first "fox & friends" first. thanks, everybody, at home for being with us. see you tomorrow. >> maybe we should have said preschool. good morning, everyone. it's monday, march 4th. 5th! i'm gretchen carlson. we start with a fox news alert. glimmer of hope after the tornado devastation but this toddler found in a field surrounded by rubble has now died. authorities have to deal with another obstacle, the snow after a tornado? yep. we're live in one of the hardest hit areas for you this morning. >> meanwhile, the president of the united states defending his right to kill americans overseas if they're terrorists. is that legal? attorney general eric holder will have to answer that question today. he's on the hot seat. >> i hope so. you've seen russian prime minister vladimir putin hunting shirtless, riding horseback, you know that. he also killed a tiger. now he's showing his softer wide weeping after a very nail biting election. "fox & friends" starts right now.

>> it's "fox & friends." >> welcome aboard, folks. nice to have another show kicking things off. >> nice to know somebody is up earlier than we are, right? >> we got to sleep in. congratulations to all those who put that together and the anchors are amazing. bad news is you have to do that tomorrow and the next day and the day after that. >> we have a big show for you. newt gingrich ahead of super tuesday tomorrow. house majority leader eric cantor who made a big endorsement yesterday. donald trump joins us at 7:30 a.m.. >> i watched the end of "celebrity apprentice" and i have a lot of questions. >> and senator john mccain will be here and senator lindsay graham. >> in studio. >> that's -- he doesn't do that very often and rick santorum who would like to be the next president of the united states so we've got a busy three hours to kick us off with a fox news extreme weather alert. >> residents in the heartland trying to pick up pieces after a violent round of tornadoes and

it was just last night, one of the youngest survivors found alone in a field died. fox news chief meteorologist rick reichmuth has been following the story from the beginning and joins us live from henryville, indiana. good morning to you. >> hey, gretchen. yeah, it was such a big story around here and really kind of the story that everybody was holding on to for hope for baby angel babcock who was a 14-month-old lone survivor in her family. her parents, 2-year-old brother and infant sister were in the storm together, huddled together in the hallway of a trailer. she was the only survivor until yesterday, her extended family had to make the decision to pull her off of life support. and she died at 4:10 p.m. yesterday. the extended family members had been talking a little bit, take a listen to what one of them had to say. >> it's very hard to imagine that we lost all of them. >> we've been through a lot,

everything. and as anyone can imagine. >> losing an entire family, the grandparents are alive and grieving. extended family members who were with angel over the last couple of days and certainly making a heartbreaking decision. that just one of the stories that starts to trickle out here and then now they're having to deal with another obstacle, that is snow. you can see the snow on top of the school bus behind me. there's the school bus that's been such an amazing image, it flew from the school that's across the street in the parking lot and you can see right there, the chassis is completely separated from the school bus. then the body of the bus slamming into the diner across the street here. there were people inside the diner in the basement who were taking refuge during the tornado. they made it out alive. we'll talk with one of the people who was in the basement who actually owns a business next door later on in the show but this morning now, it's about having to fight this other element of snow and very cold temperatures. i can tell you, i've never seen snow fall after a tornado like

this and i guess that's what happens when you deal with these storms in early march. point of interest, this is the first measurable snowfall they've had here all winter long and coming after what is typically a spring tornado outbreak. >> insult to injury. thank you very much, rick reichmuth. usually snow makes everything look so clean and pretty. not on top of the devastation there. >> not at all. let's talk about big tuesday, super tuesday tomorrow because the candidates are gearing up now and mitt romney is banking on some big endorsements which a lot of them came yesterday. so the question this morning for you and for the rest of the nation is, is the g.o.p. now finally getting behind him? you had a prominent congressman from virginia and you had a senator as well from oklahoma yesterday. why are those states important? because they're on the docket for tomorrow. >> right. i think that is very true and the endorsements were coming in. i also find it very intriguing. you have 10 states. everybody is keying on a certain number of states. tennessee number one. oklahoma, perhaps but definitely

ohio. it seems like rick santorum is dialing back those expectations that he's going to take ohio going away and possibly he should because reuters has a poll out that shows them in a dead heat. so is another poll. that's another huge comeback for mitt romney who does not have the home court advantage unlike michigan. >> gretch mentioned a moment ago, congressman eric cantor, here he is throwing his weight to mitt romney. >> that's why i look to super tuesday. i look to mitt romney winning all of virginia's delegates. in fact, i cast my vote already in virginia for mitt romney. and i'm here today to tell you that i'm endorsing mitt romney in his candidacy for the presidency of the united states. >> ok. so when you add him to all the other congressional endorsements, let's take a look at the map right now and see who is ahead by a landslide right now. mitt romney has got 80 congressional endorsements. these include people in the congress, senators and representatives as well. newt gingrich who worked there only has 11.

rick santorum who worked there only has three and ron paul who works there only has three as well. >> important thing about virginia is the only two people on the ballot are mitt romney and ron paul and also going back to your points about ohio, brian, i mean, this is really such an important state because for a lot of reasons. last time around in 2008, mccain had already wrapped up the nomination before they got to ohio, mitt romney had just dropped out of the race so ohio really was a nonfactor last time, that makes it important this time. also, it's really the only state that nobody can call a home state. and that's important plus it's republicans only voting in this primary. much is made of the michigan primary and others where independents and democrats have the ability to come out and cast their vote and, you know, there's a lot made about the fact that rick santorum had gone after the democrats in michigan. this time around, it's only the republicans and that could shape this race different. >> and it sounds like it would be a perfect setup for rick santorum. unfortunately for him because of a lack of organizational skills in the beginning, he essentially

is not going to be considered in 3 of 16 congressional districts including two near pennsylvania because his campaign failed to meet eligibility requirements. and sources say that six other districts as well. the third, the fourth, the eighth, the 12th and the 16th, he did not submit enough names so he might not wind up with the delegates from those districts either. so he could actually win the popular vote but not win, win. >> you know, it's interesting because rick santorum said look, i had 3% of the vote when it was time for all this organization. i had to have priorities. so "the boston globe" today said this about santorum. this is a quote from somebody inside his camp. they've been very open about their change in messaging after tuesday's election. and that -- and that very open more disciplined approach lasted 12 hours. >> uh-huh. in the meantime, both newt gingrich and santorum who a lot of people feel are siphoning votes off one another are now standing up together in their attacks from the left.

here's newt and santorum. >> i'm astonished at the desperation of the elite media to avoid rising gas prices. to avoid the president's apology to religious fanatics in afghanistan. to avoid a trillion dollar deficit. to avoid the longest period of unemployment since the great depression and to suddenly decide that rush limbaugh is the great national crisis of this week. you do have this weird situation where president obama apologizes to islamic extremists while waging war against the catholic church. >> i'm reflecting the views of the church that i believe in and i used to be tolerant of those beliefs. i guess now, when you have beliefs that are consistent with the church and somehow or another, you're out of the mainstream and that to me is a pretty sad situation where you can't have personal held beliefs. >> newt makes a great point about the mainstream media and what they're focused on. back four years ago, we didn't see anything on par with this. by the way, on this -- it's not

super monday. but this day before -- it's magnificent monday before super tuesday, when you look at the real clear poll averages, right now, it's a coin toss in ohio. rick santorum slightly up 2.7%. georgia, good news on the way for newt. he's up 15%. in tennessee, rick is ahead by 14. but nationally, and this came out of nowhere, mitt romney now the national leader. he is ahead 9.4%. >> now, your headlines and a fox news alert kicks it off. al-qaida gunmen suspected of killing 24 police in the city in iraq. 15 gunmen wearing iraqi army uniform riding in stolen vehicles stormed through the city shooting police. they raised the al-qaida flag over one of the attacks. heartbreaking end to a missing child case. police believe they have found 4-year-old samuel jones' body at the bottom of a well. police in new mexico thought the little boy might have been

kidnapped. but then they discovered the child's body at the bottom of that 30-foot well. well, that well is near the boy's home. investigators still working to confirm the child's identity. they believe his death was a tragic accident. all eyes on the white house today where president obama will meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to discuss iran's nuclear program and oh, so much more. the president told a pro israel group, the u.s. will not hesitate to launch a military attack to stop iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon but he asked for time to allow diplomacy to work. he also warned against loose talk of war. >> you've seen russian president vladimir putin hunting shirtless. riding horseback shirtless. even killing a tiger! but here's a side you may not have seen until now. putin verklemped in his victory rally in moscow after winning the presidential election. he declared himself a winner

after less than a quarter of votes were counted. he took 59% of the vote but independent watchdogs are reportedly saying that widespread ballot rigging was going on. you know, there's a study over the weekend, guys, and i think we talked about it a little bit friday that men are becoming more emotional on friday. there you have it. >> he declared he won the election with only 40% of the vote in. i'm going to weep and say it's over! >> sense of entitlement. >> i guess so. >> you're vladimir putin and not ruling out re-election again that will give him a longer tenure than leonid brezhnev. >> next time they won't have to have an election. >> because? >> because he's putin. >> how would you like to bring more than half a million bucks a year for doing next to nothing? modern day mobsters have figured out a way and they have the unions to thank. >> it sounds like general motors are pulling the plug on the chevy volt bringing production to a halt for a while. what does that mean for the

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chevy is pulling the plug on production and temporarily laying off 1300 volt builders. >> i get it. pulling the plug. stuart varney is here. the president has to be a little bit embarrassed. that was on the 28th february and he pulled the plug a couple of days later. >> literally two days later they pulled the plug on this. this is an embarrassment for president obama and for the green energy policy and the sales figures don't lie. they only sold $1,023 of the volts in the month of february. in fact, consumers don't like electric cars period. you know the nissan leaf, the all electric plug-in only sold 478 in february. what consumers like is the old-fashioned gas powered cars, super small, super cheap like the ford focus, for example. >> what people like is they like the idea of getting in a car and getting somewhere. there have been so many stories about the problems with some of the he can -- problems with the

electric car. >> what kind of range do you get on the volt? it's 70, 80 miles. if you put the air conditioner on or heater on, you have less of a range than that. you're right, what people want is the reliability of the time tested gasoline powered engine which gets you maybe 40 miles to the gallon in a very small car and it's very cheap. >> do you think, stuart, if they got it down, if they get the technology a little bit better and the price down for the vehicle, when you go up to the gas pump and see $4.20 or $5.20, that would push people to the electric. >> you would think, wouldn't you? i mean, isn't that a logical thought? >> that's what i'm thinking. >> millions of people as of today are paying $4 a gallon but they've not yet gone big time for the electric car. maybe they will in the future. if you get the $5 a gallon and the price of the volt and the rest of them come down. >> i've driven it a number of times. they keep giving me at my g.m. place every time i need a loner car. >> they can't sell them! >> it's always good. it goes from electric and gas.

you have no idea what you're in. so the technology seems there. but the price is ridiculous. >> $41,000, $42,000 and you've got to wait for the $7,500 tax credit for when you file your taxes. that's when you get the drop down in price. a focus, keep going back to the ford focus, that's under $20,000, out the door this thing. >> the prius is huge. the prius worked as a hybrid. >> sales are not as robust as they are. it's the super small gas powered car that's selling in america today. that's an embarrassment for the president's green energy policy. >> good news for american energy. apparently, detroit is about to start making natural gas. >> yeah, g.m. and chrysler is going to announce this week they will produce trucks which are natural gas powered which is the very interesting development. >> yep and we had somebody on that's pioneering that. southwestern is pioneering that technology. stuart varney, you're going to look like that on your show. >> i wish.

