>> good morning to you, it is january 1st 2012. that's the first time we've said that. i'm answersly earhart in for alisyn this morning. it was quite the party. millions gathering to celebrate the new year. we're going to look at the massive cleanup in times square. >> mike: i'm mike in for dave and i have $20 for coffee. who is going on the run. the countdown for iowa two days to go. the latest poll, mitt romney, ron paul in a statistical dead heat. look who is third. we'll tell you. >> clayton: and this coffee

has been here since las year. the new year, time for new beginnings, share our new years resolution and a list for uncle sam to follow. "fox & friends" for 2012 starts right now. ♪ >> oh, happy new year. >> good morning to you. 2012. it is here, and in the beginning, go for it. >> mike: for the last time because i can't stand the sound of this. and who invented this. whoever that person is needs to be shot. >> ainsley: that's the alarm this morning. a new day, new year, new beginning for you and your family. >> clayton: we'll have new years resolutions and find us on twitter ff weekend. make is in for dave and

ainsley in for alisyn. i'm barely awake. >> ainsley: and nothing says it like lady gaga. did you predict it. >> mike: you predicted she would be the big ball. >> clayton: and she was one of the many stars performing in times square and she and mayor mike bloomberg had the honor of counting down to the last moment. moment. >> hundreds of thousands of people there to see that beautiful waterford crystal ball at times square. a great night to be out. ten degrees warmer than usual, which is nice. and the mood just as festive in atlanta, georgia and more than 100,000 people enjoying the annual peach drop as well as the fireworks in the city's downtown area and great video

out of seattle, washington. and the fireworks. just as the clock struck midnight we're told that people can see it from miles away. a lot of video and celebrations throughout the morning show. >> and that happened in seattle three hours ago. >> and people are tweeting like they're still awake and at 9 p.m. in sweat pants. one they think we wanted to watch, 8 p.m. central time. the new des moines iowa register and the speaker of the des moines register poll. >> last one. >> clayton: it focused on tuesday through friday of this week, the whole poll did and it's surprising, really surprising. >> mike: mitt romney on top not so surprising, ron paul with him. look who surgedment rick santorum and i know you were tweeting. some people are saying if you look at it closely a the a different angle, rick santorum

is in the number two spot. how come. >> clayton: you look at the polls from tuesday and friday. if you study from the last two days, thursday and friday, major momentum for rick santorum, meaning if you look at the last two days, he's basically in second according to the des moines register poll and wednesday higher, thursday neck and neck, friday, he surpasses, so, yeah, if you take those numbers and you, if you looked at what it would be on saturday and sunday. >> yeah. >> and then tomorrow, in second or third. >> and today, rick santorum has about 90 pastors lined up in his camp and we'll have a little talk at church services, and who knows what yesterday brought for rick santorum and what will today bring and monday. this is a highlight coveted poll of course and looking close to 700 registered g.o.p. voters there, these are the vogt's who are going to go to caucuses and these are the people who will go out and he

when you get this poll, he likened it to the super bowl and knowing where the candidates will sit early on. >> you know, we're learning a lot about what our opponents will do, they are nastier and more dishonest than i expected. and this is exactly like the super bowl. you see the opening series, you think about it, you figure out what you need to do next. it's going to be a very long game. >> that happens in any professional football game except if you're an eagles fan if you're clayton and myself. >> clayton: nothing to look forward to. >> mike: opening drive and they you make ais justments. >> ainsley: he's not giving up hope and he's saying he's a survivor. when he first announced he would be in the race, people were excited then all of a sudden, his staffers started to leave, all of that came out about tiffany's and his wife spending money there and he fell a little bit and came back and he talked about how he almost dropped out of the race and then he came back and

he was number one in the polls. >> mike: that's negative ads have worked against him and the reason he's plummeted, part in parcel because of the negative ads, nothing else, but that hasn't stopped him making the point about romney, going after the top dog, president obama and talk about class warfare, take a listen. >> we're a nation built on opportunity. the idea the best way to create wealth for all of our citizens to give each of them the freedom to pursue their own dreams. it's what's so unique about the founding of this country. it is what accounts for our extraordinary strength as a nation, our dna is like the people in europe, but we excel past them and way beyond them in terms of the abundance in the land because of the principles upon which this nation was founded. i don't think that president obama understands america that way.

and what makes our economy so powerful. i think he wants us to change us into a european welfare state instead of having a nation which thrives because of freedom and opportunity we instead have a government that takes from some people to give to others, in the name of creating greater equality and all they'll create is greater poverty because only freedom has ever been an antidote to poverty in the world. so, i see the election is not just an election to replace the president. i see this as an election to save the soul of america. [applause] >> and also hearing a bit about the 99 percent, the 1%, the occupiers there and newt gingrich taking umbrage. >> mike: the anti-american. >> clayton: or the have and have notes. take a listen. >> historically we've been a country of 100%. the idea of the 99% and 1% is

profoundly anti-america. when bill gates dropped out of college was he in the 1% or 99. when steve jobs dropped out of college. 1% or 99. when the wright brothers who were bicycle mechanics invented airplanes, was he 1% or 99? what's made america an extraordinary country we leveled up and-- >> now romley made news in iowa a reporter asked hem what would you do about the dream act, i would veto the dream act. take a listen. >> the question if i were elected and congress were to pass the dream act, would i veto it? the answer is yes. i'm delighted people who come to this country and wish to serve in the military can be given a path for a permanent resident in this country. those who fulfill the respect

that. and the idea of those who come here illegally, education credits and i find contrary to the nation of laws. >> mike: yeah, i guess he's screaming out, listen, iowa, i am a conservative, i am a conservative. but immediately, about an hour later, the dnc senior advisor for historic affairs. had there been any doubt in anyone's mind, romney's far right views on immigration would make him the most extreme, that would he veto the dream act if he were president is appalling. >> clayton: we talked about that a few weeks, the hispanic problem for republicans. karl rove talked about this. one area where the republicans are going to struggle and mitt romney has been more outspoken than any other candidate

really, going after illegal immigrants, saying we're going to get rid of 12 million americans in this country and deporting them. it's interesting if you see a president obama, mitt romney campaign, how will the hispanic vote. and it's going to be a big issue on immigration. and the swing states like colorado and nevada and florida where there are so many of the hispanic population is really high. if you're wondering what the dream act is. anyone who came here before the age of 16, he's basically saying, president obama, that you would be a legal citizen. >> yeah, exactly. and newt gingrich unveiling his immigration plan earlier in the week. he seems tired because he's been struggling with asthma, and he's had a cold, and he said, if you do all the flying that i've been doing, i had to take like throat lozenges and

the speaking and the guys are hopefully having a day off. but he did unveil his immigration plan earlier this the week and here is how his breaks down. complete the border fence by 2014. and english the official language and easier for people to get a legal visa and make it easier to expel people and create that legal guest worker program which so many businesses rely on and say that it's such a mountain of paper work right now. >> yeah, so that's going to be a big topic of conversation the next couple of days, immigration. yesterday, we were talking about congressional approval rating, it's now down to 5%, 5%, so if you're running for president wouldn't you kind of run against this congress? i mean, 95% disapproval rating, clayton. >> exactly. our viewers were saying, we've got to stop saying an approval rating of 5%. it's 95% disapproval and now

we're getting word out of the white house about their campaign strategy, basically talking about congress and basically saying, look, you can't get anything done in terms of the president's relationship with congress in 2012. the president is no longer tied to washington d.c. basically meaning the white house strategy we've tried to do things and congress has blocked us all the way and i'm going to run-- >> is that a smart move? your job as top of the country is get people to move. and ron paul got everybody to run together. and isn't that the job. >> clayton: who is the washington outsider right now? the problem with running that way is that congress is this nebulous idea and it's sort of faceless. president obama has had a face. people know who he is and know that the promises he made on

the campaign trail. congress is a nebulous monster, and hard to pin down. >> ainsley: we were asking, congress has been successful because he's been saying a large percentage of congress, they're millionaires, if they've been so successful, why wouldn't we want them in power to make our country successful. and he said majority are born into this, or married into this and-- >> half of all congress are millionaires and some become millionaires after they became congress people and used the office to money, not all of them. >> clayton: meanwhile, before the clock struck midnight, the president signed the act. and not without serious reservations. >> mike: for more, live to d.c., hey, doug, good morning to you. >> good morning, you guys, you look tained, rested and ready

i see. >> mike: makeup. >> ainsley: a few years ago. >> clayton: doug, be honest, barely awake and last year's coffee. >> i'm with you. >> ainsley: you look great, doug, happy new year to you. >> happy new year to you guys. this bill that you just talked about would authorize. 662 million dollars for military personnel for weapons in the wars in afghanistan and iraq, i guess the one in iraq is now over, for the fiscal year beginning october 1st, but the president signed is reluctantly, issuing a signing statement, often criticized president bush for doing. it raises objections to congress's intent and what he said, quote, the fact that i support this bill as a whole does not mean that i agree with everything in it, in particular i have signed this bill despite having serious reservations with certain provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation of suspected terrorists. among the changes the white house secured was striking a provision that would have

eliminated the authority to use civilian courts for trying terrorism cases ap requires for a member who is from al-qaeda, on attempting to carry out an attack on the united states or coalition partners, but the president may waive that by certifying that the move is in the interest in national security. again quoting, my administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention of trial of american citizens. indeed, i believe that doing so would break with our most important traditions and values as a nation. the terrorism cases, for example, the fbi director robert mueller said that the measure would inhibit hibit his ability to-- he told that it wasn't clear how agents should operate if they arrest somebody who is

covered by the military requirement, but the nearest facility is hundreds of meals away. there's a lot to be ironed out despite the president's signature on this military authorization, guys, back to you in new york. >> mike: very interesting. >> clayton: doug is live for us in washington d.c. i saw the twitter sphere, and nobel peace prize winner signing law trial, enemy combatants. and remember, president obama got the peace prize. >> mike: no wonder he's reluctant. >> ainsley: new video out of hollywood, california. residents on high alert an of yet another night of suspected arson fires. about 40 cars torched in just 48 hours. what is going on there? so many of those planes destroyed nearby houses and buildings like the ones you're looking at now. police think more than one person is behind this. one possible suspect was spotted on surveillance video

and a $35,000 reward is now being offered for any information that leads to conviction in this case. and someone out there has to know something about it. turn those guys in. the fbi is holding a soldier in custody after he was caught with c-4 explosives in his luggage trying to board a plane. right now only identified as an army sergeant first glass who was stationed in fort bragg. tsa agents at texas midland stopped him when they noticed something suspicious in his carey on. no charles filed and brand new this morning, iran claiming its scientists have produced the nation's first nuclear fuel rod. they insist it's being used to create nuclear power, but there are fears they could be using it to make atomic weapons instead. reports after hours after iran backed off on the straits of

hormuz, 1/6 of the world's oil. they said it would block the strait, but now one of the top commanders is changing its tune. he says they have other strategies and wouldn't say what they would be. wild wind in the west taking the toll on thousands of home owners. denver, colorado. gusts, knocking heavy trees into homes ap toppling over cars at one point. and the storm is linked to at least one death. >> clayton: and mud slipping on the campaign trail. craig bosswell has a look back at 2011, the year in politics. >> 2011 started off on a somber note in washington. just three days after being sworn in by newly minted house speaker, arizona

representative gabrielle gifford shot and six died in the attack, gifford was there to meet with constituents and bystanders tackled the suspected gunman, 22-year-old jared loefner, he has kind of a troubled past, i can tell you that. >> reporter: the shooting brought a brief moment of unity for the congressment she did make a surprise turn back in august, voting in favor of raising the nation's debt ceiling. ten hours remaining before a potential u.s. default and we've seen in the past few days, that washington has the ability to focus when there's a timer ticking down. >> within days of raising the debt by 2 trillion dollars, standard & poor's downgraded to double a plus from hits triple-a rating. >> it's about the difficulty in all sides in finding, you know, a consensus around

fiscal policy choices now and in the future. >> it's feared after the congressional super committee set up as part of the debt deal how to cut 1.2 trillion from the u.s. budget deficit. >> i'm in this race to make america strongerments i'd like to be the nominee and the person who ends up winning the campaign. >> it's a two man race between romney and gingrich and 2011 had many ups and downs on the campaign trail. >> that the people of iowa wanted to have a champion for their voice. >> after winning the iowa straw poll in the summer, michele bachmann's popularity waned as they shopped around for a candidate. each taking a turn at the top of the heap. we will get our country working again. >> and we will continue to talk about stuff. >> the last few weeks of the year, herman cain found himself fending off okay sayingses of sexual harassment and an affair.

>> i didn't want to do this about you i felt at the end of the day, it was right thing to do. >> it proved to be too much. >> with a lot of prayer and soul searching, i am suspending my presidential campaign. >> sex scandals weren't limited to the presidential race. in february, representative chris lee, a republican from new york resigns after sending a shirtless picture to a woman he met on craigslist. and another democrat, anthony weern after a bizarre sexting scandal after he admitted sending naked photos of himself. >> once i posted to twitter i panicked aen took it down and said i had been hacked and i have made terrible mistakes for people i hurt the most i'm deeply sorried. >> and david wu after his affair with a 18-year-old

woman was revealed. >> and heavy hitters in congress, long time members including barney frank and john kyle are retiring and 2012 could bring in new blood to the capitol. i hope 2012 will be better. >> ainsley: i hate to be reminded of some of the stories. >> clayton: we need a shower after that. they took a country by storm and a small group started the occupy wall street movement and quickly gained. we'll take a look how the movement evolved throughout the year and plus, getting down on one knee with the whole world watching. . >> on bended knee. >> would you marry me? >> ainsley-- >> oh. >> mike: would you marry a man wearing a hat like that? more of that proposal after the break. ♪

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>> welcome back everybody. >> welcome back. >> ainsley: happy new year, are you just waking up? >> i can't believe it's already 2012 and it's hard because you-- not that we sign checks anymore, pay everything online. >> mike: that's right. >> clayton: it used to take me until june of the new year to figure out what year it was

and make the mistake. >> mike: this reminds you that it's 2012. >> ainsley: and i understand. >> mike: who invented these things. >> ainsley: i understand you were up at midnight. >> clayton: i don't know how you did it. >> mike: i'm just great. >> ainsley: keep the glasses on. >> mike: these bags are packed and ready to go. >> ainsley: no coffee takers yet. >> mike: somewhere in america someone has to bring me coffee. >> clayton: new years resolutions, i'm lucky my birthday is one day before the new year. >> mike: is that good or bad. >> clayton: my wife says it's rare, her birthday is in august and you don't think about resetting and new year you think about new things and we come up with new years resolution, do we keep them. >> mike: no, no, 85% of us will forget about our resolutions by the end of this month and in about three weeks they'll be gone. >> ainsley: trying to lose weight and quit smoking and send more time with-- >> mike, any new years

resolutions. >> mike: i'm going to marry halle berry this year. >> ainsley: that will happen. >> mike: somebody told me this morning, what you do on the first day of the year is what you will do the rest of the year. >> ainsley: oh, gosh. >> mike: have you ever heard that one. >> ainsley: does ma mean we're going to be anchoring the morning show for the rest of the year. >> mike: you're out of here, doocy. >> clayton: i've started out bad with four cups of caffeine. >> mike: and everybody talks about losing weight and tone up, and five brothers and sisters, talk to them more often. >> clayton: it's had an about it actual and takes one or two weeks to get out of shape and six weeks to get in shape. and you've got to do it. >> ainsley: the cliche things like going to the gym more and giving back to the community more, and my church has a homeless shelter and i want to get more involved with that,

and i did that over the-- i want to learn french e that's a good idea. mark zuckerberg, he devoted himself for something new. his fiancee is chinese and he wanted to learn mandarin. >> ainsley: and it's-- >> i want to learn spanish. >> ainsley: no, learn french. we'll do it together. >> clayton: i'll learn french, get a beret and get a baguette. >> mike: i said i wanted to learn how to do this. >> ainsley: and you did. >> clayton: you set your sights high. >> mike: and i did it. >> clayton: i just want to lose some weight and i joined the gym three weeks ago. >> mike: it's v you're in great shape? >> it's all in the hips. i want to be more discipline and continue sticking with it and playing guitar and doing.

