court will accept a case. more and more as americans begin to know that there is this capacity and we've seen it in american history before -- the watergate tapes case back in the 1970s with richard nixon. the seizure of the steel mills by president truman in the 50s, the german case back in 1943. the supreme court -- even roe

versus wade, supreme court says, this is such imperative public importance that we will take the case right now. >> brian: the administration does not want to rush it. they don't want to -- >> because you want the political issue, number one. and number two, they do not believe that they can win this issue on the individual mandate. if they were certain that they could win, they would say yes, let's certify it. but they want to prolong the political issue, in my viewpoint, and number two, they do not believe that they will win with this supreme court as presently constituted. >> brian: interesting. so does this cost taxpayers? >> it's uncertainty in terms of people's lives. number two, it costs billions of dollars. some states are saying, based on judge vinson's ruling, why should i do anything in terms of my state because i believe it's been rendered unconstitutional. >> brian: they're saying a democrat is pushing this forward, it might have a shot. >> it has common sense. it may be something that's important for this country.

>> brian: maybe it should happen. thank you. coming up straight ahead, emergency rooms accepting appointments from patients? the hospitals say this is better for everyone. but how? that's next. let's check in with martha mccallum who two short days ago celebrated a birthday. >> thank you for pointing that out. we like to make sure that everybody knows about that. thank you very much. coming up this morning on america's news room, bill and i will join you at the top of the hour. oliver north is here today. also k.t. joins us on donald rumsfeld's explosive memoir, and david axelrod tells me what he thinks about the possible run against sarah palin coming up.

>> gretchen: we showed you this amazing video of cars stranded on lake shore drive and now it

reopened. anita from our affiliate is standing by with someone who was stuck in all that mess. good morning, anita. >> good morning to you. you can imagine what this must have been like. i can only imagine, but jordan here lived it for many, many hours. thank you for joining us here. tell us what you experienced, jordan. >> i got on the lake shore drive at 6:10 p.m i thought i would be okay. i figured the snow is coming, but should be able to get through. at around 8:00 o'clock is when i basically came to a stand still and i didn't get rescued until about 3:45 a.m. >> how upsetting was this for you? you must have been frightened. you thought you were going to die? >> i mean, the thought came across my mind. luckily i had my girlfriend in the car with me, so i had someone to console with. i mean, i had a full tank of gas , so i thought i was okay. >> a lot of people upset. the next process, finding your

car. you just found it. you're upset with mayor daley? >> i'm upset with him because i haven't slept in 24 hours, 48 hours. and not once on any of the news channels did i once see mayor dely get to the forefront and answer anyone's questions. >> thank you very much for telling us all about your ordeal here on fox news. we appreciate it. good luck to you. >> thank you. >> reporting live from chicago where a lot of people are still upset today, fox news. back to you. >> gretchen: thank you very much. let's head to steve. >> steve: thanks. do you need an x-ray? take a number. feel free to wait in your own living room because there is a new service that some hospitals are using to let patients pay to make an appointment at the e.r. so will the initiative really speed things up in the e.r. or just create more problems? for a fair and balanced conversation, we're joined by spokesperson for the coalition to protect patients' rights, dr. donald, and dr. robert seal of loma linda medical center in

california. dr. seal, you, at your university medical center, have already had 400 patients use this. why do you think this is a good idea where you can pay $25 in advance to get an appointment? >> here is the thing, is that most people don't realize that emergency departments are overcrowded, they're busy, they're places impacted. but actually if you look at a 24 hour clock, there are times when the emergency department is actually slow, where there is not a lot going on. what we have the ability to do with this service is we actually have the ability to shift these patients just slightly, either before or after the busiest time and, in fact, what we're able to do is we're able to allow these people to start the rest and restorative process to heal in the waiting room. all we're doing is shifting where they're waiting. from our side, what we are allowed to do is now allowed to control that surge a little bit. it makes us more efficient, more lean, and actually allows us to provide a better service.

>> steve: you know what, because as somebody who spent half a day in an emergency room with one of my kids, i'd be willing to pay 25 bucks because if the hospital doesn't see you within 15 minutes, you get the money back. >> steve, certainly in the land of livity, in the free enterprise hospital, the doctors and hospitals ought to have the right to contract with patients. unfortunately, what is happening and the need for this particular service shows that it's a symptom of a broken health financing system. so this is just the symptom. and i have two concerns with this technique. number one, it's the same physicians and nurses taking care of both groups of patients. so it's like someone driving an automobile and trying to text at the same time. they may be diverted when they should be with that person with the gunshot wound or auto accident victim. >> steve: we get your point. >> the second concern, let me finish the second point.

i'm a little concerned, we're overregulated in this country and this new health care law makes things extremely worse. so what's going to happen now is that -- what happens when a medicare or medicaid patient calls? we're price fixed right now. >> steve: let me get dr. seal in. what about the problem where you're encouraging people who don't need the e.r. to use the e.r.? >> that's a really easy thing to say. one of the things we find is that every study that looked at inappropriate visits to the emergency department is almost always done retrospectively. that's easy to say. what happens is you're sick. you come to the emergency department and we say, you have a cold. somebody looks at that later and says, well, that was inappropriate. you had a cold. well, one out of 100 turn out to have meningitis. so actually those --

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