>> on 9:10 eastern time. >> that's an old photo. >> that's you. you're not aging. >> thanks, stuart. >> thank you, stuart. straight ahead on this monday morning, the president of the united states defending his right to kill americans overseas if they're terrorists. is that legal? attorney general eric holder will have to answer that question today. he'll be in the hot seat and we'll explain. >> and mitt romney is starting to bundle up the endorsements especially on the hill. does having d.c. support help or hurt them? we'll debate that and then have bump music.

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>> 23 minutes after the top of the hour on this monday morning. some quick headlines for you. lightning strikes thought to be to blame for this massive brushfire down in florida. the blaze grew to as many as 100 acres shutting down highway, u.s. 17 for two hours, for two miles in vallusha county. good news, though, crews say it is now currently mostly contained. and take a look at what the tsa missed in a woman's carry-on bag at new york's j.f.k. airport. an antique dagger like the one you see right here. the woman was flagged as having a drink liquid in her bag. the tsa confiscated the liquid but somehow allowed her to head to the gate with the knife. she was eventually arrested for carrying a concealed weapon after a big problem there at jet blue. over to you. >> riding high from his most recent caucus win, the support is now piling on for republican hopeful mitt romney as far as endorsements. house majority leader eric

cantor and oklahoma senator tom coburn have endorsed him now and former attorney general john ashcroft expected to give his support. can this propel romney to a sweep? joining us right now is a former communications senator for harry reid penny lee and former press secretary for herman cain, j.d. gordon. good morning to both of you. >> good morning, gretchen. >> ok, do these endorsements matter after we move into the all important super tuesday tomorrow? >> you know, look, mitt romney has been endorsed by everybody from kid rock to donald trump. i don't think another washington politician is going to be beneficial. when that voter goes to the voting booth, they're not looking to remember who endorsed them. they want to know what they'll be advocating for. the problem with mitt romney is he hasn't been able to relate to people. he's struggling with trying to get the overall electorate to be with him.

>> does she have a point as far as whether or not these endorsements actually matter and really is it all about the candidate and not who is supporting them? >> i think the endorsements are very important. if you look at the endorsements right now for governor romney, he's got 80 in congress and speaker gingrich has 11 in second place and also, as penny did mention, he does have the establishment g.o.p. backing, george h.w. bush has backed him. bob dole has backed him so i think this adds weight to his candidacy and only helps him in the long run and i think he's going to get a big victory on tuesday. >> the interesting thing is this election cycle is like none other probably before so some people have argued, penny, that actually getting that many endorsements from members of congress is not necessarily always a good thing this time around because he, ironically is the outside candidate having never served in congress with more congressional endorsements but is that actually a negative? >> i would say it is. i mean, again, having people here in washington saying -- standing up and saying, oh, you are such a good thing when

you're trying to run against washington? i don't think that's actually helpful. it helps, you know, maybe for optics and helps for that commercial out there that says endorsed by whomever but at the end of the day, the american voter is going to be judging you on who you are. and when you flip-flop on many different issues and when you haven't been able to demonstrate who you are to them and the hope in which you hope to bring to them, that's his problem. it's not the endorsements. >> what about the fact that there's this new enthusiasm poll out there that shows republicans are more jazzed this time around in 2012 than in 2008 to come out and vote. will that help? >> i think it will. i think if you look at 2008, senator mccain had it wrapped up by early march and it didn't help in the general election. meanwhile, republicans are enthused about this very competitive race going on right now. even though governor romney is in the lead, senator santorum and speaker gingrich is still pretty competitive. i think that adds to enthusiasm. >> we were enthused that the both of you decided to set your

alarm clocks bright and early for a monday to join us. thanks so much to j.d. and penny, see you again soon. >> thank you. >> an up-close look at the damage left behind from the devastating tornadoes over the weekend and now a fresh coat of snow. rick reichmuth live for us. a double whammy, a man loses his home to foreclosure and two years later, find he's been slapped with a fine for not mowing the lawn. is that fair? before we go, happy birthday niki taylor. she's still beautiful and only 37.

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>> an extreme weather alert for you right now. entire neighborhoods were completely wiped out by deadly tornadoes but somehow, this church still stands. look at that. dozens of people celebrated mass in henryville, indiana, yesterday and prayed for those now left with nothing. fox news chief meteorologist rick reichmuth joins us live on the ground where there is snow in henryville, indiana. good morning, rick. >> good morning, steve. and yeah, that church kind of acting as a staging ground for a lot of relief supplies that are coming in. just people around the community and neighboring communities bringing in clothes, water and

food and the church acting as that. i can tell you now, a very cold morning and about two inches of snow overnight so snow coating everything which is a very, very surreal experience to see the snow after a tornado like this. one of the big stories here is the junior high and high school here in henryville that took a direct hit from this tornado. and i've got the principal, troy albert of this school. you certainly kept a lot of children safe who were in the school the other day. and you're extended families. your son goes to this school and your wife is a teacher at this school. this is a big impact for you and your family. >> it is. we're happy to be together and be able to hug each other and say we love each other and it was a heck of an experience. >> i talked to your boy yesterday and his car took a lot of damage and i said bummer about your car. and he said -- looked at me with a big smile, but he said i got him which was a beautiful thing to see. >> oh, yeah, and my wife was in northern indiana traveling down

and didn't know about whether we were safe or not so it was a relief to see her get out of the car in the driveway and give her a good hug. >> so taking a look at the images from this school right here, you would be coming to work typically this time of day. >> i would be here and just parked my car and unlocking all the doors. going into the office. making coffee for the staff or whoever and then just getting ready to start our day. >> now, a couple of days have passed since the tornado went through. when you look at this, does it sink in any differently now? >> well, saturday, when i walked through and just picked up some pictures that i maybe could take, it was hard. it was the hardest experience ever because i didn't realize how close we were from being in the debris. and just the realization that, you know, an inch or two more and it could have been worse.

so i'm just -- praise the lord for everything that happened. >> i talked to a number of people here in the community whose kids go to this school and they've said you're a hero for the way you got everybody out of here safely. >> i'm just a survivor like they are and now my job is to make sure that they're comforted. everybody is safe that i know of on our school and just touching base with them this week to make sure that they know that we're going to try to stay together as a school as much as we can and that we're going to have prom and that we're going to have graduation and we're going to have a senior trip and reassure them that we're going to finish this year strong. >> by the way, their senior trip is to new york city. i told them we're going to see them in new york in a couple of weeks. >> they're going to do those things, prom and trip and everything. where are they going to go to school? where are they going now? >> school has been canceled for a week. any idea where the kids are

going to go back to school? you have a few more months left of the school year. >> the school board has not decided officially yet but they're working on alternative sites. i know the indiana state superintendent of education is here, tony bennett and he's working with our superintendent, monte schneider and i'm assured they'll make the best decision for this community and rye to keep them together. >> so it will happen. you have a few decisions you still have to make to figure it out. >> all right. rick reichmuth, thank you very much. >> now more to today's headlines. wisconsin native and college student goes missing after celebrating his 21st birthday. eric duffy was last seen leaving a downtown bar early saturday morning. he was wearing an orange shirt and blue jeans. even though he was drinking, they don't think it was excessive. cops have launched a massive search effort using search dogs and about 150 volunteers. they tried finding his location by seeing what towers his cell phone was hit from. but it only showed he was in the downtown area.

>> attorney general eric holder set to justify the obama administration's so-called target kill program using deadly force against american terrorists overseas. we're talking about u.s.-born al-qaida cleric. he was killed in yemen. the administration was sued by the aclu, demanding the justice department explain its legal grounds for targeting american terror suspects. today, attorney general eric holder will give a speech addressing the aclu's concerns. they say the american jihadists should be captured and tried in court. >> great. shocking new statistics on the canner rate for the hero police officers who worked at ground zero here in new york. the cancer rate for new york police department officials and officers who helped with recovery efforts in the dayed following the september 11th attacks is actually 8% higher than originally thought. the revelation comes from city data that the mayor's office refused to release until now.

the new data shows an increase from 297 cases to 321. >> talk about adding insult to injury. an arlington, texas man to lost his home to foreclosure two years ago just got fined for not cutting the grass on the home that he lost. when he went to renew his driver's license, he found out there were several outstanding warrants for failing to upkeep his home which he hasn't even lived in since 2010. >> i feel like i'm being punished for something that i didn't do. i didn't live there. why would i worry about it? you know what i mean? bank foreclosed on it. i showed proof and i'm tired of showing proof that i didn't live there. >> well, the city is standing by those fines claiming the title was still in his name. so he still has to pay. double whammy! over to brian for a little sports action. >> all right. they encouraged hitting players so hard they were knocked out of games. now, the saints may get hit with an unprecedented series of penalties for running a bounty pool. nfl is expected to meet with

former defensive coordinator of the saints greg williams sometime today in new york city. punishments could include fines, suspensions and losing draft picks. worse than whatever new england was hit with after their spygate. williams ran the pool from 2009 to 2011. coach shawn peyton knew about it and more than 20 players took part in the pool. williams allegedly ran a similar bounty pool when he was with the redskins from 2004 to 2007. joe gibbs was the head coach then and said he knew nothing about it. this is huge. tim tebow can fill up the stadiums and the churches. that's tebow teaching a pastor in las vegas about tebowing. the broncos quarterback attended services at this weekend at the canyon ridge christian church. thousands waited for hours to get a spot inside. he spoke to senior pastor kevin odour about his faith and his relationship with god and jesus. a zamboni driver, i'm not sure

what he was thinking, god or jesus or just whiskey. he was busted for drinking on the job. watch this. a 12-year-old hockey player caught it all on his iphone. witnesses eventually called the police when the driver got the machine stuck. cops said the 34-year-old was four times over the legal limit. >> four times? >> four times. that's a lot. >> oh, my gosh. >> want to know more about sports? go to foxandfriends.com, one way to get it and go to keeping score. we have more sports blog every day. unless i'm too exhausted. >> i understand. >> how exhausted would you be if you got paid a lot of money and you didn't actually have to show up for work? thanks to union -- >> 24 hours a day! >> 24 hours a day. >> thanks to union rules along the docks, long shoremen in the new york city area. combine the union rules with mob connections and you've got an exclusive in "the new york post" this morning that makes you go wow, why can't i have one of those jobs where i'm getting

paid despite not actually being at work. >> so does the mob still rule? check out these salaries. union long shoremen making over $400,000 salaries but a lot of that, folks, is in this overtime and what the guys were just alluding to is actually working more than 24 hours a day. first of all, there are no more than 24 hours a day and i don't think many people actually work all the way through every single hour. >> let me give you an example. paul begolli. >> bugeolli which means big and bulky makes $474,940 in 2011 and his father was close to the mob family associate, could that be the reason he's getting paid so much for doing so little. >> what about ralph giganti related to jimmy the chin. >> is that the guy walking around in his bathrobe? >> yeah, that's the one, trying to prove he's crazy.