>> mike: that's just fine because 85% of us will not be doing this. speaking french and playing guitar. >> ainsley: and how about some phrases. >> clayton: e-mail us at friends@foxnews.com. and tweet us at ff weekend. what are your resolutions. there's an in new iphone app. what's it called? accomplish. >> mike: to help you keep your resolution. >> clayton: it's accomplish with no i and helps you to follow your resolutions. and rosetta stone is on-- >> and the calendar, do it today and help you do that. >> clayton: mark off today for you and halle berry, cross that off the list. >> ainsley: start planning at that weddingment and big year for you, too, you're having a

baby. >> clayton: in may, another little one, that will reaffirm me-- you don't know boy or girl. >> clayton: we know one of two, boy or girl. >> mike: is your wife pregnant. wondering if she knew about it or announcing it today. >> clayton: we're announcing it today. we'll figure that out and we wait. as adult you get too few surprises so we're going to wait. >> mike: we're having a baby, too. >> clayton: does she know? . uncle sam has resolutions, things were terrible on capitol hill and great you gos ises for what uncle sam needs to do. address trillions in public and private pension shortfalls. >> ainsley: number two, end mortgage foreclosure mess. >> clayton: do something about the student loan crisis. >> ainsley: number five, quit saying too big to fail.

>> mike: i hate that. >> clayton: so last year. prepare for the end of europe as we've known it. >> mike: i don't know about this one, admit the economy will never go back to normal as we knew it. maybe in 20 years, maybe. >> ainsley: number eight. scrape up more than 2 trillion to repair critical infrastructure. >> clayton: e-mail and tweet us your new years resolutions and suggestions you have for the federal government. >> mike: keep them clean. >> ainsley: uncle sam is serious. >> clayton: 85% won't keep them. >> ainsley: 7.0, i guess a 7 earthquake struck off japan's southeast coast and you're looking at new video, the city of tokyo when the quake hit. officials say at the moment there's no danger of a tsunami. so far there have been no reports of damage or injuries so that's good news. a grim discovery in arkansas, police say they found a body miles away from the home of missing mother and police

dispatcher, donna notski and those remains now sent to a crime lab to see if there's a match. she was seen leaving a christmas party december 21st and bizarre twist her co-workers at hot springs village police department did not start looking for her until days later and that move now coming under intense scrutiny. and talk about an eerie deja vu for the second new year's eve in a row, dead black birds fell from the skies in bebe arkansas, and after banning fireworks this year, not clear how they died. >> clayton: space aliens. >> ainsley: what was that movie "the birds." . did you ever watch that. >> mike: of course, tippy hedrin, the alfred hitchcock. >> ainsley: tippy hendrie, that's her name. >> mike: and that's melanie

griffith's mother. >> ainsley: really? >> i know a lot about birds. a lot of about birds. >> 2012 after to a great start for this couple. >> he's down on bended knee. >> mike: is this on our air? >> would you marry me? >> oh, my god, yes. all right they were waiting in time square are for that ball to drop and they were jond alongside tv hosts on the nivea kiss stage. >> clayton: nivea is it thrilled, the product placement. >> ainsley: they should get a free wedding for that. she has to wear a blue wedding dress. >> clayton: and chapstick around that. paying for the honeymoon. and janet dean is in the

weather center, you're going to need chapstick. >> mike: hi, janet dean. i haven't seen you in a long time. kiss your face. >> you come up here, big boy. my new year's resolution is to not to get pregnant. >> mike: then i'm not coming up there (laughter) >> 85% are broken. >> my husband knows mike and the love between us and he is good with that. and this time last year, he was blocking most of the screen, right. >> mike: you were a warm front. [laughter] >> you're so cute. have you gone to sleep at all. >> mike: yeah, i've had three hours, i'm fine. >> i'll see you in a little bit, mike. and let's take a look at the temperatures, it was a warm new years for-- new year's eve for a lot of folks, 44 in new york city, 43 in chicago, and 30 in minneapolis, as our morning show friends point out. we have cold air from canada

going to drop the temperatures leak a rock. let's take a look at the satellite radar imagery, we have a storm system around the upper midwest, bringing scattered showers across the gulf coast and light snow and rain moving into the pacific network and this is the form we're going to pay attention to over the next several days because it's going to make its way eastward and with it, the potential of blizzard conditions for parts of northern michigan. and so, winter storm advisory posted for the appalachians, up to the upper midwest and that's where we have the blizzard warnings for traverse city, could see winds in excess of 50 miles per hour and snow, 10 to 20 inches. let's take a look at the future radar, further in time. there's the system moving into canada and the trailing cold front is going to bring some rain and snow towards the northeast and then lake effect snow for the great lakes. the highs today. the temperatures definitely

seeing, dropping across the upper midwest and northern plains as that colder air filters in and 53 in new york city, at least 10 degrees above average, 60 in dallas, 48 in kansas city, and 41 in provo. so, much of the country feeling above average to average temperatures, but that's going to change within the next several days. you'll keep an eye on it. pretty good, and it was beautiful out there for new year's eve. >> sure was. >> really glad we didn't have any major storms to deal with. >> myrtle, thank you. >> thank you, janice. >> all right, the occupy protesters i guess some of the normal weather and some of the warmer weather enabled some of the occupy protesters to kind of maybe go back out to zucotti park where they had a bit of their own celebration out there. they laid up some police tape and went down there and protested down there, the year on wall street and of course, where this all started after they had been pushed out of there a few weeks ago.

>> apparently one officer was injured. it was some altercation with scissors, i'm not sure, but i think he's doing okay now, he responded with pepper spray. >> mike: and that wasn't the big story of the year, no question about it. probably made the top ten news stories of the year. >> clayton: of course, michael bloomberg had them removed from the private park and he was in times square with lady gaga and want today show we're still angry. >> mike: this started in august, september. protesters took over a privately owned part in lower manhattan zucotti for washington politics. what it grew into was something nobody expected. >> capitalism is bad and i think we have to actually bring socialism. >> if we were willing to

share, we could all live in prosperity. >> corporations have to revise the system of being so bound to their profit. >> this is a real grass roots people movement with a message. >> we're trying to accomplish the demolition of capitalism. >> and capitalism-- >> i think it's a great thing. >> i think that wall street should share. >> and don't stant for anything other than being angry. >> you have to transcend politics. we want our money from people who are basically controlling the people who just want-- >> and the zionist jews who are running the big banks and federal reserve, and federal government they need to be run out of this countries. >> the message i think become clear. >> rich people should give a larger portion of their wealth to society rather than keeping it for themselves. we have been treated as slaves

by this entire society. >> help us now. help us now. help us. >> the protesters are really proud that they have been disciplined. that they have been committedly nonviolent ♪ ♪ >> i wonder if the sense of dangerousness gives them power. >> and i applaud the spirit of what's happening on wall street. >> and >> it's hard to believe that all happened this year. coming up on the show, and

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>> welcome back, quick headlines for you, you're looking at new video from vatican city where the pope is marking the new year with a mass at st. peter's basilica. the vatican promoting world peace in 2012. and police say this gal was a stunner. a woman busted trying to sneak a stun gun through a security check point at jfk airport.

>> she is stunning. >> the 21-year-old attempted to board a flight. i don't see a woman. where is she. >> the bearded lady from the circus. [laughter]. >> ainsley: she was apparently trying to board a flight to orlando and the screener spotted it in the carry on bag. >> mike: it was in the shape of a pen. >> clayton: maybe carried it around and forgot she had it. >> mike: as we celebrate the beginning of 2012 e a perfect time to look back at some of our most memorable moments here on "fox & friends" weekend over the past year and unfortunately, alisyn and dave aren't here to share the laugh, but we've included them in the montage to make fun of them and mock them and i think that you'll remember. >> good morning, welcome to "fox & friends" on this sunday morning. >> why are you in your pajamas. >> pajamas? these are a glamorous fashion

statement. he won't stop for me. >> you plug in chairs now, who knew? knew? >> oh, i can't follow it. it's just too complicated. >> 8, 9, 10, blast off! oh! ♪ . >> go! >>. >> clayton: i was looking for my mustache. >> i know. >> i'm going to make him an offer. >> and by someone who knows how. >> and i suppose you think are' the proper person? >> there's nobody here. >> and oh, well, you know,

i've got to remember. >> you look sharp. >> you should make fun, i danced with cheryl burke, i'm on the right. >> i think i'd like to get her to do an impression. >> you just did it. >> guess what, guess what. >> teach us. >> 1, 2, 3, 4. >> and better watch out. >> thank you, the most athletic thing i've done. >> carl's got it. >> you could do that off the top of his head. >> baloney. governor huckabee has a fear of snakes we just learned. >> out of here, hey, i'll see you guys later. embarrassing for both of you manly men who couldn't take

the heat in the kitchen, could you? >> we had the insanity wing contest on the show. [laughter] >> are you all right? >> oh, my gosh. >> do you want some water? >> and that's-- clayton. >> oh. >> we asked you what we should dress up for halloween tomorr tomorrow. tomorrow. >> . >> clayton: thanks everybody for joining us. what a fun show to watch. >> i would watch that show. i would watch that show. >> mike: wish it was on tv. when is it on again?

>> 6 to 10 a.m. eastern time. >> ainsley: and a pig painting. >> clayton: thanks to our viewers, makes us the number one watched show on cable news. and congressman ron paul says he understands why iran wants nuclear weapons. >> if i were iranian i'd probably want a nuclear weapon, too, because you gain respect from that. >> clayton: so are ron paul's views dangerous or accurate? >> and from home grown terrorists, the most dangerous for 2012. coming up next. [ male announ] how'd you learn to do that?

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>> all right. welcome back to "fox & friends" on this first day of 2012. from chaos in europe to nuclear weapons, that's just

some of the predicted threats to look out for in this upcoming year. >> ainsley: here is break down the top five is ryan morrow, founder of world threat.com and national security analyst for christian action network. thank you for being with us, ryan. >> thanks for having me. >> happy new year. >> happy new year. >> clayton: i hope it's a happy new year with the threats. home grown jihad. break it down, is it as much of a threat in 2012 as 2011 or more? >> it's more. the pace of attacks, number of attacks is increasing and obama administration officials will confirm that to you. the latest poll. 5% of muslim american adults will say in the poll that they look upon al-qaeda favorably. even though that's a small percentage when you have nearly 2 million muslim american adults. that's a good pool to acan crew from. >> ainsley: kim jong un, the son of kim jong-il. >> he's a young guy without

experience and a lot to prove and they believe they need conflict with outside powers to retain a grip on the country. i wouldn't be surprised if he wouldn't in the next few months. >> clayton: scary. >> the aesh spring is continuing and friends and enemies in the arab spring and enemies appear stronger and more organized and i think this'll see continued pro protests in some of the other countries like jordan and raises the possibility that the muslim brotherhood or other forces are going to come to power. >> ainsley: number two on your list, military action against iran. >> any attack on iran is viewed as attack by the united states, if it's one entity. >> clayton: in the straits of hormuz, military provocation and we need to worry about entering into any military conflict with iran? >> they have every interest in making the price of oil spike up and having limited clash in

the straits of hormuz. as the economy is worse with the regime, this'll want to engage in confrontation to make the price go up. >> clayton: and number one, this is scary. if iran gets the bomb. >> panetta says they could get one within a year and might have some sites engaging in uranium enrichment that we don't know about. it's a realistic possibility that they could get a nuclear weapon next year and would set off a nuclear race throughout the region. if you think they sponsor terrorism now, wait until they have a nuclear weapon. >> ainsley: what about ron paul's comment. is that dangerous? >> dangerous and insane. the latest iaea report, they're working on war design, and it's clear they're going after a nuclear weapon. >> clayton: and 2012 could be a scary time and we'll have to wait and see and follow this for us. ryan, thank you for joining us

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>> good morning to you, it's january 1st, 2012. happy new year to you. i'm ainsley earhart filling in for alisyn. here is what's coming up, and

it was quite the party. millions gathering to ring in the new year and we'll have a closer look at the celebrations and the massive cleanup in times square is getting underway. >> clayton: oh, my head hurts. >> mike: the final days to iowa and a brand new poll out last night shows mitt romney is a statistical dead heat with ron paul and we will have a first in show. >> clayton: first in show, best in show. and parents, listen up. if your underaged kids get caught drinking in your own home you could end up paying the price even if you had no idea a party was happening in your home? is this fair? we report, you decide. "fox & friends" hour two begins right now for 2012. ♪ >> it was a beautiful night,

wasn't it. >> ainsley: absolutely. >> mike: here in new york city, it was beautiful and most of the country had good weather, too. happy new year, clayton. >> clayton: happy new year to all of you. the you get here early and the staff work hard and i think none of them went to sleep. and a vat of coffee. we have two of these and gone already and it's 7 a.m. eastern time. it's dripping out of here. >> mike: i had my face under that and couldn't get a drop out of it. have you noticed every year we're at 48th and 6th where the studio is. there is confetti from the event last night all over our news room in the basement of this building. >> clayton: it's amazing. >> mike: i guess take it in on your feet. >> ainsley: when i walked in, covering the ground. >> clayton: like the weird swirling garbage and look down at the tarmac, don't know where the pile of bags come from. >> mike: our building is a

swirling bag of garbage at this hour. we had fun last night. >> ainsley: one of the best places down the street from the studio, times square, take a look. happy new year. oh, look at that cute cup. hundreds of thousands of people there to see the beautiful waterford crystal ball above times square, a great night to be out. ten degrees warmer than usually. sin city, las vegas, ringing in the new year in style and you can see the beautiful fireworks there lighting up the vegas strip and great deal out of baltimore, maryland, fireworks shut off in the harbor, that's really cool. and of course, we couldn't forget our troops. celebrating in kabul, afghanistan, ate, dance and even did the limbo. we'll continue to bring you lots of video of new york celebrations throughout the show. liao being --

look at them go. >> i shot some video on my iphone, i'll tweet it out. it shows the guys vacuuming up. they have the giant vacuum machines and suck up the confetti. when the sun comes up we'll look at times square. >> it's cleaner actually than our corner because there's a lot of confetti. >> look at that. >> megyn kelly saying last night there were more than a million people down there. you can see for miles, it loose likes miles, but it's not. and standing shoulder to shoulder. and as soon a the ball drops. >> mike: the people are hanging out there 15 hours. as i was you can with aing in, 47th and 7th and a guy was staggering and a woman walks by, have you had your new year's eve kiss yet? and she's running away. >> ainsley: wow.

