we'll tell you who crossed first. i'm talking about the finish line. "fox & friends" starts right now. true. i'm saving the animation. i kept it in my locker. >> welcome to studio e live from new york city. a couple of primaries, polls open up one hour from now in michigan. two hours from now in arizona. >> two week sprint of nothing but the one debate and a bunch of speeches and you saw a 15-point lead for rick santorum in that race but did he get it back in the last 48 hours? >> we'll have to find out as we continue to follow it throughout the day. in the meantime, headlines for you beginning with the fox news alert. according to local reports out of cleveland, ohio, a second student has now died just hours after a teenaged gunman opened fire inside a local cafeteria. so far, the local hospital has only confirmed the death of one student, 16-year-old daniel parmeter. in total, five students were shot. last night, the small town remembering the dead during a

candlelight vigil and praying for those still fighting for their lives. >> so we're praying, standing firm in faith that, you know, god is bigger than this and he's going to pull through. >> like i said, charden is a small, little town and it's really hard just -- yeah. >> it's believed the 17-year-old suspect may have planned the attack. lane reportedly issued a warning on twitter but no one took it seriously. >> he was just a person that like wanted to hide himself and keep all his emotions and he was doing what he wanted to do, hiding his emotions and he built up inside of him and they came out like no one thought he would. >> police arrested lane as you can see in this video a mile away from school after a teacher chased him out of the cafeteria. he's expected to appear in court later this afternoon.

broken landing gear making for a rough landing newark, new jersey, last night. passengers panicked as this plane arriving from atlanta hit the ground with the nose of the plane. some even saying their final good-bye. >> from ato, we'll be doing an emergency landing. landing gear will not open. i love you. you don't know. that's unbelievable. you see a text at work and i'm looking at this text. it's unbelievable. what do you think? i had to leave work. i'm driving. i started to believe, what are they thinking on this plane? >> luckily, not one of the 71 passengers on board hurt. mechanics are looking at the plane, why the landing gear would not come down. >> a shocker of an admission from israel this morning saying it will not give the united states a heads-up if it decides to strike iran's nuclear facility. sources say the reason israel will keep the secret is to reduce the chances that the u.s. would be held responsible for failing to stop an attack. israeli leaders are said to have informed the chairman of the

joint chiefs of staff that is and other u.s. officials of their plans during recent visits to israel. fire and rain made it an epic daytona 500. after a day and a half of delays, the great american race didn't end until 1:00 this morning, track shut down for more than two hours after a wild crash. pablo montoya's car spun around slamming into a jet drier truck igniting into a huge fireball. the winner ended to be matt kenseth edging out dale earnhardt jr. and he took the checkered flag. >> is there a happier man in america right now than you? >> there might be but i don't know where he is. >> two time daytona 500 winner matt kenseth joins us live from daytona at 8:30 a.m. eastern. i bet he didn't bother going to bed. the race just ended five hours ago. >> he'll be happy to be somewhere it's not raining.

>> get the jump suit off and go right to the bar. it's ladies night somewhere. >> like elvis used to do. let's talk a little bit about -- it's not just ladies night but it's everybody's day out in arizona and michigan. primaries held today. according to the latest real clear politics average, mitt romney has it in the bag for the most part in arizona but it's really tight in michigan and that's really the event because about two weeks ago, rick santorum had a great big lead but brian, you're absolutely right. then there was a debate and that lead slvanished and look at thi someone who did not vanish last night is kid rock who threw his support to mitt romney. >> if you believe the story, mitt romney went over to his house and did hi favor. why don't you come down? we're using your song. he'd do it if he promised a few things. if you become president, you'll look out detroit and help out michigan. next thing you know he's singing behind him. >> kid rock recently dedicated a million dollars to the struggling detroit symphony. this is something near and dear

to his heart as far as bringing detroit and michigan back. do you know what kid rock's real name is, by the way? >> kidder. >> let us know if you know. that's the trivia question of the day. i was actually stunned. i've never actually thought of it. the economy was front and center with romney and with santorum because michigan has faced a higher unemployment rate than the rest of the country. here are both candidates. >> i understand where jobs go, why they come. i understand what happens to corporate profit, where it goes if the government takes it. this is what i've done throughout my life. senator santorum is a nice guy but never had a job in the private sector but if the issue of the day is the economy, i think to create jobs, it helps to have a guy as president who has had a job and i have! someone who pawns himself off as the businessman. he was very quick for the government to jump in and bail

out his friends on wall street. i understood the consequences of government coming in and imposing its will. >> whole banking system is about to crash. i knew there are robo calls out to get out the vote in michigan because you're allowed if you're a democrat to vote for a republican. you mentioned yesterday and reminded me that rush limbaugh said that with operation chaos. >> operation chaos. >> in pennsylvania. but i was shocked to find out who was behind the robo call in pushing democrats to come out and vote for him. >> that will be rick santorum himself. we're going to play a little bit of the anti-romney robo call, that a lot of people are waking up to across michigan today. >> on tuesday, join democrats who are going to send a loud message to massachusetts mitt romney by voting for rick santorum for president. this call is supported by hard working democratic men and women

and paid for by rick santorum for president. >> this is one of the tactics you can use in the state of michigan. why? because in this primary, it's not closed. you don't have to be a registered republican to go and vote. you can be registered anything, independent, democrat and hopefully registered something. you can go after these voters. here's santorum's take on this. he's saying he's trying to attract the democratic voters he'll need in the general election. now it's going to be up to the voters to decide whether or not they'll go out and vote for him or not. >> one other element is the fact that for the people that received the robo call, they go i thought i got that from a union official or something like that, it takes mitt romney to task for being against the auto bailouts. the interesting thing is rick santorum also against the auto bailouts but they don't mention that in the robo call, obviously. >> last night, he sat down with sean hannity. sean hannity asked him about it. >> when he runs a robo call of

my voice from four years ago saying good things about him, that's not a low moment. and when i run a call basically calling democrats eligible to vote for us, that's a local -- encouraging people to come and vote for us and we talk about our manufacturing plant and what we're going to do to create jobs, it's a very positive robo call. >> so you have robo calls being instigated by democrats urging their union members to go out and there's apparently a democratic strategist by the name of joe desanto and he's targeted 50,000 democrats and he's got commitments to show up and vote today in michigan. he's trying to create a little chaos. >> let's say both sides are doing whatever they can to get the voters. come on. it's not just one candidate who is putting out a robo call or a negative ad. both candidates because these are the two frontrunners in that state, they're doing anything to get the vote and we discussed that ad nauseum on the show, that's what they're doing.

>> i don't think there's an equivalent. i don't think there's an equivalent to playing the message saying i endorse mitt romney to opposed hey, democrat, insincerely vote for me. let's talk about a guy that has one surge left him in is newt gingrich. he's nowhere to be found in michigan for money reasons and feasibility reasons. he won't have a shot of the 29 delegates in arizona but he does have a plan and it's about super tuesday and it's focusing on georgia, tennessee, and oklahoma. >> that's exactly right. >> saying all along he was going to wait until super tuesday. that's why he wasn't going to drop out of the race. he saw him at church in georgia yet on sunday. today is tuesday. now he's going after santorum because that will be probably one of the biggest competitors in the states. if they're going for a more conservative candidate, will they choose newt gingrich or rick santorum. they say santorum is a big labor supporter. listen to this. >> voted for the unions over fed ex.

i suspect most folks in the state don't know that but, in fact, he was a big labor republican in pennsylvania. and i suspect when you get to memphis and you say to people, gee, this is a guy who wanted to guarantee that fed ex gave into the unions, santorum won't be quite as popular the following morning. >> and he's referring to what happened in 1990 where there was a labor dispute with fed ex and the big unions and rick santorum he says sided with the labor unions. you're exactly right, i think newt has one big surge left, he has a pal in las vegas with a big checkbook. sheldon attleson has made another big cash infusion. the last two $5 million each. how much this one? don't know yet. >> i love this quote, he said i don't think big money and the super pacs are good for politics but as long as they're allowed, i'm going to do it. >> that's right. >> we have both romney and gingrich on "fox & friends" this morning. so they will directly follow one another. i believe it will be romney first followed by newt gingrich

coming up. >> also, if you're in michigan because michigan is just whisker tight right now. if you have made up your mind who you are going to vote for in the last couple of days, e-mail us and tell us who that's going to be and why you've decided to vote for either newt -- well, actually, you can't -- newt is not on the ballot in michigan. either for ron paul or mitt romney or rick santorum. let us know. >> i think it's important to know that even mitt romney's brother admits neither one is going to walk out with that many delegates than the other because the proportional way the state gives them out and it's going to be amazing to see how both camps spin that one could win the popular vote and one could win the most delegates. >> we know how that worked out last time. >> hear that tomorrow, the spin. coming up on our show, the pentagon has a new plan to save some cash and make our troops pay a whole lot more for health care now? >> and some democrats think raiding our oil reserves is the answer to soaring gas prices but is their plan a quick fix to

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she has all the answers. good morning. >> good morning to you guys. instant gratification, that's what the democrats were seeking when they wrote this letter to president obama urging them to tap into the spr. the spr is by definition put into place, set aside these reserves of oil if there's a true emergency supply disruption. case in point, hurricane katrina. we lost 25% of our u.s. production. they tapped the reserve. we don't have lines at the gas pumps as you heard one of the republican congress metropolitan say. this isn't the time for convenience. this is the strategic petroleum reserve. >> this is our backup. if something really bad happens where all the oil is cut off from over there even though we produce about half the oil we use domestically here now, if the other half is cut off, then we tap it.

not when you get in trouble at the polls. >> exactly much the republicans are saying enough with the short term solutions and enough with the band-aid on the problem, let's look at the long term solutions that we can put on the table and the fact that we find them here today, when president obama and his administration promised change, energy policy, and here we are today looking at overnight we hit $3.71 as a national average and we're now seeing over $4 at the pump in some places in the country, oil prices this morning are at $108 a barrel and we're talking about tapping the spr? there's a problem here. >> just a few pennies? >> that's what we're talking about. we're talking about a short-term solution. we don't know this would lower the price of gasoline. >> they did it. they did it before. they did it after the crisis in libya, correct? >> that's correct. that's the last time -- president obama has shown he's willing to do this. what about our dependence on foreign oil? the other thing we're seeing the democrats do is urging the president to now go forward and ask saudi arabia to produce more oil! this is nothing but a subsidy or -- this is subsidizing more

dependency on foreign oil. we can't continue to put ourselves in this position. dangerous for the country. >> but, what about the suggestion by some on the right that that's what this president wants anyway, he wants the prices to go up so people drive less and there's less gas and stuff. >> he can step in and tap the spr and show everybody he has the power to lower gas prices at least for the time being. this is not the long term solution. what about the keystone pipeline and what about alternative sources? >> what about algae? >> what about algae? what about natural gas. there are other solutions out there but it just doesn't seem on both sides, nobody -- this is going to be a problem for many administrators to come. nobody has stepped forward and -- here's the 10-year plan. everybody is trying to appease the voter today. and that's going to be a big problem. >> some of the candidates have a plan. newt gingrich has one and he'll join us in the show. >> sandra smith, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> if you don't want to wait for the gas prices to go down, we have a deal for you. an s.u.v. that fills up for $2 a