and you got joseph cologna. look at him! also over $400,000 a year. the son-in-law of the chin. >> that's why everything is so expensive there. this is money that is allocated to the port authority. >> the reason this is going this way is because under their union work rules, if you are a checker or a timekeeper, those are the people who keep track of everybody's hours, you are actually officially on the clock whenever somebody is working and so because it's a 24-hour a day job in some cases, they've got shifts around the clock, then whoever is the timekeeper gets paid for whatever the people are working. >> people think gretchen, that mobsters don't work hard. by these hours and these salaries, they're putting in time and a half. >> why is it suddenly coming to light which is the major part of this story? everybody is under a budget crunch, ok, now towns and cities and states and even the united states of america, an entire country, looking to the bottom line wondering how the hell do we pay for all these -- >> you know things are tight when mobsters have to show up for work and people are asking

why they're getting paid for doing nothing. there's no better symbol in america that we're in tight times. >> very telling. there's going to be a new contract that comes up very shortly in the spring. if they go for this stuff again -- >> they should cut them back for 24 hours and call it a day. stop asking questions. >> sounds like your special. 24 hours, work 20. he got every member of congress to promise they'll never raise taxes, is it working? he has a new challenge for them. can't wait to hear that. that's coming up next. >> he has one brand new book. what's wrong with being one big happy family? the reports saying presidential candidates like mitt romney and rick santorum went too far. >> had too many kids? >> had too many kids. they're apparently good looking. limit on kids. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition?

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had the economic problems. then obama came in and everything he did from throwing away a lot of money on stimulus to the kind of corruption of solyndra to raising taxes down the road, passed a lot of tax increases for obamacare, massive new regulatory binge, all of these things made it weaker so even though we're now technically in a recovery meaning the gdp has been growing, the number of people in the work force is shrinking. people are announcing they're not looking anymore. that makes the unemployment ratio look better but when reagan's recovery came, people who hadn't been looking started looking. in this recovery, people who hadn't been looking have quit working. it's a very different recovery. >> it's about a numbers game if you look deep underneath. let's look at some of the steps you say contribute to this. number one is reform the federal tax code to tax consumed income ones at one rate. what do you mean by that? >> we should go to a single

rate tax to tax the income one time either when you earn it or the retail sales people, fair tax people when you spend it. but not what we do now which is when you earn it, when you save it, when you invest it, if you get a dividend and if you're stupid enough to die, they steal half. they keep coming back at you and it taxes the same dollar multiple times. >> you also bring up, check out sweden, they eliminated those things and they're still standing strong. reform government to reduce spending. look at the ryan plan. >> i think the ryan plan is really the model for an america that works. if we keep going the way we are and let all the entitlements keep growing and as the americans, get all the baby boomers that retire, we end up with a bigger and bigger government and fewer and fewer people working to pay for it. the ryan plan reforms those entitlements, all of the welfare programs like food stamps and medicare the same way we reformed aid to family with dependent children. limiting their growth to inflation. that alone saves almost a

trillion dollars over a decade. why not do the reform for the 77 welfare programs we have that we did for the one major. >> if any politician has the guts to do that. and reduce the regulatory burden. we've heard a lot about this over the last three years. >> well, one of the challenges we have is we used to create five million jobs a month in this country. now, people would leave jobs and start them. what's different about the post obama world is the number of jobs being started is way down. it's not that people are getting laid off every day. it's that new jobs aren't coming in. >> such an important fact. because as we discussed earlier about the new numbers. we teased that you have a tax pledge. it's the same tax pledge that we've always had. >> no new taxes. >> absolutely. all the four candidates running as republicans for president have taken the pledge. almost all republicans for house and senate as well. >> good luck with the new book. good to see you in person. coming up on our show, we'll take you back into the disaster zone. rick reichmuth live at the scene

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>> welcome back. are big families a big deal? some republican candidates are now facing criticism for having a lot of kids. here's what a "washington post" columnist had to say. "what the republican frontrunners seem to be saying is this -- we are like the biblical patriarchs. as conservative religious believers, we take seriously the biblical injunction to be fruitful and multiply." really? joining us right now to weigh in is conservative comedian brad

stine. good morning to you, brad. what does this "washington post" religion columnist lisa miller? what does she have against big families? >> well, i don't know. if anything, it's anything, my friend, i hope this finally puts to rest this concept that us christians are prudes and we don't like sex. actually, we do. as a matter of fact, our dad invented it. that's the beautiful thing about it. see, what they have difficulty with is this idea of the family as it used to be. this commitment to a man and woman committed forever because we think it's sacred and it's holy and it's beautiful! as the leftist saying more condoms we're calling out more character. that's the difference between us. big families are wonderful. not only that, if you have a really, really big family, you can get a reality show which creates jobs and is good for the economy. so i don't know what she's complaining about. it could be something that she could pretend, president obama came up with. >> yeah, well, you would never talk about president obama's

family because kids are -- and family members are off-limits unless you're a republican. here's something she writes. she writes smaller families allow everybody in the family to be healthy and better educated. healthy, well educated people live longer and are more prosperous than those who are not. she saw some pictures of the santorum family and also the romney family and saw between the two guys, there were a dozen kids! >> yeah. yeah, well, you know, what's interesting is she also went on to say that, you know, implies that because there's all these kids that somehow women are supposed to put their natural fertility in front of their brains and their independence and their education. first off, it doesn't apply that at all. if my daughter wants to go out and be a nuclear physicist, go ahead. there are women that believe putting their brains and their independence into their children is a nice thing. they actually believe and liberals have a hard time grasping this, that putting others in front of yourself and your career can also be a

rewarding and wonderful thing to do. so it's really a disparaging remark and frankly goes back to the whole thing that's happening from the left. destroying everything we hope we have which is an ability to have a family. they want to demand that religious institutions create the ability for them to have condoms and this isn't right. this is wrong. and it's actually against the first amendment. so it's really another attack on the nuclear family and the christian values that we started with but we're exposing that. we're showing that, you know, good families, big families, that's the way it used to be. you know that. >> i do know that. by the way, i'm from a family of seven. so i knew that from way back. all right, brad stine, thank you very much for joining us today from nashville. thank you, sir. >> all right. let's go find some more babies! >> ok. don't go anywhere. coming up, newt gingrich and rick santorum join us live here on "fox & friends" on this magnificent monday before super tuesday. choose control.

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>> good morning, everyone. it's monday, march 5th. i'm gretchen carlson. let's take a live look right now at henryville indiana where mother nature adding insult to injury. communities devastated by those deadly tornadoes waking up now this morning to several inches of snow. this as that beautiful child there, that toddler who became a symbol of hope loses the fight for her life. we're live on the ground for you with the very latest. >> and we're less than 24 hours away from super tuesday, biggest day in this primary season to date. hundreds of delegates are up for grabs. could this be the final stand for newt gingrich or his biggest and best day. the presidential candidate joins us live in a few minutes. >> it could be a comment that gets her fired. one celebrity apprentice contestant says donald's daughter ivanka is really the one who runs the show, runs the company. that such a bad thing?

the donald here live in 30 minutes to respond. >> take his company back. >> from his daughter. >> "fox & friends" hour two for a monday starts right now. >> this is peter frampton here, you're watching "fox & friends." >> he did that when he had hair. >> we have such a big show to tell you about today. coming up a few minutes from now, presidential candidate newt gingrich will be here ahead of super tuesday hoping that he can get his home state of georgia tomorrow. >> also, eric cantor, majority leader in the house of representatives threw his weight behind mitt romney will join us. donald trump also threw his weight behind mitt romney and oh, look, a straight john mccain, stuart mccain is supposed to join us. >> donald robocall trump. he's doing a lot and making a big difference. senator lindsay graham in the studio and senator rick rick

santorum will be on the show today. we might tell hemmer and maccallum to sleep in. we'll pick it up. just one hour. we have too much show! >> we got plenty. >> but we have all the three except ron paul of the presidential candidates on the republican side. stay tuned. >> let's get right now to an extreme weather alert. images you've seen over the weekend, heartbreaking. wild tornadoes leaving entire neighborhoods in the midwest a mess, brian. >> yep, and to make matters worse, the little girl who was a hopeful sign of life for everybody has passed away. fox news chief meteorologist rick reichmuth has been following this story and every story from the beginning. he joins us live from henryville, indiana. rick? >> yeah, that story was kind of the one that mesmerized this entire area, not just henryville and the neighboring towns but louisville is the biggest town next to her and everybody focusing on angel babcock, a survivor of the tornado. her family, mother and father

took the three kids, the youngest infant strapped into a car seat, huddles into the center most part of their trailer and they all died except for angel. she survived. she was in critical care and yesterday at 4:10 in the afternoon, the extended family had to make the decision to pull her off life support so the entire family gone. obviously, a loss. take a listen to what one of the family members had to say. >> i wanted them to find something to keep as a memory for them. there's nothing there. it's hard. all of them's gone! they're no more! >> so they lose the family and then, of course, when you have the tornado and it destroyed the home, not anything to remember the family by. clearly, a loss. there are so many stories like that in these tornadoes. 13 fatalities now in the state of indiana. also, take a look at this.

