that's a lot of p's. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> veterans' day, of course. it's november 11th of 2011, of course, veterans' day. you'll want to stick to us all morning long. we're going to be honoring veterans for the three hours of "fox & friends" today. >> dave is in for steve. dave, welcome. and it's going to be good because there's going to be a parade out there today so there's going to be about 30,000 veterans in new york city at least marching and there's going to be so many surprises in this three-hour broadcast regarding to commemorating veterans day but i think the big story is, i am so glad all of our alarm clocks got off on time because had they been late, had we hit the snooze button, we would not have been here in time to be on

90 seconds early. bill o'reilly show ran out of gas! >> and how fortuitous this was one day i wasn't sitting down 30 seconds before. >> i know. >> i'm usually here a good five, 10 minutes early. i tend to -- >> oh, ok! ok! >> all right! >> it's good to have you with us. >> good to be here. >> dave from the weekend starting his job a little earlier today. let's kick off your headlines for you for a friday. we have the latest fallout from the penn state sex abuse scandal. there are now reports that ousted coach joe paterno has reached out to a high profile criminal defense attorney. he's not been charged in the case but admitted he should have done 10 years ago when he learned about the allegations against his colleague. the man who reportedly blew the whistle on sandusky is now receiving death threats. he was a graduate student when he allegedly saw sandusky assaulting a young boy in the shower in 2002.

he's now an assistant coach at penn state. he has decided not to attend tomorrow's game against nebraska out of the fear of the safety. there's word that the game may be canceled all together. they say it's gone too far. officials in oakland, california, calling for occupy protesters to leave their city after a young man was shot to death near the protest site. it's not clear if the victim was part of the protest but police say that throngs of people provided perfect cover for the shooter to escape. several robberies and assault have been reported at that protest camp. so far, occupiers are refusing to leave. the obama administration gearing up now for a friday afternoon document dump. finally complying with the congressional subpoena for solyndra records. well, noon yesterday was the original deadline for the white house to hand over e-mails, memos and all internal communications about the government's $535 million loan to the now bankrupt solar panel company. house republicans are trying to find out whether the loan went through despite warnings that the company was failing. several events taking place in our nation's capital today to

honoring the country's military heroes. at 11:00 this morning, president obama will take place at a wreath laying ceremony at arlington national cemetery. defense secretary leon panetta will be on hand to lay a wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier. two other wreath laying ceremonies are happening, one at the vietnam veterans memorial. >> then he's headed to a college basketball game on the deck of the aircraft underdog. the all time favorite. >> who could never forget. >> let's go from cartoons to politics. >> that's a natural transition.

>> some people see some similarities there. anyway, yesterday, do you think that rick perry did a good job of damage control? a lot of people are saying you know what? he took that gaffe that happened at the debate wednesday night and took it and went full steam ahead and showed that he was not going to hide and not try to escape from it. he was going to go out and ended the night at david letterman making fun of himself during the top 10. >> actually, there were three reasons i messed up last night. one was the nerves. and two was the headache. and three -- >> that's all right. don't worry about it. >> number 6. >> listen, you try concentrating with mitt romney smiling at you. that's one handsome dude. >> number four. >> i had a five hour energy drink six hours before the debate. >> oh, no.

>> and the number one rick perry excuse. >> i had just learned justin bieber is my father. >> oh, my god! >> give some credit, good comic timing but also making fun of yourself often. remember bob dole after he got out of the race, so many people came over to his side after he was out because he had that ability to laugh at himself. i think he did a great job yesterday. >> i think he did the best possible. but imagine, the post-game show, dave, the debate is finished and everybody walks to his people. right away, his people said turn around, go find a camera and start explaining yourself quickly. >> if he could have a do over, we'd rather not have this thing happen wednesday night and everything he had to go through yesterday. you never know how things end up. maybe people say i empathize with that, if you've been on stage and had that brain freeze. by the way, it's part of your frontal lobe, short term memory. and apparently, you are susceptible to distractions when you try to come up with those bullet points because so many

other things are going on in your frontal lobe. >> much less sophisticated note, it's been brought up if there's one thing about governor perry going into the presidential race, lack of experience and lack of -- lack of experience and maybe skill debating and up until this point, he's basically avoided them. so he went basically from being -- it's like sitting out the entire regular season and then starting in the super bowl. because now he's going against the best of the best of the best. >> he didn't even debate in texas in the race. he was so far ahead, he realized maybe that wasn't his greatest skill so he didn't debate and he still won. so now you got to debate, though. that's the issue. you got to debate. >> he's only going to do it for a couple more weeks. >> the question i posed yesterday, if he's the nominee, he has to debate president obama. so you have to have these skills at some point. >> and look, he's back at it on saturday in south carolina. the guy who is probably the best debater up there, newt gingrich has some advice for rick perry and his campaign. here's what it was last night on "the factor."

>> my recommendation would be do lots of town hall meetings and let people ask you lots of questions. he's either going to get a lot better at it or not be in the race but nothing will substitute for him being out there and letting the people see him. >> so the town hall is a brilliant idea and to give your opponent that idea, it is like the miracle on 34th street when that santa said you don't have to go to macy's. you can go to another store. >> really? >> that's the akin. i thought that was magnamouous of him. >> we saw gingrich on the stage and not attack the contenders, he's lobbied his attacks against president obama. >> only one that took a shot of him is rick santorum in new hampshire, subtle jab but i'm not sure anybody noticed. >> who do you think is the happiest? arguably herman cain. for once over the last three weeks, we're not talking about herman cain and problems he had at the national restaurant association. that's no longer the issue. one question given to him about that, the accusations was booed and that made news.

this is also note worthy. look how much he's earned since october 1st. >> he has raised $9 million and what did he start out with? i think he was below $2 million for the whole last quarter so just in this short period of time, he has raised $9 million. >> quarter since the allegations came through. >> and he's going to raise some big cash today in new york with some heavy hitters at an event, $999 it costs to get out to his event today in new york. meanwhile, he was in michigan yesterday talking about everything he's been through. >> it's probably not politically correct to say but, you know, i didn't think of political correctness in the past. so i'm going to say it. over the last couple of weeks, i've been through hell. >> and just as a sidenote, remember there's going to be that joint press conference that was proposed out there from these four women. apparently, the two anonymous

women have stayed anonymous. they don't want to come forward and it turns out that the idea of that press conference came from the woman that we have heard from. so apparently, herman cain could be happy about that. that there's not going to be that joint press conference. >> and the a.p. put out a poll and the poll shows he's lost a significant amount of popularity in iowa. they say he's still in double digits in popularity but far below the 23% that he had before the scandal started. meanwhile, what about the frontrunner? many people think as a frontrunner, mitt romney, how is he doing in a projected race against president obama? >> you look for the state of iowa as a bellwether of what's happening in the rest of the country. president obama still trails. >> you said iowa. >> ohio. >> that's ok. ohio a bellwether for the country and then iowa and there's the poll and that's the one where you see what happened last week with the union election day story. that state clearly still up for

grabs very much. >> these are three swing states. you brought up a key state, too, if the president loses iowa or if the republican nominee loses iowa, they'll have their hands full. in three swing states, they're neck and neck. look at this, mitt romney, three point lead in florida. slight lead in ohio and the last one we'd like you to look at is pennsylvania and pennsylvania, it is basically a dead heat. >> all right. so we're a year away from the elections. how will that continue to change as we move forward? the meantime, let's update you on a story. this may get you a little outraged today. maybe it was about six months ago we were talking about this story in may, during cynco de mayo time where a school in california, live oak high school had determined that kids could not wear patriotic shirts to school on cynco de mayo, specifically american flags. they did not want kids to wear. why? because they claim that it would not make for a safe environment at the school because some latino kids who are going to

this school will be offended to see the american flag on -- i mean, it's crazy to even describe it. it gets more crazy because now a judge has ruled in this case and what did the judge rule? >> he ruled in favor of the school, that you can tell students not to wear american flag t-shirts. yes, this is in the united states. here's what the judge said, judge james ware. in fact, the school officials' reasonable forecast that the plaintiffs' clothing could cause a substantial disruption with school activities and therefore, did not violate the starnlds set forth by requiring that plaintiffs change. obviously, those bringing the lawsuit in favor of those students said you violated our first amendment rights. hard to believe this is the united states and there's a day you can't wear the american flag. >> they were afraid it would promote some type of violence and unrest within the school among people thinking that wearing an american flag is anti-cynco de mayo. on behalf of the irish, i would like to say on st. patrick's day, american flags welcome. i will not take --

>> it is a good point. you're right. >> would that probably be an issue? probably not. >> i pretty much would say you could wear an american flag on st. patrick's day without a problem. >> let me ask a very important question. what happened to the first amendment rights of the american kids who wanted to wear the american flag? >> exactly. >> what kind of lesson does this teach to kids who wanted to be patriotic? sorry, you can't do it at least on one day during the year. >> the principal, the superintendent both agree with this decision. let us know how you feel, friends at foxnews.com. >> and dave made me feel bad today. his tie is so much better than mine. we'll talk about that. a mayor says he can't attend the local veterans day parade. he's busy occupying wall street instead. should elected officials put patriotism before politics? you'll find out. >> the president just sidelined a $7 billion pipeline coming from canada to the gulf coast. decision applauded by environmentalists but what about the jobs it could have created? did politics come first? the decision will come after the

