rickenbacker. >> good morning to you. ism ainsley earhardt. >> i am patty ann brown. it's april 18th. this is "fox & friends first". >> a california woman under arrest for a suspected murder of a military wife brittany kilgore. her remains believed to be found near a lake in san diego. they are waiting for a positive id. they are looking at how she knew the suspect and the motive. she filed for divorce from her husband sergeant corey kilgore days before she dispiered. he is returning from afghanistan. he is not a suspect at this time. a fire burning in new jersey. the flames burning through three townhouses in elizabeth. residents and others surrounding homes were taken to the hospital. no word on how the fire started. >> the life of a missing soldier

may be in danger. latest word from police about the disappearance of kelly bordeaux. they have information that has them concerned about her safety. bordeaux was last seen early saturday morning leaving a bar in fayetteville. she got a road hoide home from employee. andrews brave is out he was given five days to deliver his testimony but it only took an hour. they are cross examining him today trying to determine the state of mind with 77 people. a texas boy living out his dream for a day. that little batman you sees kyle.

he's a 7-year-old boy battling leukemia. firefighters and police teamed up to make his favent fant sees come true. kyle his mom and one of the officers involved in the project will be on fox tomorrow. >> he got the cape and all. >> it is day through of congressional hearings. there are calls to shut down the government agency which blue almost a million dollars on the laugh vish junket. accusations they knew about the outrageous spending the entire time. peter dues sees live with us with the lathes. hey, peter. >> hi ainsley. today is the third day. the second day was just as brutal as the first for the witnesses who showed up tore grilled. regional commissioner jeffery neeley who you can see enjoy a daytime dip in a hot tub which looks to be two adult beverages

filled up to the brim was a no show. that didn't show well with the congressional panel. >> mr. neely is not with us today. we requested that he be with us. he has taken the 5th in another committee and is not appearing today wednesday one of the requests that i made for him to be with us. only way we will get to see him is on a video in the hot tub. we learned neely's wife traveled with him sometimes having parties. >> we were concerned this was an unnecessary trip and waste of money. you saw the e-mail he says it's a birthday gift for his wife. they quote the song "it's your party we are going to party like

it's your party." >> the chairman of the committee was so unimpressed by the answers he heard. the next step might be to dismantle the dysfunctional gsa. >> if we continue to not only see this type of spending we will continue to audit. if we continue to see you are not giving us the information to show us how these expenditures are happening, i am prepared to systematically pull apart gsa to the point where we will make it a question to the american public and whether gsa is needed at all. >> democrats are troubled, too, with congresswoman eleanor holmes norton saying the gsa is structured so people in washington don't have accountability even though the line runs straight up to them. ainsley? >> time now for "look who's

talking." we have been hearing how much money should the taxpayers pay to the government. >> he is proposing raising taxes on wealthy while republicans are wanting to cut taxes. that's what bill o'reilly is talking about specifically problems with entitlement. >> president obama believes the federal government should hand money to the poor in a variety of ways. many of the bopoor will use the money ir responsibly. the high rate of alcohol and drug addictions ensure a massive amount of rate in the entitlement reason faw. americans are the most generous people on earth. income redistribution doesn't work. for what the feds spend now on entitlements every single poor person in america could be handed almost 20,000 a year. mitt romney would be wise to hand out his own anti poverty program. if you are getting entitlement you have to show where the money

goes. it can't go to buy drugs or alcohol or to be used in a casino. the poor will always be with us. there will be human beings who cannot and will not support themselves, but they must be responsible in trying to help these people especially the kids. right now there's no discipline at all in the entitlement culture. president obama wants to throw more money at the problem. >> this topic is sure to be a hot button issue in the election. >> the election is what karl rove is talking about this morning. he's breaking down the poll numbers and explaining why this is not where the obama camp wants to be. >> you take a look at the real clear politics average of all of the polls since april 5th obama leads by 3. if you look at the poll since april 11th when the contest ended it's obama by a point. in fact it's essentially romney ahead if you take out one poll it gives obama a significant

lead. romney is ahead if you average everything from the 11th. it ln a competitive race. tight, very close. it's not where the obama people want to be. it is where romney surprisingly i suspect happy to be. if you saw axle rod on sunday that was not a confident calm poll lal leader. the candidates will flal around badly. >> he said the presidential race is going to be one of the dirtiest we have ever seen. oh, goody. >> time now is 7 after the hour. it is time now to brew on this. new jersey governor chris christie is not looking at becoming mitt romney's running mate. he seems to be changing his tune leaving the door open for a possible vp run. >> if he comes and talks about it i will listen. listening means going into it with an open mind and i certainly would.

