>> new reaction to a controversy video showing federal workers living the high life, using taxpayer money to splurge on a five-day retreat. the general services administration say it was a team building exercise, even joking about wasteful spending. take a look. >> ♪ ♪ >> the white house now condemning the spending, but saying, hey, this started a long time before we came to washington. doug mckelway is live in the nation's capital with the latest. hi, doug. >> good evening to you. the white house making a bit of an about-face from what the gsa said yesterday.

the agency claimed it was appalled by this indefensible behavior. today the administration is in part blaming the bush administration for beginning a pattern of excessive spending at the western region conference. fox news has obtained the total expense figures for gsa's western region conference through the years. they did in fact go up substantially during the bush years from $93,000 in 2004 to $323,000 in 2006. in 2008, $655,000 was spent. then for the year that is now under so much scrutiny, gsa spent $840,000 on that conference. an obama administration official telling fox news, at least we've taken bold, switch, forceful action to hold those responsible accountable, and to put in place protections to make sure this never happens again. if bush administration officials acted under their watch,

navy officials made clear that support is available now and some money is on the way. >> have the ability to reach out to those people and disperse funds to them, to help them recover some of their life. so that's our big focus. aside from investigating the aircraft, our big focus is to continue being the right kind of partner for

all black and all of the incidents happening within a three-mile area at around the same time.

that has police and the community very concerned. >> in tulsa, we don't have three dead bodies in one day, spread out like we have here in one general geographical area, but yet far enough apart where somebody is mobile. >> it's scary that they're randomly running around, because they can do it at anytime. >> if we get new developments, we will bring them to you. >> rick, police say they may have recovered the gun used by a man charged with killing seven people at a small christian university in oakland. the gun recovered in a downtown waterway yesterday. police say it matches the serial number of a weapon purchased by the accused gunman, 43-year-old one goh. he's a former student at the school. police say he may have been acting out of rage over lost tuition money after being expelled. >> we've got incredible video for you out of california. take a look at this. it's an armored truck teetering over the edge of a bridge. crews working to secure it as

the california highway patrol blocks traffic underneath. traffic was backed up for miles during the four-hour ordeal yesterday. police say one person was injured. no word yet on what caused that truck to crash through the guardrail. >> then there's this, rick, a high-speed chase so bizarre you have to see it to believe it. here it is. a speeding suv crashes into a guardrail. then you can see a passenger fall out of the vehicle on to the highway. now take a look. police cars that swerving to avoid the man. the driver just keeps going, sideswiping a car in a residential area before bailing out and making a run for it, as you see. police soon caught up with him. they say the chase started when officers noticed the suv didn't have license plates. >> all right. new questions at this hour after an air traffic controller is accused of ignoring a pilot's call for help. the plane was apparently in distress after reporting smoke in the cabin. and now federal investigators want to know why the tower failed to take several lifesaving precautions.

justin joseph is with our denver affiliate, kvbr and has the story. >> united flight 5912 was inbound in snowy weather when the pilot first asked permission to land. 34 right is one of the runways at denver international airport. someone in the tower cleared the plane, and within the next few minutes the pilot declared an emergency. there was smoke in the cockpit. the pilot asked for emergency equipment to be waiting, but that never happened. when the plane finally lands, it's clear the controller is still unaware there's an emergency. he asks the pilot to hurry off the runway. the problem is the controller never rolled emergency equipment to help the pilot as he requested, even though you can tell from the next communication he needs it. >> we're evacuating! >> at one point the tower even calls the plane by the wrong tail number. he says 12, not 5912, the

flight's number. >> that wasn't you. >> the panic continues. >> 5912, the equipment is on the way. >> 19 passengers evacuated safely, one with injuries. the ntsb is now investigating, little comfort for the apparent confusion on the runway. >> quite a story. thanks. >> the faa rethinking a rule that affects all air travelers. the regulation requiring electronic devices to be turned off during takeoff and landing, but even if new tests find devices like ipads and e-readers don't cause mechanical interference some say they could still pose a danger. casey, tell us what you got. >> a lot of people are watching this. you know, the current policy has