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>> welcome back, everyone. 16 minutes after the top of the hour. president obama has decided to delay now a key decision on the future of a pipeline, one that would create 20,000 jobs until after the elections next year. that's when he's going to make the decision. so is he putting campaign politics ahead of jobs for the american people? fox business network correspondent is here with her analysis. good morning to you. >> good morning, gretchen. >> before you hid down to the stock markets. >> that's right. >> this was the keystone xl oil sands. it would have come from alberta,

canada, all the way down to the gulf coast states. why did he put off this decision? >> this is something that has been looked at for years. the state department actually looked into it and said that it wouldn't cause irreparable harm. they basically got the ok. this is politics ahead of u.s. jobs because he has a lot of things that he's handling, president obama. he's handling the environmentalists who are out there protesting. at the same time, the labor unions and we're talking about 20,000 immediate jobs and possibly 500,000 other jobs that could happen so this could have been immediate jobs. now it's being pushed off. >> he's offending no matter which decision he goes with, he's offending part of his base. the green groups oppose this pipeline. they'll be happy with this decision. as you mention, there are several major unions who were behind this job creation with the pipeline and they'll be upset. right? >> absolutely. and you're talking about, you know, blue collar workers, construction workers where there's unemployment at 16%, not just 9% like the rest of america

where millions of americans are waiting for jobs. you've gotten the ok, the original ok from the state department. it's folks in nebraska who basically are saying not in my neighborhood. they don't want it. so what they're going to try to do is find an alternate route and this way, president obama makes everybody happy and by pushing it past the 2012 election, he keeps all those unions, oh, go ahead. i'm doing the job and i'll provide jobs for you. he keeps all the environmentalists happy by saying, yes, we're going to try to find an alternate route but in the meantime, someone over at oppenheimer, great friend of mine and great oil expert talks this is national security. this alberta oil is the richest oil and it's jobs for the u.s. economy. it's inevitable it will happen. there's a great piece in "the wall street journal" today, the op ed that you can look at that and basically it's saying politics ahead of jobs. u.s. american jobs. >> let's see what the president had to say about it because this is the statement from him. because this permit decision could affect the health and safety of the american people as

well as the environment and because a number of concerns have been raised through a public process, we should take the time to ensure that all questions are properly addressed and all the potential impacts are properly -- properly understood. again, time to evaluate until wednesday. the second wednesday of november of 2012. >> exactly. >> second tuesday of the election. >> they've had years to look at this and they've gotten the ok so now they're going to rework it until after the election. >> all right. one more controversy to stay away from during this time. nicole, have a great friday down at the stock market. have a good weekend. >> thank you, you too. >> coming up on the show, a tragic accident at 130 miles per hour. >> what went wrong at the start of this boat race? we'll explain. then veterans honored with a trip of a lifetime. a flight to our nation's capital to pay tribute to their fallen friends. peter doocy sat down with them and shares their incredible story next.

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>> 23 minutes after the top of the hour. couple of quick headlines if you're just waking up. five people have died after the tour of a helicopter crashed on a mountain in hawaii. the tourists are from pennsylvania and ontario, canada. two of them may have been on their honeymoon. and a bill aimed at getting veterans back to work awaiting unanimous approval in the senate. it will give tax credits to employers who employ vet as well as job training for those

looking to re-enter the work force. >> every year, thousands of world war ii veterans visit the memorial in washington thanks to the national honor flight network. >> peter doocy live with more on this great program saluting vets. good morning. >> good morning, dave and brian. the national world war ii memorial in washington didn't open until 2004, decades after the war ended and with more than 1,000 veterans of world war ii dying every single day, there's an effort by a bunch of very patriotic americans to round up their local vets and put them on the same plane together and get them to the memorial in their honor in d.c. before it's too late. >> it was 1941 when clark slayman volunteered as a navy fighter pilot. a few months later, the attack on pearl harbor bought america into world war ii and slayman was on the uss enterprise fighting in all major battles in the pacific. 70 years later for the first time, he'll see the memorial in

his honor. >> it's overwhelming for me. >> veterans were flown to washington, d.c. on an honor flight, part of a national effort of those around the country to bring veterans to the memorial and today, hundreds are at the airport to remind them they have not been forgotten. >> what's the hardest part? >> memories. >> you can see those memories come flooding back as the vets think of the comrades who never made it home. families left behind, youth stolen by war and their sacrifices that gave us the freedoms we know today but don't call them heroes. >> anyone who says they're a hero -- >> these are the kind of guys who said i wasn't a hero. the fellow next to me might have been but this is a real one. >> tom mckernan was just old enough to enlist as world war ii was coming to an end but continued to serve through three more wars. today, though, he's only thinking of the greatest generation and the memorial that honors them. >> it represents the last time

that this country was really united. once the shooting started, there were no hyphenated americans or any other kind and it's a shame it took so long to build it, that so many people have passed away before they could ever see it. i hope at some point my grandchildren come here and see this and appreciate what was done so they can live in country they do live in and i hope they keep it. >> so clark and tom who you met there were out of florida organized by their local rotary clubs. you can go to honorflight.org for more about these flights nationally that shuttle the passengers from the airport to all the major monuments in d.c. and then back home in one day and on the flight home, there's always a mail call where letters are delivered from loved ones, the same as they were when these men and women were on the front lines. again, honorflight.org for more information about volunteering or signing up for the event or

donating. >> great job and a great cause and that's our daily dose of doocy. because your dad is out today! >> yes, someone had to come and hold down the fort. >> and you did it fine because mary wasn't picking up the phone and sally is at class. >> you know if they're in college, they sleep until noon. >> i understand. you would know that well over at villanova. thanks a lot, peter. >> honor flight.org. coming up, a mayor says she can't attend local veterans day parade because she'd rather occupy wall street but should elected officials put patriotism before politics? >> then, the u.s. military meets reality tv. medal of honor recipient dakota meyer shows up here and by the way, he'll tell us what it takes to win the title maximum warrior. that's out on our verandah. >> you're going through that. >> i guess so. i thought you were. >> good luck, man. [ male annouer ] juice drink too watery?

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democrat that makes as many verbal gaffes as rick perry? by expression. >> you just know that "saturday night live" is going to lead with rick perry at the debates. >> and he said yesterday morning that he knows they will. he gave them a lot of material. he's ready for the snl clip. how can you improve on that gaffe? i don't know what to do with it. >> hopefully won't break out our characters again. or maybe your guy has gone on a diet. >> we're not really sure. i saw him jogging somewhere. >> all right. let's talk about the story again it's happening out in california. this is richmond, california, apparently the mayor there has decided that she is going to skip veterans day events today because instead, she feels it's more important to go to the richmond occupy rally. now, you have to keep in mind that apparently, it's freedom that she can do whatever she wants. as the mayor of that city, should she be doing that? should be honoring the veterans instead. >> a lot of people are upset by it. here's what the mayor said. a good way to show respect for our veterans is put all our

energy into promoting the values that veterans fought off and some have died for by sleeping in a park. mainly values like liberty, justice, equality and fairness for all and not just for the 1%, nobody should be left behind. >> she argues that they are honoring veterans at the occupy rally because they're honoring one vet that was injured, but the problem is if you're the occupy group, why would you plan your event for 11:00 a.m. on 11/11. everybody knows that moment is reserved for honoring our nation's veterans. why did they pick that date? >> almost as important if not more so is the occupy people have been at this for six weeks. can't you take one day out of the occupy those six weeks to honor the veterans that by the way is always on a particular set date? it just seems kind of silly on its face. anyway, we care about what you think so e-mail us or tweet us and let us know. >> we'll be talking with a gold star dad that has a certain opinion on this in about two

hours on our show. >> 8:00 hour. >> let's do some headlines for you. venezuelan police say kidnapped washington nationals catcher is alive. they recovered this vehicle yesterday in a nearby town. it was used by the gunmen who took the 24-year-old from his home on wednesday. he was in venezuela, his native country to play baseball in the winter league. the u.s. state department is monitoring the case but has not been contacted by venezuelan authorities or major league baseball. new details in the case of missing 2-year-old, investigators believe the young boy is still in washington state. he was reported missing sunday by his mom julia. she says her car ran out of fuel and when she returned from her walk to get gas, sky was gone. police say her story doesn't add up, though, and similar to a recent episode of "law & order svu." >> my son was in the back seat! >> this episode aired the night

before sky disappeared and ended with detectives connecting the child's death to the parent. >> there's some similarities to what's happening here in the episode and it's something that we're considering as part of the investigation. is it the break we've been looking for? certainly not. >> police also say it was strange they didn't find any photos of sky during the search of her home. she is still not cooperating with police. they were competing for a world title. the two powerboat racers died after crashing their boat at more than 130 miles per hour. take a look at this. >> tragedy striking on the first day of the world super boat championships in key west. the racers were in their third lap when their catamaran went airborne and flipped upside down. both men were experienced powerboat racers from missouri. one of them had reportedly come out of retirement and compete in this race. the occupy wall street movement turns into occupy bachmann?

>> dozens of anti-corporate protesters stood up and started shouting as minnesota congresswoman bachmann and presidential candidate was given a speech of foreign policy aboard an aircraft carrier in south carolina. he was escorted off the stage and returned later saying don't you love the first amendment? the uss carl vincent, the nuclear powered aircraft carrier that buried usama bin laden at sea hosting the first college basketball game ever on the flight deck of a ship. more than 7,000 fans including president obama and first lady michelle obama will be on board to watch top ranked north carolina take on michigan state tonight. now, there's a slight chance of rain and the game might have to be moved inside to the hangar deck. and those are your headlines. >> this should be very entertaining. magic johnson, james worthy the

honorary captains. great show out there. let's get up to brian kilmeade who i know will be watching tonight. but first, some exercise for him. >> and for america. this is a great story. i'm privileged to have with me some very fit guys that have served our country as we commemorate veterans day. dakota meyer, the medal of honor winner -- excuse me, recipient and maximum warrior expert as well as the military structure, you got mike caldwell over here, civilian contestant and carl erickson is here, the host of the show now on the web. it's an honor to have you here, guys. thanks so much for coming in. now, you've brought some sophisticated equipment and unsophisticated at the same right. sorry, i just dropped -- that's my wallet in the background. dakota, tell me about this whole contest. >> you know, i ran the contest back in 2010, the maximum warrior and then asked to come back to 2011. what it is, they bring these military guys out and you just can't be good at one obstacle, you know, you got to be good at

all of them. to win this, you have to be well balanced. doesn't matter if you're the fastest, the strongest, you know, you come out and you compete and everyday obstacles, decision making, never know what that next obstacle is. >> actually have done the shows and you have them on the web so you get to see these episodes and see these guys progress. >> that's right. >> you did it? >> i did it. carl was the winner last year, he rocked it out and now he put the whole program together but was a civilian. 10 real warriors. this is my partner right there, he's out at camp lejeune. he did this as a civilian coming in. i show up and it's completely different. i mean, you get there the next day and they're like yeah, go run 20 obstacles and you're like what are you talking about? you go through this process and i mean, now we've got 10 episodes on, you know, maximumwarrior.com and you watch these things and this is what these guys do on a daily basis. i mean, it's veterans day and you got to thank these guys for what they do. you can see in my expression i

came away a whole different person. >> can you walk us through what you have here. wrangler is sponsoring this, right? >> yeah, they're the spop sore. >> how do we start there? superstars to come through? >> come on. >> these are reduced versions of the actual obstacles that we had on the obstacle course. they're designed to test combat skills and this is one of the many things that they do. they do a lot of combat shooting, high speed driving and all kinds of different kind of combat skills like that. now, when they actually did this in a competition, they were wearing full body armor and carrying their assault rifle, carrying a pistol and ammo and stuff like that, this was the first event for that day. from there, we went into high speed driving of the jeeps, sand off road course, we also did combat shooting of pistols, a lot of other events, took them into our live fire shootout and had them actually doing the shootout and engaging threat and nonthreat targets. >> so you got a real sense, not

only are you going through the obstacle course that is physically taxing. you don't know what's coming up next. it's about the decision making and the obstacles coming up. it's really crazy how it changes up and like i said, if you never know what's come up and you have to make different scenarios as you go, you know. >> is it possible to have these two stunts in the back go through this, these two things and maybe gain speed? is that possible? >> definitely. >> are you into that? >> let's go. let's start out back here. and we'll get a sense of what's on -- we have 10 episodes already on the web. i'm sorry, what's your name? >> maximumwarrior.com will come out with a new video every week. >> and for civilians that want to go through this, all you have to do is go through the web site. you can sign up for next year and the winner of that competition gets that jeep over there and one civilian out there can go to the web site and they can get that jeep as well so we're giving two of them away.