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>> if you're just waking up, it's 22 minutes after the top of the hour. couple of headlines for you now. occupy protests turn violent injuring two police officers in california. it happened yesterday near the state capital in sacramento.

officers were trying to calm rising tempers between occupiers and counterprotesters and new e.p.a. limits on greenhouse gas emissions face a challenge in court today from more than 150 industry groups. they claim climate rules are based on bad science. let's go over to brian. >> all right. at just 24 years old, our next guest was given a command of an elite group of army rangers. he is one himself in charge of hunting down taliban insurgents on the afghan-pakistan border. sounds easy, right? 16 months later, the platoon killed over 350 insurgents without causing one civilian death. shawn parnell writes about his experiences in great detail about the commander of that great book in his brand new book, go out and get this. it's awesome. outlaw platoon, infidels and the brotherhood of war in afghanistan. he joins us right now. shawn, welcome! >> thanks for having me, brian. >> thanks for your service. you were sitting there in command of an operation right by the pakistani border and say to yourself a year ago, i was

hanging out in my house partying with my friends. what made you join to begin with? >> well, yeah, a year ago i was hanging out with my friends drinking beer and then i find myself in charge of 40 men not only in charge of the men themselves but their lives and their families. nothing really prepares you for that. i -- but i joined because of september 11th like so many other americans, that's why i joined. >> you joined and your parents were not for it. you're not dropping out of school and going in but you went in anyway. you talk about a clash with your dad but then you go in, you get penned as an army ranger and that's one of the proudest moments you've seen your dad have. >> absolutely. i went into rangers school 215 pounds and i came out 160. it was a difficult and arduous time for me. and i chose my dad to pin on the tab. >> you go and it will put you in an ultimate forward base right by the pakistani border. you're there a day ahead of time. the little girl dies in your arms the first day there. you realize how tough this is

going to be and your platoon, and your time there, 400 and -- >> 85 days. >> how many casualties did your crew take? >> we had 32 purple hearts that were awarded to my platoon. >> and how successful were you in getting the insurgents? >> we were very successful at finding them and killing them. >> how? >> we were aggressive. we walked every mountain. we didn't take short cuts. we learned the terrain. 485 days, we knew the terrain better than they did and we hunted them down. we went out there and found them and killed them. >> it's amazing, too, you found a fortress that the british made and you actually fortified it and lived out there and in terms of civilian deaths, how much did you -- how much did you work to make sure that didn't happen. how much was that a focus? >> that's a great question. every single patrol that we were on was a humanitarian patrol as well. it wasn't just about finding and killing the enemy. every patrol we brought coloring books to kids, we brought blankets to keep them warm.

cold weather stuff to keep them warm in the winter as well. we cared about the people there and we did good things for them. >> and the courage to -- and the quest to find out who you can trust and who you can't trust is ongoing throughout the book and the ongoing theme. some of the greatest people you ever and some of the most deceitful people ever. let's talk about what's happening today in afghanistan which must be tearing you up. they burn some qurans and now all our guys and all our people are out of the ministries, where do you think this operation is at right now? >> that's a good question, too, for 485 days, i never saw my soldiers do one thing to desecrate the islamic faith. we were overwhelmingly respectful of them. you know, we fought, bled and died next to afghans for 10 years. >> how come they don't realize that and they're willing to say, well, this quran book burning undercuts everything the americans have done. how could that be? >> i don't know. you know what's really frustrating to me and everybody that served, it's really frustrating. >> should we be apologizing?

>> that's a good question, too. >> what do you think? >> well, i think that any leader -- any leader is faced with making a tough decision. i'm not sure that we should be apologizing. i'm a little bit disappointed. >> we got some guys dead and in that apology in that letter, there's no mention of the killing of our guys who were killed in cold blood. shot to the back of the head. >> yeah. i'm really disappointed and angered and frustrated by it, you know, but my heart goes out to the soldiers that are in combat right now on the receiving end of the violence and with the families who lost soldiers as well. my heart goes out to them. >> and finally, newt gingrich says we're not going to fix afghanistan. it's not possible. your reaction? >> i think he's right. i think an overwhelming military victory in afghanistan is impossible. i think it's going to have to be something that's -- i think it's going to have to be an overwhelming diplomatic effort. >> is it doable? >> i think that we win every military engagement on the ground. we win every single one but an overwhelming victory in

afghanistan is not possible. i think it's going to be diplomacy or something. >> this is your book, sean parnell, it's a work in progress. you have to read this to find out what's going on over there. thanks for which sore your service and look forward to talking to you on radio a little bit later. >> thanks. i look forward to it, too. >> remember this, new jersey governor chris christie getting fired up over the proposed buffet tax. >> so tired of talking about warren buffet. what are you going to bring up next? his secretary? he should write a check and shut up. >> this morning, warren responds and we're showing you an s.u.v. that fills up for $2 a gallon. you got to see it and maybe buy it. happy birthday to jason aldean, the country singer is 35 years old. he says he feels 34. laura ] maine is known for its lighthouses, rocky shore,

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>> yep. today, we're america's election headquarters. voters heading to the polls in michigan and arizona today. in arizona, winner takes all the 29 delegates but it's also the first primary state where immigration will be front and center. >> alicia acuna is up early this morning. up from tempe, arizona, do the

people of arizona feel ignored? >> a little bit to be quite frank, brian. the folks here said that even when the candidates were here, they really didn't feel like they were touching on their issues so much and you saw that debate that they had here last week and some people actually made the observation that if you didn't know where they were sitting at the time when all four of them were on the stage, you wouldn't know they were in arizona. folks do go to the polls here and about an hour and a half and as you mentioned, this is a winner take all state. which means for a candidate, even a second place finish is really kind of like a last place finish delegate wise, there are 29 delegates up for grabs here in the grand canyon state and with regard to the campaigns, as i mentioned, it has been relatively quiet with most of the action happening in michigan which votes today as well. now, none of the camps have really spent much money here. we've seen -- we have seen very little on tv, radio ads, i think newt gingrich put on a few. it's just been too risky for the candidates to actually go ahead and put money in a place where

if they're not guaranteed a first place finish, it's going to pay off. additionally, jan brewer, the governor here, very popular and very conservative governor, has decided to endorse mitt romney. she says that some people believe he's not a true conservative but she believes he is. she also says, guys, that she's impressed with his tough stance on immigration. back to you. >> alicia acuna, thanks so much for being up early and i guess they go to the polls bright and early there in arizona. >> that's right. 8:00 eastern time. a moment ago, we were talking about what's going on in the great state of michigan and i said newt hadn't really been campaigning up there. he's on the ballot so it's clear, he's on the ballot. so are mitt and rich, santorum, also ron paul, michelle bachmann, herman cain, jon huntsman, rick perry, 12 choices which michigan alone. good luck. happy hunting auto. auto only two dug in their heels and made something happen. let's talk about the battle

between warren buffet and chris christie. the governor of new jersey has it like you that he's telling everybody i feel horrible that i don't pay as many taxes. his secretary plays more in taxes than he does. he has an unpaid tax bill of his own that he seems reluctant to pay. >> his attorneys are fighting that left and right. >> chris christie had made him this offer in a rather blunt way, this is how he said it. he told basically warren buffet to shut up and write a check to the government if he had a problem with the fact that he didn't agree with chris christie's plan to tax wealthy people a little bit less so here is buffet now reacting to that statement. >> it's sort of a touching response to a $1.2 trillion deficit and all of a sudden, the american people will take care of it. >> and warren buffet goes on to say the real problem with taking about it, we take in too little money and we're spending too much. got to have a tax policy. you know, i think he did hit on the real problem, though, the problem is we're spending too

much. maybe we should just spend less. >> yeah. >> but he basically was asking, quick snippet there. if you didn't hear it, he was basically asking all of us to write more checks to the i.r.s., isn't what he actually wants us to do? because he wants to increase taxes and yet, the most recent polls show this. most americans don't agree with him. 75% say the wealthy should actually pay only 30% or less in taxes. 75% of likely voters. >> so wait a second, so the class warfare where the stats lean heavily to wow, that works. according to this study of roughly 1,000 people, it turns out 30% less than the richest of the rich right now. >> and what the pollster said was and this is something that came out in "the hill" newspaper yesterday in washington, they said if we just ask people should we raise taxes on the rich? we get a lot of yeses. yes, we should. is 50% fair? no, that's a lot. 40%? no, that's too much. 30%?

it's about right. so that's where the 75%, 3/4 of the country said 30% ok. which is about 10% less than where the president of the united states would like to have the wealthy and successful pay taxes. >> all right. we got to give you a couple of headlines now for your tuesday. can you believe there's been another costa cruise ship in trouble with more than 1,000 people. this one, the ship being rescued from pirate infested waters off the coast of somalia after losing power during a fire. the costa allegra stranlded in the indian ocean so it's being towed to a nearby island by tomorrow. that ship, part of the same cruise line, you recall, as the costa concordia. that ran aground in italy six weeks ago killing 25 people on board. seven people are still missing. >> meanwhile, a fox news investigation getting some results. remember these air traffic controllers, they were caught on camera accused of sleeping, texting and reading on the job while they were supposed to be scanning the skies, keeping people safe? well, the f.a.a. has now seen

this footage and says it will investigate and fix the problems at west chester airport in new york state. specifically a broken elevator employees claim prevented them from accessing their break room. west chester airport one of the nation's busiest corporate airports and apparently an easy place to fall asleep at. >> the obama administration's proposed defense budget has military families and retirees paying up to 78% more for their health care coverage. as for unionized civil defense workers, though, they would pay nothing additional for their benefits. the proposal which still has to be approved by congress is said to be causing a major rift now with the pentagon. several congressional aides say the move is designed to make more military families enroll in state-run insurance programs stemming from the president's health care reform law. >> and as hard as he tried to hijack the headlines after the oscars, sasha baren cohen's stunt may have been topped. sure, he dumped ashes right there on ryan seacrest who was

not amused but his slip seems to be coming in second to this. angelina jolie's awkward pose with her right leg sticking out like that. she showed it on the red carpet and even on stage while presenting an oscar. now, leglina has become so famous, it spawned a twitter account. angie's right leg now has over 27,000 followers and you've heard of photo bombing, now there's leg bombing. jolie's limb making an appearance on the statue of liberty. and on the moon! who is that? >> very cute. it's quite a leg, i got to say. it's quite a leg. i'm sure the left one looks like the right one. let's go out to brian. what are you doing out there? >> none of your business, gretchen. ok, i'll tell you. newt gingrich made a lot of headlines when he said i promise a gallon of gas at $2.50. why don't we just pay $2? two guys next to me, i have a great idea. we've pioneered it. the coo is bill wade, johnny