>> clayton: you know, things were dropping all over the country. pickle, car in one. >> ainsley: peach. >> clayton: in des moines they dropped a new register poll, the des moines register poll and everyone focused on this thing, and it hit around 8 p.m. and everyone want today read the tea leaves and see what it said. take a look at it. this is a remark aable new-- it's a statistical tie. >> mike: this is taken tuesday through friday. >> clayton: right. >> mike: it's a fluid situation and ainsley you were trying to explain to me earlier, why some people say rick santorum is the big winner. if you look from a certain angle, he's number two. >> ainsley: he's the green rec taping tangle. >> they're saying if we took the polls yesterday and today and remind you this poll ended

on friday, then he would be number one. >> clayton: he'd be number two behind mitt romney. >> ainsley: possibly number one, we don't know. >> clayton: true, it's sunday now and you see the momentum and everyone calling it rick santorum momentum because of what's happening now. it's telling and momentum is everything. >> ainsley: they say every vote counts. well, every day counts. he came from down here to up here in a matter of a few days. >> mike: remind me the history. you did a great interview with the iowa caucuses. has a republican ever won iowa and then became our president? >> oh, yeah, george w. bush and going back even further than that, so, george w. bush of course won iowa and went on to win. he lost though in new hampshire and went 0en to win. >> mike: nobody's ever won iowa and new hampshire, no republican. >> clayton: and then gotten the nomination, exactly. this could be the first if mitt romney pulls it off and manages to get iowa and new

hampshire. >> ainsley: there were three major polls last year in iowa to determine who was going to win the caucus. in june, romney. november. gingrich and now we're seeing romney again. different winners. >> clayton: it's like a rollercoaster, like going to the wild water kingdom. meanwhile, newt gingrich says that des moines poll, as valuable as this, everything comes down to this. when you look at this poll it's like a super bowl. you get to see where the candidates hit and if they're nasty in the first few minutes of the super bowl. take a look. >> the ultimate is the super bowl. we're learning a lot about what our opponents will do and they are nastier and more dishonest, and so we'll have to-- exactly like the super bowl. you see the opening series and think about it and figure out what to do next. it's going to be a very long game. >> ainsley: what is up with

you men with your sports analogy, always. >> mike: what we know best, sports. >> ainsley: always seems-- >> nobody's right. that's what good coaches do. you look what happens, in basketball, same thing, the first three minutes, maybe at half time even, adjust and come up with a new strategy, what's the strategy going to be toed and tomorrow. >> clayton: right. and tuesday morning. president obama is trying to turn up the heat on congress and we showed you the poll numbers, all time low, 5% approval rating and 95% disapproval rating and now you see the new strategy coming out of the white house for 2012 and it's probably, you know, i don't know how you can argue that it's not a smart move, but here is obama's press secretary, he says this. in terms of the president's relationship with congress in 2012, the president is no longer tied to washington d.c., sort of fed up with congress. >> of course. >> if you have a 5% approval

rating why not make the strategy to go against that. >> if you're a 5% approval rating. >> i don't know, you want to be able to work well with congress. >> that's the reverse side of that. if you're any kind of leader, you could get congress to work with you. >> what you're supposed to do. that's your job, get everyone to work well together. >> clayton: the best ceo's are the ones that come in the board room and let everyone get angry and duke it out. and know the saying this is my decision and duke it out. >> mike: that's what he says, i'm a republican in a blue state and i got people to work together. we'll see if it works. >> ainsley: to the rest of the headlines, arsonists strike again in hollywood, california. the second night in a row. claims destroyed homes and buildings and 40 cars torched

in 48 hours and police believe more than one person is responsible for the arson spree and one possible suspect was spotted on surveillance video and $35,000 reward offered for anything that leads to conviction. if that's your new years resolution to pay off your debt. turn those guys in, $35,000. the fbi says it's holding a soldier in custody after he was caught with c-4 explosives in his luggage, trying to board with his wife and kids. and the suspect is identified as army sergeant first class stationed in fort bragg. tsa agents stopped him. they noticed something suspicious in his carry on. >> an evacuation forces a highway to shut down after a landlord's discovery in a home. police say she came across an explosives lab where a kemmist was making explosives and

unclear what he was working on. and nearby roads will be closed until they're finished. yikes. president obama marking the new year signing the 2012 defense authorization act. among other things, the bill provides 662 billion dollars for u.s. troops, pay raises, as well as continued military action in afghanistan and then in iraq. and still, the president expressed, quote, serious reservations about the bill and certain pre-visions that regulates the interrogation, prosecution of suspected terrorists. those are your headlines. >> let's check with janice dean in for rick reichmuth with a check of the forecast on this first day of 2012. hi, janet. >> hi, clayton. happy new year, a storm system moving across the northern plains and now situated over the great lakes, upper midwest, we have blizzard advisories for northern michigan and looking at winter

advisories for the ups mo of west virginia. to the u.p. of michigan and michigan we're seeing the blizzard warnings in head and see heavy snow 10 to 20 inches and gusts from 40 to 50 miles per hour and people are advised to stay indoors. the good thing, it's a weekend. temperatures falling across the upper midwest. 20 international falls and 42 chicago. and all of that cold air sinking southward and eastward and back to you guys. >> mike: and janice, my sister, joanne, lives in the state, the sit motto for virginia? >> lovers. >> mike: virginia is for lovers. >> clayton: you wouldn't know that. >> mike: virginia is for lawsuits. >> clayton: it is this morning because newt gingrich and a few other candidates have now joined that rick perry lawsuit against the virginia ballot process. this is sort of a bipartisan effort because you know that some democrats come to the aid of newt gingrich saying it's

unfair there. >> ainsley: that's right, you have michele bachmann, rick santorum, newt gingrich as you said, john huntsman and rick perry a part of it. only two people on the ballot. ron paul and mitt romney. >> mike: and put their words of angst bachmann, huntsman, santorum. respectfully request the board either take action to add them to the ballot mooting their challenges until the judge has had an opportunity to hear from the parties. please be advised the g.o.p. candidates for president listed will be filing a motion to intervene. >> clayton: they haven't gotten the motion to print the ballot. >> ainsley: why are they doing that. what if someone drops out. granted you have the top two

contenders, according to the iowa caucuses poll, what if one drops out. >> clayton: that happens and you'll see the name pop up and still got 4% of the vote. >> ainsley: that's not fair for the people who haven't dropped out. >> clayton: that's true. we told you had a ron paul and mitt romney in a statistical dead heat. does he have what it takes to win? >> parents, listen up, if your underage children get caught drinking in your house, you could pay the price even if you didn't know a party was happening at your home. is this fair? we report, you decide. >> mike: and americans are changing up their attitude. what a new poll says, why they had a brighter outlook in 2012. >> ainsley: you can only go up, right after last year. no choice. ♪

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>> presidential hopeful ron paul is now blaming his rising poll numbers for the extra scrutiny on his handsoff approach to foreign policy. >> this whole idea of talking about the endless wars and endless foreign aid. it seems like nobody cares about the budget. you take money from poor people in this country and you end up giving it to rich people in poor countries and they're used as weapons of war so you accomplish nothing. biggest threat to our national security is our financial condition. >> are his views dangerous? let's ask the former speech writer, joins us now from d.c., hey, mark. >> happy new year to you. >> to you, too, what about his

views on foreign policy, dangerous? >> the poll says he's tied for first place, so iowa republicans are poised now to make their standard bearer, a man who opposed the killing of osama bin laden and not only opposed, but said it violates international law. and not just bin laden. he opposed ma lackey. and these are dangerous views. >> ainsley: then why is he doing so well in the caucuses in iowaments i don't think that people don't understand the nuttiness of his important policy views. and a man who said on oon versusly of september 11th, 2001, we had brought the attacks on our stefs because the policies annoyed osama bin laden. a man who not only opposes

military action in iran to stop iran becoming a check power, he says that economic sanctions are an act of war. and the 9/11 attacks that brought down the twin towers and killed 3000 people is just a crime. this is nuts. >> ainsley: they're attacking him for his foreign policy. let's listen. >> i think ron paul's views are totally outside the mainstream of virtually every decent american. >> that ron paul would make a very dangerous president because of his foreign policy. >> one of the people running for president thinks it's okay for iran to have a nuclear weapon, i don't. >> a second term with barack obama i'm not sure would look that different from a ron paul administration when it comes to national security. >> ainsley: what's your reaction to that. >> i think that the obama administration is better than ron paul when it comes to the national security. >> ainsley: really? >> at least barack obama thinks we should kill osama

bin laden. this is a man who not only opposes military and spying on-- >> is it interesting he has these opinions going to war. unless we have a clear mission. and he goes on to say that the military into war with a clear mission, so that's his common theme on his website, yet, he was an air force veteran. he was an officer and a doctor, medical doctor and got his training in the military. >> well, i think all the republican candidates say we should only go to war when we have a clear mission. look, killing osama bin laden was a pretty clear message. he's supposed to be libertarian. when do they believe that international law could he oppos opposes on iran, when the

drone was over in iran. these are nutty positions. >> ainsley: what about his comments eran with nuclear weapons. >> he was perfectly fine with iran having a nuclear weapon. he says it's not a threat to the united states. it's not he doesn't want to do anything about it we shouldn't spy on them. he wants to find out when the mulla mullahs test the nuclear weapon. >> ainsley: thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> ainsley: and one county is letting them go. and the material girl and jackie o? the never before heard story coming up. ♪ you know that we are living in a material world and i am a material girl ♪ [ female announcer ] this is not a prescription.

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>> welcome back. this is your first news by the numbers of 2012. in honor, i'll wear these glasses. 40,000, how many new state and federal and local laws are set to go into effect this year and from folks with caller i.d. and minimum wage hikes. and 16,197. the new record, number of tweets that were set per second in japan and the overload caused the site to crash. finally, $5,000, that's how much you'll have to take at that take a bite out of the burger. 5,000, it includes kobe beef, duck foy gras. and. >> mike: give me a burger.

in cook county, illegal, felons here illegally are set free through the orders of ice. claiming illegals are too costly and unfair to those of lesser crimes, but our next guest says the move sets a precedent and he joins us from cook county. thank you for being with us. >> get us up to speed and what ice is, and sometimes they ask for local jurisdiction to help them out. >> ice is immigrations and customs enforcement and their job is to detain individuals who are found to be undocumented and in this case, individuals who are undocumented that enter our cook county jail systems. >> mike: folks there, say, it's just too costly to do this. might cost us 20 million dollars a year to detain these folks. what do you say about that? >> inflated number? >> well, of course.

that's the way it was sold to members of the cook county board, but that's simply a red herring. the sponsor said it costs between 15 and 20 million to house the detainees pursue and the to ice detainers. the cast after i pursued it was really $250,000. now, we received nearly 3 million dollars from the federal government to house people on ice detainers, so therefore, we're putting in jeopardy. 2,250,000 dollars we're putting in jeopardy of losing should we not comply with the ice detainers with the federal government. >> mike: 3 million dollars from the federal government to help them out. what kind of crimes are we talking about? how dangerous are these folks? >> well, these people that are let out are people who are charged with sexual offenses, felony dui, reckless homicide,

assault on police officers, we're not talking about boy scouts here. >> mike: no, well, so if it's not a money issue and you've done research on this, if it's not a money issue, what is the point here. >> this was solved for financial reasons that you mentioned earlier and also, that we were tearing apart families, that we were arresting people for broken taillights and for not having proof of insurance and separating families and deporting people for misdeem offenses, nothing could be further from the truth. what is actually happening is people that are charged, are being charged with felonies, even up to and include murders that can bond out are being returned to their communities and creating a very unsafe environment in the communities they return to. we're creating a willy horton moment in cook county. >> mike: that's a good way to put it and people in chicago land area who watch our show,

want want us to follow it and thanks for tipping us off. >> thank you. >> mike: the frahm on the first day of the year. if your underage children drink at your home while are' not there, maybe you're out of town. should you be punished as parents? is that fair? we report, you decide. 2011 may have been a bad year for many people, but it's out with the negative and in with the positive on the first day. why optimism rules for 2012. a new survey, a new poll out today. ♪

>> happy new year. >> happy new year. >> ainsley: one of my resolutions, i've broken my resolution, we had cheese in the green room and i had a piece of cheese. i've got to stop eating cheese. you said something. >> mike: i love cheese. look at this face. no, there's a diet book out came out a couple of years ago and one of the chapters, if you eat cheese, you will neveren thin. of course, we're sponsored by the dairy association. apologize for that. >> ainsley: sometimes hearing

something look that will prevent you. >> mike: i eat it. >> clayton: like sugar, too, we have so much sugar around. and please send your resolutions and also find us on twitter ff weekend. if you're not follow our twitter account. follow us there, and we tweet throughout the show. >> mike: can i say my twitter handle @mike jerrick. >> ainsley: ooze i. >> clayton: and last year was a pretty awful year for a lot of people, people would agree, but 62% say this year they're 0 pt -- optimistic. >> mike: i was surprised by the number. 62% are optimistic. and i'm going to your theory, ainsley, we're so low, you bounce back. >> ainsley: no place to go, but up. a fresher morning, 2012, a brand new year, a new day, an opportunity for you.