this is not something i am campaigning for or looking for. chris christie is one of a handful of names marco rubio, paul ryan, rob portman. >> this leaves us to our brew question of the day. who would you pick if you had to pick the vice president. e-mail us your comments at frienfriendsfirst@foxnews.com. interested to see those. time now for the first degree weather update with maria molina. she has the current temperatures as she heads out the door. >> you want to know what the current temperature is. so far we have been seeing temperature swings across the country that are very dramatic. one day you need the coat and one day you don't. today temperatures are moderate across most of the lower 48. 51 degrees as you head out to the stay in cleveland and

chicago. mid to upper 50s across the state of minnesota. it's 56 degrees in minneapolis. not too bad. rapid city a little on the cool side with current temperature 39 as we head out the door. we areas of precipitation. there are a number of storm systems tracking across the 48 today. in atlanta we have the city of washington, d.c. keep that in mind as you go through your morning commute. dc and baltimore you could be looking at the rainshowers. slow mover bringing us rain across parts of northern georgia including atlanta area. that could be impacting travel delays or travel across parts of the hartsfield airport today. as we head northward across north central we have another system that would track eastward into the great lakes center today. another storm system bringing in showers from seattle down into portland. you could be looking at traffic

delays. chicago you should be fine temperatures in the upper 50s later on in philadelphia. high temperatures in the northeast a lot caller today than what we have been seeing. 54 the high in new york city. 57 boston. further off to the south very warm 80 high in new orleans and 80 in dallas. a a it is 10 minutes after the hour. a new warning about bayinga bigx day. it could cost americans thousands of dollars a year. >> your husband announces he is quitting his corporate job to become a painter. we will answer the questions coming up. [ female announcer ] do you know

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>> it's now 14 after the hour. time for some quick headlines this morning. the federal judge assigned to the george zimmerman trial expected to step down over a conflict of interest. he is charged with second degree murder in the death of trayvon martin. a new judge expected to take over in time for his bail hearing on friday. investigator trying to track down as many as 21 prostitutes believed to have partied in their hotel room in columbia. 10 members of the u.s. military also implicated in the scandal. that's five more than originally thought. now to a story you can bank on. this year's tax deadline thankfully has come and gone. experts say an even bigger tax day to be in your future.

>> good morning, patty ann. we worried last night scrambling to get your taxes done in time. you will be worried next year. we are nine months away from a nearly half trillion dollar tax hike if congress doesn't act soon to stop it. it is a payroll tax cuts in the cuts of the 2009 stimulus. what is missing is 100 exemption and the tax goes away, too. more americans will get stung by a tax that was supposed to hit the rich but now many middle income earners are hitting too, too. that is going to rise 55 percent. all of that translates into an average tax increase of $3,800 for you. this as the child tax credit has, the marriage penalty returns dividend taxes and so many senior citizens rely on go from 15 percent to as high as 40 percent.

there are the sir charges and tax from the healthcare law. add it up it is a tax-mageddon. gets them nervous about unleashing cash and hiring workers. >> this would be not before 2012. they would take effect for the 2013 tax year. that's if congress doesn't take action. >> exactly. they are not expect to do take action any time soon because we are in an election year. we have time to figure all of this out. >> your 2012 taxes might not be that bad. lookout 2013 unless something changes. lauren simonetti from fox business network. remember this woman who won a jackpot worth nearly a million bucks but was still collecting welfare? her luck has just run out. your husband announces he is quitting his job to be a

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>> some quick headlines now. if you plan on flying delta you better book your fair far in advance. they are booking fares booked at the last minute. prices going up anywhere from 10-15 bucks for tickets within 7 days of departure. three top obama staffers are on

the wngs list for john edwards federal corruption trial. jennifer palmmyer jennifer snoop and jo and. edwards is accused of using more than a million dollars of campaign money to hide his extra marital affair with filmmaker re rielle hunter. >> let's face it we all have individual quirks making us all human. at first they may not feel like a big deal until they cross the line of whacky to nuts. here to is dr. keith ablow. my husband says he's quitting his job to become a painter not a house painter a full-time artist. he is 50 he has no talent as far as i can tell and we only have a small nest egg.

