>> you're all grown men. you all have -- you're married, you have children. does it bother you that the press always calls you the romney boys? it's like you're 98 degrees or something. >> yeah. >> and they're wearing nametags. "fox & friends" starts right about now. >> 98 degrees or they're all n'sync. >> 98 degrees, your dream is coming true. they're getting back together. isn't that the one with nick lachey? >> is it? >> is 98 degrees? the same one? ted, let the record show, knows his boy bands. >> he does. >> ebbing on. talking about ted in the menudo t-shirt. >> there's ted. good to see him up at this hour.

>> we have melissa francis from fox business. >> thanks for having me. here on the first full day of summer. at least that's what the strippers told me when i was coming in. you're coming in at 4:00 in the morning, that's who is out of there. >> of everyone who you could choose to shout to, why did you choose to shout to strippers? >> they shoutt me on the street. i choose to talk back. >> they say tell ted hi. >> we begin with an extreme weather alert. minnesota declaring a state of emergency at this hour. unbelievable images coming out of the city of duluth. water flooding streets and homes there. close to 10 inches of rain, wow, fell in 24 hours. there is more on the way and check this out. a zoo nearly wiped out. a polar bear was swept away. that's not easy. he survived. two seals washed away the although they can swim, right? here's one that turned up on the

street outside the zoo. how cute! >> rivers popped up where there never were before. it's unreal. it's surreal. >> the sad part of this story, 20 animals did not make it. a 6-year-old boy survived after being swept six blocks in an underground pipe. wow! and the stanford, florida, police chief who initially handled the trayvon martin investigation fired. criticized for not arresting george zimmerman saying he was protected under florida's stand your ground law. lee tried to resign back in april but city commissioners voted against it. meanwhile, we are now hearing the call placed by martin's father the morning after his son was killed. >> i'm from miami. and my son is up here with me and he did not -- i'm from sanford. he don't know anybody up here. >> how old is your son? >> he's 17.

>> police did not notify his parents of his death until later that day. well, all eyes are on the supreme court today. in a few hours, we'll learn if the justices will announce their decision on the constitutionality of president obama's health care law. if there is not a decision today, the next possible day would be on monday. the decision expected by next thursday at the very latest which is the last day of the court's term until november. mitt romney and his sons making their tv debut on conan. >> you're all grown men. you're married. you have children. does it bother that the press always calls you the romney boys? it's like you're 98 degrees or something. >> yeah, yeah. we're thinking about -- >> you're a boy band in the mall. i mean, you're -- >> we prefer brothers. some people call us boys so whatever. >> it's also like in a western, you would be the posse. get them romney boys in here! >> i'd rather be the posse. tag, matt, ben, josh, and craig

all wore nametags so conan could remember their names. we should start doing that with guests. >> that's why i have a teleprompter. >> hello, my name is steve doocy. i don't know what you do on the primetime show. >> i abuse people and bring them on to disagree with me. >> i'm starting to get that sense. >> let's talk about what happened yesterday in congress. >> what didn't happen yesterday? >> man, what a blockbuster of a day. the house oversight committee approved a resolution on a party line vote of 23-17 holding attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress. this was a resolution. it moves on to the full congress for a vote next week. however, according to mr. issa, mr. holder right there would not be brought up on the contempt of congress charges if he produces the papers, the documents that they want to see regarding fast & furious. >> and on top of that, the reason why he's not going to produce it, because the president of the united states factored himself into this because he says i'll shield

those papers from going out. i'm going to exercise for the first time in my 3 1/2 years executive privilege. therefore, we're going to keep the papers here. however, for the first time, you're thinking to yourself, what does the president have to do with this? why would he use this time at this point after this -- in the 11th hour of this investigation to say, i don't want you reading this. i think i need to stop. >> and of course for those who say this shouldn't be about politics, had should be about finding out what happened among those is brian terry's mom who spoke on radio. >> my son was a person that believed in justice and he believed in telling the truth. he was a man of his honor and if anybody knew him, they knew that. and i know he would be saying you know what? i died for my country and he was a true american and i think he deserved the truth. and i think everybody should know the truth and if this is a bad thing that they did with the fast & furious, it should be

acknowledged so it never happens to anybody else's son. >> that poor family wants to get to the bottom of the story and now the president has inserted himself into it by claiming executive privilege. why did he do that? here's congressman gowdy yesterday. >> if he did not know about fast & furious before brian terry was murdered, if he did not approve of the wiretap applications, then what in the world is he asserting executive privilege for? he's either part of it or he's not. if he's part of it, then we've had a series of witnesses that have misled this committee! and if he's not part of it, then he's got no business asserting executive privilege. >> let's bring in fox news senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano. are you shocked this happened? or were you expecting it? >> no, i think we're all shocked it was happening. brian, as recently as three or four days ago, the attorney general was offering to reveal the very same documents as to which he has now asked the president to claim executive

privilege. this is a very rare thing, executive privilege. it basically permits the president to hide the truth from the courts or from the congress because it's the type of information he needs to have so if, for example, valerie jarrett, just a hypothetical and eric holder have a conversation in the white house about the yankees and a conversation about fast & furious. neither conversation is automatically protected by executive privilege because the conversation, in order to be protected, must be intended to advise and inform the president about his official duties so the yankees would be out. and it must be in the areas of military secrets, diplomatic secrets or sensitive national security. can you even think of how gunrunning to mexican gangs which resulted in the murder of an american federal agent could fit sfwu any of those three categories? >> try to figure out how for us. >> that's the problem that the president had by saying i'm going to claim executive privilege. he now, in order to claim it, must explain it in a writing that he signs. he must justify under the law.

>> when is that coming? >> that would have to come very soon in the next couple of days, brian. otherwise, there would be no executive privilege. and the attorney general would be compelled to reply under fchl contempt. >> this could be a stalling tactic. there's time to turn over the documents or does the president have to explain himself? >> he has to explain himself before the privilege is invoked and if the congress wants to, they can challenge the privilege before the courts. president bush did this and he lost six challenges when federal judges reviewed the documents, he tried to keep from the congress, and the judges ordered him to reveal him. >> washington tried to do this thing and he got stopped from doing this. >> a lot of presidents lose this but this one is suspicious because it comes so late in the game and they said it pertains to documents they once offered to reveal. >> two days earlier you want to see them and two days later, it's a big secret. another question comes down to who is the attorney general working for? is he working for the president

of the united states exclusively or for the people of the united states? here's barack obama in 2005. listen to what he had to say back then. >> the president is not the attorney general's client. the people are. and so the true test of an attorney general nominee is whether that person is ready to put the constitution of the people before the political agenda of the president. >> so at the time he said that, he was saying a correct statement. >> right. >> the attorney general's client is the federal government and the people. it is not the president. the president has his own lawyer and his own team of lawyers in the white house. >> we were looking at a scorecard a minute ago of the presidents who used it in the past. president clinton used it the most, 14 times the executive privilege. how does it usually turn out? are they able to defend it well? >> sometimes the congress back down as they did for president bush invoked it for harriet miers and karl rove. sometimes the congress challenges the president in court as they did several times with president bush and sometimes the congress wins.

>> real quick, the fast & furious investigation is about dumping about 2,000 guns into mexico, evidently hundreds of mexicans have died using our guns. it's mysterious why american guns would be needed in mexico when they can get them dumped on the street without paying the high price and using our guns and taking that risk. however, having said all that, eric holder in particular has proven some statements to be salacious along this way. yeah, he's testified. yeah, he's given over paperwork but a lot of stuff including his accusations have proven wrong. >> he has actually retracted statements the justice department has retracted information that is given to the committee. that's why congressman gowdy was so furious. they don't know if the attorney general or if the justice department, the justice department which is charged with enforcing federal laws is telling the truth to the congress. >> all right. judge andrew napolitano, you can get more of his opinion regarding this and so much more at foxnews.com/opinion. >> thank you, guys.

>> thank you very much. >> all right, coming up straight ahead -- this principal yanked from the job accused of making lewd remarks to students. so why is he still raking in a six figure salary? >> then congressman peter king fighting the p.c. police. trying to find out how to stop radical muslims. is it a witch hunt or keep us safe? congressman is here next. ♪ the one and only, cheerios

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>> homeland security committee holding its fifth hearing on muslim radicalization. some say that the congressman peter king is on a witch hunt. >> if you respect the opinions of those who testify before me, i have to point out that american muslims across the country joined by voices from multiple other faiths have objected to these hearings as

singling out one religious community for undue scrutiny. >> chairman of the house homeland security committee, peter king joins us. congressman, are you on a witch hunt? >> brian, that is such absolute nonsense, no. what i am very concerned about is that while the overwhelming majority of muslims are good people, the fact is even the muslims are 1% of the population. almost 90% of the terrorist crimes are carried out by the muslim community and there's not enough people in the muslim community willing to step forward and speak out against this and cooperate with law enforcement. what i want to do is by having these hearings, i've given reason, moderate muslims the opportunity to step forward, to emerge and not be any longer controlled by radical groups like care or be influenced by "the new york times." they can come forward and they can really speak out and they can take the steps that have to be taken to cleanse their community of this evil of al-qaida. >> everyone is accusing -- while you're head of homeland security, you're in charge of

keeping this place safe and finding out what the next step will be. you've taken a lot of heat because of it. what have you learned through these hearings? >> brian, basically, what i have learned is that there is a real threat to homeland security within the muslim community. and that's why it's so important, for instance, the nypd focus on that community. that's why it's important that the f.b.i. and law enforcement not give into political correctness but that they stay on this. and also showed me that there are very moderate responsible leaders. we have testified before the committee yesterday. if these hearings have done anything, it's given the opportunity to good, honest, hard working muslims to step forward and talk down the radicals in their community. >> let's talk about the alleged leaks that are coming out of the administration and some of this information is now public knowledge and in things like david sanger's book in "the new york times" on a daily basis, what have you learned in looking at some of the information that's come out? one, i was shocked to see that david axelrod is into some of these high level meetings. i thought he was with the

re-election campaign. >> yeah, i don't see how that could be allowed. i mean, i can tell you that when you're involved in any of these type briefings and i'm on the intelligence committee, homeland security committee, especially the intelligence committee, when you go to any type of meeting involving these issues, cell phones have to be left outside. you're sworn to absolute secrecy. and the thought that you would have, if it's true, a political advisor sitting in on these top level meetings deciding who is going to be killed and who is not going to be killed. also, what struck me the most is all of this information and it's not just me. dianne feinstein, a prominent democrat obviously, she's said she's never seen such an avalanche of vital national security secrets being leaked. and they come, obviously, from people at the top of the administration because no one else was at these meetings other than people close to the president. people in his own white house. and that's why if he said he's really against these leaks, there's no way at all they could have happened or continue to happen without him knowing about it and certainly when they first started appearing in "the new york times," it was not a word

out of the president. it was only when john mccain and others started to call him on it that he said opposed to these leaks. until then, not a word. >> and everything from the cyber attacks to the proof that they're listening to the i.s.i. as they talk. not beneficial to our security. congressman peter king, making a courageous move of holding these hearings and finding out information. thanks so much for joining us this morning as chairman of homeland security, you definitely have your hands full. >> thank you, brian. see you in massapequa. >> absolutely. straight ahead, he's accused of slaughtering his own people. why is washington offering syria's president a get out of jail free card? stunning new developments overnight. then some state lawmakers cry poor. but are they secretly hitting the jackpot at your expense? wait until you see these numbers. ♪