>> we'll keep watching this and going through it and real quick, i got to ask you, dakota, when you said, i'm going to go for the congressional medal of honor, the thing you said one thing about the president, i want to say beer with you. >> it was great. it was great. the president is a successful guy, i like sitting down to him. nice guy, such a down to earth person. getting to sit and have a beer with the president of the united states is a great honor. >> you weren't able to get their bodies back home, as long as you salute them, it's ok. >> let's have a ceremony for them. there's no one i would want more at my ceremony than those guys. those are the guys that i really wanted there. obviously they can't be there. they're not with us. i want to make sure that they were recognized for that day, you know, i wanted them to kind of celebrate with me, you know, so they had a ceremony at every one of the -- every one of the sites where they were buried at at their graves and, you know, at the same time that i was getting the medal so it really felt good to too that.

that's who i wanted there. i wanted those guys. >> you're an extremely special guy and outstanding soldier and i love what jeep is doing here and i love the fact you guys are doing. >> i got you something right here. >> we're coming there for the super bowl, maximum is putting on a massive party. biggest. go to the air force base in afghanistan, it's going to be a big deal. >> guys, back inside. thanks so much and i got my t-shirt. >> got your maximum warrior t-shirt. you're next. >> i got to fill it out. >> great job, brian. are you going on a job interview? you probably heard the phrase dress to impress. our next guest says there's something more important if you want to land that job. >> then a new report claiming the next generation of americans might not put country first. are today's kids selfish to serve? ouncer ] at e-trade, investing means taking action with professional-grade research. and some of the most powerful, yet easy to use trading tools on the planet. it's investing with intelligence and cold hard conviction. e-trade. investing unleashed.

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so i say get coaches, i have a swimming coach. i have a golf coach. i have a marathon coach. i got a speech coach. why do i have coaches? whatever my god given potential is, that's it. i can't do any better. try your guts out, focus. a goal is a dream of the deadline, try to meet it. hit it. that's how you improve in today's dog eat dog market. >> i like that. perfect practice. you would know, you were the author of "swim with the sharks" and your tie is emblematic of that, right, today. your second common sense is how to bounce back from rejection. you know that anyone who has experienced success has also experienced a tremendous amount of failure. >> without question. you have to know, number one, it's going to happen. number two, doesn't last forever. rejection is not permanent. number three, don't take it personally. number four. don't wallow in rejection. learn something from it and number five, you can't sell everyone. >> and you have another concept, too, of man bites dog. in what respect?

>> man bites dog, the women in the work force, this is unbelievable, 65% of all the graduates last year were women, auditors and accounting, 62%, women. law school, 42% women. 44%, 46% medical school. >> wow. >> i call that man bites dog. >> and this is what i walked away with this book, overarching theme, businesses are tight and people are struggling. if you could walk into that business and say here's my sales list. look at my facebook account. look at my client list and look at my reviews that shows honesty and integrity, that company can't help but hire you because you could be saving them. >> exactly right. you have more power in that little iphone than all the big computers 30 and 40 years ago. you should use the social media, embrace the technology. >> it's the mackay mba selling in the real world.

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>> welcome back, everybody. days after the 9/11 attacks, a special group of military forces deployed to afghanistan, some of the first soldiers in the global war on terror. what makes their stories so remarkable is that it traveled through afghanistan on horseback. quite a scene.

today, they are being honored with the 16 foot bronze statue that will lead new york city's veterans day parade. that will be unveiled tonight by the vice president. and joining us captain michael scortino, active duty air force, michael elmore, special force soldier, first sergeant mark baker, member of the special ops and air crew and sculptor dahl blumberg. this is quite a sculpture. 16 feet high. first, sergeant, if you could describe the scene. when you see this statue, you don't often think of our troops today on horseback. why were you? >> that was our only mode of transportation when we first came in. came in on helicopters, we really did not have anything there so when we first met up with daston, he had some horses and that was our mode of transportation. >> and first sergeant baker, if you could tell us about the scene. sergeant elmore described this

as the flintstones meeting the jetsons almost. describe your mission and what you were doing. >> the mission was very difficult, unfamiliar terrain. our mission was to bring the teams into afghanistan so they could meet up with the afghanis. it was very difficult mission. >> and in terms of the communication gap, how difficult? how important was that working with your afghan counterparts? >> the one thing is we actually didn't work with the afghanis that would have to follow -- >> actually, that was -- it was a task. it was a challenge. we have arabic speakers, russian speakers, and they used their broken english so between all of that, we were able to get the mission accomplished. >> mission -- the mission difficult enough without that gap. captain, if you could describe what exactly the horseback was doing for those that were overhead. >> right, you know, as far as the combat control goes, you know, our job was to link up,

you know, stand right next to the ground forces commander and make sure that the communication with the ground to the air support and everything was in check, whether we had to drop bombs or land -- get an airstrip or get a drop zone to get the helos in or resupplies, the communication was difficult because, you know, communication wasn't too bad but as far as communicating with the translators on the ground sometimes is quite a challenge. >> i can't imagine and translating this all to a piece of art is the task that you had. tell us why you were inspired by this project and how difficult it was to tell that story. >> fascinating project, and i had been a horse trainer for 18 years, my father was a veteran, i was raised with total respect of what they do and when the department of defense release this picture of a 21st century soldier, could have been an

afghan mountain horse, i just felt compelled to put this into bronze and i began to do it and then i was invited down to fort campbell to meet with one of the first groups to return and i brought the piece and they worked with me to correct most of everything i had researched myself to ensure that was accurate and the stories they told me and the time i spent with them, just impressed on me a total humility for being around guys like this who, you know, just sacrifice so much for us. >> thank you all for your service. thank you for bringing this piece. you have one more -- >> i really want to appreciate the city of new york, all the contributors that made this happen for the statue on today, this great day, we love serving our country and following the port authority, fire department, police department, it's a great day. and we just want to thank all the contributors. >> wonderful job. thank you all for your service. captain, sergeant baker and

elmore and thank you all for being here. >> thank you very much. >> coming up, a new report claiming the next generation of americans might not put their country first. we'll ask general ray ordeono, are today's kids simply too selfish to serve? for better nutrition. that's what they do with great grains cereal. they steam and bake the actual whole grain while the otr guy's flake is more processed. mmm. great grains. the whole whole grain cereal.

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crosshairs? general ray ordeono is here and he'll weigh in live. >> and this cop was cruising. >> and landed his cruiser inside a house but guess who got the ticket. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> as mentioned in the open, of course, it's 11-11-11 today and that signifies veterans day for the year of 2011. something that we'll continue to honor throughout our broadcast today here on "fox & friends." >> and in a matter of moments, we'll have general ordeono here. he's been on our show tonight and it's usually from war zones, iraq, afghanistan or transitional meeting in germany. he'll be on our couch.

this is a home game for him, though, because he's new jersey at heart. >> seems a little more relaxed this morning than we're used to having him, right? >> no one is going to be shooting at him today. that's got to make you exhale. >> we'll be shooting some questions at home. hopefully it will be friendly fire. dave is in for steve today. >> good to be here. speaking of more relaxed, i was going to say, rick perry much more relaxed yesterday when he was making the rounds trying to defend his gaffe from the debate and, of course, the answer to what government agencies he would cut. he forgot the third so he made the rounds and wrapped it up with letterman's top 10 excuses why he made that gaffe or what do we call it? a retrieval failure. >> yes. >> there were three reasons i messed up last night. one was the nerves. and two was the headache. and three -- >> that's all right. don't worry about it.

number 6? >> listen, you try concentrating with mitt romney smiling at you, that is one handsome dude! >> number 4? >> i had a five hour energy drink six hours before the debate. >> oh, no! >> and the number one rick perry excuse. >> i just learned justin bieber is my father. >> oh, my gosh! >> that's never good. >> yeah. so anyway, let us know, did he do enough of damage control to move ahead once again in the polls? in the meantime, let's do a couple of quick headlines for you. latest fallout from the penn state sex scandal. there's new reports that joe paterno has reached out to a high profile criminal defense attorney. he's not been charged in the case but admits he should have done more 10 years ago when he initially learned of the allegations against his colleague jerry sandusky. meantime, the man who reportedly blew the whistle on sandusky is

receiving death threats. he was a graduate student when he allegedly saw him assaulting a young boy in the shower in 2002. he's now an assistant coach. he's decided not to attend tomorrow's game in nebraska out of fear for his own safety. there's word that the game could be canceled all together. they say it's gone too far now. officials in oakland, california are calling for occupy protesters to leave their city after a young man was shot to death near the protest site. it's not clear if the victim was actually part of the protest but police say the throngs of people provided perfect cover for the shooter to escape. several robberies and assaults have also been reported at that protest camp. so far, occupiers are refusing to leave. president obama caving into pressure now over the keystone pipeline. plans to build the pipeline from canada to texas now on hold until after the 2012 election. the obama administration telling the company to find a different route to avoid an area that supplies water to eight states. house speaker john boehner says the president is putting

campaigning before the creation of more than 20,000 new american jobs. in honor of veterans day, vets and active duty military members can get several freebies. here are a few of the places happening today. in chili's, those who dine in can feast on a free meal. subway serving up a free six inch sub and at denny's vets can score a free grand slam breakfast. vets can also get free admission to most of the national parks across the country today. those are your headlines. >> secretary of defense leon panetta warning that military cuts could be considered -- currently being considered by the super committee will weaken the u.s. national security. >> i've warned that by cutting in excess of 20% in every area, sequester will lead to a hallow force, it's a ship without sailors. it's a brigade without bullets. it's an air wing without enough trained pilots.

