communities. we'll go live to him soon. >> as the u.s. senate gets set to vote today on the buffet rule, the president realizing his fair share argument not working. >> we're making an argument about how do we grow the economy? >> ok. what else did he say? we're going to tell you. but does the buffet rule really grow the economy? we're going to give you the fact and then you you get to decide. that's what we do here. >> hillary clinton showing her wild side. secretary of state lets her hair down. after having a couple of beers. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> good morning, everyone! hope you had a great weekend. it was nice one here on the east coast. >> it was and wait until today, it will be 90 degrees in the new york city area.

where did spring go? straight to summer. >> there's not an anchor in this building without a shirt on. >> darn cavuto, here he comes again. >> just in case you forgot your bra, you don't have to take off your shirt today. brian is giving you a free pass. >> all you need is your bro. >> that's right. >> from seinfeld. >> on that note, let's go to your headlines. we have to start with a fox news alert now. fox news crew caught in the crossfire as the taliban launches a series of attacks on western targets in afghanistan. fox news producer and correspondent craig rivera ducking for cover. and reporting for us from kabul. >> another, two more explosions. >> don't know who -- >> another larger explosion. very significant explosion. numerous explosions. at least eight explosions were heard in the past 10 minutes. pointing their weapons at us.

>> get back. get back! >> craig and his crew not hurt. by the time the fighting was over, at least 36 taliban fighters were killed along with at least eight afghan soldiers. coming up, craig's brother, you know who he is, geraldo, he's going to join us live from afghanistan 8:00 a.m. eastern time. suspected terrorist goes on trial today accused of planning the september 11th anniversary attack on the new york city subway system. prosecutors say he went to pakistan with two high school friends from queens so they can get military training from al-qaida. his two friends pleaded guilty and are expected to testify against him. president obama finally weighing in on the alleged prostitution scandal involving the secret service. >> if it turns out that some of the allegations that have been made in the press are confirmed, then of course, i'll be angry. we're representing the people of the united states.

and when we travel to another country, i expect us to observe the highest standards because we're not just representing ourselves. >> according to the allegations, 11 members of the secret service had prostitutes at their hotel. that one right there in colombia. a dispute started after one agent refused to pay up. reports say the disputed amount only $47. i think it had to do with how many people could be in one hotel room. the agents were recalled from their assignments and put on administrative leave. hillary clinton, secretary of state, proving in that role she still knows how to have fun! here she is photographed dancing the rumba and -- >> looks like the rumba. >> i'm not sure. based on that picture, somebody is making a leap saying that's a rumba at a club in colombia toasting the end of the summit of americas. clinton and 12 friends ordered a dozen beers, two whiskeys and

some bottles of water. >> it takes a village. >> hillary calling it a early night. she stayed for only 30 minutes and those are your headlines. >> gretchen, you know this. on weddings, isn't that what you do when they're playing shout? i mean -- >> the ymca, brian. >> that would be you. >> you know it makes me want to shout! >> yeah. >> like that. shouldn't she be doing that? >> she could have. yes. all right. >> so looks like it was a very eventful weekend in cartahana. now on to an extreme weather alert. 136 tornadoes tear through the heartland including in oklahoma where five people died. we're seeing new video of how they caused so much devastation. >> our chief meteorologist rick reichmuth on the scene in woodward, oklahoma, only town where deaths were reported. hey, rick, what have you found? >> yeah, really amazing

honestly there weren't more fatalities with this kind of tornado outbreak. this tornado that hit here happened at 12:18 a.m. so happening in the dark of night. people not having any of that kind of advanced notice that you'd like to have or at least a significant advanced notice. this tornado only formed 18 minutes before to the southeast of here and then it very quickly came here. it was moving at around 60 miles an hour in its forward progression and these are the kind of images that you see by the time this is done. this right here was a carpet store and now it's difficult to make out what it is except occasionally you do find a piece of the carpet remnant in this area and there's some big bolts of padding back there. you can obviously see this big truck that has been mangled. there's also very interestingly a piece of wall that i thought was the wall for this store, it's not. it's the piece of wall from the store that's about 150 feet away and the entire wall ripped up and moved across the parking lot and landed right here into this heap of rubble.

national weather service officers were out yesterday investigating and they say that this wasn't likely any of -- an ef-3. so an ef-3 tornado that formed 18 minutes before getting here. there were some sirens that went off in town but the one closest to this area had been disabled by lightning so they did not right here get that audible sound of a tornado coming through this area and that obviously proving to be deadly. there was a family of three. single father with two of his kids and they died. he had a younger son who is still alive in a hospital at this point. so very difficult obviously for that family. and these kinds of stories coming out. interestingly, guys, it was prom night here in woodward, town of about 12,000 people and it was prom. coming up in the next hour, we'll talk to one of the students who was at prom as well as the assistant principal of that school who was working to keep the kids safe during that event. guys? >> all right, rick live down in

woodward, oklahoma, thank you very much. >> over to washington, d.c. where good news, congress is back! >> they are. >> back in session, and they have a full agenda. first thing is first. today, there will actually be a vote on the buffet rule in the senate. >> right. this particular version is -- was drawn up by a senator from rhode island, a democrat by the name of sheldon whitehouse. it would say that anybody making more than $2 million a year would have to pay at least 30% and over the next couple of years, it would be phased in to include people who make $1 million a year. >> by the way, do you know how many there are that make $2 million in this country? >> not that many. >> 230,000. >> ok. so the bottom line is some people are saying i thought those people would already be in the highest tax bracket. well, they are but because nobody wants to bring up tax reform which is what this discussion really should be about, there are so many loopholes. so people who have worked really hard in their lives and have been rewarded by making high

salaries, they have the ability to figure out how not to pay as much taxes and that's exactly what's going to happen if in effect this buffet rule happens because they'll be able to hire accountants and figure out how to go through the loopholes so they can higher their rate. what we should be talking about is tax reform. not a gimmick to be elected. >> which paul ryan brought up, here's my plan and the president said here's my buffet rule. >> the republicans have been very effective in saying what the president is trying to do is redistribute the wealth. the president yesterday over the weekend that is to say in colombia said nope, it's not about wealth redistribution. here's the president. >> this is not an argument of taking from a to give to b. this is not a redistributionist argument that we're making. we're making an argument of how do we grow the economy so it's going to be prospering in this competitive 21st century environment? and the only way we're going to

do this is if people like me who have been incredibly blessed are willing to give a little bit back so the next generation coming along can succeed as well. >> that appeal is working with the american public. there's a poll out, over 60% of the american public wants this buffet rule to happen. that's why the president comes back to the buzz words. it's working. people believe this fairness argument. you need to look down in the facts to see if raising this kind of money will do anything for the deficit. >> the president says this is the beginning of tax reform. what are you waiting for? why can one chairman of one committee come up with tax reform and the president can't even after he had his bipartisan commission in place for two years. this is what the buffet rule would do and would not do. without the buffet rule, $1.2 trillion from the buffet rule would be $30 billion so over 10 years, it comes out to $47 billion in terms of money into the counters which is like

a nickel. >> so, you know, if the buffet rule were instituted, how many days would it cover the deficit over those 10 years? 17 days. >> and i come back to my original -- >> 17 days. >> argument which is people will figure out loopholes. it would be my claim they're not going to come up with the $46 billion. people will figure out how not to pay the tax. tax reform. >> we don't have to worry about it. even the president's own party can't unify behind this particular plan. it needs 60 votes today. it won't get it! >> back to gretchen's point "the chicago tribune" says it's a democratic trap put out by the president that's going to have the republicans look like they're on the side of the rich and don't care about the middle or lower class. senator schumer made it clear we'll hammer this point through the summer. >> yesterday, i almost drove my car off the road when i was listening to the repeat of "fox news sunday" with chris wallace

and he interviewed david axelrod and for a moment, did david axelrod endorse mitt romney yesterday? i think that he did in the way he which he described where the economy is going. see what you think. >> the choice in this election is between an economy that produces a growing middle class and that gives people a chance to get ahead and their kids a chance to get ahead and an economy that continues down the road we're on where fewer and fewer number of people do very well and everybody else is running faster and faster just to keep pace. >> yeah, why would you want to be on the road we're on? you know, the white house has had a bad couple of days. first, it was the hillary rosen thing and then it was this. and the mitt romney camp has been making political hay of it. they sent out a media blast so everybody would know that david axelrod sure sounded like he endorsed mitt romney. >> the reason that's so important, he said why would we want to continue on the path

we're currently on? the romney people immediately put out an ad. i thought you were supposed to be saying this path that we're on right now is the right path if you would like to re-elect barack obama. >> i listened to the show, that last block, the tribute to his dad was unbelievable. >> very good. >> meanwhile, coming up straight ahead, stunning new information from inside the t.s.a., the former head of the agency says it's a broken mess and it's time to pack your lighters and knives. >> that's right. >> and turbotax tim geithner says he knows who is to blame for the economy. here's a hint. it's not the white house. stuart varney is to blame. >> had a nice weekend. >> he said the story is about to get worse this week. details from stu as we roll on live from new york city. we'll be right back. as i get older, i'm making changes to support my metabolism. i'm more active, i eat right, and i switched to one a day women's active metabolism,

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>> welcome back, everyone. 16 minutes after the top of the hour. treasury secretary tim geithner knows exactly who to blame for the poor economy. it's not the white house. he says europe and the republicans are at fault. >> what happened was the crisis in europe in 2010 and 2011 and then the crisis in japan and then the oil shock caused growth to slow and then in 2011 it was made worse by all the political drama around the debt limit which was very damaging to confidence. he had more support from his opponents in congress than we could have let more things pass that would have put more people back to work more quickly. >> ok. stuart varney joins us live. he's talking about, well, those darn republicans in congress, if they would have been able to help us, we would be out of this hole but the president made health care his number one initiative in the beginning, it's the president's fault, isn't it? >> treasury secretary geithner is blaming the republicans in part for the problems experienced by president obama's economic policy. so far, obamanomics if you want

to call it that has not created a robust growing economy that's vital and vigorous. now, treasury secretary geithner said it's the republicans' fault. go back to last year, last summer. he says that what he wanted was more republican support for another stimulus plan. that was the obama proposal. spend, yet more government money. the republicans said no. we're not going to do that. we're not going to go deeper and deeper into debt. that's what treasury secretary geithner is blaming for the current weakness which is about to recure all over again. >> couple of things hit me when i listened to his treasury secretary speak so political. first question is is that normal? >> no, it's not. that was a particularly bipartisan -- particularly partisan weekend for treasury secretary geithner. he was all over the media blaming the republicans. >> on purpose, they put him out, then. >> they put him out, yes. he's playing a role in this re-election campaign. it's a very political role and he's going a bit further than most treasury secretaries would go at this stage in this the

election campaign. he's flat out campaigning for the re-election of president obama. and, you know, you could raise a question, is a treasury secretary supposed to do that? should he not explain policy? what policy is, where it's going. he should be doing more of that than blatant politicizing the economy and the campaign. >> you know, stuart, the president's economic team that started with him 3 1/2 years ago -- >> lone survivor. >> he's the only one but also the architect of this. if anyone is going to say it didn't work, you're saying tim geithner, bad idea. >> well, if he accepted blame for the weakness of the economy, he would resign. so he's clearly not -- >> everybody else did. >> he's blaming everybody else. >> including europe and including the tsunami. >> those were factors. those were factors. when europe slows down as it has, that's a factor that does affect america and the tsunami which hit japan is a factor which affected the united states.

but the core problem here is the failure of president obama's spend, spend, spend stimulus, spend some more program. it has not worked. and now the democrats are blaming everybody else. and treasury secretary geithner is taking a lead role in that blame game. >> all right. we'll hear more about this on "varney & company" i'm sure kicks after the 9:20 a.m. eastern time on the fox business network. >> thank you, stu. >> thank you, sir. >> next up on the rundown, the president vowed not to take money from lobbyists but a new report revealing the exact opposite as you look live at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. >> and all she wanted was her boyfriend home from the war safe, of course, but she got a bonus. a proposal, this couple joins us live with their wonderful love story.