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>> quick headlines now. a new reported from the guardian says u.s. and british officials are offering assad clemency for his regime's ongoing assault against is civilians. it's an attempt to end the violence in syria. that's interesting. this assistant principal is still collecting his six figure salary. he's accused of making sexual comments to three female students who applied for summer jobs with him at williamsburg progress high school in brooklyn. he denies the allegations. steve? >> thanks very much, brian. some state lawmakers may not be making big salaries but that doesn't mean they aren't scoring big paycheck. >> our next guest says some are getting huge pay days when they're cashing out of retirement in a game they rigged

themselves. a senior fellow at the manhattan institute. i wonder how politicians go into office without a lot of money and they walk out with big, fat pockets and now we know how. >> yeah, we do know how. >> and this is -- it's a big problem because we sort of laugh about it but the whole pension issue is a trillion dollar bubble waiting to burst around the country. >> it's probably, if you're really truthfully value them, it's a $3 trillion bubble and these are the people we're relying on to fix it. but they are gaining the system even more than government workers are. >> and in fact, you have provided for us some graphic examples of how this works. let's go to the state of arizona. and the key is -- now, this is all based on if the legislature made $100,000 over a year, after 20 years, he would have an $80,000 pension because he used a multiplier of 4%. but steve, when you look at, for instance, just a state employee, it is half that number. we'll move that graphic here in just a second. ok. look at that. 80,000 for the legislature and

only about $43,000 for the average state worker. >> right. same amount of time spent, same final salary but they -- the formulas are very complex. that's one of the problems that we have with the system. people who don't understand what the real costs are so they give themselves a better formula than state workers. >> you mean the multiplier. >> yeah, exactly. that's one -- again, these systems are so complex and the formulas in how you figure it out, that's part of the problem. they add to it because we don't even realize sometimes that they have a better pension because we don't realize the formula is so complex in their favor. >> it's not like they're going to tell us. >> that's for sure. >> you look at a place like kentucky, their multiplier is almost 3%. it's 2 3/4%. look at that over 20 years, it changes what it comes out to in the end. >> absolutely. absolutely. that's just kind of one part of this deal. there are lots of other ways that they do this, they're unprecedented. for instance, in some states, they allow legislators to add

their expenses on their salary in order to determine the final pension. nobody in the private -- >> you mean per diem? >> exactly right. in minnesota it's per diem. you don't even have to send in receipts. nobody in the private sector does that and i don't know if any other government worker that gets that. >> let's go to the state of texas where in texas, the benefit is calculated by the average salaries of state judges. >> right. >> explain that. so the lawmakers end up with the judge's salary. >> here's the thing. texas has a part-time state legislature. they don't get paid very much. now, it's very controversial to raise legislators' salaries and very controversial to say let's go to a full-time legislature and people in texas say we don't need a full-time legislature but what people don't pay attention to is pensions so they arrange their pensions based on some other public official's final salary. so even though they don't make much as a legislator, when they retire, they can make as much as $125,000 a year. >> in some cases, they don't even have to submit the receipt which i think is pretty amazing

so you can sort of make it up as we go along or guesstimate it. >> in some sessions they're officially in session half a year, you get $100 a day automatically. just add that up. you get like a cafeteria literally, you know, $60 for meals. and that gets added on to your salary so now that can increase your final pension by $10,000. >> you know what? something else that does it? if you're double or triple dipping, for instance, in massachusetts, state senator michael omoore earned $75,000 as a legislator but collects almost $30,000 in state pension payments because he was a retired worker. over $100,000, triple in compensation. in new jersey, what they allow you to do is actually retire -- is actually in new jersey, once you earn enough credit as a legislator to get your pension, you can get your pension, stay in the legislature and still get your legislative salary. >> we're looking at an example

of that right now. senator frank madden jr. who is able to do that and still continue to work taking home a total of, you can see it right there on the screen $241,000 a year. not bad if you can get it. >> yeah. by the way, other state workers in most places can't do this. >> holy cow. >> bottom line is we're all paying for this. we're saying this is what taxpayers are paying for. >> two things. one, it cost the system but number two, the other thing is these are the people that we're saying fix our system. >> oh, man. >> thanks for bringing it our attention. steve with the manhattan institute. thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> this story will make you sick -- >> the last one made me sick. >> bullying their bus monitor. >> you're so fat. >> oh! and it gets even worse but wait until you hear who is coming to her rescue. >> check it out, former clinton white house counsel lanny davis on the left literally and on the right, former r.n.c. chair michael steele but this morning, they're working together. they have a strong message for

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>> in chicago, some anti-mitt romney protesters told reporters they're being paid to protest. they said they're being paid by democrats to stand outside and chant anti-romney slogans. well, who says president obama isn't creating any new jobs? there's a bunch of jobs. there's some jobs right there. >> and i think they're getting paid $17 an hour. >> that's not bad! >> you know, i'd rather pay people to follow me around and cheer, i think. there you go. you know if you're feeling a little down and depressed? pay four or five to come by and just cheer. >> those people that you talked to this morning were not cheering but shouting questions at you. those were the strippers. >> they were leaving the club, i was coming into work. >> long story, sorry, folks. >> let's part of new york coming together. it looks like j.p. morgan chase could lose a whole lot more cash from that trading debacle than it already has.

new reports show the banking giant and its c.e.o. will likely lose up to $6 billion. that's up from $2 billion which is less than $6 billion. they've admitted that they lost that since april. we'll know the full details next month when j.p. morgan releases the second quarter earnings report. you'll carry that on your show on primetime. >> we'll probably mention it. we're hearing the emergency call from that pilot of a jet blue flight, a passenger -- a flight's passengers describe the ride as being from hell. >> they need those hydraulic systems. the flight was on its way from las vegas to new york when the hydraulic systems failed. the pilot had to circle the airport for three hours dumping fuel. the entire time the plane dumped

-- bumped around so violently, several passengers got sick. >> every bump you thought can they control this? are we going to go down? is there something we don't know about? >> meanwhile, the plane did land safely and it had to be towed to the gate because the front wheels stopped working. >> what else could go wrong? caught on camera, a group of middle school students relentlessly bullying a 68-year-old school bus monitor. we warn you, this video is really disturbing. >> you're fat! you're so fat. you take up the whole entire seat. >> oh, no! >> oh, my god. you're sweaty [beep]. >> i'm going to stab you in the stomach. >> unless you have something nice to say, don't say anything at all. >> where is their parents? karen klein is the grandmother of eight who works for the central school district in new york. the video of her tormenting going viral because the student posted it on line. the school and police are looking into possible juvenile

charges against the students. people all over the country, though, rallying around karen setting up a web site to send her on a dream vacation. that web address is on the bottom of your screen. we'll show it to you right now. we're also going to talk live to karen coming up at 8:20 this morning. have a happy ending there. >> no kidding. meanwhile, the hits keep on coming one day after alec baldwin attacked a photographer, he shoved his way through a group of reporters as he walked his bike back into his building. witnesses say as he walked his bike in, he ran over a woman's foot and didn't stop to apologize. despite all of this, he still insists he did nothing wrong when he sat down last night with dave. >> no one got punched, by the way. >> nobody got punched. >> and i said that from the first -- >> if i punched him, i would be in jail right now. >> i said he didn't punch him. i know what it is. the guy was too close and he shoved him. >> i push him out of the way, he almost hit me in the face with a camera. had i punched him, i would be in jail and i would have pressed

charges against him for assault and we would be in the jail cell together and you don't want to know what would happen in the jail cell if we were together. >> if you don't punch him, you're ok. it's shoving. it's all fine. >> earlier in the day yesterday, alec was all smiles shaking hands with former president bill clinton. they bumped into each other on the streets of new york city. >> the president using executive privilege for the first time in his presidency to keep congress from getting the documents they want on the botched fast & furious operation. democrats calling it a witch hunt. republicans say it's about justice. what's really going on? >> melissa is asking me that. no, she isn't. we just want to ask, joining us for some special insight is the former special counsel to president clinton who invoked special privilege 14 times lanny davis, who is counting and michael steele, together you're different people but yet together, you're purple. >> together we're purple. >> before we talk about your project which i'm very excited

about. >> where they're coming together. >> where they're coming together. don't give it away, steve. >> ok. >> but i want to talk about fast & furious. first off, the executive privilege being exerted, lanny, are you surprised? >> no. i mean, george bush, ronald reagan, probably george washington has been fighting with congress about what the executive has to give up when congress wants to see advisory memorandum, it's an old principle of constitutional law. i do think that the administration waited too late to reach out to chairman issa but they did reach out and issa said i'm not going to deal. i think holder was ready to sit down with him to work it out. >> and you think it was a mistake that they should wait so late because you were in the clinton administration, you had an argument with the president's lawyers over what are we doing here? >> right. sometimes you have to be politically realistic. if you exert important constitutional principle and you know it looks like a cover-up, and the optics and the politics are against you, you fight the principle up to a point and you say ok, we'll give them up because we were going to give them up anyway. in this case, it probably is an

important principle at stake but i think eric holder is willing to negotiate and for reasons i can't understand other than shock politics, issa said no. >> michael, this is a lot of political capital to spend and brings the president in the center of a fight that he didn't necessarily have to be this closely associated with. do you think there's something big here to hide to make it worth it? >> i think that's the bottom line for a lot of folks. most folks around the country scratching their head saying how long has this been going on? this has been a long investigation and not something that just started six months ago so the reality for a lot of people is where does this end? i think both issa and holder and now the president have an obligation to really get this off the front pages because you're talking about the loss of life here. this is not a political tool or football to play around with, there's serious questions to be raised and i think all parties concerned at this point need to get in the room and get it done. >> michael, you know what's going to knock it off, obamacare, ruling could come down as early as today. and then fast & furious will go

