>> i was highly critical of president obama suggesting the president apologize to america and abroad saying the race is still about the economy even though the obama campaign will try to divert, distract and distort. gingrich will still attend all 22 events he has scheduled. even though his daughter says they will reassess the campaign if things don't go well in delaware. he wasn't that direct in his remarks but he was very complimentary of the frontrunner. >> governor romney is going to have a very good night. it is in this night that he has worked hard for for six years. if he does ind up as the nominee, i think every conservative in this country has to be committed to defeatliing barack obama. >> wep didn't hear from

congressman pahl but-- paul. see what happens. peter doocy, check in with you later this morning. time to look who's talking. >> the focus of the race this year he says will be on president obama and also the economy. >> this election is going to be more about obama than it is going to be about romney. it is obama's record on trial here. no question about that. people will ask themselves what was he elected to do? i don't know if knows this to this day. he was elected to fix the economy. that was the issue that made the difference starting in september 2008 when he was down in the polls. the economy remains unfixed? does anybody think the issue that drove the 2010 mid term in which his party took a terrible bad gotten any better for

democrats? they haven't at all. you can say it hurt republicans because they haven't fixed it. the republicans controlling the house of representatives should have fixed it but i don't believe that. barack obama is responsible for the people working against him. what mitt romney needs to do is be a plausible alternative. you look at him tonight is this guy somebody when it comes down to it is an acceptable, plausible alternative? i say yes. recently we have seen a real push again. >> last night the president piered on late night with jimmy fallon continuing his campaign against student loans. >> he did it in a nonconventional way. take a look at the president jimmy fallon slow jamming the news. >> he said it simple. now is not the time to make

schools more expensive than our young people. >> you should listen to the president. or should i call him the presi of the united staci. >> tloins this. >> if mitt romney was in the room with you right now what would you say to him? >> i would say hey, mitt. i would>> do you know mitt romney? >> i have met him. we are not friends. his wife is lovely. >> the president will face another late night host this saturday night. jimmy kimmel who is headlining

the white house correspondence dinner. >> it's time for the top 5@5:00. >> rick santorum will meet with mitt romney next friday for the first time. don't expect an endorsement just yet. he says people support romney as the gop romney but stopped short of an official endorsement. he dropped out of the presidential race two weeks ago. >> it's a dirty job but somebody has to do it. another bird strike forces a jetblue flight to make an emergency landing in new york last night. the flight had just taken off from the westchester county airport when two canadian geese flew into the windshield. all passengers were put on the next flight to palms. including air force 2 with joe biden on board. >> it was the first case of mad cow disease in 6 years.

it was discovered at a farm in hanford, california. the animal was never a threat to the nation's food supply. health officials say beef and dairy products are safe to eat but we will be following this one. >> john edwards former aid detailing how the disgraced democrat tried to buy the silence of his mistress rielle hunter. he said on the stand he funneled more than a million dollars bicarbing checks made out to him for furniture. he had an allowance of 5-12,000 dollars a month. he faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of using campaign donations to cover up his aware for political gains. an emotional reunion between a daughter and her father just returning from afghanistan. take a look here. >> hi, baby. >> oh, well a big surprise in new jersey, celine gonzalez was

in her class when her dad tapped her on the shoulder. both of them immediately burst into tears. they have been waiting for this moment since he was deployed to afghanistan more than 6 months ago. >> if he fotold me he was goingo have to go i was mad. the whole tiechlz gone i was always talking about him. >> her teacher was giving a lesson on fairy tales when it was interrupted by this real life ending. that is your top 5@5:00. >> if i am for the first degree weather update by maria molina. we are expecting rain in the midwest? >> yes, rooking at another chance of a few showers through parts of the midwest and mid atlantic. er all receiving early this morning. we are going through the