the images of what the debris is is certainly mind blowing but then overnight, 2 inches of snow falling on top of the debris creating such an eerie scene. typically this kind of tornado outbreak that we see happens in april and may and june where there's a little more in towards spring and summertime. now we're talking about this still in winter and you get snow and very cold. 2600 homes in the area. still without power and having to deal with temperatures below zero to get through the night as well. many challenges they face clearly. guys? >> bad situation got a little worse. all right, rick reichmuth, thank you very much. >> now the rest of your headlines including a developing story from iraq. al-qaida gunmen, an al-qaida gunman suspected of killing 27 policemen in the city of hadika. as many as 50 gunmen wearing iraqi army uniforms riding in stolen iraqi army vehicles. they stormed through the city shooting police at checkpoints. they drag two top police officials out of their homes and

killed them raising the al-qaida flag after one of those attacks. all eyes on the white house today because president obama will meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, top of the agenda, of course, iran's nuclear program. the president told a pro israel group the u.s. won't hesitate to launch a military attack, stop iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon but he asked for time to allow diplomacy to work. he also warned against loose talk of war. he's known as the russian rambo and you've seen prime minister vladimir putin hunting shirtless, riding horseback shirtless as well and yep, he even killed a tiger but his softer side has not been revealed until now! putin verklemped at his victory rally in moscow after winning the presidential election, putin declared himself a winner after less than a quarter of the votes were counted. according to exit polls, he took 59% of the vote but independent watchdogs are reporting

widespread ballot rigging. imagine that. and that's standing next to dmitri medevedev, who said i'll move over if you want me to. >> he was always on the strings of the puppet many argue anyway. >> meanwhile, 6 minutes after the top of the hour. super tuesday less than 24 hours away and the presidential candidates will be vying for 419 delegates which are up for grabs minyana. >> joined by the former speaker of the house, presidential candidate newt gingrich looking to stage another comeback in this race. first off, mr. speaker, how secure do you feel about your home state of georgia? >> we're very secure in georgia. the two latest polls that came out showed us at, i think, 47%. one of them said in the early balloting, i had 53% of the votes so i think when romney and i both were faced with challenges in our home states, i think we'll end up winning georgia by probably five times the margin romney won michigan by. >> how does the rest of the map look for you? >> challenging but getting

dramatically better. the poll just came out in tennessee that we were surging and had gained 17 points a week. the idea of national energy independence is beginning to penetrate and i think people want somebody with solutions, not just attacks and they want somebody who has solutions that affect their personal lives and trying to bring gasoline down to $2.50 or less hits almost every american in their pocketbook. >> i think many people, speaker gingrich, know of you as the guy who consistently puts out a lot of solutions but how do you continue to get that message across? i know they're all on your web site. there are no more debates now and many people -- >> why's that? >> how do you continue to get your message out? >> one thing i'll do is tomorrow night, i will challenge the other three candidates to join me in either mississippi or alabama for a debate next week. i think we owe it to the people of mississippi and alabama to have a debate. i don't think that romney can just hide behind millions of

dollars of paid ads. he has to come out in the open and i think that frankly, it is to everybody's advantage to have a debate so i don't assume that the debates areover. we've already accepted being in portland, oregon, excuse me, for the -- i think it's a pbs debate later this month and i don't think that -- i don't think the public is going to tolerate somebody like romney raising all of his money, excuse me, on wall street. and then turning around and saying he's not going to debate. he's -- we owe it to the american people to continue having a series of opportunities that are unedited and aren't just decided by big money. >> right. it's interesting for the first time i think i can remember since florida, the governor of massachusetts took you on. said your $2.50 a gallon for gas is pandering and he did it in georgia, he said it. what's your reaction? >> look, if you're mitt romney and you're rich enough, maybe you don't get it. $2.50 a gallon gasoline is more

than responsible. it was $1.13 when i was speaker. it was $1.89 when barack obama was sworn in as president. a national energy independence program would certainly bring down the cost of gasoline dramatically. i mean, if romney wants to run as a candidate of high priced gasoline, that's fine with me. we'll lump him in with barack obama which is the same as romney care and obama care. which might be the same as romney high priced gasoline and obama high priced gasoline. i stand for everyday working americans. i believe if we open up federal land and open up off shore and the president signs the keystone pipeline, that's 700,000 barrels a day of canadian oil, i'm happy to debate romney. i'll repeat what he said, why doesn't he come to mississippi or alabama next week, let's debate expensive gasoline vs. inexpensive gasoline, effective energy policy vs. whatever he has in mind which i don't know anything about frankly. >> you made a great point yesterday on "meet the press" that the elite media, they're not bringing up the cost of gas. they're not bringing up the deficit. they're not bringing up a lot of

stuff. and we're looking at the national average $3.77. it's over $5 a gallon in a lot of spots. why is it that the elite media is not doing that, sir? >> because the elite media has totally sold out to barack obama. they're desperate to re-elect him. he represents their values. they genuinely like him and they share his world view and we would they would like to do anything to pick fights with republicans. it would be great for us in a series of debates and ron paul discussed this at some point. let's have a debate without a moderator and have a debate with somebody from the heritage foundation or the american institute as a moderator. this idea with letting the elite media always define the agenda is something i'm deeply opposed to and i think american energy policy relates directly to the middle east and relates directly to what's going on in afghanistan and iran and saudi arabia and we need a national debate it. >> one other quick before i let you go. i heard you say i believe on the

radio or during one of the interviews yesterday, you do not believe all these delegates that have so far been awarded are legally binding. what do you mean by that? >> a number of states where, for example, iowa was a popularity contest that day but they actually now go through a process at the county conventions of picking and then the the district and the state convention of picking delegates and they're not legally bound to vote for the winner of the straw poll. >> that's an embarrassment. i mean, just get it straight. it's unbelievable. >> very complicated. >> yeah. speaker, thanks so much. good job making it all the way through and good luck tomorrow on super tuesday. >> take care. >> indeed. it's 7:11 here in new york city. still to come, someone just beat out bill gates. new guy at the list of the richest men in the world! who is it? you think you know who it is? probably not. we'll be right back. >> you just heard from newt gingrich but eric cantor has come out in support of mitt romney for president. is the g.o.p. establishment warming now to a romney ticket? the house majority leader joins us after this.

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>> you just heard from newt gingrich, still positive about his chances in the race but presidential candidate mitt romney receiving a key endorsement yesterday from house majority leader eric cantor and it turns out he's our guest. welcome back, house majority leader eric cantor. >> good morning, brian. >> coming around to endorsing the governor of massachusetts, why now? is it because virginia is tomorrow? >> well, virginia is tomorrow and i went and cast my ballot for mitt romney already. and i believe he's going to do really well and capture all of the delegates in virginia. and i think he'll have a great night overall but the reason why

i decided to wade into the race and endorse mitt mney is because he's the only candidate that has put forward a bold pro growth plan to grow this economy. that's the central issue this election. people want to see a better economic future and mitt romney is the only man in the race who actually has had the experience that will enable him to do that. >> i know he endorsed the ryan plan that you, of course, are behind. is your message to the tea partiers that real like you, get behind mitt romney? >> i mean, it is -- the reason why i got behind mitt romney is because he's willing to try and solve the problems that the country faces. now, i think the american people, as long as you lay out a solution that they'll be willing to listen and, you know, we've got to look towards what the consequences are this election. we've got to beat barack obama, mitt romney is the man to do it. he's the only guy who has got the experience to try to deal with these very difficult issues that have eluded washington thus

far. >> leader cantor, let me ask you, the independents seem to be leaving mitt romney a little bit since this intramural battle began and the approval rating of president obama has gone up. does that mean in your mind the best thing for the party would be for this to be over quickly or do you like the obama-hillary clinton sparring session that lasted until june? >> somehow there's a process at work here that i think will allow our party to sort of go through identifying where, perhaps, there may be some differences but then finally come together, transcend them, set them aside and rally behind a hard fought message and platform that is directly focused on growing the economy. and i think with mitt romney's unveiling of his economic plan last week, that is exactly what's happening now. >> does it bother you that republicans attacks what many people think are his greatest assets. what he did at the olympics and his success at bain. both have been ridiculed by his opponents who are in many

people's books, more conservative than he? >> well, you know, listen, campaigns and primaries are just that. it is a process, though. that we will come together behind a pro growth economic freedom message that's in stark contrast to what the country has in terms of its other option which is supporting yet a continuation of the failed policies of the obama administration. >> and later, you know about the big meeting today between president netanyahu and president obama. this could be their last face to face before any type of action is taken. what do you think the message should be and what tone do you think president obama should take -- in today's meeting? >> there's a real question about resolve and where the president is. i attended the president's speech yesterday and i heard him say he doesn't accept a nuclear iran which is -- and he rejects a policy of containment which i think was a welcomed message. but i do think after having met with several foreign leaders in the region over in the persian

gulf and others and having spoken with the israeli government, there's a real question about the commitment to american leadership and influence. it is the fact that actions speak louder than words. whether you look at syria, egypt, you look at what's going on with the palestinians and the u.n., you have to question the obama administration's commitment to follow through on some of the rhetoric. >> from your contacts with the jewish community and you as a jewish-american have as good as anybody, do you think that the jewish government distrusts the obama administration? the israeli government? >> i think that, you know, the bond that tie our two countries is still very strong. and there is bipartisan support in washington on capitol hill supporting israel's right to defend itself. and i know that that has always been the policy of this country and i'm hopeful that this president will communicate to our ally and its prime minister, prime minister netanyahu, that

we intend to continue to support israel's ability to secure itself as well as obviously look out for u.s. interests as they play out in the region. >> all right. he's the majority leader in the house. eric can'tor endorsing mitt romney and weighing in on the big meeting at the white house today. thanks so much and good luck on super tuesday. >> brian, thanks. >> meanwhile, straight ahead on our rundown, four teens brutally murdered but it took police three years to solve the crime. how this 17-year-old girl outsmarted detectives and nearly got away with murder. and molten hot lava taking out an entire town. i'm not talking about possible pay. -- pompei. i love that my daughter's part fish.

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>> all right. time for your news by the numbers. first $3.77. that's the pain at the pump getting a little worse while you were sleeping. that's the new national average for a gallon of gas. it's up another penny. by the way, mine is $4.27 and i want regular. next $68.5 billion. that's the net worth of the world's richest person. he's mexican. he's a telecommunications tycoon. he's carlos slim. got to be a nickname. number two on the list, bill gates and $70.7 million, that's how much dr. seuss who is not a real doctor, the lorax scored in its first weekend at the box office. it's the biggest debut of the year so far. gretch? >> thank you, brian. it was one of the most brutal murders in texas since 2003. four teens were shot at least 40 times and one of their heads

bashed in with the butt of a gun. it took houston police three years to solve this case. they never thought a 17-year-old girl could be responsible. >> christine powell alila was arrested in 2006 and was then convicted and sentenced to life behind bars but has never told why she did it. m. william phelps wanted to find out, he's the author of the book "never see them again" and star of "dark minds" on investigation discovery. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning. >> so for three years, they couldn't figure out who did this down in texas and one of the girls responsible shot her mouth off at rehab. >> right. right. and someone over -- a kid in rehab overheard her semibragging about it. you know, i was there when it happens. i know who is responsible. i know what happened. only the killers could have known what happened in that room because four people were murdered. >> now, you have a fascinating with murders in general but when

females are the people who are doing them and when we see that photo, first of all, i guess we have a teenager and a female so do police automatically intrinsically in their minds not think that teenage girls can do something like this? >> christine wasn't on radar in the beginning because she was good friends with these girls, two of the girls. she was best friends with them. and she wasn't on radar because they had gone backwards 48 hours with phone records. if they would have went about 60 hours, they would have found her calling and hooked the two together. they believed from day one that this was a hit. by mexican mafia, the chinese mafia, a drug hit. >> and she was the last person they would consider. she was a friend. she was a girl. here is a detective during an interrogation asking the now we know murderer if she deserves mercy. during the chat. listen. >> do you believe that you deserve justice or mercy?

mercy? ok. >> very much. >> very much so? >> yes. >> ok. i'd like to be able to understand why. >> so why did she do it? she had a helper. she had an accomplice. it was two people who killed four kids. >> well, in my book, this is what i believe happened and the evidence certainly points to it. that she went there to confront one of the girls that day because she believed her boyfriend at the time, chris schneider, was -- >> pictured right there. >> was, that he was infatuated with one of the girls that they had something on the side. he goes there to confront them and chris says, chris who was a doper and christine was just starting to dabble in dope. says you know what? while we're there, let's rob them. they believed there were drugs there. and the evidence points to two people walking in and one person just unloading. >> and now her accomplice since

committed suicide when people started getting hot on him. now, what's her alibi right now even though she's been convicted? >> a dead man can't defend himself so her alibi is he made her grab the gun. he put her fingers on it and made her pull the trigger so she was involved. >> all right. read all about it in the book "never see them again." always check out matthew william phelps on investigation discovery. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> all right. the president sending eric holder out to describe his new policy when it comes to killing terrorists. so when is it legal for the government to kill a u.s. citizen? >> and donald trump lending mitt romney his star power to help him win michigan so will his midas touch help seal the deal on super tuesday? donald joins us live about two minutes from now. stick around. [ male announcer ] the draw of the past is a powerful thing.