>> mike: and themes, speaking of optimism. how often should we check on the weather. janice dean is in for rick. >> good morning. >> i think very optimistic, this time last year, we had a couple of really big winter storms across the northeast, we had a terrible year last year in terms of tornados, we had hurricanes, hurricane irene hitting the east coast so you know what? i'm ge. and across the northeast, new york city, it's gorgeous, hard to believe it's january 1st and dealing with temperatures in the mid 40's and most of the country at least average, above average in a lot of cases and that's going to change the next couple of days across the northern plains and then sinking in toward the east coast and the cold snap is not going to last long. if you like the warmer interprets, at least the next week or so. let's take a look at the storm system we're watching.

much of the country dealing with very nice conditions, calm weather, unfortunately for folks across the mitt west, the u.p. of michigan is seeing the storm sister and we have winter weather advisories and blizzard warnings for northern michigan, winds could gust and people are urged to stay indoors at least for today and the blizzard warnings are there for tomorrow. pay attention to your local forecast. i'll show you what we're dealing with in terms of snow in the great lakes. it's going to lift into canada and trailing cold front move eastward and the lake effect snow is going to continue, unfortunately, for all of the great lakes region we could see 6 to 12 inches of snow. they're used to that this time of yooer and they've seen a snow deficit, especially across the northeast and even the midwest and a lot of people welcoming the snow and especially the ski resorts. there it is, i'm optimistic about the weather, it's beautiful right now and my

hair still looks good. so et cetera all -- it's all about that. >> we'll get some confetti. >> they did a great job. you can't believe that there were a million people. >> clayton: and they get the leaf blowers and suck up the confetti. >> mike: there's a compost pile that's colorful. >> ainsley: north korea is in an all out stage for prosperity as they're behind the new leader kim jong un. threats to protect the 28-year-old until death. acting as human shields. house speaker john boehner, 26-year-old david lewis filed against to channel him. lewis is a tea party and

boehner did not have a challenge. do you have change for a million dollar bill? a lexington man asked, while checking out of a wal-mart. and et items totalling under $500 and when he gave the clerk a million dollar bill insisting it's real. the problem. do i have to it will you, the largest bill in circulation is just $100 and now faces felony forgery charge. did madonna pass up the opportunity to vogue as jackie o? ♪ let your body move to the music, hey, hey, hey ♪ e. >> clayton: well, it turns out to john f. kennedy, jr.'s former assistant has written a book and in it, that jfk asked madonna to play his mother, for george. and she declined saying she never do her justice and her

eyebrows were not thick around. and you may remember he was rumored to be dating him before he married. >> clayton: and why am i looking slow, we're vogelsonging. >> and this is what i do to prepare for the show. said in the piece if she ever want today play eva braun, that she did. and it was eva peron. >> mike: some eva. >> clayton: not hitler's-- >> eva peron, don't cry for me. and listen to this story out of seattle. the seattle times reporting this morning for parents, parents if you're in that neck of the woods. this could be trouble for you. starting next month, even if you're out of town and have no idea that your kids are back home throwing a party while you're going, your teenage kids and serving alcohol there. you could be fined even though

you have no idea it's happening and what's going on. >> wow. >> mike: i don't know, i don't know that i'm opposed to that. >> clayton: really. >> ainsley: why? >> and i have two teenage girls. it's no-fault of my own, but have some perm responsibility for the 15, 16 year olds. >> clayton: it's your house. >> mike: i know it's my house, i better know what's going on in my hours, 24 hours a day. >> ainsley: i was fearful of my parents, what if they were disappointed or this or that. and maybe if cher they're charged. my dad would have said young lady you're not only on restrictions forever, you also need to pay me the money for this. >> clayton: pay back the fine. >> mike: maybe people have the rub bass it's legislatures or should we take personal responsibility as parents. >> clayton: sometimes you need the push and this is what, mercer island, underage drinking is an unfortunate consequence of growing up and looking away during underage drinking parties risks good

kids falling into regrettable situations, that may follow them the rest of their lives. we hope the peace the organization gives to the police will stop parents from safe housing the parties and peer pressure. maybe the press will keep around it-- >> give your feedback on that one. >> ainsley: if you think about high school and remember the houses that will the parties in high school, always like the one house or that one or two. >> mike: i know, right. another side to it, too, some parents say, i'm going to make this a safe house, so you drink with me, kid, 16, 17 year olds. i'll be in the who us and drink together. >> ainsley: it's sending the wrong message. >> clayton: right, we'll take your keys and know if you're going to drink you'll be in the house. a lot of parents do that. take the keys. >> ainsley: and they're trying to be friends with their kids. i don't want to look at my parents that way. >> mike: kids want parents. >> ainsley: in high school you want your mom the cool mom.

and then four years later, thank goodness my mom wasn't. >> clayton: i never wanted a party in the house because i didn't want my stuff getting broken. >> ainsley: i was dad was always so worried something-- my grandparents had to stay with us and they were stricter than my own parents and dad was worried that if something happened this, there would be a mutilation lawsuit we knew if . >> clayton: be honest, did you ever throw a party when your parent were out of town. >> mike: oh, no, my mom and dad? . i rer, my 16-year-old friend let's go to the drive-in theater back when you had drive-ins. and so we go there and he had a six pack of beer and when he went to the concession stand, i poured my beer out. >> clayton: really? >> my parents aren't around. i'm not supposed to be drinking happen. >> clayton: that was then, what happened now. >> mike: went off the tracks.

>> ainsley: the only time i had people over, not a party, few friends my dad said i decided to come home a da i early, and i don't know where my mom was. talk about we cleared the house in five minutes. >> clayton: we had a party with a friend of mine's, his dad was like homer simpson, he worked at a nuclear plant and we'd go over to the house. >> ainsley: you never had parties at your house. >> mike: no, no, i know my kids have gone to other kid's houses now in their 20's or 30's-- no, 40 years old. no, when they were teens they used to tell me about the other parties, kids would throw. >> ainsley: it's usually the one house. >> mike: the one house down the street. parents are out and conjugate there. >> ainsley: before parents were there. one mom in our neighborhood, she condoned it. >> clayton: e-mail us and let us know what you think about the new law. should parents be on the hook even though they don't know

anything about it? coming up on the show, president obama wants to raise that debt ceiling again. how will it affect the country? peter mauricea will weigh in. >> mike: if you have a tough time keeping your new years resolution? don't worry, your friends could be the key to keeping you motivated. tomorrow is national motivation day. >> ainsley: i didn't know they had that. ♪ ♪ what is thishorty? uh, tissues si i'm sick. you don't cough, you d't show defeat. give me your war face! raaah! [ male announcer ] halls. a pep talk in every drop.

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the debt ceiling debacle is back and president obama extended it a little bit and asking congress to raise it again. does this contradict what the president ran on back in 2008 when he took shots at george w. bush. >> the problem is the way that bush has done it over the last eight years is to take out a credit card from the bank of china in the name of our children and driving up our national debt from 5 trillion dollars, the first 42 presidents, number 43. added 4 trillion dollars by his lonesome so that we now have over 9 trillion dollars of debt that we are going to have to pay back. and $30,000 for every man, woman and child. and that's irresponsible. and it's unpatriotic. >> unpatriotic. peter mauricesy is an economist and business professor at university of maryland and joins us live

with the next raising of the debt ceiling. welcome to the show. >> happy new year e when you hear the president saying that when he was candidate obama in 2008. does it outline the necessity-- this time around it's flip no flopped. >> over the last hour years the democratic congress and the president has raised spending over a trillion dollars and not half of that was necessary for inflation or a more elderly population. and this is absolute hypocrisy. >> so the public debt right now. take a look at this, 43.4% since president obama's inauguration and that's 4.6 trillion dollar increase. i mean, as an economist, peter, when you look at these numbers and you say to yourself. how is the united states government sustainable, given this type of debt pressure? >> well, it's the express train to athens.

the u.s. government is banking on its ability to print money and so explained the ron paul if em -- phenomena. we can print money, but then massive inflation. how much of a tax increase will the american people have to bear to resolve this problem. because if mr. obama is reelected we'll have to raise taxes by maybe 40 or 50%, every single tax that every american pays to resolve this deficit. >> clayton: is ron paul right, we need to go back to a gold standard. >> oh, no, but we need to have responsible fiscal policy. what i'd like to see, the republican to explain to me and you, how they're going to cut back half a trillion in spending added by the pelosi congress and obama presidency that's unnecessary. i don't see explanations for that and that's what the american people need if they're going to have a responsible budget and a government that lives within our means. >> so, all of this debate over whether or not the department of the should have exend itted the debt ceiling, was that

moot or something that the federal government has to do as we arrive at a shutdown? >> we would shutdown right now. what it reflects is the failure and budget negotiations last august. the 11th hour after reaching and getting very close to a grand deal, the president wanted big tax increases on the wealthy. >> you know, if we raised taxes you be is-- substantially on millionaires, that's nothing compared to the 1 trillion dollar deficit. america does not have a taxing problem, it has a spending problem. >> clayton: it has a spending problem and one-- we thought this debate was pushed off a little bit more and this actual raising of the debt ceiling during december was part of this budget agreement that they came to, but i'm confused why members of congress, leaders in congress and came to the president and asked for a delay in that. this wasn't president obama's decision up front? >> correct. both houses of congress have

to pass a resolution on this debt ceiling for it not to go up. and the republicans want to get back to town and have an opportunity to vote no. the president was extending a courtesy to the house republicans because they would have had to come back over the christmas break. of course, the president likes congress out of town because he can run against them and they're not here to defend themselves. >> we're at 5% approval rating and may be the only people he can run against. peter, great to see you and happy new year. >> happy new year to everyone here. >> clayton: thanks so much, peter. toss over to mike, what's coming up? >> ahead, poll numbers so that mitt romney is up nationally. does this mean he'll be the likely battle president obama this year? and keeping your new years resolution will be easier, but only if you have the right friends. we'll explain that.

happy 12th birthday to a great guy. zack ai ailes, and congratulations to him and have mom and dad. roger and beth.

>> welcome back to quick headlines for you. new video out of ohio, the u.s. geological confirming a rare 4.0 earthquake near cleveland. several smaller quakes reported in recent weeks and a nearby fluid injection, well, may be to blame. work at that well now on hold. and this squirrel monkey now back home at the san francisco zoo. thieves snatched banana sam on friday after cutting a hole in his wire cage. the 17-year-old boy noticed

the monkey a day later at a nearby park. put the animal in his backpack and returned him safe and sound. clayton, you know that monkey is in therapy. am i a squirrel or a monkey? i'm a squirrel monkey. >> clayton: a personality conflict. >> mike: that's right. >> ainsley: did you make a new years resolution this year, was it to keep your new years resolution? more than 85% of americans usually never follow through with their resolutions apparently, so, we have some tips to help you out. >> mike: yeah, the resolution are normally blown out of the water, by the end of this month. four weeks resolution? >> no, aen people get distracted and lose focus. >> mike: it's great to see you, you're motivated. just after 9/11 that's when you became the founder of-- and decide today make this day, january 2nd, tomorrow. >> yes. >> mike: motivation day, inspiration day. >> national motivation and inspiration day and passed through congress and today is new years day, it's kind of taken so we decided that

tomorrow would be sort of the best day to start our year and this year works out perfectly. it's a monday. what about et-- better da i to establish your resolutions and plans and goals. >> ainsley: what do you suggest. >> there are a number of things to do and tips how to do it successfully. however, we have a couple of solutions we can offer. in partnering with a great company called tracks it all. an ipad and iphone app that will help you establish your resolutions and your goals and successfully follow them every single day, every single month. at the end. month it will give you a resolution, look, you're 80%, 90%, 10%. >> ainsley: wow. >> you can see how well you're doing and adjust through the year. >> mike: and about of we've had the tools you said you should make your own calendar on paper or anything. keep track how you're doing. >> the best way to track things is to have it written. if you have your goals and

written and every day, wait, have i done anything to the goals. originally created a pdf. if you don't have an iphone or an ipad. you can actually do it via pdf and write them that way. aen those are two great applications to help you be successful with your goals. >> on the screen, we had establish smart goals. >> specific attainable, realistic, timely. >> yes. >> what's your second. do something to the goal every day. >> daily reminder, am i actively involved in achieving my goal? something we have to do every single day. >> you know, somebody who i just mentioned as a matter of fact, used to say this to me all the time. negative people make positive people sick. keep positive people around you. >> ainsley: roger ailes, he always says that, isn't that great? >> each year we talk about roger and his outlook and a lot of you are influenced, staying positive and motivated. we're working on a program mow

cussed what motivates people and how do we keep them motivated on a daily i and annual basis. >> mike: i like the success calendar you mentioned. >> it fulfills a number of things, affirmation every day, reminds you of what you're trying to achieve and an action plan, how you're going to do it. >> ainsley: i like your number three, surround yourself with positive people and that's so important to remember because as human beings, we have a choice, as we get older we especially have choices. in high school, the students are thrown together, but get through college and your adult life you get to choose your friends. >> that's the thing, you rub off on each other. and positive people are doing what you with a nt to do and establish the goals, these what you want to do. when you're hanging out with people who are doing them, that's the stuff we're talking about it. >> mike: i want to ask you because you see the commercials late at night about the motivation al cd's. >> and i'm partnering with

made for success and on the cd. >> mike: oh, yeah. >> professional success is important because it's about every company creates a vision and a mission, but how do you get there? so this helps to break down, what is success to you, what does it look like? it's different for everybody, but as long as you have a goal of how to get there. then, you know what? you can work towards that. >> and where do we get these? >> these are actually barnes & noble and they are costco and jn line, you can buy them as well so you can go to our website and buy them as well. >> a website. >> www.motivate america. >> ainsley: you're so positive. we could talk to you forever. >> mike: coming up on the show, it's a mystery and intentionally setting fires, an arsonist strikes while you're sleeping and even more cars on fire there. >> ainsley: a terrible story, president obama is putting up

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the new yr, some candidates had a reason to celebrate in iowa and others did not. the final poll before the caucus on tuesday. who is at the top of the list? who is making a surge. >> clayton: thank you, mike. and they're so hot. these hybrid sports cars are catching on fire, literally. >> mike: oh, no. >> clayton: did you know your tax dollars paid for these cars? another recall tied to the government's energy loan program. "fox & friends" hour three starts right now for the first day of 2012. ♪ >> happy new year! >> mike refuses-- >> on the streets of new york city, i hope not. >> mike: this is times square confetti from last night. >> clayton: they were looking for this.