down at least for a while. tell me about your project. you think republicans and democrats haven't been this far apart. you want to be the purple answer, right? >> like barney. >> this isn't kumbaya. i disagree with this guy on almost everything. our issue differences are real. i'm a liberal and he's a conservative. what we are saying is that democrats and republicans are in a dysfunctional system where they're not trying to find solutions. so we came together as a company, we call ourselves purple nation solutions because we think people who come to washington want bipartisan solutions, not a food fight. >> the goal has to be at this stage given the problems that we're having internationally and the problems we're having here at home, getting jobs, putting people back to work. there has to be a general consensus about what this is going to be. how do we get there and how do we begin to have the conversation? when you have something like simpson-bowles that the president asked for and then ignores or if you have folks in congress who pushed back and say well, we don't want to have that conversation. we're not going to have the

debate, we're not going to have the discussion. that's not what the american people need right now particularly when they're trying to put their lives back together. >> everybody says we want both sides to come together with all the fighting not doing anything. >> enough is enough. you come together -- >> who do you talk to? >> talk to everybody. anybody who will listen. anybody out there who is really ready to move forward and find out how we solve these problems, let's begin to put the pressure on the leadership. this is about elected leadership not doing the responsible thing. >> i understand you want to see much less negativity in the run-up to the election with the campaigning. but how do you do that? i mean, mitt romney wants to point out the current president's record. would that be considered negative? >> no, in fact, that's exactly what we want romney to do. it's really up to you guys in the media to insist. tell me your idea, mr. romney, for reducing the national debt without raising revenues. tell me your idea, president obama, how are we going to reduce the debt without cutting spending and entitlement reform?

force them to debate that and tell the american people how you're going to solve jobs and the national debt. don't tell me about bain capital and how bad romney was in massachusetts. i want to know about your ideas for the future. that's what bill clinton, that's what cory booker, ed rendell and a lot of democrats are asking barack obama to challenge romney on issues. >> just a point of view -- >> i think it's a little bit of how i looked at my tenure at the r.n.c. and that. i became chairman and the party was fractured. we lost in 2006 and lost in 2008, how do you go out and convince the base to be a part of this? you do it citizen at a time -- one citizen at a time, community at a time. you talk to businesses. you talk to political leadership and you try to bring them to the point of view that people are ready for this. i mean, the response that we've gotten has been enormous. people are actually ready for this type of movement. so now we encourage -- we

encourage those folks out there for making those decisions to listen to what people want right now. this is not that difficult. you don't always have to take the negative position. what is so hard about saying look, ok, you have your view and i have mine. lanny is absolutely wrong on taxes. god bless him. he can't help himself. >> trying to help a brother out. so the -- >> it's what they do now at purple nation solutions where i got a feeling their business cards have purple ink. >> you know the vikings are going to sue you, you know that, right? >> thanks very much. >> thank you, guys. >> thank you. >> straight ahead, we've shown you the video, a grown man caught on camera trying to drown out kids singing "god bless the u.s.a. ">> the man said there's more to this. more than what you're seeing. >> real students are hypnotized in class but no one can wake them up? i don't know if i believe it. we'll talk about it. ♪

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you'll never roam alone. >> i love this story. it was supposed to be fun exercise for 14-year-olds at a canadian middle school but the school says the students were left in a hypnotized state for hours and couldn't snap out of it. in fact, the hypnotist called in his mentor to wake up the girls. but were the girls just faking it? joining me now is certified clinical hypnotist and founder of advanced hypnosis center here in new york city, jeffrey rose. we are laughing because it is very hard for us to believe that this is real. you've seen the video and read about it. what do you think? >> i think the hypnotist is just in training, could have done a better job. he was a novice in hypnotizing them. >> a better job in what sense? >> he could have been able to talk him out and bring him out of that state a lot earlier. we go into trance all the time when we're watching movies. we can be at a movie theater and everything is fine. >> the facts are hard to believe. one report, you know, one of the

girls for four hours was in an unresponsive state. i was immediately wondering if she happened to miss a test during that period. >> she could have been sleeping or she could have loved that euphoric state so much she was stubborn and didn't want to come out or she didn't want to listen to the hypnotist's suggestions to come out. >> does age have anything to do with this? one of the problems that they made is that 14-year-olds are particularly susceptible to this and if the audience had been a different age, it would have been different, is that true? >> absolutely. children are more suggestible. i have a 4-year-old daughter at home. you can see her with her powerful imagination playing with dolls, singing and dancing and she's in that trance state all along. being in that trance state when they're more relaxed all the time, you can program with great suggestions and listen to those. >> as a parent, that makes me really nervous. how do you think the parents should have responded to this at home? saying they could suggest different things at them. >> they're not unconscious. i would have love to have worked with them to empower them to

exercise more, take their tests better. you can use that powerful state to improve people's lives. >> we want to say we did get a statement from the school. they say, you know, we should have examined this event more closely because of the hypnotic component involved and the fact that people were age 14 and younger are more susceptible to this type of phenomenon was not brought to our attention. you buy that? >> i don't know. i don't know enough about the facts about that. just from what you're reporting right now, i don't know. >> the bottom line is hypnosis works. >> absolutely. i'm helping in my practice all the time people to quit smoking and lose weight. >> all right, jeffrey rose, thank you so much for joining you us. we've shown you the video, grown men trying to disrupt kids singing "god bless america." our next guest will tell you about the whole thing and tell you what you're not seeing in this video. forcing medical insurance companies to cover everyone would be the same as making your car insurance with, guess who, lindsay lohan. we'll break it down. why not make lunch more than just lunch?

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>> when that principal refused to let them sing "god bless the u.s.a." parents and students from p.s. 90 in brooklyn new york refused to stay silent. they organized a rally right outside the school but they weren't alone. a heckler showed up. >> yeah. guy yelling at kids saying "burn in hell". new york congressman bob turner was there and joins us from washington, d.c. good morning to you. >> good morning, steve, how are you? >> fine, thank you very much. i understand you were invited to this event at a nearby park as demonstration against the fact that the school wouldn't allow them to sing that. ok, explain what happened. at what point did these outsiders start heckling these

kids? >> well, as soon as the children started singing, there was more than one heckler started shouting them down. i think they were attempting to provoke an incident because it was being tracked by a campaign aide from the gillebrand camp. >> are you suggesting -- >> congressman, are you suggesting that, perhaps, the gillebrand campaign had something to do with the heckling? >> tough to prove in a case of law -- court of law but who are these guys? what were they doing there? concerned citizens? give me a break. >> how many were there? and i can imagine -- even though the kids were great at ignoring them, the drama of being yelled "you will burn in hell" while singing that song, "god bless the u.s.a." i mean, think about that. >> a little over the top. i think there were three protesters, only one of them was

out of hand and it was the burn in hell guy but poor form. >> yeah. >> the jill brand campaign and we should point out she's currently the senator, one of the senators from new york state and you would like her job. spokesperson for the campaign said it was outrageous to think they had anything to do with the incident, sir. >> ask her -- track her if he knew those people and maybe we'll get to the bottom of it or maybe not. >> right. >> but a full blown incident. we have your bob beckel calling me a jerk on national television. i got rush limbaugh coming to my defense. pretty big deal! >> it is and he's a big fan of yours. i understand you gave him one of his big breaks in his career. >> no, he was already well along. >> we did reach out to the school for comment and they declined our invitation. all right, congressman, thank you for not declining our invitation today.

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>> good morning. it is thursday, june 21st. i'm melissa francis in for gretchen carlson. a house panel votes to hold the attorney general of the united states in contempt and moments ago, eric holder spoke out and

we have his brand new reaction. >> and the video is unreal. floodwaters washing out a zoo. sweeping two seals and a polar bear right into the street outside. talk about the state of emergency. >> no kidding. and forget the billions of dollars spent on solyndra. now, we're paying prison inmates to make solar panels for a company in taiwan? really? "fox & friends" hour two for a thursday starts now! >> today in center square, we have melissa francis from the fox business network where she hosts a primetime show! >> i was going to pay people to follow me around to cheer from now on so everybody is paying protesters. >> it is a sound effect. there are no people cheering. >> i have a trivia question for you. the center square is -- >> you know what you were doing, right? >> i was going to find my way

out of there. i know when it should become a two person show and i feel like a third wheel. more comfortable in those situations but the hollywood squares. we know the center square was whoopi goldberg in the new version. who was the center square in the old version? >> too easy. paul lin. >> find. >> i don't know who that is. >> wasn't he the warlock on "bewitched". >> that was his only other role aside from being the center square. >> it's like blanche from the odd couple, too. she did that and match game. >> ok, show totally derailed. let me try to get back on track here. why don't we go to your headlines. >> good idea. >> we begin with the extreme weather alert in minnesota declaring a state of emergency. incredible images of the massive flooding in the city of duluth. buildings, homes, cars, completely submerged. close to 10 inches of rain fell in 24 hours and unfortunately, there is more on the way, if you can believe it. check out this zoo. it was nearly wiped out, a polar bear was swept away. that's not easy. he survived.

two seals also washed away. here's one that turned up on a street outside the zoo. look at him! looks ok, though. but 20 other animals didn't make it, unfortunately. this car was swallowed into the ground. two others inside? both managed to escape without any injuries and a 6-year-old boy survived after being swept six blocks in an underdog pipe. can't imagine how harrowing that would be. sanford, florida, police chief who initially handled the trayvon martin investigation now fired. he was criticized for not arresting george zimmerman saying he was protected under florida's stand your ground law. he tried to resign in april but city commissioners voted against it. he was later charged in the case by a special prosecutor. he is now awaiting trial in jail and it could be a big day at the supreme court. in a few hours, we'll learn if the justices will announce their decision on the constitutionality of president obama's health care law. if there is not a decision today, the next possible day

would be on monday. the decision expected by next thursday at the latest which is the last day of the court's term until october. many critics of the law say the individual mandate requiring americans to buy insurance or pay a penalty is unconstitutional. and a teenager made this video for his dream school after they put him on the waiting list. >> ♪ give me one more chance ♪ to show you that i love you ♪ won't you please let me ♪ into your school ♪ oh how i dream to be ♪ a wolverine ♪ michigan, you're like anything that i see ♪ ♪ you're like a >> that's heart. that was lawrence young with his version of, of course, the jackson 5, "i want you back." guess what? his video worked. he's one of the 42 students accepted from the list. now he's singing his way into yale. >> i'm thinking about it. rather than studying, i think a lot of kids would just start singing on their own. >> come on! >> that's cute.