afternoon hours. we are looking at more risk for severe storms just of the great lakes. so we are going to highlight that region coming up very shortly. otherwise the big story is incredibly warm across parts of southwest and all of that warm is heading eastward into the center of the nation where temperatures will be well above average for areas like texas up into portions of kansas. take a look for the highs 90 across texas 92 degrees in kansas city and minneapolis. 71 degrees the high temperatures above average even denver looking good with a high of 82 degrees. much warmer than it will be across parts of areas where you think it will be warmer than those areas in rale leigh and 80s across the state of florida. you see the showers popping up across the midwest. dealing with that early this morning in minneapolis. need the umbrella as you head out the door. we have our jet stream that is lifted across parts of montana

and into the dakotas and taking a dip in the eastern part of the countries. that's where we are seeing the cooler temperatures in the northeast and showers coming down into portions of the carolinas and out west two storm systems will be impacting the west today. we will keep an eye on that. otherwise the storms today chicago you are also lacking at that severe weather. large hail damaging winds and isolated rain. >> now to stories you can bank on this morning. we begin with a brand new development in the missing $1.6 billion in ms global customer money. now we go to lauren simonetti for more. >> it is a high stakes game of lost and found. 1.6 billion lost and now it's found. they are reporting that 700 million at a u.k. subsidiary 220 million transfers from customer accounts into commodity customer accounts and remaining 680

million at some other banks like jc morgan. they found it now they have to get it back to the customers. 70-80 percent has been returned so far. >> that's the tricky part is getting it into the right hats. apple stock has fallen big recently. >> the stocks did drop 13 percent over the past two weeks. everybody was kind of concerned about this earnings report last night. once again got into it very conservative and apple blew expectations away. revenues 39 billion. the record for apple they sold every single device even the i pods. who buys i pods. either in line with expectations were faster. >> the a pod is selling better than the iphone. new reports say small banks that got part money. federal bailout money can't afford taxpayers.

>> 351 snowfall them have 15 billion in outstanding federal money we hathey have to repay u sam. it casts doubt how successful it was and it's a big strain on small banks out there. >> lauren simonetti. >> heather and lauren some of those old folks we still have the i pods. >> now it's coming up, we have this to tell you about in just a little bit. a serious warning from marco rubio from police. find out what they found and why it is a major cause for him. and here is something you don't see every day. why a tow truck driver is running from police. we will tell you all about that when we come back. as we head to break let's get a quick look at the prices at the bump. the national average $3.85. that will cost you a lot to fill up today. 11 minutes after the hour. we will be right back.

>> rupert murdock is testifying in a london courtroom. the news corporation chairman and ceo faces questions about a phone hacking scandal at the newspaper which he owns. he is the parent company of what he owns. >> i will ask you briefly about your political philosophy. would it be fair to say that you always have been a great admirer of barren necessary thatcher and what she stands for? >> yes, i became that after she was elected.

i remain an add miesher. >> after the election is it true ms. thatcher was in your mind before the election would that be right? >> well i think all newspapers. we had just come through the most terrible area of discontent strikes, disruptions to the whole society. i think we all wanted change. >> they were interviewed by mr. williams in time magazine. this is you speaking. what does libertarian mean?

it will has been taken to the absolute limit. clearly there are necessary rules in a working society but they canning evident. >> the recent tweaks of yours>> that is rup pursuant murdock testifying. it is a>> ainsley air paear is here with more. >> good morning patti ann. today's hearing is about the constitutionality of arizona immigration law specifically. but it will have huge ramifications for states all

over the country especially for states like south carolina, alabama as well as utah which impacts similar laws. the arizona measure was the first of its kind signed republican governor jen brewer before 2010. they filed a lawsuit blocking several key parts. the most notable requires police to check each and every suspect's immigration status even if they are stopped for a routine traffic violation. he was stopped on capitol hill as a quote civil rights violation. police officers are trained to profile behavior. this law is the opposite it profiles people. if you have brown skin in my state you are going to be add to proo your citizenship. >> the law is not about et nis

at th city but about safety and upholding the law. >> tomorrow is to get some resolution. we believe we have that right. to work in in tandem with the federal government. if they are not going to do the job let us use our resources to do the job that they are not doing. secure our border a lot of these issues would go away. several accuse president obama for using the issue for the latino votes in november. 18 after the hour. just when you thought you heard it all for the tsa a 4-year-old girl got a pat down for hugging her 4-year-old. >> what do you get out of dinner for your entire family? you get more than good food. you get good laughs, too. we have a story you want to listen to. that's coming up next. >> we thank you so much for this domino. it is always delicious taco