is he nuts? what would you say? >> there is people who say all artists are crazy. i wouldn't be one of them. if someone is pursuing his passion it can cause a tremendous amount of angst and trouble and reengineering of the marriage and economic troubles. but it isn't necessarily crazy. maybe we would have to see the canvass to judge this. >> let's see how good he is. he is 50 years old. they have a small nest egg. the kids are probably out of the house at this point maybe. maybe college is paid for the house is paid for. there are so many factors in play. >> i have worked with couples where it isn't paid for and people decide i want to be a sports agent out of the blue. one thing you want to screen out is bipolar disorder. manic phase that is the opposite of depression. euphoria sometimes sexual hyperactivity, no need for sleep. if someone is manic you say you are no sports agent you are no

painter necessarily. otherwise, look, if you are married sometimes these journeys to become the poet are part of the work. >> a lot of americans face this issue. my sister told her husband she wants to live apart when the kids are all in college. but she wants to stay married. she thinks it could reignite their romance. is she normal or mutts? i haven't heard have hof this b heard of men and woman livislee in different bedrooms. >> i work withed a couple who lived op different floors of a house. i lived wi work withed a couple decided they were going to live around the corner from each other and stay married. >> for moral reasons? >> they are life partners and trying desperately how do we breathe air into this relationship. we have flossed our teeth together so many times we can't stand it any more.

we need a separate domicile. why throw the whole thing out because you can't live in the same box any more. >> it's not nuts? >> i am a compulsive shopper books every where full garage clothes stacked, et cetera. my husband said i have ruined a nice home. it is so embarrassing if someone visits. nuts or not? >> i mean this lovingly, totally crazy, bonkers. >> how can you say that? >> so many women have a thousand pair of shoes or -- >> if you read the long version of the e-mail she says they are not in financial ruins. can't the pus give the wi-- can husband give the wife one room. >> she could but she says she can't and it's embarrassing. what i tell people who drink too much or have other addictions. you have to get a hold of yourself. you are crazy. >> once you become a horder you

have to step back and reassess. >> it is hummel figures let it go. >> make sure to send dr. ablow your questions at fox friends.com. we are all a little nuts, right? it's 25 after the hour. remember this woman? she won nearly a million bucks in the lottery but was still collecting welfare. your tax dollars. big update in the case. the owner of this gas station says he has only seen a an explosion like this in the movies like "terminator". on this day in history 1923 the original yankee stadium opened up.

>> welcome back to "fox & friends first". i am patti anne browne. >> i am ainsley earhardt. two major endorsements from mitt romney. the two top republicans in congress giving him the thumbs up. >> i will be troud r proud to support mitt romney and do whatever i can to help him win. >> i support mitt romney for president of the united states. he is going to be the nominee. >> the fox and friends exclusive. mitch daniels announcing his endorsement for mitt romney live at 8:50 a.m. eastern time. jihad buddies turn against him.

two former high school friends admitting on the stand they all went to afghanistan and pakistan to be trained by the taliban. they say they were later recruited by al qaeda to plan bombing attacks in new york subway system and other high profile targets. this is the craziest video you will see. a guy in a white car drives into a gas pump and drives away as it burst into flames. the driver is coming forward apologizing for the incident daying he panicked when he saw the flames. we will see if that holds up in court. >> arizona's law requires voters to show id before voting. several groups fought against this law saying it was aimed at intimidating hispanics. the judges struck down a provision in the law requiring voters to show proof of citizenship and to vote in an election.

you might remember this lady that $1 million lottery winner in michigan still collecting food stamps after hitting the jackpot. she is facing up to four years in prison. 25-year-old amanda clayton arrested on two counts of felony welfare fraud. she was still entitled to the food stamps isn't she technically didn't have a job. energy and gas prices quickly becoming the hot button issue since the 2012 election. they are cracking down on the illegal market changes. good morning, dug. >> good moaning. the white house clearly sees high gas prices as a real problem for the president heading into november. he came out swinging at a rose garden event. he will give regulators more power to go after oil market speculators. investors would be required to

back up their trade with more money. the president wants congress to spend about 52 million in parts to hire regulators to keep an eye on the oil. >> some speculators can reap millions while millions of the sho get the short end of the stick. we are less vulnerable but we are still too volume nerable. >> this comes as bagas prices a still high but they are dipping a bit to 3.90 a gallon nationwide. the republicans say the president and federal regulators already have the tools they need. they are just not use them. >> he believes that the oil market is being manipulated. where is his federal trade commission anl the fcc? >> going after spec tlierts is part af white house strategy to

tie high gas prices to wall street. may be a tough sale. fox news poll out showing 7 percent of voters think speculators are to blame for high gas prices an the president himself responsible. patty ann and ainsley. >> that is what rush limbaugh is talking about this morning saying the president himself is a speculate tore but just with green energy. >> obama is out in the rose garden today campaign appearance. start trashing big oil starts trashing the oil spectate lowers. let me ask him a question, aren't these green energy people all speculating? are they speculator with our collars. they are all getting loans from the federal government, from staff. you have all of these solar firms that you have filed for