>> 23 minutes after the top of the hour. couple of quick headlines for you now. dramatic rescue off the coast of san francisco. coast guard pulling three sailors to safety after a monster wave broadsided their yacht during a race. one sailor was killed and four others were missing. this morning, they called off their search for those sailors. the company that makes twinkies taking on unions in order to stay afloat. it says workers need to accept a cost-cutting offer or will ask a bankruptcy court to throw out the union's collective bargaining agreement. union leaders say this would lead to a strike. brian? >> the only sponge i ever had that tasted good. remember when then candidate barack obama had this to say about lobbyists in the white house. >> i don't take a dime from washington lobbyists and special interests! they do not run my campaign. they will not run my white

house. and they will not drown out the voice of the american people when i'm president of the united states of america. >> but a remarkable "new york times" report claims big democratic donors have been visiting the white house and some are letting lobbyists -- are letting the lobbyists tag along as well. our washington insiders are here, democratic strategist and the wife of michigan congressman john dingle and former labor secretary nominee linda chavez and a fox news contributor and syndicated columnist. debbie, is there a problem with the administration welcoming so many donors/lobbyists into the white house? >> you know, brian, i think that "the new york times" article yesterday was very misleading in the fact that this president has been more transparent than any president in our history of who is visiting the white house. they have made public -- they make it public as soon as they're there. 2.2 million people. they highlighted some people that have gone in. i think that our country and our constitution has something called freedom of speech. and i think we are in danger of

going too far at times quite frankly. so you shouldn't be allowed in or you shouldn't be precluded from going in. our white house should be open to all americans this president probably goes too far. >> you're not against lobbyists but you do say it's somewhat -- well, it's definitely noticeable how many times a person who gives money to the white house gets visits. for example, let's take a look at this chart. among the donors who gave $30,000 or less, 20% visited the white house. you give $100,000, then you get 75% of those listed of $100,000 gave $100,000 to the obama campaign. get to the white house. so there seems to be a correlation. >> well, here's the problem, brian. i used to be a registered lobbyist. lobbyists serve an important function in washington. i have nothing against lobbyists. the problem is the political problem and it's one of barack obama's own creating. he said that he was not going to

run washington the way it was run in the past. he brought lobbyists in his administration and claimed they weren't lobbyists. he has donors tagging along with lobbyists. now, interestingly, some of these donations were very, very close to the visits that were made and they were involved with decisions, policy decisions that may well have been influenced by those dollars that went into the campaign funds. >> debbie, the -- >> i think that's a problem. >> debbie, the other thing to bring up, while the numbers were available on visits to the white house, the people's names and while the numbers were available on donations it took "the new york times" to cross check both lists to find out the frequency of visits and the amount of giving to the campaign. >> you know, i think a lot of this is very misleading. i know that every time i've been to the white house and been at an event and by the way, i've gone to this white house a lot, less than i did under ronald reagan and both bushes. i think that obamas have gone out of the way to open up the white house to everyday people.

that are not there. but the fact of the matter is this president has passed the most stringent laws and regulations that anybody has seen. he does not take money from lobbyists to his campaign. he's put in tight ethics laws that precludes people who serve in his government from being able to talk to anybody in the areas they've been. i think we have to protect freedom of speech but president obama has gone out of his way to try to change how business is done in this town. >> debbie, as you well know, that money often doesn't go directly into the obama campaign, it goes into other organizations whose purpose it is to support the president's agenda. and i can tell you, i was director of public liaison under president reagan, i set up the kind of meetings that we're talking about. i never knew who was the donor. i never asked. and i was never told. >> debbie dingle and linda chavez, fine debate. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> coming up straight ahead as we move along, we have 2 1/2

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>> time for your shot of the morning. it's amazing they didn't get cold feet. why? an explorer and his girlfriend becoming the first couple to tie the knot at the north pole! the pair wed in a traditional lutheran ceremony. that doesn't sound lutheran to me. i grew up lutheran. anyway, the temperature a cool negative 9.4 degrees. the two were lifted to the pole by helicopter for the special ceremony along with about 30 guests. and a pastor. my grandfather is a lutheran pastor for like 50 years, he luckily never sang. it sounded like that guy was chanting. >> that must have been a big donation to get you to the north pole and the other thing is it's the first time you don't lift the bride's veil and you take off her hood. >> the fact that the apparently first known marriage at the north pole. what about mr. and mrs. santa

claus? >> very good point. >> where did they get married? wasn't it up there? >> who is the -- was it perry that discovered the north pole. >> sir edmond perry? >> that could have been the south pole maybe? >> i don't know. >> was it the south pole? well, north is easy. south was the hard one. >> just go that way. >> i'll google it for you and let you know. small town of woodward, oklahoma, among the hardest hit after nearly 140 tornadoes tore across parts of the heartland over this past weekend. five people lost their lives in woodward, oklahoma, including three small children. these are live pictures right now, many residents were caught off guard when warning sirens failed to sound after lightning disabled the system. >> pretty interesting night. >> what was going on? >> well, it started pretty early yesterday with tornado watches and storms and what have

you and then just tornado after tornado and wave after wave of storms coming straight at us. >> more than 800 residents in woodward are now without power. trucks carrying food, water, cots and other supplies are headed to the area today. coming up at 7:22, less than an hour from right now, our man rick reichmuth will be live in woodward talking to three survivors. look at that mess. >> he admits killing 77 people in a bombing and a shooting rampage in norway last year. but just moments ago, he pleaded not guilty to the massacre. the norway extremist has claimed that the killing spree was necessary because of a civil war against islam in europe. he's expected to testify for five days. but there's concerns he'll just use the time to showcase more of his radical beliefs. >> all right, your tax dollars and jobs going to korean nationals. according to a new report, unions in michigan are furious because two electric car battery companies visited by president obama in 2010 are hiring korean

workers, i assume south korean to fill stimulus jobs. at least 150 korean nationals are said to be working at the plants which received $300 million in stim money. the government is refusing to give the latest totals and only saying that the workers are temporary, legal and have, "unique expertise." gretch? >> looks like bruce springsteen snubing his home state of jersey. governor chris christie pleaded with the boss to perform at the new rebel casino on labor day weekend. looks like that rebel show is a no go. he will hold a show in philly on labor day weekend and he'll play in washington, chicago and east rutherford, new jersey but rebel isn't on the list. springsteen, a democrat, he's criticized the republican governor's budget cut. but christie is a big springsteen fan. and had asked him to do the show to help the state. as we go over to sports, i want to let you know that a century ago, brian, explorer robert perry earned fame for discovering the north pole but

did frederick cook get there first? >> do we have a north pole expert on staff that can look this up while i'm doing the sports? >> joel, it's up to you. >> ok, fine. thank you very much for doing that, gretchen. how did you read the news and google simultaneously? incredible. >> it's called being a mom. >> you asked your son. >> no, you do a lot of stuff at once. >> ok. multitasker. underappreciated. by the way, he's one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history but today, the drama really starts. the government will take its second shot at convicting roger clemens of perjury. his retrial is set to begin in a few hours. he is accused of lying to congress about using steroids and other stuff. the first trial ended in a mistrial the last year. clemens could face over a year in prison if he is indeed convicted. it was far from a warm welcome with tim tebow at yankee stadium. i'm shocked by this. last night, you see him here with dwayne wade of the miami heat. both were wearing yankee hats.

yankee fans, believe it or not, they actually booed tebow when he was shown on the giant video board. mark sanchez not seen at the game. but those fans may be alone whether it comes to tebow because down in florida, a couple of big -- a whopping $100,000 to spend a day with the jets quarterback. it will benefit tebow's charity foundation. if you want to hear more about sports, go to fox and friends.com and click on keeping score and i'll be talking about three things that will fascinate you. >> fantastic. this may fascinate people. three weeks after he had a heart transplant, dick cheney was in attendance over the weekend at the wyoming republican state convention. there he is at the little america hotel and resort. > >> looks great. >> he looked great. his voice was strong. his daughter liz essentially interviewed him and they had a long chat right there. he didn't stumble and what's interesting is he was praising mitt romney and he called our current president of the united states a disaster. >> i can't think of a time when

i thought it was more important for us to defeat an incumbent president than today with respect to barack obama. i think he has been unmitigated disaster for the country. i think to be in a position where he gets four more years in the white house to continue the policies he has both with respect to the economy and tax policy and defense and other areas would be a huge, huge disappointment. >> so dick cheney speaking out as to how he feels and, of course, we hope that he continues to recover. in the meantime, the former t.s.a. chief has written an editorial and it's really blasting the way in which the system currently works. this report says that airport security, big, huge, broken mess and unending nightmare for passengers. and probably the headline is that he says we should just let knives and lighters go right trough and get on board.