baffled many air travelers for some time. a lot of folks understand why you can't use your cellphones, because they're sending and receiving signals, but to a lot of members of the flying public what's the big deal about my ipod or kindle, for example, that's not transmitting any kind of data. that cannot interfere with the plane's communications, right? wrong. we talked to a boeing engineer, who was part of the committee that advised the faa on its current policy. think about all of the equipment already on board an airplane. well, that engineer says that it all underwent vigorous testing to make sure everything can operate moving smoothly together. the rules are not the same for consumer electronics that we bring on board, and to the experts it is just not worth the risk, particularly during the critical takeoffs and landings. >> more and more with less and less time. so they want to scratch in the last, you know, possible email they can, or text message to

their loved one before they leave. we understand that, but there's a time and place for it. >> reevaluating this policy is still in the very early stages. the faa says like with any regulation, no changes will be made until they're positive that it will not impact safety and security. but interference with the plane's navigation and communication systems is not the only concern here. >> i don't care how many devices you bring on the plane, they are still potentially flying objects if the plane stops suddenly. in fact, it's worse if there's a lot more of them if you have one or two. >> now, in order to make a change, airlines must find themselves testing each device to see how they react with their own particular aircraft in their fleet. the faa says that it is open for new discussions on how to make these tests happen and make it easier on the airlines so perhaps we can use our tablets and things like that during

those takeoffs and landings. >> good story, because in the meantime we have to follow the rules, because -- >> we do. >> -- takeoffs and landings, very, very crucial parts of the flight. >> what's funny, that flight attendant we talked to mentioned the distraction when people are not paying attention to the rules, that distracts other passengers away from the safety announcements, things like that. until the rule changes, we do need to abide by it. i think that's the plan. >> casey stege gal, good to see you, thank you. >> yeah. >> christians around the world are getting ready to celebrate easter. hundreds of the faithful gathering at the church of the nativity in bethlehem for a traditional candlelight easter vigil mass. the church is one of the oldest in the world and stands on the site where tradition has it jesus christ was born. tomorrow many followers will celebrate easter, signifying the resurrection of jesus christ. >> high unemployment and high gas prices remind some people of

the 1970s, and has some critics comparing president obama to president jimmy carter. is that fair? we have a fair and balanced debate next. >> it's a dreaded phone call nobody wants to get. of course we're talking about the debt collector. maybe it's a debt you owe. maybe it's a mistake. either way, tips on how to deal with debt collectors. that's just ahead. when you have diabetes... your doctor will say get smart about your weight. that's why there's new glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. [ male announcer ] new glucerna hunger smart. a smart way to help manage hunger and diabetes. ♪ why do you whisper, green grass? ♪

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>> this holiday weekend rescue teams in pakistan calling off the search now for victims of a massive avalanche. there's just bad weather there. they can't get in. no survivors have been found. florida governor rick scott signing a law that makes the penalty much stiffer if you lie to police in the case of a missing child, named for kailee anthony whose mother waited 32 days before reporting her missing. and contracts for at&t workers expire at midnight. the contract is due. the workers have authorized a strike if the deal is not

reached. >> new labor laws, labor numbers, showing employers adding about 120,000 new jobs in march. that's about half the pace we saw over the last three months. it was enough to bring the national unemployment rate down to 8.2%, but that's partly due to the number of workers dropping out of the labor force. that has some critics comparing president obama to president jimmy carter in his re-election year. the president of new heights communications and spokesman for former governor dean. good to see both you. >> good to see you as well. >> connect the dots. president obama's re-election efforts compared to those of president carter. will the outcome differ or be

the same? >> the similarities are certainly striking. like jimmy carter, president obama is weak on iran, he's weak on the econo, and he's his own worst enemy in his re-election bid. what the president doesn't seem to grasp is as long as the u.s. has the highest corporate tax rate in the world, we have rising gas prices, there's a fear that he can slap greater regulations and taxes on business owners, he'll be his own worst enemy and have a tough re-election fight. >> we'll go to unemployment. with unemployment hovering around 8.2%, come november will the republicans' claim of job growth being too anemic still be political strategy or harsh reality for the president? >> it will be political strategy. when the job numbers came out on friday, republicans practically jumping for the joy that the march numbers were not as robust as the 200,000-plus jobs we saw in january and february, but the fact is he still had more jobs created in the last eight months than all of the eight years of