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>> it's 22 after the hour. now some headlines. here's something you don't see every day a police chase involving a tow truck. the driver of the truck tried to run over an officer at the scene of a crash. r a and then took off. >> the freedom tower is five days away from being the tallest building in the city. one world trade center will surpass the empire state building. it will with stand a total of 1776 in all.

>> i can't. my stomach is allergic. >> mrs. cleaver says we have a right idea. why it is important for families eat dinner together at home. the study finds that kids who eat meals with their family ate healthier foods than those who didn't they have an increased risk of obesity. giving us a look at this is dr. alanna gavine. how can eating meals together as a family stave off obesity? >> eating meals together has hundreds of benefits. often times these meals take planning. there may be an increased chance you are going to think about the fruits and vegetables on your plate rather than if you are sort of running giving kids food on the go stopping at fast food restaurants. it allows you to sit down, talk eated slowly -- eat slowly. that gives your body cues as to

if it is full rather than sitting at the television. >> a lot of moms and dads are busy with both parents working. how do you put together a healthy meal and insist on everybody sitting down together. >> it's a challenge. you have to set reasonable goals for yourself. >> if you know you have busy family kids involved in a lot of activities look at the week ahead of time and say what days can we eat as a family? let's say wednesday night nobody has any activities. that night we are going to eat together. on those days you need to plan ahead. whether it means throwing something together in the morning before you go off to work or -- >> what can we eat on the go. this is something you have been looking into. >> you can eat healthy stand whiches grab fruits and vegetables cut them up. bring things like humus or peanut butter full of protein. we eat a healthy snack on the way to an activity that staves off the hunger during the activity. once we get home we try to sit

down at least some nights eat together. >> the key is planning ahead try to figure out the meals you can put together>> the benefits far out way the threat of obesity. especially great family time. >> hard to do but very mice. i am a big believer in the crock pot. throw it all together in the morning and it's ready when you come home. thank you so much. pediatrician good advice for us. >> 25 minutes after the hour. expected hit man for a mexican drug cartel is tracked down after ten years in hiding. the bad news, he was living in plain sight right here in the united states. miller aisle front of the plane or head to the back. we will tell you about the worst seat to be assigned on an airplane. that has just been revealed. first what you missed on jay leno last night. >> according to men tells

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>> this store greets bigger and bigger. more than a dozen members of the secret service were involved in the prostitution scandal. 6 resigned and the other 6 are party planners for the gop.

that is a good one indeed. welcome back everyone. hope you are off to a great morning. thank you for getting up with us. >> it is wednesday april 25th. thanks for waking up this morning. while you were sleeping mitt romney was 5 for 5 in last night's primaries. joining us now from washington, d.c. with the late breaking details is beater doocy. good morning. >> good morning, patty ann. everyone had the pennsylvania primary circled on their calendars as a possible turning point in their campaign. that was while senator santorum was still in the race. romney won pennsylvania easy last night along with connecticut, delaware and new york and rhode island. >> an the america i see character and choices matter. and education, hard work and living within our means are valued and rewarded. poverty will be defeated.