>> here's his quote. this is the chief who says this. more than decade after 9/11, it's a national embarrassment that our airport security system remains so hopelessly bureaucratic and disconnected from the people whom it's meant to protect. >> ok, so he's got a five point plan on how to reform and fix airport security. first of all, no more banned items. except for guns and explosives. allow all liquids. >> which means i can get my scope back. >> you can. and your dr. pepper. >> give the officers there in union uniform more flexibility. >> eliminate baggage fees. why? what he's saying is now that you have to pay for your baggage, people are stuffing more things into the carry-on that makes it tougher for the t.s.a. agents to actually see stuff in it when it goes through security and it takes longer. randomize the security so you don't know whether or not you'll be the one -- here's the interesting thing, they want to concentrate on preventing a catastrophic attack as to

opposed just checking all of us 100%. one thing that's not on the list that comes to my mind the first time i see this is why not privatize it? you know a lot of people have said if you privatize t.s.a., it would run like a business instead of a government agency and we've seen over the past couple of decades that private businesses tend to run more efficient than government agencies. >> but -- >> san francisco does. and any state can opt out at any point. there's evidently an application process to opt out of the t.s.a. to do it on their own. >> sure, even if they were to privatize it, what they would do is still be, ok, you have more than 3 ounces of this stuff. this fella goes on to say the way they do it right now, it's like an easter egg hunt where the officers simply are looking for low risk prohibited items. he says let them bring the stuff back. it can't hurt us. >> ok. >> what do you think about that? you can e-mail us, of course, or twitter us as well. we might read your comments later on in the show. coming up a stay at home mom with two kids and 19 years of marriage under her belt weighs

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orlando, florida, for 22 marines returning from afghanistan. what's special about this group? well, despite constantly traveling through i.e.d. filled areas, the entire group is returning home and that is great news. here's more great news. gretch and brian? >> that's right. another emotional homecoming in new haven, connecticut. 31 marines who have been serving in afghanistan since september were greeted by loved ones this weekend. >> got more than a hug from her boyfriend when lance corporal matt fadanar came off the bus, he got down on one knee and proposed to sarah. you're looking at it. >> and lance corporal matt and his fiancee sarah join us right now. good morning and congratulations. >> thank you. >> well, so this was such a surprise. you came home from college in indiana because you wanted to see your boyfriend. he was gone seven months. did you ever in your wildest dreams think this is going to be more life changing than just a homecoming? >> well, i knew that we wanted to get married like soon and

stuff and a proposal may happen at some point but i was not at all thinking at that moment. no. >> i understand you bought the ring, corporal, before you left, correct? >> i did. and then by the time, i guess they were finished making it or what not, i was already gone so my parents had to mail it to me to afghanistan so i could get on one knee first time i saw her when i got back. >> and that bus ride over, did you tell the other guys what you were about to do? were they killing you on the bus? >> yeah, they all knew. they had known for a little while and yeah, they were relentless. >> in a good supporting way. >> yep. >> so speaking of knowing each other, you say, sir, that he pursued you since you were 15? >> yeah, a long time. >> so what was it about sarah that was so irresistable? >> i don't know. and believe it or not, it sounds

really corny but really like the first time i met her, like i developed a crush on her and it was just downhill from there. >> or uphill. >> yeah. >> in a good way. >> but let's set the scene now. so you go out, you get off the bus. and tell me what you did. >> i was actually rushed off the bus. everybody made me get off first so i could go and do this. but i got off the bus and i just immediately started looking for my family and her. and then -- yeah, as soon as i saw her, gave her a huge hug, got down on one knee and -- >> did you ever say yes? >> no, i was just bawling the whole time. like as soon as i saw him, i was just sobbing. >> i guess that means yes. >> yeah. >> one little piece of advice, the idea that your guy planned this like he did, that means good things for the upcoming marriage, i think. when did you think of that when you find out the whole back

story? >> it didn't surprise me. he's awesome like that. so -- >> and corporal, tell me about your time in afghanistan. seven months, you just mentioned to us, pretty intense. >> it was filled with a lot of highs and lows. it was the good times and bad but everybody came home and that's all that matters and we did our job. >> glad you're a marine? >> absolutely. every day. >> staying in? >> yep. >> and you'll be graduating from college. >> yep. >> when is the wedding going to happen? >> soon. >> soon. august. >> make it a surprise again. >> tomorrow, yeah. so she can go back to school and study and concentrate. >> all right. fantastic. congratulations to both of you, matt and sarah. hope you have many, many happy years together. >> thank you. >> thanks. >> democratic strategist hillary rosen said it, stay-at-home mom ann romney never worked a day in her life. our next guest, a stay-at-home mom said that wasn't the worst thing she said. >> as the senate prepares to take up the buffet rule today, and president obama continues to push everyone to give their fair

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>> everybody from republican leaders to the first lady have criticized democrat strategist hillary rosen for saying ann romney has "never worked a day in her life" as a stay-at-home mom. here with his opinion is comedian brad stine who joins us every monday live from nashville. good morning to you, brad. >> good morning. you know, i'm just so proud to be part of this experience with,

you know, the fact that moms, that stay at home apparently don't do anything. if i had told that to my mom, i would have become probably wouldn't be here talking to you this morning frankly because she would have used a hairbrush or something to take care of that problem. >> i understand. now, today, though, you actually brought in a focus group of one, a stay-at-home mom who lives at your house, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome desiree stine who is there in nashville with her husband, brad. good morning, desiree. >> good morning, steve. >> ok, desiree, when you heard hillary rosen say ann romney, stay-at-home mom hasn't worked a day in her life. what did you think of that? >> well, i thought that it was an attack on traditional family, obviously, didn't rick santorum have too many kids? it's nobody's business if she's a stay-at-home mom, first of all, and of course, the woman knows that she's a mother which i believe she is, that it's the hardest thing if you're doing it

even half way right, it's the hardest thing in the world to do. it's a most important thing. i don't want a village raising my children. i'm sure i'm screwing it up. but you know what? i'm giving it my best shot and the stay-at-home mom that i know, not only do they stay at home and work their butts off raising children, they also are married usually, generally speaking, and they're cub scout moms and girl scout moms. and room moms and volunteers, you know, all over the community. so to demean women is just for political purposes and it doesn't help obama, it was pitiful! >> yeah, you know, desiree, you're great talking about this and brad is doing a good job just nodding in agreement which is exactly what he should be doing. >> she knows exactly. and i understand, desiree, when you heard it, you thought what she was saying is stay-at-home moms not important, right?

>> yeah, it devalues women. and i don't understand what her point was except for she's a political pundit and she's coming from the left and, you know, the left wants choice, it's my choice to stay home and raise my kids and i make sacrifices, you know. i could probably have a bigger house. i have a fine house but i could have more, if i didn't have kids, i'm sure you know, i would be a wealthy woman. but in the meantime -- >> and desiree, part of the argument is, you know, the thing is the romneys, they've got so much money. you know, that just puts her in a special category. >> right. well, wasn't she the first lady of massachusetts? i think that's a job, you know. i'm sure that's quite a job and raising children as well. so again, this woman was very ungenuine in her -- in her take. >> let me ask you one quick final question, is stay-at-home mom just a rich person problem? >> well, i mean, i'm

privileged, obviously, that my husband can supply for us that i can stay home, but, you know, i definitely want to say that i think that there's plenty of struggling moms that have to work and they do have to sacrifice and i'm sure if they had the opportunity, they would love to stay home and be with their children. they're not ours forever. they grow up. they're leaving. i've got a 15-year-old that's driving and, you know, it's heartbreaking to know my job is almost over. and i'm grateful i made a choice. >> i think you need to nld, she does laundry, she's a chef, she's a tailor and takes care of my business. today she did my job. here's the problem, she did my job today. now i have to go home and vacuum. so i hope you're happy, steve! >> i am happy. brad and desiree stine, thank you both for joining us live from nashville today. >> my pleasure. that was easy this time. >> that was easy. see you next week. [ chuckles ]

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>> good monday morning, everyone. it's monday, april 16th. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks so much for sharing part of your day with us today. destruction and devastation tearing across america's heartland after 136 tornadoes touched down in just one state. >> i felt that everything like the roof lift and even i lifted a little bit with it and then my ears popped. >> our own rick reichmuth live on the ground in one of the hardest hit communities. we'll go live to him moments away. >> as the senate gets set to vote on the buffet rule today, the president realizing his fair share argument isn't necessarily working. donald trump here to weigh in. >> imagine this, you're taking the car for a test drive. ok. and it suddenly bursts into flames. it happens and we're going to tell you about it and that's not just a kia. that's a really expensive car. what kind? straight ahead, you'll find out on this "fox & friends" live from new york city.

>> nothing worse than borrowing somebody's car and you return the keys to them and -- >> it's on fire. >> a charred hull is all that's left. >> oops. >> the worst is if you don't get permission. good news is if you get permission. >> to drive the car. >> to drive the car. >> ok. that's the bright spot. >> more on that story in a moment. first the headlines, lasts 18 hours, a brazen attack on targets in afghanistan including the u.s. embassy. it was allegedly carried out by pakistani based militants and could spark fresh tensions now between washington and pakistan. one of our crews here at fox news caught in the crossfire. fox news producer and correspondent craig rivera ducking for cover. >> another. two more explosions. we don't know who -- another larger explosion. very significant explosion. numerous explosions, at least eight explosions have occurred

in the past 10 minutes. pointing their weapons at us. >> get back, frank. get back. >> craig and his crew not hurt. by the time the fighting was over, at least 36 taliban fighters, though, were killed along with at least eight afghan soldiers. craig's brother geraldo joins us live from afghanistan coming up next hour 8:00 a.m., failed rocket launch. what failed rocket launch? that's how north korea is acting as it throws a massive national celebration. greg palkot live now in north korea with the very latest. a little spin going on here, right? >> hey, gretchen. it's been a tumultuous weekend here following that failed rocket launch. the new young leader of this country kim jong-un gave a first tough public speech to his people and the regime turned out some tough looking hardware and troops today escorted by government representative, we

got a rare chance to get out among the people here. this is a little bit of what we saw and what we heard. >> to walk the streets of the very well provided for capital of north korea, pyongyang, you can also forget for a moment you are in the middle of a serious geopolitical crisis. it's a holiday on this day. the weather is nice. families are out with their kids for the day out. seemingly oblivious to some very weighty decisions being made in government buildings nearby. >> one decision made, according to the analyst, is to support the lifestyle in this capital at the expense of others in the countryside. we saw signs of it. there's something like a million mobile phones here. though you can't call internationally. fashion looks a bit more up to date to us. there are some more cars, even a few taxis on the street. this reportedly could be causing sort of an us vs. them tension in this country. that leader made some reference

to it this past weekend to improving the lives of the people. but his main message was support for the military and the nuclear program. in our conversations with people, they, too, expressed their own support. gretchen, to hear the fireworks behind us are more tumultuous evening here at pyongyang, in these conversations, we were closely monitored by government representatives. still, it was good to get out with the people who were friendly and maybe deserving of a leadership who have their interests in mind. from the fireworks, back to you. >> wow. what a great shot there. greg palkot, thank you very much for this update. a suspected terrorist goes on trial today accused of planning the september 11th anniversary attack on the subway system. prosecutors say he went to pakistan with two high school friends from queens, new york, so they could get military training from al-qaida. his two friends pleaded guilty and now they're expected to testify against him. talk about a hot ride.