it's a paper tiger. it's a force that suffers readiness and unable to keep up with adversaries. in effect, it invites aggression. >> here to react, army chief of staff general ray ordeono joining us this morning on the curvy couch. good to see you, general. without getting into the politics of all of this, it looks line the defense department is in trouble because they can't find agreement on the super committee. what would the cuts mean to our armed forces? >> i mean, already, we're -- the dod is going to take about $450 million worth of cuts. that's already decided. we're working our way through that. we think although they'll be very difficult, we'll be able to do that and still sustain what we believe is a military strong enough to do the things secretary panetta was talking about. if we have to go to sequestration, that means a minimum of $600 million more worth of cuts. and a trillion dollars worth of cuts in the military would be devastating to our military.

we'd have to really review everything we do and how we do business, we'd have to restructure the whole national security strategy and it would leave all the armed forces hollow as the secretary said. >> you can't handle this. you're a fighter by nature and by trade. how does the army fight in political circles to make sure you don't get screwed? >> it's a matter of us continuing to -- we testified last week, we testified again yesterday on a different subject but we'll continue to talk to congress about the importance of making sure this doesn't happen. and i believe everyone understands that. and i think that they will work as hard as they can to ensure this doesn't happen. >> where would you even start? when you're talking about that kind of dollars. i mean, what department would you look at under the umbrella and say ok, i guess we could knock off a couple billion over here. >> in the army, you know, the army is about soldiers and so what it would result in is significantly reducing the size of the army. both the active and the national guard and the reserve component,

it would result in affect our modernization and our ability to bring in modern weapons so we can continue to have a dominant edge and it will affect our readiness, if we're asked to deploy, we'll be ready to do that as you've seen us do in the last 10 years. >> i was wondering what you think of this generation. i think our military forces, i think in awe of the country the way they've performed. what do you think of this generation of young americans? the ones that serve and don't serve. is there a wide gap between the ones you get and by the ones that are out and about? >> brian, it's hard to tell. i mean, all i know is we have hundreds and hundreds of thousands of young men and women raising their hands saying, i want to defend the constitution of the united states in a time of war. to me, that's quite incredible. that you have young men and women who will want to do that and have continued to do it even though we've been now at war for 10 years so in my mind, it's a generation in my mind that's willing to step up and it's across all backgrounds. it's across all social and

physical backgrounds. west point has the highest number of applicants they've ever had. i think they're part of this society that understands service. and i think, you know, what we have to continue to do is be able to reach out to the population and make sure they understand what the military is about. and i think that's one thing that we're working very hard on. >> some people see zuccotti park and see these kids are in their 20's and say what happened? you say i've seen the better side of it. >> i mean, i'm proud of these young men and women. i mean, it inspires me to serve and continue to serve, frankly, what they've done and what they've sacrificed. >> what will today mean for you specifically at 11:00 a.m. because it's the 11th hour of the 11th day, etc. >> should be adding, you're going to be in the parade with general petraeus. >> i'll be in the parade. bottom line is it's about all those veterans. millions of americans who have sacrificed their lives and sacrificed selflessly in order to defend their freedoms and

liberty of this country. last week, i had the honor of presenting a bronze star medal to many japanese-americans who fought in world war ii. one of them was an individual who was 90 years old, he won the medal of honor in world war ii. i was giving him the bronze star. he got up and spoke and said his family was put in a camp at the beginning of world war ii. he said all i wanted to do was show everybody i love america and i want to fight for my country. and when i hear that, it just inspires me to continue to serve. and those are the type of veterans we have. whether it be world war ii, korea, vietnam, desert storm, and the veterans out of afghanistan and iraq, their service is incredible. and the bill you talked about earlier today being passed in congress is an important one. 24% of our veterans are unemployed right now. we need help! and we need people to look at these great americans who sacrifice so much, they're great employees, hire them. you know, put them to work.

they deserve it. >> they have a track record. and they also have a uniform. so i think that should be almost a leap ahead of everybody else. and it's amazing that the unemployment is double the national average. it's incredible. and my last question to you is do you believe america feels the way you feel? you serve and these people here serve. but when you walk around new york city, chicago, new jersey, do you sense that america understands? >> well, first, everybody is very good at thanking us for our service and i think that's very good. and i appreciate that very much. but it's about taking the next step. and helping our veterans. just not thanking us for our service but doing something about it. there are many organizations around the country that do things. what i've learned over the last seven or eight years is how generous americans are. there's a lot of generous americans out there. >> we feature many of those companies here on "fox & friends" who actively hire veterans and have it as part of their structure in their company. we'll continue to do that. >> good to see you, sir. >> great to see you, general.

>> look for him at the sideline of the giants games. >> coming up next on our rundown. >> army is playing rutgers tomorrow. >> we'll be watching that, too. >> you see the pictures here of solyndra. the white house is breaking its silence now on this scandal. they are going to hand over the e-mails congress had requested but only on their terms. we'll explain. >> then bret michaels is a huge supporter of our troops. he's teaming up with one of donald trump's sons to honor them. [ male annouer ] juice drink too watery? ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for unsurpassed fru and veggie nutrition... v8 v-fusion. could've had a v8.

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>> 16 minutes after the top of the hour. they missed the noon deadline yesterday but now the white house says it will turn over subpoenaed documents tied to the failed solar company solyndra but on their terms.

yesterday, white house press secretary jay carney implied the congressional investigation is politically motivated. >> when we hear the speaker of the house saying that he will, they will, the republicans will be "relentless in pursuing this oversight investigation" i think most american people think they will be relentless in creating jobs. >> louisiana congressman steve scalise is a member of the house energy committee. his committee is behind this investigation. good morning to you, congressman. >> good morning, gretchen. good to be with you and happy veterans day. >> thank you. when you hear jay carney say this is a political motivation, what's your reaction? >> well, maybe it is on their side, clearly from the beginning of this investigation, we've been trying to get to the bottom of what's going on. we've been trying to get the facts of what happened to over half a billion dollars in taxpayer money due to the negligence of the department of energy and possibly the white house with this loan program. we're trying to get the facts so that the taxpayer can find out what happened to all of his money.

>> so we had the e-mail dumps on a couple of the last fridays. you have seen the e-mails from the department of energy so what do you expect to find in these e-mails from the white house? >> we don't know exactly what we're going to find yet. that's why we're trying to get the information. in fact, we asked the white house to give us this information just to comply with the law, to comply with the transparency that president obama promised but yet, they've instructed us at every turn. the only recourse we have under the law is the subpoena process and ultimately, we'll get those documents and we'll find out what the facts were and get to the bottom of what happened over $500 million of taxpayer money. >> and of course, one of the things that some people are very upset about is that it appears that solyndra was on the brink of failure when this loan was going through, correct? >> well, we saw, you know, back in 2009, we got documents from the department of energy where some people in the department predicted in 2009 that solyndra would go bankrupt by september of 2011 if they approved this loan.

and sure enough, that's exactly what happened. and so why weren't those signs followed? why did the white house continue to just continue to pressure the department of energy to give them the loan anyway even though it was a bad deal? the president called it a bet that they take bets as if you're at a casino. this is taxpayer money. >> let me ask you this. because you had to subpoena this material from white house communications, do you expect to see e-mails coming from the president himself? >> i really don't know what we're going to find. and that's why we're going down this road and trying to get this information but, you know, the white house missed their first deadline yesterday and then they said, look, we're going to get it to you by 5:00 thursday night, of course, that passed. we're going to, you know, ultimately we're going to get this information and it's in the best interest of the white house to comply with the law. nobody is above the law. and frankly, what is it that they're trying to hide? why is it they won't give us the documents. why do we have to go through the subpoena process? so we are going to be relentless in finding out what happened to over $535 million of taxpayer money.

and make sure this never happens again but see if we can get some of that money back. we feel there are some laws broken in actually putting the taxpayer in the back of the line when the department of energy reconstructed this loan. >> well, the secretary steven chu will be testifying next week in front of your committee. we'll see how that all pans on. >> lot of serious questions for him. >> i'm sure you do. congressman, thanks for your time today. >> thanks, gretchen. >> call it a crash course in justice -- so why is somebody else getting the ticket? we'll try to tell you in a few minutes. plus, rocker bret michaels honoring our troops along with donald trump's son, eric will join us next.

- i volunteered. - i was drafted. - i enlisted. - i was nervous. - and there i was in asia. - europe. - the gulf. - and i saw things. - incredible things. - and people you never forget. - i did my job. - for my country. - my buddies. - for total strangers. - and i was proud. - so grateful. - for my family. - my freedom. for all who served and all who serve, we can never thank them enough.

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>> our military veterans and active duty personnel face incredible challenges on the battlefield and back here at home. but an organization created by two u.s. marines created some help for everyone including themselves. joining me now on the couch is the ceo of honorvet.org, jesse canilla and the executive vice president of development and acquisitions for the trump organization, eric trump. welcome to both of you. >> thank you, brian. good to be here. >> when there's a worthy cause, eric, you're involved. thanks for your service. you served with john mccain's son jim mccain and after you served, you found out what? >> you know, i had no idea, you know, what we were going to come home to.

i thought being a marine, you know, going into iraq, coming home was going to be easy. and it was quite the battle. i mean, between the unemployment, you know, i just felt like i was slipping, you know, then i realized it was just easier to go back in the marines. that's when i had this vision, like how can it be easier to go back in the marines? >> and fight a war. than to walk around here free? >> it's something that blindsided me completely. >> how did you go and get yourself some help? >> you know, i was so lucky to have great friends and great family, you know, i try to put myself into volunteer work and then i, you know, we decided that it would be a wonderful thing to give back to make sure the guys and girls coming home have great support. >> what alerted you to this? >> bret michaels who was a great friend, helped out my charity benefitting st. jude and he's performing for jesse tonight and he was an amazing guy and amazingly generous when it comes to any charity. >> it's called the unit -- by

the way, he was awesome and so were you, unity for vets concert coming up tonight and you bought a whole bunch of tickets for veterans to attend. on the phone right now, another good friend of the show, rock legend bret michaels. bret, welcome. why was this important for you to be there and put this together and perform? >> it was very simple, you know, i've been a big supporter of such a great cause when it comes to our veterans and troops and jesse and me had talked about this. they ask that i would get involved. i told them i would love to do it and my whole family has served in the military and so for me, this was such a great opportunity to be able to raise some great money for such an amazing cause. >> this is one patriotic rocker. >> he's the best. there's no one better. >> absolutely. and good morning, everybody, by the way. tonight, we had first of all to eric, we had such an amazing time and doing everything we could with st. jude's and etf

and then to be able to do something with this, this is something we do every night. we raise a lot of awareness on stage. yeah, every night. >> and just real quick, tonight at the concert, you will have cuba gooding jr. will be there and other performers include? >> we got billy gibbons, anton fig, the concert will be awesome. bret is the perfect guy for this. you know, we asked people, we've got tickets. please come out. they can buy tickets at unity forvets.org and they can donate tickets to active military members. >> you're giving them to veterans to go. always doing great stuff. thanks so much for your service. great to have you there and bret, have a great day. i know it's going to be a great concert tonight. thanks so much for doing this. >> you're welcome. thanks for having me on. jesse and eric, see y'all tonight. >> along with the mccain family. back to gretchen and dave. >> all right. brian, thanks a lot. it's a twist you didn't see coming in the penn state scandal, a district attorney who knew about the accusations years

ago turns up dead? >> then the ground shakes. buildings topple. people run for their lives. it looks like a scene from the movies but it's video all too real. >> and times square was just about one block from our studios and brian, literally racing over there right now for a huge surprise. we can't tell you more than that. you do not want to miss this! >> marathon guy last week, here he goes in his jogging shoes. >> go brian. >> go, run. it's a big surprise. go! with no vegetable nutriti? ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8.