not with the government check but with respect and achievement that is taught by parents, learned in school and practiced in the workplace. this is the america that was won for us by the nation's founders and earned for us by the greatest generation. >> speaker gingrich spoke with supporters down in north carolina. even though the latest tallies more than 6 unheard delegates behind romney and his daughter said they are going to reassess things. he didn't say things are over but he did say it's time to do some thinking. >> i also want to do that as somebody who is a unifier and somebody who is realistic. so we are going to be talking with -- we will send out an invitation to all of our donors and when you have 180,000 at the bunch i am proud of the fact that 95 percent of the folks gave $250 or less. for many of them it was as big an investment as the wall street millionaire maxing out to mitt romney. i am very proud of all of the

people who have been helping us. >> governor romney has won now 43 primaries. we heard last night he will meet with his former rival senator rick santorum on may 4th. patty ann? >> curious to see what happens then. peter dos see live in dc. >> mitt romney is the big talker this morning. >> especially the speculation about his vice presidential picks. >> we keep hearing marco rubio over and over. he said he is not interested. but would he really have a choice? >> there are two kinds of vice presidential possible candidates. there's the established guy who has been around. you take a mitch daniels a successful governor head of the office of management and budget, he has had a great career. he doesn't need the vice president see. in fact it's really for him a step down. vice president sees the second worst job in the world after the prince of whales he would say no and that would be it. but then the other kind of

candidate the up and comer a guy like rubio may be a paul ryan. you look at eisenhower evidences 1953 he went on to be on the national ticket five of the next cycle. it is hard to say no if you are the up and comer. it is harder to resist the pressure you would get from the party that says look we want you to be a party man and do it. tough to say no indeed. we heard from brit hume earlier saying the economy is going to be the key issue during the campaign. >> a lot of the debate has been about the paul ryan budget and the fact that congressional demes haven't adapted their own bumming et. >> focusing on process is not what the american people are interested in. what they are interested in is

making sure the romney budget -- >> listen we understand you have a problem with the ryan budget. there's not a democratic budget on the table. >> president obama proposed a budget. >> but it is not being voted on. >> because the house republicans voted it down. >> senate controlled democrats. they are not bringing forward the president's budget. if they wanted to vote nt president's budget all they need is 51 votes to pass it. >> it is really interesting instead of focusing on the details they focus on process. the details are painful. >> the solutions are the end result. you have to get it past congress. so -- >> again, i will say to you -- >> people care about process. >> congress has not passed a budget in 1,091 days. now for your 5 at 5:30.

a developing story overnight. fox news learning extra security is being put in place right now for republican senator marco rubio after evidence of what is called a credible threat against him. he is getting police protection at his home in miami and washington. rubio is frequently mentioned as a choice for vice president. authorities not releasing specific information about that threat. an alleged drug consider te cartel. he has been hiding out in sandusky, ohio of all places whe before he was arrested earlier this month. they tipped off agents about his whereabouts. time is running out for a 5-year-old boy snatched from his hospital bed in st. louis. porter stone was next on the heart transplant. it is believed the child was

taken by his father 33-year-old jeffery stone. he is involved in a bitter custody battle with the boy's mother. police say he may be driving a toyota corolla with license plate number: >> a mother in montana furious this morning after the tsa gave her 4-year-old daughter a pat down for hugging her grandmother. this happened in wichita, kansas. the mother was pulled aside for additional screening that's when the child grabbed her grandmother. the agents started yelling at her daughter implying the grandmother passed a gun to the little girl during a hug. the little girl was given a pat down. the tsa member came in and determined the child was in no way a threat. >> image how upset you would be as a mother. mcdonalds you would think is the last place a cow would end up you would be wrong. this daring colorado cow escaped from her pen and wandered up to

the takeout one doe at the mcdonalds about a half mile away from her farm. police came to take darcie back. no word on what she ordered. probably a vegetarian. >> hope she didn't order a hamburger. 37 minutes after the hour. get the first degree weather update. >> maria molina in the weather center. >> good to see you. we are looking at temperatures across the northeast. it is not as bad as what you had to deal with yesterday. upper 30s. there is a chance you could see frost developing out there grab the scraper. awe cross the center of the country it is extremely warm out there. 62 minneapolis cooler as we head further off to the north. 58 is the current temperature in the city of rapid city.