literally. a $376,000 lamborghini burns to the ground in a highway in california, the driver unharmed. get this, it wasn't even his car. he was taking it on a test drive and he says it spontaneously co combusted on when he was trying it out. it was a test drive, guys. >> i wonder if the salesman was right next to him. that's going to be bad when he returns it to the dealer. >> i know, that's why i never drive my lamborghini, afraid to take it out. >> if you're warren buffet, you could have one. >> i thought when the buffet rule was presented, warren buffet was talking about people that make $200 million, the buffet rule as presented today to the senate will be raising the tax rate for all those who make over $2 million. that as proposed by -- by senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island sosh so that's goio

be on the docket. what will it do? >> that's a good question because it's not going to pass. i bet you folks here on the couch a dollar that it will not pass. there are members of the president's own party who are not united behind this but the president has been very effective going across the country and around the world talking about fairness and things like that. and as for those republicans, the president say, who, you know, they say it's just wealth redistribution, he said that's not the case. here's the president in colombia. >> this is not an argument about taking from a to give to b. this is not a redistributionist argument that we're making. we're making an argument about how do we grow the economy so it's going to be prospering in this competitive 21st century environment and the only way we're going to do that is if people like me who have been incredibly blessed are willing to give a little bit back so that the next generation coming along can succeed as well. >> so a couple of points here, the president knows there's

strong public support for this. more than 60% of all americans think this buffet rule should pass because of the way in which he's probably been describing it. another thing is harry reid won't bring up a budget in the senate but he'll bring up this vote today which he knows won't pass either so that's interesting. and isn't this just a political trap for republicans? because this will foster the conversation for the president to be able to go out now throughout the week and forthcoming weeks and be able to say, well, it's the republicans who voted down the idea of being fair in america and the final point is shouldn't we just have tax reform? shouldn't this -- instead of gimmicks, shouldn't we be talking about tax reform? because what's ultimately going to happen here is that these extra wealthy people who have worked really hard to get there, they'll be able to figure out the loopholes so they won't end up paying 30% tax and you're not going to raise $45 billion that doesn't begin to solve our deficit. >> let alone the fact that it's taxing people on capital gains, money they've already earned or been taxed on, there''s a lower rate because the theory is

people take that lower rate and they'll invest it again. something is going to pay the price for this. by the way, i don't think anyone has argued over the next 10 years, this will raise a grand total of $50 billion which does a lot for you individually. for the country, it's like a nickel in your pocket. >> u.s. -- it's a drop in the bucket. the president said people who have been successful like me. interestingly enough, the president of the united states would not be impacted by the buffet rule because he released his taxes on friday and he paid a rate of 20% on income of about $800,000. keep in mind, the threshold would be a million before it kicks in. so even though the president is going around saying, look, wealthy guys like me can afford it, he would not be impacted given what we know right now. and also given the fact they've been very, very vague about the specifics on the buffet rule. >> so chris wallace asked david axelrod yesterday, being the president giving less than

fortunate people are giving. should he kick in more? david axelrod responds. >> i take it he's not going to contribute money to the treasury to help with the deficit. >> listen, that's not the way that we operate our tax system. we don't run bake sales. it's not about volunteerism. we all kick in according to the system and the system allows that -- look, the fact that mitt romney pays 14% on $20 million income is not the issue. issue is that the system permits it and he would perpetuate that and he would enhance it. >> that doesn't go along with the talking point. that doesn't go along with the talking point for people who want to contribute more money to the government. it doesn't work. because really, what this is is an attack against who is likely going to be barack obama's opponent, mitt romney. it fits right into their attack on him because he's extra wealthy and because he only paid, you know, less than 20% on his wealth last year and the year before. this is what this is all about. the fairness argument but really attacking mitt romney. >> it was a brilliant question

by -- by chris wallace because the president actually pays less in taxes than his secretary, anita breckenridge makes about $95,000 a year. and the president pays less than she does so he is making the case why it's not going to work. >> i heard when i was younger, this is what i heard a lot. get away from the boob tube. >> that's right. >> the television. get away from the boob tube. why are you watching television? you can't be watching television even though i dream of jeanie was very interesting. i find the way she's only got major nelson into a problem. >> you were bewitched. >> speaking of boobs, barbara eden. big chest and so did her twin sister. very good. but that's what we always heard but things have reversed, according to this boston globe story today. >> this is so true. kids are now nagging their parents to put away their gadgets that they're so addicted to. when my husband and i first got blackberries, maybe six or seven years ago, we turned them back in to work. because we looked at each other

and thought, this might not be good for our marriage. then we moved out to the suburbs and realized we probably need to have these devices to keep up with everyone else and the very first night my daughter said to me, mama, could you put away that blueberry thing. broke my heart. but now i understand this article. >> yeah, and apparently, you know, while so many parents are going, you got to turn that thing off or stop playing angry birds or something like that, the kids are going, well, wait a minute, you never put that thing away. right now, the percentage of americans who own smartphones is at about half. 46%. now, there's good and bad with this. the smartphones allow a lot of people to be at home with their families but at the same time, the price of being with their family is doing some work. >> now that i'm home, i can ignore you. by the way, they say this is like an addiction where it's almost like a slot machine. you can go through, don't need that, don't need that and the fifth e-mail could be incredibly important. >> they're having a happy sale at overstock.com.

>> they say 10% of the people are addicted to it if not. more. >> i'm surprised it's not more. i fall into that. >> 65% abuse it. >> how many? >> 65% abuse it. >> these guys when i walk into the studio, they sit in chairs on their own black berries. >> blaming it on the crew. >> these guys sit down and they talk on their -- they go on their blackberries and not to each other. >> i wonn worry about the bondif this continues. >> what do you do in tv land at your use to control the usage of the smart phones to have a conversation with someone at your house. >> the first time they saw each other is now on camera. they're so into the devices. >> new things to argue about in households, folks. i know it is. it's happened in mine and everywhere else. coming up, maybe this teacher needs detention. she played hooky and posted

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>> well, we literally brought it up at every hearing the last year and a half, we wanted to see where this funds had its expenditures. i mean, this is basically a slush fund. all of the federal properties that we have across the nation, they pay rent back to the federal government, it goes into this pot so it's outside of the president's budget. it's outside of congress' budget and it sits out there and they've been able to spend lavishly without any control or any transparency. >> interesting thing is that the general services administration, g.s.a., is actually the federal agency that's supposed to set the guidelines for other agencies, do i have that right? >> absolutely. so the real question is not only how much abuse is there in g.s.a.? but does this go throughout the administration? >> so you believe that this could be a culture of waste on the federal level in these agencies, that it wouldn't be an anomaly that it's only the g.s.a.? >> no, absolutely. we want to find out how deep this goes. and we want to actually make sure that we put the changes in

place so it never happens again. but, you know, i just came back from my district where we've got twice the national average on unemployment. and people are outraged. outraged that there can be this much waste? but they could be bragging about it at the same time. >> now, one of the top people at the g.s.a., this jeff neely, we've been reporting that allegedly he went to hawaii on a 10-day trip for a one hour amount of work at a ribbon cutting ceremony. it's my understanding that he will now take the fifth so you are not going to get anything out of him, right? >> well, we're going to continue to subpoena people. we want the facts on how bad this is. how deep it goes and why they actually went against the president who had an executive order out there that there wouldn't be any bonuses and they went out and gave themselves bonuses internally. >> has this been something that has been escalating over the last couple of decades or last couple of years? how do you see it? >> we certainly believe that, you know, from the whistle blowers that we've had come forward, they've told us that

this is something that's happened over the last couple of years. it continues to escalate. i mean, certainly the las vegas vacation and the hawaii and palm springs, some of these lavish trips that they've had have been pretty expansive but we really don't know and we're going to dig deep and find out how deep it goes and how much abuse has been out there and make sure that we make the changes so it's transparent in the future. >> it's so ironic since we've been talking so much about the national deficit for the last couple of years and to see this kind of waste, a lot of americans are angry about it. congressman jeff denham, republican from california. thanks for your time today. >> thank you. >> we've been talking about it for months and today, the buffet rule goes to the senate. rich guy donald trump joins us with the warning. and our own rick reichmuth live on the ground in oklahoma. rick, you have a pretty incredible interview coming up, right? >> yeah, you know, tornado coming through woodward, oklahoma, it also was prom night and an off prom party turned into a red cross rescue center. we'll talk with some of the parents and one of the students

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>> talk about extreme weather. five states hit with 136 tornadoes in just one weekend. the town of woodward, oklahoma, one of the hardest hit, those tornadoes killed at least five people including three children and wiped out entire neighborhoods. >> but out of the devastation an incredible story of strength and survival. >> fox news chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is live there on the ground in woodward. i talked to my dad last night in abilene, kansas, he was in the storm cellar all weekend long from sun up right through the middle of the night. >> yeah, good thing because there were such severe storms. i just talked with the mayor of

woodward and the fatality count has gone up to six, according to the mayor hill. he says there was one person who was in critical condition and had been transferred to a hospital in amarillo and he has passed away so that number now from woodward coming up to six. these horrible stories like that and then you start to hear other stories of survival and the community coming together and we have one of those here. i'm joined by stan and laura denison, it was prom night on saturday night. and you know, you think of that as one of those kind of hallmarking times in a student's life. you guys in this community have an after prom party going at that point. tell me what that evening was like. >> it started out we were watching storms, the first set of storms had went through and so we -- you know, we were geared up at after prom and we thought all the storms had went away and we had, you know, the karaoke machine going and we had the party getting ready to start and a group of parents about, you know, 40 volunteers because

it is a community thing that we do and sponsored by the parents, and, you know, then the tornado warning started sounding. and we already had some students that had already showed up and so we started taking, you know, our tornado precautions and we just went over to the safe shelter and , you know, started waiting out the storm. >> stan, tell me, you've got all of this food and all of these, you know, preparations for what's going to be a party. that place now is a red cross shelter, so tell me what happens then. >> well, obviously, when the kids -- we were all out of there and real quickly the red cross notified us that they needed that building. and it was plum full of all kinds of stuff for after prom so the parents started tearing down and we moved everything out, red cross showed up. started laying out cots and getting ready for all the families and then we couldn't get power back out there so immediately, they had to make a move and go somewhere else. but one of the blessings that the after prom party was able to provide was we had enough food

and drink for 500 people and we just handed it over to the red cross. >> that's amazing. logan, you've got all of your kids from your school. you're going to your first prom. what are all the kids thinking right now and what are they doing? >> well, immediately after prom, we left to go get changed for the after prom, you know. and i was headed back out to where it was going to be and my mom started calling me freaking out, you know, just like any mom would. and i didn't realize at the time how close it was to me. and really, it was really close. >> you said you drove right by here just minutes before the tornado came through. >> yeah, just right by here and minutes before, and finally i got there and got to shelter and was safe, you know. >> you guys tell me about the community. is everything -- what's happening now, yesterday, the day -- obviously the first day of it happening, are people out helping each other and doing work? is there a lot to be done? >> well, yesterday, there was

tons of work going on and tons of people helping. it was really a true blessing, you know. and just everybody doing all they can to help each other out and come together through this. >> all right. guys, best of luck to you. good news that you guys all got out of this safely and people remember their proms always and you're going to remember yours just a little bit differently. all right, guys, we'll seasoned it back to you inside. >> all right, rick reichmuth live in woodward, oklahoma where he just gave us breaking news. the death toll up one now to six. >> all right. 3 minutes before the bottom of the hour. it's his job to recommend economic policies to the president. what's happened when they fail? can you say blame game? >> blame game. >> if he had more support from his opponents in congress, we could have had more things passed that would put more people back to work more quickly. >> donald trump joins us next. he's fired celebrities for making excuses instead of taking responsibility. >> plus, something else all together?