mccollum is to my immediate left. welcome. what's behind you? >> what's behind us is a vehicle that we're getting ready to give away tomorrow. the company has a program called the big we promote the use of compressed natural gas or cng in vehicles. half the cost of gasoline, better for the economy, better for the environment. tomorrow, we will give away 21 of these tahoes and trucks to employees to spread the word. >> that's great. what is compressed natural gas? >> compressed natural gas is just natural gas which has been compressed to 3600 psi which allows us to store more on board. increase the range of the vehicle. >> so it runs on natural gas and we know people have been talking about this for a while. let's take a look under the hood and for a guy like me who spends no time under the hood, everything needs to be explained. >> ok. >> where's -- what's different about this engine? >> the engine is identical to a traditional gasoline engine with a couple of exceptions. the engine is outfitted with a

regulator to the left which takes the pressure of natural gas from the storage pressure of 3600 pounds down to vehicle pressure. >> gotcha. >> there are fuel injectors like you have on a regular vehicle that enable the gas to be used to burn. we have an on-board computer for fuel use which complements the existing vehicle's computer and you can switch back and forth. >> right. that's great. it looks like it's working and certainly looks clean. you have everything labelled like i wish my engine really was but donny, where do you get this stuff and how do you -- if you own this vehicle, how do you fill up? >> right. there's a couple of ways. right now, we're hopefully building out cng fueling infrastructure across the country but one thing we brought with us today is a really cool appliance. what it is is a home refuelling -- >> come over here then. >> this is it? >> this is it. >> and the great thing about this is if you have existing natural gas supplied to your house, you can take that natural gas and put it into your vehicle at home. >> you can be filling up and

there has an a dual head on that. how much does this cost and how much does that cost? >> this unit installed would be from $6,000 to $8,000 and would effectively cost you -- in houston, we're look at about a dollar a gallon. >> that's fantastic. how long will it take to fill up? that's the challenge. >> at a retail station, it takes 3 to 6 minutes to fill up the vehicle. at home with a fuelling station like this, it takes about eight hours to fill up so you can relax and fill your car at the same time. >> because when people are filling up their car, nobody is relax the these days. it's close to $5 a gallon. doing their best to bring us a new form of -- a new form of vehicle with a new form of fuel. thank you so much for coming down. and thank you so much. i hear it's a lot warmer in arkansas where you're from. >> very nice. could be the way of the future. thank you, brian and guys. >> thanks very much. parents, pay attention to this. doctors now say boys as young as 9 should get a shot of the hpv vaccine? so is it safe? our medical a team is on the case. >> and remember the story about

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>> all right. time for some quick headlines on this tuesday morning. here's a story you won't see anywhere else. an update to sarah palin's leaked e-mail story. her former aide frank bailey just slapped with a fine for writing a tell all based on the confidential e-mail. that's a violation of ethics law. he's forking over about 12,000 dollars now. and luckily, german chancellor merkel is a bear lover. take a look at this. she gets not one but two, wait, three, four, five beers down her neck thanks to a waiter that lost her balance. she took it all in stride. she's a good sport. damp but a good sport.

gretch? the american academy of pediatrics now saying boys as well as girls should get the hpv vaccine but the recommendation is not without controversy. dr. david sumadi is a member of our fox news medical a team and chief of the division of robotics at mount sinai in new york. good to see you. >> good morning. >> it's not just girls now, it's boys. i guess it makes sense because they're both eventually going to have some sort of activity, sexual activity down the road. >> hpv stands for human papaloma virus and it causes warts in the genital area for both girls and boys. five years ago, the american academy of pediatrics basically recommended that girls get the vaccine. they expected about 80% of the population to get it. only 30% showed up for this vaccine and then they realized that since the head and neck cancers and also cervical cancer is on the rise as a result of this vaccine, now we're going to go after the boys because they could be the carrier for this virus. >> as a result of the virus, not

the vaccine. >> right. so hpv is the most common sexually transmitted disease in america. it can cause cervical cancer in women and warts in boys. they're recommending strongly to get this vaccine at the age of 11. it's important to get this vaccine before you get engaged in any sexual activity and that's how we're going to protect the boys. >> so let's look at the ages, the boys should be as young as 9 but aged 11 to 12 should be routinely immunized with the hpv 4 using the same schedule as girls. boys and men, ages 13 to 21 may be administered the recommended vaccine so i guess if you're in that older group, it's effective if you have not engaged in sexual activity. >> that's exactly right. also, what this did a few months ago, it opened up a huge controversy among the parents because the parents said, well, if we're going to immunize our kids, now it's going to promote or encourage them to get into sexual activity. that argument is really not strong because this doesn't

prevent you from getting other sexually transmitted disease. you still have to make sure you use protection. you still have to make sure that you engage in the right sexual activity but nowadays, kids are really giving this virus to each other without knowing. there's no signs or symptoms. you may have the lesion and you can be a carrier from one person to the other. >> that's the scary part about this, you don't know you have it sometimes. some parents were concerned there may be side effects of this vaccine. what do you know about that? >> basically, what we know is at the site of injections, there are three injections you have to get. the site, there could be some redness. there could be some fever, but for the most part, about 40 million vaccines have been given out and there are very, very few major side effects there. have been some neurologic issues. there's about 800 complaints right now that are being investigated but for the most part, this is a safe vaccine and someone asked me, would you give this to your own son and the answer is yes. i want to make sure that he's protected and not get this kind of thing so it's about $130 per

vaccine. it's a little expensive. as a result of guidelines, the insurance companies are approving this. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, gretchen. >> next hour, reading, writing and homosexuality? that's what some teachers want in their elementary school lesson plans. they say it will keep kids safe. we'll report and you can decide. then you remember candidate obama called for complete transparency but president obama has blocked the media more times than several past presidents combined. so is it legal? what does judge napolitano think? stand by, here he is. he's coming up behind us, doctor.

>> welcome back. is the white house taking a heavy handed approach at cracking down on the media?

>> seems to be a disconnect here. you want aggressive journalism abroad. you just don't want it in the united states. >> whoa! that exchange last week was between abc news reporter jake tapper and white house press secretary jay carney and it's raising more questions about the obama administration and something called the espionage act. here now with more is fox news senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so they were talking there in the white house briefing room about the journalists who were killed over in the mideast. >> right. >> and, you know, the white house saluted them and then jake tapper says wait a minute, the people who are doing significant journalism or as he referred to -- as they refer to it, aggressive journalism in this country are being cracked down on. >> the administration, even though when president obama was senator obama, he attacked the bush administration for lacking in transparency. this administration has been attacking journalists and people who speak to them because of transparency.

example -- last week, in a federal court in baltimore, a federal district court judge threw out an indictment against a guy named thomas drake, a former nsa staffer because he talked to the newspaper about a matter that was already in the public domain. but the administration got so angry at him for talking about things they didn't want talked about to a reporter that they indicted him and a federal judge lamb basted the administration for doing that. so jake tapper says to the white house press secretary, how can you praise some reporters but not others? you're only praising those you agree with and not those that expose you. >> exactly right. and there's a picture of jake tapper, the correspondent at the white house. now this particular espionage thing has only been used a fraction of times in american history. but this president has used, i think has doubled the total number ever used in history. >> well, no one has been convicted yet under this act in this administration. >> but charging them with that

is chilling. >> it's basically charging people for attempting to convey truthful information to reporters, information the government doesn't want out there. information that's not always a secret even though the government calls it a secret. that's what happened in the drake case. we're talking about which computer system was better for the government to use and which vendor was overcharging. that is not secret, classified information but the government called it as such and indicted the person who talked about it and a court threw out the indictment. >> once upon a time, reporters had the ability to protect their sources. they said, you know, we'll back you up but you don't have to worry about us revealing you. there is no federal shield law. >> unfortunately, there isn't. and that's why the government is going after these people and it shouldn't. >> judge andrew napolitano, thank you very much. >> pleasure, stevie. >> straight ahead, a huge hour including one very controversial question, should teachers be explaining homosexuality to elementary school kids? we're going to report and you're going to decide and on this primary day, two of the candidates join us live.

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finish line. "fox & friends" live from new york and michigan and arizona starts right now. >> so they finished race at 1:00. how many people in the stands? >> i don't know, steve. they got to be so disappointeded. nascar was hoping for a big season. 1:00 in the morning which is technically tuesday. >> still counts, though. >> not much to do with rain and the delay. >> that's the problem with living on earth. the weather. >> huge fire on the track as well. we'll bring you the details in a minute and the winner will join us later on during "fox & friends." according to local reports out of cleveland, ohio, a second student has died just hours after a teenage gunman opened fire inside a high school cafeteria. live for us in charden, ohio, with the very latest, good morning. >> good morning. the investigation continues as this community tries to come to

grips with the terrible strategy that struck at the school here just about 24 hours ago. there was a candlelight vigil last night in the surrounding community as people tried to deal with their grief and many of them spoke afterwards. here's a few of those impressions. >> not like you said, wake up in the morning and not know your child or someone is going to die. you'll never say good-bye. >> 16-year-old danny parmeter is the victim who has been identified to this point even though there are reports of another fatality. the scene yesterday was chaotic at the school after the gunfire rang out in the cafeteria. about 100 people were in there. a group of students sitting at a table were shot. then the suspect ran out of the building being chased by teachers and then by police and

then by a police dog. he was finally captured and arrested. he is being questioned now. he could be appearing in court today. he's identified as t.j. lane, also a 16-year-old boy. some of his friends gave us their impressions of him. let's listen to that. >> he didn't seem any different. he seemed just how he would be on a normal day. he didn't show any expression on his face, he was just t.j. >> didn't seem anything was wrong. >> it's amazing what people have hiding inside of them. >> so a lot of unanswered questions here as police try to get to bottom of this and no word yet on motive. >> steve centanni life for us in ohio. thank you very much. broken landing gear making for a terrifying landing at newark airport in new jersey. passengers panicked as the plane arriving from atlanta, the pilot came on and told them basically the landing gear was not working. it hit the ground with the nose down and some peen saying their

final good-byes. >> the plane that i'm on will be doing an emergency landing. the landing gear will not open. i love you. a you don't know. that's unbelievable. i'm looking at this text and it's unbelievable. what do you think? i had to leave work. i'm like -- i'm driving. i started to believe, what is she thinking? what do they think on this plane? >> well, no one of the 71 passengers on board luckily, no one was hurt. a stunning admission from israel this morning. it will not give the united states a heads-up if it decides to strike iran's nuclear facilities. sources say the reason israel will keep it secret is to reduce chances the u.s. will be held responsible for failing to stop an attack. israeli leaders are said to have informed the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and other u.s. officials of their plans during recent visits to israel. fire and rain made it an epic daytona 500 of a day and a half of delays, the great american race didn't end until 1:00 this morning. the track shut down for more than two hours after a wild

crash. pablo montoya's car had a parts failure and spun around igniting a huge fireball. nobody was hurt in that. the winner, eventually number 17, matt kenseth. edging out the hard charging dale earnhardt jr. and taking the checkered flag. >> is there a happier man in america right now than you? >> there might be but i don't know where he is. >> two time daytona 500 winner matt kenseth joins us live from daytona at 8:30 eastern today on "fox & friends." he won last year, too, didn't he? >> no, the young guy who was here last year. >> justin bieber? >> very good. >> meanwhile. >> voters heading to the polls in michigan and arizona today. look at the delegates up for grabs. 30 in michigan and arizona, the winner takes all at 29. someone who would like to win both of those dates is mitt

romney. good morning, governor. >> good morning, you guys. >> a couple of days ago, you predicted that you would win in michigan and arizona. still going to win in michigan? >> sure plan on it. it's obviously an uphill battle. i was 15 points down 10 days ago, we're making a lot of progress. last debate helped a lot. hoping to pick up a lot of delegates today. >> governor, as you know, yesterday, robo call, it was found out that robo calls were being made, wasn't a big secret. senator santorum had paid to get democrats out in the polls to vote for him and not vote for you essentially. do you feel as though that is a fair tactic? >> well, it's a dirty trick. it's outrageous to see rick santorum team up with the obama people and go out after union labor in detroit and try to get them to vote against me. look, we don't want democrats deciding who our nominee is going to be. we want republicans deciding who our nominee is going to be. i know why obama doesn't want me to face him.