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>> 7:30 eastern time. time for your shot of the morning. a soldier comes home with a huge surprise just in time for veterans day. >> gets you every time. army staff sergeant mark merringer surprised his daughter madison during a ceremony at her school honoring all who serve. that heartwarming father-daughter reunion almost a year in the making. she was heart broken when her dad headed to the middle east. she was proud he was fighting for our country. >> you're right. it does get you every time.

>> every time. >> you and me, the emotional ones. >> i can't imagine. >> break out the tissues. a year not seeing your parent or your children. >> i can't go two days. >> we're honoring all the veterans today. let's do some headlines for your friday as well. venezuelan police say kidnapped washington nationals catcher wilson ramos is alive. they recovered this vehicle yesterday in a nearby town. authorities say it was used by the gunmen who took 24-year-old ramos from his home on wednesday. he was in venezuela, his native country to play baseball in the winter league. the u.s. state department is monitoring the case but has not been contacted by venezuelan authorities or major league baseball. new details in the case of that missing 2-year-old boy out west. investigators believe the young boy is still in washington state. he was reported missing sunday by his mother. she says her car ran out of fuel, when she returned for her walk to get more gas, sky was gone but police say her story doesn't add up. they say it's similar to a

recent episode of "law & order svu" the night before sky disappeared, an episode aired where a mother said her son went missing while she was in a store. it ended with the detectives connecting the child's death to the parents. >> there's similarities to what's happening here in the episode, it's part of what we're considering. is it the break we've been looking for? certainly not. >> police say it was strange they didn't find any photos of the little boy during the search of her home. she's still not cooperating with police. some unbelievable new video coming out of turkey that shows the tense moments when the 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit on wednesday. people were running for their lives when a giant dust cloud swept over them. that cloud from a five story hotel that came crashing to the ground. more than a dozen people were killed. a police car crashes into a home in oregon and it's all caught dramatically on camera.

the officer was responding to an emergency, lights flashing, sirens blaring but the driver of the car in front of him not only failed to pull over, he turned into the cop car as it passed him forcing the cruiser off the road and into that home. nobody miraculously was hurt. the guy who caused the crash actually got a ticket for not pulling over. and those are your headlines for a friday. >> all right, today not only do we celebrate the service of our military veterans but we want to recognize what they fight for. and of course, that's our freedom. >> and if you're wondering what that wind gust is from, joining us now, bald eagle ambassador and founder of president of the american eagle foundation, al sicerie here with challenger, of course. he pays so many visits here. always great to see you and everybody is always so enamored with challenger. >> always good to do it on a day where we celebrate our veterans and servicemen and women that defend our freedom.

>> there's a special new program that can an our veterans that has to do with the bald eagle. >> every year, we hatch out young eagles and release them in the wild in the great smokey mountains and we invite families of fallen soldiers to come out and name the eagle in the honor of their son and daughter and be there to participate in the release of the eagle. it provides a healing process for the families. they love that experience. >> how can we learn more? >> our web site and we'd love to have anybody contact us if they're interested. >> we'll link that with our "fox & friends" web site. i know you were along with challenger were at the houston texans game, right? >> this past sunday, big military tribute. yes. >> and you had a chance to see president bush. >> president bush sr., yes, ma'am. >> and also herman cain was. >> herman cain was there and a bunch of other people as well. it was a wonderful military tribute. they pulled out all the stops with all the service represented and challenger has been at a number of other events.

we did a military tribute at the san diego chargers game in september and we've done several others since and doing the fiesta bowl again this year. >> today, you're participating in the parade. >> we were actually invited by the medal of honor winner that you had on earlier to be with him. i don't know if we can ride challenger in the car, though. but we are going to go down there and take photos with the veterans and the soldiers down there just to kind of bless them today. on their special day. >> 23 years old, challenger inspiring people all over the coast. >> all over the coast. like a celebrity. it's like a magnet. >> yeah. >> and how long have you been with challenger? >> well, i've been with challenger, he's 23 years old and i've been with him since he was 1 and traveled all over the united states with him and, of course, we do a lot more than just the eagle ambassador thing with challenger. we do rehabilitation of birds of prey, we do a lot of public education and we're headquartered at dollywood, pigeon's forge and they'll have

a new ride this year called the wild eagle. they're going to help promote us along with the ride. >> happy to hear. >> what is challenger saying to us? >> he's saying i love being on "fox & friends." >> wants a little more camera time. >> great to see you. >> thank you very much. god bless. >> for a very special segment, we've dispatched brian out to times square, 11-11-11. what are you doing out there? >> well, i'll tell you what, we're here at times square which is really dominated by the u.s. military, u.s. army recruiting center right here. standing right next to me is jennifer detury, we've been talking about veterans day, what it means for those who have serveded in the past, what about the families at home and what about the wives and girlfriends when they know their loved ones are in harm's way. joining us now is jennifer. how has it been over the last two years dating the guy you're dating who is serving in harm's way and being here at home? >> it's been difficult.

he was wounded in iraq so it was a little getting used to with his nightmares and things of that nature. but since then, we've progressed and i've become comfortable with his lifestyle and his respect for the military. >> and you're talking about timothy strobel and he's a medic. >> he was a medic, yes. >> and you met when he was rehabbing, correct? >> met him after he was rehabbing. he was working with me. i was his boss. and since then, we -- >> it's absolutely great and i wonder about the added stress of saying, well, if you are married and somebody is at home, you'd say this is a sacrifice about if you were a girlfriend or a boyfriend, you're wondering am i sacrificing for somebody i'm going to be with forever? >> i don't look at it as a sacrifice if you're in love with somebody. i would totally respect and everything that he wanted to do in his life. he's thinking about -- he's going back to school now to be a nurse practitioner and hopefully maybe going back in as an officer and i totally respect everything that he wants to do and i would be by his side

regardless. >> and veterans day means to you? >> means so much. my grandfather joined the military, my sister's boyfriend is also in the military and i just have a lot of respect for everybody that is fighting for our freedoms and have a job that protects us and serves us. >> jennifer, we have our perspective at home while those fight and what about those that are fighting. let's take a look at somebody that you're familiar with and find out how they feel about serving with someone they love at home. >> ♪ i got a question for you ♪ >> you know who that is? >> that's my boyfriend. >> do you know what he's saying? you make me stand tall. now the only thing i want. is to get down on one knee, will

you -- >> timothy, you have something to say? >> yes, i do. if you don't mind. i've been wanting to do this for the longest time. you know i'm not the wealthiest man in the world. i can't guarantee every day is going to be easy. but if you say yes, i promise to love you for the rest of my life. >> of course i'd say yes. >> will you marry me? >> of course i will. >> yeah! >> i think she just said yes. and i think we have a new engaged couple in america. congratulations. >> i love you so much. i love you so much. >> how was your interview? >> this is crazy.

>> were you expecting it? >> no. >> shared it on national television. a genius idea and you're a fine writer. tim, that wasn't easy and it was not easy for you even to kneel down, was it? >> no, it wasn't. not so much down as up. it was a little -- >> wounded in iraq, they said hey, tim, you'll have to lose that leg. you said no, for two years, i'm going to make that -- i'm going to keep that leg. you worked through rehab and you kept it and now you're 70% back. and you've got a beautiful fiancee. >> yes, i do. thank you very much. >> jennifer, what's your reaction? >> i am very shocked. i was not expecting this today at all. >> all right. we'll check back with you in a little later. thanks so much for sharing this special moment with me. congratulations, tim and for sharing it with our audience and thanks so much for your service. >> thank you. >> back to you guys back in the studio. these two have some making out to do. >> yes!

and- >> she seemed unphased. >> she seemed shell shocked as you might be on national television when you see your boyfriend proposing to you on top of the nasdaq. >> the bar has been raised yet again for proposals. that's a tough one to top. >> fantastic. >> we wish them well. >> coming up ahead on our show, bizarre twist in the penn state sex abuse scandal. words that the case may be tied to the disappearance of a high profile lawyer more than six years ago? judge jeanine pirro here to explain. how can you get back pain relief that lasts up to 16 hours?

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>> a strange twist in the case of former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky. as far back as 13 years ago, sandusky was being investigated for sexual abuse. >> some evidence did exist, the man investigating sandusky, center county district attorney ray gicar never went ahead with prosecution. why? no one knows for sure. but in april of 2005, he mysteriously disappeared. he was never found. and this past july, he was legally proclaimed dead. >> what does this mean for the case against sandusky now? joining us is the host for justice with judge jeanine owe pirro. this is bizarre because this man's disappearance, some

question and some think this man is actually still alive. i know it could be a little bit of urban myth but tell us about this man's investigation and where it led. >> what we know now is in 1998, he was the district attorney in the county where sandusky was allegedly molesting boys. the case was brought to his attention and he made the decision not to go forward with the prosecution in 1998 in spite of the fact that the mother of one of the boys that said he was molested by sandusky complained to the d.a. and the police and they did a full scale investigation. what's curious is he made the decision not to prosecute and he disappears in 2005. he disappears after he does an investigation on his home computer as to how to remove the information from your hard drive, how to get rid of your hard drive on your computer. one day, tax day, he goes and takes half the day off and then says to his girlfriend, i'm going for a ride and he's never seen again.

his mini cooper is found near the river and there were cigarette ashes in the passenger's side of the car. he was freakish about cigarettes. he would never smoke and never allowed anyone to smoke in his mini cooper. the question remains -- is he dead? did he commit suicide? what did he know? did he not prosecute when he had the evidence and on my show saturday night, i've got a district attorney who knew him and will talk about whether or not there was sufficient evidence. >> it's so interesting because the other thing that people want to know is what the former football coach at penn state, joe paterno knew because jeanine, if sandusky was investigated in 1998 for sex abuse against children and in 2002, four years later, joe paterno gets a complaint from the graduate student about the 10-year-old in the shower with sandusky, then paterno knew about these allegations from four years before. >> as a district attorney

myself, anyone who looks at a child abuse case is going to make sure that people within the setting know that there's a possibility and there has been a complaint made against someone in your institution of alleging and abusing boys so in my mind, the district attorney because he is a competent d.a. would definitely have told paterno in 1998, we're looking at this guy who's got a foundation at the penn state college and he's molesting boys in the shower. according to the mother and he admitted it. he admitted he was in the shower naked with this boy. there was no question that this was a conspiracy of sorts, an institutional conspiracy and that people knew but kept their mouths shut and here's the issue -- what children suffered as a result of those people keeping their mouths shut as this predator continued to roam. >> no doubt. you'll be talking about this. we'll watch your show this weekend. thanks so much.