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fork stuck in the road ♪ ♪ time grabs you by the wrist and directs you where to go ♪ >> ♪ make the best of this known as why ♪ >> ♪ it's not effective but it's die ♪ >> ♪ it's always unpredictable but in the end what's right this campaign was the time of my life ♪ >> funny there they are, the guys and gals who ran for president once upon a time on the republican side having the time of their lives now that they are out. >> herman cain, though, his just due, we actually heard him sing and we heard romney sing. >> if you have a good voice, not going to be funny. donald trump, we don't know what kind of singing voice that donald trump has but donald trump joins us right now. donald, is it true, sir, that you did host "saturday night live"? >> i did host "saturday night live," yes. >> having said that, would you recommend that mitt romney say yes to the invitation for him?

reportedly, he was offered that gig. should he take it? >> well, i think it would be ok. he's actually got a great personality and a sense of humor. i think it would be ok. a little bit different but i think it wouldn't be bad for him actually. >> remember when rudy giuliani, though, put on a dress and -- >> i think you can use discretion. that's true. and it was unfair because it haunted rudy for years to come. so you have to be a little bit careful but i think he'd do very well, actually, if he did it. >> so, i mean, if the writers wrote all bad material for him, that would be the downside but the upside, sir, would probably be that a lot of people who watch that show and a lot of younger kids would see mitt romney being funny and that would be very helpful. >> you know, when i did it, they gave me about 35 different skits and i could pick the ones that i wanted. so you can use discretion and you can, you know, make it funny and make it good but you don't want pictures that the president is going to use on the candidate. >> i know, isn't it interesting that we're discussing in 2012 that presidential candidates are going to host "saturday night live"? i mean, where have we come?

i guess, because maybe we don't want to pay attention to what's actually happening to our country so let's go back to treasury secretary tim geithner, he has a theory, donald, about why or who is to blame for the bad economy. listen to this. >> what happened was the crisis in europe in 2010 and 2011 and then the crisis in japan and then the oil shock caused growth to slow and then in 2011, it was made worse by all the political drama around the debt limit which was very damaging to confidence. >> he had more support from his opponents in congress, then we could have got more things pass that had would have put more people back to work more quickly. >> sounds like he's blaming a lot of other factions and groups of people, donald, but isn't it the job of the treasury secretary to come up with policies that they -- he then recommends to the president? >> the interesting thing about that clip is the one thing he's not blaming is the fact that they didn't cut expenses. i mean, expenses are going crazy and rampant and nobody is cutting expenses so you can't

have much of an economy when we're having $16 trillion in debt and it's going to $21 trillion in the near future. somebody has to take responsibility and saying it's time to start cutting. >> this guy wouldn't last a week on "celebrity apprentice" but as treasury secretary, he doesn't take responsibility for anything. >> he's in a position that he has to justify the job he's done and you can't blame him. he's not going to stand up and say everything is my fault. maybe it would be good if he said certain things could have worked out better but the big thing is they are not cutting expenses. >> no, they're not. and you would have fired him by now, right? >> he would have been fired. >> let's talk a little bit about what's going on on capitol hill today. it sounds like the senate is going to bring up the so-called buffet rule where people making -- and this particular version, they're going to vote on, people making more than $2 million so it would impact you. would pay a minimum of 30%. why is the president pushing

this so hard? you know, originally, they said this is going to reduce the deficit. now we know it's not going to really reduce the deficit. >> it's very, very little money involved and a lot of people think the money raised will be offset by the lack of jobs that are going to be caused by something like this so the money raised will be very, very little. i was actually surprised to see how little. not even to a point where it matters for the most part. >> $46 billion over 10 years. it's a fraction but here's the thing, donald, doesn't this just encourage people who have been successful in our nation to find more loopholes when it comes to doing their taxes every year. >> or go some place else. >> shouldn't we be talking about tax reform? >> we have people leaving the nation, international businessmen and people that are leaving the nation to go to other places because they can do better in those places. i'm not saying these are great loyalists but they're leaving a country to go to other countries. that's what they do. they're business machines. and we drive people out.

we already have the highest tax rate there is from a corporate standpoint and probably from almost every other standpoint. so if he wants to keep raising taxes, i think that's fine. but people are going to lead, people have lots of choices. they could go elsewhere. >> uh-huh. what happens if -- this is not going to pass today, they're not going to get the 60 votes in the senate. senator schumer says they're going to hammer this through the summer. are republicans playing into president obama's trap? >> well, i think this is really just the populist thing that obama is doing and he's trying to do it. it meets with a certain amount of popularity from a purely political standpoint very good, the republicans are going to have to be on their game. if they're not on their game, they'll have a hard time because these are the kinds of things that are bad for the country but they play fairly well. >> and you just said fairly. that's what the president is pushing between now and the election is fairness. and yet, mr. trump, you know, about half the country doesn't pay federal income tax. is that fair?

>> no, it's not and in fact, it's even more than that, as i understand it. and it's not fair. a large, large percentage do not pay and it's interesting that he uses the name buffet. because buffet has locked into a huge tax dispute right now having to do with net jets where they're trying to get close to a half a billion dollars of taxes he didn't pay and it's sort of an interesting thing. we're using the buffet rule but he's involved in one of the largest tax disputes in the country and, you know, there's a whole thing going on there. >> just like singing the praises of jon corzine knowing that he's basically mired in one of the worst scandals around. >> got to get you to "the apprentice" last night, let's look at who got fired. >> wouldn't you say in retrospect and knowing after our discussion how good the executives would be that you should have probably bought arsenio back. i know you like him. i know you think he's -- i do, too. >> i don't agree with that. i didn't look at it that way. but the problem is that you're

the project manager and you lost and you didn't bring arsenio back. paul, you're fired. >> oh, and i love that guy. >> that must have been tough. >> i do, too. he's great. he's a great guy and very tal en -- talented guy actually. >> did he offer to make you a chopper? >> he did one. it's in the lobby of trump tower right now. it's the best one i've -- it's the best one he's ever done. it's in the lobby of trump tower on 57th and 5th. it's an incredible chopper. >> can you ride a motorcycle? >> no. in fact, i said to him, do you think i could -- this thing has like it 2 50 horsepower. this thing is like a monster. paul, do you think you could teach me to ride it? have you ever driven a motorcycle before? he said this is not a good starter. >> all right, donald. have a great week and we'll touch base with you next week. >> thank you very much. >> the norway extremist says he massacred 77 people in a rampage last year in self-defense?

flashing a closed fist salute and then shaking hands with prosecutors in court this morning as his trial gets under way. his antics continued saying he doesn't recognize the power of norweigian courts. he previously said the killing spree was necessary because of a civil war on islam and europe. none of the victims were muslim, though. he also claims that he's part of a radical militant group modelled on medieval crusaders. >> for john edwards, it will be a try by jury. legal experts say his attorneys are having a hard time finding jurors who aren't sickened by his actions. the former democratic presidential candidate on trial accused of illegally using about a million dollars in campaign funds to cover up his affair with his prepping nant mistress, rielle hunter. and the witness list reads like something out of a soap opera. star witness, his mistress rielle hunter herself. >> all right, steve, a new york city teacher giving a lesson on how not to call out sick. she allegedly posted photos of

herself on vacation in puerto rico soaking in the sun. while she was supposed to be working. a facebook profile blew her cover. according to "the new york post," she's one of the 120 school employees accused of improper facebook usage. not known which punishment, if any, she is facing. >> have to go back instead. >> no one should like that posting. >> don't people think things through? i'm not supposed to be here. let's post a picture. >> it's like this. it's like you call in sick but then you go in your backyard for a barbecue. no one will see you. that's how they feel, facebook is so private but yet it's so public. >> let this be a lesson, folks. >> all right. 18 minutes before the top of the hour. speculation of them getting married has been running for years. now we have a ring, which celebrity this bling belongs to. boy, that's a big one, too. >> plus the president promised not to take money from lobbyists but a new report revealing he's actually doing just that? >> first trivia question of the

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>> 45 minutes after the top of the hour. couple of quick headlines for you now. check it out. angelina jolie's new engagement ring up close. brad pitt reportedly took one year to design it. the two apparently already planning their wedding ceremony for this summer in france. why not? they've only been dating and had children together for seven years. and your baby's sleep might not suffer just because you like a cup of coffee. new study out of brazil found drinking a modest amount of caffeine during pregnancy or breast-feeding did not affect infants' sleep patterns. interesting. steve? >> thank you, gretch.

a "new york times" investigation claims access to the obama white house is directly correlated to the amount of money people donate to the democrats. former rhode island congressman patrick kennedy who donated over $35,000 to the president's re-election campaign is even quoted describing the system as quid pro quo, you know, something for something. fox news legal analyst peter johnson jr. joins us live. quid pro cash. >> that means tit for tat. i rub your back and you rub mine. i'll give you this and you give me something in return. it's a rare look at presidential politics in 2012 and really an astonishing look. when you look at the numbers "the time" have compiled, if you gave $30,000, you have a 20% chance of going to the white house. $30,000 to the president's campaign interests. but if you give $100,000, then you've got a 75% chance of being invited to the white house and

what "the times" discovered is a correlation between giving money and giving large amounts of money to the white house campaigns. and then being invited to the white house to meet with the president and meet with other policy leaders in america. and so there seems to be a disconnect based upon "the times" story. this notion of fairness, this notion of the 99%, this notion of equality and redistribution, but it appears that there is a pay to play system at least for visits to the white house. no one has said there's anything illegal about this at all. >> but it does -- >> but it opens up the curtains. >> it does and that's not fair. it's not fair if you've got to what looks like pay a lot of money for access. >> and it's incredible what former congressman patrick kennedy said of rhode island, son of ted kennedy. he said that there is quid pro quo but let me read out what he says, i know that they looked at the reports, he said referring to records of campaign

donations. they're my friends anyway but it won't hurt when i ask them for a favor if they don't see me as a sloufrp. at the end of the day, i want to make sure i do my part. so what he's saying and he used to head up a congressional donation committee for the democrats, is that the personnel in the white house look at the reports to see, ok, pat, you gave $38,500, let's talk to you. or you, mr. kerimn maddux, you gave $27,000, we'll let you represent the los angeles m.t.a. and then you can come in and have direct access to the white house and work for m.t.a. projects in los angeles. and so it really does open the curtain, open this veil of secrecy we didn't know about. we knew about the clinton lincoln bedrooms and knew about what richard nixon said about, perhaps, buying ambassadorships but now in this atmosphere of equity and fairness to say, oh, give x and you got a 75% chance

of coming to the white house. >> you know, you summed it up perfectly. it's not fair! and that guy is a kennedy and he's got to worry about if i've given enough. >> no proof of illegality but when you start pulling it back further, i'm probably not going to be surprised what you'll see. >> and it's from "the new york times." peter johnson jr., thank you very much. >> ok. >> straight ahead, have you met the meat men? >> my dad taught me everything i know about being a butcher. >> i come from a long list of family members that are all in the meat business. going back to a great grandfather, grandfather and all my uncles. we think vietnamese man -- >> the new reality stars out to show america how meat becomes your meal. good morning, guys. you're next. first on this date in 1991, "you're in love" by wilson phillips our buddies number one song in the u.s.a. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition?