they suck up every last piece. >> mike: they do. >> clayton: a live look at times square because this is london. look how clean london is, i was going to show you how clean times square was this morning, because they've cleaned it up. and what's bizarre even though we're blocks away there's confetti all over the news room and control room and the building. >> ainsley: i want to know who sits there with the scissors and cut the confetti. >> mike: a nice job into blisters on their fingers this morning. >> clayton: this was the annual parade, it's beautiful in london england right now. >> ainsley: last night it was about times square in new york and lady gaga, one of the many stars who performed in new york city last night. she and the mayor, mayor michael bloomberg had the honor of leading the countdown to the big moment. >> clayton: and cat woman. >> >> hundreds of thousands of people there to see that

beautiful waterford crystal ball descend 400 feet above times square, ten degrees warmer than usual. world's oddest couple there. >> ainsley: she's taller than he is, but-- in atlanta georgia, more than 100,000 people there enjoying the annual peach drop, as well as fireworks in the city's downtown and great video out of seattle, washington. fireworks shooting out of the space needle. this is cool. take a look if you're not in front of your tv right now. right in front of it if you like to see it. we're told people could see it from miles away. we'll continue to bring you lots of video of new years separations throughout the show this morning. >> clayton: all right. all of these celebrations were jumped way last night and something was happening in iowa. back in politics, des moines register dropped its final poll of 2011 and at 8 p.m.

all political watchers were waited with baited breath to see what the poll was going to show before the tuesday caucuses and it's surprising, jaws dropping in the political world this morning, take a look at the new poll. a tie statistically at the front for ron paul and mitt romney. >> mike: we figured that would be the case, but look what's happened the last four or five days, the surge by rick santorum. look at the numbers and graph here. look at the last two days of this poll. the poll was taken from tuesday to friday and if you look at thursday and friday of the poll alone, he's in second place, rick santorum is, edging out ron paul and that momentum is continuing. >> ainsley: and winning on friday. if this were to continue. if the poll taken on saturday and obviously today and tomorrow, would he be in first or second place? >> we shall see. he has about 90 pastors and clergy at the pull pet and 90 of them agreed to say words on

his behalf. >> clayton: washington reporting that they've added phone lines at campaign headquarters in iowa and volunteers and phones have been ringing off the hook more than ever. and gotten donations pouring into the santorum headquarters there. as the political watchers say, momentum helps and when people see you trickling up in poll they want to be part of that fever. >> mike: don't you think that those people in iowa are looking for a true conservative? isn't that rick santorum. >> clayton: he's been calling himself the tortoise, of the folks in this race i am the true conservative and he's been calling mitt romney, moderate mitt and lumping together of course, he and newt gingrich. likening himself being the true-- >> and i don't think he's a republican, he says, something like that. >> clayton: and the cover, a lot of people were talking about this, this is the cover of the economist. >> mike: too much glare. >> ainsley: the right republican. >> clayton: the right republican, that if you zoom

in that's abraham lincoln and different body parts of what makes up the right conservative. you've got, you know, arnold's muscle. nixon's brain. >> ainsley: reagan's sunny optimism and lincoln's silver tongue. >> clayton: and that is the purpose-- >> can we do that with our men. >> mike: he looks more like mr. t to me. >> ainsley: a little bit of this and little bit of that ap make the perfect candidate. >> mike: and newt gingrich and mitt romney yesterday not concentrating on g.o.p. opponents, but the man they're trying to replace in the white house, barack obama. here is just some of the comments. >> for a nation which is built upon opportunity, this idea that the best way to create wealth for all of our citizens was to give each the freedom to pursue their own dreams.

it's what is unique about this country. accounts as our extraordinary strength as a nation. our dna is like europe, but we excel way beyond them. the abundance of the land and the principles on which the nation has been founded. i don't think that president obama understands america that way and i don't think he understands what makes our economy so powerful. i think he wants to change us into a european welfare state. when instead of having a nation which thrives because of freedom and opportunity, we instead have a government that takes some people to give to others. and all they'll create is greater poverty, only freedom has been an antidote to poverty in the world. so i see this election is not just an election to replace the president, i see this as an election to save the soul of america. [applaus

[applause] >> had historically we've been a country of 100%. the idea of the 99% and 1%, is profoundly anti-america. when bill gates dropped out ofcle edge was he in the 1% or 99? when steve jobs dropped out of college 1% or 99? when the wright brothers who were bicycle mechanics to decided to invent airplanes, were they in the 1% or the 99? what's made america is an extraordinary company we level up-- >> ap america's about the 100% not 99 versus 1. >> clayton: and let's talk about percentages. congress waking up with a 5% approval rating we've been telling you about. nowhere near that 100% and president obama now seems to be using that as a campaign strategy of 2012. going after congress, not only a do-nothing congress, but inability to work with

congress. 5% approval rating. >> mike: that's a no-brainer. 95% disapproval is staring you in the face, attack congress. >> ainsley: i'm not sure that makes him look so good. >> mike: i'm not sure, either. ainsley. and we'll talk about mitt romney, a republican in a blue state and had to figure out a way to bring everybody together as a governor. isn't what they're supposed to do. >> clayton: bill clinton, and following that budget of course. >> mike: there you go, if america is that disheartened by congress, probably is it a good political strategy. >> clayton: a lot of pundits on the show. >> ainsley: this is something. >> clayton: a lot of pundits on the show saying this year they're probably-- probably a throw the bums out congress year, look for inkem bents. and at a briefing, in erms it

of the president's relationship with congress in 2012. the pr ez -- president is no longer tied to washington d.c. that strategy going forward. >> i think that's why they liked herman cain in the beginning. had come from nothing, father had two or three jobs. >> and he's the true outside er everyone is fighting to be-- he was not. >> mike: and a plain talker, herman cain, that's why people like chris christie out of new jersey. >> ainsley: colorful sound bite. new video of hollywood, california, residents on alert after another night of suspected arson fires. and 48 cars torched in 48 hours. destroying nearby homes and buildings like the ones you're looking at here. police believe one person is responsible for the fires. at least $35,000 is offered for any information that leads

to conviction in this case. >> vandalism. that's a pet peeve. new this morning, iran claiming its scientists produced the nation's first nuclear fuel rod. they insist it's being used to create nuclear power. i can't do it. >>, but there are fears they can be using it to make atomic weapon. >> what kind of power? >> i'm not doing it three times. the report comes hours after iran backed off on a threat to close the strait of hormuz. a passageway for 1/6 of the world's oil. iran said that it would block the state if it opposed on the sentrale bank. one is changing his tune. he says that iran has other for western aggression and he didn't say what the strategies meet be. wild winds in the west taking quite the total on home owners

in denver, colorado. knocked heavy trees into homes and toppled some cars over, at one point, last night. at least 19,000 people lost their power and the storm is linked to at least one death. those are your headlines. >> mike: and even the president had a hard time with that. >> clayton: and george w. bush. >> ainsley: nuclear, nuclear. >> mike: janice dean is in the weather center. >> so glad i'm doing weather. >> clayton: it's been pretty mild aen actually pretty easy. >> ainsley: one of the stories said the wild winter winds in the west. >> mike: colorado. >> and glad you're saying it not me. and part of the energy that moved through the rockies, the video that we saw from denver is now moving across the upper midwest in the great lakes and it's 48 hour radar and being see that system moving across the northern plains and winding up as it pushes across the upper midwest and the great lakes.

that's where we have the winter weather advisories and seeing them for parts of west verge and the appalachians and potential for winds 40 to 50 miles per hour and heavy snow. so that's going to cause, you know, zero visibility in some cases for northern michigan, traverse city being one of the cities in the blizzard warnings and those are in effect until tomorrow evening and so keep that in mind, especially if you're travelling. >> future radar, take a look where the storm moves. up to canada and trailing cold fronts over the northeast and see the messy wintery weather. back to you. >> poll numbers show that mitt romney is up nationally and will he leikely be the nominee? chris wallace will weigh in on that subject next. >> and plus, to lose 30 pounds, eat healthier and cut back your drinking, you know, back in 2011 and are you going to try again in 2012?

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register poll last night. still below 30%, is that a problem for him and just shows you how many undecided folks are out there. >> i don't think it's a big problem. the fact is he's doing better in iowa than he or his campaign projected. and he's so happy how he's doing, he's made a decision in the last couple of days, he'll be here on caucus night. if he thought it would be a bad night he'd be in new hampshire and looking forward. if the des moines register indicates he's going to win or edged out by rick santorum. that's pretty good for him. romney camp thinking that anyone winning except for perry origin grinch, they don't think any others can mount a campaign to challenge him. i'd say they're pretty satisfied. when you get to new hampshire,

30, 40, the national polls don't mean anything, it's state by state and it's a ground game of accumulating delegates. >> ainsley: 30 to 40% seems like had a lot to me at this point. >> well, he's not going to get that here, but you've got six candidates and it's split up. if he comes in at 25%, which is where he is now. they'll be happy and a close first or second and good enough in a state he didn't think he was going to do well. to move on to new hampshire, where he thinks he will. >> mike: we'll roll a tape here and i think most candidates running for president, when they're asked about the presidential spot and i'll make a decision later. this is what newt gingrich a reporter asked him, have you thought about it vp. >> i'm a great admirer of a great reform governor of

alaska, somebody i think brings a great deal to the possibility of helping in government and that would be one of the possibilities and there are also, very important cabinet position that she could fill very, very well. i can i can't imagine anybody that would drive us to a solution, than governor palin, for example, tell her that she would be certainly be on the list of one of the people we would consider. >> mike: the she he refers to is sarah palin. are you surprised by that, chris. >> no, you don't get hurt by suggesting her. obviously, a lot of people in iowa wish that she were going to run and you may pick up those supporters and have her on your ticket. and looking at the latest des moines register poll. gingrich, was up about 30% and lost 20 points in 20 days and he needs to be thinking about his vice-presidential running mate as he does what color the drapes are going to be in the oval office.

he needs to survive iowa at this point. so, i'm not sure he needs to worry about running mates yet. >> yeah, leave the drape picking to the interior decorator. another person who took a big hit. michele bachmann, steve brown was reporting 12 people showed up at one of her campaign stops. you're going to be talking to her today and plus, ron paul and rick perry. that's must-see tv on fox news sunday. and give us a preview, chris, what do you expect to hear from these guys? >> it's interesting, paul has done better than anyone thought. 10% fours years ago and up 22% in the des moines poll and he's a legitimate candidate and looks like almost certainly he'll go forward. and perry and bachmann, two disappointments, at the top of the polls at various points and stumbled and the question, can they do well enough? again, really, becomes less

about anything than money. you can only go on if you've got money to pay for staff, to pay for a field organization, most importantly, to pay for tv ads and rick perry has about put millions in tv ads here, if he finishes at 10 or 11% and whether he can go on. too bad you're in iowa and that's going to take you to the eagles and redskins game. extra seats, i've got 40,000 extra seats. [laughter] >> and i was going to stay, i don't think either of those are playing for a playoff position at this point. >> mike: zero. >> ainsley: thank you, chris. >> clayton: like bachmann and perry, a sports analogy. nice to see you, chris, happy new year. >> ainsley: they're so hot, the high pretty good sports cars are catching on fire and the two gentlemen next to me. did you know your tax dollars have paid for the cars. >> clayton: not only music to your ears, it could change your life. a break down of the songs

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>> imagine this. in the near future. scientists say we'll be able to take an elevator to outer space and our next guest says that scientists are inventing the future and the new book takes a look at the next hundred years. joining us is the professor of theoretical physics, author of the books, physics of the future how science will shape human destiny in our daily lives by the year 2100. nice to see you. >> nice to be on.

>> clayton: let's talk about the elevator analogy, it sounds like the charlie and the chocolate factory. >> you push the up button and rocket to outer space. >> clayton: is that how it will happen? how will we be in an elevator and take us to outer space. >> think about a ball on a string. the same way that the earth is spinning. as the earth rotates, the ball never falls. with nanotechnology, the strongest known to science, it will be possible to create a jack in the beanstalk to heaven. >> clayton: that would be incredible, we could go to the moon if we need supplies. another idea. the internet will be our contact lens. what does that mean. >> when i look at you, i'll blink and see your biography, in my contact lens and every student will buy these for

final examination. barack obama will never knee teleprompters, because he'll have this in the contact lens. >> and you see them people wearing on airplanes. >> and next is contact lens, you're at a cocktail party and looking for a job. you don't know who people are. >> i don't need a name tag, i can look at someone, hey, john, how is the wife. >> how many kids he has and background biography and status updates and know if he's in a relationship or not. cars will drive themselves. google has been looking a the driving cars pretty well now. >> eight years, marketing the first driverless car which uses gps and the cars do not suffer from road rage and do not get drunk on new years and

drive themselves and they're actually safer than ordinary human driven cars. >> you think that while human error in this is the reason we get into the accidents overwhelmingly. if a car can stop at a red light, it won't be speeding through. >> that's right, people get drunk, distracted. not computers. >> clayton: is wall paper becoming intelligent? i hope enough to take itself down. >> or change color instantly or in your living room in the matrix. surrounded. 360 degree with intelligent wall street and like actually living in the movie the matrix. >> clayton: we saw some of the smart technology come out with the intelligent thermostat this year. is that what this is this year. walls that are smart as the smart phone. >> and walls, we can make now e-paper, paper that's

electronic and you can fold the papers and put it in your pocket and unfold the p.c. right from your wallet. >> i love the next one on the list. you say the word tumor will disappear from the english language. >> how and why? >> because when you go to the toilet you'll have what are called sensors, dna chips, and detect proteins from 100 cancer cells ten years before it forms a tumor. every time you go to the bathroom, your toilet will tell you, watch out. you have cancer. you have ten years to do something about it. >> clayton: you're looking at what your body is relieving and analyzing it. >> that's right. steve jobs didn't have to die. steve jobs died too soon because pancreatic cancer takes 20 years to develop, plenty of time for the cheps to detect proteins emitted from 100 pancreatic cancer cells. >> clayton: before you start feeling sick you'd know about it. >> number five on your list, will grow all major organs of

our bodies using our own cells. we've heard of injections in your spinal cord, skins, boneses, noses, cartilage and which ares bladder and liver it is next, in five years, we'll grow a liver, for all of you alcoholics out there. there is hope. >> clayton: especially on new years day, i appreciate that and a lot of people recovering this weekend. always great to see you, the physics of the future how science will look at our daily lives. >> ainsley: incredible information. thank you. a year to the day. that black birds turn up in arkansas. and what it came to with political debacles. we'll break them down for you next. ♪