but i think it's outrageous and disgusting. a terrible, dirty trick. at the last hour, by the way, late in the afternoon on the day before the election, maybe hoping no one would notice, they start sending out calls to democrats, union members, telling them to go into the republican primary and vote against mitt romney. this is -- this is reminiscent of the dirty tricks in the past and it's got to end and i think rick santorum has a lot of explaining to do. >> all right. so he did respond last night, he was on with sean hannity and i want you to listen to this and we'll have another question. >> he runs a robo call of my voice saying good things about him, that's not a low moment and when i run a call basically calling democrats who are eligible to vote here to vote for us, that's a low blow? encouraging people to come and vote for us and we talk about our manufacturing plant and what we're going to do to create jobs? it's a very positive robo call. >> so he says, the senator says, governor, that the reason he decided to do that was because

he would need the democrats to vote for him in the general election. that's his excuse for it. is there a difference, though, between what he's doing and the other negative advertising that you and other candidates have done. what he's doing is asking democrats to come in the republican primary and vote against me. that's what he did. it wasn't a positive ad saying how he would be the best democrat or lined up with labor. look, i know he voted against right to work laws. i know that he voted in favor of keeping davis bacon so he's teamed up with big labor before. but teaming up with barack obama's people, they're running ads here as well against me. this is -- this is a new low for his campaign and that's saying something. >> all right. speaking of new lows, let's talk about a poll out, rasmussen has a poll, the president has his lowest approval in about a month. right now, when it comes to his approval, 26% strongly approve. 42% strongly disapprove. and then when you take a look at the president vs. a number of

republicans, you actually beat him. by two points. ron paul also beats him by two. you, however, do beat santorum by two and then newt gingrich handily. what do you make of this latest rasmussen poll, sir? >> well, polls bounce all over the place but i think the reason that i've been able to get more and more support at the national level is people recognize this is going to come down to a race about the economy and who can created the jobs that america needs and i spent my life in the real economy, the other guys are good guys but they really haven't spent time in the economy. i think in some cases, senator santorum has shown himself to be an economic lightweight. and i don't think people want to nominate an economic lightweight to go up against the president who also is an economic lightweight and has it made it hard for america to get working again. >> do you think the president was being snob by saying it's every american's dream to go to college like rick santorum said? >> i say that people should

have a choice to do whatever they want to do in life. if they want to go to college, they should have that opportunity. if they don't want to go to college and maybe start a business and maybe go in a trade or another profession, that's their right, too. i don't know if i'd call someone a snob, but i think the american people should have their choice to do whatever the heck they'd like with their life. >> one of the big topics that people have been talking about in the last week and maybe before that, but suddenly the media is talking about it as well is the gas prices and how they keep going up and up. so the national average now has hit $3.71 a gallon. what do you think about whether or not a president can actually affect the price of gas and what do you think about newt gingrich's plan for $2.50 a gallon gas. he says he can do that. would you do something differently? >> well, we all recognize that it would be nice to get gas prices down and the best way we can get prices down and we can keep money in this country rather than going to other countries is to develop our own oil resources in this country to

bring in the keystone pipeline from canada, to also take advantage of our natural gas in this country which is plentiful and can be used for long haul trucks and for fleets of trucks in cities. look, we can have an impact on the expense of oil in this country. obviously, there's a world price that's going to affect what happens here. but this president has failed us once again and one of the reasons that our economy is having such difficulty is the high price of oil, high price of gasoline and he's done nothing to help. he's made it harder to keep those prices down. >> governor, if you win the popular vote but lose the delegates, the delegate total at the end of the michigan tally, will you consider that a victory? >> look, i want to get as many delegates as i can get and i'm hoping tonight that i end up with more delegates than anybody else. at this stage, it looks like that's going to be the case. that's what i need -- this is about delegates, this is about getting the most delegates. i know that some guys in the media are looking for other stories but for me, it's who gets the delegates to become the nominee. >> sure. and governor, before you leave, i just noticed your father is

looking over your shoulder right there. great in 68. it's hard to rhyme with 12, isn't it? >> there's not a lot that rhymes with 12. but i guess -- i guess i feel -- i guess i feel that my mom and dad are looking over my shoulder a good deal these days and it's great to be back in the place of my birth and have so many people come up to me and say they remember my dad. and give me memorabilia from his old campaigns. it's very touching. >> well, he is over your shoulder literally right now. all right, governor, thank you very much for joining us today. good luck. >> thanks so much, steve. gretchen, brian. >> absolutely. and, of course, there's no time to take a deep breath because you have super tuesday the following week. >> that's right. >> exactly. coming up on our show, we talk to another g.o.p. presidential contender, newt gingrich who is not competing in today's races. why not? >> then one very controversial question, should teachers be explaining homosexuality to elementary school kids? we're going to report, you will

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> >> coming up between 9:00 and noon. >> a school district in michigan, not sure what that audio was. let's talk about the school district in michigan planning to have a frank talk with its students under a revamped sex education plan, fourth and fifth grade students will discuss homosexuality, transgender issues and get specific information about how babies are conceived but some critics say the school is going too far. kyle olson is the founder of education in action and the filmmaker behind "a tale of two missions" and he's my guest. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> all right. so this sounds a little bit more than what i learned in fifth

grade. i don't mean to laugh about it but it sounds a little -- a little out there. so what do you make of it? >> well, that's just it. it's what's happening is, i think, there's mission creep that's going on within sex ed so now instead of just talking about not getting pregnant and avoiding std's and those sorts of things, they're getting into cultural issues where they're talking about transgender issues, diversity, bullying and those types of things so they're expanding the program and so i would encourage parents to look into this, see if this is appropriate for their children and if it's not, do what they can to opt out. >> this is one particular school district in the state of michigan so here are some of the proposed changes. no longer separating girls and boys for sex education. discussing homosexuality and transgender issues as you mentioned. in fourth grade, teachers answer questions about how sperm and eggs get together. in fifth grade, inclusion of information about sexual

intercourse. students required to complete some assignments with their parents. now, as usual, kyle, the way that we've come to in this society is that this is what the programs are and then if parents don't agree with them, they can opt out instead of the other way around which is if you want your kids to get all of this information, you could opt into some sort of a special program. >> right. exactly. and -- and the school district which is muskegon public schools told your staff yesterday that parents can opt out. the trouble is this is going to be embedded within science curriculum so it's going to be very difficult for students to actually get out of the program. it's not like it's occurring at night or on the weekend or something and so it would be very easy for students not to go. but -- but i think what is happening here is this is part of a broader agenda where activists are pushing their political philosophy on very young kids. you know, you mentioned these are fourth and fifth graders. and in my book "indoctrination" i talked about how the activists

are very intentional about going after kids at younger and younger ages because they're very impressionable. i mean, i have young kids. i know you have young kids. they're like sponges and they will just, you know, accept and believe virtually anything you tell them. >> right. >> and i think the -- >> the activists are going after younger and younger kids. >> the other argument that i've heard is that they say that there are a lot of kids who don't have responsible parents who might be teaching them these types of things at home. so they feel now that it's the school's responsibility to do that. what do you think about that? >> well, there's lots of parents that are being responsible. and what is happening is their power is being usurped by the school district and what i see happening generally in culture is where a school district or any level of government is taking power away from citizens. citizens are basically virtually willingly giving that power to the state. and so we're just seeing this cycle where -- where people are

not fighting back and this is where -- this is an opportunity, i think, for parents to stand up and say this is our responsibility. we're going to raise the children as we see fit and you're not going to do anything about it. >> all right. here's the school statement from the school district. students are getting the information they need to lead healthy, productive lives and to keep them safe. some of the changes include a fifth grade unit on healthy relationships, diversity and sexual orientation with a focus on anti-bullying. as always, parents will be given the opportunity to have their child opt out of the curriculum. there you have it, the parents can opt out but it seems to be a little topsy-turvy. always great to get your thoughts. thanks so much. >> thank you very much. >> we heard from governor mitt romney at the top of the hour. up next, newt gingrich joins us. why isn't he competing in today's primaries of michigan and arizona? then he's accused of stealing thousands of u.s. secrets and leaking them to our enemies but private bradley manning is nominated for the nobel peace prize? huh? welcome to new nutritionpossible.com...