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>> answer to the trivia question -- it's a stunner. kareem abdul-jabbar and the winner is dan from illinois who never changed his name. >> my dad taught me everything i know about being a butcher. >> i come from a long list of family members that are all in the meat business. going back to a great grandfather, grandfather and all my uncles. we think being a meat man is this. >> mark is the front of the house. mark makes all the deals for the company. >> did you place an order with pat yesterday? no. ok, so what do you need? >> he does all the buying, he does the selling and interacts with the customers. >> i would love to sell it to you at $1.99, jim. do you think i'm getting rich on this? >> that's a look at "meat men" a new reality show that takes the viewers behind the scenes of a family-run butcher business.

we're joined -- it's going to be on the food network and we're joined by, you're seeing him, pat lafrieda jr. and pat lafrieda sr. as well as mark pastor, you're working on the phones. >> once removed, i do the phones and do a lot of the front of the house interaction. >> can we remove the once removed? isn't he basically family? >> he's family. it's hard to work with family, though. that's where all the fun comes. >> i keep trying to remove myself and they keep pulling me back in. >> did you ever say to yourself when you're picking up this skill and becoming a butcher, this would be a great tv show? >> well, never realized we would get this far and this show would make such a big hit but it's surprising that we did come this far, you know, and working with my nephew and my son, we're three different guys doing three different types, that's why we get along so good. we each got a different type of job that we do and that's why we

do so well. >> and pat, can i jump ahead a little bit? one of the reasons why the show might work is because you guys are different and the family tension that people can relate to. >> working in the family business and anyone that's ever done that knows how difficult it is. we get along a lot better now than we -- we're 24 hours, so if i work all night, my dad works all morning and mark works all day. when the three of us clash together, it's very interesting. >> and is there pressure to get sales from meat? >> there is a lot of pressure. i always say to myself, i want to try to bring us nationwide. and, you know, me and pat are pushing that and the old man is happy to be where we are right now. he's kind of the anchor behind this and we do have really three different types of personalities and that's what makes it fun. >> so i worked at a meat store my senior year in high school and i was so freaked out by it, i haven't had meat in 20 years. when you jam that stuff in the chopped meat and you sit in the refrigerator with that apron on, some people run from it. you stayed with it, pat. what's the magic of meat?

>> well, we're proud of what we do. so when we're making the product, you know, we're so proud of what we put out, that, you know, that makes it so much more interesting in what we're doing, that we know when we're sending it out, that person is going to be happy. >> what is this? >> that's a huge porterhouse steak. >> and this is? >> a domestic lamb rack. >> we get to keep it or not? >> yes. all this meat stays here. >> mark, pat and pat, great. congratulations on "meat men" and we'll be watching on the food network at 11:00 and it premieres tonight. >> thank you. >> thanks, guys. >> thanks for having us. >> coming up straight ahead, the fountain of youth in your fridge? that's right, the five foods you need to eat to ward off father time. and then did you see chris wallace interview obama advisor david axelrod yesterday? there was some serious fireworks on the issue of the economy. dana perino here to define the fireworks. i believe she's in our green room. which is red. a few things with fiona. how would you describe the event? it's big.

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>> gretchen: good morning, everyone. it's monday, april 16.

i hope you had a great weekend. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing participate of your dare with us. america's heartland, scene of destruction and devastation. 136 tornadoes touched down in just one state. >> didn't know what to think at first. everything with a we've ever worked for right here is all gone. >> gretchen: our own rick reichmuth live on the ground in one of the hardest hit communities. we'll talk to him live soon. >> steve: meanwhile, is david axelrod the new face of the romney campaign? president obama's top campaign advisor says we're on the wrong economic road right now. doesn't he know his boss is driving the car? how bad of a blunder is it? dana perino standing by with her reaction. she'll be with us very shortly. >> brian: is the fountain of youth in your refrigerator. we'll hear the five foods to keep you looking and feeling as good as you look right now. like, for example, chocolate. we gave away one.

"fox & friends" starts right now >> steve: you eat chocolate, you can stop the clock? >> brian: i'm not going to give it all away 'cause it's a tease. >> steve: we have five items. that's one of them. >> brian: we'll say that. it's definitely not kale. >> steve: it's definitely not pizza. >> gretchen: nope. something to do with chocolate. first, your headlines. we start with the severe weather alert. minutes ago, the mayor of woodward, oklahoma confirming that one more person was killed after nearly 136 violent twisters tore through the heartland this weekend that. brings the death toll there to six. earlier we talked to two people who were at an after prom party during the storm. >> the tornado warnings started sounding and we already had some students that had already showed up and so we started taking our

tornado precautions and we went over to the safe shelter and started waiting out the storm. >> i was headed back up to where it was going to be and my mom started calling me, freaking out, just like any mom would. i didn't realize at the time how close it was to me. >> gretchen: shear a live look at the scene now in woodward. our rick reichmuth is there now and will have a live report for us in 30 minutes. here in new york, a suspected terrorist goes on trial today accused of planning the september 11 an verse real estate attack on -- anniversariry attack on the subway. he went to pakistan with two high school friends from queens, new york so they could get military training from al-qaeda. these two friends plead guilty and are expected to testify against him. late last night, president obama weighing in on the alleged prosecution scandal involving members of the secret service. >> if it turns out that some of the allegations that have been made in the press are confirmed,

then of course i'll be angry. we're representing the people of the united states. when we travel to another country, i expect us to observe the highest standards because we're not just representing ourselves. >> gretchen: 11 secret service agents allegedly had prostitutes at their hotel in colombia. a dispute started after one agent refused to pay for extra people in his room. only 47 bucks is the disputed amount. they're an administrative leave. those are your headlines. >> brian: a fox news alert. afghanistan president karzai saying a massive taliban attack that lasted over 18 hours shows a failure by nato intelligence officers. geraldo rivera joins us live in kabul with the latest on the aftermath after a brilliant show last night, what can you update us with? >> well, first of all, i want to say that i owe you an apology.

let me get to that tend of the report. it has been an incredible 24 hours here in the battered afghan capital. kabul, beginning at 1:45 on sunday afternoon was hit by incredible barrages of rockets and machine gun fire. there were bombs going off. amazing anarchy here as the attackers chose to sit the german embassy, british embassy, american embassy, where i was and other points around the city. it was a massive coordinated attack not just here in kabul, but in many of the prevential capitals in the eastern side of afghanistan. the firing would go on all day long and all night long. it only ended, brian, gretchen, and steve, just before dawn today, monday, with a final

brutal assault on the attackers. what happened was they holed up in the half built apartment buildings where construction was ceased because the economy has tanked here. so in those structures, in those concrete skeletons of buildings, these fighters would store their ammunition and they would fire almost at random. it turned out after they were interrogated, 38 were dead. those who were captured said they weren't taliban. they were members of the haqqani network. viewers of "fox & friends" on sunday morning already knew that because ambassador ryan crocker told me to discard the taliban's claims of responsibility. he thought it was the haqqani criminal network here, ambassador crocker here. >> we bargained for when we scheduled this interview. >> we wouldn't want --

>> what do we have going? >> again, it's a confused situation. these things are. they do appear to be multiple sources of attack, one southeast of here that we know of. reports of parliament receiving some rocket fire. also reports of attacks in several of the provinces. again, in the smoke, dust, confusion of this kind of world, it will take a while to sort this out. i've been in touch with my friend and battle buddy, general allen. all our folks are accounted for and safe. really don't know what's going on around town. the afghan security forces are the ones responding to this, as they did in similar attacks. they seem to be getting it under

control. >> the good news, most of the bloodshed was theirs. the bad news, they could still coordinate a widespread attack like this. so the future of this country still extremely shaky. back to you, brian, steve, and gretchen. >> brian: all right. great job. of course, craig right in the middle of things when things broke out. that was great show you had last night. let's bring in dana perino. >> hello. >> brian: getting set for "the five" in 30 hours. >> it takes me several hours. >> gretchen: let's talk about david axelrod yesterday. he was on fox news sunday with chris wallace. it seemed for a moment, and i had to stop and really listen to it again, did he endorse mitt romney when he said this? >> the choice in this election is between an economy that produces a growing middle class and that gives people a chance to get ahead and their kids a chance to get ahead, and an economy that continues down the road we're on, where fewer and fewer number of people do very well and everybody else is running faster and faster just

to keep pace. >> i think they would listen and say there is nothing wrong with that. but you couldn't make the case and a lot of people did immediately, say oh, okay. that's actually what we are all on the republican side been talking about. they're going to want to change from the last three years. i had a theory when i was white house press secretary, nothing good ever happens on the sunday shows. and so yesterday i thought they had a pretty bad day because even when david axelrod talked about lobbying, he seemed to make the case again that the republicans were making. >> steve: is it working? >> it is not -- the numbers are going totient up. even though president obama this last week in some of the polls, except fox news poll that came out later in the week, it's a little neck in neck. if you look at the battle ground states, obama slightly ahead of romney. they've had a bad couple of weeks. i would predict in the next six to eight weeks, there is not that much longer to go until the election -- romney will definitely pull ahead and be the front runner in the race, which is, remember, where president

obama said he wanted to be. said he wants to be the underdog in this collection. >> brian: he'll be happy about it. what is the best strategy for paul ryan is that comes out with a plan that says this is our vision for future. it's very detailed and there is ripe for the picking for the opponents. >> democrats have poll tested it and say it is one of the most toxic things they have seen in years and they are excited 'cause they have something to fight against. the problem is if the republicans fall into the trap of being defensive. i think they should say, at least we've got a plan. might not be perfect, but it's a start. and it's a way to get at reforming the system so we have a safety net that we protect for people going forward. that's what compassion is about. not pretending there is not a problem. i think that they should take the paul ryan budget and if they're going to embrace it, fully did so and promote it actively. >> steve: what's curious is the fact that when it comes to the senate democrats, they've had a chance for over, what, 1,000