later on this afternoon you will be seeing the temperatures continuing to warm-up. otherwise morning travels philadelphia no problems expected. you will see sunshine this morning temperatures in the 40s around 8:00 a.m. atlanta sunshine as well. cool side off to the east 51 will be the temperature at 8:00 a.m. this morning in atlanta. cool temperatures across the east. warm across the center of the country. jet stream taking a turn across the northwest and a dip further off to the east. we are seeing activity basically showers across parts of minnesota down into portions of wisconsin. also showers making it as far south. you mid the umbrella as we head out the door. as we head west ward we have two storm systems affecting the northwest and california. it will be a messy commute later ob out there. we are going to see lower elevation rain and mounting snow. it will be a little cooler out

there behind the storm system. otherwise as we head into the afternoon hours and evening hours temperatures will be sparring up and thunderstorms across parts of iowa and southern wisconsin through illinois, indiana and into kentucky. some of these will troe dues large hail and wind guses. slight chance we could see isolated thunderstorms. you are in that zone that could see severe storms. otherwise high temperatures in the northeast warmer temperatures upper 60s for wash td 60 will be the high in new york city. southward warm 84 for high in new orleans and 90 degrees in dallas. temperatures are going to be over 25 degrees above what is average. take a look at kansas city. 90 degrees for the high today 70 largo and 76 north plat. temperatures not far from what is normal 73 los angeles 62 in seattle. messy out there across the west later on today.

>> maria molina, thanks. >> well, another dancer goes home from dancing with the stars last night. we are about to show you who got the boot. >> i have to go with rojon and chelsea. >> you are safe. gladys and christian. my dear. >> i hate that part every week. >> music legend gladys knight and disney star shawn fagan were in the bottom 2. two of the three judges decided to send gladys knight home. >> the favorite family kardashians signed on for another 3 years keeping up with the kardashians on e! finally one of manhattan's hottest properties. the brownstone terri bradshaw

calls home on "sex and the city". it sold for $9.85 million. the buyer remaining anonymous. >> 41 minutes after the hour now. it is time for the starting lineup. the stories making headlines at this hour. the nba hitting back hard against world peace. he will be suspended for 7 games harding suffe-- harden suffered concussion. picking hoboken new jersey for his bachelor pad. he will have a two-bedroom condominium there. >> he is number 2 on the forbes most influential athletes. jimmy johnson was number one. >> the colts confirming what everybody is predicting. they will take andrew lutz in the topic of tomorrow's graft. the redskins expected to take

heisman winner robert griffin. brian kilmeade will have this. he will have on new york giant's player og fox and friends. then he will talk to top draft prospect. >> sounds like a good time. 42 mints after the hour. a driver pushes his porsche to top speed. here's the problem. the car can't stop. we will tell you how he man amminged to survive. >> stick around we have major news on the housing market. we will be right back.

>> it's 46 after the hour. we are spanning the globe to see what stories are making headlines overseas. we begin in columbia where devastating mud slides and flooding leave dozens of people dead and thousands more injured and homeless. several roads also washed out. now to australia. a race car driver very lucky to be okay after his porsche goes airborne. the porsche catapults through the air after a crash. even more amazing the driver 63-year-old ryan tailor was only bruised. now to germany after being rejected bay his mom this little guy is finally being reunited with his family. a 4 month old monkey has been bottle fed by caretakers at the zoo at frankfurt. they will try to get his grandma to keep an eye on him.