>> that's good. >> let's dial in michelle malkin who joins us from colorado springs today. good morning to you. >> good morning. no singing for me this morning. sorry. >> no? >> that's all. we know that eric holder, yesterday the house oversight committee held him in contempt of congress. goes to a full vote next week. he spoke out this morning. there he is a couple of nights ago in the u.s. house. he spoke out this morning, michelle, in copenhagen speaking to some e.u. officials and said this regarding the contempt and he said the action that the committee took yesterday was unwarranted, unnecessary and unprecedented. he also is optimistic that it will be resolved without giving further details. how do you see this whole thing? >> well, i think that he continues to show unbridled huburous and you would think especially in light of the significant revelation from senator grassley yesterday that

he had boldly lied about accusing the former bush attorney general, michael mukasi about being briefed about a different program, operating wide receiver, in an attempt to try to pin this all on the bush administration. you would think that after all that, after that admission which is one of many that he has received and lied to the public about this, that he would show a little bit more humility in light of this vote. no, this is just a part of the pattern of obstruction and arrogance that has marked this entire episode. really, the worst scandal, the bloodiest scandal of this administration. >> remember when he came out and he said, i never heard of the fast & furious until a few weeks ago. and that was in 2011 and it turns out, there was the memos passed back and forth about fast & furious dating back to at least 2010. right there is where congressman issa thought we have a problem here. >> yeah, that's right. he's been nailed on what he knew and when.

and then, of course, there was that damning february 4th letter from last year from one of his underlings in which the d.o.j. flatly denied that the a.t.f. was allowing and sanctioning these guns to walk across the border. they had to retract that letter last december. and -- and here we have these continual denials in the face of an administration that claims to be the most transparent ever! >> and michelle -- >> painful. >> as the politics flare up and swirl around this, we don't want to forget this is about someone who died and brian terry's mom spoke out on radio. we haven't heard from her in a long time. here's what she said. >> my son was a person that believed in justice and he believed in telling the truth. he was a man of his honor. if anybody knew him, they knew that. i know he would be saying, you know what? i died for my country and he was

a true american and i think he deserves the truth and i think everybody should know the truth and if this is a bad thing that they did with fast & furious, it should be acknowledged so it never happens to anybody else's son. >> yeah, that family certainly deserves some answers and michelle, charles grassley, senator from iowa wants some answers, too. he said yesterday, how can the president exert executive privilege over documents he supposedly has never seen? >> yeah, that's right. of course, the maneuver they undertook yesterday underscores something some of us have been emphasizing since day one of this scandal over the last year and a half. that is obama is at the center of it and what brian terry's mom said needs to be repeated over and over again. i thought it was shameful. i watched the whole hearing process yesterday. and these democrats don't even know border patrol agent brian terry's name.

they sit there and accuse republicans of turning this into some sort of election year game when it's the d.o.j., it's eric holder, and it is ultimately president obama who is responsible for dragging this out for so long as they have turned down so many of the document requests from issa and grassley. and the american public. >> it's unbelievable. on the similar subject, same chamber, nancy pelosi running around capitol hill yesterday saying "she could have arrested karl rove at any time. if he had just shown up to do his everyday work because of the executive privilege and some of the controversial things that were going on during the bush years. where is that coming from? >> yeah. >> well, this is the only card they have left to play. all the opponents i've been put up against to talk about this and debate about this have nothing else to do but blame bush. and this is the problem with these democrats. they turn around accuse

republicans of being insincere and wanting to get to the bottom of the truth and all they can do is dig up every last bush scandal. news flash, george w. bush is no longer in office. >> that's right. and then nancy pelosi said something i didn't realize, they have a little jail cell at the u.s. capitol. >> that was the interesting part of that. who knew? >> they have little cells in awe the stadiums, too, because people get too drunk and they lock them up. >> i hope they're unrelated. after the scott walker win in the great state of wisconsin, it's interesting, suddenly it looked like the labor union movement coming apart at the scenes but now that big labor union has said they're going to pledge the largest ever grassroots presidential field campaign ever! this on the heels of -- yeah, the labor union maybe the bloom is off the rose when it comes to supreme democrats this time around. >> that's right. that's why i was very skeptical after the report came out that the afl-cio was somehow

retrenching and pulling back in these races. they're really just redistributing the wealth so now on the heels of all of that, the tens of millions of dollars that they dumped into the losing campaign in wisconsin, they're just going to dig deeper. and double down. that's what the sciu is doing and we can't forget, of course, that the purple army was hugely responsible for 2008, and obama's victory. i mean, they sent huge amounts of rank and file out to do all of the door knocking but make no mistake, this is not a grassroots campaign. and i think that the story that came out of wisconsin that's so significant is there is a huge portion of rank and file union members who disagree with having their dues coerced and taken from them into -- and dumped into these losing campaigns when these unions themselves have pensions that are going bankrupt and a lot of these crony union bosses are taking all the money. >> i don't want to run out of time before we talk about one of

my favorite stories of the day, the obama administration using prisoners to make solar panels for federal agencies and push a green energy agenda, they're using hundreds of inmates who earn between $0.23 and $1.15 an hour. look at -- you know, it makes me wonder still solar isn't profitable. how is that possible when your labor are prisoners who are basically working for free? this is amazing! >> yes, this is amazing. the free beacon did a good job of exposing this program and i guess the joke is, you know, what has black, white and stripes and green all over? this unicorn program and i think what's significant is it all goes back to chicago, one of the great beneficiaries of this program is exlon corporation that owns one of the energy companies that's going to benefit from all of this labor and it underscores the point that i've been making and i have a column today out that i think is relevant that instead of spending money on some core, basic duties like, say, aerial tankers to fight wildfires, and

of course, the west is on -- has been on fire all summer, what are they doing? spending money on frivolous programs like this to reward their pals in chicago. >> yep, it's an eye opener. read all about it at michellemalkin.com and the web site. thanks for joining us on this thursday. see you next thursday. >> take care, guys. >> coming up, private citizens digging deep into their pockets this election season. but here's something that those donors didn't expect, media outlets digging deep into their personal lives. is that fair? >> then here's a question for you. you have to choose, your wedding ring and your cell phone. if you could only have one, what would it be? wait until you hear what most people would pick. >> can't take a picture with my wedding ring. >> that's true. pooches and puppies, we are fed up

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>> welcome back. this election season, a little different than years past. private citizens with a lot of money can dig deep into their own checkbooks, and donate to super pacs this time around. but something those private citizens did not expect is for media outlets like n.p.r. to dig into their personal, private lives. and national public radio, that publicly funded media organization, they've attempted to highlight and even personally contact many wealthy donors in order to out them so is media scrutiny the price you have to pay for getting involved? joining us right now is co-host of "the five" juan williams, appropriately screen left and on the right, republican strategist dee dee benke. good morning to both of you. >> good morning, steve. >> let's start with you. we have a graphic that shows the number of people who are targeted by n.p.r. of the million dollar donors on both

sides. eight republicans relatively obscure republicans and they've outted two democrats. jeffrey katzenberg, the famous producer and bill maher, the famous host so, you know, they're already in the public eye but the guys they're targeting on the republican side, a lot of people don't know about them. >> this is unfair and very wrong and it's not the first time n.p.r. has made a bone head decision. i mean, really, juan? you know, this is just not right and not fair for the private citizens to be harassed. you should be able to contribute without n.p.r. putting you on a television show and remember, again, n.p.r. is publicly funded so taxpayer dollars are going to republicans. as a republican, i have a problem with that. >> of course, you mentioned juan because n.p.r. once upon a time did fire juan. >> bonehead decision, exactly. >> what do you think about this? >> well, i think it's more than n.p.r. i think all big media organizations are looking at who is making contributions to political candidates in the aftermath of the sicitizens unid

supreme court decision which really opened the door to much larger contributions to super pacs and that's what we're talking about here and in particular, then you get people who, i think, are unaccustomed to the public spotlight and to being asked about their politics and what they're trying to influence, suddenly, you know, being grilled by reporters and targeted by neighbors and friends who said i didn't know you had that kind of money or i didn't know you were so strongly invested in x, y or z candidate. but you know what? if you get in the game and you have millions to put in the game, buddy, you're going to get hit. that's part of policy. >> this is different because, as you said, now you have big money with these super pacs. however, you know, that doesn't mean that n.p.r. and doesn't mean that other news outlets should be targeting them or the obama campaign and using chicago antics. >> you know -- >> shouldn't be outted and harassed. >> one of the things is this follows a now new democratic talking point and they're trying to make sheldon attleson a

boogieman because he's contributed a lot but at the same time, george soros who has given millions and millions of dollars to democratic causes, i think he's given millions and millions, hasn't he to n.p.r. he'd be on their list. >> oh, i don't know how he could be off their list. that's ridiculous. he has. that's exactly right. when it comes to the whole idea of demonization, the fear here is that people will see or suspect that there's some corrupt, you know, inclination by these rich people giving so much money to one candidate or another. soros has been deep into every liberal cause including some that target, you know, legitimate journalists like us just because we're at fox and all the rest. i don't know how he could escape that scrutiny. you're right, i think the other side, you know, in terms of the obama administration will, for example, in terps of the koch brothers, you know, try to use them as political bait for their side to say look at what these super wealthy people are doing

to try to push the system one way or another. you can't help that if you're in the game, if this is the nfl. you're going to get hit. that's what i was trying to say earlier. >> not the death threats. >> that's definitely over the line. >> crosses over the line, definitely. >> always a pleasure. thank you both for joining us live. >> good morning. >> have a good day. >> straight ahead, a stunning new report that contradicts everything you've heard about drinking while pregnant. guess what? eight drinks a week, perfectly fine. we'll tell you about that. john stossel says forcing medical insurance companies to cover everyone would be like making you pay the same for car insurance as serial car crasher lindsay lohan. john stossel coming up to bat coming up next. ♪