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>> michigan and arizona today as voters head to the polls. how will the results affect the candidates and the race going forward? >> joining us now from chattanooga, tennessee is presidential candidate newt gingrich. welcome, mr. speaker. >> good to be with you. >> hey, newt. >> as always. >> always good to see you. newt, does it burn you up that you're not taking part in this? i know it was a preconceived strategy on your part that the michigan battle and the arizona battles taking place really without you trying. >> no, i think we decided that we had a much better chance in

tennessee, georgia, oklahoma, ohio, idaho, even in some places like vermont and north dakota so we decided to focus our resources where we had the best chance and it gave us a week to develop the message about $2.50 gasoline and having an american energy plan which got to the obama administration enough that he felt he had to answer me in a speech in florida last week so we're releasing today a video that shows his speech and my answers and gives you kind of a taste of what a gingrich-obama debate would be like and we're getting very good reaction all over the country to the idea of $2.50 gasoline. it's been a good week for us to focus on a positive message and let santorum and romney battle it out in michigan. >> some people, mr. speaker, say the president can do nothing about gas prices. what would be the first thing that you would do if you were president? >> you know, that's such total absolute baloney.

ronald reagan took over from a disasterous jimmy carter gasoline rationing program. the first executive order he designed deregulated gasoline. within six months, prices had crashed. they went steadily downhill in the eight years of the reagan administration were dramatically less expensive in gasoline than they were under carter. so presidents can have an impact. i would do three things immediately. sign the keystone pipeline, that's about 700,000 barrels of oil a day from canada to houston. and also lowers the cost of moving oil from kansas, oklahoma, arkansas and texas into the houston refineries. second, open up the gulf of mexico area that obama has closed off. that's about 400,000 barrels a day and third, open up two key areas of alaska that we know about and put out a million, 200,000 barrels a day. there are 200,000 barrels of oil in that opening round. presidents can have a huge impact if they want to. >> let me ask you about this,

mr. speaker. a couple of days ago was to rick santorum who was talking about what the president of the united states said in the past that all kids should have the opportunity to go to college and rick santorum said he was being a snob on that. i know you were a college professor for a while. what do you think of that? >> well, first of all, the president didn't say precisely that. he also talked about other kienldz of training. -- kinds of training. everybody ought to get the kind of training they need to get a job including, frankly, some college people who don't find work in what they originally studied in college, you need to get retrained to get a job. i proposed that unemployment compensation have a training requirement that you sign up for a business-led training program if you're going to get money for unemployment because we shouldn't pay people 99 weeks for doing nothing. so i think you have -- you can have a constant retraining program. i bet if the three of you were to list every job you've had and every kind of skill you've had to learn over the years, it's

amazing how -- what you thought you needed at 24 isn't what you needed at 44 and so i'm for constant learning. i don't think any work is too menial. i think earning a living is important and everybody ought to figure out the skills they need to earn a living and there's a dignity in every kind of work. >> rick santorum has also come forward and talked a lot about religion, separation of church and state and said one particular comment speech from president kennedy made him sick to his stomach. what's your reaction to the roles religion play especially over the last two weeks in michigan? >> well, i believe very much that the obama administration is the most anti-religious administration in history. i think that their war not just against the catholic church but against people of faith across the board has been so bad that the supreme court repudiated one of their decisions by 9-0 so even the most liberal supreme court justice thought that they were acting beyond their constitutional authority.

i think there is a legitimate argument about the role of government and whether or not it can dictate to people of religion. i don't think it can. i think that's unconstitutional. i wouldn't agree with rick about john f. kennedy's famous speech to the houston ministerial alliance, it was a remarkable speech at a particular point in american history. and it was making a key point that no president would obey any foreign religious leader. that was the essence of kennedy's speech was -- excuse me, was to reassure people that, in fact, his first duty as president would be to do the job of president. and i think that that's correct. >> all right. newt gingrich joining us today from chattanooga, tennessee. it looks like you're in somebody's office. they're going to be coming in shortly. better get out of there. thank you, sir. >> take care. thanks, guys. >> you bet. as we just mentioned, some say rick santorum is campaigning too much on religion and not enough about the economy. brit hume weighs in on that coming up. >> then, guys love ladies in red. and now we know why. the secret behind the science coming up.

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>> time for your shot of the morning. remember last week, steve revealed something we never knew before. >> it was my probing journalistic question. >> it was. he secretly starred in a hollywood movie and now we have

the proof. listen to this. >> are you telling me that guy in the little short shorts broke your nose? >> right. >> the bedazzler guy broke your nose? tough man? >> yeah, that's right. that's me on the radio. wait a second, talking about richard simmons when he broke your nose by throwing a box of donuts? >> i was telling that story and somehow the producers of "pineapple express" one of the biggest stoner movies of the last decade, that's funny, richard simmons broke his nose. and so they put me in that movie. >> something from satellite radio? >> i don't know. >> it looks like he's got an a.m. radio there. >> probably. >> i'm wondering about the accuracy of this movie. >> there you go. this all started when you said that the reason we had done -- that i was so pro the movie "act of valor" is because i wanted to be in the next movie. >> steve, did you walk the red carpet in the premiere because of that? >> i didn't even know i was in

it. my son called me up and said do you know you're in a movie. i said right, sure. >> and you were. fantastic. >> you've been in movies, too? >> all i can tell you, no comment. >> we'll safe it for the radio show. >> here's what i did. i was two times i was on "another world" the soap opera. >> as a soap star? >> one time i was a thug and one time -- can you settle down, please? one time -- >> did you have a line as a thug? >> no line. yeah, i did. and then the next time i was on was as a football player. and we said something in unison, therefore i got more money. >> so you did that as a job. you were trying to get a regular job on a soap opera. >> not really. it was a recommendation from somebody and then they called my house to say hey, do you want to be on "another world" so i thought it was a joke. i go what world would you like me to be on? and they ended up bringing me down.

like who is the wise guy and i had a good time. they said would you like to join the union and when it was more than $20, i knew it was out of my range. >> you realize that's why you were so good at the soap opera makeout session with erica. >> right, i'm a natural. i have experience. >> susan lucci. >> that's right. >> and i do feel natural when i make out, too. so that also is important. >> what are you auditioning right now? >> not anybody watching. >> can you lose the music? have we met -- have we just blown off three guests in this segment? >> no, since i'm the only woman anywhere around, i have a feeling that audition could happen with me so -- >> never know! >> maybe i should leave right now. >> or someone i toss to. >> try that. >> ok. steve? >> go ahead. >> thank you very much. >> voters are heading to the polls in michigan and arizona today. in arizona, the winner takes all with 29 delegates but it's also the first primary state where immigration will be front and center. >> keep going. >> alicia acuna is live from tempe, arizona. hey, alicia. >> hi, brian. it's 275,000 people have already

participated in early voting here. you'll remember republican senator john mccain and this is his home state. he won arizona in 2008 and he has endorsed mitt romney. jan brewer, the republican governor of arizona has also endorsed mitt romney. she says that she appreciated romney's background in business and in government. she also says she likes where he stands on illegal immigration. you'll remember that arizona is home to the toughest illegal immigration law in the country which is being challenged right now by the obama administration at the u.s. supreme court. so that is huge here. romney did hold a number of supporter rallies while he was here last week but other than that, he, like all the other candidates have not spent much money in this state. in part, that's because this contest is winner take all for its 29 delegates. santorum is counting on tea partiers to show up today here. he has been popular with the more conservative the electorate here and as is the case with many primaries and caucuses, the more activist members of the party are the ones who usually drive the results. now, on the minds of voters

today, as they head to the polls which they open in about a half-hour, other than immigration, it's going to be the economy, the unemployment rate here is about 8.7%. and the foreclosure rate here is much higher than the national average. two very important topics here. back to you guys. >> all right, alicia. you dodged a bullet of having to be brian's makeout partner. >> yeah, i was going to say, i didn't want to run around your seat there. >> it's a little tough. you are in arizona. >> and you're a reporter and we're just having fun. >> meanwhile, she's out in arizona and let's talk about politics, of course, there are primaries in arizona and michigan today. and over the last two weeks, rick santorum has been focusing a lot on social issues. and on religion. is he missing the boat in some respects? so many people are worried about the economy. here is brit hume from last night's "o'reilly factor." >> and i think a man who tries to live his faith is to be admired.

but this is the political realm that he's speaking in now and he is in an election where the major issue is the economy. and he has things to say about the economy. and he will tell you if you ask him that he's running on a program to deal with the economy and yet, he continually is caught up in these arguments and discussions about these issues and it has led him into a place, for example, where he has argued against contraception. not that he wants to outlaw it but he thinks contraception is a bad thing. well, i think to most americans, great many of whom use contraception, that seems peculiar. >> when you look at this poll that came out last week where when asked people are going to vote this week what matters most to them, 70% said money stuff. only 17% said religious or social issues. >> and some people heartened by talking about religion. it's hard to tell. it seems for the last two weeks, we'll find out. we'll get a report card of how religion resonates with the

people of michigan in about eight hours. >> look forward to that. in the meantime, more of the big stories making headlines for you. army private bradley manning faces a court-martial and possibly the rest of his life behind bars for giving thousands of classified documents to wikileaks. but putting u.s. national security at risk hasn't stopped somebody from nominating manning for a nobel peace prize? manning is one of 230 people nominated this year along with former president bill clinton and microsoft founder bill gates. >> yeah, he's got my vote. meanwhile, a former aide to governor sarah palin slapped with a fine for writing a tell-all book based on confidential e-mail sent while he worked for the former alaska governor. that is a big violation of ethics laws, folks, and frank bailey has agreed now to pay a fine of about $12,000. bailey was told to keep the e-mail out of his book which was called "blind allegiance" to sarah palin. >> this might be another reason why george clooney is attracted to his new leading lady, stacy keibler. look at the dress she wore to

golden globes. a new study found that wearing the color red can send a man's heart aflutter and even prompt him to spend more money on you. huh? >> right. >> when looking at photos of women, researchers from the university of rochester found that more men identified those in red as attractive. they say the color is an aphrodisiac. wow. >> also communists love it. >> really? auto is that how red became the color of valentine's day? >> could be heart related? red? i don't know. >> what about our love expert, chris chulo, do you know if red -- is that why red became the color on valentine's day? >> i have no idea. >> you have no idea. pretend not to be an expert. right. >> look at the way we label him italian. >> don't throw him he's got a lot of buttons to push over there and keep us in focus. all right. 19 minutes before the top of the hour. as the clouds start to lift over the bad economy, as some say, some businesses are starting to hire again. but which ones? get out a pencil and a paper because the top five companies hiring this week, cheryl casone

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carmakers about $2.7 billion a year. you become dependent on those things, don't you? hey, steve. >> they work great. meanwhile, a new "usa today" gallup poll shows 72% of americans believe the obama administration's contraceptive mandate is unconstitutional! and it's not just republicans. 70% of independents and 56% of democrats also believe it is unfair. now, a leading catholic leader says the mandate could mean the end of catholic universities and hospitals as well. here to weigh in is fox news legal analyst peter johnson jr. >> nice to see you. cardinal francis george of chicago has now said we'd rather fight than switch. meaning these catholic institutions may in fact have to close down as a matter of conscious. he said we have four choices. we can secularize, dereligionize, we can pay fines which is physically and financially impossible to do.