the bush presidency. anybody who tells you we're not going in the right direction either doesn't remember the bush presidency or wants obama to fail. >> she's saying president obama's three-month average for 2012 is better than the job growth performance of george w. bush he saw when he was re-elected in 2004. is it possible that election history will repeat itself or do you still maintain that president obama's job is in jeopardy? >> president obama's job is certainly in jeopardy. the unemployment rate under president bush was never this high, was never 8.2%. i don't think that the administration quite understands how concerned folks on main street are. if you discount for baby boomers, you factor those not working, looking for work, it's actually 10.5%. the president is in trouble, and he knows it, and he wants to put the blame on everybody else but himself. first it was president bush, then the weather, oil exports. he has to look at his own

policies and improve the economy. if he doesn't, we'll have a new president come november. >> is a good economy good enough for president obama to be re-elected? >> we want to see things going in the right direction. people have seen that. as i said, we created 4 million new jobs in the last two years alone. we've seen something like 25 straight months of economic growth. people do believe that the economy is recovering, because in fact it is. now contrast that to the republicans' record of fighting job creation. just this week in wisconsin we saw governor scott walker roll back an equal pay law for women. i don't think that's the kind of policy or change that voters are looking for come november. >> you can spin it any way you want. the bottom line is americans are hurting. you can blame anybody. you can talk about governor scott, anybody else. you got to take a long, hard look in the mirror. if you change your policies, become more job growth, you'll win re-election.

>> it's not good enough, is that what you're saying? >> good enough is not good enough, because the perception on main street is nothing is changing. >> go ahead, kristi. >> i disagree. things are recovering, and that's why exactly why president obama will face a easy re-election in november. >> got to disagree with you as always, kristi. you got to roll the dice. you'll find out, i'll take my chances. look, rebs would rather have the economy improve than win the white house, but you guys are your own worst enemy. >> i don't know about that. >> come november, president obama will be out of a job, probably pumping his own gas. >> voters are seeing through this economic ruse that republicans are playing right now. if you ask about half of them, they will say that republicans would rather see the economy fail than see president obama succeed, that they are actually rooting for an economic sabotage. so all of this sort of, you know, rooting for failure i think is not going to play very well with the voters. >> we're not rooting for failure.

we're rooting for america. the president is the biggest roadblock to his own re-election bid, and the voters will let him know that in november. if he doesn't fix the tax code and simplify it, this is going to continue. it will continue to get worse. it's all in his favor. it's up to him. that's all i'm telling you. there you go. >> so kristi, where you going to add something to this? >> i mean, i think i've sort of said what i want to say. there's a clear contrast right now between president obama's record of job creation. he believes that the way we keep this going is what he's already been doing. in addition we need to create fair tax laws so that millionaires and big corporations are paying their fair share. instead republicans would like to give big tax cuts to millionaires

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>> welcome back. it is easter, and passover weekend. here are your headlines. all residents are understand for in the virginia apartment complex hit in yesterday's navy jet crash.

the commander of the u.s. fleet forces says it's an amazing miracle that no one was killed. the pilots and five people on the ground were hurt. >> thomas kinkaid has died, best known for cottages and churches. >> and military attacks have killed 81 civilians today in syria, coming days before a peace plan brokered by u.n. secretary-general coffesecretar. >> in the u.s., it costs 2.5 cents to make the one-cent coin. what's next for the pricey penny? hi, anna. >> this month will mark the end of the canadian penny because taxpayers are losing money, and

american taxpayers are experiencing similar issues. the u.s. mint spends more than double the worth of pennies and nickels to produce and distribute them. it's 2.41 cents for pennies and for a museum. probably not in my lifetime. perhaps in my 16-year-old son's lifetime, where the electronics will get so easy, so cheap, that even when you want to go to the local candy store and just buy 17 cents of candy you use a credit card. >> that would be something, huh? critics argue doing everything electronically would not be fair, because consumers would have no choice but to have a