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>> time for news by the numbers. the royal edition. first, $15 1/2 million much that's how much money prince william and will, how do you say that last name, steve, do you know? come over here. will and harry. >> i thought what was his last name. >> prince william and harry. stay here in case something else comes. from her mom today, it's his 30th birthday. he's a lot richer. $56 million. that's the queen's new annual salary and how much of a raise? >> 20%! >> and finally $78,000. that's how much money you could make as the queen's house manager. the position just listed and how do you say that last word? >> palace. >> and that conclusion the royal windsor edition of news by the numbers! melissa, over to you. >> doocy, you never help me with my reads.

it could happen at any moment today, the supreme court may finally announce the ruling on president obama's controversial health care law. but with 60% of americans now saying they believe being forced to buy insurance is a violation of their individual rights, how will the courts decide and what will happen next? joining us is the host of "stossel" on the fox business network and the author of "no they can't" it's john stossel. what did you bring, your telephone bill here? what is this? >> this is obamacare. >> and you read the whole thing, every page. no one has. >> no. nancy pelosi says we have to read it to know what's in it. we still don't know because in the bill, it says the department of health and human services can continue to write new mandates so there's more than this. >> yeah. >> you want to get rid of the whole thing, throw it out? >> well, the odds are, according to the people who bet, that the supreme court will toss out the mandate either today or more likely monday and what scares me is that the opponents of the bill say ok, we won. but the mandate is the least of it in my opinion. this is filled with stuff like

the rule against discrimination, insurance companies should not be allowed to discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions. and i bet most of you like that. most republicans support that idea. it's wrong to discriminate but discrimination is what insurance is about. to forbid discrimination means, you referred to earlier that lindsay lohan and i should pay the same car insurance premium. >> you're saying insurance companies by the same token wouldn't be able to discriminate against lindsay lohan when she gets her car insurance even though she's known not to be the best driver as opposed to you who is it a fantastic driver. >> or someone who is healthy should be able to pay less for health insurance. this idea that we should be in the pool together, intuitively feels right to people. but then, it's not insurance. they might as well just call it one more welfare program. >> what about, you know, the man or woman who has cancer and they get fired from their job, and all of a sudden, they're out of work and they go out and get their insurance. you feel for that person.

>> you do and most policies, if you get cancer, they don't throw you out. >> no, if you lose your job and you lose that insurance and have to get more insurance, i know a lot of people happen to or you have a heart condition. all of a sudden, you have a pre-existing condition. not only are you out of a job, you also now can't get insurance. >> but that's government rules in the first place because why do you have your insurance from your employer? you don't buy your food, clothing and shelter through your employer. that was a government trick from world war ii price controls that give a special tax break to employer-paid health insurance. we should get insurance when we're young and healthy for the people with special problems, yes, that's a role for government and private charities to step in and we have medicaid for the poor. >> your main point is even if they throw out this main part of the law or the one that will most likely go away, there's a lot of things that will stay. >> page or two in here. this is filled with micromanagement that will kill health care. i mean, the free market is what brings us everything that's better.

that gets cheaper. you have it in health care and the tiny part that's free act, eye surgery, plastic surgery, it gets cheaper and the prices go down. i mean, and the quality goes up. >> i think you broke the desk with that document. i'm going to ask you to take it with you when you go. and your show is on fox business network tonight, thursday at 9:00 p.m. we'll tune in and see it. thanks, john. they put their lives on the line for this country and this morning, "fox & friends" is saying thank you. we're helping to get veterans jobs and then what would stress you out more, losing your wedding ring or losing your cell phone? i think it depends on what your ring looks like. i don't know! stick around for this one. we'll be right back.

>> here's some political news. today, president obama used his executive privilege to withhold documents about a weapons operation called fast & furious. i don't know what's scarier that we can't see those documents or that the government is naming them after van diesel movies.

>> eric holder speaking in copenhagen saying the vote to hold him in contempt is unwarranted, unnecessary and unprecedented. what's next? peter doocy is live in washington with the latest. peter? >> and melissa, after all the action yesterday, the next step is going to be a vote before the full house of representatives and that's on their calendar next week unless the attorney general changes his tune. yesterday's vote to hold the attorney general in contempt of congress was approved 23-17 by the house oversight committee and in a joint statement, speaker boehner and majority leader cantor said while we hoped it would not come to this, unless the attorney general re-evaluates his choice and supplies the promised documents, the house will vote to hold him in contempt next week. the attorney general wrote to president obama on tuesday that releasing the documents the committee wants would have "significant damaging consequences" and that was good enough for the president and he asserted executive privilege which president clinton did 14

times and president george w. bush did six times but the oversight committee went ahead with their vote anyway and holder who is in copenhagen right now just said that the action the committee took yesterday was unwarranted, unnecessary and unprecedented which is on top of this comment from yesterday "this divisive action does not help us fix the problems that led to this operation or previous ones and it does nothing to make any of our law enforcement agents safer. it's an election year tactic intended to distract attention and as a result, has deflected critical resources from fulfilling what remains my top priority at the department of justice, protecting the american people. now, the d.o.j. pointed out to us yesterday that dating back to president reagan, presidents have asserted executive privilege 24 times but speaker boehner's office is highlighting the fact that claims of executive privilege can be withdrawn or overturned and that a majority, nine, of president clinton's 14 claims were either withdrawn or struck down in

court and there was also one claim that president george w. bush asserted that was struck down in court and another that was withdrawn. back to you in new york. >> all right. mini doocy, thank you so much. >> he's not so mini anymore. he's 6'9". >> peter, thank you very much for the headlines. tall drink of water. he is. now we have some headlines for you on this thursday morning. a new report from the guardian newspaper says u.s. and british officials may offer syrian president assad clemency for his regime's ongoing onslaught against civilians. really? this alleged deal, an attempt to get assad to agree to a u.n. banked political transition in syria. they say the deal comes after president obama and british prime minister david cameron felt they had encouraging talks with -- really, russian president vladimir putin at the g-20 summit. hadn't heard that part. >> they blew over $800,000 of your money on a conference in las vegas but now the house

appropriations committee flashing about $100 million from the g.s.a.'s budget for next year. employees under investigation will also be denied bonuses. who knew? jeff neely who planned the lavish bash resigned in the wake of the scandal. we can't talk about him without showing that picture. as did g.s.a. administrator martha johnson. numerous videos have also emerged showing g.s.a. employees laughing it up and literally, look at that, clowning it around. it would be funny except it's all on your dime. >> yeah. all right. listen up, expectant moms drinking eight glasses of alcohol a week may not be bad for you. good news for sclitz, the number one beer of children. the mothers drank one to eight drinks while pregnant did not perform any worse on i.q. tests at 5 years old. sounds good to me. the kids of women who had nine

or more drinks had a lower attention span. it didn't show any harmful effects and researchers recommend pregnant women avoid alcohol all together. >> you know, my doctors actually told me that when i was pregnant. i had really high blood pressure. >> did they say you could have eight drinks a week? >> no. they actually said one a day. you know -- >> her doctor works at annheuser busch. >> i didn't do it. but, you know, i don't know. >> this bud is for you. >> take the single -- >> there you go. and just how attached to technology -- just how attached -- it sounds like i've been drinking. just how attached to technology are you? a newly released study finds many people have an emotional bond with their mobile devices. 77% polled said losing their cell phone would be more stressful than losing their wedding ring! >> come on. >> it's what they found. and if it comes down to packing television or toiletries, technology wins. the only thing found to be more stressful than losing a cell phone, losing a wallet. >> i think that means that your ring is not very good, then, and you should, you know, maybe

trade up for a better ring. no? only the ladies in the audience did that? >> not so much what it costs. it's -->> the thought that counts. >> meanwhile, a tough economy for all americans right now but even more so for veterans. "fox & friends" first co-host heather nowart is here and talking about the second annual hiring our heroes job fair in downtown new york city. what are you finding, heather? >> that's right, good morning, guys. we're down here on wall street this morning where a veterans jobs fair is being held today. they're expecting about 1,000 people to turn out. you know, we talk a lot about the unemployment rate in this country which stands at 8.2% but the unemployment rate among veterans is a lot higher that the 12 1/2%. with that in mind, there's a group called hiring our heroes that and they put together this jobs fair. they're holding this one and hundreds across the country in small towns as well as big towns. they put together this event for employers at the health care industry, financial services,

you name it. a lot of them are here this morning. let's talk to one of the founders of that group. the lieutenant colonel joins me this morning. good morning. come in here. tell me about this employment rate among post 9/11 veterans. why is it so much higher than the general public? >> i think there's a couple of reasons. first of all, we're in a bad economy. second of all, a lot of veterans are 9/11 veterans and they're suffering from 29.1% unemployment so that significantly brings the average up. >> what kind of advice are you giving them when they go to employers to try to get a job? >> i think they need to do a better job of branding themselves. they need to talk about the unique experiences they had in the military. about their advance technical skills and translate that to how that would be good for an employer in the work force. >> ok, but if someone worked at a motor pool, for example, how do you make that relevant to the private sector? >> you don't use military jargon to talk about the truck you worked on. you put it in civilian speak and talk about it in terms of

general employment. these are hard working people and extremely reliable and great team players. they could do anything. >> what do employers tell you that they like about hiring veterans? >> very tangibly, they talk about the advanced technical skills that i mentioned. the intangibles are leadership experience and team playing. they're incredibly talented people that work well in teams and that makes the business better. >> these jobs fairs being held across the country and people don't have to just show up here, they can do it on line? >> absolutely, so a lot of the employers actually use tracking systems so on-line systems are very prevalent in our hiring fairs. >> the group is called hiring our heroes. check them out on line. lieutenant colonel kevin siegel, thank you very much. you did 20 years as u.s. marine. thank you for your service. we'll be here this morning. >> you better get in the shade. it's going to be close to 100 here today. >> heather doesn't sweat. >> never let them see you sweat. >> states borrowing cash from pension funds that belong to others now out of money?