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the headlines. wisconsin native and college student goes missing after celebrating his 21st birthday. eric duffy was last seen leaving a downtown bar early saturday morning. he was wearing an orange shirt and blue jeans. his parents say even though he was drinking, they didn't think it was excessive. cops have launched a massive search effort using search dogs and about 150 volunteers. they tried finding his location by pinging his phone and generally have an idea that he was in the downtown area. that's all they've got right now. >> attorney general eric holder forced to justify the obama administration's so-called targeted kill program using deadly force against american terrorists overseas after u.s. born al-qaida cleric was killed by a u.s. drone in yemen, the obama administration was sued by the aclu. the civil rights group demanding the justice department explain its legal grounds for targeting american terror suspects. today, attorney general holder will give a speech addressing the aclu's concerns, they say

american jihadists should be captured and tried in court. >> let them do it. >> volcanoes erupting around the world. check out mount aetna in italy. the giant ash cloud has airport officials on the lookout. it hasn't impacted any flights at the nearby airports. remember what happened last time. much more disasterous turn on events in hawaii. lava is spilling from those mountains there. that volcano destroyed an entire neighborhood and the last home burned to the ground within an hour. its home owner fleeing. got out in time. that volcano has been erupting since 1983 but recently became more active. >> after being lost for 53 days in the desert, a dog named dooley reunited with its family. it bolted from scene of a crash when its owner was seriously hurt.

they picked him up five miles from where the accident happened. >> just my little sweetie, and i'm just so grateful to have him back. >> pulled up into the driveway and i went out and i was just about in tears. i was so happy to see him. >> that was his owner who is fine now after that crash. she says they never gave up hope that they would find dooley safe. >> all right. let's bring in donald trump right now from some undisclosed location but we know you're safe. welcome back, donald. >> good morning. >> first off, your voice is all over the place for mitt romney. the robocalls very effective. what are you saying? >> well, i'm saying that he's going to beat president obama and nobody else in the group will. i'm saying that he's a good man that understands china and understands opec and what they're doing to us. look at the oil prices that by the way in the summer will be -- they're already at record levels for this time of the year. never before. and in the summer, you'll have

numbers that you've never seen and that could triple the economy and opec is latching all the way to the bank. he gets it. he's the only one that mentions it. rick santorum knows nothing about opec. believe me, nothing. so i am a fan of mitt romney, number one, he's going to -- i think he's going to be a great nominee. i think he's going to do a fantastic job in winning the election but more importantly i think he's going to be a great president. >> if people get a phone call today in ohio, there's a chance it will be you or barbara bush with the robocalls because she's doing them as well. there's one thing, everybody in ohio as around the country, mr. trump, they're worried about the economy. surveys show 1 in 7 americans are on food stamps. if you were still in the race, what would your pitch be to try to get us, wean us off of food stamps and make everybody self-reliant so they didn't need a handout. >> you've got to create

incentive for people. people don't have the incentive anymore. and i see it, my people come up to me and they tell me, mr. trump, we want to hire certain people but they don't want to start for another two months because they're getting benefits. i say by the way, don't hire that person. that's not the kind of people we want working for us but we have many times and i hear it all the time from the people that do the hiring and we have thousands of jobs of people and they don't want the jobs because they're getting benefits and they don't want to lose the benefits. why should they work when they get benefits? we have to take people off -- we have to create incentive in this country. there's nothing like having a job that you love. there's nothing like doing what you love. and we have to give people back incentive. >> yeah, because after a while, people say that if you have so much nonincentive, keeping people on the government dole for so long, that eventually once you go past that 50% point, that tipping point, it's hard to get it back, right? >> well, what i just said about, you know, about

peoplementing to stay and just keeps getting -- you call it on the dole. you can call it whatever you want. i've heard it on your show before where other people are saying the same thing. employers are saying it's hard to get people because they don't want to work until their benefits run out. it's ridiculous. >> my friend todd who runs a car business, he told me there are guys routinely come up and say can you do me a favor? can you fire me so that i can get unemployment for two years? >> that's the other thing. i mean, oftentimes, people don't want to leave. they want to be fired. getting fired is a big advantage in terms of that world. and it's really terrible and really, look, this country has such incredible potential and we're not using it. and we're not creating the incentives for people. >> right. george was elated yesterday when you fired him on "celebrity apprentice." he collects 99 weeks of unemployment, correct? >> i guess he probably does. he's a good man. >> he fired himself. >> he actually fired himself if you want to know the truth. i sort of looked at him and said george, you really feel that

way? you're fired. but he's a good guy. george was a little bit over his head. that's a tough group on "celebrity apprentice." they are rough. >> speaking of a contestant, aubrey o'day here's what she has said now, basically we're not going to paraphrase. we got the direct quote. i look at him, meaning you, the same way i do my mentor, music mogul sean combs, p. diddy, an extremely smart businessman who is always fun to be around. the kids are extremely bright. i feel like ivanka really runs that company. >> whoa, whoa! >> whoa! >> whoa! >> is that true? >> that's one i haven't heard. i'll tell you what, she'd do a good job running it. she's very good. she'd do a great job and i consider that to be a great compliment. i think, you know, my kids are wonderful kids. >> you're not backing off on your duties? >> no, i'm not backing off at all. this is the first time i've heard this one. i'm not sure, do i love it or do i hate it? >> are you suggesting that she -- >> ivanka could be in trouble! >> wait, that would be good.

forg forget about your actual contestants, ivanka, you're fired. >> she does an amazing job. she really does. >> she has some of her own companies to run right now, right? >> that's right. >> what's your twitter address, we want to know who the real donald is. >> it's at real donald trump and we have well over a million people already. we just started it and i hope all you people log on. we're going to really say some things that are interesting. getting more and more interesting. and this is now the new way, you know, we're to a new world, folks, where twitter is becoming very important and i'm liking it. >> you have to retweet us because we want to -- i got to ask you, my next question is something that really stunned me, he said republicans should look to retain the house and win the senate and give up on the white house, what's your reaction? >> i understand george will. he spoke for me. i think he's a totally overrated fool. i think this guy is so overrated, i don't think he's very smart. he looks smart with the little

glasses and the hair slicked to the side. he has a guy who -- that was one of the dumbest, in fact, you talk about my twitter. that was going to be mentioned today in twitter. i think he's a totally overrated pundit. >> wow. you've criticized him before on this show and i guess you're not holding back on what you think about him today. >> well, he's a hack. i mean, he's a hack. how he can say that is just incredible because i really think the republicans in the form of mitt romney have a great chance to take the white house. when fuel hits $5 -- when your gasoline bill hits $5 a gallon this summer and maybe $6 and maybe $7 because we have nobody to speak for us, i think mitt romney has a great chance of winning. >> too early to be waving the white flag. all right. the real donald trump, was there a fake donald trump out there? >> sure there was. a million. >> there are probably a lot of them actually. >> all right. real donald trump, thank you very much. he joins us every monday here on "fox & friends."

>> we'll see if ivanka is taking over your office today. >> i'm going to go back and watch very closely. >> we'll see you next week. >> coming up next on our show, we're taking you down to the disaster zone. rick reichmuth live at the scene of this weekend's devastating tornadoes. >> first, he endorses romney and now the house majority leader does the same. senator john mccain will weigh in on whether extra capitol hill support will push mitt romney over the top. first, the trivia question of the day -- [ male announcer ] every day thousands of people are choosing advil®. here's one story. pain doesn't have much of a place in my life. i checked the schedule and it's not on it. [ laughs ] you never know when advil® is needed. well most people only know one side of my life.

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>> extreme weather alert for you now. it's not getting any easier for residents in the heartland of

our country. first it was deadly tornadoes and now they're dealing with snow. fox news meteorologist rick reichmuth joins us live on the ground in henryville, indiana. you've been doing a fabulous job pulling it all together amidst all the pain of all the people that have lost everything including many lives. rick? >> yeah, you know, and gretchen, it's such a good point. we see these kinds of tragedies and there's clearly an immediate need for search and rescue and then items that people need, water and food and clothing and those sorts of things. and we know how all of these tragedies, red cross is so crucial and they do such a great job supporting in all of these disasters but one of the big things that the red cross does also is provide some sort of an emotional support. and i've got a volunteer with the red cross. you're a therapist, a licensed therapist and you are out here doing that kind of emotional work that people need. >> yes, sir. >> a big story that everybody has focused here was angel

babcock, 14-month-old baby and i've got the sense that everybody here was holding on to that idea and a sense of hope. and you've said the same thing. >> absolutely. you know, that survivor -- that baby, we often hold on to that baby and now that she's gone, it's going to be really hard on folks but, you know, we'll pull together. there's a memorial mass yesterday for the other, you know, people who have passed away and i'll tell you, there will be more. people will give in lots of different ways, you know, they'll give through donations. they'll give through by coming out here and helping pick up but i think we'll pull together and we also do services with anyone who has lost someone. so we'll be contacting them also. >> what do you say to somebody when you're out there and they've just gone through a loss like this? >> first thing i do is ask them, you know, where were you? what happened? let them tell me their story and they want a hug. we're there to meet their need and we go back and see them again. >> i'm struck by this, everybody, even if they weren't

directly impacted, hurt or something from this, everybody across this area has a story from this storm. >> absolutely. you know, we are all affected by this. i mean, look, you're here. i mean, you know, america is watching. the whole world is watching because they see it and they feel it. we are a loving people. honestly. even with all the wars. >> i'll tell you, i see that all the time in every one of these disasters, how community come together and how americans help each other and reach out and it's always such a good reminder. thank you so much for the work you're doing and best of luck with this. >> thank you. >> gretchen, send it back to you in new york. >> thanks very much, rick. we'll check in with you again throughout the show. coming up on the show, "fox & friends", john mccain. one of the many high ranking republicans throwing his support behind the romney ticket. does that mean the establishment is finally warming up now to mitt? the senator from arizona joins us next. first on this day in 2000 "amazed" by lonestar was the number one song. wake up!