record of all their purchases. some wonder if the days are numbered for using small change in america, just as happened historically. >> used to be, in 1857, at some point, used to be a large cent, and maller and lighter cent. the costs would outweigh the nominal value of a coin. >> for every dollar of pennies issued by the u.s. mint we lose $1.40. for nickels, we lose $1.24. in 2011, taxpayers lost $60 million producing pennies and $56.5 million producing nickels. the united states mint is actively searching to find more economical ways to produce our coinage. for example, lowering their weight or mixing the metals with different alloys. back to you. >> very fascinating. thank you very much. >> it's the phone call nobody

wants -- a debt collector reminding you of an unpaid bill. pay it, he says, or he'll have no choice to report you to the credit agency. what are your rights? what do you do when you find out that a mistake has been made, that you don't owe anybody anything? how do you get the debt collector to believe you? it's not easy, take it from me. good to see you, jeff. thank you very much. let me mention up front that it was not your company that i had my problem with. my problem has since been resolved. it wasn't easy. i know now why debt collection agencies, there are more people calling to complain about you guys than just anybody else. why do you think that tennis. >> consumers find themselves in a situation that they obviously don't want to be in. they were not planning on being in that situation.

they're uncomfortable. they don't know what to do about it. >> now, i was lied to personally. i was bullied by the collector on the other end of the line. i think about elderly people, people who are ill, who might have forked over their credit card information to make this person on the other end of the line go away. i wasn't about to do that, because i knew in my heart there was a mistake here. what is the incentive for a collector? do they get a commission based on how much money they're able to collect? >> many companies will provide bonuses or commissions on money collected. it would be that agency's responsibility to make sure that those individuals working those debts do it properly. >> there are rules. consumers have rights. and if you guys break the rules, you face some pretty stiff fines, do you not? >> we do, correct. >> okay. and i want to make this clear as well, that debt collectors, people who do what you do, do serve an important role in our economy. there are businesses and

institutions, in healthcare and education, that are owed legitimate debt, and they need some way to recover that money. they hire companies like yours to help them do that. and so let's just say that right off the bat. there are some dos, some recommendations that you have for people if they answer the phone -- it's interesting we do this on a saturday, because a lot of times is when you guys call, on the weekend, knowing people are likely to be at home to get these calls. the first thing you recommend, don't ignore the calls, right, jeff? >> absolutely. communicate with the collection agency. avoiding the calls can only make things worse, can only make further collection activities continue. if the debt is not yours, same thing. communicate. let them know it is not yours. >> then you say -- i guess this goes along with that -- verify the debt. what does that mean exactly? how do you verify the debt, or validate it? >> the advice would be to validate the debt. make sure it's yours, make sure it's owed.

i believe in your case it was a mistake. make sure that it is a legitimate debt. one of the easiest ways to know that the debt is valid, you simply know you owe the bill. >> if the debt is legitimate, jeff, you say that it's possible a lot of times to talk to the collector and work out some kind of a plan. >> absolutely. communicate with that collection agency, be honest, up front. let them know what you can do on the bill. most agencies, most creditors, are going to work with you to take care of that debt. they are looking to resolve the bill. >> and know your rights. if people don't want to receive calls from debt collectors anymore, they can tell you that, and by law you're not allowed to call them anymore, are you? >> that's correct. they can request that communications cease. >> however that doesn't make the debt go away, just by saying i don't want to hear from you anymore. >> correct. a lot of advice you may find on consumer websites would be to cease communications, tell the

collection agency not to contact you. unfortunately what that leaves the creditor or agency for options is to either pursue the debt legally or to report it to a credit bureau. >> one of the things i was told that wasn't true, i couldn't call the company that mistakenly said i owed them money. the collector said you can't talk to them anymore, you're not allowed to deal with them. but you can call them, you can work with the company that has the original debts new york city, not thethird-party. thanks for joining us tonight. helpful information. >> thank you. >> very helpful information. now for an inside look at a disturbing new trend sweeping the nation. americans who are at risk losing