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>> quick headlines now. college football now one step away from having a four team playoff system. they want to determine the national champion and not vote on it for a change. the bcs commissioners backing the plan would start in 2014. >> and outrage over this mall sign in new jersey. it reads "we apologize for the whistling construction workers but man, you look good." some women's advocates not amused by the sign.

either am i and want it removed. outrageous. i'm outraged! >> $757 billion. that's how much states are falling short on their pension funds according to a new pew study that finds that many are failing to maintain safe levels of funding. so what is the problem? >> stuart varney is -- you're going to solve the whole thing right now. you brought $757 billion with you. >> yeah, just like that. >> just write a check. print some money like bernanke. >> to be honor with you, i have an even more dramatic and tragic number actually. 657,000, that's the number of state workers who have been laid off or fired since january of 2009. 657,000. now, all right, why is that? that's a very large number. >> yeah. >> the answer is pensions. let's go back to the original story. it is pensions. states have not put enough away into their pension funds and they promised very strong pensions and you no they've got to pay them. so the tragedy is all over

america, young people are being fired from state jobs or not hired at all to pay off older people who have already retired. that's a transfer of wealth and job opportunities from the young to the old. it's a national tragedy. >> it is a problem and i saw a statistic where it talks about how big a fund, a pension fund they have in the bank in california and it's not what they really need but the state of illinois has even less than that. and they're really in trouble. and they might need a bailout and i know exactly who they're going to go to. >> yes, they want to go to president obama and go to -- yes, they want a bailout because that to them is their only out. >> yeah. >> how are they going to come up with all this money that they need which they do not have? by the way, in illinois, they have $0.05 on the dollar for all the health care commitments they've made in the future. that's all they've got. >> the amazing thing about these numbers is you say on one side people say if you made these promises when people, you know, signed up to work in these jobs,

you have to honor them but if you look at the payout that -- and that's a valid point but when you look at the payout that they're making for the rest of us who save our 401k's for a retirement, you would to have on average $1.2 million in order to get the payout that a lot of state workers are getting or -- >> we have made very generous promises to retired state workers and we don't have the money to pay. so we're firing up young people to pay off the old. national tragedy. you are right, though. what these states want in particular california and illinois, they are begging essentially for a bailout from the obama administration. they're not going to get it, that's what they want. >> other states are saying wait a minute, we don't understand. we live by the rules and we have responsible plans. why should we bail out california and bail out -- >> there is a process. look at wisconsin, indiana, the town of san jose, the city of san diego. there's an open revolt about paying these government pensions to workers. >> let's get in a shameless plug

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>> the president fundamentally believes that the way to support our economy is to take more in taxes from all of you and spend it on more public workers who then will pay a fraction of that money back in taxes. if anybody ran a business like that, they would be out of business quickly and barack obama's leadership is driving this business, the united states of america towards a fiscal cliff. we better stand together in the next five months and stop him from doing it. >> despite his tough talk, chris

christie bowed out of running for president. he's not saying much when it comes to being mitt romney's potential running mate and certainly not ruling it out. in an article in "newsweek", he's questioning whether governor christie may have missed his chance to become president. joining us to weigh in is the man who wrote the book on the governor, knows him very well. bob engle is the author of this book "chris christie and the story of his rise to power". do you think he missed his opportunity? >> no, i don't. what he said in the "newsweek" article, when he said he wasn't ready, he didn't mean he wasn't ready to be president. he meant he wasn't ready to run then. he's a relatively young guy. he has plenty of time and i don't think his popularity is going to be waning any time soon. >> we know we had that weekend when he took the family straw poll and didn't come out good for romney. >> that was then. they did have a conversation about it. he's a big family man and likes to do things for the family. running for president is a 24 hour a day, 7 day a week kind of

thing for a year and they decided it wasn't right then. but when the vice presidential thing came up, he had a slightly different tune. >> he's a guy who had fun with the question, can you be vice president? i'm a guy that has to be in charge and everyone laughed. is he literally a guy that could be vice president? because he seems to almost want to do it. >> christie could do anything he wants to. he's that kind of guy. it wouldn't be your traditional vice president where you go out and cut ribbons and go to state funerals and that kind of thing. he would have to have to an understanding with the president, look, i need a real job to do. i'm not interested in sitting around until somebody calls me to cut a ribbon or something. that could be worked out. >> you write this book. we had marco rubio who is also a contender to be vice president. what's the difference between the two books? >> well, the rubio book which i haven't read yet because we've been busy with this one is a politician writing about himself and what the public -- he wants the public to know about him. christie cooperated with us in writing the book but he didn't have any say at all in what's in the book. >> what do we know? for example, the way he handles

questions about his weight, he says i know who i am. how does he deal with ha? >> we go into that in the book. in reality, the thing that bothers him most is the stereotypical view that people have of people who are overweight. and that is that maybe they're undisciplined or lazy. it bothers him that anybody would think he's undisciplined or lazy because he actually isn't. he works very long days. >> what else don't we know about him that you're able to uncover? after all, he did cooperate. >> he did. one of the things that surprised me and i've known him for more than 10 years was how early he decided that he wanted to be in politics. it goes back to the second grade when he was 7 years old. he was out by the flagpole, the teacher came up to find out what was wrong and he looked up at her and said, you know, i'm going to be president some day. and then four years later when he's 10, they're talking about what they want for christmas. you know, the brother wants a truck or whatever. little chris christie wanted a law book. >> little chris christie became governor of new jersey and maybe

even a running mate. would certainly make everything exciting for everybody covering it and help your book, bob. that's not what you're concerned about. >> it would help the book but would be a fun race for a change. he's very unpredictable. >> that's very true as you are. author of the new book called "chris christie, the inside story of his rise to power." great to see you again. >> thank you, sir. >> coming up ahead on our show, we have a lot of show left, president obama teaming up with the attorney general to keep congress from getting the information it wants. senator obama wouldn't be happy with himself right now. >> the president is not the attorney general's client. the people are. >> so why the change of heart? we'll look at the facts. a driver heading right into a sand trap. her excuse? you're about to see it. the g.p.s. told me to. more on "fox & friends" in two minutes. [ woman ] for the london olympic games, our town had a "brilliant" idea.

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>> good morning. it is thursday, june 21. full first day of summer. i'm melissa francis. it's a scandal that keeps growing and this morning, eric holder speaking out for the first time since being held in contempt. >> steve: meanwhile, the video which is viral now, is sickening. a school bus monitor tortured over and over again by the kids she is there to protect. >> it's so sad. >> steve: that woman now ready to respond. she joins us live this hour of "fox & friends." >> brian: she paid $7,000 to meet a quality man. instead, she says the match making service set her up with a drunk with a warrant out for his arrest. good job. "fox & friends" starts right now .

♪ ♪ >> wow! right over concrete. >> steve: there is no net. who is in front of our building? members of the new show from cirque de soleil. >> brian: right. >> steve: they'll be performing at the conclusion of this hour. >> brian: by the way, that, i was talking to her before, this is her first day. she's never done that before. >> alisyn: and you're next. >> steve: she's a born natural. >> brian: if you promise to catch me, melissa.

would you catch me? >> i'll too my best. >> brian: i can hear the word oops. >> steve: mentioned, melissa from the "fox business" network is with us. [ cheers and applause ] >> alisyn: what's with the cheering? i'm going to take that with me. >> brian: you can't tell what's fake and what's not fake. >> it's true. let's get right to your headlines. >> steve: those are real. >> we begin with an extreme weather alert. minnesota declaring a state of emergency. unbelievable images coming out of the city of duluth. water flooding streets and homes there. close to ten inches of rain fell in 24 hours. believe it or in the, there is more on the way. check this out, a zoo nearly wiped out. a polar bear swept away. he survived. two seals were also washed away. here is one that turned up on a street outside the zoo. >> took chunks out of the

concrete and rivers popped up where there never were before. it's unreal. >> wow. 20 animals did not make it. a six-year-old boy survived after being swept six blocks in an underground pipe. unbelievable. new video into "fox & friends," plane goes down, crashing into a housing complex in jakarta. at least nine people are dead and five others hurt. the plane plunging into eight homes. at least three people on the ground were among the victims. the plane was reportedly on a routine training flight when it crashed. a fox news alert. george zimmerman's attorney has just rereesed a treasure trove of documents related to the case. this is george zimmerman the night and the morning after he shot trayvon martin. they include a statement written by zimmerman that night. at one point he describes looking for a street sign so he could tell police where he saw martin, who he refers to as a

suspect. he then goes on to say, quote, as i headed back to my vehicle, the suspect emerged from the darkness and said, you got a problem? i said no. the suspect said, you do now. zimmerman then describes in detail how he cried for help while martin beat him up. he then says, quote, at this point, i felt the suspect reach for my exposed firearm and said, you're going to die and then there's a phrase we can't say on television. fearing for his life, he claims he got ahold of the gun and shot martin in the story. stay tuned as we continue to sort through this brand-new documents. mitt romney's five sons making their debut on conan. >> you're all grown men. you are married. you have children. does it bother that you the press always calls you romney boys? it's like you're 98 degrees or something. >> we were think being that. >> you're a boy band this a mall. >> we prefer brothers. but some people call us boys, so

whatever. >> it's also like if a western. you would be, you know, the posse. get them romney boys in here! >> it's like bonanza. they all wore name tags. >> brian: and hoss. >> alisyn: those are your headlines. >> steve: meanwhile, the big story yesterday was the vote in the house oversight committee. they approved a resolution along party lines, 23-17. holding attorney general eric holder in contempt for refuse to go turn over a bunch of documents. there will be a full house vote next week. >> brian: the drama was incredible. 10:00 o'clock, enough drama to find the attorney general in contempt of congress. but when you find out that the president moments before decided to exercise his executive privilege rights and say, i'm going to keep these documents myself, they go ahead in committee and vote 23-17. as you mentioned, to find the attorney general in contempt. does it stop here? no.

next week they go op the house floor. the speaker has already said we're going to put this to a vote and it's a predominantly republican house, so he'll probable will he be found in contempt. >> steve: here is the update from today. eric holder said regarding the action the committee took yesterday was unwarranted, unnecessary and unprecedented. i know of at least one family that would like some answers and that is the family much brian terry. he's the federal agent who was gunned down by some of those fast and furious guns. here is his mother on a radio show in philly yesterday. >> my son was a person that believed in justice and he believed in telling the truth. he was a man of horn and if anybody knew him, they knew that. and i know he would be saying, you know what? i died for my country and he was a true american and i think he deserves the truth, and i think everybody should know the truth and if this was a bad thing that

they did with fast and furious, it should be acknowledged so it never happens to anybody else's son. >> the president really putting himself into the middle of a political situation that maybe he didn't necessarily want to get this close to. a lot of people are asking why did dee this? why did he exert executive privilege? executive goudie had some ideas. >> if he did not know about fast and furious before brian terry was murdered, if he did not approve of the wire tap application, then what in the world is he asserting executive privilege for? he's either part of it or he's not. if he's part of it, then we've had a series of witnesses that have misled this committee. if he's not part of it, then he's got no business asserting executive privilege. >> brian: that was congressman goudie. issa says, it only applies to materials. this whole executive privilege claim applies to materials that directly pertain to communications with the president and his senior advisors. does this fit the bill? peter johnson, jr. is here.