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>> they are symbols of sacrifice and courage, military decorations are not only an honor to those who receive them but also to the generations of americans who look up to our nation's heroes. here is general george patton's grandson. >> i respect everybody that serves, i don't think there's anything greater than a person to have the opportunity and privilege to serve their country. the medals represent those who have gone before us, all the medals to me have that merit. >> judith price is president of

the national jewelry institute and author of the book "lest we forget" and andy meadows is the director of the american society and they're here with some of these rare, historic medals and i have the honor of being in your presence. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> i have on the gloves like you do because of how wonderful and rare these medals are. we don't want to damage them. >> absolutely. >> judith, in front of you, these are the peace medals. describe them to me. >> this was given by george washington to one of the indians and they were actually worn like this. it's engraved. it's got the eagle on the back and this one was actually 50 years later given by buchanan and we tend to think of the american indian war as a short time. it wasn't. this was 50 years later. but this was actually manufactured and you still have the peace on the back.

but this is quite rare. >> this is amazing. this structure right here. the congressional medals of honor from the civil war. >> absolutely. these are two of the very first congressional medals ever issued and the treasures of the american society and we have the two varieties here. this one is the one awarded by the navy. it has an anchor at the top and this one by the army with an eagle on the top. the naval one was actually issued to a soldier who fought off the coast of france and sank the confederate battle ship the alabama and the army medal was award to a soldier who fought in the second battle of bull run. >> now, judith, i know that you have so many more of the decorations and medals in this beautiful book "lest we forget" i assume these medals are also featured in your book. >> absolutely. >> describe these if you can. >> andrew, i think you're more the expert. >> sure. these are two national treasures. this is one of probably three medals, the only medals that were issued during the

revolutionary war and presented to three militiamen who caught a british spy. this was probably presented to a guy by the name of john palding and this is the only medal that was issued on confederate side during the civil war, issued for a group of about 50 confederate texan soldiers who defeated 5,000 union troops. >> because i have the gloves on, i want to touch history and touch some of these and we want to remember all of our veterans today and the medals that they accrue over time. to andrew and judith, thank you so much for giving us a history lesson today. >> thank you. >> coming up on our show, did rick perry's flub during the week's debate clear the way for mitt romney's nomination? is it really a competition? we dig deep into the strategy with karl rove coming up live next. and the president sidelined a $700 billion pipeline pleasing environmentalists, did he even consider the jobs it would have created or did politics come first? geraldo weighs in on that.

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>> gretchen: tgif. it's friday, it's november 11, it's veteran's day, 11-11-11. good morning. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time. rick perry tries to bounce back from this week's gaffe at the debate with a lot of laughs. >> hey listen, you try concentrating with mitt romney smiling at you. that is one handsome dude. >> gretchen: will it launch a comeback tour for perry? >> the president punts on a junior oil pipeline. it's only delayed until after the election. did politics come before jobs? >> brian: and you're free to fly the american flag, unless, of course, it's cinco de mayo and you're in the wrong school. a judge puts pinatas before patriotism. "fox & friends" starts right

now. ♪ >> gretchen: good morning, everyone. today is veteran's day, november 11, 2011. as we have been doing throughout the whole morning, we'll continue to do it in our last hour here at "fox & friends," to honor the veterans who served this country, past and present. >> brian: i walked down to 43rd street and i probably saw about 300 veterans, all different ages, all different uniforms, some in camouflage, some in their dress floors. i've never seen new york city go all out like for veteran's day like this. >> earlier you had on a proposal from one of our troops to his fiance. we'll replay that later. >> brian: you'll have them on your couch over the weekend. >> oh, i did not know that. >> gretchen: she was stunned. she was speechless, literally. >> brian: one thing about that is he's in so much pain when he squatted down because his leg

was pretty much blown off from ieds in iraq. they wanted to take this leg off. he said he got down, but getting up was painful. >> gretchen: congratulations to the two of them. and they met after he came out of the service at work, right? >> brian: yep. >> it's a big day for weddings. nearly 25,000 people are supposed to get married today because of the numbers. dramatic increase. >> gretchen: we should mention dave is here for steve today. nice to have you here. let's do some of your headlines because we have the latest fallout from the penn state sex abuse scandal. reports that joe paterno reached out to a high profile defense attorney. he has not been charged in the case, but admits he should have done more ten years ago when he initially learned of the allegations against his colleague, jerry sandusky. the man who reportedly blute whistle on sandusky now

receiving death threats. mike mccreery was a graduate when he allegedly saw sandusky assaulting a boy in a shower in 2002. he's now an assistant coach. mccreery decided not to attend tomorrow's game out of fear for his own safety. there is word that this game could be canceled all together. officials in oakland, california calling for occupy protesters to leave their encampment after a young man was shot to death near the protest site. it's not clear if the victim was part of the protest, but police say the throngs of people provided perfect cover for the shooter to escape. several robberies and assaults have been reported at the camp. so far occupiers refusing to leave. he admits he stepped in it at the gop debate, but rick perry taking the whole thing in stride. he even appeared on letterman last night, delivering his top ten excuses for the flub. listen to this. >> there were three reasons i messed up last night. one was the nerves. two was the headache.

and three, um, um. >> the number one rick perry excuse. >> i just learned justin bieber is my father. >> gretchen: very timely. so will governor perry get the last laugh? we'll ask karl rove what he thinks coming up. that's quite a set-up. in 15 minutes from now. several events taking place in our nation's capitol today to honor the military heros. in a few hours, president obama will take part in a wreath laying ceremony at arlington national cemetery where you are looking live right now. leon panetta will be on hand to lay a wreath. here in new york city, the veteran's day parade kicks off at 11 a.m those are your headlines. it's to him to bring in geraldo. >> brian: welcome. >> thank you, brian. >> brian: we just hit with you a blizzard of things from the green room to the hallway.

first things first, we haven't talked a lot about this. this keystone pipeline, the fact that the candidates have been waiting for this to be done and the unions want this pipeline put through america, put through nebraska and environmentalists have stopped it and the president decided, i'm going to study it more for two years. does this wreak of politics for you? >> it does, sadly. the president refusing to alienate the environmentalists who are in his constituency, presumably. and on the other hand, he doesn't want to cancel it entirely because it is the antithesis of his push to get more jobs. fee cancels this, you're going to eliminate thousands of jobs. but by kicking the can down the road, you avoid standing up and taking a position and by putting it past the election, it really wreaks of opportunism, or

avoidance of conflict and that's not what a leader does. generally i like him, but this is a kind of a sleazy political move, i think. >> goes straight to his criticism, which is lack of leadership on key issues like this. >> pick a lane. i can't imagine that you don't know who the environmental impact -- i don't know why the hell they put it throughout sand hills of nebraska anyway. didn't anyone realize what that area was? it's all surface water and very, very fragile eco system. >> been studied for years. >> why the hell they do this? i covered the initial alaska pipeline, had many of the same complaints. generally speaking, they've done a pretty good job with the transalaska pipeline. works pretty well. there has been some incidents, but no catastrophe in the region. but this is going back to the premise of the question, do i think that president obama avoided taking a stance? i do. and it's unfortunate. >> gretchen: it could have created 20,000 jobs, apparently.

let's switch gears and go to the baby lisa situation. this is the missing baby since october 4 in missouri. >> today had her birthday. >> gretchen: she was ten months when she disappeared. i know you want to focus in on that mystery phone call from one of the cell phones that belonged to the parents. >> i still, gretchen, continue to believe that it is impossible that this mother and maybe both parents don't know the persons involved, if it's not themselves. i think this is clearly an inside job. the one thing that is outstanding is that along with the baby, bizarrely, three cell phones were snatched from the house, according to the parents. he comes home from work at 4:00 a.m., discovers that the baby is gone and they go to call people and they can't because the cell phones are missing. the three cell phones are out of the house. one of those cell phones calls a woman named meghan, i forget her

last name. >> brian: wright. >> meghan wright. calls her in the middle of the night. why did that phone call call her? she allegedly is living in a meth house. some talk now that some desperate meth user, some junky was involved in snatching this child, that it was, indeed, maybe someone connected to the irwin family, but not them, that there is some drugs involved. i don't know whether or not that's true. i know that the person who allegedly made the call, an itinerant handyman who sometimes work in the irwin's neighborhood is in jail and cooperating with the cops. so his name is jersey. he, for now, is cleared. the mystery remains circular and i'm convinced, ladies and gentlemen, that it's still the answer to this, is very close to that child's home. >> gretchen: we will watch your show this weekend. >> you have to let me talk about

mccreery. what's happening in penn state where they are threatening the whistle blower in this child rape, serial rape case is disgusting. those penn state students who are putting football ahead of the welfare of children should be ashamed of themselves. they should cancel that game against nebraska. they should suspend their season for the rest of this year. this is something that they have to investigate. how many children? if there are eight purported victims right now, they say ten to one -- there is not eight, there is 80 out there. if you know about eight, then there is probably 80 out there and the tall tales, alarming stories that the guy was taking these foster kids and shopping the kids out. >> that's not fair, none of those players asked to get involved at this. they should not play by losing football games. >> well, i argue that this football is a $50 million business at penn state. that's the profit they make every single year.

it is that profit that was at the heart of the fact that this investigation did not go forward in 1998, it's at the heart of why this investigation did not go forward in 2002. test at the hear of why these people lied to the grand jury in 2010. they put football and money ahead of the welfare of four children. it is an absolutely appalling indication of how perverse our value systems are and that university has to seek its soul searching and find out why they stand. >> brian: we'll have is a lot to talk about on sunday because it will be after the game. >> i'm playing the role of geraldo and it will be on saturday night following the game, if there is one. >> gretchen: allall right. have a good weekend. coming up, a teenage prank nearly killed her, but the woman behind the wheel forgives the teen who did it. would you do the same thing? you will meet that woman here live. >> did rick perry's flub during this week's debate clear the way for mitt romney's nomination? is it still a competition?