>> welcome back to "fox & friends." on this, the first day of january, 2012. how long does it take you guys to figure out what the date it? like by june of this year, i'll realize it's 2012. >> ainsley: by next december. >> clayton: writing the

checks. void, void. and this morning, coming in here, they always clean up times square, super fast and i grabbed my iphone and walking into work, you ever want to look like what it looks like after they've cleaned it up. and the guy, they use this giant vacuum to suck up that confetti. >> mike: what time. >> clayton: about 4 a.m. >> ainsley: and change that vacuum bag every few minutes. >> and sucking up the confetti and it's already clean, maybe a look at times square if you have it. >> ainsley: he missed a spot. >> clayton: looks like nothing ever happened. >> ainsley: last year i was out there. the ball dropped and the cloud disperses and the cleanup krouse are out there immediately. >> i was at 44th and 7th avenue. the ball drops and leak you said, the mass exodus and people have been there, 10, 15 hours and they want out to use

the bathroom. >> clayton: half of this mess was from you, mike. >> mike: no question. it's my wallet. >> clayton: and before the clock struck midnight. president obama signed the authorization act not without some serious reservations. >> ainsley: doug is live from washington d.c. with more. >> good morning, guys. this would authorize funding the military beginning in october. the president signed it reluctantly, issuing a signing statement. something he often talked probable doing. he said in that statement. quoting now, the fact that i support this bill as a whole does not mean i agree with everything in it. i have signed this bill despite serious reservations with detention and interrogation and prosecution of expected terrorists. among the changes, exerting its authority.

and the new law now requires military custody for any member of al-qaeda or forces. the president may waive that requirement. quoting from the statement. my administration will not authorize the indid he have military attention without trial of american citizens. indeed i believe that doing so would break with our most important traditions and value as a nation. some worry that the law will complicate the cases. fbi director muller says it will inhibit the fbi. and it's not clear how agents should operate if they arrest somebody, for example, covered by military custody requirements if the nearest facility is hundreds of miles away. bottom line. the president may interpret

this law very, very different than the congress intend. >> ainsley: and occupiers ringing in the new year and back where it began. they chanted the familiar slogan, we are the 99 p-ers. at least five protesters were arrested. one of them accused of going after a police officer with a pair of scissors, what is he holding, a cooler? what is he going to do with that. >> new video from this morning. the pope in vatican city marks new year's day with a mass in st. peter's basilica. in this homily, he says the world's youth will become builders of peace and they're celebrated about values and virtues. a grim discovery in arkansas, police say they've found a body just miles away from the home of a missing mother and

police dispatcher, dawna knotski. those rear mains are now being sent to a crime lap to see if there's a march. she was seen leaving a christmas party and in a bizarre twist, other workers, remember, she's a dispatcher. >> they did not start searching until days later. that's coming under scrutiny. do you remember when we told you about fisker? they receive money from the obama administration and make luxury hybrid sports cars in finland. it looks like the taxpayer money couldn't prevent this. fisker is recalling the hybrid luxury cars over concerns they could catch on fire. it starts at $103,000. only 50 have been sold.

first of all, i can't imagine having that kind of money to pay for a car and if you do the car-- >> bursts into flames, no. >> clayton: you could send that somewhere else, maybe a house. and mike, we were talking about breaking new years resolution, 85%. >> mike: 85% a survey says that 85% of us will break our resolution by the end of this month. >> clayton: that's not a good curve or an average. >> ainsley: make it realistic, right. >> we wanted to look at the biggest resolutions that are broken. >> mike: most common. >> clayton: number ten on the list and people break these, drink less. >> mike: i've already broken. >> ainsley: i have a friend in the industry, asking her is this recession proof, alcohol. >> clayton: it is. >> ainsley: the number. she says that people are buying cheaper bottles of wine and not spending as much and buying more. >> clayton: or cheaper

bottles. >> mike: you said one of the things you wanted to do volunteer. >> ainsley: i want to volunteer more, last year i had a lot of fun on the weekends and now i want to spend one weekend a year-- >> this will get broken. >> ainsley: make it realistic, ainsley. >> clayton: mike is a stressed guy and you've broken it this morning. seven, travel to new places, everyone wants to do this. travel to new places, travel the world and do different things. >> mike: spend more time with your family. i promised to call all of my siblings last year, not one. >> ainsley: not on their birthday. >> mike: not one. save money, clayton. >> clayton: get out of debt. be a better saver of your money. >> ainsley: hard to do when we have most of the country out of work, right. >> clayton: eat healthier and diet, that's a shock and gets broken quickly.

>> mike: and give me your name again. >> ainsley: my name is ainsley, i've worked with you for five years. >> mike: i know, sorry. you say you want to learn how to speak french. that's what everybody wants to do. >> and number two on the list is quit smoking. people don't adhere to that. it's very, very difficult to quit. >> mike: number one here year, lose weight get fit. and 85% of us will blow it out of the water. in 30 days. >> clayton: do something simple. like what. >> mike: don't try to lose 30 pounds, lose ten pounds. >> clayton: baby steps works. i'm going to lose one pound this year, that's my goal. [laughter] >> and if you're stressed, the new york post has an interesting thing out this morning. the five songs that will change your leave by listening to them. right? if you're stressed and that equals like number six on the list-- >> there's still a song to reduce anxiety. >> what is it?

>> frank sinatra. >> let's take a listen. ♪ at the very heart of it, new york, new york ♪ >> apparently, apparently, even psychologists say that these rhythms in certain songs. >> mike: this makes me feel good. >> clayton: it adheres to the biorhythms of our body to reduce stress. >> mike: you know when i listen to the music most when i'm driving. and people that are stressed, listen to this. ♪ every move you make >> the police 1983, number one. >> ainsley: and in a bad mood, and you're having a bad day, play this song. brown sugar by the rolling stones ♪ just around midnight. brown sugar ♪ >> can i get you-- if you have to prepare for a

test, a driving test or something at work, you've got to listen to c and c music factory, "gonna make you sweat", everybody dance now ♪ >> and also in the article for cleaning the house, crank it up. remember that song back on the chain gang by the pretenders. >> clayton: sure. >> ainsley: listen to this. that's a great sopping. >> clayton: by the pretenders, that's great. that will help you clean the house. >> mike: you feel like you're on a chain gang? i don't know. >> clayton: you know, when i listen to the forecast, i like to hear things like "it's raining men". [laughter] >> brick house. >> bringing sexy back. i'm bringing sexy back. >> janice dean, the weather machine. the sun will come out tomorrow. >> mike: about the your bottom dollar. >> that's sweet and you know what, the sun is out in new

york city ap they've done an amazing job, it's incredible that we had millions of people and really, nobody is here right now and it's so clean. and the temperatures incredible across much of the country, especially here in new york where it was like in the 40's last night when the ball dropped and it's settle, and cooler air sinking in from canada. upper midwest and the plains. and some is going to sink as far south as florida, but it's short-lived. that's the good news if you like the woerm temperatures. and move on over where we have one system across the great lakes and zoom into that onement you can see some snow, some rain, some sleet, unformer and the potential for some pretty nasty conditions over the next 24-48 hours we have blizzard warnings for northern michigan. the one area we're going to keep a close eye on throughout

today and tomorrow. back to you inside. >> clayton: thank you, very much, we appreciate it. coming up on the snow, a case of deja vu with the black birds. >> ainsley: and the top debcles of 2011. ♪ you know the good folks over at prilosec otc

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and mike might remember and mock them. >> of course. >> welcome into "fox & friends" on this sunday morning. >> why are you in your pajamas. >> pajamas, they're a glamorous fashion statement. he won't actually stop for me! >> you plug in chairs now. who knew? >> oh, well, i can't follow it, it's just too complicated. >> 8, 9, 10, oh, yeah! ♪ >> go! >> i was looking for my mustache. >> i know. i look at the mustache--

>> i'm going to make him an often he can't refuse. >> i suppose you think you're the proper person? >> and they're quite violent. >> well, you know, i've got to rememb remember. >> you look sharp. >> you shouldn't make fun of me, i danced with cheryl burke, i'm on the right. >> i love it. >> now, again-- >> and i'd like to get her to do an impression. >> you what? >> you just did it. >> guess what, guess what, i do want you to teach me. >> 1, 2, 3, 4. >> and better watch out. >> that's right, thank you, this is the most athletic thing i've ever done. >> charl has got it. >> imagine you do that off the top of your head. >> no way you knew that, baloney. >> governor huckabee has a fear of snakes we just learned. jack, why don't you come over here. >> i'm out of here, he zoo you

guys later. ♪ >> embarrassing for both of you, manly men who couldn't take the heat in the kitchen, could you? >> we had the insanity wing contest on the show. >> oh, my god. [laughter] >> i can't taste it. >> are you all right? >> oh, my god. >> do you need some water? >> here. >> and they actually have-- >> help! clayton. >> ♪ >> we asked you what we should dress up for as halloween tomorrow. >> thanks everybody for

joining us. oh, that was a fun year and what's more remarkable because the show was so long, all of the highlights were for one show. >> ainsley: you kept changing outfits. >> clayton: no, seriously, in all seriousness, thank you so much, all viewers for making us the number one morning show on cable news, thank you. >> ainsley: you look like you have a lot of fun. >> clayton: we do. >> mike: let's get to this, a lot of feedback on facebook, parents, listen up. if your underage children get caught drinking in your house, you're not even there. could you end up paying the price even if you were not in the house? is that fair? the debate is coming up. >> ainsley: and the occupiers took the country by storm this year, who else made the political headlines in 2011? we have the top five debacles coming up.

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>> some quick headlines here, a woman busted trying to sneak a stun gun through a security check point at jfk international airport and the 21-year-old aboard a flight to atlanta airport when the tsa screener spotted the stun gun in her carry on bag. and this is weird. deja vu. the second year in a row, black birds fell from the sky in arkansas. officials had blamed fireworks, remember this? after banning fireworks it

happened against last night. a mystery, ainsley. >> ainsley: thank you, mike. last year wasn't lacking in political scandals as you know. fox news contributor steven, the most embarrassing politics in 2011. good morning to you and happy new year. >> good morning, and happy new year to you, you need the glasses with 2012. >> ainsley: i need to borrow them from mike. he has a pair. and out with the old and in with the new. madison, wisconsin you say number five. the protesters? >> right. i think what's important now looking back is the dynamics that set up. that was sort of the first relationship between nonunion workers and union workers and particularly the public workers were really at odds with the general american public in trying to intimidate them and putting themselves against other taxpayers who weren't a member of the public sector union and that was weird when you look now and

see where the money was coming from, for the occupy protests and ties into another one that we'll see later in the list. >> number four, you say celebrities and politics. >> yes, i think that's important and i think they jumped the shark culturally, the tina fey doctrine and sometimes put the political agenda ahead of the funny and comedy and people like alex baldwin and basically the cowards over at 30 rock who are sandbagging conservative politicians or conservative figure heads and they don't really have a problem being public with it anymore. there was a time they tried to be mysterious and hold it back and seem they tried to look at it from a balanced point of view. not anymore, when you have gel -- g geltinnous like alec baldwin. and step aside dan quayle and

sarah palin. you see less and less of them. like they have them in the back yard in some kind of a kennel and only bring them out to socialize during the imprint people and people can run a quick google search and run hundreds of quotes. we don't have time for that this morning. >> ainsley: anthony weiner, what a scandal. >> and this was their guy, they didn't want to acknowledge this until they caught weiner with his anthony in hand and deny, deny, deny until andrew brightbart got up at the press conference, with overwhelming evidence they had to acknowledge it. people realized we should have heard about it earlier unlike the herman cain situation and jumped at every opportunity, regardless whether the allegations were substantiated at all. >> ainsley: and number one on your list, democrats like president obama, nancy pelosi, aligning themselves with occupy wall street.

let's take some sound from them and then talk about it, okay? >> protesters are giving voice to a more broad-based frustration about how our financial system works. >> why it is increasing in erms it of the people it's attracted. the core is the bargain has been breached to the american people. >> god bless them for their spontaneity. >> ainsley: all right. explain that for me. >> let's look at the tea party, in 2010. the tea party folks said, hey, we're tired of big bailouts in big government. we want to stage a protest. go the permit and staged protests across the country. occupiers say, we're tired of big government, and don't get a permit and barack obama

throws them under the bus, they're not ayers or wright. and the idea of the occupiers is lingering in american's mouth and they're not happy about it. they're not in touch with general america, and fizzled out the way it has. and this is going to be hung around the democrat's neck in 2012. >> ainsley: get out the pad and paper because your list begins as of today for 2012. have a good one. >> clayton: happy new year. >> ainsley: president obama obama's-- are they sure that mitt romney is the guy to beat in the game. and he says put him on the ballot, and he's not the only one in the fight in virginia. that and much more at the top of the hour. stay with us. >> ainsley: goo

you, it is january 1st, 2012. happy new year to you! i'm ainsley earhart filling in for alisyn, a brand new day and a brand new year! the world celebrating the arrival of 2012. but will you be able to keep the new year's resolutions? >> and i'm mike in for dave and the final poll is out before the iowa caucuses on tuesday. and, rick santorum has broken into the top three, some say 2.to, and newt gingrich says, this is just this first quarter of a super bowl game. he's ready. >> and madonna not the first person who comes to mind when you think of jackie-o, right? wait until you hear which family member wanted the material girl to play the late first lady? "fox and friends," hour 4, starts, right now. starts, right now. for 2012. captioning by, closed captioning services, inc.

>> ainsley: happy new year! from the streets of new york, it is very clean. ! >> clayton: my birthday was wonderful, my birthday was wonderful. and everyone, there were parades around the world, for it. and people were excited. unbelievable. >> dave: all over the planet. >> clayton: one of the best places to ring in the new year was down the street from our studio, in times square. >> i spent all year cutting the confetti. for your birthday. >> clayton: all cleaned up, right now, this is all cleaned up from last night if you can believe that. because, all of the big celebrations, there were millions of people down there. and, now it is -- looks like a tumble weed rolling through there. we have video from last night. i believe we do. there we go. >> ainsley: this is vegas.