first off, your reaction to the president doing this. were you expecting it? >> no, i wasn't. we talked about it yesterday morning. in my view, it's the essence of hypocrisy. congressman goudie has it right. it's bad law, body governance. for 18 months, attorney general holder, justice department, have responded to questions and turned over documents. he's testified eight or nine times. so a, they've waived any privilege by going forward. number two, when you say that we are not going to give think stuff because we want to know how to respond to the media, how to respond to your inquiry, you can't know about that. well, if there is some wrongdoing as part of that process, then executive privilege is not involved. there is no fraud exception. so if a fraud is going on or if there is wrongdoing, there can't be executive privilege. congressman has it right. was the president involved or

not? why is this being done? it does create questions. in my mind and in the mind of a lot of people in the united states. >> steve: apparently the current president of the united states weighed in on this back in 2007. he appeared when he was a senator on the larry king program and he was talking about how president bush was claiming the executive privilege. let's take a listen to when things were on the other political foot. >> there has been a tendency on the part of this administration to try to hide behind executive privilege every time there is something a little shaky that's taking place. and i think the administration would be best served by coming clean on this. >> steve: so is this administration now hiding behind executive privilege? >> absolutely they're hiding behind executive privilege. the dog ate my homework. get out of jail free card to say okay, mr. president, now we better assert executive privilege. what attorney general holder did is put the president four square

in the middle of this dispute and now the world wants to know what happened at the border, what happened with those guns? why did brian terry die? what did the president know? what did they do to change their testimony over an 18 month period in congress? >> let me take the other side of this. could there be something in there that is so sensitive that it shouldn't get out, but at the same time, nothing was necessarily done wrong? >> in my view, this is a horrible political game and an exploitation of what should be asserted in certain situations which is executive privilege. that's in national security issues, state secret issues, really sensitive issues. to say, we don't want to disclose how we were responding to congress' questions examine when we changed our testimony in my view and in case law, i don't think that's enough. >> brian: the way i understand it, he does not want to turn over and what he only wanted to brief chairman issa on were communications after the fast

and furious hearings began. so when they went back and forth with there is a lot of cya going on, people getting their stories straight, was that communication transcribed. at which point you wonder if the president was brought into the fray. >> it creates that issue because executive privilege usually applies to what goes on in the white house and what goes on in the oval office. was the president looking through these documents? did he know about this before? when did he know? will the president have to speak on this issue? yes, he will. >> brian: why? because these define why -- >> because the american people have to know specifically what his role is. that's not covered by executive privilege. the question should be asked today at the white house briefing, the question should be asked: mr. president, what did the president know? when did he know it? the problem was invoking executive privilege is that it reminds me, unfortunately, that richard nixon did a lot of good things as president. reminds me of richard nixon

walking around the white house with a drink in his hand thinking how to keep the watergate tapes away from the american people. this is not a good thing for this presidency or this country, in my view, and it's not a true definition of executive privilege. it's political, in my view. >> steve: all right. peter johnson, jr. thank you. plenty to talk about today. >> absolutely. >> this story will make you sick. a bus monitor breaks down in tear when is kids she's watching over turn on her. >> you're fat. you're so fat. >> oh, my god, your glasses are fogging from your spit. >> alisyn: the entire nation is rallying behind here. her and she's here next. >> brian: forced to rent because you're losing your home to foreclosure? real estate guru bob massi with what you need to know. >> steve: don't try this at home, kids. cirque de soleil performing on our plaza.

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real challenge. >> it's part of the culture, though, because actually, management of homes and rentals are bigger than ever. it's a big business all overt country in the cities that have been affected. the big issue is really if you have bad credit, most people know that you've lost your home to foreclosure or a bankruptcy. generally what happens is the landlord or the investors that own the home will basically ask for more of a security deposit down and they sort of come up with some creative ways to lease the properties to insure them of protection. but yes, i want our viewers to know that rebuilding your dream, even though you lost your home or filed bankruptcy, the owners of these homes understand what's going on and will, in fact, allow you to rent. >> melissa: is there anything duke to make your case more compelling other than putting down a bigger security deposit? i mean, can you bring other bills you paid or, i don't know, if you convenient creative solutions? >> yeah. one of the things that happens sometimes is those people, for example, people who have lost their home, sometimes landlords want a cosigner.

so if they find a home that they want, they say, could you get a cosigner? moms and dads whose kids have lost their homes and different family members or friends will come in and cosign in order to get the apartment or the home that they want. of course, they show that their credit cards are current, their car payment is current, they pay the utilities, all those things help build up the probability of being able to rent again. >> melissa: that makes sense. let's move on. the next question, if you're rent ago home from a homeowner what, is the greatest risk for the tenant and what can do you to safeguard yourself against that? >> house being in foreclosure. it happens all the time. i know there is viewers watching that they're in a house, all of a sudden they get a notice that the house has been foreclosed on. look, if you're renting a home, you get a competent realtor. you make sure that realtor does due diligence. make sure they ask the right questions of the management questions who is handling the quick rental property. do due diligence on checking county records, making sure there has not been a judicial foreclosure in those states had

have it like florida, or nonjudicial florida like nevada where they file things recorded with a particular county where you live. most importantly in all of this, you make sure that when you make that payment, melissa, if you're making it to a management company that is managing the property that you have an agreement that that money is going to go directly to the lender and not to the landlord because then you know that it's going to the lender and you're not paying rent on a home that's going to be foreclosed upon. >> melissa: if you're renting a home, it doesn't mean you're throwing your money away because in order for a house to be an investment, the value has to go up. that's an important point. thanks so much for joining us and you can e-mail bob your questions by logging on to our web site and click on shattered dreams. it is absolutely disgusting, a school bus monitor bullied by kids. >> you're fat. >> you're so fat.

>> oh, my god, your glasses are foggy from your frickeen sweat, you (bleep). >> melissa: should criminal charges be filed? the woman joins us next live. she gave $7,000 to meet a quality man. instead, she says the match making service set her up with a drunk who has a warrant fourth his arrest. what? all right. we'll be right back ♪ i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans?

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>> brian: quick headlines. an appeal hearing for the pakinstani doctor jailed after helping the u.s. find osama bin

laden delayed. his attorney says the prosecutor failed to produce a required document. the hearing now is scheduled for july 19. and quote, it wasn't me. it was my gps. that was a massachusetts woman's excuse after crashing her car into this golf course sand trap. police say they found a large cup in the car with vodka inside. she admitted to drinking it later. so she can't blame the voice of the gps. steve? >> steve: meanwhile, here in midtown manhattan, a major hiring fair is out there today to help put some of our nation's veterans back to work. "fox & friends" first co-host is out where it's in the 80s, to tell us about the second annual hiring our heros jobs fair. good morning to you, heather. >> that's right. good morning. the organization is called hiring our heros. they're expecting about 1,000 people at this jobs fair on wall street today. we talk a lot about the

unemployment rate, just among regular americans. 8.2%. among military veterans post-9-11, that rate is higher. 12 1/2%. with that in mind, the group put together this jobs fair. they're also holding hundreds across the country in small towns, as well as large towns. we were just inside major employees, including jp morgan chase, general electric, a lot are out there looking to hire veterans right now. let's speak to a couple job seekers. they did time in our military. good morning, guys. this is cassandra. you did time in the u.s. army. you're a chemical specialist. how is the job hunt going so far? >> going pretty well. i moved here from kansas. it's taking its time. but i'm trying to get out there and put my resumes in, my cover letter. we'll see what happens. >> okay. and you served in the marines. ismail garcia. you would like to do i.t. work? >> i have experience in with the usgs in 2010.

i'm look for work in the i.t. field. >> we'll see if we can help you out. we got a big i.t. department. what do you both find to be the most difficult part about this job hunt? >> i guess getting -- being able to network and get the resume out there. >> cassandra, how are you explaining how your military experience, 'cause you were a chemical experience, is relevant in the private sector? >> i'm not really looking for chemical specialist actually. but i did do company operations, which is like office work and i did run the retail store when i went to iraq. i'm actually looking into the banking field right now. chemical specialist, there is some places, decontamination, those type of things. we'll see what happens. >> what do you want employers to know about why they should hire a military veteran? >> we have a district level of discipline, strong work ethic. we want to work and learn. so i think that's something that employers should pay attention to. >> you both have been on the job hunt for a couple of years. you have and we wish you the

best of luck, about six months. we're route rooting for you. thanks for your service to our country. i'm struck walking around seeing how professional and how prompt and together everybody is out here. this organization, hire our heros, is responsible for getting about 10,000 people hired in the last year alone. you can also check it out on-line of the you don't have to be here in person. you can apply on-line. back to you guys. >> steve: all right. heather, we thank you very much. there are so many people in this country, particularly the heros who need job. the latest jobless number coming out in two minutes. you'll see it live right here. it's disgusting, a school bus monitor bullied by middle schoolers. >> you're fat. you're so fat. >> like the whole seat. >> oh, my god, your glasses are fogging from your frickeen sweat. >> steve: should criminal charges be filed against the middle schoolers? that woman joins us next. then cirque de soleil hits the

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jobless claims numbers. 387,000 for first-time unemployment claims filed last week. that is up from 386,000 the week before. economists were expecting 380,000. of course, the number to always watch is the revision from the previous week. they revised something like 64 out of the last 65 weeks and always say it was actually higher than we thought it was. the worst than you expect. just yesterday the feds saying they were raising their outlook for their estimate for 2012. they think unemployment is going to remain at 8.1% for the year, which is obviously bad news. >> steve: they also revised down their predictions of gdp to 2.2? >> melissa: yep. half a percentage lower of what they thought before. they lowered their inflation estimate, which sounds good, but it's actually bad 'cause that means the economy is stalling, money is stalling. just very tough. >> brian: how did they measure whether people are jumping back into the work force, therefore, inflating the numbers or are people just staying on the side

lines? do they have a measurement? >> i mean, this number is really staggering and shouldn't be going higher at this point 'cause this is first-time unemployment claims. these are people just now losing their jobs. this number is sort of the most staggering 'cause it should be going much lower. if you're keeping track from january of 2009, we have 552,000 fewer jobs than we did when the president took office. they always like to say they created 4 million-plus jobs since they've been in office, or the private sector has at least. that's from the absolute bottom later in the administration, if you count from january, we are negative by more than half a million. >> steve: unfortunately, we're going in the wrong direction. >> melissa: yeah. >> steve: always good to have somebody from the business channel to help us out. thank you. >> melissa: my pleasure. >> brian: thank you, melissa. >> melissa: yeah, i know. i guess it's not really my pleasure 'cause it's bad news. i take that back. >> brian: 27 minutes before the top of the hour. more headlines. new report from the guardian says syrian president al assad may be offering a clemency for

his regime's ongoing onslaught against civilians. the alleged deal from u.s. and british officials is an attempt to get him out into and to agree on a u.n.-backed political transition. news of that possible deal arizona a syrian fighter jet pilot flew to jordan and asked for political asylum. hopefully that's just the beginning. >> steve: there are always two sides to every story. alec baldwin wise that, is. the photographer he allegedly attacked two days ago speaking out, revealing how it happened. baldwin, not backing down. >> i saw him come out and i took his picture. next thing, he's going after the other photographer. i look at him and say, don't punch him. and next thing, i saw -- he look at me and come straight to me. and i have time to react. >> so you were backing up? >> backing up. >> you're absolutely positive he threw a punch? >> yes. i have a mark. >> nobody got punched?