saipgsy and are on the way. the chevrolet volt having trouble. all of this green energy stuff is literally he imploding it is collapsing. isn't owe bambina fact a freen energy speculate tore. aren't all of these people speculating. oo automatic what do you think e-mail us or foxnews.com. >> before you leave the house this morning let's get your first degree weather update from maria molina. she is going to tell us where you need an umbrella this morning. here? >> not here but across of the mid atlantic. you will need the umbrellas in the next couple hours. we have a storm system that is a slow mover. some of it will creep into

portions of the med atlantic north carolina and parts of south carolina. it is raining heavy and is a by of atlanta georgia. it's a good job and hartford airport. it is a very slow mover. as when heed into the north central u.s. there's another disturbance between pminneapoli. we will have slow downs on the roadways early this morning. we have rain hours down into parts of portland. current temperatures out there across parts of the east. it's cooler today across the northeast than it has been. 51 is the current temperature for the city. a lot cooler by but travel as

far as boston, fer not looking nr troy troubles any of those four major cities as far as travel and high temperatures are cooler than 3057 in boston. of course guys that was only monday that we need it through the northeast. marina molina thanks. our e-mail address frien friendsfirst@foxnews.com. a spoiler alert. tell you who got chopped from dancing with the stars. >> in the 5th week of competition we have to say good-bye to gavin. >> the bottom two celebrities got to dance for the celebrities. it went to jaleel white and that means singer gavin de bgraw got

the boot. miley cyrus cut her happened on a blender in her home in san francisco. she is all stitched up and ready to go. doing just fine. kim kardashian as mayor. she wants to run for mayor of again dale, california. she made the announcement on her sister's reality show. she is looking into all of the requirements and would like to make a run sometime in the next five years. >> now it is time for your lineup. sports headlines making news at this hour. the case ended in a mistrial the first time around and many of the prospective jurors admitting they think the retrial is your waste of tax payer dollars. mark your calendars we know payton manning is making his debut with the combroens

september 9th. he and the broncos will be joining the pittsburgh steelers. it would deport some of bin laden's wives back to saudi arabia. >> excited about getting this refund next year? automaticing up. you have five smart ways to spin that ose. flu having one of those days?

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they have been under house arrest in pakistan since u.s. navy seals killed bin laden. she could be ready to blow any minute. officials in mexico raising the alert level in volcano. the volcano is spewing ash every where. if it becomes worse they will evacuate the area. they found fossilized dinosaur eggs. some are questioning the a authenticity of the discover radio he. >> you filed your taxes and if you are one of the lucky people getting a refund check the big question is what to do with it. joining us is consumer savings expe expert>> big refunds in general. >> the average tax refund is 3,000 dollars.

don't blow it on a shopping spree. the first couple tips are don't spend is it, safe it. >> tackle the debt. payoff the high interest rate cards or pay principal to your mortgage. if you do that every year you will safe thousands of dollars on the back end of the mortgage loan. >> before you think about the mortgage the interest rate on the credit card is the highest and that has to come first? >> exactly. if you have debt across multiple accounts you want to figure out which one has the highest interest rate and tackle that one first. >> if you don't have any debt to worry about savings. >> on-line savings account. they operate at a lower cost you can get better interest rate hurricane on your money. so save it on-line. >> even then you are talking about the low rate in general? >> right. >> we are talking college

savings. consider opening up a 529 college sayings plan. you will get tax breaks of federal and state incentives for investor. they are set up kind of like an irs. it is a great way to prepare for your child's future. >> speaking of 401 k's, et cetera, should you use your money if you don't have kids for your own retirement? >> consider opening up a rothed roth ira. you might want to consider putting money towards that. if you don't have any debt or savings to worry about you are all set for retirement in college you are going to spend it. >> sometimes you need to spend the money. maybe you need to replace a kitchen eappliance or buy a car. you can go on-line and buy gift card granny.com.