>> cute little guy right there. >> 47 minutes after the hour. sort of depressing in us to bring you this morning. the housing crisis is far from over. the housing crisis home sales sell at the lowest levels in almost a decade. things may actually get worse. diane mass is he diane macedo has more. >> depressing news is my forte lately. housing prices fell to the lowest level in almost 10 years. despite the low prices in the report the commerce department shows the number of homes sold still fell last month taking the biggest dive in more than a year. average sales price of new houses in march was 291,002. they came in an an adjusted annual rate of 328,000. that's more than a thousand percent drop since february. analysts consider evidence of a healthy how thing market. part of the reason for the big

monthly drop is that february was revised hire and contrary to the case national home value was 5 percent in march. home values are expected to fall 4 percent over the next 12 months but may finally reach volume in late 2012. that's what we want to see. it is a quote slow laling housing market. the next was for mainstream riders get off the fence and start again. it will leave to the bottom. >> i am trying. i am trying. >> 48 minutes after the hour. coming up we will tell you about a lesson of their own in math. the math tests don't add up. that was always my excuse but they never bought it. the battle now turns to the battle ground states.

the it goes shaping up compared to president obama. see what's coming up on fox and friends. were you a math guy? >> was i what? >> a math guy in school? were you good at math? >> i never -- i cannot remember where i thought great, a math test today or i cannot wait to get home to do my math homework or i can't wait to get my math test back. >> tell us a little bit about what is coming up? >> there you go. coming up next on fox and friends is a jam packed show. sports illustrated super model kate upton. she will be here live. 18 of the topics in tomorrow's nfl draft will be hear live along with dr. keith ablo who could have gone pro but he wanted to be a doctor. madeleine albright would have been a pro football player but they didn't let woman in at that time. we are going for 3 hours with

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>> after last night's 5 state sweep mitt romney is a few weeks away from clinching the republican nomination and taking on president obama in the general election. november could come down to a handful of key battle ground states. >> key washington correspondent james rosen is lookitaking a cl look at the map. >> it is all about maps. to win reelection president obama needs 270 electoral votes. the same is true for presumptive gop mom knee mitt romn-- mitt ry to win the white house. >> that's why i need all of you.

i need all of you. >> you have heard about the battle ground states that swing these elections. there's a good beiging's dozen of these. >> they are in every region. colorado, iowa, ohio, midwest, new hampshire in the northeast virginia in the mid atlantic in florida in the south. >> as the 16 states none are in the south. >> will you help me become the next president of the united states? >> analysts place 22 states in the romney column including some like indiana that the obama biden ticket carried in 08. >> they have to recapture 3 states that have been historically republican indiana and virginia which last voted for a democrat in 1964 and north carolina which voted for a democrat in 1976. if three bat ground states they won iowa, new mexico and wisconsin again go his way will mean a gain of 21 lek terror cal vot -- electoral votes. john mccain lost by .4 percent. he reclaims virginia where it

has been for all but one of the last 12 elections. it runs 4 points hire than the nation and new hampshire where he runs the home. also running michigan where his father served as goofrn another but the president taking colorado which he won by nearly 9 points last time around. that leaves us with four remaining states. florida, ohio, missouri and pen pens who -- henpennsylvania who's electl votes would call the nomination. >> the states obama won under went a change in the electoral votes they have. a net loss for the blue states of 6 electoral votes. thank you. all coming out of the map there. here is something a lot of people ask when it comes to air travel. what is the worst seat possible on an airplane? is it the middle the back or where do you go if you have kids? we will talk about the exact seat assignment you do not want and that is coming up next.

>> just take the car. here is your word of the day. it is all scrambled up. something we talked about today. can you figure it out? no, not yet.

>> time now for the good, the bad and the ugly. first the good. according to airline passenger surveys, there is a good seat in coach. it's seat in the front by the

aisle. awe the way in the back next to my screaming kids, the worst. a young woman spilling bright purple yogurt all over president obama. this happened in boulder, colorado, the girl apologized as the president wiped it off. new york teachers need a lesson in math. two questions on their multiple math tests don't add up. students who actually do it correctly get it wrong. >> time to get scrambled up again. and steve doocy is here to help us out with the word today. steve, any ideas? >> hopscotch? moto -- porsche? or is it porsche? we don't know. >> zoom! >> steve, thanks. matt, our floor director gets this right every single time when we can't. >> that's true, he does. have a great day, folks. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> good morning, everyone. it's wednesday, april