and i said that. >> if i punched him, i would be in jail right now. >> steve: he didn't stop with the photographer. he shoved his way through group of reporters as he walked his bike into his building and later he was smiles, shaking hands with president bill clinton on the street. they bumped into each other. >> brian: also he had his big movie premiere. evidently he was nice on the way in, not nice on the way out. >> steve: red carpet. >> melissa: your purse could be making you sick. the center for environmental health revealing one in four retail stores sell purses or wallets that canaled the worst wallet, this tory birch wallet which contain it is hundred times the unhealthy amount of lead. nicole richie's brand was the second worse, followed by this wallet from nine west. rounding out the top five, this purse sold at charlotte ruse and this handbag by guess, which is sold at tj maxx shows. brightly colored purses made of plastic or vinyl were the most likely to contain lead. so be careful of your purse, is

the bottom line. >> brian: i'm going to get rid of mine. she says she was duped by a dating service. jean paid $7,000 to meet a quality man. instead, she got a quality drunk who has a warrant out for his arrest. she's now suing the web site. it's called two of us, for breaching their agreement. they promised her two matches over a two-month period and says she only got two-inches over five months. she wants awful her money back. but the site says too bad. steve? >> steve: thank you, brian. caught on camera, middle school students harassing and bullying a 68-year-old school bus monitor and bringing her to tears. >> you're fat. you're so fat. >> take up the whole dang seat. >> oh, my god, your glasses are foggy from your frickeen sweat you (beep). if i stabbed you in the stomach

(bleep) >> steve: oh, man. now the police department will decide whether charges will be filed in juvenile court against four middle students involved in that terrible incident. joining us right now is that bus monitor. her name is karen klein of the we just saw her and she joinses from rochester, new york. good morning to you, karen. >> hi. >> steve: i'm sure it's hard to watch that video. try to describe how the kids started to bully you this past monday there on bus number 784. >> they actually started out a while ago, but i didn't write a referral for them. they would mock out my hair, mock out anything they could think of. but they didn't get vicious like

they did on monday. >> steve: they used dirty word i have ever heard to describe you. you just sat there. if it would have been me, i would have wanted to spank them, but you just sat there and took it. why? >> i don't like confrontations like that. i didn't want to do anything to hurt anybody. that wouldn't have looked good either. you know. i probably would have been fired actually, if i'd have done anything violent. so i just restrained myself and i tried to pretend that they weren't doing this. i've escaped a lot in my life and trying to let things go, you know. >> steve: i understand. i understand at one point one of the kids said you didn't have a

family because they all killed themselves because they didn't want to be near to you. that was particularly harmful because your oldest son took his life ten years ago. >> right. yeah. i did not hear that part then, but yeah. it was uncalled for. that's for sure. >> steve: it's uncalled for. >> everything they said. >> steve: absolutely uncalled for. when i look at it, they seem like monsters to me. what should happen to these kids >> i don't know what's going to happen for sure. but i know there are so many upset people all over the world about this and it all comes down to them and what happens with them and i don't know what will happen. i haven't heard anything yet.

>> steve: if they're this rotten at this age, just wait until they become grownups. >> i certainly don't want them to go to jail for this. but if they're made an example of for other kids -- but you know, i've gotten so many e-mails from younger kids saying how bad they feel that these boys did this. go ahead. >> steve: what about the parents? what about the parents, has anybody reached out to you from the kids who were involved in this? has anybody apologized to you? >> yeah. not yet. i don't think they've all been interviewed yet. just one boy that i know of.

apparently he wrote an apology to athena and one to me. of course, i haven't gotten it yet. time will tell. >> steve: yeah. >> we'll see. >> steve: i know that ever since this video, and it's ten minutes long, went on the internet, it's gone viral and so many people have just watched it and their hearts have broken for you. i understand some blogger decided, you know what, this woman sat there, took it, she is poorly paid by the school district. i believe you make $15,000 a year as a bus monitor. so what they've done is somebody came up with the idea, let's send her on a nice vacation. and i just checked the web site and this particular blogger has attracted so many people to it, they have raised $125,000 that they want to put in your hands that you could either take a big

vacation or maybe retire tomorrow. >> oh, my god. it's unbelievable. it's wonderful. i would like to thank all these people, but it's really not possible when they do it through facebook, i just want to make a general statement. thank you, everybody, so much for your support. i really appreciate it. it's not just money. it's the people themselves that i appreciate. i started out yesterday normal, i thought. >> steve: you know what? people realize you just cannot bully somebody else like that. that's why so many people are outraged and that's why so many people have contributed. for the viewers right now, if you would like to contribute to

karen's trip of a lifetime, go to indygogo.com back slash, love for karenhklein. karen, thank you very much. >> i have a lot of places for the money. >> steve: i bet you do. >> oh, yeah, i do. >> steve: all right. >> oh, my god. i can pay all my credit cards, my car. >> steve: i know. good luck to you and thank you very much for sharing your story with us today. all right. straight ahead on "fox & friends" on this thursday, president obama using an executive order to let illegal immigrants stay in the united states. our next guest, congressman ben quayle says, not so fast. he has something up his sleeve to stop it. don't do this at home. cirque de soleil live on the plaza. ♪

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>> brian: president obama abuse his authority when his had youly announced immigration policy came otophone friday? according to our next guest, he absolutely is. joining us is our next guest, arizona congressman ben quayle. he thinks the president has ignored the separation of powers and is seeking to propose a bill to block the president's executive order issued on friday. congressman quayle, what exactly bothers you most about what the president did on friday allowing illegals here to be two years fear free of deportation and they have a few qualifications involved, what bothers you about that? >> yet another unconstitutional power grab by this administration because we have separation of powers, immigration laws are supposed to be written in the congress,

passed in the congress, and signed by the president. we don't have an interior presidency where he can do whatever he wants, whenever he wants. that's when my bill does is stops the implementation of that and another memo that was put out turning people back south rather than going through the normal process. >> brian: who are your co-sponsors? >> we have i think close to 30 co-sponsors and we just dropped this on tuesday or monday and so we're continuing to gain a lot of co-sponsors. we're gain ago lot of support. a lot of people that should be on both sides of the aisle because it's a horrible precedent that just allows the administration and the executive branch to do whatever they want. so we need to pull that back and make sure that we still stand up for the rights that congress has to write the laws. >> brian: in arizona, your immigration laws are up for the supreme court to have ruling. could happen as soon as today. what laws do you go by? the ones the state passed or the one the federal government just issued? >> that's the thing, it's going to put a lot of confusion that's out there. i know i talked to our state and local authorities that we

believe it will be declared constitutional and they will continue to enforce that law. but when you hand over people to ice, then they might follow what the president is trying to do. we need to have less confusion. we need to make sure that the immigration laws are going through congress and then to the president and not making the president have some fiat, just throwing from his administration. it's not right and it's not how our constitution is set up. >> brian: right now, in arizona, how would you characterize the situation at the border? >> it's still really bad. you have the drug cartels, which were fed with 2,000 extra weapons from fast and furious. the tucson sector is still where a large majority of the drugs are coming into the united states and getting distributed all across the region. cartels have operations in over 270 towns all across the country. huge issue. and what happens with the mexican presidential election, what happens going forward, where they go to the precalderon

days. >> brian: it affects us right now. congressman ben quayle, thanks so much. >> thanks a lot. >> brian: next on our show, we're flying high on the plaza. cirque de soleil is here performing next. they have very good balance, as does bill hemmer in his day. >> in his day. >> brian: in his day. when you were in your prime. >> right on. good morning to you. is today the day we are one hour away from a supreme court and possible decisions on health care and immigration. stand by for that news. possibly. jobs, the number is out. stuart varney and what it means. it's not good, america. nancy pelosi said she would put karl rove in jail. what does karl rove think about that? we'll ask him live today. more intel secrets went public this week and senator lindsey graham is not happy. he's here live. we'll see new ten minutes on "america's newsroom" ♪

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>> steve: the phrase, life's a circus? for some, that's absolutely true. cirque de soleil has performed for more than 100 million people in nearly 300 cities on six continents. now their recent show is in new york city. >> melissa: i thought we were trying o show her behind us. >> steve: i think we are, kind of. this is carol and she's on the russian bars today, right? >> yes. >> steve: what are you going to do? >> i'm going to jump on the russian bars, doing acrobatic stuff. >> brian: i've been watching you all morning. how long does it take to get this good? >> actually maybe, i don't know, 20 years training. >> steve: really? >> i start in gymnastics. >> brian: amazement by the way, there is no net. kind of hard. >> steve: let's get out of the

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>> melissa: you should have seen brian. >> brian: this wase. >> melissa: that was you. >> brian: wow. that is amazing. >> steve: next time we give her a squeegee and she can do the windows on the second floor. tomorrow our summer concert series, oar, so drop on by. >> brian: we're rolling out the turf. good job, melissa. >> melissa: thanks for having me

fox news alert. new signs our job market is in real trouble. weekly unemployment claims number is in and barely shifted from a week ago. 387,000 americans file for first time unemployment benefits. good morning. i'm bill hemmer. welcome to "america's newsroom.". >> i'm patti ann browne in for martha maccallum bill: stuart varney says what recovery? stuart varney from the fox business network. >> what we've got, bill, is what we've been saying for three months, that the economy is head in the wrong direction. these are very high numbers 387,000 new claims for jobless benefits. that is far too high a number three year