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>> gretchen: what a week in politics. that's an understatement. the elections are expected to have a major impact on the year ahead. >> brian: here is fox news contributor, karl rove. welcome back. >> thanks for having me. >> brian: you know about damage control. how would you rate what governor perry did yesterday, starting with the morning shows to the afternoon with megyn kelly and going on letterman? was it a good move?

did he repair the damage done? >> look, it even started before then. he immediately went to the spin room after the debate and said he stepped in it. i thought it was a smart move. however, it doesn't remove the problem. the problem was big because there were three reasons. one is, it fed the existing perception that governor perry is not particularly effective in debates, which obviously in the general election against president obama are going to be a big part of people's decision making. second, it fed an even more dangerous perception that he may not be up to the job. and thirdly, you never want to be in a place where you are an object of ridicule. he has now been for 24 hours the object of ridicule. he's the second most googled term in the last 36 hours right after penn state riots. it ain't a good place to be. >> dave: the second most shared video behind jimmy kimmel's halloween bit. who stands to benefit the most from the gaffe and from the

spin? is it mitt romney or is it someone like newt gingrich or herman cain? >> well, if people start to fall away from governor perry, they're going to go several places, not one place. when you got nine or ten people, if you include gary johnson and buddy roamer, i guess we have ten republican candidates, they'll tend to spread out. the largest group are likely to be undecided. but both i think newt gingrich, herman cain and mitt romney are all likely to get slices of perry support. but again, first of all, it's very small at this point. it was like a national poll, barely into the double digits. you're talking about very thin slices. >> gretchen: let's move on to -- >> many of the people with him will stay with him. let's not kid ourselves. he's diminished his ability to move occupy. >> dave: and raise money. >> that's true. very good. i trained you well. >> gretchen: let's move on to the elections that happened early why other in the week.

the big one was in ohio. of course, governor kasich there was able to pass a very life-changing law for people in the public unions. they would not be able to strike, they would not be able to collective bargain and pay for some of their health care benefits. that was rejected by the voters. but it's interesting when you start looking into the fine print of what they liked about that law and what they didn't, they actually agreed that public union workers should pay more for their health care, right? >> yeah. this is the point i made yesterday in my "wall street journal" column. they supported the two big cost savings in the bill that state workers would have to pay 15% of their health insurance premiums and put 10% of their salaries towards their pensions. they agreed with that. where the voters apparently didn't agree was they didn't agree with a ban on any strike by a public employee and they didn't agree with not allowing them to bargain over health benefits. but what's interesting is this

had an impact on governor kasich and it obviously has an impact on ohio. i'm not certain the -- i love how president obama immediately jumped out and said, this hypes my chances in ohio. well, i didn't see president obama anywhere in ohio advocating for this. at the same time this union heavy crowd voted 61% to overturn the kasich labor law reforms, they voted 66% against the central element of president obama's signature domestic initiative, the affordable care act, health care reform, by 66%. so even among the people in his own base he's got a problem with an issue that will be on the ballot next year when he's on the ballot. i don't think labor law reform will be at the center of the 2012 presidential election. >> brian: the name of the person who will shine in the south carolina debate on foreign policy is? >> you know, that's going to be interesting one, isn't it, because the slow and steady performer has been mitt romney and newt gingrich is clearly got expertise in this area and it's

the one place where in an earlier debate, rick santorum had a couple of good moments. then wafflier tearian ron paul, who has a view that's entirely different from the rest of the republican field, except gary johnson and gives virtually everybody a chance to use him as a foil to contrast with. it will be interesting. >> gretchen: we'll be watching. karl rove v a great weekend. >> you, too, delighted to be with you. thanks for having me on to end the week. >> brian: he's all pumped up. >> dave: thanks. >> gretchen: this cop was cruising. landing his cruiser inside a house. but guess who got the ticket? >> brian: the punk teens that threw afrossen turkey through this woman's windshield changed her life forever. but she forgives them. would you do the same thing? we'll meet her next. looking good! you lost some weight.

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>> brian: glad you're up. quick headlines. france, fuming at standard and fores after the rating agency accidentally sent out an alert saying it was downgrading the country's credit rating. the s & p says the alert was a technical glitch and france's rating is still triple a. a judge is supporting a california public school that bans students from wearing patriotic clothing on cinco dimaio in 2010. three students were told not to wear them because it may offend those celebrating the mexican holiday here in america. a judge ruled the ban did not violate their first amendment, so they can't wear the flag shirt. here is dave. >> dave: thanks. some of you may remember this next story. seven years ago, a woman was nearly killed when a teen-ager deliberately hurled a 20-pound

frozen turkey out of their car and through the woman's windshield. she suffered serious injuries and forced to stay in the hospital for nearly three months. what happened next is even more stunning. victoria's response to the horrific act, forgiveness. she convinced the judge to give her attacker a minimum sentence. her extraordinary tale now told in the new book "no room for vengeance." she's here with us this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> dave: this is so important because of what happened in new york with the shopping cart that was pushed over a third rail. but i want to ask you, when you go back to that moment almost seven years ago, you're in the hospital for three months. why in the world did you want to forgive this young man? >> i truly believe if i would have held on to that revenge and anger, i'd still be in st. charles trying to company back to who i am. forgiveness is not just for that person, but it's also for you. i will not allow anyone to take control of my life. i will be the one in control of my life. >> dave: that's what you write

about in your book "no room for vengeance," which was out november 1. we talk about the new york woman in stable condition after a shopping cart was pushed over a railing, came down, hit her, and you encourage her the same path of forgiveness. why? >> because i truly want her to recover and recover fully. my thoughts and prayers are with her every single day. i hope she's strong enough to hold on and keep moving forward and be worried and concerned about her and make sure she's okay. >> dave: whether it's your incident or the one we just talked about in new york, isn't your first reaction to want to punish these acts and to make sure that nothing like it ever happens again? >> unfortunately, kids do stupid, ridiculous things and this is why i got the book out. i want them to know about this wonderful program that dr. robert goldman created about my story to help kids with their thinking errors and anger

management and that's why the book is out, because i want people to know about this program. i want to get it into the school systems. >> dave: so these two kids that pushed the shopping cart over, what would your message be to them and to other kids in this country that might think oh, we're just going to do this harmless little prank, whether it's egging or what have you? >> just stop and take one second to think, 'cause everything we do in this world affects someone else. and just take one moment to think about what you're doing and you'll see that you'll probably think again. >> dave: in the eyes of the law, should they first incorporate the feelings of the victim as the judge did in your case? you wanted leniency for the person who threw this turkey through your car, should the judge incorporate what this new york woman feels about these 12-year-old kids, juveniles, who pulled this prank? >> i truly believe they should because it really was her and what happened had her and i believe her feelings are going to be what is so important to

know. >> dave: do you think kids understand the consequences? >> no, they don't. kids think life is a given and they don't realize that everything they do affects someone else and don't realize it until after it happens. >> dave: unfortunately, when it's too late. victoria, the book is "no room for vengeance." it's out now. we appreciate you being here. >> thank you very much. >> dave: coming up, rick perry doing damage control on late night. will laughing off this week's big gaffe give his campaign a comeback? chris wallace will join us with what they're saying in washington. then live to branson, missouri, for one of the best veteran's day celebrations in our nation. governor mike huckabee joining us live from alongside some of our troops [ male annouer ] juice drink too watery?

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>> gretchen: we hear the music. welcome b. last week we had a bit of a challenge that ended in brian having to foot race with the winner of the 2009 new york city marathon. we can't resist taking a look

back. >> ready, go! oh, oh, brian! >> brian: this is the first time you're seeing this. i'm the clear winner, correct? >> dave: yes. i think there may have been a little cheating going on. >> brian: doesn't matter. did i win. >> dave: there were no ground rules. you won. >> brian: thank you very much. if you can't handle some body contact, you can't handle a bridge. it was unsolicited where chris wallace held up his wallet and said i'll bet my wallet, brian, that you will not win it. >> dave: but there was no cash in it. >> gretchen: wait a minute. let's hear from chris wallace himself about what exactly he meant by that bet because chris, here is your time to save yourself. >> it's not a matter of save myself. anybody who was watching last week would remember, who was sitting on the couch with you?

was that the winner of the race in 2009? no, it was mario lopez and you said you were going to race mario lopez and who looked at you, like, just get away from me. i mean, first of all, what is this thing? are you like bette midler, the wind beneath my wings or something like that? >> brian: it just came. >> there was no bet about that guy. there was a bet against mario lopez. did you beat him? no. >> brian: that is a minor point. i beat a 2009 marathon winner. he's an olympic medalist as opposed to a talk show host. you should give me your wallet and everybody else's wallet in your house, chris wallace. >> did you see how he was trotting? did you see the effort he put into it? >> gretchen: actually, you know what? chris, i have to say that brian sometimes doesn't pay off his bets. but i have to be on your side on this one because the game did change after you put your bet. >> brian: chris does not like to

lose. look at his face. he doesn't understand. >> gretchen: i actually think -- i thought i was going to come on here and say, where is your wallet, but i actually think you have to point. >> dave: judge? speaking of running, let's talk about the run for the white house, chris, because rick perry obviously, the gaffe heard around the world, 2 million youtube hits on that 53-second oops. but he was out in full force yesterday on every show leading up to david letterman late last night. do you think he turned the corner? how did he do with the spin? >> well, i think it was grade a damage control. going out on your show, all the morning shows, all the afternoon shows, all the evening showers, all the late night shows, and particularly i've seen a few clips of letterman. he was funny and self depricating. i think it's great damage control, but there is some control that's too great to damage and i will say this in politics, that the worst thing you can do is seem to confirm