days to even bring up a budget and they have not done that. >> they have not. they're going to do the buffet rule today which will zero. this is not going to have an effect on the deficit. it's just purely it make a point. but interestingly, i saw today a headline that kent conrad, a democrat, senator from north dakota head of the budget committee, looks like he wants to move a budget. this is his last year. they think it might be because he wants to leave a good legacy. i would imagine there is a lot of other senate democrats and house democrats saying what are you doing? we don't want to do that. >> brian: a couple weeks ago he didn't say that. >> gretchen: because it's interesting harry reid would not -- he's not brought a budget to the table forbe the last three years, blue bring this buffet tax that he knows will fail. >> right. it's so purely political. across the board, if you've talked to any business people, they're so dismayed. why can't they have some certainty about what the tax code is going to be? why canty something about the

outrageous rate of growth and entitlement spending that we should be able to preserve if we were willing to do a little reform now rather than take -- >> gretchen: mitt romney should take tax reform under his belt. >> there is another report that he'll go further and revise his plan. so we'll have to see. >> brian: i want to bring to you dick cheney. three weeks after getting a brand-new heart, he was out talking politics. watch. >> i can't think of a time when i felt it was more important for us to defeat the incumbent president than today with respect to barak obama. i have think he has been an unmitigated disaster for the country. i think to be in a position where he gets four more years in the white house to continue the policies he has, both with respect to the economy and tax policy and defense and so many other areas would be a huge,

huge disappointment. >> steve: he looks great. >> i would imagine that the white house probably thought they were never going to have to deal with dick cheney again. he's like a cat. he keeps coming back. he is a life long public servant. he feels very strongly about the country, his views, and his grandchildren because he thinks that this election is not just about the next four years. but really about the next generation or even beyond that because the decisions we'll make as a country as to what kind of country we're going to have and how we'll pay for it, that he came out now is interesting. in 2009 and 10, remember when vice president cheney was going to talk about in particular anti-terror tools? and then the white house would look for opportunities for president obama to counter them and then the white house lost every single time? i would imagine they hope he's going to spend more time in wyoming and not be on tv. >> steve: we're going to spend time watching you on tv at the fife. >> i'll be there. got your popcorns ready? >> steve: almost supper time. >> brian: geraldo rivera said something at thend of his --

beginning of his show from afghanistan. here is his apology. we had that big fight on the couch. i said the pullout should be 24014 to get it done so the army can get their way. he says forget it. pull out now. 2013 is fine. he now agrees with me. >> gretchen: that's a news alert. >> brian: i believe so. >> gretchen: all right. thanks for clarifying that. >> gretchen: coming up, liberal groups shaking down some of america's most prominent countries for trying to be successful without unions. we're talk being coca-cola and mcdonald's. so where is the outrage on that one? >> steve: then the gsa spending your tax dollars on rap videos like this one, bragging about how they would never get caught. guess what, they got cght. that agency in the hot seat on capitol hill today. we have a preview. there it is. i'm more active, , and i switched to one a day women's active metabolism, ♪

>> brian: liberal groups shaking down some of america's most

prominent companies for trying to be successful without unions. we're talking coca-cola, mcdonald's. so where is the outrage? >> steve: joining us now is wisconsin lieutenant governor rebecca clayfish joinings from milwaukee. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: we've got a graphic that shows some of the big companies that have severed ties with alec. coca-cola, kraft, mcdonald's, wendy's, mars, and others. they've severed the ties, what's alec and why have they suffered ties? >> it does student like there is a power play. i'm familiar with alec because my husband is a state legislator in wisconsin and there are a lot of people, mostly on the other side, our opponents who believe in is a group that by their mailings and by their phone calls and by their discussions with lawmakers, that they are somehow the great influencers in these minds of leaders who have been elected by the taxpayers in their states. that's a sad shame that folks

don't believe that these elected leaders, these legislators from around the country can think independently. think for themselves and for their constituents. so i think that this type of boycott is a real sad shame. i think boycotts in general are a real sad shame because we saw one in wisconsin as well. all of our big labor union bosses got together and they put out this laundry list of companies whose employees supported the governor and myself. whose employees endorsed fiscal responsibility and said listen, unless you divorce yourself from saying that governor walker and lieutenant governor clayfish are doing a good job, we think you should be boycotted. i understand that people vote with their wallets and that is our prerogative as americans, but what does that do for jobs. >> brian: you're working hard to avoid recall. the recall is coming in june. you along with -- >> indeed. >> brian: you and others could be recalled in this election.

you believe it's important and second ohm to the presidential. why? >> i do. because wisconsin is a harbinger. we are a canary in the coal mine and sounding the alarm across this country right now that if we allow the big union bosses, this big special interest to wrestle control of the steering wheel of our government and sometimes our economy in wisconsin, away from the taxpayers, we are in serious jeopardy for not just our future and our livelihoods, but also the futures and livelihoods out of our kids. if it can hatch in wisconsin, it can happen in any state of the country. we can not allow one big special interest to take over our government. and that's what we are looking at. that is what is at stake in these recall elections. so we need your help. >> steve: i know that you and the governor feel that if you are recalled and democrats take your jobs, then nobody will ever take on the unions and special interests. >> oh, goodness no. and that is a deep fear i think

within taxpayers and within all of the political watchers across the country who have their eyes focused on wisconsin right now because if it can happen in wisconsin, it can happen anywhere. >> brian: all right. thanks so much. good luck the rest of the way and we'll be talking to you again as you get ready for recall in june. thanks. >> sounds good. thank you. >> brian: coming up. >> steve: your tax dollars and stimulus money going to create jobs for foreign workers. wait until you hear this. >> brian: stop the search, the fountain of youth is in your fridge. the five foods that will keep you looking young next. ♪

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alert. we have just learned one runway at london datwick hundredway shut down after smoke was detect ed. the plane was evacuated. there are reports some passengers suffered from smoke inhalation. we will keep you updated as soon as more details from london. we're being told the lockerbie bomber may be close to death. a relative of megrahi claiming he's in critical condition. there was global outrage when he was released from prison in 2009. officials had said he had cancer and just three months to live. but that was years ago. gretch, brian? >> gretchen: you don't need botox or surgery to look and feel young. turns out all you need to do is add five super foods to your diet. >> brian: wow. here to show us which foods are best for you and for us, nutritionist to the stars, dr. oz garcia.

>> brian: you boiled it down to five ways. >> there are many foods functional that actually reduce aging. these are five that we're going to talk about this morning. >> gretchen: start with spinach. >> spinach is high in vitamin k, good for bones reduces osteoporosis. and risk of macular degeneration. this is a super food. really good for your vision. >> brian: is it how you make it important? >> i think that when you cook it, stir fried, steam it, you release the nutrients in there. a little better for you when you do that. but vitamin k becomes available when you cook it. >> gretchen: very interesting. now, curry powder. why would that make somebody younger? >> this is remarkable. rich in tumeric, high in a nutrient good for your heart, reduces the risk of your brain aging. they find it may improve intelligence as the years go on. it may also protect against cancer.

>> brian: where what do you put that on? >> it's specifically used in indian food. it has a great flavor if you put it on rice, vegetables. >> gretchen: tomatoes? >> high in lycopene. it's one of the most important antioxidants. it reduces the risk of different kinds of cancers. it seems to reduce the risk of sun damage on your skin. studies that indicate that it will reduce sun damage. >> brian: almonds? >> high in calcium, vitamin e. as you get older, vitamin e levels drop. it's important to stay coordinated. older people that have low levels aren't so well focused. by introducing almond, they'll actually find their way around much better, improve focus, et cetera. >> brian: as opposed to a supplement? >> different than a supplement. if you want to go with the food, you go with this. otherwise there are different kinds of vitamin e. there are 12 kinds that i like. but in particular is the best one. >> gretchen: we end with

dedesert. dark clock mate? >> it's -- chocolate. >> it reduces high blood pressure. it reduces risk of heart disease. seems to do something for the brain when you eat it regular. small amounts seems to improve your mood. >> brian: sounds like endorsed by hersheys. >> anti-aging food. >> gretchen: he said it improves your mood. >> brian: yes. that's when i need. i'm in a good mood because you're here. >> thank you very much. >> gretchen: did you know gas prices have gone up 115% since the arrival of hope and change? our own eric bolling has a plan to ease your pain at the pump. >> brian: rick reichmuth live in oklahoma. you're about to get an update from the mayor. right? >> yeah. been 30 hours since the tornadoes struck and there is new information about the death toll, as well as some of those who are critically injured. we'll talk with mayor hill coming up right after the break.

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>> gretchen: time for your shot of the morning. a whole new take on you scratch my back and i'll scratch yours. look at these two. the dog scratching the cat. seems to enjoy it and annoyed when the dog stops. after a while, the itch must have been scratch because the cat seems to have had enough. >> brian: cats and dogs playing together. never thought it would happen.

>> gretchen: get out of here. little kick in the face. very cute. >> brian: is that real? >> steve: fantastic. >> brian: now to your headlines. in a few hours o'clock the house oversight committee will hold its first hearing on the gsa spending spree. several current and former members of the agency are on the witness list. i don't think i've seen this one. including former administrator martha johnson n charge when the agency blew $820,000 on a conference near las vegas. jeffrey neily, expected to take the fifth. chairman issa says neily should still answer some questions. >> our questions for neily and others will have to do not just about this one event, but about the culture at the gsa and how we change it. we believe that neily should be able to answer at least some of those questions and we're hoping he will. >> brian: maybe rap about it. the oversight comment is one of four panels investigating the gsa. good luck. >> steve: meanwhile, norway

extremist anders behring breivik appear not guilty court this morning as his trial gets underway there. he admits he killed 77 people in last year's massacre, but says it was self-defense. huh? a closed fist salute and shook hands with prosecutors. he didn't stop there and said he refused to recognize the power of norwegian courts. oh, good. he leavely said the killing spree was necessary because of a civil war on islam in europe. none of his victims, however, were muslim. he also claimed he's part of a radical militant group based on medieval crusaderses. >> brian: how could they shake his hand? >> steve: okay. >> gretchen: who says romance is dead? daughter homecoming, a girl got more than a hug from her marine boyfriend. he came off the bus, got down on one knee and proposed. they joined us earlier to talk about the big surprise. >> by the time i guess they were finished making it, i was

already gone and then so my parents to mail it to me in afghanistan so i could get on one knee. >> gretchen: what did you think of that when you found out the whole back story, all the work that went into it? >> it doesn't surprise me. he's awesome like that. >> gretchen: good to know they think each other is awesome 'cause they're getting married. they plan to marry soon. >> brian: that's good news from the show. the bad news happens to be the reporting from this damaged land in iowa. talk about frightening image. twisters like these that tore across the midwest this weekend. now responsible for the deaths of six people in one small oklahoma town. >> steve: the mayor of woodward, oklahoma confirming the tragic news earlier this hour to our own rick reichmuth. good morning, rick. >> good morning, guys. woodward, oklahoma, the one town after this major tornado outbreak that had fatalities. i'm joined by mayor hill. we were talking earlier and you