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>> well, the answer to the trivia question of the day, joel olstein. been on this show 275 times. >> with less than 24 hours to go until super tuesday, mitt romney picking up two key endorsmentes yesterday, you have eric cantor and tom coburn saying mitt is my man. the arizona senator and mitt romney supporter john mccain joins us right now. >> good morning to you, senator. >> good morning, guys. >> let's go back four years ago on super tuesday, out of 21 states, you won nine. you didn't get a majority of the states but wound up with a

majority of the delegates. do you think that's a possibility of what could happen with mitt romney tomorrow? >> i think it's possible but the fact that some of these states are proportional, as you know, changes the equation somewhat because it used to be all winner take all but i think with what we are hoping and to some degree expecting that they'll be enough of a victory to make it inevitable but at the same time with the super pacs and the ability to have one person give $10 million, it may not be completely over. >> senator, president over the last couple of days said that you as his 2008 opponent would not get the nomination today because in today's republican party, you wouldn't be conservative enough. that you're liberal in many respects and that you just wouldn't be his opponent. do you agree with him? >> of course. i always agree with the president. actually, i think that mitt romney and i are very closely aligned in most of our views and

the fact is that there are independent voters that decide elections now and we need to make sure we reach out to them as well as preserving our conservative base and i think mitt can do that and i think he is doing it. >> all right. let's talk a little bit about later on today, the president of the united states is going to sit down with prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu. the israelis would like to take out iran right now regarding their nuke facilities. our president says hold on. all this talk of war not only by israel but some republicans doesn't help. listen to this. >> already, there's too much loose talk of war. our last few weeks, such talk has only benefited the iranian government by driving up the price of oil which they depend on to fund their nuclear program. >> the administration would like to wait until after the election, obviously. is this the political

calculation? >> yeah. i don't know. but the president of the united states has had a poor relations, the worst relations with israel than any president in recent history demanding a settlement freeze as a precondition by part of the israelis as a precondition and, you know, it's interesting. the president is now sent -- sent his national security advisor and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff to israel telling them not to act which then weakens the israelis and telling them they can depend on the united states. guys, suppose that there was a country in our hemisphere that is bent on our destruction, that has announced that, that it's acquiring weapons that over time we may not be able to counter. but another country, say in europe, is able to. are we going to depend on our alliance with that country who is not directly threatened to counter the threat of a country that is directly threatening us? that's the case with the state of israel.

the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said that iran is "rational." a country that says they're going to wipe another country off the face of the earth, the president has said that, well, it's not clear that the iranians are going to develop a -- build a nuclear weapon. well, they're putting all the components together and finally, to believe that the iranians would not use it once they had it and by the way, why are they digging tunnels or digging facilities into the side of mountains if they are not continuing their efforts? the economic sanctions are hurting iet -- the iranians very badly. but there's been no movement from their movement to develop nuclear weapons. this is a president that doesn't understand what our national security efforts are. >> talk to you later on the radio, too. >> thanks. look forward to it. >> all right. we'll take a time-out. straight ahead find out why g.m. is pulling the plug on the volt.

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>> gretchen: good morning, everyone. it's monday, march 5. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time. a fox news alert, mother nature not letting up. here is a look at the sight in henryville, indiana. waking up to snow. when will they get a break? we're live on the ground for you. >> steve: meanwhile, forget marco rubio, mitch daniels, krista marinoy, sarah palin says she's got a better conservative candidate for vice president. politician who would really sway the race in the republican's favor. we'll tell you who that is promptly. >> brian: you've seen putin riding horseback. you even saw him killing a tiger. >> steve: bare hands. >> brian: now he's showing his softer side. he went to a matthew mcconaughey movie. "fox & friends" starts right

now. >> i'm ivanka trump. >> gretchen: we asked her father, and one of the people on "celebrity apprentice" said she runs the company. donald wasn't so sure about that. >> brian: he's met her before and i'm sure they'll work things out. >> gretchen: now your headlines. we have to start with a heart breaking fox news alert. moments ago, this is still heart breaking, iran supreme court ordering a retrial for a former u.s. marine who had been sentenced to death accused of spying for the c.i.a. he was born in arizona and received the death sentence in january. now an iranian prosecutor says the case was flawed and he wants it reviewed by another court. the u.s. denies he was working for the c.i.a. and says he's being used by iran as a political pawn. that heart breaking extreme weather alert, little toddler seemed to be the miracle sapphire of that deadly tornado

that killed her parents and two siblings in indiana, that angel back cock's condition deteriorated. she died in the afternoon after being taken off life support. a total of 39 people have been killed in those violent storms that ripped apart entire neighborhoods. as residents pick up the piece, they're dealing with another setback, snow on the ground. henryville, indiana. our chief meteorologist will have a report live from the scene moments later. lightning strikes may be to blame for this wild fire in florida. the blaze burning at least 100-acres, shutting down highway u.s. 17 for a two mile stretch. luckily no one hurt by this fire. firefighters have a good bulk of the flames under control and they're continue to monitor any potential flair-ups. he's known as the russian rambo. you've seen putin hunting shirtless, riding horseback

shirtless. but he has never revealed a softer side, at least not captured on camera until now. check this out. putin, at his victory rally in moscow after winning the presidential election. putin declared himself, though, the winner, less than a quarter of the votes were actually counted when he did that. according to exit polls, he took 59% of the vote. but independent watchdogs are reporting widespread ballot rigging. >> brian: i'm surprised there are no hanging chads. >> gretchen: they don't bother with those. >> steve: somebody is going to wind up hanging. >> brian: they said the elections are intended for you not to know the outcome. >> gretchen: predetermined for putin. >> brian: amazing what makes a grown man cry. three minute after the top of the hour. president obama will meet with israeli prime minister netanyahu. top on the agenda, iran's nuclear program. >> steve: before he gets there, wendell goler is reporting for duty from the white house with a preview. good morning to you.

>> steer, the two will meet about two 1/2 hours from now with prime minister netanyahu said to be looking to the president to spell out the red lines that iran won't be allowed to cross without proving u.s. military action. it's not clear the president will do that. he spent much of last month trying to convince israel's government that it's not yet time for military action. he said three -- he sent delegates to israel, urging netanyahu to give them more time to work to get iran to end the nuclear program. yesterday in a speech to this country's largest pro-israel lobby, the president said loose talk of war only plays into iran's hands. >> now is not the time for bluster. now is the time to let our increased pressure sink in and to sustain the broad international coalition we have built. now is the time to heed the

timeless advice from teddy roosevelt. speak softly. carry a big stick. >> the last time the two leaders met last year, relations were strained and the media focused on their differences over israeli settlement construction. this time they'll give statements before their oval office meeting, but no news conference afterward. president obama warned republicans are down playing his commitment to israel's security and netanyahu, focused on the positive. >> i'm very much appreciated the fact that president obama reiterated his position that iran must not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons and that all options are on the table. >> he also said president obama's assertion that israel must be able to defend itself by itself was the most important of all. guy, back to you. >> steve: all right. we'll be watching. wendell at the white house, thank you. >> gretchen: it's time to bring in dana perino who is one of the stars of "the five" and comes

here every monday. >> nice to see you. >> gretchen: the endorsement flood gates have opened up. i thought it was interesting timing when congressman eric cantor of virginia and senator coburn of oklahoma, two states up for grabs tomorrow decided to endorse mitt romney. so does this mean now that more republicans are falling in line for the perceived front runner? >> i think you could look at it either way. one, they figure after this contest has run its course almost, that they have decided mitt romney would be the best candidate and that mitt romney has earned their support. the other way to look at it is they think if we're going to have a candidate that has the hope of beating president obama, they're going to choose mitt romney. i think we should give voters a little bit more credit than just falling in line. i think that you're not very motivated to go and just check the box for somebody if you don't really feel like they would be a good candidate. mitt romney has won five of the last primary contests and tomorrow -- i don't think he'll win every state by any means,

super tuesday, but come away with a majority of the delegates. >> brian: the word is he's moving up on ohio and that is the one state everyone is focusing on. he was down by 12 and now it's a dead heat. >> yes. ohio, as a republican presidential candidate, you know you have to win ohio. and ohio is gettable for the republicans in the 2012 election, just given the way things are. interestingly, the governor of ohio, john kasich, who we all know very well, decided not to endorse anybody. i think there is maybe two reasons for that. either he's really not sure, or he might have thought that his endorsement would hurt which ever candidate he's trying to help because of tough decisions he's made, his popularity rate is down. but that state's economy is doing better and i think kasich can take credit for that. >> steve: when you look at all the congressional endorsements that mitt romney has gotten, i think it's 70 or 80 compared to a dozen for the others, is part of it you've got members of congress, senators and congressmen as well, is it

survival for them because they want a strong person at the top of the ticket and they'd be down ballot and they feel somebody else might not be able to draw people in november? >> i think -- for a very few number of people, their presidential candidate or who they decide to endorse is a personal -- would help them personally or they make that decision based on their own personal political future. again, i think that mitt romney deserves some credit for sewing up those endorsements early and those congressmen have no reason -- they could stay neutral and that might help -- it might help a lot of them more to stay neutral rather than make a tough decision to endorse a candidate early. i think you could look at it both ways. >> gretchen: so many members of congress and governors have not endorsed this cycle. ohio, only republicans can vote in the primary, which will make it a different landscape than michigan a few days ago. got to move to this topic. sarah palin has thrown her support behind allen west, the congressman from florida, as her potential vp pick. what do you make of that?

>> vice presidential picks are rarely based on anything except for the nominee deciding who do i think, if i'm the nominee, would be the best counselor to me and the best person to be able to run the country if i'm not able? it's very rarely about getting votes. look at dick cheney. he brought three electoral votes from wyoming that bush was going to get anyway. even with alaska. john mccain was going to win alaska. it wasn't about votes there. some thought that was for a women's vote. but i never really believed that. i think that john mccain picked her because he thought she was going to be the best possible candidate. >> brian: what does colonel allen west bring? military background? >> great military experience examine willingness to stand up and not worth about what other people will think about him. it's different for somebody going are a congressional seat to a national office. look at michelle bachman. she made a good run of it, but it hasn't happened since 1832.