their homes to foreclosure. in arizona, the number of homeowners who owe more than their house is actually worth is nearly twice the national average. as part of our ongoing series on the housing crisis, shattered dreams, adam housley has this report from paradise valley. >> paradise valley, arizona, may seem like paradise, but take a closer look and you'll notice "for sale" signs are everywhere, like one of the country folks here are struggling with homes worth only half or less than their original value. >> i had numerous people that i witnessed here in this neighborhood that lost their cash, along with the house. so it's bad enough to lose a house, then get that on top of it. it's like icing on the cake. >> recent data shows that 23% of americans owe more than on their mortgage than their home is actually worth. in arizona, that number doubles, with nearly 50% of residents underwater on their homes. >> if the house is worth $3 million, somebody comes along and offers you $2.5 million, the

question is do i really want to sell it for that, because i think it's worth more than $2.5 million. >> charles speros has lost millions. even homeowners who can make their payments have a tough task of figuring out what to do next. >> people who say you're not in trouble, they're foolish. this is silly. if you think everybody puts great stock in what's happening in the stock market, huh-uh. >> when a homeowner owes 200%, 300%, whatever the case may be, of the value of their mortgage, they'll be paying on that forge mortgage for 10, 15, 20 years. >> in neighborhoods like this, the most common solution seems to be the short sale, but it drives home values down. in the long run, an increase in sales means fewer homes listed, and it should help drive the prices back up, bringing hope to a struggling housing market.

in paradise valley, arizona, adam housley, fox news. >> thanks, adam. >> we'll talk about this new jersey builder who is lucky to be alive. his name is dennis hennas, working on a neighbor's roof when his nail gun got jammed. he was trying to fix it, and when doing so he fired a 3 1/2-inch nail smack into his chest, and it hit a part of his heart. he believed his luck had finally run out. >> like i've done a hundred times before, just undo it. it wasn't going so well. i turned it a little too far. and pop. felt like somebody poked me right in the chest. i thought i was done. i really did. >> you're talking about a puncture wound to the heart. he's very lucky. that so many things that had to take place for him to be alive. >> can you imagine that? once he fully recovers he plans to go back to work with the promise that he'll be more

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>> happy holidays to you. let's start with president obama's super pac, priorities usa action behind the fundraising, behind gingrich and romney's super pacs there. as we know, president obama is masterful, you would say, i think many would agree, at the whole grassroots efforts of raising money, right? he came late to this super pac party, because he didn't want to apparently, but the pressure is on. but you're saying, susan, i think your take on this is that the problem is not so much fundraising in general, but it's getting those big dollars in one hit, right? >> yes. these super pacs are not for folks who are giving $25. they can give to the official campaign. and so what these super pacs do, they get big, huge checks. i'm talking seven-figure checks from folks who have already given the maximum amount to the obama campaign and the democratic party and the whole

nine yards, and just can't send out an email which these guys did. you know, here's your email. cue please write me a check for a million dollars? >> yeah. they want you to reach out and touch personally, right? >> touch in a big way. they want to feel important. you've got to be very deft. this is the kind of fundraising that requires a real a lot of experience and a sense of i'm really on the inside. and frankly i think the president's folks will get there. i think you'll see once those campaign coffers, the official ones, are full, really high, you'll see the top people moving over, putting an arm around the big donors, starting to get that money. >> all right. we'll get back to that in general, but i want to talk about this one now, susan, that political earthquake, aftershock that hit capitol hill yesterday when word spread that eric cantor donated $25,000 to a pac

devoted to getting rid of most of the incumbents in congress, including many top republicans. what direction is this heading in? >> you know, the thing about these super pacs, nobody really knows the rules. this is a brave new world. my guess is that when eric cantor made that contribution he did so assuming there would be no disclosure. for a while nobody was disclosing anything. he makes the contribution, figuring it's going to be below the radar screen. now he's got a revolution on his hands. i think it sort of illustrates the uncertainty in this world, the uncertainty both in terms of where the politicians are, but also, you know, some of these fundraisers who are going to have to learn some new skills here. >> let's pull up that poll screen, susan, and take a look at -- this is funding through february, by the way. restore our future, this is romney's super pac, $42.3 million. winning our future, gingrich's