said the death toll is up to six. >> that is right. we've had one of our air lift patients that went to amarillo has passed away yesterday evening. >> there are others still in critical condition in amarillo. any idea on the status of those patients? >> one is in real serious condition. i know the guy's wife -- the one that passed away is his wife. i know that's pretty dire, but it's happening. i'm really distraught with that. >> it's been 30 hours or so since this tornado struck. the second sunrise. where are you sitting right now with this? >> i'm doing a lot better than i did yesterday. i'm still pretty emotional about it. i'm doing better. >> you spent yesterday touring around the area with the

governor of oklahoma. any information from her? >> well, the governor's visit was really uplifting. you know, the victims of this thing see a new hope with her where she has declared a disaster area. she brought a lot of hope and we really appreciate what she did for our community yesterday. it was very uplifting. >> there was a lot of warning that this storm was going to be bad on saturday. do you think that helped you? were you all aware this was going to be a significant event? >> yeah. for three days they said we had the right conditions for this to happen and it's somewhat disturb to go see we had fatalities when we knew three or four days ahead of time. we kept saying, you guys are in the bull's eye. and still we had fatalities. our alarm system, of course,

didn't work. it did earlier and then all of a sudden that it don't work. so our technology is not as good as we think it is. but we're going to correct that. >> you said earlier you think a had been knocked out by a prior storm possibly that had come through the area. you guys have rebuilding here and i know that won't happen. there will be different procedures put into place. best of luck to you and your community over the next number of days. >> appreciate you. >> we'll send it back to you. >> steve: rick reichmuth with the mayor where the alarmnot work. thank you. >> gretchen: eric bolling has a gas plan. he's talked about it on this show. finally the final part of it unveiled with some help from governor sarah palin. >> part of that sentimental transformation of america that we were promised to increase the price of energy in america and

now these bogus claims about america not even having the resources available to us. >> are they listening? are they in the white house right now watching this program and listening, taking notes maybe? >> that's the question. why are they not listening? because we have experts here in this room. we have everyday moms and dads and students and business owners with common sense ideas on how to provide solutions to the energy challenges in america. >> gretchen: was there any reaction from the white house? i remember you laid it out for the president. call me. >> we offered it. i offered him several times and several occasions, give me a call. i'll open the envelope. that was one of the four-part plan we offered the white house. unfortunately, the white house hasn't responded yet and i'm not giving up hope. the president has a blank schedule today. he has no public appearances planned. there is plenty of time. i'm positive that they have at least dvr's the special and they can maybe go through and take a look at some of the ideas that we presented. we presented four credible reasons, ways of bringing down

the price of gasoline. you don't believe me, do you? i'm telling you -- >> gretchen: i'm not saying i don't believe your four points. i'm saying he's not going to call you. >> you're being skeptical. if he sits down f we take 20 minutes with the president or steven chiou, we will begin the process of lowering gas prices 3.91 a gallon right now. i'm guaranteeing him a dollar a guilty within the next few months. just take it. just listen. just try and these are things that won't cost the taxpayer a penny and can be implemented immediately. >> steve: immediately after your special concluded, you were inundated with tweets and e-mails and stuff. we're going to read a couple of them. tony tweeted, great special. in between fund-raisers and golf outing, maybe president obama will implement something that makes sense. hash tag, pain at the pump. >> yeah, that's right. it went on examine on. we were inundated, over 1,000 comments both at hash tag pain at the pump, my twitter account, my e-mail, my facebook account,

it was unbelievable the outcry saying that's the most comprehensible thing. it wasn't about the audience in kansas or california. it was the audience of one. president obama, pick up the phone, contact us. by the way, if he doesn't and prices go down at the pump a buck or it bucks a gallon in the next few months, he gets relie detectorred. of course. what in the possible world could be an excuse not to at least try some of the things? >> steve: don't you think he wants us to use less gas so we don't -- it's the environmental -- >> these are things that won't affect anything other than people's ability to keep the five or $600 billion a year that we're spending now more than we were when he was elected, keep it in our -- the american economy rather than shipping it overseas to foreign dictators and people who frankly don't like us. >> brian: where to find out more? >> go here. go to this, hash tag pain at the pump.

we'll monitor it. >> brian: we'll see you on "the five" tonight. >> thank you. >> gretchen: we're keeping an eye on the breaking news in orlando bounded plane, grounded in london. the very latest after the break. >> steve: plus this, the obama administration scrambling to make lemonade out of lemons. could one of hillary's blunders pave the way for another hillary's rise? our next guest says absolutely ♪

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has been hurt. all of the 229 passengers were able to get off the virgin atlantic airlines flight safely. one runway closed at combat wick at this hour. -- gatwick at this hour. >> gretchen: one name, one serious game changer in 2012, that's what our next guest says about, quote, the two hill reese. could hillary rosens controversial remarks about ann romney actually land hillary clinton a vp slot on the ticket as president obama tries win back female support? columnist from the "new york post" and fox news contributor and that is your theory in your latest article, that this could mean that hillary clinton will now be the vp running with president obama? what are the chances? >> i think the idea has always been that joe biden is sort of helped obama in the first election a little bit. now is a liability. and so if the president is in a close call and i think the events of last week with hillary rosen really undercuffed him among women, which are his biggest advantage.

you look across the board, he got 56% of the female vote last time. john mccain got 43%. a huge difference, women vote in higher numbers than men. they vote in a higher percentage of women turnout. all kinds of reasons why he needs the female vote. and if you're in trouble in the general election and you're a democrat, hillary clinton can bring in more female voters than anybody on the planet. so my theory is that he doesn't want to do this. the white house insists biden is staying on the ticket. but i think as we got into the summer and if the president is in trouble and looks like it's slipping away, hillary clinton is his ace in the hole. >> gretchen: wow. it's so interesting because so many people would wonder whether or not she would accept it. do you think she would? >> there is talk among her team. the old clinton people are still around. they still kind of confer with each other all the time. a lot of them say she doesn't want to do it. she doesn't want to run as a vice president. and the end of that sentence is, she plans to run in 2016 on her

own. she said she would resign after this term as secretary of state and really kind of gather and prepare for 2016. but i think historically speaking, if the president of your party says, i need you, it's very hard to say no. and if you think of it this way, if he asks her to run with him and she says no and he loses, she'll get the blame. if she says no and he wins, then he will owe her nothing in 2016 and neither will the party. so i think if he asks, she'll almost certainly say yes. >> gretchen: back to the hillary rosen comment about ann romney never worked a day in her life t goes to show that one statement can turn an entire election? i'm not saying the entire election has been turned from this, but it could be. obama was so far ahead with women in the most recent polls. >> right. this is by far the biggest unforced error of the obama team in this election cycle. and i think it starts out with the idea that this is going to be a very close election.

all the polls -- a couple of major polls have romney up by a point or two, but it's all within the margin of however. so i think however you look at it, based on the economy am, it's going to be very close. democrats tend to do very well among majority of women. they don't win the whole field, but they get a significant majority. men tend to vote republican. last time obama narrowly eked out the men vote, but did very well among women. so if somebody is undercutting your main advantage, that's a real liability that you've got to fix. >> gretchen: interesting to see what the polls say about women in the next few days after that comment. michael goodwin, great to see you as always. >> thank you. >> gretchen: he witnessed his parents murder, but in the face of adversity, he found strength through faith and forgiveness. his amazing story next. first, let's check in with martha mccallum for what's on at the top of the hour. >> good morning. a prostitution scandal is robbing the secret service this morning and the first hearing gets underway in the gsa

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>> steve: when brooks was 16 years old, he saw his parents executed in cold blood. since then, he has struggled to deal with his loss and ultimately hollywood helped him cope by turning his story into the new film "heaven's reign." >> you recognize the provisions of 4 a 6. >> i would like to introduce the victims rights act. >> it meant a lot to you, didn't it? >> it goes without saying that i have a very personal connection

to it. >> you know what this is all about. >> senator, are you going to hatch the execution tomorrow? >> get up! >> i think you know the answer to that question. >> steven hatch, scheduled to be executed for the murders. >> i lost my family, my home, everything i had was sold at auction to pay for our medical bills. >> steve: joining us is former oklahoma senator and victims rights advocate, brooks douglas, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: october, two guys were lost and you let them in. what happened? >> changed our lives forever. they came in. hog tied us all on the living room floor, took my 12-year-old sister, ate our dinner that my mom was fixing and shot us all in the back. my sister and i survived and mom and dad died there in front of me. >> steve: that's something a kid never forget. >> no. >> steve: and you struggled with

seeing that for a very long time. >> right. >> steve: eventually we mentioned a moment ago about the movie that premieres a week from last night over on the gospel music channel. >> right. >> steve: did that help you in any way? >> a lot. there is a lot of things that i did for as much me trying to find a way to deal with it, got elected to the state senate and ran a bunch of legislation that became the law in oklahoma and dealing with victims' rights and then ultimately meeting with one of the guys that shot us, and then making this movie. i think all of those have been part of the catharsis, as you're saying. >> steve: you met with one of the guys who murdered your parents. extraordinarily, you told him i forgive you. >> right. not what i expected to do. that's not anything in my background and i remember thinking, i've been in the

military. i've been trained and then here i was a state senator and i thought that it was self-help, 'cause he had escaped the death penalty and in my mind, escaped justice and so i went in and met with him and wound up, after an hour and a half long meeting, forgiving him. >> steve: the title of the movie is "heaven's rain." that refers to a sermon your dad a pastor gave, right? >> the morning governor before my father died, he preached in oklahoma city on the subject of forgiveness and when i was writing and i put it in there and ultimately play him in the movie and have a chance to preach part of that same sermon, and that was also pretty meaningful experience for me. a tribute to him. >> steve: it's all in a movie now. >> right. >> steve: it's got to be hard to watch? >> it is. very, very little of it is a crime. about two or three minutes in flashback. so most of it is just how my

sister and i have been dealing with it through the years and gmc has been good at helping us put that together and -- into the movie, so we're excited about it showing. >> steve: it premiere this is sunday night on the gospel music channel. brooks douglas, we thank you very much for joining us to tell us about "heaven's rain." >> thank you, steve. >> steve: allall right. more "fox & friends" in two minutes. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. fohalf the calories plus vgie nutrition. could've had a v8. withhe bankamericard cash rewards credit card,

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>> gretchen: coming up tomorrow on the show. first we'll have brian's radio show. >> brian: coming up between 9 and noon, we lead with bret baier, ed henry on, michael goodwin and michael kesler, talking about the controversy with the not so secret service. >> steve: all right. that's on the radio. then tomorrow, laura ingraham, darryl issa and cheryl coo sewn has five companies hiring. if you need a job, join us. >> gretchen: have a fantastic day. bye-bye. martha: thank you, g