>> clayton: vegas looks similar to times square. >> every state in america did it and there is footage from vas laying. >> ainsley: times square, hundreds of thousands of, see the ball drop, waterford crystal ball, 400 feet above times square, a great night to be out. 10 degrees warmer than usual and, back to las vegas and you can see the video. lots of people there, ringing in the new year in style and you can see the beautiful fireworks display, lighting up the vegas strip and, great video in baltimore, maryland. >> clayton: i like this. >> ainsley: cool, and, is the barges in the inner harbor. >> clayton: and, they kill off all the blue krcrab. >> ainsley: i'll eat them all. >> clayton: and the troops. >> ainsley: in kabul, afghanistan, they ate, danced and did limbo. >> clayton: limbo is never a good idea, is it? >> i haven't done the limbo in 37 years. >> ainsley: can't do that anymore. >> clayton: i have a question for you guys.

a different pronunciation. my close personal best friend can't stand when people say 20-11 or 2012. he says it is 2,000 and 11, and 2,000 and 12. >> clayton: e-mail us. you can't mix it up, you have to stick with one. >> ainsley: and he probably doesn't like "u", in texting, he wants you to spell it out, right. >> clayton: right. >> and we got on the fox news wires, the "des moines register," the newspaper came out with the final poll before this caucus on tuesday and look at our graphic. pretty remarkable. mitt romney, ron paul and look at rick santorum, and if you look at the numbers in a certain light, like this one here in green and yellow, look at the

surge he has had the last couple of days, surged above ron paul and some say he's in second place. >> clayton: look at the polls, taken from tuesday through friday and look at the poll from tuesday to friday, it is mitt romney, ron paul, second place and then rick santorum in third place, and, now if you look at it only the last two days of the poll, this is what a lot of political pundits looked at, rick santorum surged ahead of ron paul for second place, if you only look at it for the last two days of the poll. how did the momentum carry? it was up to friday and you have to include saturday in there, rick santorum's phones have been ringing off the hook at the campaign headquarters and they have more donations than ever before in iowa and now it is sunday, two days are left and where does the momentum take him on tuesday. >> ainsley: yet to be determined. because, according to the same article i was reading about the new register poll, 41% of those caucus-goers are undecided or could change their minds, they

say. >> look at how it changed in the two weeks, huh? when newt gingrich, two weeks on the show... >> ainsley: he was number one. >> clayton: he was number one. >> ainsley: and there were three major polls taken in iowa over the last year, june mitt romney was ahead an october, herman cain and november, newt gingrich. >> and who won the straw poll in iowa, remember? >> clayton: michelle bachmann. >> ainsley: you're right. >> newt gingrich is not upset. he says -- his analogy is like, a super bowl game, a football game. >> ainsley: of course it is, you men with your sports analogies, like we were saying. >> clayton: this was him yesterday in iowa, there is the opening three minutes of the super bowl, and take a listen to what he had to say about it. >> this is the opening three minutes of the super bowl. you know, we are learning a lot about what our opponents will do. they are nasty ier, and we haveo make aadjustments, you see the

opening series and think about it and see what you need to do next. it is a long game. >> clayton: the fickle fingered awa award, ruth buzzy? >> it is 41%, not sure? it is tuesday, folks. >> ainsley: a lots of it is -- feels like if the caucuses were two weeks ago, newt gingrich won. it is really about... >> clayton: and weather, they say it is fair weather on tuesday and that doesn't do as well for ron paul, whose supporters who come out if hot lava were coming down the middle of the street, they'd be rowing in the middle of it to get to ron paul caucus night. >> and we talked about the approval rating of congress, you cannot get any lower and clayton said, if you do the plus or minus on the polls, they may be in negative numbers, 5% approval

rating, 95% unapproval rating. i guess i shouldn't say that. 23%, fair, poor, 68%. >> ainsley: what is the president saying now? >> clayton: president obama decides, you know, 2012 running for re-election, who do you run against, right? run against mitt romney? hearing rumors that is the way they'll go and you also run against congress and as the 5% approval rating now and that he can't get anything done working with congress and here's obama's deputy press secretary, joshua earnest, at a briefing saying, in terms of the president's relationship with congress in 2012, the president is no longer tied to washington, d.c. >> it has been over three years. >> clayton: how can you -- >> ainsley: how can the president not be tied to washington, d.c.? >> the president's job is to bring everybody together, isn't it? >> ainsley: i agree. >> one of the main jobs? >> ainsley: yeah. >> i don't know the strategy will work. >> ainsley: like the ceo of the country, the ceo of a corporation, that is what he does. >> somehow find common ground. >> clayton: newt gingrich and

the other candidates are planning to join governor of texas, rick perry, in his lawsuit over the virginia ballot. of course, being kept off of the virginia ballot. a lot of people say that the law there, draconian and you cannot get on the virginia ballot unless you pay for it an rick santorum's criticism, says, unless you have the money and mitt romney and ron paul is on the ballot but everyone else is off of it and that is a problem. >> and the governor of virginia, virginia's laws regarding ballot access are well-known, and, have been in place for many years. >> ainsley: then the attorney general there said he is planning -- told fox news he is planning to file emergency legislation. to loosen the requirements. take on the ballot. >> clayton: and the gordon is echoing something karl rove said on our show, which is this is politics 101 and if the laws had been on the books, a long time and if you are aware of the process and are running for president, it is something you do on the first day when the teacher hands out the syllabus. what days do i have the tests?

how do i prepare? i have to get on the ballot. step one... >> ainsley: a lot of candidates worried about this and filing the lawsuit may not be on the ballot in march, many might be dropping out if bachmann, santorum, huntsman, these they're candidates who are part of the lawsuit and some will not be in the race, in march... >> and the governor is saying they want a broader feed and, newt gingrich when you bring up the state of virginia, here's what he said about the virginia ballot. >> it is -- all the candidates, get away from this, you know, gingrich... perry, bachmann, santorum, huntsman, all five of us say there ought to be a method -- it should not be a gauntlet to figure out how to make it virtually impossible to run for president. >> clayton: difficult to get a third party candidate. >> ainsley: virtually impossible

to run for president. he said. now for the rest of your headlines, brand new developments out of hollywood, california, police are saying they detained at least one person, this is changing -- news is changing since the beginning of the show, they didn't have someone in custody, detained a person in a string of arson fires destroying dozens of cars and homes and it has been going on two days and police say they have not officially arrested or charged anyone but could be doing that -- could be the next step. at least 40 fires have been reported including six last night, the damage estimated at $350,000. fortunately, no one has been injured. they work so hard for their belongings and poof, they are gone. the fbi is holding a soldier in custody this morning after he was caught with c-4 explosives in his luggage, trying to board a plane with his children and his wife. right now the suspect is only being identified as an army sergeant, first class, who is stationed in fort bragg and tsa

agents add midland airport in texas stopped him when they noticed something suspicious in his carry on bag and john boehner gets competition for the seat in congress, 26-year-old david lewis just filed to challenge him in the g.o.p. primary. on march 6th. lewis is a tea party loyalist, and, boehner did not fies a primary challenge last year. 26 years old. mid madonna pass up the opportunity to vogue as jackie on o? >> ♪ ♪ vogue, vogue ♪ let your body move to the music...♪ >> ainsley: it turns out john f. kennedy, jr.'s former assistant has written a new book and in it she says j.f.k., jr. asked madonna to play his mother, in a photo shoot for his magazine, george, back in 1996 but the material girl reportedly declined, saying she would never do her justice and, quote, her

eyebrows were not thick enough and you might remember j.f.k., jr. was rumored to be dating her before marrying carolyn bessette. >> clayton: now they have enough makeup to handle the eyebrow thing. >> ainsley: i missed them, i loved reading stories about them. it makes me sad. >> there are eyebrow thick ners out there. you have beautiful brows. >> clayton: thank you. >> bring the coffee in, 6:00 this morning -- 6:00 this morning i begged for coffee and it is now 9:12. thank you so much! >> ainsley: so sweet! >> clayton: nothing is open right now. >> clayton: nothing is open, janice. >> ainsley: non how he does it. snapped his fingers and it is there. >> can i clear something up quickly? i don't have a lot of time, i am not pregnant. i am not pregnant. i am getting e-mails, like, oh, you have been glowing and, i see -- no! it is a beer bell i this is not pregnancy. earlier on today i was talking about new year's resolution and

i said, i hope we -- we don't get -- not that i don't want kids, i love them, two is all i can handle, right now. that's right. and i think ainsley called me fertile myrtle. not pregnant! caucus forecast for tuesday, no reason not to get your vote on, clear skies and a little cool and, you are used to that there, upper midwest, great lakes region, we are dealing with a storm system bringing blizzard conditions to northern michigan, we'll keep an eye on that for you from the fox weather center, back to you guys! >> clayton: thanks, coming up, if your under age kids drink at home while you are not there. should you be punished? is that fair? did that all rhyme. >> ainsley: it sounded like you were encouraging people. >> clayton: it sounds like it rhymed. the debate is coming up. >> ainsley: we told you about obama's campaign team focusing on mitt romney but is that a good idea? our political panel has something to say about this, coming up next, there they are! dad, why are you getting that? is there a prize in there?

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>> clayton: welcome back, in in case you haven't heard we are two days away from the iowa caucuses but the president's re-election campaign team is not waiting for that. they are already ramping up grassroots machines to prepare for a show done with mitt romney. so is that using the cart before the horse? are they still using carts and horses? and a former advisor to hillary clinton's campaign, and, it is nice to see you both, happy new year. i want to start with you, advising hillary clinton's campaign, is it putting the cart before the horse, looking too far ahead, targeting mitt romney as a phones front-runner and getting your ducks in a row? >> ainsley: well clearly it's not over yet and i went say the owe been a campaign has actually only targeted mitt romney.

they have been very focused on building up their operations in iowa, they have a stronger operation than even mitt romney had since he ignored the state up until the last few weeks and it is about getting the ground game in order and doing incredible fund-raising, to combat the ridiculous amounts of money that are going to be sent by the super pacs against them and it is not over, you can't count your chickens before they hatch. >> clayton: ducks in a row, cart before the horse, we have have your metaphors here. >> i don't think he wants to run against mitt romney and the night of the iowa caucuses obama will do a web conference call with his supporters in iowa and will make an appearance in ohio. obama is a great politician and a poor administrator be a yes, they are gearing up and with mitt romney, running against obama, polling well already, it is a smart strategy for them to think that mitt romney would be their opponent. >> clayton: let's look at the poll, angela brings up the poll,

the rasmussen poll, we talked about the other day, barack obama, against mitt romney, right now, if the election were held, look who loses, barack obama would lose to mitt romney, are they fearful of a mitt romney candidacy? >> i clearly don't think they are fearful of it. i think their going to be prepared to take on whoever one of the crew of some of them are jokers who are left on the stage... >> oh, wow. >> they are laserly focused on building a campaign similar to 2008, and, it looks like mitt romney will be the one to come out, by default or forfeit. the last man standing. but, also pacs have been running ads against president obama in support of mitt romney, for some time now. >> obama is retaliating against it and what mitt romney's challenge is, right now, dealing with evangelicals, and dealing with social conservatives, plays well for him in a national

election. it's not going to be democrats that decide the election, who our next president will be. it will not be republicans, it is independents and that may -- >> that may be the downfall, because he's so far to the right, and that's who they said he'd vote against the dream act and, obama beats him 3-1 with latino voters. it will be bad for him having to answer all of the questions, if he make in the to the -- >> he has to move to the right, we know politics and we know washington, d.c., he has to win the nomination. it is an eternity away before election day this year and, once he wins the nomination, if he's our nominee he'll move more to the center. >> he'll have a lot of questions to answer on the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 positions he has taken... >> obama has to deal with his failed policy. >> clayton: my mama always said, never interrupt ladies. have a great new year, thanks. coming up, moms and dads can be punished if their under aged teenagers are drinking alcohol at home, even if they are away

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>> mike: mom and dad, what do

you think of this? if your under anything children drink inside your home while you are out of town, it is your fault. mom and dad. and you will pay the price according to a new law on mercer island in the state of washington. the new law does not take into consideration if the parents knew in the first place if drinking was going on in their house, for a fair and balanced legal debate we are joined by two attorneys, and let's start with you, good or bad idea. >> there should be exceptions in this and generally speaking, it is a good idea, property owners are liable for what happens on their property, under age drinking, someone is hurt you have to hold the parents accountable. >> mike: if i slip and fall on your property, rebecca, i am suing you. >> yeah, you can but this is a bad idea. it's not constitutional. there are a couple of elements to it, first, there has to be a party, obviously, secondly, that has to be bad behavior, and under age drinking and third, there has to be something to cause the police to come to your

home and fourth, there has to be a responsible party and the doctrine of evidence that calls for a responsible of party is a knowing responsible party and if your parents are not there, they are in london, off of the prompt, they don't know what is going on. and, therein lies the problem. now, these are not new laws, ordinances passed all over the place and one person passes it because of the pressure from the communities and when you get into the courtroom the constitution follows you, and that is where usually it ends up in the court of appeals and the court of appeals says it is overly broad an constitutional and if you think about it, it makes sense, even with a civil penalty there is a burden and the burden is preponderance of the evidence. and you can't get over that. >> mike: but, a statement from the mercer island city council member, respond to rebecca. >> well, the think about it is, to say it is unconstitutional is ridiculous.

you own prompt, you are liable for what happens and you are the party charged with making sure no laws are being broken on your property, and to say someone is... because they don't have intent is in believable. if someone deals drugs out of your house you are responsible and under age drinking... >> court of appeals, san bernardino doesn't believe that. >> there are exceptions but, this is an ordinance, it isn't a crime, it isn't -- >> it has a burden. >> mike: rebecca, let me read, the city council member, mike sarah, as with most communities it is an unfortunate consequence of growing up and looking away with the under age drinking parties, risks good kids falling into regrettable situations, that may haunt them for the rest of their lives. what do you think of that. >> it is sad and everybody knows there should not be under age drinking however you have to be reasonable and, you know, say the parents say, i'm going away, and, yes, dear i want you to

stay with keith's parents. keith's parents, say, okay. we'll take care of jeff. next thing you know they are going to the movies, instead of going to the movies they are back at the house and bob comes over and brings sam and sam brings a bottle of whiskey. and, sam goes out and kills somebody. i guess we should hold the parents who are in london, responsible for vehicular homicide. >> parents are always held responsible for the actions of their minor children, absolutely always on the hook if their minor -- >> that is not true. >> yes, it is true. >> they cannot be sued for -- >> a five-year-old kicks out a lawn chair and someone falls and gets hurt the parents are sued. >> that is not true, an intentional for the and you cannot be sued for an intentional for the. >> it is true. >> mike: rebecca, respond. go. >> parents cannot be sued for an intentional for the of their child, unless they are -- >> yes, they can. >> for instance, if your child goes to high school, and punches

somebody's teeth out, they cannot be sued for the intentional for the. >> they absolutely can be sued. they would honestly, be sued. >> is the screaming doesn't make the point true. >> they would be sued. >> brass knuckles and there is negligence involved -- >> get on facebook and tweet me now at mikejerrick or clayton or ainsley. spirited debate. >> happy new year. >> happy new year, everyone. >> mike: coming up, how to hold on to your money in the new year. the secrets of the super rich, including ways to slash your tax bill in half. straight ahead. and, they are already trying to occupy 2012. new arrests in zuccotti park last night and how the movement got started in the first place, next on "fox & friends" weekend.