we can sell the institutions to others. or we can close them because we would rather close them than violate our religious tenets. we'd rather close them than participate in a violation of the constitution. and so again, the catholic church is speaking out in a very forthright way about this constitutional issue. >> you know, and for decades, the catholic church in this country has provided for people who don't have things, you know, orphanages, hospitals, universities, but this is about principle. and if -- if you have a choice, break what you believe in or close, it's going to be a hard choice. i think that -- >> i think it's an easy choice for them because i think they're steadfast in their beliefs. you're right, the social welfare net in this country has been sustained by religious institutions. catholic hospitals and social service, jewish organizations for the past century and they're part and parcel of our american fabric. the catholic church is saying,

listen, don't try to divide and conquer us. don't make these phony arguments that most people don't use contraception. it's not about contraception. it's not a referendum about whether contraception is good or bad, it's whether the constitution is good or bad. it's whether the government should respect people's ability to worship in a way that they want and respect the ability of voluntary association. this is what we choose, catholics say, respect that. respect our differences. >> i read on a conservative blog last night that this could be the intent of the obama administration. they just want the catholic institutions to close down. >> i read the same thing and you read the commentary of hundreds of people that write into these blogs and they say yeah, that's the point of what's going on. i don't know what the point is of what's going on. i hope it's not something so insidious. we do know that seven different states and certain catholic insurance companies have now filed suit to stop this. to say listen, don't violate the

constitution. respe respect conscience and respect the ability of institutions like catholic church and its hospitals and universities and social service agencies to practice their religion in a way that has fidelity to their beliefs and has fidelity to the constitution. this is not going away. the bishops are ramping up and they're saying we're staking out our position and if we have to close these institutions, we will. we don't want to. but if you push us to violate our conscience and our religious tenets, we will. >> peter johnson jr., thank you very much. >> sad commentary. >> it is indeed. >> tough. >> yeah, let's see what happens. meanwhile, from pizza hut to ups, fox business network's cheryl casone is delivering the top five companies hiring this week. get out a pen. that's coming up next. first on this day in history back in 1983, the final episode of "m-a-s-h" aired. i remember that. that was sad. and in 1991, the gulf war ended. and in 2000, amazed by lone star which sang that song on this

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>> great news for you. especially if you're out there looking for a job or know someone looking for a job, cheryl casone is here for the fox business network here to tell us this week's top five companies hiring right now. we begin pizza hut. >> 8,000 jobs across the country. pizza hut has changed how they take applications. everything now is on the web. atlanta, chicago, denver, los angeles, managers of pizza huts can make anywhere from $35,000 to $50,000 and the benefits packages that are available, whether you're part time or full time are also something really interesting to check out.

also new orleans, they're completely rebranding and reopening the pizza huts in new orleans, a place that needs jobs. i wanted to highlight that. also, 98% of the jobs you apply on line, this year, they'll do mobile applications and social media applications. so it's not just applying for jobs, it's also the way that you apply now for jobs is different. and i've been writing about that. >> you should do that, too, because if you're trying to make an impression on line, it's different from getting that one on one interview. >> absolutely. yeah. >> talk about u.p.s. >> ok, they're really big right now and i want to point that out on, you know, even if you're part time at u.p.s., you still can qualify for benefits, that's very important. i consider benefits as part of your pay package on any company that you go to so whether you're full time or part time, you can get benefits, dental, medical, also they have -- they're really big into tuition reimbursement. a lot of people now in the job force are finding they're having to retool themselves and actually, you know, change course. i was a manager at a, you know, a dental office.

the dental office has closed and now i have to do something else. if you have to go back to school, u.p.s. is very positive about that. that's a good thing. drivers, i.t., sales. again, you have to apply on line at u.p.s., there is no option anymore. it has to be on the web for this one. >> you mentioned they will reimburse tuition in many cases. web.com is another one, provider of on-line web services worldwide. >> this is interesting. i thought this company was a little different because there's not a lot of jobs. it's 39 jobs. they're going to be adding more jobs this year. it's in jacksonville, florida. what's new about technology companies nowadays is they're in different parts of the country. it doesn't have to be just silicon valley or chicago or new york like it used to be. they do web design and the salary range is pretty large. $25,000 to $150,000, if you can do anything that's i.t. related, web related, any engineering skills, not just web.com but

look at other companies that have these kinds of jobs that are available. they've been acquiring other companies. i think that's a sign of a strong company to work for if you're buying your competitors. >> a u.s. affiliate of a japanese company. >> this is the u.s. arm of this. most of the jobs are in illinois and in california. they sell drugs for the heart, for the skin, dermatology for cancer, different types of drugs. but the company itself has been very successful in the united states. $2.2 billion in sales last year just in north america. r&d, marketing sales. >> we have adobe, computer software company has 900 openings. thanks so much for coming down. looking forward to catching you on the fox business network. >> all right, thanks. >> good job. meanwhile, go hook up. the empire state building has -- you know what i mean? >> what? >> i meant for the jobs. the teenage mutant turtles, gay pride and communist killer but refusing to light up in honor of

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>> gretchen: top of the morning to you. it's tuesday, february 28. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks so much far sugar your time with us today. it's a big political day. polls open in michigan and arizona and 59 delegates up for grabs. today mitt romney making news right here on "fox & friends". >> i don't know if i'd call someone a snob, but i think the american people should have their choice to do whatever the heck they would like with their life. >> gretchen: he's not the only one. newt gingrich also here react to go senator santorum's controversial comments about president obama. we'll play them for you. >> steve: the empire state building right here in midtown manhattan honoring communist killer with red lights. it's even honored the teenage mutant ninja turtles. but cardinal timothy dolan? no lights for him. what's going on there? we're going to tell you the

story. >> brian: wind, rain, fire, the winner of the daytona 500 makes his first stop of the morning right here on "fox & friends." yes, live. "fox & friends" starts right now >> steve: if he's going to be here, since he was racing in the middle of the night, i hope we have a great big vat of coffee for him. >> brian: i don't think he'll need it. he's been on a high. >> gretchen: in the meantime, let's bring you your headlines. we've fox news alert. we've confirmed reports that the second victim seen here on the right, 17-year-old russell kane, junior, has now been declared brain dead. one day after a teenage gunman opened fire inside his ohio high school cafeteria. the other victim on the left was also killed. that is 16-year-old daniel. in total, five students were shot.

last night the small town remembering them during a candlelight syringele and prayed for those still fighting for their lives. >> we're praying and standing firm on faith that god is bigger than this and he's going to pull through. >> everyone is just like i said, this is a small town and it's really hard. yeah. >> gretchen: it is believed the 17-year-old suspect t.j. lane, may have planned the attack. lane reportedly issued a warning on twitter, but no one took it seriously. >> he was just a person that, like, wanted to hide himself and keep all his emotions and he was doing what he wanted to do, hiding his emotions and they built up and built up inside of him and they came out in a way nobody would expect a kid like tj to come out as. >> gretchen: police arrested lane about a mile. you can see the video. he's being cuffed. this is a mile away from school. after a teacher chased him out of the cafeteria. he's expected to appear in court

this afternoon. police plan to release more details at a news conference just three hours from now. imagine you're on this plane, broken landing gear making for a terrifying landing at newark airport in new jersey last night. passengers panicked as the plane, arriving from atlanta. the pilot said look, the nose gear isn't going to work. so they went in nose down. some even saying their final good-byes. >> from atl, will be doing an emergency landing. landing gear will not open. i love you. >> you don't know. that's unbelievable. you see a text, i'm looking at this text. it's unbelievable. what do you think? i had to leave work. i'm driving. that's hard to believe. what are they thinking on this plane? >> gretchen: luckily, not one of the 71 passengers on board hurt. stunning admission from israel this morning. it will not give the united states a heads up if it decides to strike iran's nuclear facility. sources say the reason, israel will keep its secret is to reduce chances that the u.s. would be held responsible for

failing to stop any kind of an attack. israeli leaders are said to have informed the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and other u.s. officials. remember, they recently visited israel and met with the dignitaries there. fire and rain made it an epic daytona 500 after a day and a half of delays. it didn't end until 1:00 a.m. this morning. the track shut down for more than two hours after a wild crash. montoya's car slammed into a truck. nobody was hurt. the winner, number 17, matt kenseth, edging out dale earnhardt, junior and taking the checkered flag. matt will join us live from daytona 30 minutes from now. congratulations. it's time to bring in laura ingraham who is here live on the curvy couch today. >> what happened to that santorum car? was this in that big fire ball? >> steve: don't know. didn't tip first. >> oh. >> steve: he would like to finish first in michigan. he's not going to finish first

in arizona. what do you make of what's going on out there? we had mitt romney on a little while ago and he said regarding the robo calls that apparently santorum is making asking democrats to go vote in this primary, 'cause it is open, he said it's a dirty trick. >> that's different team. what team is he playing for? i think romney in the last couple of days has been pretty smart because he's turning back to the message that i think resonates a lot of people. i'm a turn around guy. not necessarily saying, i'm the most conservative guy. i'm the turn around guy. this is a mess. i know how it fix messes. i understand the economy. the global economic structure that we have to operate in. so that's what i'm going to campaign on now. i think he's slowly seeing him kind of move away from the social issues and trying to make the case that he's the social conservative, which i don't think was working. it gave rick santorum that opening. rick santorum had his own problem, of course, with the college comment, which you kind of know what he's trying o say there, trying to say you don't have to go to college to be a success, but how many of us, as parents, start with our kids and say, we don't want you to go to

college. >> brian: i'm studying. go play with your friends. >> gretchen: he was trying to get the voters who a lot of people think that he attract, which is more of the blue collar kind of a voter. i think that's what he probably -- >> it's the framing that was -- >> gretchen: it was definitely off. we had on governor romney and speaker gingrich in our last hour and they both reacted to then rick santorum calling president obama a snob. listen to this. >> people should have a choice to do whatever they would like to do in their life, if they want to go to college, they should have that opportunity. if they want to take a different course in life, not go to college, maybe start a business, maybe go into a trade or another profession, that's their right, too. i don't know if i'd call someone a snob, but i think the american people should have their choice to do whatever the heck they'd like with their life. >> i do think every american ought to get trained. i think it doesn't matter what your degrees are. it matters if you're employable. everybody in america will have to get reeducated all the time, because jobs will change, technology will change.

if we're going to compete in the world market, we have to have the best equipment and best training. >> brian: snob comment came and santorum's reaction to president obama saying it's the american dream of everybody to go to college. >> so much is how you frame the issue. right? we can see on the jfk comments that he made, jfk had an amazingly interesting view about faith in the public square. it might have been smarter for someone like santorum to embrace part of what he said and say, look, as like jfk, i won't be answering to rome before i make my policy decisions. i really embrace that part of his message. some other parts of what he said, i maybe have a difference with. but he was an amazing individual and by today's standards, he's a conservative. taking that jfk speech and really i think used it to clarify his positions on this. it happens in the heat of this campaign, especially when you're not used to not answering questions and rick santorum likes to answer every question. that's kind of endearing because

we have lots of politicians who bob and weave. once you get him locked in on a question, even a controversial one, he'll run with it. sometimes it's not the best strategy. >> steve: right. one thing about laura ingraham, she -- except the time that you lost the cross in your bag in newark airport. >> it was one of those nose dives. >> steve: you proudly wear a cross on television. >> die. >> steve: how about this, here in new york city over at the empire state building, they routinely light up the top of it for various things. >> ramadan, feast of -- haven't they done everything? >> steve: no, they have not. for instance, we've now got a cardinal in new york, timothy dolan is now a cardinal, fantastic guy, friend of this program, and yet, apparently the people who run the building refuse to light it up in his honor. they have not requested it. the catholic church, but yet, the catholic league is furious about it. >> the national eating disorders week will be commemorated this week. that might be a perfectly fine thing to do.