people's worst doubts about you. if mitt romney made that mistake, everybody knows mitt romney has the 59 points of his plan at his fingertips, it would have been a laugh and embarrassment but wouldn't have meant anything. the problem is this is exactly rick perry -- good, i almost forgot his name -- vulnerability, is the idea -- does he speak well? does he handle a debate? how bright is he? he seemed to confirm some of those doubts. i'm not going to write him off. a couple of months ago we were writing off newt gingrich. look where he is. last week we were writing off herman cain. look where he is. rick perry may be able to turn it around. but he dug a hole for himself on wednesday night. >> gretchen: let's talk about the super committee 'cause it's happening in your backyard. they have until november 23, chris. time is running out. >> absolutely. >> gretchen: now it looks like there is some secret negotiations going on without everyone on the super committee involved. they're trying to salvage, of

course, this $1 trillion deal as the deadline inches closer. >> as of sunday, it will be ten days. i say that because we're going to have two of the key members of the super committee, senator pat toomey, republican, pennsylvania. democrat james cliburn, congressman from south carolina. you're right. they have been actually doing this for some time. not the whole 12 meeting together, but sub groups meeting to try to work something out. and it's the same old argument, the democrats want spending cuts and also some tax increases. republicans have been against that, but pat toomey and why he's an interesting guest, he has offered a measure of revenue increases, the democrats say it's not enough. we'll talk to them about is this going to happen, because the down side is if they don't make a deal, first of all, we get this automatic trigger which includes half a trillion dollars in defense cuts, and defense secretary leon panetta says that would threaten our national security. in addition, i think you would see the markets take a hit. i think we could see another

downgrade in our credit rating. we talked about greece and italy. we might see it again here in the united states. i will also say we're going to have the very latest on the situation in penn state. obviously a tragedy. a tragedy for the university. a terrible way for joe paterno to go out and most importantly, a tragedy for these poor kids who were abused and nobody seemed to be looking out for them. >> dave: that's something pat toomey has been weigh not guilty on because they retracted this congressional award that was supposed to go to joe paterno. he's been forced to weigh in and quite a bit on that. thank you. we'll check our local listings. >> you bet. thanks. >> brian: now your headlines. new details in the case of missing two-year-old sky metalwala. investigators believe the young boy is still in washington state. he was reported missing sunday by his mom, julia. she says her car ran out of fuel. when she returned from her walk to get gas, sky was gone. police say her story doesn't add up. they say it's a similar episode,

very similar episode on "law and order" suv. the night before sky disappeared, an episode air where had a mother said her son went missing while she ran into a store. it ended with detectives connecting the child's death to the parents. >> there is some similarities to what's happening here in the episode and it's something we're considering as part of the investigation. is it the break we've been looking for? certainly not. >> brian: police say it was strange that they didn't find any photos of sky during the search of the home. she is still not cooperating with police. gretch? >> gretchen: police car crashes into a home in oregon. this is amazing video. watch this. the officer was responding to an emergency, lights flashing, sirens blaring. the driver of the car in front of him not only failed to pull over, he turned right into the cop car just as it passes him, forcing the cruiser off the road and into that house.

miraculously, nobody was hurt. the guy who caused the crash got a ticket for not pulling over. dave? >> dave: a patriotic veteran's day salute to a fallen hero in connecticut. army staff sergeant r.e. kohlers was killed by a rocket propelled grenade in kandahar, afghanistan on october 30. dozens of high school students from his hometown paid their respects, unfurl ago 40-foot american flag as the funeral drove by. he was awarded the bronze star, purple heart, and a second army commendation medal during his memorial service. >> brian: she thought she was here to talk about her soldier boyfriend on veteran's day. so imagine her surprise when he actually showed up and proposed. it happened earlier on "fox & friends." >> you know i'm not the wealthiest man in the world. i can't guarantee every day is going to be easy. but if you say yes, i promise to love you for the rest of my

life. >> of course i'd say yes. >> will you marry me? >> of course i will. >> brian: i think she just said yes! i think we have a new engaged couple. that lucky guy is timothy who says he fell in love with jennifer while going through rehab after being shot in the leg in iraq. it was not easy for him even to kneel down and get up. but he did it with joy. and he'll be on the couch over the weekend. >> dave: is that your first play by play? >> brian: and i had good training. i trip -- trained with the ufc. >> gretchen: that's a great story. when we return on this show, governor mike huckabee live from branson, missouri. hi, mike. alongside some of our nation's finest veterans. >> dave: mayor ditching veteran's day because she would rather occupy wall street instead. is today the day to put politics ahead of patriotism? a father whose son was killed in iraq here to respond. >> gretchen: first ali and clayton with a look at what's

coming up this weekend. >> great to see you. coming up, we'll be talking about a pay for performance scandal that is hitting high schools. students are getting cash for good grades on exams, but critics say the money should be used for hiring more teachers. so we report and you decide. >> i might have done better in school, cash. look at this. forget bachelor parties. our own dave briggs got roped into attending a dad chelor party. stroller relay races. that's starting this weekend. >> is he also a doctor? >> he's a pro. the baby is bouncing around like a sack of oranges.

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>> dave: op the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11 month, a case fire was called to end world war one. since then we celebrated those who served that war and the other wars since. >> brian: mike huckabee is alongside some veterans in branson, missouri. you're in the presence of greatness. >> you know, brian, i am very fortunate to be here in branson, missouri, silver dollar city. this is a fantastic place. today it's even more fantastic. there are 40 to 50,000 veterans in branson, missouri, all because this city just goes all out to honor our veterans. what an honor it is for me just to stand here with these great american heros. >> dave: you want to talk to some of them about their message on this veteran's day, governor. >> let me introduce you. this is bob sikes, who i've

actually known for a long time, from russellville, arkansas. tell me when you served. >> from 1953 to 1980. 27 years. >> on veteran's day, what does it mean to you when americans recognize what you've done in service to this country? >> it's really heart warming that they finally recognize us, not like after the vietnam war. >> that was a tough period of time for america. this is rick walker from arizona now. how long did you serve? you were a marine, right? >> yet, i served four years, from 1974 to 1975. >> when you come to branson, this city just loves veterans. it's really a remarkable kind of experience. tell me how it makes you feel as a veteran to see this support. >> it is amazing to see what this city does on a daily basis during this week, i mean, everywhere you go, it's red, white and blue. it's phenomenal. >> brian, i want to tell you, the city, tony orlando is one of my favorite people. he's a great patriot and he puts together a big show. we'll be with tony later today

taping my show for this weekend on the huckabee show. and it's going to be spectacular. it's all about honoring veterans. i hope every american gets on their knees today and thanks god that there were people willing to put on the uniform of this country, go to places across this world whose names they couldn't even pronounce and put their lives on the line so we could breathe the great free air of the united states of america. >> brian: very well put, governor. on top of that, if you have a veteran in your presence, they always have great stories that they normally wouldn't tell and you got to draw out of them. when you get the stories, they're amazing. ones that don't get in the headlines, but what they've lived. >> and that's one of the things i think we find in all of these veterans. it's an extraordinary -- bob, give me one of the great experiences that you had serving this country. what was maybe the most remarkable memory you have? you had a long career. >> i did. >> almost 30 years. >> yep. well, probably i was on submarines and we did a lot of

spying, watching the russians and what they do. >> can you tell us what you saw? >> if i do, i have to shoot you. [ laughter ] >> it's his secret and he keeps it. okay. >> brian: what happens in the submarine stays in the submarine. we heard that expression. governor, we'll watch you over the weekend. over in branson, missouri. thanks so much. and great veteran's day to you. >> thank you very much, brian. and best wishes from silver dollar city in branson. >> dave: have a good show. 8:00 o'clock eastern time. we also look forward to his take on rick perry's week as well. coming up on a day like veteran's day, shouldn't patriotism trump politics? one mayor ditching veteran's day celebrations for an occupy wall street protest. a father whose son was killed in iraq here to respond. >> brian: let's check in with bill hemmer for what's on his show at the top of the hour. >> they're wild today. ones are wild.

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>> brian: news by the numbers. special thanksgiving feast edition. first, 3.91. that's how much a 16-pound turkey is up in price from last year. the average family will pay 22 bucks for the bird this year. next, 2.88. that's how much a 14-ounce package of two breads stuffing

will cost you of 24 -- up 24 cents. this is going horribly. finally, 41 cents. how much more customers will pay for pumpkin pie mix. 30-ounce can is going for just over $3 on thanksgiving. in total, the average cost of a traditional thanksgiving day dinner for people this year, 49.20. that news by the number. >> gretchen: thank you, brian. a decision by one california mayor causing a tremendous amount of controversy right now. richmond mayor gail mclaughlin skipping a veteran's day event p going to an anti-wall street rally instead. is this the right thing for a mayor to do? >> dave: kevin graves is a california state military reservist whose son, specialist joseph graves, died in iraq. kevin joins us now on veteran's day. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning. >> dave: what does it mean to

you that the mayor of richmond, california, instead of going to this veteran's day festivities, which is not sponsored by the state, instead, going to an occupy event? >> you know, it's really unfortunate and disrespectful to the veterans who have served our country for decades. this is the one day of the year when we are asked to honor and remember the service of our veterans who have actually ironically fought for the freedoms to allow these people to express their freedom of speech. i don't begrudge those that want to do that. my son gave his life for this country. in fact, we could have the freedoms we have and the democracy we live in. but to choose to do it on the one day when we are challenged to recognize all the things that our military has done for us over the decades is disrespectful and politicizing

once again our military and our veterans is the wrong thing to do. >> gretchen: your only son was killed in baghdad in 2006. he was only 21-years-old. i know you raised him as a single parent and he entered the military when he was 17. tell us a little bit about your son, because we want to honor him today. >> thank you. i'm just so proud. for joey going in the army was a career choice. he was a 3.8 high school graduate. he wanted to serve his country because when he was a sophomore, our country was attacked. so he came to me when he was 17 years old and said dad, i want to serve my country. so he went to the delayed entry program. i actually signed the documents that put him in the military when he was 17 years old and he went on to have a relatively fast track career that was cut way too short. he was serving as an m.p. in baghdad, iraq, and they were ambushed on 25 july of 06 and obviously for me, it was a life

changing moment. from then i dedicated my time and my energies to working for veterans. i work for the california department of veterans affairs where i have ten counties that i'm responsible for. one of them is the county in which richmond is part of. it's really unfortunate 'cause the county itself dedicates itself to veterans and does a great job in supporting its veterans. >> gretchen: you would think on the one day of the year that we honor veterans, we think about them every other day, but the one day, and the occupy people who have been down there for six weeks and they've been getting attention every single day, you would think on this one day the mayor might honor the veterans. we got to wrap it up there. but kevin, nobody says it better than you. thank you for your time. >> thank you very much. >> dave: appreciate it. more "fox & friends" in two minutes. os you noticed! these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right, whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios... five whole grains, 110 calories.

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