save 50 percent off of sears, macys and movie theaters. you can find on-line coupons at a site called free shipping.org who has money coupons. consider using a credit card which will give you something back. the mercedes we have will give you 5,000 toward the new car purchase and other rewards points you can reteam on every day services. >> that only pays if you pay it off where it was. you mant to make dig payments>> thank you. >> answerly? >> one of the top stories authorities releasing alarming new details about missing fort bragg soldier kelly bordeaux. she was last seen on saturday. there's new fears she may be in

grave danger. for more on this we gee to ray in osceola county which is near dizzy me world. >> good morning to you. we do know that family members are making a desperate plea to find 23-year-old kelli bordeaux. family members are hoping with the north carolina office and florida officers they will find the missing soldier who was hold at the have been pissing since october. this is the last time they heard from kelly saturday lieu text messages. question know plus reported her missing monday when the army med dick didn't return to work. they are also being told by investigators the last time kel ooly was seen at a popular bar around 1:20 saturday in

fayetteville north carolina. what we hear from family members that was the last time she logged into facebook her husband on the way up to north carolina to help authorities with the search. kelly going missing is unusual. she has never gone without contacting family members within 48-hours. she never doesn't show up to work. the fact that she is gone missing for this long. every moment that goes high we worry more about having a plea for help here. last night and i am hoping they don't tyned her very soon. let's the atheist.>> i hope she is going ob tobing. the wing win shows why he is. and now let's check in with

mr. steve dooyc to see what's coming up on fox and friends. good morning ainsley. coming up congressman eric cantor is going to join us on a small business tax cut that will effect millions of americans. governor daniels has what you will also here. vanessa lay shay. brian is geeding a new shamposh. all of that, 3 hours kicks off on "the fox news channel".

>> it's 52 after the hour. time to look at the good, the bad and the ugly. first the good. rescue crews are close to saving a whale off the coast of california. the crews have cut abhoois of the net and the wail whale is d. take a good look at this. the penguin thinks he is king of the hill. he nose butts the other penguins right off the rock. talk about dropping the ball the crystal trophy from the bcs game is shattered into a million pieces. one of the players dads tripped on a rug and knock it had off its pedestal. it costs about 30,000 dollars. i hope they have good insurance. >> 30,000 dollars for that.

kwieks. >> there has been a lot of rumors over who mitt romney will pick as his running mate. chris christie left the door open for a possible presidential run. who would you pick for vice president? here are some of your responses. susan writes allen west. he is a strong conservative and will make an excellent president should he have to step into that role. >> rubio is a great choice. however i am begging for condoleezza rice. she is a brilliant individual>> larry says chris christie for vp. keep the e-mails coming. thank you so much for all of the great responses. it's now 53 after the hour. take a look at your tv screen right now. that is your word of the day. it is all scrambled up. can you thifigure out what it i. we talked about this word earlier in the show. i have to read this so i can't

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>> good smoking now prevent some people from getting hired? that might just be the case in one city. fox business network's diane meceda is here to explain. please do. >> will do. some city workers in ft. worth, texas are heeded after an official proposed that the city stop hiring smokers. city manager presented the idea yesterday as a way for the city to increase productivity, promote wellness and cut costs and mayor betsy price says the city's legal and human resources departments are reviewing it. the american heart association says for every dollar companies spend on wellness programs like smoker bans, they can save $3.50 in health care costs or $16 in overall worker productivity if you account for sick time, death benefits and generally having more active employees. some studies show it can cost more than $1,000 extra dollars a year to hire a smoker than

nonsmoker. is the city could lose good employees by excludeing smokers and they fear a slippery slope. concern there is if they can ban smokers from being hired, what's next? banning people with bad eating habits? while 29 states and the district of columbia offer legal protections for smokers, texas isn't one of them and similar policies have been implemented in private companies there. so it's definitely not out of the question. the human resources department is reportedly reviewing public and private sector tobacco policies and set to report back to the council on may 8th. >> one lady in the article says they're going to lose a lot of good people because a lot of this. a lot of smart, capable individuals are smokers. is there a compromise here? what if people decide, ok, if i were a smoker and i'm going to work for this company, i'll pay you the extra $16 a month or whatever it's costing you. >> that's come up in previous debates over this. this is starting to become somewhat of a trend so it hasn't been discussed yet in this context but the mayor has made clear that they are still

completely discussing this, council members are coming up with pros and cons so no decisions are close to being made and open to hearing everybody's arguments. >> good deal. thanks so much, diane. >> thanks, ainsley. >> have a good one. time to get scrambled up and brian kilmeade is here to help us out. brian, this work looks difficult. i hope you've been paying attention. >> let me see. >> of what we talked with. >> there's an x in it and it's no xylopphone. i'm sensing it's taxmageddon. >> tell gretchen you didn't hear that. gretchen got it. you did not get that. >> this was indiscernible. >> just mommy's little helper. >> he needs all the help he can get, gretchen. >> i don't know if it's a real word. >> great show. if you can, stick around and you can be in our studio audience for the next three hours. >> watching, of course. >> thanks,