but it's odd. this happens all the time, they refuse to light it in honor of mother theresa some years ago. going on this, this is going to be a two-week tear for him. in these little issues that seem little to people watching this now, it's a small little issue in new york, social issue, but it does speak to a sense of cultural insensitivity that we have to be really sensitive to certain groups, yet catholics are -- or devout christian, they can get kicked to the curb and they're supposed to be quiet. >> brian: they light it up for one saint, st. patrick. that's about it. remind everyone to have a beer with lunch. >> steve: the color of the beer. >> brian: right. >> pretty much light it up for everything. >> gretchen: they pretty much do. >> steve: when a team win, it's their color. >> kim jung-il's death, was he commemorated? >> brian: but borat came and spilled ashes on the empire state building. >> still laughing at that. >> steve: me, too. >> gretchen: let's talk about this, main stream media apparently failing to cover this

world wide 40 days for life campaign to stop abortions, already 65 abortions have been stopped in the first six days of the campaign. >> it's called 40 days for life. one of my listeners alerted me to this. i heard about it off and on over the years. it goes on across not just the united states, but there are women, men, a lot of high school students what, they do is merely pray outside of these clinics. >> steve: what are these -- >> prayer vigils are going on and it goes through april 1. i believe it started february 22. it goes for those 40 days. so it's april 1, many people, you see a lot of young folks will be praying. what happens is they'll end up engaging some of the individuals who go into these clinics in prayer and conversation and to date, 45 babies just this year have been -- >> steve: they say, are you sure you want to have an abortion? >> they say let's talk. when you talk to these people participating in the vigil, what they'll say is, a lot of these young women don't have anyone to

talk to. they're doing what they do because they think it's expedient without really thinking through the process and what's really about to happen. for all the people out there listening to "fox & friends" who might be pro choice, i would say to them, more information we're always told is better. so if something is peaceful and prayerful, it seems to be a really positive thing to highlight. really wonderful thing. if planned parenthood doesn't like this, i think that might tell you a little bit about planned parenthood because it's just about choice. people are going to do what they're going to do, but why not have another voice and really compassionate voice? you don't have to be alone. >> steve: main stream media not covering it. the name of it is? >> prayer for life. 40 days for life. 40 days for life.com. i don't have any involvement in the organization except i believe something positive is done on this issue instead of all the fighting, i think we should talk about it. >> steve: indeed. >> gretchen: thank you for stopping by live on the couch. see you next week. >> take care. >> brian: was it good to see us?

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he was born there and raised there as well. here to weigh in is former south carolina governor and fox news contributor, mark sanford. good morning to you, governor. >> good morning to you. >> steve: about a month ago, mitt romney was way ahead and then about two weeks ago, rick santorum was way ahead. now they are tied essentially in michigan. what happens? >> well, we'll see tonight. but what i think happens is that in either case, it's sort of a win-win for santorum. if he actually pulls it off, he's really hurt the crux of much of romney's campaign, which is i'm the guy that can beat obama and if you can't beat in your sort of hometown state, you got a bigger issue. if he loses, he can still say, wait a minute. i didn't have much of a chance. i was run not guilty this guy's homeland. his dad was three-term governor. this is an amazing win. i think it's going to be an interesting night for santorum in either case, win or lose. >> steve: what about -- >> as to what happens, we'll see tonight. >> steve: we will indeed and have the results this evening

right here on the fox news channel. we had governor romney on just about an hour ago, sir, and he said -- apparently one of the things that rick santorum is doing right now in michigan is he is actually doing robo calls inviting democrats to come over and vote in the republican primary. governor romney says that's a dirty trick. what do you think? >> well, i come from south carolina and unfortunately, we've seen a lot of dirty tricks down here over the years in presidential races. dirty tricks go, i'd say that's the most benign of dirty tricks. it's an appeal to voters saying, hey, vote for me. i think that politics is a process of winner take all and i don't think there is anything unethical about it. many people would say, wait a minute. this isn't the team we're playing on. i don't want you to be inviting folks from outside of our team to participate in this primary process. but for instance, here in south carolina, we have an open primary process. independents can vote in a republican primary, democratvote

in a republican primary. historically there is much less shift over than people fear. i think that the idea of appealing to many -- as many people as possible is always good. but i think it gives your opponent a real talking point for the last day, which romney now has and saying, wait a minute, you're appealing to the union bosses. you're appealing to the obama team. how can you be part of the republican conservative team that you claim? >> steve: okay. good point. you talked about how this is a process. eventually they will winnow is down to one person and then that person will square off against barak obama. but because so much mud has been thrown, a lot of people say that has really weakened the candidates and the nominee ultimately. what do you think? >> well, the point of contention, you got billy crystal at the oscars talking about the republican field and the way they're firing at each other. you got the governors conference in washington, d.c., the governor of virginia saying, look, you may want to be a

little more positive. so i think from all sides, it is certainly the point of conversation. in the short run is absolutely hurting them. if you look at the latest politico washington poll, obama's come up nine points over the last four months. but i think there is a big difference between short-term and long-term. so in the short-term, it hurts them. at the end of the day, is it going to drive the election? i don't think for a second. i think some of these sound bites will be used by obama in a commercial. it will be used in debate, but at the end of the day, i don't think that the inner party skirmish will drive what happens in the general election. >> steve: we'll have results tonight here on fox when it comes to michigan and arizona. joining us right now from charleston, south carolina, one of my favorite towns, governor mark sanford. thank you very much. >> my pleasure. >> steve: about 20 minutes after the top of the hour. still on rundown for this tuesday, you made it through wind and rain, fire, the winner of the daytona 500, matt kenseth

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>> brian: quick headlines. 1,000 cruise passengers stranded at sea should arrive by

tomorrow. allegra ship is being pulled to an island right up the coast of africa after losing power earlier yesterday morning. it's owned by the same cruise line as concordia, the ship that crashed last month. and another big recall of birth control pills. the second major recall in just two months. manufacturer glennmark says about 8 million of its generic branded pills may have been packaged in the wrong order. meaning the wrong dosages could be taken on the wrong days. and the pill wouldn't work. make the adjustment. gretch? >> gretchen: thank you, brian. it's truly a miracle, after suffering two strokes and experiencing heart failure four weeks before her due date, our next guest didn't know if her baby would survive or if she would. thanks to groundbreaking medical advances, she and her son are alive today. joining me now are aman and her son, liam, who is here to share their story for american heart month, which we're still in in february. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. >> gretchen: so you were living

in california. >> yes. >> gretchen: you're a young woman. you were pregnant, a month away from giving birth and what happened? >> yes. i started to feel really sick. i couldn't sleep. i had no appetite at all. i had really bad headaches. at one point i lost the use of one of my legs overnight. >> gretchen: the doctors told you, you're experiencing pregnancy symptoms that, type of thing? >> yes. >> gretchen: you eventually, your sister got concerned. you eventually go back from california to south carolina and then you're to a point where you're not functioning and they knew something was really wrong. what did they do? >> yes. when i went in to the hospital, i don't remember that 'cause i was out. they tested me, knew they had to take him early. so i went into the hospital on september 6 of 2010 and they took him on the 9th. he was healthy. and then they continued to test and they found out that i had a

infection -- heart infection. >> gretchen: so you knew you had mitral valve prolapse. you didn't know you were to be treated with antibiotics. >> yes. >> gretchen: what did they have to -- this is what they had to put inside of to you save your life. >> yes. this this is it. it has a typy pump. what this does -- wow. >> gretchen: wow, that saved your mama's life. >> it did. what this does is, it does the work for your heart, the work for it. it pumps the blood through your body and this one does 5 -- your body pumps five liters of blood. soy needed all the assistance i could get. so they put this in and it stayed in for about a week and

it recovered my heart. otherwise i probably wouldn't be here. >> gretchen: what is your prognosis today? >> everything is great. i'm back to normal. i'm able to take care of my son, work. the best part about this is i was up for a heart transplant and because of this device right here, i get to have my own heart and be back to normal because the quality of life, had i gotten a heart transplant, wouldn't be what it is for me now. >> gretchen: we are observing american heart month in february and it's an amazing story of survival. thank you so much for sharing it with us. >> thank you for having me. >> gretchen: and for bringing liam here. >> bye-bye. >> gretchen: coming up, rick santorum has a plan to win michigan democrats? that's right. they can vote in today's republican primary. lots of states are open like that. and the senators making them an offer they hope he won't refuse. plus, remember when sarah

palin's e-mails were leaked? there is a big update. so why aren't they covering it? we will for you coming up next. first, check this out. a look at the olympic ring being delivered to london. exactly, liam. say, wow. it's almost olympic time again. liam, that's the river thames.

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bright and early and doing this show every day, some of the problems with being a working mom is you miss your kids stuff at school. so today this is my daughter, hard to recognize. she's playing napoleon in lewis and clark, the play that the third grade does every single year. i'm sorry. that photo makes me crack up because you got to love the mustache. she's sing ago solo. thank you for that kyron up there, break a leg. >> brian: we mean that in a good way. >> gretchen: she's probably actually performing her solo just about right now. >> brian: according to historians, she's as tall as napoleon. >> gretchen: it could have been her height and her singing voice that got her that particular role. >> steve: did you tutor her on putting her hand in her tuneic. >> gretchen: luckily they have a great music instructor who gave her all the tips. and i had a chance to see the dress rehearsal. this is where i got the photos. luckily they do that so moms and

dads who work can go. >> brian: it's great for the cast. you can use those for last time. >> gretchen: she's a much more attractive napoleon. congratulations, little girl. and i'll talk to you later on. >> steve: that's great. meanwhile, it is primary day in michigan and as arizona well. there is something that is going on in michigan, which is just absolutely razor tight right now between mitt romney and rick santorum. that is the fact that this is something new. santorum is running robo calls, inviting democrats to vote in the republican primary. we had the governor on, governor romney. he said this is a dirty trick. >> what he runs a robo call of my voice from four years ago saying good things about him, that's not a low moment. and when i run a call basically

saying, calling democrats who are eligible to vote here to vote for us, that's a -- encouraging people to come and vote for us and we talk about our manufacturing plan and what we're going to do to create jobs, it's a very positive robo call. >> it's outrageous to see rick santorum team up with the obama people and go out after union labor in detroit and try and get them to vote against me. look, we don't want democrats deciding who our nominee is going to be. we want republicans deciding who our nominee will be. i know why obama doesn't want me to face him. but i think it's outrageous and disgusting. this is reminiscent of the dirty tricks of theist and it's got to end and i think rick santorum has a lot of explaining to do. >> brian: that could be the reason, it's not a republican state. they have not voted for a republican since 1988. so that's a whole bunch of people. >> gretchen: why do they have open primaries then? nobody is asking the bigger question of the day, which is that. why do they have open primaries? is there something wrong with

going after all of the voters if, in fact, they're eligible to go to the polls? it's not like this is the first negative ad that's been going on in michigan, i don't think. but they both have done that. the bigger question to me is, why is it not a closed primary? >> steve: yeah. it's been that way since the get go. also there is some democratic operatives out there who much like rush limbaugh did in pennsylvania in 2008, encouraging people to vote for hillary clinton over barak obama just to go ahead and torment barak obama a little while longer. rush took a victory lap on that because she did very well there. >> brian: yeah. 25 minutes before the top of the hour. more headlines coming your way. new developments in the case of a missing firefighter from maine. the man daniel porter has been named a person of interest in the case. porter and his girlfriend, pictured here, are the last ones who saw 31-year-old jeremy alive. he's been missing since february 16. one day later, his rental car turned up in a wal-mart parking lot with no sign of him. police suspect foul play.