>> gretchen: don't you think it's different this time around that let's say that mitt romney is the nominee. wouldn't it be so much more important this time around to pick somebody who will shore up the conservative base for him because he had this complete -- >> no. >> gretchen: you don't think so? >> no, i think the most important thing is pick somebody you think is the best possible counselor for you. this is your first biggest personnel decision, your first management decision that you're going to tell the country that you would do. and very rarely do people say, i'm going to vote for mitt romney because he chose allen west as his vice president. that doesn't usually happen. i'm not saying it can't help and it might give you some comfort and you have to think about the bumper sticker. will the name fit? gore-lieberman, that was a long one. mccain-palin, nice and tight. you have to think how long the names are. that's important. >> steve: something very important is the president's green energy agenda. he's having some trouble there. forget about solyndra, enter one, stuff like that.

last week he said i'd love to buy one of those volt cars. secret service won't let me buy one, so ill in five years. i guess he's planning to be there the next four. and then we wind up with the announcement that gm is suspending operation of the volt. >> i don't think there was much coordination between the white house and president obama's speech. >> steve: what was yours first clue? >> that's a good thing. we should want gm to be its own company. i think that gm probably never thought to inform the white house because they never thought president obama would actually say he was going to get one of those cars since their sales were so down that they're having to suspend manufacturing. i think the green energy agenda that their hearts are in the right place. we all would like to find alternative sources of energy. we're not able to change the laws of physics. i think a better thing to do, this would be a bold decision by president obama, take away this money for all these subsidized solyndras and volts and put it towards basic science and technology research and let the

technology and the scientists figure out what is next and then let the markets decide what's going to be the next technology. >> steve: that's how we've always done it. >> in the meantime, let's fund that by drilling for more of our own resources here in our country 'cause we can do it really well, with environmental response. >> gretchen: you heard the perino plan. have a great day. >> steve: all right. straight ahead on this monday morning, is president obama sending mixed messages on iran ahead of his meeting with the prime minister? that guy has been waiting for dana perino to quiet down. senator lindsey graham is here to weigh in on that next. >> gretchen: talk about adding insult to injury, years later, fined for not mowing the lawn. he might have to pay now. >> steve: come on, senator, you're next welcome to new nutritionpossible.com...

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>> gretchen: welcome back. 16 minutes after the top of the hour. president obama says he's not afraid to use force when it comes to iran, obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> iran's leaders should understand that i do not have a policy of con takenment. i have a policy to prevent iran from obtain ago nuclear weapon. as i have made clear time and again during the course of my presidency, i will not hesitate to use force to use force when necessary. >> gretchen: our next guest met with netanyahu in jerusalem and he says the white house is sending israel mixed messages. what does the president need to do today during his meeting with netanyahu? south carolina senator lindsey graham joins me now. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> gretchen: all right. so you say mixed messages being sent. in what way? >> we shoot be talking about what israel may do to protect themselves. we should be talk being what iran faces if they continue to

enrich uranium. i'd like the president to give assurances to the president of israel that there will be red lines communicate to do iran. we're going to tell them where our red lines are and we'll through back channel, communicate to the iranians. the best way to avoid war for iran, which would be tough s prove they could not win. the president has a challenge here. bin laden raid was great. when you withdraw from iraq, when you pull back the surge unnecessarily because of this election cycle, it does send mixed messages and there is a lot of advice coming out of washington to israel. my advice to netanyahu is never lose control over your own destiny. the jewish people's existence is at stake here. >> gretchen: you went over there. you met with him in person. >> yeah. >> gretchen: what did you make of the fact that -- the reports that came out of that meeting were that israel would not tell the u.s. if they were going to attack. >> i think it's counter to the u.s. leaking stories about urging israel not to attack.

my belief is that we should avoid war with iran if possible, but the worst case scenario is for them to get a nuclear weapon. i've got bipartisan support growing like crazy in the senate for the idea that we're not going to contain a nuclear armed iran. if you don't contain them, you have to stop them. either the sanction, which i think can work, or military strikes. i think the prime minister of israel needs to be reassured that the united states, one, recognizes israel can make their own decisions as a sovereign nation, and that we see it just like they do regarding iran. >> gretchen: such an important meeting today between netanyahu and president obama and president obama spoke to the a pack convention yesterday if said things like let diplomacy work. and we heard strong words that he's not afraid to use weapons against iran. but then he also said let diplomacy work. haven't we been letting it work for some time? >> we've been talking, and iran. they keep enriching iran.

the world is sanctions iran. it's hurting their economy, but they continue to enrich uranium. they have 3,000-kilograms of low grade uranium enriched. that's 1 1/2 times when you need for a weapon. as everybody talks, they keep enriching. as their economy gets hurt, they keep enriching. >> gretchen: how much of the president's speech do you say was political for the jewish vote in 2012 and how much of it do you believe is how he really feels? >> it's not what i think. it's what the iranians think. it's his job as leader of the free world to convince the iranians to stop, case and desecretary of state. the burden is on the iranians. not us. stop talking about what israel should or shouldn't do. tell the iranians to step enriching or else and here is what we want you to do to prove you've stopped. the president -- i don't want to make this partisan. we're going to have a bipartisan vote in the senate saying containment of iran is not an option. we're going to stand behind the president if he'll do the right thing. the only way to stop the iranians in my view is that they believe in military strike of

devastating consequence will come their way if they don't stop. if they get a nuclear weapon, then that is something you don't want on your resume as a president. >> gretchen: no kidding. we've been saying that. >> there will be weapons throughout the middle east. they will give this stuff to terrorists. so mr. president, reassure the president of israel. do what you have to to protect the israeli people. to the iranian, stop it or else. war with iran will not be easy. we'll get hit, but if they get a nuclear weapon, it will be a lot worse for us. bad choice to make, but iran with a nuclear weapon is an unacceptable choice. >> gretchen: senator graham, thanks so much for your thoughts. live here on the couch. good to see you. tomorrow, super tuesday and rick santorum starting to lose steam in the polls. does he have a plan to win ohio and stay in this race? the senator will be with us live next

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>> brian: heart breaking discovery after a child's body is found at the bottom of the 30-foot well in new mexico. it's believed to be that of missing four-year-old samuel jones. the well was near the boy's home. police believe the death, a tragic accident. and there is a very unique rock star making a major move. this is how they're transporting a two story, 340-ton boulder of california granite. it's on its way to the l.a. county museum of art for a special exhibit and right to gretchen's kitchen. it's only traveling at night for the 105-mile trip should take about 11 days. >> steve: meanwhile, an extreme weather alert. entire neighborhoods completely wiped out by deadly tornadoes. but somehow that church still

standing. dozens of people celebrated mass in henryville, indiana yesterday and prayed for those now left with nothing. >> gretchen: rick joins us live on the ground in henryville, indiana, as the community starts o rebuild this morning. good morning to you, rick. >> good morning. yeah. we're a ways away from rebuilding. they're sift through and making decisions on what can be salvaged. we've been showing images of this bus. this is a school bus that blew here from across the street, probably about 75 to 100 yards and landed in this diner across the way. you can see the back end of the bus that's all the way through the wall. now we have the owners of the diner with us. maureen williams and sherman sikes. >> you got that right. >> right. you guys were inside this restaurant when the tornado hit. >> yes.

>> tell me, first of all, just what that experience was like knowing a tornado was coming and realizing that it was hitting your building. >> i got my grandson's hamburger off the grill and i come in and i said, hey, it's here. everybody get in the basement. >> so you did that. you ended up -- everybody, there is a basement here. how many people were in the basement when it hit? >> nine. >> nine people. >> nine. >> and were all customers at the restaurant? >> customer, family, friends. >> okay. families and friends. julie, you were a friend and you came 'cause you knew this was a strong place to be. a safe place? >> yes. i don't have a basement at home, so we came here. my husband and i. >> how long of a warning did you have that you knew that you needed to get into a safe place? >> we thought it was headed for our home in scotsburg, so that's why we left and came to henryville. but as we drove down 31, we could tell that it was coming and we were driving right into it. we really didn't think we'd make it here in time.

we had maybe 3 minutes. >> now, when you guys came out and you saw this school bus in your building, what did you think? >> didn't know what to think? how could you? i couldn't believe it. like a movie. you just couldn't believe it. how did it get there? >> the school bus, the chassis, is removed from the bus. the power of that. >> it hit the pole and removed the body. >> you guys have not had this restaurant very long. >> first of february. >> so you've had this for one month. 31 days. have you guy high school restaurants before? >> we've had this before. we sold it five years ago. we was here six years before that and we sold it five years ago. come up through here one day and saw it was empty and i said, let's take back. >> insurance? >> don't speak of that. the man never got here. he was supposed to have been here friday at 2:00 o'clock to sign the papers for insurance

and he never made it. >> all right. you guys, have a monumental task ahead. we're so sorry for the loss, but so thankful you all survived. all right, guys. one of the many stories coming out of all these areas hilt by the tornadoes -- hit by the tornadoes. >> steve: that was really something. there is a hamburger on the grill. got to get to the basement. >> gretchen: luckily they did. coming up, the president accepting eric hold be out to describe his new policy on terrorists. when is it legal for the government to kill a u.s. citizen? the details straight ahead. >> steve: he lost his house to foreclosure and two years later, goat a ticket for not cutting the grass? does that sound fair to you? turns out he'll probably have to pay. cut it out all energy development comes with some risk,

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>> brian: welcome back. rick santorum's in the bullpen right now warming up. meanwhile, let me tell you what's happening in the news.

wisconsin native and college student goes missing after celebrating his 21st birthday. eric duffy was last seen leaving a downtown bar early saturday. he was wearing an orange t-shirt, blue jeans. his parents say even though he was drinking, they don't think he was drink to go excess. 150 volunteers. they've tried finding his location by passengerring his cell phone. no go. it showed he was downtown in the downtown area. >> gretchen: eric holder forced to justify the obama administration's so-called target kill program. what is that? when they use deadly force against american terrorists overseas. after u.s. born al-qaeda cleric al-awlaki was killed in yemen, the obama administration was sued by the aclu. the civil rights group demanding the justice department explain its legal ground for targeting american terror suspects. holder will give a speech addressing the concerns. the group says that american

jihaddists should be captured and tried in court. not just automatically killed. >> steve: great. union rules and mob connections equal jobs jobs with big salari, even without having to show up for new york. that's workers at new york and new jersey parts were able to show up. they got paid for working 20 hours a week. this man's dad had connections to the crime family bugloene. got paid $474,000. another man, the nephew of former crime boss vinny the chin gigante pocketed more than $406,000. and joseph colona, the chin's son-in-law, cashed in for more than $401,000. read all about it in the "new york post" today. >> gretchen: take a look at what the tsa missed in a woman's carry on bag at new york's jfk airport. you think it was just a little lip gloss?