>> mike: a "fox news alert,"' iowa caucus two days away and the republican presidential candidates are kicking off their new year on the campaign trail, of course. >> clayton: chief political correspondent, carl cameron live in des moines, iowa this morning, good morning, carl. >> reporter: two-and-a-half days. caucus crunch time. the better part of a year now, and, it is sort of all come down

to the photo finish, frankly we have been warning folks at fox was likely to happen all year, not withstanding the breakout moments with double-digit reads, "the des moines register" poll, a tradition of doing it nearly 50 years, a well respected poll and shows mitt romney is on top, 24%, over ron paul, 22%, and, rick santorum, surged into third place, from basically zero, only a few weeks ago. truly, significant, and, then you see the rest of it, ticks down, when you look at the breakout of the "des moines register" poll which is a four-day survey, the last two days, dramatic changes and shows that rick santorum has a big surge going on in the two-day breakout of "the des moines register" poll, he pulled to a statistical dead heat with mitt romney, 23-22. and, it is truly a profound surge from the pennsylvania senator, and, today, new year's day, sunday, pastors are in pulpits talking to their parishes, all over iowa and

urging them to get out to caucus, and, picking candidates, and it could help rick santorum and ron paul and mitt romney are battling for first in the aggregate and have better organization than mr. san tor and -- santorum has and it will be a ground game here, getting folks to come out 7:00 on tuesday night, listening to speeches, 5 or 6 different campaigns the better part of an hour and, do a writin ballot and, the surge we talked about is really a big deal and, rick santorum the last few days has gotten the endorsement of key evangelical christians, religious conservatives from across the state have been saying, after some reluctance as they looked at the other candidates for the better part of the last six months, rick santorum may be the standard-bearer and is not by any stretch of the imagination a done deal for any candidate and if he has momentum with pastors, he could have them in the caucus polls on tuesday night. the rest of the field is something of a muddle and a struggle, from those trying to avoid being last.

newt gingrich who had a double-digit lead less than a month ago is a fourth or fifth place threat an rick perry who spent more money on any candidate in the race has gotten a certain amount of grassroots support the last couple of days and is bussing in texas reinforcements and will have folks beating the bushes and making phone calls for him, trying to come back and there is michelle bachmann who had a tough go and won the ames, iowa straw poll, and historically, almost all candidates who come in first or second, at least make the top three in the iowa caucuses and many cases have won it and she's in a difficult spot and could go from being the winner of the ames straw poll to the dead last in iowa, not a distinction she's looking forward to. back to you in new york. >> mike: quickly, carl, how can mitt romney lose this? if he comes in third but close behind, let's say, ron paul and a shock, second place, rick santorum, or if rick is first,

if mitt romney comes in second, he still wins, right? what if he would come in third? >> reporter: if mitt romney came in anything less than second he'll go backwards from how he did four years ago. he came in second in iowa, in the 2008 caucuses and it is important to note he came in second to mike huckabee, former arkansas governor, as well as himself, a former evangelical minister. a pastor of mike huckabee, was a member of the clergy and his organization has set the standard, no candidate running in 2012, has an organization like mike huckabee did four years ago and that is what beat mitt romney and if he comes in less than second he's going backwards and another thing to look at whether or not the evangelical conservative candidates, who are very, very eagerly trying to court the pastors and the christian vote here, can actually get enough momentum to recast themselves as the conservative alternative to ro mitt romney. and iowa is a testing lab for anybody who goes up against him

and all have gone up and come back down and if rick santorum goes up, placing first, second or third, he'll be immediately recognized as the conservative alternative to challenge mitt romney in subsequent races, newt gingrich and rick perry are looking past iowa to compete in south carolina and a state where christian conservatives are very important and for many of the so-called second tier in this case, in other words, not romney, ron paul urich santorum, the rest of them -- or, rick santorum, they are looking where they will compete when the race rolls onto the first primary in new hampshire and the first test in the palmetto state, south carolina where it might be a little warmer and the this biting iowa winds. >> clayton: and maybe you will not be up in a hot air balloon where it is windy and blowing. >> ainsley: now, your headlines, thanks, carl. happy new year. president obama is marking the new year by signing the 2012 defense authorization act.

among other things it provides $662 billion for pay raises for u.s. troops as well as continued military action in afghanistan, as well as iraq. and still the president expressed serious reservations about the bill and in particular, he says he's concerned with, quote, certain provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation and prosecution of suspected terrorists. and, an entire neighborhood evacuated. and the state highway shut down, why, you might ask? a landlord's shocking discovery inside a new mexico house. police say the landlord came across an explosives lab where a chemist lived. it is still unclear what heavies working on at the time. a team of experts will spend the day dismantling the lab and nearby roads will stay closed until finished. new video from earlier this morning, the pope in vatican city holding a new year's day mass at st. peters basilica and

used the service to promote world peace and said the world's youth will become builders of peace, they are educated about values and virtues. that music is so beautiful. and, 2012, already, off to a great start for this florida couple. >> on bended knee... >> would you marry me? [cheers and applause]. >> yes. >> ainsley: he's like, thank good. the pressure is on and the world is watching. they were waiting in times square for the ball to drop and he popped the big question and they were joined by the hosts, and... >> mike: and, they got them into a huge vat of nivea cream! fantastic! >> clayton: they will not be chapped for the rest of their life. let's check in -- >> i don't know what that means. >> clayton: at this point we are

loopy. we have been up since midnight. >> poor ainsley is like, what is going on, vat of nivea? it is beautiful, unbelievable, it is january 1st, 2012. and, it is in the 40s here in new york city, we have been dealing with warmer than average temperatures, for much december and a lot of the big cities, new york, boston, all up and down the east coast, dealing with the top ten warmest decembers on record. that is pretty incredible. let's look at the maps, hi, guys, across the upper midwest and great lakes, where we are seeing our current storm system that could bring blizzard conditions, let's look at that map, we have blizzard advisories up for northern michigan, and, those will continue throughout today, and into tomorrow, unfortunately, where we will have gusty winds, blowing snow and zero visibility in some cases and you want to be extra careful if you live in these areas. a look at the temperatures, not bad, though we are getting cold air, we are getting cold air moving in from canada, over the

upper midwest and the great lakes, will sink towards the northeast but will not last for long, if you like those above-average temperatures, pretty good forecast for the first day of 2012. back to you guys. >> mike: quick hello to reese witherspoon behind you. i'll be out in a few minutes. >> clayton: let's talk about the occupy protesters, they held their own new year's eve celebration in zuccotti park. of course you recall zuccotti park the park where it all started. up until mayor bloomberg basically booted them out of this privately held park. and five people were arrested overnight. >> mike: yeah. >> mike: is that video from last night? >> ainsley: last night -- yes, there were scuffles and like you said, several were arrested and a police officer was attacked. >> clayton: one guy was attacked

by scissors. >> mike: it has been going on since late august, early september. >> ainsley: let's look back at how the protesters -- when they began and how far they've come. ♪ >> we are the 99%. >> we have to embrace socialism. >> we are willing to share and we can all live in prosperity. >> corporations have to revise the whole system of being so bound to their profits. >> this is a real grassroots, people movement, with a message. >> we're trying to acome mrir the demolition of capitalism. >> replace capitalism. >> it is a great thing. >> i think, wall street should share. >> stand for anything, other than being angry. >> you have to be able to transcend the conventional politics. >> we want our money from people

who are basically controlling the people who just want peace. >> the... running these big banks, run by the federal government, need to be run out of this country. >> the message i think seems very very, clear. >> rich people should give a larger portion of their wealth to society. as opposed to keeping it for themselves. >> we have begin treated like slaves by this entire society. >> help us now. >> help us now. >> the protesters are really proud they have been really disciplined and they have been committed to be nonviolent. ♪

>> ainsle >> i wonder if a sense of danger gives them power. >> i applaud what is happening now. on wall street. >> we gonna burn... to the ground. >> socialism. >> clayton: that was this year, if you can believe it. only a few months ago. >> ainsley: not this year... >> clayton: last year. that's right. >> ainsley: 2012. >> clayton: i screwed it up. >> ainsley: coming up, ever wonder how the rich slashed their income tax bill? personal finance expert, jordan good man is here, with what your need to know to keep more of your own cash. @

♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪

♪ hah @ >> clayton: welcome back. wonder why it seems like the rich know how to slash their income tax bills? kim kardashian among the celebrities criticized. ♪

>> mike: last year, 2011, kim made about $70 million. well, there are things you can do, this year, legally, to slash your income tax bills, like the 1% do. >> clayton: jordan goodman, the author of "fast profits in hard times", good to see you. >> great to be with you. happy new year. >> clayton: legally it seems like the rich have a leg up on the -- while the rest of everyone, right, maybe have offshore accounts somewhere. >> you don't have to be that exotic. >> take us through the tips.

let's start with number one, legal ways, legal ways, number one, max'ing out your right. >> lots of ways of putting away money and saving taxes now and for the future. so, 401(k), put $16,500 into it and cut your taxes, right away. per year and you can have it grow tax deferred until you take it out. >> clayton: even if it is above and beyond the employer match. >> match may be up to 5,000, different employers, different amounts, take the match, it is free money. >> mike: people make the mistake and say they want to keep to it buy groceries or something. no. >> 70% of the people with 401(k) options take advantage of it, 30% do not and self-employed, do a keo plan, a simple plan, put tons of money aside and have it grow tax deferred. >> mike: and boost investment income. what do you mean. >> because, in investment income is more highly -- lower taxed than wage income. so, taxes at dividends at 15%,

capital gains, 15% for 2012, have to see about next year and if you are in a lower tax bracket, 10 or 15% tax bracket, zero. on capital gains, getting money into investments pays off more than wages. >> clayton: and pick up an investment book for dummies or call a financial advisor and take advantagvantagadvantage. number 3, qualify for real estate deductions. >> people who deal in real estate are more tax advantaged than those who rents. interest on mortgage interest is up to a million dollars deductible, a home equity line of credit, is typically 100,000 and if you are renting real estate, as a business, you can have as much as $25,000 in losses, that you can offset against other income. one other thing, rich people do is they do what is called mortgage equity optimization, and pay the mortgage off at the pace they want to, instead of pace the bank wants to. i mentioned before, with you clay to be, truthinequity.com

allows you to pay it off in 5 to 7 years, on the same level of income. >> clayton: it is brilliant. >> mike: if you owe the irs anything, pay it off. >> absolutely, with the irs, you can settle with them, if you are behind they'll do an offer in compromise, and, they will settle for 10 or 15 cents on the dollar and if you play the game, you can do it and the web site can help people, fixmyirsdebt.com and they'll help you with that. and -- rich people don't pay the full amount, they pay 10 or 15 cents on the dollar, you have to fit certain criteria, they want you to do but absolutely, you can settle your debt, pennies on the dollar. >> clayton: check out his book, fast profits in hard times, happy new year. >> thank you very much. >> mike: up next, new ads from the republican presidential candidates, blanketing the airwaves, saturated out there. but will it sway people's opinions?

frank luntsz joins us to talk about that, next.

>> ainsley: two days before the iowa caucuses republican presidential candidates are blanketing the airwaves with the latest ads, in a last-ditch effort to sway the voters, joining us from des moines, iowa, to analyze a few ads is fox news contributor, pollster and the author of the book, "win", frank luntz. hey, frank, bundled up there. >> i feel like al roker in a hurricane. >> alisyn: tell me about the ads. let's look at the first one, it

is ron paul's latest ad. >> politicians who supported bailouts and, serial hypocrites and flip-floppers can't clean up the mess, one man stands alone... a real plan to cut a trillion dollars, year one, balance the budget, in three. consistent, incorruptible, guided by faith and principle. ron paul. >> ainsley: calling them hypocrites and flip floppers. what do you make of that, frank. >> he's trying to convince iowa voters in these last 48 hours -- the ads started two days ago, the front-runners were not good enough for conservatives in iowa and i believe the ads had a significant impact in his rise in the polls over the last 3-4 weeks and the latest des moines poll shows a ceiling for ron paul and he has a floor and,

with 500 volunteers in the state, ads like that will help turn out his vote and i think he'll end up in the top two on election night. >> ainsley: especially if the weather is as cold as it looks. i know his constituents will look at the polls. newt's winning the argument ad. >>... create jobs, not government. [cheers and applause]. >> starts simply, lower taxes, less regulation and an american energy plan and, actually be positive about people who create jobs. the opposite of the obama plan... >> nothing will turn america around more than election night, when barack obama loses decisively. >> ainsley: focusing on jobs there? >> not just that, he used the debate format, newt gingrich has not had enough money to run much advertising, at all, this is the second or third ad. it reminds voters that if they want the best person to debate

barack obama it may well be newt gingrich. he went from 2, 3, 4% in the polls, up to the low, and the mid 30s because of his ability to debate and that is what the ad highlights, a very effective ad. >> ainsley: why doesn't he have the money to run ads? he sells a lot of books. >> and the money came in, in the last 3-4 weeks, and i'm told he raised over $5 million in a single month which is a lot but earlier in the campaign he didn't have the support and didn't have the money. >> ainsley: gotcha. mitt romney's tv ad... freedom and opportunity: >> what a guy that guy is, isn't he amazing? gosh. how are you, this morning? oh, that is -- got a big crowd here. ? generations of immigrants looked up and saw the statue of liberty for the first time, one thing they knew beyond any doubt, they

were coming to a place where anything was possible and in america their children would have a better life. i believe in that america. the spirit of enterprise, innovation, pioneering and can-do, propelled our standard of living and economies past that of any other nation on earth. >> ainsley: frank, inspiring. what do you make of this one? >> well it has a reaganesque feel to it, which iowa republicans appreciate and it is hopeful and optimistic and it is inspiring. and, for mitt romney to close the campaign on a positive note, is smart for him. he is also eager for a first or second place finish and the key for him is the positive nature, that is what the ad does. >> ainsley: we've heard about the negative ads that are running there in iowa and since most of us around the country aren't living there, we don't see these ads, and let me show you one, one that is on the web. mitt romney's ad, the one called davenport, four years later. take a look: ♪ ♪

>> president barack obama: this is an america that works for all people. if you are willing to fight, for that american dream, for those... hunger for opportunities... you are not willing to settle for what the... >> ainsley: he's attack the current president, not this other candidates, that are part of the g.o.p. but, is it really an attack ad if those numbers, the statistics that are shown, are true? >> it is a great question and the answer for most voters, if you are a barack obama voter it is an attack ad and if you are a mitt romney voter, he is telling the truth. the reason he has a picture-perfect campaign in i was, he has run his campaign against barack obama rather than the other candidates. now, still beneath the surface,

pro mitt romney pacs have been founding newt gingrich day after day on every tv channel but mitt romney, himself stays above the fold and doesn't take on the republican challengers, he takes on barack obama, smart strategy these last 48 hours. >> ainsley: we'll be following you, i know you will be busy the next few days. happy new year. >> and i'll be cold the next few days. >> ainsley: get the hand warmers. for "fox & friends" coming up in two minutes.

>> clayton: welcome back, tomorrow we're live in des moines, iowa talking to governor mike huckabee who won iowa in 2008 and governor pick perry ann romney -- his wife will be on the show and donald trump will be on the show. >> ainsley: a great show. >> mike: we're in 2012, an election year. >> ainsley: it is here. >> mike: we're off and running, forecasts. >> clayton: thanks to mike and ainsley for filling in.