>> steve: meanwhile, a former aide to governor sarah palin slapped with a fine for writing a tell all book based on confidential e-mail sent while he worked for the former alaska governor. that's a violation of ethic laws and frank bailey has agreed now to pay a fine of $12,000. bailey was told to keep the e-mail out of his pack, which called "blind allegiance to sarah palin." >> gretchen: the obama administration proposed defense budget has military families and retirees paying up to 78% more for their health care coverage. as for unionized civil defense workers, though, they would pay no additional fee for their benefits. the proposal, which still has to be approved by congress, is said to be causing a major rift within the pentagon. several congressional aides say e move is designed to make more military families enroll in state run insurance programs stemming from the president's health care reform law. >> brian: as hard as he tried to hijack the headlines after the academy awards, sacha baron cohen's stunt may have been

topped -- sure he dumped ashiness ryan seacrest, it was pancake mix. but it's cop not guilty second to this. the awkward pose of angelina jolie's right leg. >> steve: what do you mean awkward? >> brian: it seems to natural. right there. she showed it off on both the red carpet and on stage. this morning, leg lina has become so famous, it spawned its own twitter account. it's over 27,000 followers and you've heard about photo bombing? now there is leg bombing. her limb appearing on the statue of liberty and on the moon. there is angelina jolie's leg. >> steve: another story. that's one small step. let's take a look at the weather, find out where it's raining and where it is nice on this tuesday and take a look at this right here. this is dust storm out in arizona, i do believe. something else folks out there have had to deal with. let's hope things are nice and dry as people go to the polls in

arizona. real quickly, let's take a look at the map. widely scattered showers out in arizona and down through southern california. we've got a bit of snow. this could be a potentially big storm, as you can see from the great lakes down through the mid missouri and northern mississippi valley. also widely scattered showers across much of dixieland and florida at this hour. current temperatures, as you head out the door, it's 40 right now here in new york city. we got 44 in kansas city. 50s and 60s from dixieland along the gulf coast. up norse, temperatures below freezing, across the northern tier of states. in chicago, later 45. 63 in raleigh. warmer than that in atlanta and memphis and 70s all the way from texas along the gulf coast, 80s in portions of florida. where they had the big race last night. >> brian: it was a wild race to the finish. matt kenseth managed to overcome fire, rain, and everything else

to win the daytona 500 for the second time. joining us right now at nascar daytona 500 winner, matt kenseth d. it seem real yet? the race ended at 1:00 o'clock in the morning. >> yes and no. we've been here almost two weeks now. so we waited a long time to get that race in. so it always takes a little while to sink in. but this morning we started doing all the stuff and start driving around. it feels mostly real. >> gretchen: what did you do to occupy your mind to get into the right racing mood when there was not only that whole day delay, but then the fire? >> brian: and the two-hour delay. >> the fire and the two-hour delay was probably the toughest because we just finally fixed most of our problems, worked our way toward the front. we had good pit stop, got off pit road first of all the guys that did pit, and were sit how long there and there was four guys in front of us and we were in fifth place. so i was hoping that the race wouldn't get canceled or burn

the pavement too bad or started raining or something like that and we wouldn't have a shot at it. to sit there for two hours and being stuck in the back stretch was a tough one to wait for, just kind of anticipates what was going to go happen, if we were going to go green, what was going to happen. >> steve: you got the checkered flag. you must feel fantastic. how do you feel? >> i do. it's been a great week. saturday the shootout was a tough one for us. first weekend with best buy and be able to win the 150s dual. back up and win the 500, especially with all the little problems that we had and i had a lot going on yesterday. so it feels pretty cool to be able to win them races and to be sitting here and have our name mentioned in that trophy again. >> brian: matt, tell me about the last few laps. this thing called the morning show has us -- we missed it. so we understand that your teammate deserves a lot of credit for helping hold off dale

earnhardt, junior. >> yeah. we helped each other. i think if greg would have had a big enough run, he would have passed right then. that's what we would all do. we had a few good starts there in a row. both ford fusions were fast. the engines ran really good. our cars were extremely fast. on a restart, we had to start side by side, but i'd get a little push and get in front of him and we'd kind of team up and get front and be single file. so if he would be a leading, i don't think we would have been able to get around him either. him and junior tried everything they could to get a run at us, but greg couldn't get a big enough run to be able to pull off and try to pass. >> gretchen: you were the winner for the second time. you win the daytona 500. all be it a delayed victory. congratulations, matt kenseth. thank you for joining us. >> you're welcome. thank you. >> steve: the best guy working for best buy. >> brian: absolutely. monday night racing might be a new tradition. democrats say taxing successful americans is the only way foy

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economic plan and the author of the laffer curve. how do we tax pollution? >> you can do it by a gas tax if you like. if you think global warming is happening. you do a gas tax. let me just suggest, gretchen, you don't want to raise taxes overall. if you do do a pollution tax, what you would like to do simultaneously is cut the income tax or the payroll tax. just the way -- as al gore suggested, every time he's talked about a carbon tax, he always makes it very clear that you also cut payroll taxes and income taxes by the full amount of the increase in the carbon tax. so you just don't want to do damage to the economy and frankly, carbon tax is probably as efficient a tax as there is. as long as we get rid of the income tax for the -- or the payroll tax. >> steve: what you're saying is if they were to institute a carbon tax or pollution tax, you got to reduce the corporate tax or else you're going to destroy the economy? >> exactly.

that's exactly it. al gore has made that very clear. i don't know why modern day environmentalists don't understand it. but you really can't do one of these things to hurt the economy. it just makes no sense at all. and goodness knows we shouldn't raise all taxes. i mean, these guys have a spending problem. not a revenue problem. they need to cut spending. >> gretchen: the headline for me is that you're agreeing with al gore? >> al gore on this issue is really good. i mean, he really is. i mean, he thought it through very carefully, very clearly. i have no idea, gretchen, whether global warming exists or not. that's not my field. but if it does and if you do want a carbon tax, make darn sure that you offset it 100% with an income tax reduction or payroll tax reduction so you don't do damage to the economy. that's the real problem. >> steve: sure. art, since this is your expertise and we do have a couple of primaries today, of all the plans out there from the major republican candidates, whose do you like the best when

it comes to cutting tax as soon as i know romney suggested 20% off everything last week. >> let me just say that romney and santorum are moving in the right direction. but by far, the best one, my view, is newt gingrich. i mean, newt gingrich has the best plan out there and he's also been able to deliver on it. not only in the early days with reagan, but newt gingrich did a great job as head of the house with a partnership with bill clinton. they did a great job together. they may not have liked each other, but boy, it sure worked out wonderfully for the country. newt gingrich has the best plan. but the others are really good. and they're really good candidates. so i'm not saying anything nasty about the others at all. just newt gingrich is the better plan. >> gretchen: you heard it from art laffer, the economist. thanks so much for your thoughts. always great to pick your brain. >> my pleasure. >> steve: thank you. it's now a dozen minutes before the top of the hour on this tuesday. up next, this marine now a multi-millionaire after hitting it big in vegas and his hero has a good reason why lady luck was

on his side. good morning, mr. lucky. you're alive and coming up next very shortly. >> gretchen: let's check in with bill hemmer for what's on at the top of the hour. >> such a cool story. good morning to both of you. we are learning, unfortunately, more about this shooter and the awful tragedy from yesterday. we'll have that for you. what do michigan and arizona have in common? something you don't want in your own states. states are borrowing from their own pension funds in order to pay for the pension funds. you got that? senator rand paul has ideas on what you pay at the pump and the ceo who runs the company in charge of the keystone pipeline has a plan b. he's here live. i'll see you in ten minutes onth "america's newsroom" creamy spinach artichoke dip, crispy garlic chicken spring rolls. they're this season's must-have accessory. lean cuisine. be culinary chic.

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>> brian: one lucky marine wins big in vegas while killing time before a flight.

>> woo! (bleep). >> i'm recording this! >> brian: i feel like i'm watching the howard stern show. >> gretchen: no way is what you're saying. alex winning nearly $3 million in jackpot at the bebbagio, days after making one of the biggest decisions of his life and joins us now to explain. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> gretchen: so do you believe that somebody was looking out for you there, because you had recently decided to do what? >> become a bone marrow donor. >> gretchen: why? >> i was a match, which is rare enough in itself. i figured hey, it's going to be a painful process, as they explained it to me. but i can go through a little bit of pain if it's going to

save someone's life. >> brian: it did. 56-year-old man. correct? >> correct. it's supposed to be a 56-year-old man. >> steve: okay. so let's talk a little bit about this. your lucky day, sir. where we had to do a lot of bleeping. there you are. you're waiting for your airplane, you got a little time to kill. and i know you don't play the slots much, but how much did you put into this thing? >> i put $100 bill in. i originally was only going to spend 20 on that machine. but the atm only gave me $100 bill. luck in itself. i played it down to $70, hit a bonus round. that took me up to $180. i played it for a couple more minutes and about at $185, i hit another bonus round. that's when i spun the wheel and it stopped on the dollar sign. i looked at my friend. what does that mean? you won! >> gretchen: oh, my gosh.

>> brian: so you go ahead, you have this money. have you gotten any of the money yet? >> i did receive a check. i have not deposited it yet. it's just -- i took the annuity. so i'm going to be getting payments for the next 20 years. >> gretchen: it seems to me that you're the type of a giving kind of a person. i mean, here you are serving in the military, giving much yourself to keep our nation free. here you are giving of your bone marrow just because, even though you don't know the person who you're going to help. so what are you going to do with all this dough? >> initially i do plan to help my mother out with her bills. then my sister and her husband are going to have a baby soon. so i'm going to help them kind of renovate the house, get it ready for the baby. >> steve: that's really nice. what about your buddies who were there as you struck it rich, did they wind up with 100 bucks or two in their pocket? >> we went to a show afterward at the stratosphere. we're going to have a party once i get the money. >> brian: i'm wondering,

corporal, is the bellagio to pay this money? were they happy for you or upset? >> that's a good yes. it was actually bally's technology pays the money. >> gretchen: they make the most money off the slots, so every once in a while, somebody has to win and you got it. you got the jackpot. there is something to be said about getting just dessert. maybe it's because it's the way you live your life, sir. thank you so much for serving our country. >> thank you. >> steve: very nicely done. >> brian: we'll be back in two minutes [ male announcer ] in blind taste tests, even ragu users chose prego. prego?! but i've been buying ragu for years. [ thinking ] i wonder whaother questionable choices i've made? [ club scene music ] [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choo prego.

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