super pac, $18 million. susan, what do you think about super pacs in general? >> well, what worries be is that super pacs are a way for candidates effectively to put on the kind of nasty, ugly ads, that turn most of us off from politics, hard-core negative stuff that the official campaign wouldn't run. so i think those guys are in a race. by the time we get to the general, both romney and obama will have plenty of money, and i think what it foretells here is a really ugly campaign. >> what are we in? april? >> yeah. a long way to go. >> oh, my god. too much time. you're probably right. it's going to get crazy. susan, always good to see you. nice to see you. happy holidays. >> good to see you too. >> thank you. don't forget, you can read her

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>> welcome back. we have an inspiring story just in time for easter and passover weekend. a retired businessman is making a resolution to purposely, not randomly, go out and commit acts of kindness every day of this year. >> yes. he's joining us now from philadelphia to tell us all about his journey. here he is, david friedman, former president and founder of reimbursement services inc. and author of "fundamentally different." david, good to see you. >> thanks. good to be here. >> first question for you is, what kind act did you do today? >> so today -- i live in a town called morristown, in south jersey, and we have a fire station where on one of our main roads, and at the fire station every year at easter they do a flower sale to raise money. so i thought, you know, it would be nice to thank all these firefighters, because that's a

great thing to do. these are all volunteers. i stopped at a soft pretzel place we have, and i delivered them to the firefighters to thank them for the volunteer wrong they dwork for us. >> i enjoy those philadelphia soft pretzels, right out of the oven with the perfect amount of salt. i'm sure the firefighters enjoyed them, too. tell me how you do this. >> literally every day i think this the morning of what i'm going to do. i don't plan very far in advance. i was doing a workout this morning, trying to think, what should i do today? the idea came to me. actually to be honest with you, i had the idea to buy pretzels, and i was going to give them to somebody else, but as i was on the way to the pretzel place i passed the fire station and thought that would be a better place. i sometimes change like that, and decided to give them to the fire station. >> let's go through a couple of

your rules. you have one act of intentional kindness each and every day all year-round. this forces you out of your normal patterns. a majority of the act should not involve cash. they don't need to be large acts of kindness. a majority of the acts do not need to take place within your immediate circle, although i know you don't exclude your family from these things, nor should you. >> right. but part of the purpose here, for me, rick, was to see if i did this all year, how it affects, not only those people around me, but how would it affect me, so to push myself and extend myself beyond things i would normally do, i didn't want to give myself the easy out of doing it for friends and families. most of the acts i do are for people i've never met before or don't know very well. >> david, you know, we've always been taught that it's better to give than to receive. does it really make you feel better? and also, when you answer, tell me why did you decide to do

this? >> well, so to answer your first question, yes, it does make me feel better. if i were to look how it's impacted me, i've always been a pretty happy person anyway, but i think i'm happier. it just feels good every day, knowing i've done something worthwhile. to answer your question where did this idea come from, it had been sort of in the back of my mind, what happened was, over the holidays, back in december, i went to the movies with my wife and daughter and mother-in-law. there we were in the movies, and some senior citizens came in. there were about six or eight of them. they were clearly looking for some place to sit where they could sit together. and behind me, a couple rows behind me -- it was crowded. a couple rows behind me, a man stood up, and he could see they were looking for seats. so he offered them his seat. he moved to a different place. after that, i got home, i was thinking about that incident. i thought first that was just a really nice thing for him to do, but the second thing i thought is, i was kind of embarrassed,

to be honest, i was embarrassed that it didn't occur to me to think to do the same thing. >> david friedman, intentionalactsofkindness.blog sp intentionalactsofkindness.blogsp ot.com. thanks for giving south jersey boys a good name. >> happy passover and easter to you. >> same to you. >> stick around. "the fox report" up next. will provide secure and reliable energy to the united states. over the coming years, projects like these could create more than half a million jobs in the us alone. from the canadian border, through the mid west, to the gulf coast. benefiting hundreds of thousands of families throughout the country. this is just what our economy needs right now.

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