mascara? >> no. antique dagger like the one you see here. she was flagged for having a drink in her bag, so they got the liquid. the tsa confiscated that, but allowed her to head to the gate with the dagger. she was eventually arrested for carrying a concealed weapon. whoops. >> brian: talk about adding insult o injury, arlington, texas, a man who lost his home to foreclosure two years ago was fined for not cutting his lawn. when he went to renew his driver's license, he fount out there were several outstanding warrants for fail to go upkeep his home, which he hasn't lived in since 2010. >> i'm being punished for something i didn't do. i didn't live there. why would i worry about it? bank foreclosed on it when i showed proof and i'm tired of showing proof that i didn't live there. >> brian: the city is standing by those fines, claiming the title is still in his name, so he still has to pay. >> steve: oh, boy. meanwhile, super tuesday, less

than 24 hours away. the republican candidates are crisscrossing the country in a final push for 419 delegates, all up for grabs tomorrow. >> gretchen: 2012 presidential candidate rick santorum joins us live on the road from dayton, ohio. good morning to you. >> good morning, gretchen. >> gretchen: i guess ohio is one of the most important of the big states tomorrow. i think because you're arguing it's nobody's home state and also because it's a closed primary, right? it's only republicans who can come to the poll. how important is that for you? >> well, i'm very encouraged by what's going on here in ohio. we've been working very, very hard here. we've got a great message, talks about growing the manufacturing base of our economy, talks about creating opportunities for people to rise. we're putting our energy program out here, which is key. we're drawing the contrast on the very important issue of obamacare and now with the revelations that governor romney not only put it in place in massachusetts, but advocated for

it for president obama to use his model of an individual mandate at the federal level, again, we're looking for the best candidate that can take on barak obama and right now, we believe that on the issues, we're it. >> steve: senator, there is a poll out that says the race is too close to call. so there is a possibility, though, they say that you could actually win the popular vote in ohio, but because of some eligibility requirements that your organization didn't meet, you might not be counted in a number of congressional districts. that's got to be heart breaking. what do you chalk that up to? >> well, i chalk it up they had to do this in early december and as you remember, guys, while most people weren't following, but a few people were, i was driving through the corn fields in early iowa and we were able to get -- >> steve: the chuck truck. >> that's right. we were able to get on most of the ballots. but we're not this big of an organization that can spend endless amounts of money to get

on ballots that early on in the campaign. there were a couple that we had trouble with. one was virginia and one here is ohio. although we're on the statewide ballot and on the vast majority of the congressional districts and i think the number of delegates here is inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. we need to do well here in ohio. we're being outspent six to one again. just about every state. it's remarkable that we're doing as well as we are, guys. we're just getting started with robo calls -- pummeled with all that. romney is running negative ads. we feel good the people of ohio will take this scrappy guy who grew up in a steel town in western pennsylvania and help him win ohio and we feel very good about tennessee and oklahoma. we're going to have a good day against, again, all those states who are being -- we're being badly outspent. we're hang not guilty there and doing well. >> brian: eric cantor was on

earlier and he is endorsing mitt romney and he says it's because of mitt romney's economic plan. let's listen. >> the reason why i decided to wade into the race and endorse mitt romney is because he's the only candidate that has put forward a bold pro-growth plan to grow this economy. it's the central issue of this election. people want to see a better economic future and mitt romney is the only man in the race who actually had the experience that will enable him to do that. >> brian: you don't agree with that, i imagine, senator. >> eric is a good guy, but factually wrong. everybody that's looked at the plans between my plan and governor romney's has called his plan timid. he tinkers around on the edge, 59 different points. reduces rates a little bit. doesn't have any fundamental reform of the tax code. eric is a good guy. he's a leader in congress. he's used to tinkering around on the edges.

that's what congress does. i have know, i was there. i saw how folks react. we don't need someone who is going to make congressmen feel comfortable. we need someone who will shake things up and upset people and get them to think big. governor romney's plan is not big, it's not bold. it's anything but transformational. he only proposes half a trillion dollars in spending reductions. i mean, even president obama has been able to come up with that much. we need somebody who, like i have, i proposed $5 trillion in cuts. a bold plan that eliminates the irs and replace it is with five deduction and two rates. a corporate tax that cut it is in half and makes it a flat net profit tax and zero it is out for manufacturers. that is bold. that's going to get people back to work. that's going to help working class people in this country. blue collar people in this country to have the opportunity to rise in our society. >> gretchen: senator rick santorum, thanks very much for joining us from ohio, which will be a huge player tomorrow in

super tuesday. best of luck. we'll talk to you after the big day. >> thank you, folks. >> steve: you bet. >> brian: meanwhile, coming up straight ahead on this show, the president ace he's got israel's back, our next guest says the president is turning israel into a frenemy. >> steve: how do they do it? the real secret to celebrity success. how they got in the business of making money by doing next to nothing. i've got to figure out how to do that. >> brian: do they work on the shore in new york city?

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september 11 attack actually 8% higher than originally we thought. the revelation comes from city data that the mayor's office refused to release until now. check this out. chunks of a massive glacier collapsing in a national park. where do you think that is? argentina. who knew? several tons of ice fell off the ice dam. the crash reportedly so loud, you could hear it miles away. brian? >> brian: all right. president obama says he's israel's best friend. ours next guest friend says president obama is turning israel into a frienemy. joining us right now, michael goodman. what do you mean the president, didn't he assuage your fears that we're leaving israel in the dust? >> i think what he's trying to do is paper over the political differences. substantively, i don't think he got to the heart of the matter, which is israel's fear that all of the talk about encouraging israel not to attack is essentially emboldening iran and

that israel is feeling increasingly isolated. look, israel is not the only one in the region. saudi arabia does not want iran to have a nuclear weapon, egypt doesn't. jordan doesn't. they're all terrified of an iranian nuclear weapon. because they all feel like iran would dominate the region and they've all said we're going to have to get our own nuclear weapons. >> brian: when it comes to a pass for the attack should it happen, keep that in mind to see whether they go over. i want to bring to you a magazine from -- the president did this interview. he said this, every single commitment i have made to the state of israel and its security i have kept. why is it that despite me neverring fail to go support israel on every single problem that there is still questions about that? >> what i see that quote other than the grammatical error. the sense that he's done everybody, nobody gives me respect. i think what he fails to

understand is that he thinks he knows what's best for israel. israeli leaders saying, no, no. you're hurting us. you're isolating us. you're putting space between america and israel. even in the speech yesterday, the president says let's tamp down the war talk. if i'm in iran and i hear that, i'm applauding because you're emboldening iran to keep going. >> brian: there is a track record. remember he was caught off mic with sarkozy, called him a liar and he basically agreed. there's a precedent. the 67 borders he says in the speech, that's where they should return to. that emboldened a lot of people, including turkey and they have his secretary of defense come forward and say it's time for israel to get back to the damn negotiating table. and negotiate with who? hamas? >> right. it's this constant pressure on israel and giving the palestinians no demands, and the same with iran now. so it is not about as senator graham was saying before, it's not about what we do with israel ultimately. it's about what iran chooses to do and what impact our decisions will have on that.

israel is in a situation where one nuclear bomb could destroy the country. israeli leaders will tell you we can not outsource our security to even the united states. we have to be able to defend ourselves. so israel is quickly running out of time where it can do that. it doesn't have the military capability. we do. it doesn't trust president obama to deliver the goods ultimately and nor should it, frankly. israel does have to defend itself and that's where it stands on. so i don't think the meeting today with netanyahu is going to solve any of the fundamental differences. >> brian: if there is going to be action, this might be their last face-to-face. let's see if they both get down to business. michael, always great to see you. >> thank you. >> brian: we look forward to your next column. 12 minutes before the top of the hour. famous for being famous and getting paid just to show up. sounds like a dream job. right? it's reality for folks like the kardashians. our next guest wrote the book on

it. let's check in with martha mccallum who is paid to show up and work. she's telling us what's coming up on her show. >> hey, brian. good morning, everybody. we've got a big show for you today on this super tuesday eve on this monday. tim pawlenty is here, mike huckabee is here to weigh in on the race. and cardinal dolan says he would like to see parishes get more and more catholics registered to vote. what kind of impact might that have on the outcome of this election? and how is it going to go between the president and prime minister netanyahu? very tense situation this morning. we'll bring it to you live, coming up at the top of the hour [ female announcer ] ready for a taste of what's hot? check out the latest collection of snacks from lean cuisine. creamy spinach artichoke dip, crispy garlic chicken spring rolls. they're this season's must-have accessory.

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damage. stay tuned for the latest information. >> brian: imagine making $100,000 just for showing up to a party, or how about $10,000 just for tweeting? >> steve: sign me up. well, for celebrities that is reality, let's face it, that according to joe piazza, how famous people make money. he joins us live. they're already famous. so if you can get them to show up at your event f you're a business or charity or something, they can make a lot of dough? >> a lot of dough. let's not forget, they're only showing up for maybe 90 minutes. that's if they're on time. >> steve: do they have to be nice to people? >> no. all they have to do is show up, look pretty, smile and take picture force the camera and they can make $100,000 in 90 minutes. >> gretchen: let's look at the list. las vegas nightclubs play kim kardashian, lady gaga, 100 k for showing up. one of your maintain points is that a lot of people are famous, these people on this list, except for lady gaga, she can actually sing.

and beyonce. but a lot of these people are famous for nothing. >> a lot of these people are so famous. they're famous just for having cameras follow them around. they're only talent really is being these reality stars. and that's what people are paying them to do. >> brian: for example, the kardashians, they might have talent, but they're not actresses, they're not singers. >> if they have a talent, we don't know what it is. >> brian: right. hide your talent. that's talent. snooki, for example, that would fit that category. >> the cast of the "jersey shore," absolutely. these are people that are making like $10,000 to tweet. or another 100,000 to sell pictures of their babies or just sell pictures of them in a bikini running down a beach. >> steve: back up a second. $10,000 to tweet. what would that be? if you're kim kardashian, yeah, busy day. i just woke up from my sealy pot tour pedic bed and i feel terrific?

>> that's what's so great about it. she doesn't even sign those tweet. the company signs them on her behalf. >> gretchen: isn't it amazing how social media has changed the way you can make money? it was only television commercials or magazine ads and now social media, a huge factor in these endorsements. >> huge factor. and it's great for the brands, too. if you think about it. they don't have to shell out the million dollars for the huge celebrities. >> brian: as you brought up, there is an expiration date. act now. >> act now,. >> brian: because these people when they're done and their series is through, they'll be without a job. >> i think reality stars have maybe three years. they can extend it like we've seen snooki. she just got pregnant. >> steve: what about lindsay lohan? she tried over the weekend -- >> she's trying so hard. god bless. >> brian: she could act. >> the problem s i don't think she has a talent any more. i think we'll see her go the other way and start making money

off being a reality star. people will take to watch her. >> gretchen: what what is the most shock thing you've uncovered as far as people being paid to do what? >> my favorite number was celebrities doing weight loss endorsements, making $33,000 per pound that they lose. >> brian: i just lost ten pounds. >> i think i gained ten pounds. >> steve: no kidding. you want to stick around? >> i can. >> steve: her book is "celebrity, inc.." you're watching "fox & friends" live from new york. ♪

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